This Weekend Friday Schools 50% Chance of Rain 57/49 Smith Middle School Saturday Honor Rolls Mostly Cloudy 53/27 Sunday Page 9 Sunny 53/31 carrborocitizen.com march 6, 2008 u Carrboro’s community newspaper u Volume I No. LI Free Living to tell the tale by Susan Dickson “You know I couldn’t even go Staff Writer over to McDonald’s and get a Happy Meal,” McCain told the students, who Franklin McCain accomplished a responded with gasps. “Couldn’t swim, great feat on Friday at Rashkis Elemen- couldn’t go to the pool.… Couldn’t tary School – he held the attention of even go to the park. 250 fourth- and fifth-graders for more “When I was 12 years old, I was so than an hour. angry, if you touched me with a pin, I McCain, one of the “Greensboro would have popped.” Four” who participated in the 1960 McCain went to North Carolina Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in, re- A&T State University, where he met counted his experiences for Rashkis McNeil, Blair and Richmond. He told students, including his grandson, kin- Rashkis students that the four young dergartener Davis McCain. men would sit around every night talk- McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair ing about how unfair segregation was, Jr. and David Richmond took seats at the and that finally they decided to do Woolworth’s segregated lunch counter something about it. to ask for service on Feb. 1, 1960. They “We decided that we were going to continued to sit at the counter every day, go down to [Woolworth’s] and take photo by dave otto You have only a couple of weeks to catch the joined by more people each day, until a seat at that counter,” he said. Wool- fleeting Trout Lily finally, in July, they were served. Their worth’s had a separate standing-only actions inspired sit-ins across the country counter for blacks. and are considered seminal moments in “We decided that we were going to do the civil rights movement. two things. We were going to be orderly flora By Ken Moore Rashkis students crowded around … and we were going to be nonviolent,” McCain in the school’s media center McCain said. “We fully anticipated some for what resembled a grandfather tell- bad things happening to us.” Don’t Miss the ing stories to his grandchildren. “It didn’t matter – it did not matter “I’ll tell you some things that are if I came back dead, because the kind of Spring Ephemerals pretty hard to believe,” McCain began. life I had to live and the conditions that I “The times weren’t all that good and had to put up with made me question if ome of our most beauti- fair. You know what fair is, don’t you?” this life was worth living,” he continued. ful woodland flowers are Throughout his talk, McCain McCain and his three friends pur- called spring ephemer- quizzed students about different things chased some school supplies in the als because their visible he said or words he used. He told stu- store, then took seats at the counter, presence is fleetingly photo by KIRK ROSS dents about segregated schools, pools where they asked for Franklin McCain signs autographs for students at Rashkis Elementary after his talk about and restaurants, and how he got angry brief. They emerge from the for- S his experience as one of the Greensboro Four. as he got older. SEE LIVING PAGE 8 est floor in the chilly late winter to take advantage of the full sun- light that’s absent once the forest Mental health collapse canopy is in full leaf. Housing economy slowing, but By mid-April, some of these leaves network in shambles early risers will have flowered, by how much and for how long? made fruit, dispersed seed and by Kirk Ross Local foreclosures are on the rise, by Taylor Sisk health treatment in Orange, Per- son and Chatham counties – an- returned to dormancy. The Trout Staff Writer even some out in the tonier neighbor- Staff Writer hoods. Phillips said he’s personally had nounced that it would be discontin- Lily is a classic spring ephemeral. I “I’ve come to the conclusion,” uing almost all of its services in the failed to interrupt my busy in- Local realtors and homebuilders to do a good bit of “reality therapy” agree that they’re getting at least a taste with sellers to help them understand says Karen Dunn, director of Club three counties. CFN will no longer door pace a few years ago and I of what their counterparts in much what they can really expect to get out Nova, a Carrboro clubhouse that provide outpatient and community- missed the pageantry of this little more troubled locales are experiencing, of their homes. helps people with mental illnesses based services but will continue to woodland lily. That had a dramatic but thoughts about the degree of the While the high-quality $800,000 lead productive lives in the commu- provide therapeutic foster care. impact on me. I no longer take slowdown and how long it will last are to $1.2 million homes and those un- nity, “that there must be a new diag- As a result, Marilyn Ghezzi, lightly the passing of seasons. The much more varied. der $300,000 are likely to continue to nosis that hasn’t yet ended up in the who until last week was a therapist DSM” – by which she refers to the with CFN, has had to tell clients budding, flowering, leafing, fruiting Weaver Street Realty’s Gary Phil- do well here, there’s a lot of inventory lips said he has a running bet with an- of homes in between, Phillips said. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of with whom she’s built relationships, and return to dormancy of plants Mental Disorders. some as many as 20 years in dura- are cherished as special separate other realtor who thinks the situation The slowdown is evident in recently is highly temporary. compiled statistics for the fourth quar- “It’s some kind of delusional dis- tion, that she’ll no longer be their annual occurrences. Although the local market has a lot ter of 2007, which showed a marked order on a bureaucratic level.” therapist. Other therapists have had The fleeting presence of the of promise going forward, thanks in slowdown in home sales in Orange “I know people are well inten- to do likewise. Trout Lily makes me want to part to the lure of local schools and a and Chatham counties. tioned,” she continues, “but you just “They were devastated,” Ghe- linger over it – quietly hoping I commitment to expand the university, “Orange County presents a stron- get into that institutional thinking, zzi says of her clients’ reaction to will be privileged to see it again Phillips said there are major forces at ger performance than the rest of the and it’s just …” She pauses; shakes the news. “One person said to me, work around the country that are hav- Triangle,” said Bernard Helm, presi- her head. “Talk about the definition ‘How can they just change your next year. I saw some in flower of insanity….” therapist?’” – which would seem to this past weekend down along ing an affect here. dent of Market Opportunity Re- “There are a lot of debts coming due,” search Enterprises, a Rocky Mount- As Dunn sees it, the breakdown reflect a tacit belief in mental health the Rocky River on Triangle Land he said, both literally and figuratively. based research firm that analyzes an in the provisioning of mental health care as a fundamental right. Conservancy’s White Pines Pre- Phillips, who is part of a national mort- array of local data from building per- care services in North Carolina Perhaps it’s not. But it’s certainly serve south of Pittsboro. Dave gage study group looking at debt issues, mits to land inventories to types of was easily enough forecast. Men- a critical service – and one that’s in Otto photographed some early said that the country has been trying to sales and prices. Part of that, he said, tal health care reforms that were critical condition. What those pro- ones this past week down along “live off its fat, its debt” for far too long. is that overall in the Triangle sales intended to provide more commu- fessionals along the front lines of nity-based care and thereby reduce mental health care will tell you is Bolin Creek in Carrboro. Too many people are using their home- of homes in the less than $250,000 equity credit line like a piggy bank, he range are suffering the most. Since the need for more intensive services that in addition to weaving a safety If you are going to catch them were, Dunn says, flawed from the net for those with mental disorders this year, you will have to get out said. Couple that attitude with the “false Orange County, where the average assumption that property will appreciate home in 2007 cost $329,006, has a beginning, and yet we continued to they’re protecting us as citizens and there soon. You can’t miss them. forever,” Phillips said, and you have the much smaller inventory of properties drive these reforms headlong into taxpayers, or at least attempting to In some places like the Botanical making of a long-term crisis. in that range, Helm said it has not what she and many of her colleagues do so, from further headlines of Garden, the Adams’ Tract and While this area is not feeling it as been hit as hard as other spots. attest is a pretty much full-blown shootouts along I-40 and from the the several local Triangle Land much as other places, the impacts are But while the year-to-year numbers mental health care crisis in North exorbitant costs of hospitalization Conservancy preserves, they being felt, from price drops to longer don’t show a huge drop, a comparison Carolina. and incarceration. Across the state, private compa- Mental health care reform has are literally carpeting the forest times on the market to buyers moving of the fourth quarter of 2006 and from elsewhere being unable to sell their 2007 do detail a slight decline in the nies tasked to provide services are failed. Keeping people with man- floor along trails through the low going out of business. Last month, ageable mental disorders in their woods and leading upslope from current homes. number of transactions and a bigger “This is much more than a slow- drop in the sale prices. Caring Family Network (CFN) the creek bottoms. down,” Phillips said. “There’s a lot of – the primary provider of mental SEE HEALTH PAGE 7 Light colored speckles on the softness out there.” SEE ECONOMY PAGE 10 green leaves most likely explain the common name, Trout Lily. Perhaps Toe tappin’ and water drippin’ SEE FLORA PAGE 5 recently . . . remaining store in the former mill town, the Bynum General Store By Valarie Schwartz – which opened in 1936 and closed inside Timing being everything, the folks two years ago – to continue to be down in Bynum have hit the bull’s eye a meeting place, so the non-profit with a recent fundraising plan. that supports that idea decided to Drought’s not over—yet . . . Everybody, it seems, needs rain open ordering up to the public. barrels these days. Barrow started contacting the media. He and I have been friends See page 3 Luke Barrow, who, with his wife, Bonnie, has lived in three houses since his senior year at UNC, so we Index in Bynum over the past eight years, arranged to meet with some of his found a place in Idaho selling food fellow board members at the Gen- News ...... 3 containers that had been up-fitted eral Store last Friday morning. Community...... 4 into rain barrels. The more one orders, The night before, OWASA for- Land & Table ...... 5 the less they cost, so he started talking mally declared a Stage Three Water Opinion ...... 6 to his neighbors about going in with Shortage, so Barrow decided to go Elections ...... 7 full-out with his press coverage and Schools ...... 8 him on an order. “Everybody wanted one,” Barrow sent releases to the local television photo by valarie schwartz Sports ...... 9 stations shortly before our meeting. Local Economy ...... 10 said. Members of the Bynum Front Porch board Debbie Tunnel, Dawn Porter and Luke Real Estate ...... 11 Additionally, pretty much ev- Barrow stand in the Bynum General Store, depicted in the painting during its eryone in the town with 56 houses heyday. They hope that the Bynum “suburbs” will help support their rain barrel sale Classifieds ...... 11 SEE RECENTLY PAGE 5 THE MILL, Water Watch ...... 12 wants the building that was the last and music programs, keeping the store site a community fixture. 2 thursday, march 6, 2008 The Carrboro Citizen

Music Calendar spotlight

The Never play at Nightlight on Thursday, March 13

Music from your local music label! Trekky Records presents: Hammer No More The Fingers plays Local 506 this Friday night. On Friday, March 7, Butterflies, The International Grapevine and Jason Dove come together at the Metal Shop ThursDAY CMar H 6 (901 W Main) for performances and a showing of flyer art by local artists. 7 p.m. Blue Horn Lounge: Mark Wells & And on Thursday, March 13, see Trekky’s The Never perform with Parachute Musical and Mount Weather at Jill Christensen. 10pm Nightlight. The Never plan on showcasing their new material while the others add a taste of the Raleigh scene. Cat’s Cradle: Matt Costa with Starts at 9:30 p.m. Jonathan Rice. 9:30pm. $12 Cave:E arly: Brandon Herndon & John Pardue. Late: Moontaxi. Local 506: Say Hi, The Big Sleep, The Nothing Noise. 9pm. $8 Mansion 462: The cliff Wallace Cave:L ate: The Common World Mansion 462: Big Fat Gap. 8pm Group. 8pm SunDAYC Mar H 9 Collective. $5 Cave: Audrey Ryan, Dent May, John ThuRSDAY MCar H 13 FriDAY CMar H 7 Barret. 9pm Local 506: Alias Smith & Jones, Blue Horn Lounge: Paleface. Blue Horn Lounge: David Spen- Spindale. 9:30pm Local 506: The Gay Blades, Phoe- 10pm cer Band. 10pm be’s Carousel, JohnnyDirtyShoes. Mansion 462: Robert Griffin. 7pm. Cave:E arly: Davis Stillson. Late: Cat’s Cradle: Chatham County 9pm. $8 The 2nd Third with Lucy Sumner & Town Mountain. Line, Everybodyfields. 9:15pm. $15 Bo Lankenau. 10pm MonDAY CMar H 10 General Store Café: Jazz with LCave: ate: Edsel 500. Nightlight: Bells, Sightings, Hazerai. Cat’s Cradle: Meshell Ndegeo- 9:30pm Club Boheme. 8pm General Store Café: Melissa Meshell Ndegeocello plays at the Cat’s Cradle on Monday, March 10 cello, Trixie Whitley. 7:30pm. $25 Local 506: Pulsoptional, Phon, Greener. 8:30pm WedNESDAY CMar H 12 SaturDAYC Mar H 8 Local 506: Pinkie Swear Presents, Cave:R eid Johnson, Jen Richelson, Craig Hilton. 9pm. $6 Local 506: Born Ruffians, Cadence Men, Hey Willpower, Ex-Members. Blue Horn Lounge: Blue Diablo’s Cave: Early: Andrew Gregory. $5. Ponieheart. 8pm. $5 Mansion 462: Moonlighters. 9pm Weapon, Hammer No More The 10pm. $12 Pete Waggoner. 10pm Fingers. 9pm. $10 Late: Kenny Roby. Local 506: Ten Penny, Lonesome Nightlight: The Never, Parachute Nightlight: The Swimmers, A is Cave: Early: Shawnee Boyeee. Cat’s Cradle: Written In Red, Departed. 9:30pm Musical, Mount Weather. 9:30 pm Nightlight: Microkingdom. Jump, The Stationary Set, The Binary Hadwynn, Flowers For Faye, The TueSDAY CMar H 11 Local 506: Cyco Logic Present Mansion 462: Imaginary Girlfriend. Moonatiks. 7pm. $8 Marketing Show. 9:30pm Dirty South Revolutionaries, Op- 8pm. Fustics. 10pm Melissa Greener. pressed Logic, Head On Collision, Send your calendar General Store Café: Old Moun- Open Eye Café: ArtsCenter: Dervish. 8:30pm. $24 Open Eye Café: Audrey Ryan. 8pm K.I.F.F. 9pm. $7 events to calendar@ tain Road. 8:30pm Blue Horn Lounge: Fabio Con- carrborocitizen.com 8pm sani. 10pm

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( We are a non-smoking club or meymandi box office The Carrboro Citizen News Thursday, march 6, 2008 3 News Briefs Yes, it rained a lot. No, the drought’s not over. Police seek victim ID utility might recommend lifting some of the and other uses of OWASA drinking wa- The Chapel Hill Police Department is requesting assis- By Kirk Ross Stage Three restrictions it approved just last ter (see bottom of page 6 for the list). Rate tance in identifying the victim of a shooting early Wednes- Staff Writer week. surcharges, aimed at encouraging heavier day morning near Hillcrest Drive. conservation, are due to take effect March Chapel Hill Police responded to a report of gunshots Heavy rain pelted the windows of Town 17. The surcharges rise from 1.25 times the in the area of Davie Circle around 5 a.m. Wednesday. Of- Hall Tuesday night as Ed Kerwin, execu- normal rate for 3,000 to 5,000 gallons per ficers located an unidentified deceased female lying in the tive director of Orange Water and Sewer “For Cane Creek month or $5.875 per 1,000 gallons to five intersection of Hillcrest Drive and Hillcrest Circle. She is Authority, delivered his monthly briefing times the normal rate or $52.20 per $1,000 described as white, 18-25 years old, five feet five to five on the drought for the Carrboro Board of [Reservoir] to be for 16,000 gallons and above. feet six inches tall, 120 pounds, with blonde hair. She was Aldermen. OWASA planning director Ed Holland wearing a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with a red circle Clearly delighted, he told them he’d drop this low this time said Wednesday that the rains had caused and white symbol in the center; a gold, in color, necklace by anytime if they could guarantee rain like the water supply to rise from 40 percent of with a locket; gray sweat pants; and blue, gray and white that. of the year is really capacity to 48 percent, with about 300 mil- Converse tennis shoes. By 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, the thun- lion more gallons in the reservoirs and more Anyone with information about the identity of the vic- derstorms and showers that rolled through unprecedented.” flowing in rapidly. Overnight, the estimated tim is urged to contact the Chapel Hill Police Department the Cane Creek and University Lake water- number of days left in the supply went from at 968-2760. sheds had provided a substantial boost to the — OWASA Executive dwindling reservoirs. Director Ed Kerwin six months to eight months. School budget Callers to The Citizen enthusiastically Holland said that the utility’s staff had ad- vised the board of directors to wait to see if The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Edu- reported that passing by University Lake the lakes return to at least 60 percent of their cation will hold a public hearing on the superintendent’s Wednesday morning offered a much differ- Kerwin told the board that the late-winter capacity by April 1 before lifting the Stage recommended budget for 2008-09 tonight (Thursday) at 7 ent sight than just the same grassy brown and early-spring months are traditionally the Three restrictions. p.m. in the Chapel Hill Town Hall. fields that have dominated the landscape time when rains refill the reservoirs. But pri- Should the optimism generated by the The public hearing will precede the board’s regularly since mid-summer of last year. or to the Tuesday-night rain, reservoirs were rains dry up with the reservoirs, Kerwin scheduled meeting. A check of the lake did indeed reveal an inundation of turbid, brown water fresh in only 40 percent full. detailed at Tuesday’s meeting a number of War walkout from nearby swollen creeks. And for the first “For Cane Creek to be this low this time emergency measures the utility has drawn of the year is really unprecedented,” he said, up. They include running a temporary sup- The UNC March 19 Coalition Against the War, a group time in a long time, the floodplain of near- adding that the last time the community’s ply line from the Haw River to Cane Creek. of about a dozen student organizations, is organizing a by Morgan Creek appeared to live up to its main reservoir was full was last April. Drought or no drought, the utility plans to walkout, march and rally at 12:30 p.m. on March 19 to name. On top of that, the past 10 months, he continue discussion on joining with other lo- mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and dem- While the visuals outside are pretty said, have produced the lowest rainfall in cal governments to tap Jordan Lake, which onstrate support for an end to the occupation. The march impressive, it’s the charts and graphs and OWASA’s records. has a massive 1,668-square-mile watershed is part of a larger protest movement with groups from more spreadsheets at OWASA headquarters that The Stage Three restrictions severely limit compared to Cane Creek’s and even without than 60 other universities having pledged participation. will determine the decisions ahead — chief among them being when and whether the the amount and type of outdoor irrigation the rain is full and overflowing. Burn ban lifted The statewide open-burning ban was lifted on March A native New Yorker, Mar- of Raleigh; her sister-in-law, Bev- 1. It is still illegal to burn trash, lumber, tires, newspapers, OBITUARIES garet was born and raised on erly Baylor Carmichael of Chapel plastics or other non-vegetative materials. For more infor- Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Hill; her niece, Clay Carmichael mation, contact the County Fire Marshal at 968-2050. Margaret McCaull where she attended the Con- and her husband Mike Roig, also Carmichael Lester vent of the Sacred Heart and of Carrboro; and her namesake, Central Carolina scholarships Margaret McCaull Carmi- the Spence School. She moved Margaret McCaull Carmichael The Central Carolina Community College Foundation chael Lester, 83, died unexpect- with her family to Chapel Hill (Marnie), her husband, Michael has more than 100 scholarships available for students in edly but with dignity at her in 1940, and was voted Most Murphy, and their daughter, Ella classes at the college’s campuses in Lee, Harnett or Cha- home in Chapel Hill on March Glamorous of her class at Chapel Li Genet Murphy, of Cincinnati. tham counties. 3, 2008. She was a graceful and Hill High School. She went on She was the daughter of William The deadline is March 31 for the 2008-09 academic vibrant woman to the end, and to attend Virginia’s Sweet Briar Donald Carmichael Jr. and May year. For information call 718-7279 or write lmussel- was a positive force in the lives College before finishing her Baldwin Waller Carmichael; and [email protected]. of many people. BA in American history at the the sister of William Donald Car- Movies, books and Latin University of North Carolina at michael III. Major corridors task force jazz were among Margaret’s Chapel Hill. At Carolina, she A private graveside service The Chatham County Major Corridors Task Force will primary passions and she was was a member of the first pledge will be held on Saturday, March hold community meetings to present a commercial-devel- a member of several movie and class of the Delta Delta Delta 8, in Chapel Hill. Arrangements opment proposal affecting seven major roadways. book groups. An avid gardener cate, promoting a variety of so- sorority, to which she remained are being handled by Walker’s The roadways are US 1, US 15-501, US 64, US 421, and bird-watcher, she also loved cial justice causes. loyal throughout her life. Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. A NC 87, NC 751 and Pittsboro-Moncure Road. The plan dogs and cats and was a frequent From 1968 to 1979, Mar- Margaret married the love of public memorial service will be affects the portions of the roads outside of Siler City and contributor to wildlife chari- garet ran International Chef, her life, Robert MacDonald Les- held later this spring. Memori- Pittsboro’s jurisdictions. ties. Margaret was a dedicated Chapel Hill’s first gourmet ter Jr., who died in 1988. She is als should be made to The N.C. The community meetings will provide residents and Democrat, serving as the South shop. She also had many years survived by her daughter, Margot Botanical Garden, WUNC-FM businesses with more information about the proposal and Orange precinct chairman for of service to the University of Carmichael Lester and her hus- or The Carolina Covenant at allow them to ask questions or make suggestions regarding many years, and as a campaign North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s band, Steven John Marcus Peha UNC-Chapel Hill. In lieu of the plan. volunteer for several local, state School of Medicine and Divi- of Carrboro; her son, Robert flowers, the family requests liv- Meetings will be held: and national candidates. She sion of Continuing Education, Brooks deBarros Lester, his wife, ing plants suitable for replanting • March 11, 7-9 p.m. at the United Methodist Church was an active civil rights advo- and the UNC Hospitals. Laura Ann Edgerton and their in Margaret’s memory. in Moncure; daughter, Kate Edgerton Lester • March 18, 7-9 p.m., at Silk Hope Elementary School; and • March 24, 7-9 p.m., at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek. Information on the proposal is available at www.cha- Cliff’s Meat Market thamnc.org. Now taking Easter orders for Lamb and Ham! 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Community Briefs Films Community Calendar “Israel: Myths Local art auction benefit & Propaganda” — screening and The Fearrington Barn will host an art auction to raise money for Express Yourself! — Art pro- Special Events discussion of an the Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center on Sunday, March 9 gram for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Annual Orange County Egg interview with from 2 to 5 p.m. Local art will be auctioned and music, drinks and Weekly art projects for children & Hunt for children ages 2-10. Sat, Israeli historian food will be available. Tickets are $20 and can be bought at Second adults to explore their own creative Mar 15, Homestead community Ilan Pappe about Bloom, Chatham Arts, Blue Birds & Hollyhocks and The Blue paths; registration requested. Satur- Park, 100 Northern Park Dr, Chapel the 1948 Arab- days, 10:45-11:15 & 11:30am-noon. House in Pittsboro. The event also features a poetry contest. For Hill. Children’s entertainment begins Israeli War and the $2. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 more information or to reserve tickets, call 542-0394. at 9:30am and the 20,000-egg hunt ethnic cleansing of E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 933-1455, begins at 10:30am. Games and a Palestine. Sun, Mar Send a Kid to Camp benefit concert meet-and-greet with the Easter www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org. The Down Yonder Farm will host their annual Send A Kid To 9, 2-4pm. Jones Bunny will follow. Sponsored by Building, Com- Camp benefit on Saturday, March 22. Performers include blues the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Volunteers Meals on Wheels – Seeks volun- munity Church of singer and guitarist Harvey Dalton Arnold, performance artist Tif- Recreation Department. Call 968- Chapel Hill Unitar- fany Okafor, country singer/songwriter Wil Mills and the Rhonda 2787x208 for more info. teers to deliver meals and/or bake simple desserts for recipients in ian Universalist, 106 Robichaux band. Admission to the event is free and donations will Lunchbox Concert Series the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. For Purefoy Rd, Chapel go toward sending local kids to various summer camps. The event — Thursdays through Mar 6. Bring more info, call 942-2948. Hill. Call 967-5181 is sponsored in part by the Triangle Community Foundation. More lunch to the Century Center and for more info. information at 732-7254. hear live music from noon to 1pm. English as a Second Language Free coffee provided by Open Eye Conversation Club seeks Other Police dog dies of cancer Café. 100 N Greensboro St. Call volunteers to talk with groups of Public Art 360: The Chapel Hill Police Department on Monday announced that 918-7385 or visit townofcarrboro. international students Fridays from A Symposium police dog KC died of cancer on Friday. com/rp/cc.htm for more info. 11:30am-1:30pm. University Meth- from Seven According to the department, KC began experiencing difficulty odist Church on Franklin Street. Fearrington Art Auction to Perspectives — a Call 967-1448 or email harwellja@ breathing early Friday and was found to be in the late stages of benefit Family Violence & Rape national conven- bellsouth.net. cancer. He was seven years old and had been the partner of Officer Crisis Center and Chatham tion to address the Gabe Shin for the last five years. County Arts Council. Sun, Mar 9, functional and aes- The Kiwanis Club of Chapel Hill donated the funds for the Health & Wellness thetic interaction 2-5pm. Fearrington Barn. Tickets “Dog” by sculptor Tamera Mulanix. Her work Dr. Charles Mauney, DDS, will among public art, purchase of KC. The police department relies on public donations are $20 each and include 2 drink will be available at the Fearring Art Auction. lead a dental education workshop profession design to purchase police dogs. coupons. Art auction and silent Proceeds benefit the Family Violence and Rape to raise awareness of children’s oral disciplines, private preview at 2 pm; live auction at Crisis Center and the Chatham County Arts health for parents of children 5 and development and 3:30pm. Contact Melody Tron- Council. younger. Tue, Mar 11, 6-7pm. 223 government. Fri & cale at 542-5445 or Molly Matlock Timberhill Pl, Chapel Hill. Hosted by at 542-4144 for more info. Sat, Apr 11 & 12. Arts Calendar Orange County Health Depart- Dance $70 registration fee. Visit www. Raleigh Community Band and ment’s Dental Health Program. Call Square Dance — Sat, Mar 8. Les- publicartcollaborative.org for Village Band of Chapel Hill Carrboro 933-1007 to register. son at 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm. Pleas- more info. joint-concert. Sun, Mar 9, 3pm. East Community Grief Support ant Green Community Center. Live El Sur Come South VITA, a free tax assistance Chapel Hill High School auditorium. Group, offered by UNC Hospitals’ music by the Hushpuppies & caller — Pedro Lash with Los program for low- to middle-in- Free, donations accepted. Call 618- Bereavement Support Services. Todd Woerner. $7. Call 732-8259 Artistas & local sonide- come clients runs through Apr. For 1758 for more info. Group will focus on sharing and or visit www.ncsquares.com. ros; Center Gallery. enrollment requirements or more Emerson Waldorf School Bra- moving toward healing in a safe, Swing Dance — Sat, Mar. 8. Lesson Kardelen (Snow Drop) info visit www.co.orange.nc.us/ag- zilian Benefit Auction & Gala supportive setting. Mondays at 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm. Century — Works by Pelin Yazar ing/VITA.asp. to benefit the school’s annual fund. through Mar 10, 6:30-8pm. United Center, 100 N Greensboro St. Live Canez, Orhan Alpaslan, Sat, Mar 8, 7pm. The evening will in- Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin music by The Hot House Hefftones. Weekly Peace Vigils — Fridays, Asuman Dogan, Atanur clude music, food & drinks, dancing Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Free and $11. Visit www.triangleswingdance- 5-6pm. At the corner of Elliot Rd & Dogan and Nihal Kececi and an auction. The Barn at Valhalla, open to anyone, regardless of faith society.org for more info. E Franklin St. Call 942-2535 for info. to celebrate International 9423 Charles Ln, Chapel Hill. $25 in background. To enroll, contact Heidi Chapel Hill Town Council Women’s Month; Havana Nights — Cuban Salsa. advance, $35 at the door. Gessner at 966-0716 or hgessner@ invites the community to contribute East End Gallery. The 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Man- unch.unc.edu. ideas to the design of a “big picture” ArtsCenter. 300-G sion 462, 462 W Franklin St, Chapel Outdoor activities Living with Advanced/Meta- Hill, 967-7913, www.mansion462. economic development strategy for E Main St. 929-2787, Niche Gardens guided garden static Cancer – A bi-weekly net. the town of Chapel Hill at meetings artscenterlive.org walk — Saturdays through June, support group. Meets 1st and 3rd throughout March. Meetings: Thu, Mixed media by 10am. Discussions on spring plant- Salsa/Mambo — 3rd Saturdays, Wednesdays of every month, 3:30- Mar 6, 3pm at Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chief — a tribute to ing, garden maintenance, design & lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. $7, 5pm. Drop-in, no charge. Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce, 104 Estes the artist’s new daughter. gardening for wildlife with bird and 358-4201, [email protected]. House Cancer Support Center, 111 Dr.; Tue, Mar 11, 7pm at Christ Showing through Mar. butterfly gardens. Special emphasis Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Cloister Ct, Ste 220, Chapel Hill. 401- United Methodist Church, 800 Mar- The Beehive Salon. 102 on drought-tolerant plants. Free, Garrett Rd, Durham (Hillsborough). 9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org. ket St, Southern Village. Visit www. E Weaver St. 932-4483, rain or shine. Niche Gardens, 1111 Ballroom Dancing — 4th & townofchapelhill.org/economic_de- thebeehive-salon.com “Or So They Say” by Nancy Jacobsohn. Her Dawson Rd, Chapel Hill. Call 967- The Compassionate Friends: 5th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, $2. velopment for more info. Self-help support after the death of Collaborative works work is on display at Turning Point Gallery. 0078 or visit www.nichegardens. 933-8982. Seymour Senior Center, a child. Free and open to all adults Open house at Pittsboro Mon- by Tori Ralston and com for more information. 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, tercolors of wildlife by Dale Morgan, grieving the loss of a child or sibling. tessori Preschool — Sat, Mar 8, Community Independent School 968-2070. and paintings of botanical subjects by Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Ever- 11am-1pm. Families welcome. 886 students. Showing through Apr 1. Kids Claire Miller. Showing through Apr green United Methodist Church. Hamlet Chapel Rd, Pittsboro. Visit Century Center. 100 N Greens- 1st Annual Spring Break Men’s Discussions, Lectures 29. Totten Center, N.C. Botanical 11098 Highway 15-501. Call Julie www.pittsboromontessori.com or boro St. 918-7385, townofcarrboro. Soccer Camp — Mar 24-27, 9am & Open Mics Garden, Old Mason Farm Rd. Call Coleman at 967-3221 or visit www. call 542-0091 for more info. com/rp/cc.htm to noon, UNC Campus. Open to Lessons of Hurricane Katrina 962-0522 or visit ncbg.unc.edu for boys ages 6 to 14. $150. Registra- chapelhilltcf.org. — a free public lecture by Kath- Digital Camera Basics — For Bolin Creek and Woodlands: more info. tion Mon, Mar 24, 8:30am, Finley Free health seminar about leen Blanco, former governor of Beginners. Learn the basics of pur- Natural Treasures — photogra- Expressions of life, love and Fields. Bring ball, shin guards, water, natural approaches to hormone Louisiana. Thu, Mar 6, 7pm. Carolina chasing and using a digital camera phy by Dave Otto. Showing through faith through paintings and snack & small towel. Call 962-0466 replacement therapy. Tue, Mar Inn, Chancellor’s East Room. Free from amateur photographer John Mar. Carrboro Town Hall. 301 W pottery — works by Judith Ernst. or visit www.tarheelblue.com for 11, 6:30-8pm. Chapel Hill Com- and open to the public. Hosted by Sehon. Mon, Mar 10 & Mon, Mar Main St. 942-8541, townofcarrboro. Showing through May 30. FedEx more info. munity Center, 120 S Estes Dr. UNC Center for the Study of the 17, 9am to noon. Totten Center, com NC Botanical Garden, Old Mason Global Education Center. 301 Pitts- Toddler Time — At the Car- Register at www.trienglecompund- American South. Partners in Art — oil paintings Farm Rd, Chapel Hill. Call 962-0522 boro St. 962-2435, international.unc. rboro Branch Library. Every ing.com/Events.htm or by calling Open Mic — For poetry, music and drawings by Fleet Woodley, and to register or visit http://ncbg.unc. edu/GEC.html Thursday at 4pm. For more info, call 858-0809x415. & short fiction. Tuesdays at 7pm, photography, mixed media and haiku edu/pages/26/ for more info. “Marking Transcendence” 969-3006. Market Street Books & Maps, 610 by Sherry Woodley. Through March. Museums Monthly Intake/Orientation — collage landscapes, calligraphic Preschool Story Time — At Market St, Southern Village. 933- Fleet Feet Gallery. 406 E Main St. Planetarium & Digital Theater session hosted by Orange Com- pieces in Hebrew and English, and the Carrboro Branch Library. Every 5111, www.marketstreetbooks.com. 942-3102, fleetfeetcarrboro.com Shows - Science LIVE Demos. munity Housing and Land Trust. abstract and representational pieces Saturday at 10:30am. All preschool- Our Bodies, Ourselves — Preg- “Primary Colors” — water- Ongoing. Morehead Planetarium, Wed, Mar 12, noon. Land Trust of- by Galia Goodman. Artist’s reception ers are invited to this free program. nancy and Birth reading and signing color and acrylic paintings by Chapel 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. Info fice, 104 Jones Ferry Rd, Ste C. Call Sun, Mar 9, 1-3pm. Showing through For more info, call 969-3006. with Judy Norsigian, executive Hill artist Miriam Sagasti. Showing hotline 549-6863, office 962-1236, 967-1545x302 to register. Apr 29. The Community Church of director of Our Bodies Ourselves, through Mar 31. Annual Wood Show ComedySportz 4 Kidz tickets 843-7997. Thu-Sat 10am- Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, and Miriam Labbok, director of Cat Adoption Day at Goathouse — turned bowls, vessels and wood- — Games & improv for the 12 5pm, 6:30-9:15pm. Tickets $5.25; 106 Purefoy Rd. Call 942-2050 for Center for Infant and Young Child Refuge in Pittsboro. Sun, Mar 16, en creations by the Gallery’s favorite & under crowd. Saturdays, 5pm. $4.25 seniors, students & children. more info. Feeding and Care. Thu, Mar 20, noon to 5pm. Refreshments includ- wood artists. Showing through Mar $10, students $8, kids under 5 For more info, visit www.more- Nancy Jacobsohn’s “Thirteen 1:30pm. Bull’s Head Bookshop, ed. 680 Alton Alston Rd, Pittsboro. 31. NC Crafts Gallery. 212 W Main $5. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N headplanetarium.org. Horses—The Journey” — a 207 South Rd, UNC Campus. Visit Call 542-6815 for more info. St. 942-4048, nccraftsgallery.com Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill collection of pieces reflective of the Mall, Carrboro, 338-8150, www. www.ourbodiesourselves.org for Sight Unseen — photography by artist’s journey from a career as an dsicomedytheater.com. more info. local, legally blind photographer Tim art educator and museum admin- O’Brien. Artist’s reception Fri, Mar istrator to a full-time artist. Artist’s 14, 6-9pm. Paintings by Darius Quar- reception Fri, Mar 14, 6-9pm. Turning les in the side room. Open Eye Café. Point Gallery, University Mall. S Estes Got a Community Event you’d like us to know about? 101 S Greensboro St. 968-9410, Drive. 967-0402, harmonyfineart. Send your submissions to [email protected] openeyecafe.com com “Controlled Chaos” — contem- porary acrylics by Catharine Carter. Southern Village Showing through Mar 31. Panzanella. Paintings by Cat Moleski Carr Mill Mall, E Weaver St and N — bright, insightful and contempla- pets of the week Greensboro St. 929-6626, pan- tive oil paintings. Showing through zanella.com Apr. Bagwell, Holt, Smith, Tillman & Images from Chatham County Jones, PA. 400 Market St., Suite 103. — photography by Dwain Ritchie. 932-2225, bhspa.com Showing through the first week of April. Weaver Street Realty. 116 E. Hillsborough Main St. 929-5658, weaverstreet- Look B4U Leap — new work by realty.com the Gallery’s member artists. Show runs through March 22. Hillsborough Chapel Hill Gallery of Arts. 121 N Churton St, Picturing the World: Carolina’s Suite 1-D. 732-5001, hillsboroughgal- Celebrated Photojournalists; lery.com Showing through Apr 6. Perspectives on Public Justice. Showing through Pittsboro May 4. Ackland Art Museum. S Co- Annual Pottery Invitational lumbia St and Franklin St 966-5736, — works by Mark Hewitt, Ruth ackland.org Morgans, Siglinda Scarpa, Doug Imaginary Portraits — works by Dotson, Janet Resnick and others. Pablo Picasso. Showing through Mar Through Mar 31. ChathamArts. 13. Originals by Salvado Dalí. Show- 115 Hillsboro St. 542-4144, www. chathamarts.org ing Mar 14 through Apr 10. Anima- APS OF ORANGE COUNTY — Yo. Call me Tank, I am a big tion and Fine Art. University Mall, S “Seed Bead Therapy” — eclec- woman and a huge snugglebug. I’m about 4 years old, and what we call Estes Drive. 968-8008, animation- tic & fun jewelry by Jody Jameson. tortoiseshell, and I have no front claws. I get along great with other cats ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — Meet Duga! andfineart.com Through Mar. The Joyful Jewel. 45 and have a best friend here that is also front declawed; her name is He’s a one-year-old lab mix who has been waiting a long time to find a fam- Mixed media by Nevton Diniz. West St. 545-6863 Gracie. I love to be petted and brushed. I have a reverse mohawk haircut ily of his own. He would love to find a place where he can go on walks and Showing through Mar. Caffé Driade. New works by David Sovera. because my back fur was matted when I arrived at the APS; I think I am play! He loves treats and would love to learn some new tricks to show off! 1215-A E Franklin St. 942-2333, Showing through Mar 31. Fusions Art way cool. Come see how great Gracie and I are at Animal Protection Don’t pass this handsome boy by. He’s a keeper! Stop by Orange County’s caffedriade.com and Fine Craft Gallery. 53 Hillsboro Society of Orange County, 6311 Nicks Road, Mebane, or call 304-2300. Animal Shelter, 1081 MLK Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, or call 967-7383. You can also see him online at www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/adoption.asp. “Flora, Friend and Foe” — wa- St. 260-9725. You can also go online at www.animalprotectionsociety.org. 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i n season flora your imagination when from page 1 viewing the burgundy col- ored stamens protruding we should call it Speck- from the petals. What do led Trout Lily. That little you think of Yellow Adder’s golden-yellow flower with Tongue as another name three sepals and three for Trout Lily? Simply using petals, looking like six the official Latin name, similar petals, is a true Erythronium americanum, is lily. Down on hands and an easier option. knees, take a closer look You will see many at the swollen triangular- other woodland flow- shaped capsules at the ers close to the ground ends of the stems where during the next couple the flowers occurred. By of weeks. Be particularly the end of March, when on the lookout for one the plant has just about called Pennywort, Obo- disappeared for the year, laria virginica. It is seldom that lily capsule will have seen because it remains deposited its seeds for hidden a few inches dispersal by ants along the above the leaf litter. Only forest floor. a keen eye will spot this Some folks call this lily diminutive wildflower in Dogtooth Violet and they the Gentian family. Visit are passionate about their Dave Otto’s Bolin Creek common name. I don’t photo exhibit, continu- know the origin of this ing through March in photo by dave otto ILLUSTRATION BY PHIL BLANK one; it is definitely not a Carrboro’s Town Hall, to You will need a keen eye to spot this little beauty on the forest floor. violet, but I can under- view a spectacular image stand how some imagina- of the Pennywort. When ever find one, you’ll never Special appreciation to tive soul may have likened you see it, remember forget it. But you have to Dave Otto for this week’s each of those six petals to that in reality it is only a go walking in the woods photos. a canine’s tooth. Now use couple of inches tall. If you to find it.

RECENTLY from page 1 “Gardeners can hardly have too many L&T Briefs Saturday Market: 8 a.m. - Noon rain barrels, considering how quickly they It was shaping up to be a fine Conservancy What’s at the market? morning as Barrow and two oth- fill when used under a downspout. The anniversary er members of the Bynum Gen- Check out what’s at the Carrboro Year-Round drought may not always be upon us, but The Triangle Land Con- eral Store Front Porch board, Farmers’ Market . . . drinking water will always be precious.” servancy, an environmental Just to name a few . . . Debbie Tunnel and Dawn Por- group responsible for keep- Plant starters, Tulips, daffodils, anemones, pussy willows, ter (with daughter Caroline), ing over 10,000 acres of ranunculus, green onions, greenhouse strawberries, broccoli, car- showed me around the site that local wilderness undevel- rots, collards, turnips, beets, sweet potatoes, chard, kale, spinach, has long been the Bynum hub. birthday. She gladly availed her- pickup at the Bynum General oped, recently celebrated lettuce, broccoli raab, pachoy, arugula, savoy cabbage, mustard It was the first time I’d been in self of the restroom while Barrow Store on April 12. Local buyers its 25th anniversary. The greens, butternut squash, acorn squash, red kale, cauliflower, the store since it quit selling stuff explained his misguided excite- can have their barrels delivered conservation group is also radishes, rosemary starters, pansy starters, baked goods (including and formally became a commu- ment, having initially thought for an extra $10. This is a good using the opportunity to vegan and gluten free options), breads, jams, wines, grass fed beef, nity center. It has always been a they were there to cover the rain deal even before figuring in that initiate a new fund entitled pastured pork, pastured chicken, grass fed lamb, buffalo, sausage, gathering place, but the locals barrel sale. your purchase will help this lo- “Our Water, Our Land,” chorizo, ground bison, raw milk cheeses, smoked cheeses, goat opened it up to their “suburbs” They may yet get some air- cal treasure continue as a music which will be used to con- cheese, jams, jellies, pottery, hats, rugs, and more! in 2001 for the Front Porch time, because people all over the venue and gathering spot. The serve wilderness in immi- Concert Series, which runs May state are looking for rain barrel more they sell, the more money nent danger. The group has Recipe of the week through October, with popular deals these days. The Bynum they get to keep for supporting raised over $3.5 million al- Country Sausage Gr av y musicians playing each Friday folks are offering 55-gallon poly this community resource. ready and expects the fund evening; and starting in April, barrels previously used for food Gardeners can hardly have to eventually wield over (Best served overtop buttermilk biscuits) weekly Front Porch Pickin’ ses- Recipe provided by Local Chef: Sheri Castle storage that have been up-fit- too many rain barrels, consider- $30 million. sions, where people show up ted with two spigots, drop-in ing how quickly they fill when Did you like what you ate last week at our Market cooking with their instruments and play demo?? Try it at home! Chef Sheri Castle shares her yummy basket screens and downspout used under a downspout. The Something we for as long as it sounds good (a adaptors for $88; or a minimal- drought may not always be upon country sausage gravy recipe for you to try overtop your favorite monthly gathering during the should know? hot biscuits! ist version of the same size with us, but drinking water will al- winter). Send your submissions to 1 pound bulk country sausage (mild or hot) one spigot and an overflow spout ways be precious. [email protected] carrboro citizen 3/5/08 2:05 PM Page 1 The townsfolk have put a lot 4 tablespoons instant (such as Pillsbury Shake and Blend) or with screw-on cap for only $58. Check out bynumfrontporch. all-purpose flour of effort into keeping the store The orders and money need to org for details and to order; or 2 or 3 cups whole milk site viable, including upgrading be in Barrow’s hands by March call Luke Barrow at 815-0215. Freshly ground black pepper a restroom to ADA standards. 17, when he will place the order. 1. Cook the sausage in a large, cast-iron skillet over medium Tables and chairs dot the main The barrels will be available for Contact Valarie Schwartz at heat until well browned, breaking up the meat with the side of the floor area; the walls are still cov- spoon. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl and set aside. ered with shelves, but now hold 2. Pour off all but 4 tablespoons of the drippings, but don’t books, toys and memorabilia DOWNTOWN CARRBORO’S disturb the good brown bits on the bottom of the skillet. (look around, you might find a 3. Return the skillet to medium heat. Sprinkle the flour over pack of Nabs or a Moon Pie in OWN OPTIMISTIC the drippings and whisk until the flour is smooth. Cook, whisking there somewhere). constantly, for two minutes or until the flour starts to brown. While we talked, a vehicle WINE BAR,WINE SHOP 4. Gradually whisk in 2 cups of milk. Cook, stirring constant- with “NBC-17” painted on the &KITCHEN ly, until the sauce thickens enough to coat the back of the spoon. sides pulled up in front. Barrow 5. Stir in the cooked sausage. If the gravy is too thick, add could hardly believe his eyes; it some or all of the remaining cup of milk. had been less than an hour since 6. Season generously with black pepper and serve hot. sending that email to the local Last week Sheri served these overtop some of her piping hot NBC affiliate. Turns out it was biscuits. They were AMAZING!! a newsroom staffer on an outing with his mother on her Leap Day Haunted Halloween Cruise Oct. 26 – Nov. 2 Take a cruise with us to San Juan Open Monday-Saturday and the Southern Caribbean Serving Dinner, 5-10 pm on the Royal Caribbean’s 106 South Greensboro Street please, Adventure of the Seas. Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 REcycle this Price Price includes airfare and much more. 919.967.9784 • www.glasshalfull.net Reduced! For more information, contact newspaper. Cliff Larsen at 919-929-9436. WINE BAR • WINE SHOP • KITCHEN puzzle solutions puzzle cryptoquote answer: I LIKE IT BETTER LATER IN THE YEAR BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED ACCOMPLISHED YOU’VE SHOWS IT BECAUSE YEAR THE IN LATER BETTER IT LIKE I SOMETHING. – ROY WILLIAMS AFTER THE BOSTON COLLEGE GAME AT BEING BACK BACK BEING AT GAME COLLEGE BOSTON THE AFTER WILLIAMS ROY – SOMETHING. AT NUMBER ONE NUMBER AT 6 Thursday, march 6, 2008 Opinion The Carrboro Citizen

Unconventional wisdom letters Chris Fitzsimon Welcome to In 1992, a prominent Democratic state senator was talk- Carrboro ing to a small group of people waiting for a political rally to Congratulations to the own- start when the subject turned to an effort by progressives ers of the Andrews-Riggsbee site, to repeal the state sales tax on food that had been imposed soon to be Roberson Square, on in the early 1960s by Gov. Terry Sanford to raise money to approval of their project. I can’t improve the state’s struggling education system. wait to see their cool-looking The senator said he didn’t support that idea because “the mixed-use building in place of poor need to pay taxes too.” That was a common view in the vacant lot that is there now! the General Assembly at the time, though not said in public I’m disappointed they didn’t very often. include a restaurant, any child- The state portion of the sales tax on food was finally re- related structures, and that their pealed in the late 1990s, but the sentiment that the poor garbage entrance will face their don’t pay their fair share of taxes is still alive and well in the residential neighbors on the East General Assembly and dominates much of the public policy Carr Street instead of the com- debate. mercial Roberson Street side. Despite the adoption of an Earned Income Tax Credit What has me and my neigh- (EITC) last session, most of the talk about tax cuts starts bors worried is the thought of with efforts to reduce taxes on corporations and the wealthy. having to live through the con- Last year, lawmakers gave the richest two percent of state struction of this project. In my taxpayers a break by letting a temporary income tax increase opinion, the owners of this prop- expire, while at the same time making a temporary increase erty didn’t endear themselves to in the regressive sales tax permanent. us neighbors during the demo- A new report from the North Carolina Budget and Tax lition of the former hardware Center finds that the claim that the poor don’t pay their fair store building. Somehow, the share of taxes is actually true, though not in the way many demolition took place only on legislators believe. The poor pay more than their fair share. Taking responsibility for integrity the weekends for around three The BTC report finds that the poorest 20 percent of months last summer. Talk about households in the state, with average incomes of $10,000 a neil pedersen time like this, the public and the rude awakenings, from back up year, pay 10.7 percent of that income in state and local taxes. school community need to trust alarms, to I beams hitting con- The wealthiest one percent pays 7.1 percent of their income. r“Cheat o repeat.” That’s the that she is continuing to exercise crete, it was a sleep-deprived The average income of that group of taxpayers is $970,000. response from one of my high good judgment that is consistent summer! I know construction The analysis includes both the EITC and the tax break for school students when I, as an with her, and the district’s, val- is loud and dirty, hopefully this the wealthy passed last session. English teacher, was sharing ues. time the owners will show us The report includes a graph that shows that the percent- my zero tolerance standard The fact is that both national neighbors some love by work- age of income paid in state and local taxes is inversely pro- for cheating on the first day of and local surveys indicate that ing to respect our right to live in portional to income level. This is true despite the state’s rela- school. For some reason, I still cheating is pervasive in high peace and quiet, especially on the tively progressive income tax and is largely a function of the vividly remember this utter- schools today. I don’t find this weekends. When I made a point reliance on the narrowly applied sales tax and the property ance 35 years later. Perhaps, it acceptable. Fortunately, the of this at the aldermen’s meeting, tax imposed by local governments. was because at my undergradu- CHHS School Improvement the mayor said the town couldn’t North Carolina taxpayers can also deduct state taxes ate school we operated under a Team already identified integri- limit work hours, only prohibit- paid from their federal taxes, but most low-income filers strict honor code in which stu- ty as an issue on which it wanted ing starting work before noon don’t have enough expenses to itemize their deductions and dents were trusted. I never had the school to focus as it writes on Sunday. Wow, one would therefore don’t get the break. a member of the faculty in the its School Improvement Plan. think that since the town basi- There’s plenty of more fascinating information in the re- room when I was being tested This incident, undoubtedly, will cally gave a gift of seven park- port, including a breakdown of who pays each of the major during my four years there. I result in even greater attention ing places on East Carr Street taxes assessed by the state and local governments and recom- never cheated and never was being given to this issue. The at $10,000 a pop, the mayor’s mendations to improve the fairness of the state’s tax system. aware of a classmate cheating. plan will be completed in May. figures not mine, that the town The fundamental message is one that should be the foun- While some might argue that administration. Teachers dis- I believe that while the district could leverage some concessions dation of every tax debate in the General Assembly. The the world is more complicated cussed with their students what should set a standard for integ- on work hours! Oh well, I un- overall tax system in North Carolina is regressive; the poor today and the lines more blurred, cheating is and why it is wrong. rity, strategies developed at the derstand and respect the idea pay a far higher percentage of their income in taxes than that is not the case in the recent All parents in the school were school level will more likely be of building mixed-use in town, the rich. cheating incident at Chapel Hill informed of the incident and embraced and supported by the I’d rather see Carrboro grow up- The report comes on the heels of other reports that also High School. The lines crossed asked to have discussions with faculty and students. wards instead of outwards. That shatter pieces of conventional wisdom in the current policy were quite clear. Anyone should their own children. To restore We all share some level of re- said, Good Luck and Godspeed debate. know that using a stolen master the security of the facility, all sponsibility for instilling sound on your project, and oh yeah, Site Selection magazine’s latest economic ranking has key to enter a school after hours outside doors will be re-keyed. values in our young people. Welcome to Carrboro! North Carolina fourth in the country in the number of is wrong. Going into a teacher’s We are told that master keys Parents have a responsibility for Your loving neighbor, new or expanding projects it attracted. The state ranked first files and stealing or photograph- have been floating around for how they raise their children Buddy Kelly among states with metro areas between 200,000 and one ing tests or answer keys is clearly as long as two years and that in and the values and characteris- Carrboro million people. cheating. Photographing a test the past tests have been compro- tics in their children that they The Triad was recognized as the top small metro region or answer key and distribut- mised. That may very well be reinforce. Teachers and school Horror and Apathy in the country and the Lexington-Thomasville area and ing it electronically to students true, but we don’t have evidence. officials are responsible for cre- George Bush for torture. Yes, Statesville-Mooresville were the top two rural areas. who have not yet taken the test It would be extremely time con- ating an environment in their alas. And we stand by, in horror The findings are not new, but ought to finally make the is cheating. In the recent event suming to do an investigation schools that promotes and rec- and in apathy. I speak for myself pile of evidence that North Carolina is business friendly too at CHHS, we have evidence into those years, and if we did ognizes good character. With in this. I earlier organized a web high to ignore. at this time that two students find wrongdoing, what would regard to cheating, teachers also revolt (Yes, I am revolted!) at the Two weeks ago, a senior executive with Ernst & Young possessed master keys to the we do about it at this point? If should be clear about the defini- fact that we Americans condone presented lawmakers with a study that showed North Car- school and that two students ex- we did find wrongdoing, how tion and should avoid conditions torture – see tort.wikispaces.com. olina’s business taxes are the lowest in the Southeast and changed a photograph of a test would we discipline students that might make it tempting for And I had planned on becoming among the lowest in the nation measured as a percentage of via cell phone. Approximately who are no longer in our dis- students to cheat. Students at a lot more active in promoting the state’s economic activity. eight other students were im- trict? The principal, rightly so, this age must accept responsi- the revolt. But I have yet to go Also this week, The Pew Center on the States gave North plicated, but evidence did not is focusing her attention on this bility for their decisions and to onto campus and distribute leaf- Carolina a B-minus for its budget process, but the page sum- support further disciplinary ac- incident and how we move for- think carefully about what’s the lets. What has happened? marizing the findings included a table of facts. North Caro- tion beyond re-testing. There ward to enhance security and right thing to do. A former col- Complacency, yes. How? Easy, lina ranks 10th in state spending, not a surprise given the should be an unmistakable mes- instill academic integrity in our league of mine once shared the just put it off to tomorrow. Be- size of the state’s population. But state spending per capita in sage sent to these students and students. advice that he had given his son. cause we know that tomorrow North Carolina ranks 34th. their classmates: This is morally Jackie Ellis, the new princi- Before acting, think about if he will bring a ban on torture by the That’s quite a list when you add it up. The poor pay a wrong and there must be puni- pal of CHHS, has received acco- would want his parents to read US. Indeed, the next president of higher percentage of taxes than the rich. The state continues tive consequences. lades from all stakeholders this about his actions in the newspa- the United States will ban torture its dominance in economic development. Business taxes are What has been the school’s year for her leadership, respon- per. Not a bad measuring stick. right away, it’s in the cards. among the lowest in the country and the state spends less response? The students who siveness, judgment, and com- Our president has unfortu- engaged in this behavior were mitment to doing what is in the Neil Pedersen is superintendent of nately opted to go with torture, per capita than 33 states. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. So much for all the bluster about bloated budgets and appropriately disciplined by the best interest of her students. At a but there is only less than a year crippling taxes. Now let’s move on to solving real problems. left, not all that much time to do mischief. Poor Bush, he’s cooked. for the record Meanwhile, the attitude is chang- ing and we are headed to a more On to Stage Three natives are not available and water is used in the enlightened view of the world. At [Editor’s note: While recent rains have helped, least practical amount. long last! we are entering the warm weather months with Water leaks must be repaired within 10 days So, all in all, times are good. extremely low water supplies. 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HEALTH When CFN took over the Or- “I was just trying to do the ange Person Chatham (OPC) Area best thing by each client on a School board field crowded from page 1 Plan in 2006 – OPC having resist- case-by-case basis,” says Ghezzi, ed divestiture of its services as long “and we didn’t have a lot of guid- by Susan Dickson years, as a principal, teacher and children and their parents.” communities, cared for by those as it could – Ghezzi says there was ance on what to do – partly be- Staff Writer district administrator, retiring in Michalski has two children, communities, was the spirit be- a team of four community support cause nobody knew.” 2004. a son who attends Hillsborough hind that reform. It was well in- workers: two of them had master’s Nobody knew. But how, Kar- Six candidates have filed for “I’ve been a little bit dismayed Elementary and a daughter who tentioned, as Dunn suggests, but degrees in social work; two had en Dunn asks, could that be? election to the Orange County with the way things have been might attend Hillsborough El- very poorly executed. bachelor’s degrees. CFN did then Providing just the basics, says Schools Board of Education. going,” he said, noting a parent ementary as a kindergartener in Who are ‘they’? hire more para-professionals, but Dunn, was the way the state Incumbent Al Hartkopf is run- protest at a recent school board the fall, depending on redistrict- meeting. “I think I can help these ing. He works for the Caring “How can they just change not a great many. wrote the plan: ning for re-election, challenged by folks understand where the school Family Network and has lived in your therapist?” Ghezzi’s cli- That aside, CFN wasn’t en- “The whole plan was to get peo- newcomers Eddie Eubanks, Steve system has been. Mebane for 10 years. ents asked. But she found that tirely prepared for the task at ple this basic community support Halkiotis, Tony McKnight, Jeff “If parents feel negatively Morris, 47, said he would she couldn’t even tell them who hand. in order to reduce hospitalizations Michalski and Stan Morris. about the school board and the like to use his professional back- “they” were. “I think one thing that was and to prevent utilizing these high- Three seats on the board are school system as a whole, I think ground in business processes to “I’m not really sure who they striking,” Ghezzi recalls, “was er levels of service unnecessarily. available. School board member it’s important to figure out why improve the board’s stewardship are,” Ghezzi says, wondering that they didn’t seem very knowl- “And now it’s kind of like this Dennis Whitling resigned last they feel that way.” of funding. aloud who to blame for the crisis edgeable about outpatient clin- huge surprise that this is how the month, following his arrest on Halkiotis lives in Hillsbor- “I’m hoping to be able to make we’re now facing here in Orange ics.” CFN arrived with a solid system is playing out, when it was charges of embezzlement. ough, and has lived in Orange a difference and see if we can pro- County. reputation as a foster care agency. planned out that way from the be- Hartkopf, 50, has served on County for 39 years, except for vide [the schools] some resources,” There’s plenty of blame to go “But a busy mental health clinic is ginning?” the school board for four years. a brief stint in South Carolina. Morris said. “I’d like to be a part around, she says: the Department a pretty different animal.” CFN She agrees with administering He said he is running for re-elec- His daughter, who works as an of the solution that evolves into of Health and Human Services, had operated smaller clinics, but more services within our com- tion because he wants to continue assistant district attorney in Guil- the successes of the students.” the governor, legislators, CFN as Orange County alone had nearly munities. But not at the risk of the work the school board has ford County, attended Chapel He added that he would like well. But, Ghezzi says, “I think it 1,000 clients. “They didn’t really neglecting other, more intensive started. Hill-Carrboro City Schools and to create policies to take advan- mostly falls on the state reform know what a busy mental health services. “So many times in politics, Durham Academy, while his two tage of the many foundations and plan. I think that’s definitely the clinic was like.” Dunn is particularly perplexed you get something started and the stepchildren attended Orange groups he believes would like to main cause of all this.” In 2007, according to Ghe- by Gov. Easley’s attempts at dis- elected officials change,” Hart- County Schools. contribute to the schools. The idea behind reform was zzi, “things started to fall apart.” tancing himself from the reform kopf said. “We’re really entering a Michalski, 38, said he would Morris lives in the Rougemont that there were certain mental Three rounds of layoffs ensued. In legislation. In the News & Observer new phase. like to make all schools in the community in northeastern Or- health care services the private May, CFN announced that due series, Easley is quoted as saying “It’s a good school system, but district open to all students in the ange County, and has lived in sector could better provide. In in large measure to rate cuts by at a December news conference, we haven’t done all we could do district, and would like to improve the school district since 1999. He 2001, the General Assembly voted the state for community support “It just happened overnight in with regards to parental involve- the district’s programs and the works as a business operations to overhaul the system. Counties services (in response to charges of late October [2001], and we never ment, closing the gap, operational promotion of those programs. officer with the American Red would no longer directly provide overspending, the hourly rate of thought they would do it.” transparency.” “Instead of being a complainer, Cross and his two children at- treatment. They would instead $60.96 was reduced to $51.28), And yet at the time, both Easley He has two daughters, ages 13 I wanted to be somebody who was tend Cameron Park Elementary form local management entities it would be cutting back services and then-Secretary of Health and and 9, who attend A.L. Stanback actually doing something about School. (LMEs) that would oversee pri- and closing facilities. Human Services Carmen Hooker Middle School and Hillsborough what I was complaining about,” Eubanks, 62, lives in Hillsbor- vate providers. More treatment “Once layoffs started,” Ghezzi Odom seemed to be champions of Elementary School. Hartkopf Michalski said. ough. would be provided within the says, “people lost their therapists; that legislation. works as a project manager and “I call myself the ‘choice for McKnight, 41, of Hillsbor- communities toward the objec- staff who weren’t laid off started “If the governor had no clue,” has lived in Hillsborough for nine school’ choice,” he said. “I think ough, ran unsuccessfully for tive of keeping people out of the job hunting.” Dunn says, “he was asleep at the years. our parents and our kids need to school board two years ago. four state-run mental hospitals. John Mader, a therapist who wheel and should be charged with Halkiotis, 64, served on the have some choice as to where they Orange County Schools dis- As has been documented in prior to divestiture worked for reckless driving. And that’s putting Board of County Commission- … go to school and to have pro- trict voters will elect school board a recent series of articles in the OPC, points out that those who it mildly. Because it’s not just reck- ers for 20 years. He worked in grams that will appeal to specific members May 6. News & Observer, many private were receiving these services are not less driving – it’s been an endan- Orange County Schools for 30 companies have been using em- only having to now cope with the germent of all our citizens who are ployees with only high school transition to new caregivers, adjust living with serious mental illness. educations, called para-profes- to relationships with new providers, “It really has put lives at risk, sionals, to provide community but are having to do so in the “face and continues to do so.” Flurry of filings change primary races support services – such as as- of complete ambiguity.” This week, Easley held a press Last Friday marked the last day Democratic primary for the lone district, which covers Orange and sisting with grocery shopping or “This is not effective thera- conference at which he proposed of filing season for the May 6 pri- at-large county commissioner seat. Chatham counties. The other homework – for which the com- peutic closure,” Mader says, “and turning direct control of the state’s maries and school board election • Wolff’s husband, Kevin, who primary race for a judicial race in panies bill the state $60.96. that’s hard.” mental health system back to the and a final-day flurry of filings ran unsuccessfully for mayor of District 15B is a three-way race The allegations are that, at Mader says that people are be- Department of Health and Hu- resulted in a number of races turn- Chapel Hill last year, filed for to replace Judge Patricia Devine, that rate, state reform created ing told to be patient, that new man Services and establishing ing from non-competitive to con- the Republican primary for the featuring Assistant District At- an incentive for companies to providers will be found. “But in differential pay for community tested and perhaps the first time at-large commissioner seat. He is torney Lamar F. Proctor Jr. of provide community support ser- the meantime, we don’t know support services depending on the in county history where a husband uncontested in that race. Efland; Page Vernon, a Chatham vices, and to provide them with when or who they will see.” level of those services. and wife could find themselves • Judge Alonzo Brown Cole- County lawyer and former assis- running against each other. man Jr. of Hillsborough drew a tant district attorney; and Chapel para-professionals, and not to ‘Nobody knew’ In some respects, Orange County is in a worse predicament Among the filings: challenge on the last day of fil- Hill attorney Glenn Gerding. In- provide more intensive services. State government officials than most counties. • Roger Road community ac- ing as Chapel Hill attorney Betsy cumbent judges Beverly Scarlett The News & Observer report- have now acknowledged that we “Sort of a Chapel Hill phenom- tivist Neloa Jones and Mary Wolff J. Wolfenden joined the race for and Chuck Anderson have no ed that between March 2006 have a very serious mental health enon is that we have so many un- joined Bernadette Pelissier in the District Court Judge in the 15B primary challengers. and January 2008, the cost of care problem. They’ve had no insured,” says Ghezzi, “and that’s community support services rose choice. There it is, on the front really a problem. We’ve always had to nearly $1.4 billion, or 90 per- page of the state’s paper of record a really high number of uninsured, cent of all community spending. – stories of waste and, worse, and we were the safety net, which According to the N&O, “Dur- abuse of the mentally ill – of the is now gone.” Introducing. . . ing that same period, the gov- disintegration of our health care We know of the ones we’ve ernment spent $78 million – 4.9 infrastructure. failed. But what of the others percent – on the seven services And here it is in our commu- out there? more likely to reduce the need nities – where health care pro- “I think there are a lot more for hospitalization.” fessionals such as Karen Dunn, people who have not touched base The cost of those community Marilyn Ghezzi and John Mader Virtual with the system at this point,” support services had risen to have collectively spent over 65 Dunn says. “That’s a whole other nearly 20 times the state’s origi- years caring for those with men- level of community outreach that nal estimate. tal health disorders, many of Subscription doesn’t happen … people the sys- whom are today facing, optimis- A ‘different animal’ tem hasn’t even seen.” How do we tically, uncertainty – the fraying In some ways, the post-reform begin to address those? of a safety net that in the best of do you envy the folks who have their very own delivery of mental health services Despite all, says Dunn: “I al- times was tenuous, and no clear subscription to The Citizen? has played out differently in Or- ways hold out hope.” understanding of their path to ange County, where using para- We’ll all soon learn if that hope further care – and, at worst, a + professionals for community is founded. frightening world in which that support services has not been as Next: Where do we go from do you wonder how in the world you can help care is not to be had. widely practiced. here? 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living life before you get to know them” he Lunch Menus continued. “Today, that lesson still lives from page 1 mar. 7-13 with me.” At the end of McCain’s talk, when E very meal is served with service and were denied. He told stu- he asked students if they had any ques- a choice of milk. Breakfast is dents how a policeman paced behind tions for him, hands shot up around served daily. them with a nightstick and how people the room. The students asked if he was threw things at them, but they contin- Eemel ntary scared, whether he got hungry while ued to sit and ask for service. waiting for service and if he’d ever taken Friday — Hamburger on “There was a little old white lady a drink from one of the whites-only wa- a Bun w/Lettuce & Tomato; with blue hair, who must’ve been about ter fountains. Chicken & Rice Casserole w/ 200 years old, who sat about five feet McCain told students that when Wheat Roll; Potato Wedges; down from me,” he told the students. he finally did receive service, “that was Tossed Salad w/Dressing; “If you think about 1960 in the South about the nastiest hot dog I’ve ever had Apple Halves and a 200-year-old white woman, and in my life.” Monday — Shepherd’s Pie; you are where you are not supposed to McCain was surrounded by children Oven Baked BBQ Chicken w/ be, you’ve got to believe that she doesn’t asking for his autograph after his talk Wheat Roll; Collard Greens; have good thoughts about you.” was over. Chilled Pears; Fresh Orange “Well, she finished that doughnut “It was very interesting that one per- Tuesday — Beef & Macaro- and that coffee, and she strolled toward son sitting on a stool could do so much,” ni w/Wheat Roll; Hot Dog on us, and she put one hand on my shoul- said fifth-grader Megan Serody. a Bun; Baked Beans; Garden der and one hand on Joseph McNeil’s “We’ve learned a little bit about black Peas; Applesauce shoulder. history, but it was cool to hear it from Wednesday — Cheese “She said in a very calm voice, ‘Boys, someone who was actually there,” add- Pizza; Pepperoni Pizza; Turkey I am so proud of you. I only regret that ed Jane Carsey, a fifth-grade student at Sub w/Lettuce & Tomato; you didn’t do this 10 years ago.’” Rashkis. Tossed Salad w/Dress- McCain told the students that he McCain left the students with a fi- ing; Broccoli Cuts; Chilled PHOTO BY KIRK ROSS learned a very valuable lesson from that nal lesson: “If the dream is big enough, Peaches Davis McCain, left, watches as his grandfather, Franklin McCain, recounts his experience little old lady. the facts don’t matter. If your dream is Thursday — Macaroni as a participant in an historic Greensboro sit-in, an event that is credited with helping fuel “Don’t you ever stereotype or make big enough, you can do anything that & Cheese w/Wheat Roll; the civil rights movement. your mind up about somebody in this you want to.” Chicken Fajita w/Salsa; Sweet Yellow Corn; Green Beans; School Briefs Apple Halves Seussical musical Arts education of education and government cam- Mdid le & High Summer camp Carrboro High School’s traveling Third-grade students at Seawell paigns for the past two years. Elementary Friday — Chicken Patty Registration is underway for the production of Seussical the Musical will recently participated in a Superior jazz open the weekend of March 15. residency designed to explore curricu- Sandwich w/Cheese; BBQ Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools The Culbreth Middle School Jazz Pork on a Bun; Baked Beans; Performances will be held at 3 p.m. lum through drama and poetry, while Summer Camp and Summer Youth Band received a superior rating at the Coleslaw; Fresh Banana and 7 p.m. on March 15 and at 3 p.m. simultaneously preparing them to see Monday — Spaghetti & Enrichment programs. Elon University Jazz Festival on Feb- on March 16. the play Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart Meat Sauce w/Garlic Bread; Summer Camp is a full-day pro- ruary 22. Tickets are $5 for students under by Mike Wiley at The ArtsCenter in Hot Dog on a Bun; Mixed gram for students who have complet- The band performed three different Vegetables; Chilled Pineapple; 18 and $10 for adults. Tickets can Carrboro. ed kindergarten through fifth grade. jazz-style selections to earn the superior Fresh Orange be purchased at the door or reserved The ABLE (Arts-Based Learning Activities include swimming, crafts, rating from the festival’s adjudicators. Tuesday — Chicken by contacting Brooke Linefsy at 918- Experiences) residency, hosted by the Salad Sandwich w/Lettuce & music, cooking and weekly field trips. Tomato; Fishwich; Steamed One-week sessions run June 23 to Au- 2200, ext. 25312, or blinefsky@chccs. ArtsCenter with funding from The Internship scholarship Carrots; Tossed Salad w/ gust 1 at Carrboro, Estes Hills and k12.nc.us. Grable Foundation, consisted of five Britney Rider, a student in the Dressing; Chilled Pears class sessions with teaching artist Vir- Glenwood elementary schools. Tuition Technical open house Academy of Information Technol- Wednesday — Vegetar- ginia Queen. ogy , recently received a $2,000 schol- ian Lasagna w/Wheat Roll; is $150 per week plus a one-time $35 Middle College High School at arship to recognize her work in an Chicken Nuggets w/BBQ registration fee. Durham Technical Community Leader award Sauce and Wheat Roll; Green internship experience. Summer Youth Enrichment fea- College will host open houses on Stephanie Knott, assistant to the Beans; Chilled Fruit Cocktail The National Academy Foundation tures a variety of courses for students of March 7 and 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. superintendent for community rela- Thursday — Fried Chicken selected Rider from more than 130 w/Wheat Roll; Grilled all grade levels. Courses in arts, crafts, The program offers honors-level tions for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City entries. To enter, students had to tell Cheese Sandwich; Sweet drama, creative writing, music, sports high school courses on a community Schools, was recently named Orange the story of their internship through Yellow Corn; Garden Peas; and more run for one-to-two-week ses- college campus. County’s Campaign Leader of the Chilled Peaches essays, photos, videos, websites and sions and meet for three hours per day. The open houses will be held in Year by Triangle United Way. PowerPoint presentations. Course fees vary. Room 45 of the White Buidling at Knott will receive the award on Parents may register for both pro- 1637 Lawson St. in Durham. Refresh- March 18 during the Triangle United grams at the Community Schools ments will be served. Way’s Annual Awards Celebration. Something we should office at the Lincoln Center. 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SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS 6th Grade AB Honor Roll List: 7th Grade Delaney Beals, Santiago 8th Grade Danusha Chenchik, Suna Choi, Jack Betancur, Erin Binnie, Megan Blunden, Conrad, Katherine Currin Samuel Arneson, Zunzun Aung, Philip Bozarth, Alexander Karishma Desai, Laura Diamond- A Honor Roll List: Timothy Bogan, Ryan Brady, Elias A Honor Roll List: A Honor Roll List: Burton, Raymond Caraher, Zitianyuan Williams, Matthew Duchan Natasha Anbalagan, Andrew Broverman-Wray, Natalie Bulik- Ashley Amodei, Salomon Ariza, Umer Ahmed, Isaac Akers, Shad Chen, Matthew Christy Kathleen Eakes, Bailey Ethridge, Antony, Ernest Appiah, Maria Sullivan, Shelby Casabura, Yuqing Heather Binnie, Katherine Boyd Al-Barazanji, Christina Annas Ethan Chu, Sequoia Crider, David Andrew Evans, Kyle Ferriter Ariza-Rodriguez, Catherine Bahner, Chen, Lucas Christy, William Collins, Haley Bumgardner, Zoe Caira, Michael Arneson, Nicholas Bauers, Daaka, Max DeJong, Matthew Sarah Foster, Stefan Garval, Michael Lior Bar-Yosef, Jack Bell Markell Corwin, Samuel Nicole Chang, Joy Chen, Willa Chen Leah Berolzheimer, Herman Dominguez, Kenan Dudley, Samuela Helpingstine, Maxwell Colin Bergey, Ashwin Bhargava, Crummett, Erika Davis, Frances Julia Chianese, Danielle Cohen, Bhupal, Shuyu Cao, Zhongyi Chen, Fernandes, Eleanor Funkhouser Hoffman, Danielle Holcomb, Amber Robert Byerly, Joseph Carlstein Davis, Kunal Desai, Sarah Gamcsik Carly Collette, David Collman Chisung Cho, Jiawei Cui Olivia Andrew Grant, Scott Graves, Thomas Horvath, James Huang, Michael Christofer Chang, Rania Choukaili, Devon Gattis, Rebecca Goldman, Janine Eduljee, Margaret Evans, Dang, Andrew DeJong, Sophie Greer, Evan Grosskurth, Naya Hutcherson, Alexander Imani, Virginia Crisp, Mitchell Emily Goldstein, Hallie Graves Isaiah Fischer-Brown, Molly Frank, Gan, Christine Hamilton Samantha Guthrie, Adam Hamilton, Basirul Jonathan Jenkins, Gabrielle Johnson Dougall, Evan Fantozzi, Andrew Madison Gunning, Joshua Hennen, Ariadne Frisby, Arun Ganesh, Hanks, Jessica Hennen, Melissa Hu, Haque, Amelia Howerton, Fan Alexander Kampov-Polevoi, Foster, Erika Franco-Quiroz, Eli Karl Hill IV, Jeremy Howell Jessica Gao, Wesley Guo Zhen Hu, Cameron Imani Abigail Isaacs, Pu Huang, Katarina Hudnall, Zachary Mahlique Keith-Guthrie, Jonah Grobin, Rachael Guan, Avishai Oliver Hudgins, Salman Iftikhar, Chuanjie Huang, Bradley Huntoon, Jing, Jaewon Jung, Varqa Kalantar, Jansen, Bria Johnson, Zoe Kagan Keyserling, Ata Khan, Jerry Halev, Qing Ke, Joo Hui Kim Pranay Imandi, Carey Kauffman Riley Hutchison Jinyoung Kang, Imani Kolman, Michael Lai, Audrey Sarah Kalkowski, Lauren Katz, Kelsey Kochikunnel, Meredith Kramer, Hari Molly Kirsch, Raveena Kshatriya, Deborah Kemp, Kabir Kumar-Hardy, Timofey Karginov, Ar Bas Khan, Larson, Hunyoung Lee, Michelle Lee Keeter, Nam Kyu Kim Kunduru, Hannah Manik, Patrick Alisha Lee, Anna Linker, Brian Brian Lee, Elliot Lee, Anna Li Galen Kirkpatrick Zoe Kofodimos, Rebecca Leloudis, Kevin Liao, Isabelle Lee, Paul Lee, Su Hoon Lee, Matherly, Margaret McCoy Mack, Ginna Manzanares, Treasa Jing Chun Li, Helen Lo, Kevin Kevin Lavelle, Elijah Lee, Nathan Nolan Liao, Daphne Liu, Jiangrui Lu, Blake Lewis, Sarah Linden Elizabeth Meier, Grady Meier, McDonald, Oriana Messer Mateer, Ellie McDonald, Anna Mee Lee, Amanda Lohmann, Jennifer Chelsea Mayse, Marissa Minnick, Hunter Mackman, Cody Martin, Jeremiah O’Donnell IV, Kevin On Katherine Mimmack, Jessica Nolting, Kevin Merritt, Faith Moavenzadeh, Lyu, Julie Mao, Michelle Mao, Oskar Abby Muller, Breanna Pellett Hunter Martin, Kevin Mercer Kunal Patel, Christian Pedersen, Aylee Peck Whitesides, Erin Nathaniel Montano, Cruz Nunez Marszalek Sarah McAdams, Andrew Stanislav Perumov, Juliana Powell, Lauren Miller, Hayley Nestor, Ruth Pineda, Rachel Pudik Peck, Jessica Pei, Stephanie Peres- Marc Ordronneau, Izumi Osawa, Medlin, Haruka Nakamura, Brian Toni Quick, Priyanka Reddy Adylan Brittany Newby, Margaret Palmer Camila Rivas, Jacob Rogers, Itzayana da-Silva, Gabrielle Pura Juno Park, Kayley Peters, Samuel O’Donnell Hyun kyung Park, Vivien Rigdon, Connor Roach, Esther Rolf, Raeyong Park, Conner Parkinson, Salazar Martinez, Daniel Rachel Samuelson, Benjamin Sawin, Pruden, Destini Purefoy, Andrea Phan, Arjun Raghavan, Samuel Miles Rosen, Matthieu Sieredzki, Soren Rademacher, Bradley Shaver, Dorotea Skela, John Stavas, Alyson Schwartz, Christina Ramirez-Rubio, Irving Sandoval Roach Shane Sater, Thea Lah Melody Song, Katherine Stafford, Randall, Mikko Rich-Voorhees, Frank Jacob Stern, Emily Stranahan Shaban, Stefan Steiner, Yujia Sun, Jackson Scroggs, Nikhil Shankar, Say, Charles Sellers, Param Sidhu, Brook Strickland Morrow Toomey, Roscigno, William Rosenberg Christopher Strand, Quentin Taylor, Raghav Swaminathan Madeleine Shaw, Arvind Tessa Ter Horst, Tyler Tran, Laura Kwonjin Tsotetsi, Anjelika Vasquez, Jeimy Salazar Martinez, Steven Daniela Thielisch, Shaunak Jyoshitha Tella, Anna Tsui, Tyne Sivashanmugam, Amanda Sjoelin, Voyce, Xingchen Wang, Elle Weeks Adam Wang Leah Zavaleta Shannon, Onnew Simmons, Kendall Turaga, Khin Wai, Annie Wang, Tyson, Shyam Vasudevan, Leigha Aaron Smith, Connor Smith Alexander Werden, Caroline Werk, Simms, Audra Slosek, Julia Snyder, Hannah Weaver, Aaron Weber, Vilen, Aaron Vrba, Charles Wang, Eleanor Smith, Jamella Smith, Maria Yao, Carl Yin, Alexa Young, AB Honor Roll List: Brooke Sobolewski, Caleb Stern, Ethan Westdorp, Clay Westman, Samuel Williams, Nolan Winters Benjamin Smoots, Caroline Stanton Garrett Young-Wright Anna Agusta, Zaynah Alam, Leah Elizabeth Terry, Erandi Villa, Lucas Hannah Wiepke, Nikki Wyss, Kairan Katherine Zeng, Anna Zhang, Graham Stopa, Kirstin Szogas, Devin Anderson, Guy Bar-Yosef, Nikolai Voyvodic-Casabo Emma Williams, Xiao Jean Ye, Ji Hee Yoon, Jessica Christopher Zhen Toth, Shane Turner, Emma AB Honor Roll List: Beer, Hanna Blunden, Jasmine Charles Woldorff, Jackson Wright, Young, Kevin Yu Van Beveren, Collin Vilen, Allison Gabrielle Abrams, Ranjitha Bobadilla, Stephanie Bui, Emily Xiaobo Wu Lingyun Yang, Alex Whitley, Julian Wilson Michelle Xia, Ananthan, Norman Archer, Jane Bulik-Sullivan, Meredith Carrington, Youngman, Charles Zhao Keita Yokoyama, Paul Zuo Barnett-Lawrence, Gayane Baziyants, Erin Casey, Jamie Chen S po r ts Education Mt at ers Upcoming Tar Heel Basketball: Paper, pencil and chalk Men: Vs Duke at Duke. Mar 8, 9 p.m. (On ESPN) Women: Vs Clemson/NCSU in the ACC Tourrnament at Greensboro Coliseum. Mar 7, 3 p.m. Steve peha & that translate into learning. Until ately to the needs of students, a margot carmichael lester we increase the quality of learn- more accurate assessment emerg- ing content and provide practical es. Teaching, it turns out, is an Sports Briefs scoring was led by MacKen- If we knew we could im- complexities of Outlook just to solutions for its storage, retrieval intensely personal endeavor. We zie Price with four and John prove education by buying every manage her mail and daily sched- and presentation, the technolo- teach who we are, and if who Pee Wee rankings Pamplin with three, and Rich learner a laptop, many commu- ule. And giving a fifth-grader gist’s vision of a “library without we are doesn’t match up well The Carrboro Recreation Leeper provided three assists. nities might be so inclined. But Microsoft Word to write an essay walls” will exist in theory but not with technology, then technol- and Parks 2007-08 Pee Wee The defense was anchored by it doesn’t appear that this would is like using a Howitzer to kill a in practice. ogy doesn’t match up well with Basketball regular season is strong performances in the make a significant difference in mosquito. Until we get high- This is not to say that the out- us. In a similar way, learning is over. goal. Nick Swartzwelder had student outcomes. We take it for quality software, designed spe- look for technology in schools is intensely social. We learn from In the West Division, the eight saves, while Gus Brigh- granted that kids with computers cifically for educational users and bleak. Tablet PCs and electronic the company we keep, specifi- Sonics clinched the title with a ton stopped five shots. at school are better off than those educational purposes, schools whiteboards could replace over- cally those people we respect, record of 8-1. They’re followed without, but most major longitu- will struggle to make productive head projectors. Blogging could admire and identify with. And by the Pacers, 7-2, the Spurs, Volleyball drop-in dinal studies of the effectiveness use of technology. become a standard vehicle for while kids certainly seem to love 3-6, the Rockets, 2-7, and the The Carrboro Recreation of technology on student learning Then there’s the problem students posting work and re- technology, technology hasn’t Hornets who went 0-9. and Parks Department will be have been inconclusive. Why? of training. For the most part, ceiving responses from teachers yet figured out how to love them In the East Division, the sponsoring a Volleyball Drop- Virtually every adult working when educators receive technol- and their peers. Digital video back in ways that inspire respect, Pistons clinched first with a In on Tuesday and Thursday in school has a computer nowa- ogy training, all they get is “click could enhance both the teach- admiration and identification. record of 8-1, followed by the evenings from 7:00 to 10:00 days. And most are well versed here to do this.” But training that ing and learning experience in a If we want schools to embrace Hawks, 6-3, the Knicks, 5-4, p.m., beginning March 11 in the basic operation of email, focuses on basic operational in- wide range of educational con- technology more fully so that the Nets, 3-6, and the 76ers and running until May 22 calendars and office software formation users can read from a texts. But these technologies will the children we serve might be who went 3-6. at Grey Culbreth Middle suites. But the benefits of such “help” file won’t inspire dramatic have to mature, and companies better prepared for life in the In- The Blue Devils won the School. $3 per participant, no widespread adoption have yet improvements in effectiveness or will have to package them in formation Age, we will have to Midget Division tournament, pre-registration necessary. For to translate into better teaching the cultural change in schools responsible ways that meet the embrace the truth that the only defeating the Tar Heels 35-18 information, call 918-7364. or improved school leadership. we’re all looking for. We have to specific needs of education users, technology capable of improv- in the final. Why? get beyond clicks and keystrokes before we will see results signifi- ing the quality of education is Basketball camp Technology has revolution- and begin providing authentic cant enough to alter the culture technology that positively affects Jaguar lacrosse Smith Middle School with ized almost every aspect of application-oriented training that of an institution that regards the the personal dimension of teach- The Carrboro High School host the 19th annual 4 C’s our lives. Every aspect except shows educators how they can use blackboard as one of the most ing and the social dimension of men’s lacrosse team brought Basketball Camp July 7-11. school. Why? technology to solve meaningful important technological innova- learning. Until such technol- its record to 1-1 with a 9-5 win The camp is designed for ris- Because the technology we use problems in elegant ways. tions in its history. ogy becomes widely available, over Orange High on Friday ing fifth- through seventh- in schools isn’t designed to solve A similar argument can be When looking for answers to we may all serve children better night at home. Coaches Pete grade boys and lasts from 9 educational problems. Schools made about educational content. the often exasperating riddle of with paper, pencil and chalk. Procopio, Kelsey Kihlstrom a.m. to 12 p.m. each day. For have to make do with repurposed While the amount of digital con- why technology hasn’t revolu- and Paul Bonnici juggled their more information, contact business tools whether those tools tent that could be used to help tionized education, it’s tempting Steve Peha and Margot Car- young line-up and taught on 918-2145, ext. 21905. solve their problems or not. kids learn is vast, the quality is to blame the people who work michael Lester own Teaching That the fly as the Jaguars went Take software, for example. uneven, the best stuff is hard to there. But when we spend time Makes Sense Inc., an education ahead early and never trailed The software we use in schools is find and even when teachers find in classrooms doing what teach- reform, advocacy and consulting in a hard-fought game. The inappropriate. No teacher should it it’s still hard to pull together ers do, seeing what teachers see company based in Carrboro. be forced to slog through the and present to students in ways and trying to respond appropri-

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Russell’s vision to create a shared employed by the UNC School of Russell’s workplace for freelancers and oth- Journalism and Mass Communi- marketing re- er creative types is moving toward cation who was instrumental in search, con- a concrete Carrboro reality. the start up of the Carrboro Com- ducted through The idea to open what he called mons . Originally from Richmond, surveys and 208 West Main Street, Carrboro a shared office space with a coffee Va., he has been in the area since interviews, has 919 967 3433 shop atmosphere was first men- 2001. shown that Open Tues - Fri 10AM - 530PM H Sat 10 - 5 tioned publicly nearly a year ago. The concept is not completely most people just Russell said James Harris, director new. Russell said these types of want a comfort- spaces started in the San Francisco able workspace, for events. (Their website of economic and community de- PHOTO BY KATIE SPENCER Bay area and have been popping a reliable In- has pictures of some of their velopment in Carrboro, encour- Freelance web designer Brian Russell’s vision to create up all over. ternet connec- designs.) They also rent out aged him to make it happen. a shared workplace for freelancers and other creative Cody Marx Bailey, a software tion and some reusable helium tanks; smaller The concept lies somewhere types is moving toward a concrete Carrboro reality. developer, helped found one of good coffee. He tanks go to the landfill after between a wireless-equipped cof- these places in the Bryan-College has developed The next steps are finalizing being used once. fee shop and the generic, cubicle- Station area of Texas. It is called a multi-tiered system to accom- the lease and completing the ap- Balloons are not the only clad office. Russell said the need the The Creative Space and opened modate full-time, part-time and plication process with the board thing Balloons and Tunes has to for this type of space is generated in August. Bailey said founding walk-in users. Full-time members of aldermen, Russell said. He offer. The small store is packed by people who have been driven members were surprised by its suc- will have permanent desk space said it’s hard to say exactly how with party hats and favors, away from the typical office en- cess, given its location in what he and automatic use of conference long the process will take. plates and napkins, confetti and vironment but who are unhappy called a conservative college town rooms, as well as tech support and Bailey said his workspace in decorations, birthday candles, working alone at home. that was not rich in culture. some administrative services. Bryan has been a success that cards, stuffed animals, wrapping “There is a productivity and “I think if it could work here, it Russell said he hopes to fund not only facilitated independent paper and bags, and old-fart creativity boost that comes from could work most anywhere,” Bai- the project through the town’s re- creative work but also stimulated teeshirts. While there are some going to a different place,” he ley said. volving loan program, which has new ventures by connecting like- “characters” represented, like said. Russell is going to give Carrboro been loaning money to small- minded people. Thomas the Tank Engine and The place will be called Car- a try, and so far he has seen a good business startups since the 1980s. “The creative space provided Curious George, there isn’t an rboro Creative Coworking and deal of interest in the project. He is As of October 2007, 58 percent the kindling and some fires got overabundance of television will consist of workstations, con- keeping about 40 people updated of those startups have stayed in started,” he said. promotion in the items. ference rooms and, of course, a on the project via an email list. business, according to a post by The highlight of my first coffee bar. Russell said he is close I first visited Balloons and About 60 people have responded Carrboro Alderman Jacquelyn Katie Spencer is a UNC-CH visit was without a doubt the to nailing down a location but Tunes when I heard that their to an online survey that asks what Gist on the blog OrangePoli- student writing for the Carrboro discovery of Duck on Bike. The wouldn’t say where. balloons were “environmentally they would want in a co-working tics.org. Some businesses, such Commons, the bi-weekly online lab wind-up toy of a goggle-eyed, “I can tell you it’s in the heart of friendly.” Owner Pat Garavaglia venue. Among those interested as Weaver Street Market, Cat’s newspaper for Carrboro produced brightly painted duck on, you downtown Carrboro and it has a confirmed this: Contrary to are Raleigh and Durham profes- Cradle and Milltown, have since by Jock Lauterer’s Community guessed it, a bike, caught my eye good parking situation,” he said. popular belief, latex balloons Russell said the large number sionals, and Russell said he hopes become Carrboro landmarks. Journalism class. are not a type of plastic but a and made me smile. But seeing biodegradable material made Duck on Bike in action was sheer delight: He makes a wide circle, from the sap of rubber trees. Another look at the market what realtors were experiencing ket, but that he and others will legs pedaling furiously, propellor ECONOMY The trees are “milked” for sap, compiled by the Chapel Hill on the ground. keep a close eye on the next few spinning atop his head. not cut down. Colored with from page 1 Board of Realtors also showed “The last few months have months. This gift has no point but vegetable dye and salt water, a distinct change in the fourth been noticeably different,” Mark “The big clue will be what to make someone laugh, which these balloons “break down quarter, with the homes sitting Zimmerman, owner of Re/Max happens during the spring, tradi- it’s done several times for me. Of the 419 transactions in faster than an oak leaf.” on the market longer and prices Winning Edge and vice presi- tionally selling season,” he said. Since I found Duck on Bike, he’s the fourth quarter of 2006, 43 On a UNC football weekend, adjusting lower. dent of the board of realtors said. “That will be a good barometer been a birthday present, a cheer- were new single-family detached Pat and her staff are hidden Though Orange County, par- There’s no question that, since in terms of our market.” up present and even a wedding homes. The average price was behind clouds of Carolina blue ticularly the traditional buoyant the fourth quarter, the market present (“Here’s a gift symbolic $500,814. In 2007, the total and white balloon bunches. real estate market in Carrboro has slowed. But keep in mind, Next week: Sellers and realtors of your undying love...”), and number of transactions dropped They specialize in balloons for and Chapel Hill, is small enough he added, “that we’re coming off may be feeling the pinch, but mid- met with great enjoyment each to 363 and the number of new all occasions, and they deliver that its statistics tend to swing pretty historic highs.” sized local homebuilding companies time. And he’s only ten dollars. single-family homes rose to 46. balloons as well as gifts and more wildly, the fourth quar- Zimmerman said it’s hard to are taking the biggest hit in the He’s waiting for you. The sale price for those homes cakes. They’ll even decorate dropped to $364,565. ter results put some numbers to say what’s ahead for the mar- slowdown.

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The Mill cell phone photos Ride with us Nice weather for a bike ride, and The Citizen is getting in on the act with a series of short films of town and local bike paths shot from the handlebar viewpoint. Visit www.carrborocitizen.com/mill to keep up with the series. Thrift store finds What: Harry Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs, The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart and Cool Water by the Sons of the Pioneers (all LPs). Where: Club Nova Thrift Shop, Main Street Carrboro Cost: Couple bucks each Club Nova is having a sale on jackets and sweaters, but a look at the records found many in decent shape. The Newhart album features a cut for President’s Day: “Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue.” What’s left: Tony Bennett, John Denver, Don Ho, Mahav- ishnu Orchestra, a Bongos record (not the one with “Glow in the Dark”) along with standard thrift store staples by Percy Faith, Montovani, Ferrante & Teisher, Floyd Cramer and Helen Reddy. photo by robert dickson Alan Schepers and Megan Culler of Chapel Hill (formerly of Carrboro) at the labyrinth at Community Park. Practice your voting Carrboro’s Erica Eisdorfer has long been known in book circles around here Water Watch xW ednesday, march 5 and not just because she’s managed the Bullshead Book Shop on campus for so LAKE LEVELS many years. eUniv rsity Lake: 1‘ .5” below full Her name got a little wider circu- Cane Creek Reservoir: 14 ‘ 9.5” below full lation this week after Amazon.com named her new work, The Wet Nurse’s PCRE IPITATION THIS MONTH Tale, one of the top ten finalists in the sJone Ferry Water Treatment Plant: 1.65” Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. Cane Creek Reservoir: 1.83” She sends along this reaction: “I guess I could say that this is the thrill of CUSO T MER WATER DEMAND a lifetime for me. I’ve been writing nov- Past 7 days (average): 6.795 million gallons els and sticking them under my bed for Past 30 days (average): 6.939 million gallons many years and this sort of recognition Ei st mated Water Supply remaining : is just about as validating as possible. The contest began in November and 248 days worth (about 8 months), based on average demand there were 5,000 entries, so it’s great to in the last 30 days, and assuming no further rainfall. have lasted.” Interested parties are invited to log Instead of taking a bath and using up to 80 gallons, use 10 gallons or on to the Amazon site, read an excerpt less with a short shower and a water-saving showerhead. from the novel and consider a vote for [ tip ] Carrboro’s next literary champion. : (Tip courtesy of OWASA. More tips at OWASA.org) Erica Eisdorfer

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