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By Kirk Ross She was followed in death a month tions were released, that the market Economic anxiety and a highly un- Staff Writer later by another official town treasure woes and housing downturn that had popular property revaluation helped and one of her early political rivals started in the previous fall were go- fuel outrage and tax protests that Early on in January 2009, many — newspaperman and former Cha- ing to have a profound impact on the turned out hundreds to rallies orga- in these towns were still focused on pel Hill alderman Roland Giduz. year ahead. nized by the local chapter of Freedom- the changing of the guard in Wash- In early 2009, the effect of another State and local governments, al- Works, a group led by former U.S. ington, D.C. changing of the guard was being felt ready implementing hiring freezes House majority leader Dick Armey. With close to 72 percent of Or- in town and especially on campus as and squeezing their budgets, cut That put the focus on Orange ange County voters pulling the lever new UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp further, and reports from social ser- County commissioners, who were for Barack Obama, the election of pulled the plug on a search for a new vice agencies and local food pantries faced with not just a tax rebellion, but the first black president was still the airport site in Orange County. showed a quick climb in the need for a rapidly expanding deficit and a fight big buzz, and a major — by Carolina A few months later, the Chapel the basics. The unemployment rate in over proposals for a solid waste trans- standards — snowstorm contributed Hill Town Council finally opened the state would rise from 5 percent in fer station. to collecting around TV sets and ra- official hearings on the first phase April, 2008 to 11.2 in June of 2009. While all this was happening, Roy dios on Inauguration Day. of Carolina North. Approval of the It fell a bit in the latest round of num- Williams and the UNC men’s bas- Prior to taking office, the presi- university’s plan and the town’s new bers but is not expected to its 2008 ketball team brought home another dent lost one ardent supporter, zoning rules for the 975-acre Horace levels until well into 2011. national title. On his way to that tri- though, as Rebecca Clark a tower- Williams tract quickly followed. In Orange County, which has umph, starting forward Tyler Hans- ing figure in the black community While politics were a pre-occu- traditionally posted one of the low- brough became the leading scorer in and the chief marshal of its political pation early on, it was clear by the est rates in the state, unemployment Atlantic Coast Conference history. Photo by Ken Moore clout, passed away on the first Sat- end of January, when a variety of climbed from 3.2 percent to 7 per- Alligator hide-like bark distinguishes old urday in January. economic reports and budget projec- cent over the same period. SEE YEAR PAGE 3 persimmon trees.

flora By Ken Moore The Year in Pictures Begin 2010 enjoying Clockwise from top left: winter’s beauty UNC basketball players Mike Copeland and Danny Green ow well I remem- enjoy a little dance at the ber one winter walk, homecoming celebration when stopped in mid-stride the newly crowned national by the sounds of snow champions returned to the Smith Center. (Photo courtesy falling through the bare of UNC Sports Information) fHorest canopy. That sound of snow touching the earth remains audible Protesters rally at Blue Cross Blue Shield of in my recollections. headquarters in Chapel Hill. Driving back from Raleigh on (Photo by Taylor Sisk) I-40 recently, my companion A summertime flu scare saw remarked on the beauty of the hand sanitizers popping up winter landscape, particularly not- all over town. (Photo by Ava ing the magical effect of shining Barlow) copper-colored leaves on trees in Charles Brown, who filed a the forest racing by us. complaint after being stopped In spite of the cold, I cherish the by Chapel Hill police in a case winter fields for their remarkable of mistaken identity, talks colors: browns, burgundy and con- with customer John Berry trasting off-whites, and the mixture at Brown’s barbershop on Rosemary Street. (Photo by of textures of fluffy seed heads Ava Barlow) and starkly bare branches. The forest, shorn of its green See pages 4 & 5 for The Citizen’s annual timeline for 2009. leafy canopy, is filled with low-angled light inviting the woods walker to proceed from room to room, taking in particular furnishings most often hidden by lush summer foliage. The lay of the land is easily vis- ible across the open forest floor, dramatic ups and downs with old erosion gullies crisscrossing every- where. Here and there the path sometimes intersects animal trails. I can never resist taking off on one of these little trails in the hope that I’ll discover the critter at the end, but each time the animal seems to have disappeared with nary a trace. However, off the beaten path, I always find some botanical or other natural feature of interest. In the winter, the true architec- tural characteristics of trees are revealed, with the dramatic sky- ward stretching of massive limbs. In addition, the amazing diversity of bark surfaces becomes apparent. One of my favorite trees is the Board of governors to Defense in Carson case persimmon. They may be de- tected scattered in open fields and review tuition proposal, new asks for tipster info throughout forests by dramatic rules for codes of conduct Defense lawyers for the two men According to search warrants, an horizontal angled limbs. The bark charged in the 2008 killing of UNC Stu- anonymous caller told investigators is dark and deeply fissured into The UNC Board of Governors after the budget was passed. dent Body President Eve Carson are ask- to contact a man who later became chunks that make me imagine al- will take up a proposal next week Also due for review by the board ing for more informa- a confidential infor- to ask the legislature to approve an are new guidelines for student ligator hide. tion on who tipped mant in the case. alternative to a tuition plan adopted conduct codes. The new rules are off investigators. Baddour said he as part of the state’s 2010-11 budget. the result of work by a task force According to search SEE FLORA PAGE 8 In a discovery expects to issue a rul- The General Assembly capped tu- set up by Bowles that looked into hearing in Hillsbor- warrants, an anonymous ing next week. ition increases at the lesser of $200 conduct codes and hate crimes in ough before Superior Atwater also faces or 8 percent for each campus. the wake of racist graffiti at N.C. Court Judge Allen caller told investigators to a May trial in federal The board meets next Thursday State. Baddour , lawyers for court as well as state and Friday at the Spangler Center in The proposal acknowledges the Demario James At- contact a man who later charges. His attor- inside Chapel Hill. need to balance free expression water and Laurence became a confidential neys filed a motion UNC system President Erskine and First Amendment rights with Alvin Lovette Jr. Dec. 11 requesting In memoriam 2009 Bowles plans to ask legislators to the responsibility of students to asked for information informant in the case. a change of venue. consider an alternative to that plan respect the “rights, dignity, worth from Crimestoppers The motion argues See page 6 when lawmakers return to Raleigh and freedom of each member of about the case. The that Atwater, who Index in May. the academic community.” two men were charged with first-degree is facing a possible death penalty if UNC officials will outline their The language in the proposal murder in the killing of Carson, who convicted, could not get a fair trial in thinking on tuition and fee increases makes it a violation of the student Community ...... 2 was found dead on Hillcrest Circle in the North Carolina. at a policy workshop next Thursday, code of conduct to harass and early morning hours of March 5, 2008. Along with hundreds of newspaper Obits ...... 2 where board of governors members intimidate individuals based on News ...... 3 She had been shot several times. clippings, they introduced the results are also scheduled to hear a briefing their race, color, religion, national Year in Review ...... 4,5 At Wednesday morning’s discovery of a June poll saying 80 percent of the Opinion ...... 6 on the state economy and the impact origin, gender, sexual orientation, hearing, Orange County District Attor- potential jury pool had heard of the Classifieds ...... 7 of the governor’s 5 percent “hold- gender identity, creed, disability ney Jim Woodall argued against turning case and 52 percent believe Atwater to Almanac ...... 8 back” in funding announced shortly or veteran status. — Staff Reports over the tipster information. be guilty. — Staff Reports 2 THURSDAY, December 31, 2009 Community The Carrboro Citizen Community Briefs Community Calendar Sanofi-aventis donates $2 million to sunday, Jan 3 Compassionate Friends — Free Family to Family — A series of Tutoring — Hillsborough Police ArtsCenter Sampler — Meet self-help support for all adults grieving 12 weekly classes structured to help Department and UNC Habitat for N.C. Cancer Hospital Humanifty offer tutoring sessions for instructors from various arts - from the loss of a child or sibling. Third family members understand and sup- ndays, 7-8:30pm, Evergreen students in Orange County School’s In a Dec. 21 ceremony at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, painting and drawing to dancing and Mo port a family member suffering with United Methodist Church. 967-3221, K-5 classes at the Community Policing pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis Chief Executive sewing - at the Carrboro ArtsCenter mental illness. The class is free and chapelhilltcf.org ponsored by NAMIOrange. Contact Station, 501 Rainey Ave. Tutors are Officer Chris Viehbacher announced the company’s $2 University Mall satellite space across s million commitment to the N.C. Cancer Hospital Endow- from Deep Dish Theater. Participate Introduction to Buddhism — Gove Elder at 967-5403 or gbelder@ students from UNC. Call 732-2441, bellsouth.net. ext. 26 to register. ment. in mini-classes and see what the Classes offered Wednesday nights, In recognition of the donation, the hospital named the ArtsCenter has to offer. Sign up for 7:30-9pm in November at Piedmont Garden Tour — Free tour of Kids facility’s advanced telecommunications conference center classes at the sampler event and KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation the N.C. Botanical Garden display Toddler Time — Carrboro Branch “The sanofi-aventis Conference Center.” receive 10 percent off your total class Center at 109 Jones Creek Place, gardens. Saturdays, 10am, in front of Library. Thursdays, 4pm. 969-3006 N.C. Cancer Hospital, home of the UNC Lineberger registration. This offer is good only on Carrboro. All are welcome. The class the Totten Center at the Garden. the day of the event and only at the is informal and designed for discus- 962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu Preschool Story Time — Comprehensive Cancer Center, is N.C.’s only public can- sion. A brief sitting meditation will be Saturdays, 10:30am, Carrboro Branch University Mall location. The event is Jazz at the Mall — University Mall cer hospital. The $180 million facility opened in August. included. Suggested donation for each Library. 969-3006 free and open to the public. presents free jazz concerts every class: $5. 968-9426, piedmontktc.org. CHCCS teachers achieve national Sunday, 2-4pm Express Yourself! — Art program Monday, Jan 4 Yoga for Everyone — UNC Com- for ages 3-8 and their caregivers. board certification Chatham County Christmas prehensive Cancer Support Program Job Search Meeting — A net- Saturdays, 10:45-11:15am, 11:30am- As part of National Board Certification Day, the Tree Disposal — Chatham County presents Yoga for Everyone. Each class working and support group for job noon, Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 residents can dispose of non-arti- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced that 24 will include a full yoga practice as well hunters. Wednesdays, 9:30-11am, E. Franklin St. $2. 933-1455, kidzuchil- ficial Christmas trees at the Waste teachers from 13 district schools achieved National Board as exploration of physical movement, Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow drensmuseum.org Management Office west of Pittsboro for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certifica- meditation, breathing techniques, and Drive. 942-4964 from 7 am to 3:30 pm on Jan. 4-8 and Volunteers tion during the 2008-09 certification cycle. relaxation. All levels are welcome. Open-Mic Poetry — Tuesdays Jan. 11-15. RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program The recipients are: Patrice Cook, Phillips MS; Court- Classes will be held on Mondays from except first Tuesday, 7-9pm, Looking — Seeks volunteers at least 55 years nee Cox, Smith MS; Shauna Ferguson, McDougle MS; 11am - 12:30pm. Carolina Pointe II, Glass Cafe & Boutique, 601 W. Main saturday, Jan 9 of age and older who would like Karen Galassi-Ferrer, East Chapel Hill HS; Natalie Parental Educational Clinic — In 6013 Farrington Road, Suite 101 in St. 636-5809 Chapel Hill. 966-3494. assistance in finding an opportunity Gaston, McDougle Elem.; Rebecca George, Rashkis this free workshop designed for par- Walking Tour — The Preservation that matches their interests. 968-2056, Elem.; Molly Grayson-McDonald, FPG Elem.; Rebecca ents and caregivers of special needs DivorceCare — Support group Society of Chapel Hill offers “Walk co.orange.nc.us/aging/RSVPindex.asp Hite, Carrboro HS; Arica James, Rashkis Elem.; Margaret children, participants will explore for those separated or divorced. This Way,” walking tours of Franklin Meals on Wheels — Seeks vol- Johnson, Rashkis Elem.; Meghan Leonard, McDougle conflict resolution and communica- Mondays, 7pm, Orange United Street every Sunday at 2 pm. $5. 942- unteers to deliver meals and/or bake tion skills. 10am - 12pm at Orange Methodist Church. 942-2825, con- 7818 or chpreservation@mindspring. Elem.; Alisa McAlister, McDougle MS; Elise McLean, simple desserts for recipients in the United Methodist Church, 1220 nect2orange.org com for more information. Reserva- Carrboro Elem.; Cristin Najera, Rashkis Elem.; Dennis community. 942-2948 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Meditative Yoga — UNC tions recommended for groups of five Norris, Chapel Hill HS; Colleen Rohner, Carrboro Elem.; Hill. The registration deadline is Jan. 7. Susanne Rusan, FPG Elem.; Michael Sasscer, Chapel Hill Comprehensive Cancer Support or more people. Orange County Literacy — To register: [email protected], Program presents Meditative Yoga: Seeks volunteers to help with adult lit- HS; Tamra Schuch, Scroggs Elem.; Courtney Sears, FPG Breastfeeding Café — An infor- 942-8083 ext. 2. A calming, stress-relieving yoga eracy, basic math and English language mal drop-in gathering of breastfeeding Elem.; Amy Untch, Seawell Elem.; Gisele Washington, class to stretch and strengthen the tutoring, creative writing workshops Ongoing moms will be held every Monday East Chapel Hill HS; Jodi Wise, FPG Elem.; and Betty body gradually. Classes will be held at local homeless shelters and family Cancer Support — Support from 1-2pm at the Red Hen. A La Wooten, Carrboro HS. on Fridays from 10am-11:30am. literacy workshops. New tutor train- groups for cancer patients and their Leche repersenative will be there to Carolina Pointe II, 6013 Farrington ing workshops every month. Carr Mill Upcoming athletic registration families. cornucopiahouse.org provide information and answer ques- Road, Suite 101 in Chapel Hill. For Mall, Second Floor, 636-4457 tions, 201 Weaver St. opportunities more information, 966-3494. The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department will be sponsoring a spring baseball program for ages 6-12, a middle school baseball league for ages 13-14 and a girls’ Obituaries volleyball program for ages 10-13. Registration for these programs will begin Jan. 5 for William Everett sity, he began work with the now serves as the primary tion on the frontlines. Carrboro residents and Jan. 6 for non-Carrboro residents Billingsley Seaboard Airline Railroad in water source for Chapel Hill Everett was very interested Norfolk and Richmond. and Carrboro. He retired in family genealogy for both at the Carrboro Century Center. The fee is $55 for Orange William Everett Billing- In 1967, he returned to from OWASA in 1996. He his mother and father, and County residents and $92 for non-residents. Registration sley, a Chapel Hill resident North Carolina and worked was a member of the Sertoma traced the Billingsley history forms are accepted on a first-come, first -served basis and since 1967, was originally with the Physical Plant Divi- Club of the Triangle, Cape back to the early 1600s in must be signed by a parent or guardian. For more infor- from Hamlet, N.C. (Rich- sion at UNC Chapel Hill and Fear River Assembly, Ameri- England. mation, call 918-7364. mond County). Everett later with the electrics section can Waterworks Association, He is preceded in death by passed away on Monday, Athletic camps at Carrboro of the Utilities Division. At University United Method- a son and daughter, William December 21, 2009 after a that time, both the town and ist Church, and he served Lawrence Billingsley and Recreation and Parks Department long battle with congestive the university were served as president of the Chapel Melinda Billingsley Cashwell; The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is heart failure. by this body. When the state Hill/Carrboro Chamber of his parents; his brother Mar- sponsoring the following athletic camps for the summer: Born on July 9, 1930, he legislature required the uni- Commerce. cus Billingsley Jr.; and two basketball camp, June 28–July 2 for ages 9-11; basketball was 79 years old, and the versity to dispense with this Everett was a natural sisters, Carol Griffin and Lois camp, July 12-16 for ages 6-8; field hockey camp, June son of the late James Marcus private telephone, electric, leader from a young age, Raines. He is survived by his 28–July 2 and July 12-16 for ages 10-13; Taste of Sports and Lula Gibson Billingsley. water and sewer utilities, the becoming a successful debater son, Andrew Everett Billing- camp, July 19–23 for ages 6-9; Ultimate Frisbee camp, He graduated with honors Chapel Hill Town Council and president of his Hamlet sley Sr.; his daughter-in-law, July 26-30 for ages 10-15; and volleyball camp, July from North Carolina State appointed Everett as execu- High School Senior class. He Claire Sturkie Billingsley; his 26–30 for ages 10-13. University in mechanical tive director of the water and led many projects and pro- grandsons, Andrew Everett Registration for these programs begins Jan. 5 for engineering in 1957 and sewer system. Officially, this grams during his undergradu- Billingsley Jr., Alexander Carrboro residents and Jan. 6 for non-Carrboro residents earned a master’s degree in became the Orange Water ate years at NC State and was Stewart Daly and Stephen at the Carrboro Century Center. The fee is $85 per camp. commerce from the Univer- and Sewer Authority (OWA- a student instructor during Cashwell; and his sister and For more information, call 918-7364. sity of Richmond in 1966. He SA). He served OWASA for his senior year. He also was brother Page and Roy Bill- In conjunction with the Triangle Futbol Club, the also pursued doctoral studies 21 years, which included a member of the Theta Tau ingsley. department is also sponsoring half-day soccer camps on in business at the University the severe water shortage of Honors fraternity. A funeral service was held June 14-17 and July 19-22, 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. for ages of North Carolina at Chapel the 1970s; out of this, he led Everett was drafted into December 30 at University 6-14. Mini-kicker soccer camps will be held on the same Hill. the drive for the property the Army in 1950 during the United Methodist Church. dates, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., for ages 4-5. Visit trianglefc.org After graduating from purchase and building of the Korean Conflict and served to register. North Carolina State Univer- Cane Creek Reservoir, which as a medic in a MASH opera- 7ALL TO WALL FLOOR TO CEILING EVERYTHINGˆINCLUDING WINES CHEESES CHOCOLATES COFFEE  TEA

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UNC, CIGNA cut deal The UNC Health Care System and CIGNA Health- Care of North Carolina announced Monday that they’ve reached agreement on a new contract ending an impasse that threatened to deny CIGNA customers access to UNC and Rex Healthcare services. The new two-year contract takes effect Jan. 1. “We are pleased that CIGNA and UNC/Rex will be continuing their long-standing relationship and that our customers will continue to have access to these quality hospitals and physicians at a reasonable cost,” said Charles Pitts, president of CIGNA HealthCare of North Caro- lina. “We are particularly pleased that part of the contract resolution includes the identification of areas to work together to improve service to the community.” Pitts said that UNC/Rex and CIGNA will work together to improve care, information exchanges and operational efficiency. “It was very important for UNC Health Care and CIGNA to work together to ensure continued cover- age for the thousands of patients who choose us for their care,” said Dr. William L. Roper, dean of UNC’s School of Medicine and chief executive officer of UNC Health Care. Christmas tree collections The Town of Carrboro will be collecting Christmas Trees as part of its yard-waste collection schedule. The tree should be placed along the curbside and all orna- ments and stands should be removed from the trees. Photo by kirk ross Curbside collection of yard waste is provided about Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil and a somewhat-exhausted Mayor-elect Mark Kleinschmidt share a laugh at Town Hall on the morning after twice per month. A schedule of the collection is available Election Day. at the town’s website at townofcarrboro.org/PW/PDFs/ Temp/ChristmasTreeCollection.pdf YEAR struction of the Northside El- members. Mark Kleinschmidt abrupt resignation and departure In Chapel Hill, crews will pick up Christmas trees from page 1 ementary School was postponed, and Matt Czajkowski went toe- of long-time council member and wreaths for mulching on the regular yard-waste col- money was found to keep the to-toe for several long months of Bill Strom, who announced he lection schedule. Yard waste is picked up on Thursdays libraries open and, after being forums, debates and neighbor- was leaving after the filing pe- from single-family residences on a Monday trash col- As various budget-cutting and rebuffed over a plan to reorga- hood gatherings. Kleinschmidt riod closed. The timing irritated lection schedule and on Fridays for those with Tuesday waste transfer station scenarios nize the county, Orange County prevailed, but just barely. an already prickly electorate and trash collection. were trotted out, commission manager Laura Blackmon re- A school board race, also on embroiled the council in a debate Residents are asked to remove all decorations, tinsel meetings became the scene of signed. the ballot, promised change over when and how to name his and wire before leaving trees and wreaths at the curbside rotating mass turnouts as groups In Chapel Hill and Carr- when two of the three incum- replacement. along with other yard waste. Residents of apartment com- such as those pushing for a halt boro, the heat and light gener- bents whose terms were expiring Over the objection of Foy, plexes should place trees in designated areas as directed by to the transfer station, parents ated over the budgets had barely opted not to run. who wanted the sitting council property managers. and students asking the county faded when the filing season for In Carrboro, a three-way race to name Strom’s replacement, Chatham County residents can dispose of non-arti- to move ahead on the Carrboro municipal elections generated for mayor proved lackluster, but the decision was put off until ficial Christmas trees at the Waste Management Office High arts wing and library sup- intense interest and what turned a robust six way race for three after the election and the new from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 28-31, Jan. 4-8 and Jan. porters reeling over the proposed out to be a marathon campaign. seats on the board of aldermen council was seated. 11-15. The trees are not accepted at the collection centers, closure of the Carrboro Branch In Chapel Hill, the announce- provided at least a modicum of Before heading off on win- only at the main Waste Management facility located at at McDougle schools lined up to ment by Mayor Kevin Foy that suspense. ter break, the new council did 720 County Landfill Road (six miles west of Pittsboro off plead their cases. he would not seek re-election The council race in Chapel so, naming Northside resident U.S. 64). By the time it was all over, led to a four-way race for mayor Hill featured an equally crowded Donna Bell to serve the remain- the wing was approved, the con- that included two sitting council field and was complicated by the ing two years of Strom’s term. carrborocitizen.com Holiday d read us Closings dd d Most municipal offices will be closed service Jan. 1. online Friday, Jan. 1. The Office and Maintenance Division There will be no residential service or will be closed. 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The Chapel Hill Town Council approves new rules allowing u In January residents to keep up to 10 chickens — hens, but not roosters — in all Governor-elect Beverly Perdue appoints former Orange County residential zoning districts. Commissioner Moses Carey as chairman of the state’s Employment Orange County Manager Laura Blackmon announces she will Security Commission. resign on June 30. Rebecca Clark, champion for justice, community leader and politi- Town and school officials debate the merits of a roundabout on cal organizer, dies at 93. Smith Level Road near Carrboro High School as part of the road’s Chapel Hill’s Homestead Aquatic Center opens. widening project. Saying he’s concerned about the amount of mistrust surrounding Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department make the university’s intentions to build a new airport, Chancellor Holden arrests in separate murders in southwest Orange County that hap- Thorp cancels plans to ask the UNC Board of Governors to approve pened a day apart. an airport authority. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approves the proposed Clare- The Carrboro Citizen announces a 20 percent increase in its circu- mont Phase IV and V development on Homestead Road. lation and the expansion of news coverage of Chapel Hill. Orange County announces a plan to clean up groundwater con- Two inches of snow blanket Carrboro and Chapel Hill, closing tamination found near the intersection of Millhouse and Eubanks schools and businesses. roads. Barack Obama takes the oath of office of President of Carrboro-based design and printing company The Merch announc- before a crowd on the National Mall estimated at more than two mil- es it has received the necessary licenses and agreements to manufacture lion and with many thousands here in the community watching on wrestling masks bearing the UNC and other ACC school logos. TVs and computers. Rogers and Eubanks roads residents petition the Assembly of Roland Giduz, editor, columnist and former Chapel Hill alder- Governments to provide water and sewer connections to all residents man, dies. in their community. Chapel Hill High principal Jacqueline Boyd Ellis announces her Noted historian John Hope Franklin, 94, dies. resignation. About 900 Orange County residents attend a meeting of the Or- u In May Rep. Joe Hackney wins a second term as speaker of the North ange County Tax Revolt at Orange High School, waving banners and Carolina House of Representatives. chanting in hopes of convincing county commissioners to repeal the Chatham County approves a new liquor-by-the-drink law by an Chapel Hill approves a special-use permit for the Innovations Cen- 2009 property-tax revaluation. overwhelming margin. ter, the university’s first project at Carolina North. A tense colloquy between developer Carol Ann Zinn and Mayor May 4th is declared Anoop Day in Chapel Hill in honor of UNC Kevin Foy follows the council’s rejection of Zinn’s proposed Ayden student and East Chapel Hill High grad Anoop Desai’s success Court condominium project off N.C. 54 near the Upper Little Creek through several rounds of “.” u In February Waterfowl Impoundment. The Town of Carrboro has a notification glitch for the annual u In June board of aldermen retreat. No press attend. The town later apologizes u In April and releases notes of the meeting. The new Orange County animal services building on Eubanks The Orange County Board of Commissioners approves an agree- In an April Fool’s prank on OrangePolitics.org, Mayor Mark Chil- Road opens. ment with UNC for a gas-recovery project at the Orange County ton proposes changing Carrboro’s name to Bikeboro to better reflect Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy proposes a town-owned property on Landfill. the town’s green leanings. Millhouse Road as a possible waste transfer site. Legislators gather in Raleigh for a gloomy set of economic briefings. In response to tax protests, the Orange County Board of Commis- After years of preparation, hearings open on Carolina North. University employees continue to worry about possible furloughs and sioners pens an open letter defending the decision to go forward with Phillips Middle School seventh-grader Kathy Dai wins the national job cuts. its revaluation. Listen to a Life essay contest for her essay about 72-year-old neighbor A Home on the Field, a book by UNC’s Paul Cuadros on a Siler The county drops plans for a land swap with OWASA for a waste Helen Simms. City soccer team, is chosen as the summer reading selection for the transfer station site after the utility announces it isn’t willing to sell or Patients at a UNC pediatrics clinic are notified and some are given incoming class of 2013. swap its land. anti-viral medication after a clinic worker is diagnosed with H1N1. Chatham residents gather at a county meeting to speak out against The University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball Team wins the The Orange County Partnership for Young Children opens its the county getting involved in immigration enforcement. NCAA Division I title game in Detroit. The players return home to a James Street community garden. Anoop Desai, a graduate student at UNC and graduate of East triumphant welcome. Charlie Adams, the executive director of the NC High school Ath- Chapel Hill High School, makes it to the top 36 of the “American UNC Health Care announces plans to build a new hospital in letic Association announces his retirement. Idol” competition. Hillsborough on 85 acres near the Durham Tech campus. Retired Chapel Hill Police Chief Gregg Jarvies becomes interim Cliff Collins, owner of Cliff’s Meat Market, receives the 2009 Pauli Bryan Properties says it will not pursue plans for a hotel in the police chief of the Spring Lake Police Department to help restore the Murray Award in the business category. Collins was nominated for Southern Village Center. department’s credibility following criminal charges against two of its reaching out to the Spanish-speaking community. Resident Marianne Prince petitions the Carrboro Board of Alder- officers. County health officials order 220 students at Carrboro Elemen- men to modify the town’s ordinance to allow residents to keep such Citing a sluggish economy, Weaver Street Market announces cost- tary School to take a course of antibiotics to protect themselves from animals as goats or pot-bellied pigs on smaller lots. cutting changes in its discount plans for members. whooping cough after students at the school are diagnosed with the The Orange County Rescue Squad files suit against Orange Eileen Tully, principal of Phillips Middle School, is named prin- disease. County over a stand-down order. cipal of East Chapel Hill High School and Jesse Dingle is named Several residents speak out at a public hearing against a proposed Howard Fuller, a key organizer for the Congress on Racial Equity’s principal of Chapel Hill High School. Carrboro town charter amendment that would prohibit deed restric- civil rights efforts in Chapel Hill, returns to talk at UNC Poverty Carrboro High School students, staff and parents show up in force at tions or covenants that limit the use of green or sustainability features Awareness Week. county budget hearings to push for the school’s arts wing to be built. on residential properties. Anonymous fliers and a hoax email lead to an escalation of the Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy says he will not seek re-election after Local governments rush to apply for stimulus funding from the conflict between the Greenbridge development and those critical of it. four terms. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Protesters disrupt speeches on immigration at UNC by Tom Tan- Chapel Hill dedicates a downtown historic marker for the 1947 credo and Virgil Goode. Journey of Reconciliation, which fought Jim Crow travel laws and was A new 2,600-gallon cistern is stolen from the Growing Healthy u In July a precursor to the Freedom Rides. Kids Community Garden on James Street. It is later recovered. Carrboro police investigate late-night beak-ins at Carr Mill Mall. Citing a need to focus on his health, Dave Thaden, principal of While walking home to Carrboro from his shop in Chapel Hill, An overflow house at Hillsborough’s Red Barn marks the initial East Chapel Hill High since its inception, announces he will retire. local barber Charles Brown is stopped and handcuffed by Chapel Hill Orange County Tax Revolt meeting. The focus is the county’s upcom- Market Street Books at Arts & Letters Community Center in Police in a case of mistaken identity. He later files a complaint. ing revaluation. Southern Village closes. Kathryn Eriksen, a social studies and AVID teacher at Carrboro After decades of back and forth with the university and the state Carrboro proclaims April 27, 2009 as “Shirley E. Marshall Day” in High School, has been named 2009-10 Teacher of the Year by the Department of Transportation, Chapel Hill gives final approval to a honor of the longtime community leader and former alderman. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. $4.4 million project for South Columbia Street from Fordham Boule- Carrboro’s board decries plans by the county to close the Carrboro Jim Norton is named new executive director of the Chapel Hill vard to Manning Drive. Branch Library. Downtown Partnership. Elinor Benami, an environmental activist, is named UNC’s first Orange County commissioners end their pursuit of alternatives to a Marny Ruben is named the new principal of Seawell Elementary Eve Carson Scholar, named for the slain student body president. waste transfer station, including the possibility of a temporary facility after Susan Pegg retires. at the Eubanks Road landfill, opting to focus on a site off N.C. 54 John Wilner announces he will retire as executive director of The near Orange Grove Road. ArtsCenter after six years on the job. Saying it’s still too wide, Carrboro rejects the state’s latest plan for New state funding cuts start to take their toll at local mental health u In March widening and sidewalks on Smith Level Road. organizations. In an early indication of difficult fiscal times, Chapel Hill-Car- State workers protest new pay cuts and furloughs. At a budget workshop, Orange County commissioners agree not to rboro City Schools administration outlines budget cuts totaling close the Carrboro Branch and Cedar Grove libraries. $875,000. Frank W. Clifton Jr. is named interim county manager. Camellia Lee, a senior at East Chapel Hill High School, receives Alderman John Herrera announces his resignation and a move to the 2008 Pauli Murray Human Relations Youth Award. Holly Springs. Two grassroots organizations — Preserve Rural Orange and A divided board of county commissioners votes 4-3 to consider Orange County Voice — organize against a waste transfer station in a site on Millhouse Road owned by Chapel Hill for a waste transfer White Cross. station. Word gets around that Roy Williams is writing a book. 2009: The Year in Review

u In November Mark Kleinschmidt wins the four-way race for mayor of Chapel Hill, beating fellow council member Matt Czajkowski by a scant 106 votes. Augustus Cho and Kevin Wolff finish third and fourth. With 72 percent of the vote, Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton hand- ily wins re-election over challengers Brian Voyce and Amanda Ashley. Incumbents Jacquie Gist and Randee Haven-O’Donnell are returned to the board of aldermen. They are joined by Sammy Slade, who is immediately sworn in to fill the seat vacated by John Herrera. Penny Rich and Gene Pease win seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council and incumbents Laurin Easthom and Ed Harrison are re- elected. Greg McElveen, Joe Green and Michelle Brownstein are elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board. OWASA apologizes for a billing error that overcharged 500 cus- tomers. A plan and a new zone for Carolina North are approved by Chapel Stephanie Minter, family specialist at Culbreth Middle School, Hill. u In September is named North Carolina’s School Social Worker of the Year by the state’s school social worker association. Filing season opens for municipal and school board races. The Town of Hillsborough is awarded a $392,000 grant for another East Chapel Hill High School cheerleaders win a national contest Emily Bivins of Carrboro Elementary is named the Chapel Hill- phase of its Riverwalk. Carrboro City Schools’ Principal of the Year. sponsored by Black Entertainment Television (BET). The town of Carrboro and horse trainer Marilyn Kille reach agree- Carrboro poet Celisa Steele is honored by the North Carolina Soccer legend and UNC alum Mia Hamm is awarded the Heisman ment after a two-year legal battle over an apartment on her property. Humanitarian Award. Poetry Society. Chapel Hill reviews a plan to purchase a portion of Dawson Hall, The Town of Chapel Hill launches a new website. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approve a plan to lease the site of a near-vacant office building near Timberlyne Road, for a new police the former Andrews-Riggsbee hardware store for a town-maintained Franklin Street’s Varsity Theater closes. headquarters and other town offices. The plan is later rejected. Carrboro’s board of aldermen sends a letter to Sen. Kay Hagan in parking lot. UNC releases its first Climate Action Plan, which sketches a road- Residents raise concerns about plans to pave the Bolin Creek trail. support of comprehensive health care reform. map to climate neutrality by mid-century. Cicily McCrimmon is named the new principal of Phillips Middle Rev. Robert Campbell travels to a forum at the White House to Route changes affect 10,000 of the 18,000 homes on the county’s tell the story of his Rogers-Eubanks community to EPA Administrator School and LaVerne Mattocks is named principal of Phoenix Academy recycling routes. replacing founding principal Burmadeane George, who retires. Lisa Jackson and Department of Health and Human Services Secre- After saying it would be closed due to budget cuts, Orange County tary Kathleen Sebelius. Carrboro-based Piedmont Health Services receives $1,531,035 from says it will keep the Bradshaw Quarry Solid Waste Convenience the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Twenty-one state legislators call for the state to look into Blue Cross Center open. Blue Shield mailings and robo-calls regarding the health care reform Antonio Marimpietri — Ironwoods’ Papa Tony — dies. The Chapel Hill Town Council debates the timing of the selection A thief smashes into the Weaver Dairy Road Food Lion and makes bill. to fill a vacancy left when Bill Strom resigns. A new tethering law, which restricts the tethering of dogs to a off with a trashcan full of tobacco products. About 12,000 people attend the North Carolina Literary Festival. Filing season ends with an unprecedented four-way race for Chapel maximum of three hours within a 24-hour period, takes effect in Orange County releases its first comprehensive State of the Envi- Orange County. Hill mayor, including sitting council members Mark Kleinschmidt ronment Report since 2004. and Matt Czajkowski. Franklin Street’s Varsity Theatre reopens. Its new owners screen Protesters show up at Chapel Hill-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of The Wizard of Oz on opening weekend. North Carolina, slamming the company’s opposition to health care Carrboro LocalMotive, a new organization promoting the local reform legislation. u In October economy launches a Carrboro Buy Local Week. Chapel Hill officials criticize new facilities fees imposed by the PlayMakers Repertory Company wins a national arts grant to help Chatham Habitat celebrates its 20th year with a month-long series with its massive production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas school system. of events. Roy Williams signs a lot of copies of his newly-rleased book. Nickleby. Following an internal investigation, Chapel Hill Police clear officers After weeks of speculation, Bill Strom announces his resignation of wrongdoing in the Charles Brown case. from the Chapel Hill Town Council and a move out of town. Chapel Hill council members press for more details on a proposed Crews begin work on the Homestead Road site of Carrboro’s sec- pipeline from the county landfill to a new UNC generating facility to u In December ond fire station. be built on the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Home- Winners of the November election are sworn in. stead Road. El Centro, a Carrboro-based nonprofit that provides services to the Barry Leffler, then general manager of NBC-17, purchases a mi- local immigrant population, closes. u In August nority-ownership share in WCHL and announces plans to purchase A texting-while-driving ban takes effect. complete ownership. He becomes the station’s CEO. The newly seated Chapel Hill Town Council takes up nominations Chapel Hill Transit begins bus service to Rogers Road and Morris Chapel Hill Town Council votes 5-2 to take its Millhouse Road Grove Elementary School. to fill the council’s vacancy. In all, 12 sign up; two later drop out. property off the table for a waste transfer station. The Orange County Board of Commissioners votes to truck county UNC Kenan Professor Emeritus and longtime civil-liberties and Frank Clifton is appointed Orange County manager. civil-rights advocate Dan Pollitt is awarded the Order of the Long Leaf trash to Durham’s transfer station for three to five years while the State NAACP President Rev. William J. Barber Jr. holds a press towns and county ponder their next move. Commissioners agree to Pine, one of the state’s highest honors. conference calling on the town to allow Charles Brown to present his Gov. Beverley Perdue appoints Tim Toben chairman of the state’s take the area near the present landfill out of consideration. side of the story. Donna Bell, a resident of Northside and a member of the Chapel Energy Policy Council. County Commissioner and former Carrboro Mayor Mike Nelson Federal regulators tighten supervision of Harrington Bank after Hill Planning Board, is chosen to fill the town council vacancy. announces he’ll not seek re-election. A new gallery and arts cooperative named Frank opens on East securities losses reduce its capital. The Orange County Health Department holds its first H1N1 vac- WCOM volunteers and the school board discuss the station’s pos- Franklin Street in the former Rite Aid drugstore space. cination clinic. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen express concern about how bud- sible move to Carrboro High. A Hill Hall concert is held to honor retiring voice professor Stafford Chapel Hill Transit’s bus service to Pittsboro starts. A monthly pass get cuts will affect Club Nova. Wing’s 40 years of service to UNC. Orange County residents help the IFC reach its goal of collecting costs $65. Charles Brown and supporters present his version of events in an State budget reductions have local school administrators scrambling 300 blankets for the needy. emotional meeting with the Chapel Hill Town Council. Mayor Kevin Local retailers report a modest increase in sales over last year. to find millions more in cuts. Foy apologizes to Brown. Twin Jersey bull calves — Breis and Fryer — are born at Chapel An Efland woman and her 5-year-old son are killed when their car Margaret Pollard, a former Chatham County commissioner and is hit by an Amtrack train. Hill Creamery. the first black woman to chair the board, dies. With schools starting, health officials push for H1N1 precautions. State and federal courts hear motions from attorneys defending the Chapel Hill mayoral candidate Kevin Wolff announces at a forum men accused in the March, 2008 murder of Eve Carson. Army Pfc. Morris Walker, 23, a 2008 UNC graduate and well- that he will end his campaign. He later asks for the votes of those known member of the campus community dies in Afghanistan. Walk- Bars and eating establishments prepare for the state’s new smoking wishing to protest the status quo. ban to take effect. er — “Mo” to all who knew and loved him — died of wounds suffered Marilyn Kille, convicted of altering town documents the month be- when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. fore, says she’ll appeal her conviction and has new evidence she intends Courtland Smith, a UNC student and president of Delta Kappa to use to continue her fight with the Town of Carrboro. Epsilon fraternity, is shot to death by police after a confrontation on Chapel Hill Town Council begins its official review of a plan by I-85 near Greensboro. Smith, 21, had called 911 saying he needed help the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service to move its men’s homeless because he was suicidal. shelter to a site near the intersection of Homestead Road and Martin An Orange County jury finds Alvaro Castillo guilty of murder. Luther King Jr. Boulevard. He is sentenced to life without parole. Castillo, who had a history of Early voting in municipal and school board races starts slowly. mental illness and was obsessed with the Columbine shootings, killed Carolina Brewery signs a distribution deal with Harris Inc. his father in 2006 and later wounded two students at Orange High Ryan Frias, a student from Union County who was injured in a car School. accident, becomes the first graduate of the UNC Hospital School. The Varsity Theatre will reopen, Chapel Hill residents Paul and Susan Shareshian, the theater’s new owners, announce. 6 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2009 Opinion The Carrboro Citizen for the record letters eTh political year ahead Celebrate It may seem like a very short breather, the New Year and it is. Relish the next week or so. Because smoke-free despite the fact that we are at the end of what shaped up to be a pretty intense year of local Orange County’s TRU politics, another year, likely to be even more (Tobacco. Reality. Unfil- intense, is fixing to dawn. tered.) students welcome The filing period for county commissioner the new state smoke-free and state and federal legislative races opens law, which goes into effect Feb. 8. If past is prologue, then prepare to at midnight on Jan. 2. hear pre-announcements by candidates any Every year, secondhand minute now. smoke causes 35,000 We already know that there will be a deaths in America. The scramble of candidates lining up to fill the U.S. Surgeon General seat being vacated by state Sen. Ellie Kin- has stated that there is naird. Kinnaird, as you recall, decided not to no safe level of exposure retire and re-upped for another term in the to secondhand smoke. last cycle. That’s not likely to happen twice. Many restaurant owners Her opponent in the race, longtime Or- in Orange County have ange County Commissioner Moses Carey, long realized the benefits who now heads up the state Employment of offering smoke-free Security Commission, closed his campaign dining to their customers. committee in October. Now millions of workers So far, there are no announced candidates and customers will be in the Senate race. Look for that to change very quickly, as fundraising in the increas- “Every year, ingly expensive legislative races will be a pressing priority. secondhand In the county commissioners’ race, we already know that Mike Nelson is not going smoke causes to seek re-election. You may recall that Nel- son announced a run for the Senate seat and 35,000 then withdrew when Kinnaird said she’d run again. deaths in In a county that is dominated by Demo- America.” cratic Party voters and independents that lean that way, the hot commissioner contests are in In Memoriam the May primary. With an expanded commis- protected from short-term sion, a new election district and an energized exposure to secondhand GOP, some of that heat is likely to be trans- smoke while enjoying ferred to November. (For the same reason, in time in restaurants and the fairly stable state House districts, we may bars. As a part of the ef- actually see Reps. Joe Hackney and Verla In- fort to educate customers sko afforded the opportunity of competition.) about the new smoke-free The terms of long-serving commissioners law, the Orange County Alice Gordon and Barry Jacobs also are up Health Department is in 2010. Should the pair decide to run again, sending coasters to inter- they, along with any others who step up, will ested restaurants and bars have to figure out whether to run in one of the that previously allowed two districts or as an at-large candidate. Ja- smoking in their estab- cobs lives in District 2 and Gordon in District lishments. 1. There was quite a bit of behind-the-scenes Rebecca Clark We would also like discussion among the candidates last time to encourage everyone around over this issue. Rebecca Clark, champion for Noted historian John Hope to celebrate this historic Another twist: In the primary, only resi- justice, community leader and politi- Franklin died in March at 94. Frank- occasion by supporting dents of a district may vote for a commissioner cal organizer, died in January at 93. As lin was the author of the influential the local restaurants and candidate of their political party running in Howard Lee, who Clark helped elect as book From Slavery to Freedom: A His- bars in Orange County that district. In the general election, all voters the first black mayor of a major South- tory of Negro Americans and was one on Jan. 2 and throughout have a choice of candidates in both districts ern town, said, “In many ways, you of a team of scholars that worked with the month. and at-large. Got that? could say she wrote the book on grass- Thurgood Marshall on the Brown v. Pam Diggs In federal elections, the top of the ticket is roots politics.” Board of Education decision, which Youth Tobacco-Use dominated by a highly contested and soon- Jeanne Peck, founding chair outlawed separate-but-equal public Prevention program to-be-nationalized U.S. Senate race. Several of the Komen N.C. Triangle Race schools. Franklin received the Presi- coordinator polls and pollsters put Sen. Richard Burr on for the Cure, died at the age of 52. dential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s Orange County Health the endangered incumbents list. Prior to the Under Peck’s leadership, the race highest civilian honor. Department main bout, expect a bruising Democratic has grown since 1997 from 2,600 Ristin Cooks died in May at primary between Secretary of State Elaine to 24,000 participants and money 41. A fixture at the Carrboro Farmers’ Marshall (whose campaign is being advised by raised increased from $100,000 to Market, Cooks was a farmer, writer, letters policy Carrboro’s Thomas Mills), Durham Attorney $2 million. carpenter and dear friend and inspira- Ken Lewis and former state Sen. Cal Cun- Author, newspaper editor and self- tion to many. Letters should be no ningham. proclaimed “notorious hometown ne’er Peter W. Heiman, a familiar Ristin Cooks more than 425 words House races are perhaps a little safer for in- do well” Roland Giduz tdied a 83 face at Weaver Street Market, died, at in length and must be cumbent Democrats David Price (NC-4) and after a long illness. Giduz served on the accompanied by the 79, in July. Heiman retired to Carrboro Margaret Pollard Bob Etheridge (NC-2). But that doesn’t mean Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen and more than 25 years ago and devoted was the first author’s name, address those races will be dull. Price has said he will lost the mayor’s race to Lee by some much of his time to his hobbies of black woman to serve as chair of the and contact information. never forget the lesson he learned in 1994, 400 votes. He was a beloved and color- cooking, gardening and teaching Latin Chatham County Board of Commis- We will publish one when he lost his seat by about 1,000 votes. ful figure in the community. dance at local community centers. sioners and a champion for the voiceless. letter per author per The GOP recently announced it would John Brister turner, Dean Karen Shelton She died in September at 77. month. Lengthy letters , a painter and the Margie Ellison seek a return of its revolution of 1994 by Emeritus of the School of Social Work force behind the creation of Carrboro’s , another longtime written in longhand will running a national campaign to take back at UNC, died at 86 after a long illness. 2ndFriday Artwalk, was the owner of Chatham County community organiz- mysteriously become lost. Emailed letters are Congress and overturn the health care reform Turner pushed for the School of Social Sizl Gallery, where the works of local er, also died in September. preferred. That said, send legislation that’s on the verge of passing. Work to have its own building, and in artists were displayed. She died in Sep- Chapel Hill social activist and histori- Yonni Chapman your letters to: Meanwhile, the Dems are planning to run 1995 the Tate-Turner Kuralt Building tember. an died in October on, you guessed it, stopping the GOP from was dedicated. Gary Lee Shaffer, a UNC pro- at 62, having had leukemia for nearly 30 Letters to the editor taking over Congress and repealing health William F. Little was a member fessor of social work, died in Septem- years. Chapman was a longtime defender Box 248 Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 care reform. of the UNC faculty for more than 40 ber at 64. Shaffer specialized in social of civil rights in the community. Everette Billingsly If you need any more indication of where years, a former vice president of the work practice in the schools, social , a former Email: this is going, just check out the website of UNC system and a visionary leader work education and international so- UNC water-system director who be- editor@ George Hutchins, who is seeking the nomina- who helped guide the development of cial work. He supervised more than came the first head of the Orange Water carrborocitizen.com tion in an already-crowded GOP primary for Park. He died in 300 students placed in North Carolina and Sewer Authority, died in December Fax: 919-942-2195 the chance to unseat Price. Hutchins’ site fea- February at the age of 79. public schools. at 79. tures extensive use of all caps and exclamation points and posters from the movie The Alamo, an attack on the “social engineering” brought on by the Civil Rights Act and a call to “start Durham must stop poisoning Jordan Lake the legal war against Obama Nation.” No, friends, this won’t be a dull year at all. Julian Sereno New Hope Commons was built All this commercial development’s allow construction of a large subdi- as a result of that vote. It features hundreds of acres of parking lots have vision, 751 South, inside the Jordan Somethings i rotten in Durham, not only a Walmart but a Best Buy, also led to a toxic stream pouring into Lake watershed, after being threat- and much of the rot seems to be end- Old Navy, Office Max and more. New Hope Creek and on into Jordan ened with a massive lawsuit by the de- ing up in Jordan Lake. It’s time to And it paved the way for another Lake. When the state legislature en- velopers. But a petition representing put a stop to it. mall on the other side of Mount acted rules to protect Jordan Lake last 24 nearby landowners opposing the editorial It began way back in the early Moriah Church Road and a goliath year, the tab for Durham to curb its development was ruled valid. If that Robert Dickson, Publisher ’90s when Walmart wanted to build mall across U.S. 15-501 featuring pollution was way higher than any- ruling stands, the development would Kirk Ross, Editor a store near the intersection of I-40 scores of big-box stores. where else – $570 million. Durham be stopped. The vote to allow it would need a supermajority, Taylor Sisk, Contributing Editor and U.S. 15-501, a few miles from Chapel or a 4-1 vote in favor, Liz Holm, Art Director Hill and smack-dab which it won’t get. Beth Mechum, Staff Writer next to New Hope “Durham has to stop pouring filth into our The petition will Margot Lester, Lucy Butcher, Creek. The Durham have its day in court Rich Fowler, Mike Li, Contributors City Council had – probably many of Charlie Tyson, Intern consistently protected drinking water, and it needs to stop now.” them. Durham tax- Ava Barlow, Photographer the watershed and payers ultimately thwarted Walmart. might be the big los- advertising But when it came to a ers, which is too bad. Marty Cassady, Ad Director vote in 1992, Virginia Engelhard, a All this commercial development was granted compliance waivers be- But Durham has to stop pouring [email protected] Durham City Council member and led to a vigorous revenue stream cause of the staggering expense. But filth into our drinking water, and it operations avowed environmentalist, mistak- pouring into Durham’s tax coffers. I Durham allowed that pavement to be needs to stop now. Anne Billings, Office Coordinator enly voted for it rather than against remember the business editor in the laid, profited mightily, and now needs [email protected] it. She claimed she was tired and mid-’90s chortling about the many to pony up to keep its poisonous run Julian Sereno is editor and just pushed the wrong button. It Volvos he saw parked at New Hope off out of New Hope Creek and Jor- publisher of Chatham County Line, Distribution sounded fishy to me at the time, but Commons, which he surmised be- dan Lake. chathamcountyline.org, a community Chuck Morton, Julian Davis the powers-that-were in the Herald- longed to wealthy Chapel Hill resi- The rotten business continues. newspaper. He was neighborhood editor Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. Sun newsroom, where I was em- dents leaving their sales-tax dollars In October, the Durham Board of for the Durham Sun and then the ployed, took her at her word. in Durham. County Commissioners voted 3-2 to Herald-Sun from 1985 to 1997. The Carrboro Citizen thursday, December 31, 2009 7

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Chapel High High School Soccer Champs, 1972 row, left to right) Coach Joe Hodgson, David Pence, Sid Sockwell, David Collier, Anthony Endozien, Steve Peck, Joseph Endozien, Paul Brown, Tom Schwab, Ian McMillian, Doug Ironsides, Mit Coroth- im Peck of Peck and Artisans has this iconic photograph hanging in his Carrboro ers, Tom Poe, Stuart Krall and Don Lupton. (Taken by an unknown photographer, the picture is office that caught my attention: the state championshipCHHS boys’ soccer team courtesy of Tom Poe.) from 1972. Tim, front row, fifth from right, remembers theN ovember day they beat East Mecklenburg on a muddy field atD uke. The team, including three sets of brothers and many seniors, was CHHS’s inaugural soccer team, making the state A thousand words Tchampionship all the more satisfying. And what’s more, even after 37 years, Tim remembers by Jock Lauterer the names of all his teammates: (bottom row, left to right) Robbie Taylor, Sean Gallagher, Greg Do you have an important old photo that you value? Send your 300 dpi scan Samsa, Bobby Propster, Rod Wortham, David Sanford, Bruce Ayers, Michael Brown (the town to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. Because muralist), Bill Bakewell, Tim Peck, Fred Curtis, David Scott, Jon Godwin and Mike Bawden; (top every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words.

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