This Weekend Friday Partly Cloudy 92/70 Schools Saturday Isolated T-Storms Profiles of the 94/71 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools |Pg. 4 Sunday Isolated T-Storms 92/69 carrborocitizen.com August 23, 2007 w Carrboro’s community newspaper w Volume I No. XXIII Free Special Section Jaguar time Inside Carrboro’s first high school set to open

By Susan Dickson ticipated, since 608 students able to roll with the changes. were signed up to attend the “It’s been a long process and Kirk Ross school last week, while school from start to finish,” Peder- Staff Writers officials had initially predicated sen said. “In general, in terms 563 Carrboro High students. of the staff and facility, we’re The much-anticipated Principal Jeff Thomas said about where we need to be.” opening of Carrboro High the last week has been a chal- Daniel Machtar, Carrboro School has finally arrived, and lenge. High’s student government PHOTO BY JOCK LAUTERER on Monday more than 600 “We’re bigger than we co-president, said students Carrboro High School Principal Jeff Thomas checks out one of the students will become Carr- thought we were going to be,” he’s talked to are excited about custom Jaguar clocks. boro’s first high school’s stu- he said, adding that adminis- school starting — something to enter the school. The con- their new school. dent body. trators and teachers are trying not all that typical. “It’s kind struction of a stoplight for the In addition to the dedica- The school officially opens to work through scheduling of amazing to see the morale turning lane at the entrance tion ceremony, there will be a its doors tonight (Thursday) for the last round of freshmen of the students so high. I wish to the school at the corner of number of clubs and school Learn about Carrboro’s first at 6 p.m. for a ribbon-cutting to make sure classes aren’t too I knew how the school year and dedication ceremony. On Smith Level and Rock Haven groups on hand at the school’s high school in our special packed due to the additions. will go,” he said. “But right roads had delayed the issuance commons to meet students 16-page section with pro- Friday, the football team takes Neil Pedersen, superinten- now, I have no idea.” the field for the first home of the certificate. and parents. Students will be files, academic and sports dent of Chapel Hill Carrboro School officials had ex- However, the school re- able to sign up for clubs and game for any Jaguar team. City Schools, said there’s al- pressed concern regarding schedules and other helpful ceived the go-ahead from the special programs and athletic Classes start Monday. ways a hitch or two in open- Carrboro High receiving its town of Carrboro Monday, boosters will be taking orders information for parents and Things might be a little ing a new school, but that he final certificate of occupancy, students. tighter at the school than an- expects Carrboro High to be which would allow students and students can now visit for Jaguar spiritware. County mulls transfer tax referendum

By Susan Dickson Commissioners have the option Staff Writer to present either or both taxes to voters on the November ballot or in The Board of County Commis- next May’s primary elections. Com- sioners said on Tuesday that they missioner Mike Nelson indicated he need more time before deciding to would support putting a referendum put a land transfer tax or a sales tax on the May ballot. increase on the ballot for this fall’s “My big concern with November election. is it’s a low turnout election overall,” In this year’s state budget, the Nelson said, adding that the older Legislature gave counties the option population has a strong turnout in of a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or municipal elections and tends to be a quarter-cent sales tax increase to more cautious. help compensate for money taken Commissioner Barry Jacobs away from counties in a deal to turn stressed the need for further dis- responsibility for paying for Medic- cussion before a decision could be PHOTO BY KIRK ROSS aid over to the state. made. Tim Grant in front of The Book Celler at Carr Mill. As part of a complex phase in “It seems to me that there are so the new system, counties lost state- many things going on here that it’s supplied school construction money difficult to have this conversation,” this year and will lose some sales tax he said. “My inclination is that we revenue in coming years as a result need to educate ourselves and the Book Cellar brings chapter to a close of the budget deal. public.” Orange County will lose about By Kirk Ross time clientele still returned to the fueling purchases, the shop is starting According to County Manager shop to stock up on the paperbacks to empty out a bit. Still, the selections $500,000 this year through the Laura Blackmon, most North Caro- Staff Writer changes in funding, county budget that were its stock and trade for so on the shelves give you an indication lina counties have yet to make a de- many years. of the wide-ranging tastes of the director Donna Coffey said. Tim Grant hasn’t been behind Most of the commissioners have cision regarding the tax option. Be- But Grant, who confesses a par- patrons. There’s plenty of romance, fore giving voters either option, the the counter of The Book Cellar for ticular fondness for the Southern travel, mysteries and military histo- indicated support for the land trans- all of its 22 years of operation, but fer tax over the sales tax. Accord- county needs to provide residents authors of this region, says when he ries, of course, but also Best Dog Writ- with information, she said. he knows that as he prepares to close took the space over he tried to diver- ing and The Cluetrain Manifesto. I Sur- ing to Coffey, the land transfer tax the store, it’s the end of an era in his would yield a little more than $4 mil- “We will need to undertake an sify the shop. “I wanted to open it up vived Academia is shelved a few inches educational campaign to let the vot- little corner of Carr Mill. from The Scarlet Letter, and stacks of lion in revenue annually, while the a bit and have a space for readings,” ers know what the issues will be,” Grant has managed the shop for Grant said. old Norman Rockwell paintings, cus- sales tax increase would yield just Blackmon said. three years, taking over from long- And while there was some success, tom-made bookmarks and postcards over $3 million. time owner Pat Wall, who retired a the basics of business made keeping are on display near the checkout. Because Orange County’s sales If approved by voters on the few years back. The shop opened its the store open impossible. What he’ll miss most, Grant said, tax base is not as large as that of November ballot, the land transfer doors in 1985, and visitors for the “I’ve got a flea market inventory is that connection with the regulars. other counties, the revenue from a tax would go into effect January 1, past couple of decades may recall the and Madison Avenue rent,” Grant “He’s wonderful,” Trinna Vaughan sales tax increase is unlikely to grow 2008. The sales tax would not take stacks of romance and mystery nov- said. “I’ve had a good run with it. But said of Grant after she took a look as much as funds from the land effect until April 1, 2008. els packed to the rafters. I had to take a hard look at things.” transfer tax, Coffey said. The board will consider the tax “For years, it was what it was,” With plans to close the doors af- “Our sales tax base has been options again at a work session on pretty much stagnant since 9/11,” Grant said. And many of the long- ter September 1 and a half-price sale SEE CLOSING, PAGE 10 August 30. she said.

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Come Performing at 11 that looks at Field, Forest & Story,” a comedy the awnings, about a confused warp signs and Steadfast see Schooner, a.m. this week Monday mental illness Fancy,” works United and Erie Choir, North through art. war reporter. & woof are The Richard Do I hear by The Guild of potted flora. Antagonizers. Elementary, Wes Tazewell Quartet. Ends September Natural Science It’s “cheap dish” Dead leaves a fiddle? It 8. night, so all Doors open at 8. Phillips, and The Food AND music? must be the Illustrators from parched $12 Strugglers at the No way! Carolinas tickets are $7. Bluegrass Show is at 7:30. trees and bushes and all Cradle. Explosion at Chapter. Through kinds of other debris got The Cave! September 30 and kicked up. A crape myrtle free at the Chapel Hill Museum. in front of the Bank of America building lost a good-sized branch. Then there cut loose a downpour evenings by appt. 968-8868, somer- Africa, the Middle East, Central of what old-timers around hill.com America & the US, collected over Music Calendar here used to call “rain.” years of traveling. Ongoing. Dirt Straight from the Heart - Paint- Road Gallery, 8218 Bright’s Way, Seriously. If it seems like Arts ings & mosaics by Maggi Grace. Chapel Hill. Sat & Sun 11am-6pm a long time since an actual Through Aug 31. Market Street & by appt. 933-6999, dirtroadgal- Calendar Books & Maps, Southern Village, lery.net front with actual widely Carrboro 610 Market St, Chapel Hill. Mon- scattered rain crossed Artist’s Reception - The Mirror of Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 1-7pm. 933- the Noonday Sun. Come celebrate Hillsborough through, that’s because it has 5111, marketstreetbooks.com Cooperative gallery created & this new collection of paintings by owned by local artists - Featur- been a while — since July Eduardo Lapetina. 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Mon-Sat 10am- Gallery, University Mall, 201 S Es- Honoring the Endangered Earth Schooner will play a CD release show this weekend at the Cradle. those who saw a soaking. 6pm, Sun 1-4pm. 942-4048, nc- tes Dr, Chapel Hill. Mon-Sat 10am- – Mixed media by Pat Merriman craftsgallery.com Until last Tuesday, there was 7pm (Fri til 9pm), Sun noon-5pm. & paintings by Jude Lobe. Through Thursday August 23 Monday August 27 967-0402, harmonyfineart.com Aug 30. Hillsborough Gallery of not a drop recorded on the Paintings by Debbie Harris – Whim- Arts, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 732- official books for August. sical works incorporating the art- Beaches - Works by Chris Doyle. 5001, HillsboroughGallery.com Blue Horn Lounge: Mark Wells & Cat’s Cradle: Bruce In The Usa. ist’s love for jazz & animals. Through Through Sept 1. Bill Hester Fine Jil Christensen. 9pm 7pm. $12 Gallons of water used per Aug 31. Open Eye Café, 101 S Art, 143-F W Franklin St, Univer- Works by Melissa York & Ellie Re- Cat’s Cradle: The Wailers, The The Cave: Bluegrass. day — measured in the Greensboro St, Carrboro. Mon-Sat sity Square, Chapel Hill. Tue-Thu inhold – Paintings & clay sculptures. Movement. 8:30pm. $26 7am-11pm (Fri & Sat til midnight), 10am-6pm, Fri-Sun 11am-7pm (Sun Aug 30-Sept 2. Hillsborough Gal- millions by the Orange Sun 8am-11pm. 968-9410, openeye- The Cave: Early: Schnitzel. Late: Tuesday August 28 til 4pm). 960-0059. lery of Arts, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. $5. Mad Tea Party. Water and Sewer Authority cafe.com 732-5001,HillsboroughGallery.com Faces - Small exhibition of paint- Local 506: Amy Cook, Mary John- Blue Horn Lounge: David Almond. — has gone up from 9.3 in The Art of Open Studio - Paintings ings, collages, photographs & prints. Artist’s Reception - Fri, Aug 31, 6- son. 9pm. $5 9pm the last week of July to 11.3 by 12 artists from the Carrboro Through Sept 9. Free. Ackland Art 9pm. Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Reservoir: Colossus, Worn In Red, Cat’s Cradle: Corey Smith, Sam ArtsCenter Open Studio painting million gallons this week. On Museum, 101 S Columbia St, UNC 121-D N Churton St, Hillsborough. Constrictor. 10pm Thacker. 8:30pm. $15 group. Through Oct 1. Carrboro Campus, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat 732-5001,HillsboroughGallery.com Century Center, 100 N Greens- Weaver Street Market: Dom Ca- The Cave: Late: Buzzround, TBA. Tuesday, we used more than 10am-5pm (2nd Fridays til 9pm), sual. 6pm 12 million gallons from the boro St, Carrboro, 918-7385. Sun 1-5pm. Office 966-5736, re- Seeing Red - Works by Barbara corded info 843-1611, ackland.org Ziff. Through Aug 31. Artist’s re- Wednesday August 29 reservoirs. Chapel Hill ception, Aug 31, 6-8pm. Open to Friday August 24 Paintings by Lisa Jones - Through Practicing Contemporaries: Studio the public. Orange County His- Blue Horn Lounge: Taz Hallow- So far, the reservoirs are Aug 31. Caffe Driade, 1215-A E Art Faculty at UNC-CH - Works torical Museum, 201 N Churton St, Blue Horn Lounge: Dave Spencer een, Robert Griffin. 9pm holding, but the OWASA Franklin St, Chapel Hill. Daily 7am- in sculpture, photography, prints, Hillsborough. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm, 11pm (Sun 7:30am, Fri & Sat til mid- Band. 9pm The Cave: Early: The Brotherhood board is meeting tonight drawings, designs & other media by Sun 1-4pm. Free. 732-2201,orange- Cat’s Cradle: The Pietasters, The of Cows. Late: Whistle Jacket, Min- night). 942-2333, caffedriade.com UNC studio art program faculty. countymuseum.org (Thursday) to discuss further Through Sept 9. Free. Ackland Art Slackers, Steadfast United, Antago- chia. restrictions. Shapes of White – A 26-person Museum, UNC Campus, Chapel Oil Paintings & Jewelry by David nizers. 8pm. $12 exhibition exploring the variables More on the subject, the Hill. ackland.org Sovero – Simplistic geometric forms The Cave: Early: Rocket Biscuit. 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News Briefs NEWS Back-to-school donations encouraged Farmers’ Market rift gets intense News Talk 1360 WCHL and University Mall will sponsor By Susan Dickson house the market that will be dedicated on small market right now. It is manageable the Communities in Schools of Orange County School Supply Staff Writer September 13. However, the facility is not the way it is.” Drive on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the mall’s annual yet complete and likely will not be avail- Orange County farmer Cindy Kirby “Back to School Day.” able for use until next year. said she supported the takeover by the The drive is collecting book bags, calculators, crayons, fold- HILLSBOROUGH — Two opposing Jeffry Goodrum spoke on behalf of potential board of directors because she ers, glue, markers, notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, rulers and groups appealed to the Board of County the group that appealed to the commis- had experienced difficulty while trying to scissors. Donations will also be accepted in the form of personal Commissioners on Tuesday for control sioners to be recognized as the market’s arrange to sell at the market. checks. of the Hillsborough Farmers’ Market. official board of directors. He said the “The management needs a great over- For those who can’t attend the event, donations are being Led by co-managers, the farmers, bak- group had tried to work “within the con- haul because the person who is in charge accepted at the WCHL office located at 88 VilCom Circle, Suite ers and artisans who sell at the Hillsbor- fines of the current self-appointed market of it is also a vender, and they are self- 130 in Chapel Hill. Station hours are 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. ough Farmers’ Market jointly manage it. manager to no avail.” serving in that capacity,” she said. Monday through Friday. At Tuesday’s meeting, a group of 13 According to Goodrum, the group Board Chair Moses Carey said the At the event, representatives from each of the district’s vendors asked commissioners to recog- wants to manage the market in order to county owns the facility that will be used schools will be available to provide information about starting nize them as the official Hillsborough incorporate it and develop rules and by- by the market and the commissioners will back to school, organizing supply lists, PTA memberships, bus Farmers’ Market Board of Directors. But laws. develop the rules regarding how the mar- schedules and more. In addition, most schools will have spirit market co-manager Beverly Blythe, who Several vendors spoke on behalf of ket will be operated. wear available for sale. was not among those 13, said most of each group. “I think that this is unfortunate and the vendors oppose the takeover by the Kathy Andrews, a baker who sells at sad,” Commissioner Barry Jacobs said. Seniors fitness center fees set group. the market, said she opposed the forma- “It’s like watching a family go at one an- The Board of County Commissioners approved on Tuesday “They have no desire to become a part tion of the board. other.” the fee structure for the fitness studio at the new Seymour Cen- of some takeover group which is power “Everybody is given an opportunity to “We’re going to do our best to make ter for seniors. hungry and self-serving,” she said. “I re- do the best they can. They are not stifled sure that this kind of stuff is dealt with Membership to the fitness center is $180 a year for seniors gret that this has happened and must say by red tape, too many rules,” she said. in a decent, open and friendly way,” he 60 and older, if paid in one lump sum. For those aged 55 to 59, that it is very embarrassing to me.” “Adding the red tape would be an answer added. “Everyone is going to get a fair membership is $240 a year. If paid monthly, the membership Blythe started the Farmers’ Market in if the market was bigger, but we have a shake.” fee is $20 a month for those 60 and older and $30 for those 55 1987. The county is building a facility to to 59. All members will be required to complete an initial physi- cal function screen and an equipment orientation session, which Citizens sought for rights program carries a one-time $20 fee. The Orange County Of- To be considered for the The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday to fice of Human Rights and program, applicants must be Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. to Relations is looking for ten 18 or older, a resident of Or- 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. During peak times, machine use will be county residents to engage in ange County, not employed limited to 30 minutes each. a comprehensive civil rights by Orange County Govern- and human relations training ment and not related to cur- 3-R boost program. rent members of the Orange The annual 3-R fee — for waste reduction, recycle and reuse Through the Community County Human Relations — that the county charges on improved properties has increased Civil Rights Educator Pro- Commission or the Commis- this year. gram, residents will learn about sion for Women. Applicants The increase will fund a greater percentage of recycling pro- fair housing, landlord-tenant will be selected based on their gram costs as well as program expansions. information, predatory lend- knowledge, community in- The fee for urban curbside recycling has increased from $39 ing, employment discrimina- volvement, commitment and to $44 a year. The increase will help fund costs associated with tion, Title VI, wage and hour interest in civil rights. the addition of mixed paper to the weekly collection. The basic information, hate crimes, vio- Applications are available fee for recycling center use has increased from $34 to $37 per lence against women and race. at www.co.orange.nc.us, the unit of improved property a year. The training will take place Government Service Center, For more information, visit www.co.orange.nc.us/recycling. over two Saturdays. Partici- the Southern Human Ser- pants will receive a stipend vices Center or at any Orange and sign a memorandum of County library. Interested ap- BOCC-Planning Board hearing on Monday agreement with the office to plicants also may call Jennifer The Board of County Commissioners and the Orange Coun- conduct community outreach Galassi at 960-3876. ty Planning Board will hold a quarterly public hearing on Mon- for one year. Completed applications day at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom on East The program is designed to must be submitted to the Or- Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. Items on the agenda include: photo by kirk ross empower community leaders ange County Office of Hu- •Public Hearing Items HOLDING THE BANNER HIGH — Cliff Collins lost his first Cackalacky and help residents understand man Rights and Relations by • Efland-Cheeks Overlay District banner to theives. This one flies slightly higher over his Main Street their rights and responsibili- September 15. • Comprehensive Plan Update Phase I grocery store. Cackalacky is the brand name of a local hot sauce ties. – From Staff Reports • Conditional Uses and condiment company as well as slang for the Old North State. Non-Public Hearing Items • Agricultural Support Enterprises Manual • NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan The memories you want to forget are the hardest ones to lose • Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Update UNC News Services Sciences. emotional events and other ting. For a more detailed agenda, visit www.co.orange.nc.us. It is adaptive to be able parts of your life, so it might The UNC findings contrib- Painful, emotional memo- to intentionally forget neu- be difficult to isolate them. ute to understanding the ways ries that people would most tral events such as wrong di- As far as blocking retrieval of that emotion constrains men- like to forget may be the rections, a friend’s outdated an unwanted event, emotion tal control and to the question toughest to leave behind, espe- phone number or a switched makes events very salient and of whether intentional forget- cially when memories are cre- meeting time. Intentional for- therefore highly accessible,” ting can be helpful in coping Water Report - August 22, 2007 ated through visual cues, ac- getting helps update memory Payne said. with painful or traumatic ex- cording to a new study by the with new information, Payne Their results contrast with periences. lake levels University of North Carolina said. previous studies of emotional “Our findings add to accu- at Chapel Hill. But Payne and former events and intentional forget- mulating evidence that emo- University Lake -64.00” below full “When you’re watching psychology graduate student ting, but those studies used tion places limits on the ability the news on television and see Elizabeth Corrigan found that emotion-laden words as stim- to control the contents of the Cane Creek -59.75” below full footage of wounded soldiers even “mild” emotional events, uli, like “death” and “sex.” mind,” Payne said. “Our re- in Iraq or ongoing coverage of like getting a bad grade on a The UNC study took a new sults suggest that even a rela- Total Availability Supply 70.9% of capacity national tragedies, it may stick test or a negative comment approach, asking 218 partici- tively mild emotional reaction with you more than a newspa- from a coworker, can be hard pants to react to photographs can undermine intentional for- precipitation this month per headline,” said the study’s to forget. Their study, “Emo- instead of text. getting. But this doesn’t nec- lead author, Keith Payne, an tional constraints on inten- “The word ‘murder,’ for in- essarily mean that emotional Jones Ferry Rd. 0.64” assistant professor of psychol- tional forgetting,” appears in stance, may or may not make memories can never be inten- Treatment Plant ogy in the College of Arts and the September 2007 print issue you afraid, but if you see a tionally forgotten. If the mo- of the Journal of Experimental graphic, violent picture, it may tivation to forget is powerful Cane Creek Reservoir 0.37” Social Psychology. be powerful enough emotion- enough, individuals might be When people are trying to ally to change the way you able to overcome the effects Normal rainfall for Aug. 4.70” intentionally forget informa- feel,” Payne said. of emotion by enlisting addi- tion, they need to mentally The researchers found that tional coping strategies.” segregate that information their subjects could not in- A different study would be customer water demand and then block off the infor- tentionally forget emotional needed to examine what treat- 7-Day Average 11.381 million gallons/day mation they don’t want to re- events as easily as mundane ment and coping strategies trieve, Payne said. ones. They also found that might be effective in helping 30-Day Average 10.032 million gallons/day Emotion undermines both both pleasant and unpleasant people voluntarily forget an of those steps. “You make a emotional memories were re- unwanted memory, he added. lot of connections between sistant to intentional forget- Source: OWASA DEADLINE LOOMS! Carrboro Film Festival Calls for Submissions Classes starting now: Carrboro The deadline for submissions is drawing near Chapel Hill – August 30th. The 2nd annual Carrboro Film Durham Festival is seeking submissions from filmmakers 1-800-HRBLOCK who have breathed in the good, local air of Orange County. The August 30th deadline is $15 per submission. Late deadline is September 20th, $30. The only requirements are that the filmmaker at one time in life had a brush with Orange County and that the film is no longer than 20 minutes. Films can be in any created format: film, video or other. Elections & Submission forms are on www.carrborofilmfestival.com. Politics The film festival will be held on Sunday, November news, 18th at the Century Center in Carrboro, North documents & Carolina. items of ac For more information, go to interest www.carrborofilmfestival.com/ carrborocitizen.com/ politics Page 4 Thursday, August 23, 2007 S CHOOLS The Carrboro Citizen School Briefs 2007-2008 CHCCS School profiles District unveils new web presence Carrboro Elementary, PreK-5 (919) 968-3473 Susan Pegg, Principal Grant” from the European The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have unveiled a Emily Bivins, Principal www.chccs.k12.nc.us/glenwood 9115 Seawell School Road Union (EU). The grant pro- new web presence for 2007-08. 400 Shelton Street 488 students Chapel Hill, NC 27516 moted knowledge of the EU, The web page remains at the same address, www.chcs. Carrboro, NC 27510 Teacher of the Year: Kathryn (919) 967-4343 its inception, institutions, k12.nc.us. The revamp follows several months of work on (919) 968-3652 Jordan-Pierce www.chccs.k12.nc.us/seawell policies and role in world today. the part of the design committee, the superintendent’s cabi- www.chccs.k12.nc.us/carrboro The Glenwood Gator Show 579 students Smith was the first American net and the district’s web architect, Scott Latimore. 547 students Choir once again achieved a Teacher of the Year: Kara school to receive this honor. The project completely reorganizes much of the district’s Teacher of the Year: Deborah Superior rating at the Show Dickerson electronic content and places links to the content in a Lederer-Hughes Choir Festival at Carowinds, FolkMoot is an annual event Carrboro High, 9-12 number of different locations, making information easier to Visiting International where they earned the honor that Seawell has been held for Jeff Thomas, Principal access. Faculty (VIF) teacher Helen of Overall Winner for the 11th the last 20 years. It is a celebra- 201 Rock Haven Road A first tier of the work has been completed in time for Crompton was named VIF’s consecutive year. The Show tion of international music and Carrboro, NC 27510 the start of the new school year. Work on additional tiers of Outstanding Cultural Ambas- Choir Festival included elemen- dance. Teachers select a coun- (919) 918-2200 content will continue as the school year progresses. sador. Crompton teaches fifth tary, middle and high school try, and their students conduct www.chccs.k12.nc.us/chs The new banner on the home page was designed to em- grade and is originally from show choirs competing from research about the county. 563 students* England. phasize the district’s place in the global community and to North Carolina, South Caro- *This number has increased lina, Virginia, West Virginia and Culbreth Middle, 6-8 since this list was complied. underscore the district’s commitment to preparing students Ephesus Elementary, PreK-5 Tennessee. Dr. Carole Christ- Susan Wells, Principal for success in the 21st century. Philip Holmes, Principal off Dolber is the Gator Show 225 Culbreth Road Chapel Hill High Comments and feedback on the new website are wel- 1495 Ephesus Church Road Choir director and Annette Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Jacqueline Ellis, Principal come and may be directed to Latimore at slatimore@chcs. Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Layman is the choreographer. (919) 929-7161 1709 High School Road k12.nc.us. (919) 929-8715 www.chccs.k12.nc.us/culbreth Chapel Hill, NC 27516 www.chccs.k12.nc.us/ephesus McDougle Elementary, K-5 638 students (919) 929-2106 Special Needs Advisory Council 451 students Tekeisha Ford, Principal Teacher of the Year: Betsy www.chccs.k12.nc.us/chhs The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools sponsor the Teacher of the Year: Debbie 890 Old Fayetteville Road Spaulding 1490 students Special Needs Advisory Council (SNAC) to provide parents Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27516 All of Culbreth’s AVID Teacher of the Year: Bill with an opportunity to work together with district staff in Students at Ephesus partici- (919) 969-2435 students were involved in an Melega providing services to students with special needs. pated in a world record attempt www.chccs.k12.nc.us/mdelem extremely special week-long Both the men’s and wom- SNAC has a number of responsibilities. The group stud- last year. They joined readers 616 students workshop taught by the Alvin en’s cross country teams from ies educational issues related to special children’s needs and from around to world to break Teacher of the Year: Lisa Ailey Dance Company that cul- Chapel Hill High won 4A state writes reports on its findings to the superintendent; provides the record for most people Oglesby minated in performances given championship for the second reading aloud simultaneously in information to and solicits information from parents; advo- Science teacher Erin Den- by the AVID students and consecutive year. The feat has multiple locations. niston was named a state final- cates for program improvements; and promotes communi- attendance at a performance by only been accomplished once ist for the Presidential Awards the Alvin Ailey Dance Com- before—in 1980 and 1981 by cation in the special needs community and the community Estes Hills Elementary, K-5 for Excellence in Mathemat- pany. Chapel Hill High. at large. Cheryl Carnahan, Principal ics and Science Teaching. The council chartered four teams during the 2006-07 500 Estes Drive PAEMST, the nation’s highest McDougle Middle, 6-8 East Chapel Hill High school year: training, adaptation of curriculum, transition Chapel Hill, NC 27514 honor for K-12 teaching in Debra Scott, Principal Dave Thaden, Principal and advocacy. (919) 942-4753 these fields. 900 Old Fayetteville Road 500 Weaver Dairy Road Parents are encouraged to get involved by contacting www.chccs.k12.nc.us/estes Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 their school’s SNAC representative. Meetings of representa- 527 students Rashkis Elementary, PreK-5 (919) 933-1556 (919) 969-2482 tives from across the district are held on a monthly basis. Teacher of the Year: Lisa Deshera Mack, Principal www.chccs.k12.nc.us/mcdmidl www.chccs.k12.nc.us/echhs For more information about SNAC, please visit www2. Creecy 601 Meadowmont Lane 647 students 1546 students chccs.k12.nc.us/education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=988. Nora the Nonapus, a book Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Teacher of the Year: Jennifer Teacher of the Year: Kathleen written and illustrated by four (919) 918-2160 Sparrow Laufer 5th graders in 2004-05 was www.chccs.k12.nc.us/rashkis Students from McDougle The Forensics Team at East School lunch prices increase turned into an opera per- 659 students Middle competed in the Chapel Hill High School won Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools breakfast prices have formed on the UNC campus Teacher of the Year: Christina Technology Association (TSA) the National Forensic League increased five cents and lunch prices 10 cents for 2007-08. by the Longleaf Opera Com- Royster state contest. The team won (NFL) district tournament. Breakfast is now $1.05. Adults pay $1.50. pany. The book, written and Deshera Mack was named third place, and several stu- The NFL is the most competi- An elementary lunch is $2.40, while a secondary lunch illustrated by Susan Cavender, Principal of the Year for the dents earned individual honors. tive in-state tournament of the is $2.65. Adults pay $3.25 for lunch. Price increases do Zoe Gan, Vaishnavi Krishnan third time in 10 years. Her Redmond Grigg is the group’s year and determines which not affect those students receiving free and reduced lunch and Alison Smith, won a Scho- other two honors came in 1996 adviser. students will represent the benefits. lastic book contest. and 2000. Mack won at the eastern half of the state at the Central Region level and went Phillips Middle, 6-8 national tournament. The team Delayed-opening dates Frank Porter Graham El- on to be one of four finalists Eileen Tully, Principal is coached by Jonathan Peele. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools conduct one ementary, K-5 for State Principal of the Year. 606 N. Estes Drive delayed opening during most months of the school year. Shelia Burnette, Principal Chapel Hill, NC 27514 UNC Hospital School, K-12 101 Smith Level Road Scroggs Elementary, K-5 The 2007-2008 delayed-opening dates are: (919) 929-2188 Flicka Bateman, Principal Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Grace Repass, Principal www.chccs.k12.nc.us/phillips Box 106, 101 Manning (919) 942-6491 501 Kildaire Road 631 students Drive • September 20 www.chccs.k12.nc.us/fpg Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Teacher of the Year: Audrey Chapel Hill, NC 27514 • October 18 560 students (919) 918-7165 Dawson www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/ • December 13 Teacher of the Year: Kris Fox www.chccs.k12.nc.us/scroggs Phillips teacher Donna education/dept/dept. • January 31 FPG Science Specialist 714 students Dodson was named the Chapel php?sectionid=17 • February 28 Livy Luddington was named Teacher of the Year: Shirley Hill-Carrboro District Out- The UNC Hospital School • April 17 the District V Outstanding Pyon standing Secondary School was the beneficiary of a gift • May 15 Elementary School Science (Shirley is also the district’s Mathematics Teacher. Dodson from Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey Teacher by the North Carolina Teacher of the Year.) teaches 7th grade math. presented $1,000 to guests On these dates, schools will open two hours later than Science Teachers Association’s Chapel Hill/Orange County attending the taping of an epi- normal. Elementary schools start at 9:50, middle schools at Professional Development Visitors Bureau challenged Smith Middle, 6-8 sode called “Pay It Forward.” 10:20 and high schools at 10:45. Institute in November. This is 5th graders from Scroggs to Valerie Reinhardt, Principal Guests were asked to present Delayed openings are held to provide teachers with time the second year in a row that a create ideas for their tourism 9201 Seawell School Road the funds to a good cause and for professional development and collaborative planning teacher from FPG has won this campaign. Students in Jennifer Chapel Hill, NC 27516 create a video of the presenta- after the state eliminated five full teacher workdays from award. Dudley’s class created web- (919) 918-2145 tion. Renee and Melissa Bailey school calendars. This will be the third year for delayed site address ideas, memorable www.chccs.k12.nc.us/smith attended the taping and re- openings. Glenwood Elementary, toll-free numbers, posters and 678 students ceived one of the gifts. Renee On the last day of school, Tuesday, June 10, the district PreK-5 essays on why visitors should Teacher of the Year: Joshua and Melissa used the funds to will observe a two-hour early release. Amy Rickard, Principal consider visiting Chapel Hill. Lucas purchase books and a comput- 2 Prestwick Road Smith Middle received a er for the Hospital School. Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Seawell Elementary, PreK-5 “Getting to Know Europe Building up Building down Carrboro Acupuncture Clinic Marcoplos Construction is green. is green. 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Call us at 942-2100 or email [email protected] www.carrborocitizen.com/mill Thursday, August 23, 2007 OMMUNITY The Carrboro Citizen Page 5 policy and practices in gifted Government Services Annex C Community education and who has made parking lot in Hillsborough. Smith named Y director an outstanding contribution in In addition, animal servic- By Susan Dickson in the community. Briefs promoting the cause of gifted es will offer a low-cost clinic Staff Writer Plus, “This area is home education worldwide. for one-year vaccinations on for us,” Smith said. Gallagher honored September 5 from 10 a.m. to Former WTVD sports an- Smith will help the YMCA James Gallagher, Ph.D., chor Drew Smith has been Rabies Day activities 4 p.m. at the Orange County raise money to build an 18,000 was honored as a leader in Animal Shelter. named as the new develop- square foot youth teen cen- The Orange County Ani- gifted education by the World Public health veterinar- ment director for the Chapel ter, which is projected to cost mal Services Department and Council for Gifted and Tal- ian Carl Williams will give Hill-Carrboro YMCA. about $4 million. The cen- ented Children. Gallagher is the Orange County Health a lecture on rabies at the Smith recently returned ter will be located behind the a former director and current Department will sponsor low- to Chapel Hill from Sarasota, Drew Smith YMCA’s building on Martin senior scientist emeritus of cost rabies vaccination clinics Southern Human Services Fla., where he worked as a Luther King Jr. Boulevard. and a lecture on rabies as part Center on Homestead Road the YMCA became available. FPG Child Development In- news anchor and reporter for At this point, Smith said, stitute. Gallagher received the of World Rabies Day. on September 4 at 7 p.m. For the Sarasota Herald-Tribune “It’s nice to be a part of an he is learning as much as he The Animal Services De- more information on rabies organization that really wants 2007 Harry Passow Leader- for about a year. Before mov- can about the organization partment will offer two low- in Orange County and low- to benefit the community as ship Award at the Council’s ing to Sarasota, Smith had and its partnerships and col- 23rd world conference. The cost rabies clinics from 1 to 2 cost vaccination clinics, visit spent 15 years in Chapel Hill a whole,” he said, adding that laborations. international award recognizes p.m. on September 8, which http://www.co.orange.nc.us/ working for WTVD. he hopes to help the YMCA “I’m just sort of in that is World Rabies Day, at the to continue to make improve- a person whose life and work animalservices/rabies.asp. He came back to Chapel sponge mode where I’m tak- has significantly influenced Orange County Animal Shel- Hill when the position with ments and serve more people ing everything in,” he said. ter in Chapel Hill and at the

Community Calendar month. Reeves Gallery, Pittsboro cats from Chatham County until teachers $12. Email FATEinfo@ Memorial Library. 158 West they can be permanently adopted. gmail.com for online discount code. Farmers’ Markets Museum will be open 6-9pm; fun for St, Pittsboro. 542-3524, www. Short-term (as brief as a week) & Museums Market Street Books, 610 Market Carrboro Farmers’ Market - Sat 7am- all ages. Music by Bobby Nicholson. pittsborolibraryfriends.org longer-term needed. fosteracat@ Skyscrapers – Mini-exhibition Street, Chapel Hill. 933-5111, www. 12pm through Dec 22; Wed 3:30- Fri, Aug 31, 6-9pm. Free. Orange chathamanimalrescue.org. PO Box presenting a variety of marketstreetbooks.com 6:30pm through Oct 17. Carrboro County Historical Museum, 201 Story Time presents: “Cool Polar 610, Pittsboro. 542-5757, www. interpretations of this modern icon. Comedy Town Commons. 932-1641, www. N Churton St, Hillsborough. 732- Tales with Tacky the Penguin”. chathamanimalrescue.org Through Sept 14. Free. Ackland Art Open Mic - 4th Tuesdays, 7:30- carrborofarmersmarket.com 2201, www.orangecountymuseum. Saturday, August 25th at 10:30 a.m. Museum, UNC Campus, Chapel 9:30pm. The Cave, 452 1/2 W org at Carrboro Branch Library Hill. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm (2nd Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 968-9308, Southern Village Farmers’ Market 900 Old Fayetteville Rd. at the Classes Fridays until 9pm), Sun 1-5pm. www.caverntavern.com - Thu 4-7pm through Aug 30 Buddhist “Change Your Mind” Day. McDougle Schools Media Center; A free series of 12 weekly classes www.ackland.org at Market Street on the Village All welcome to free family event For more information call 969- designed to help family members True Stories – Thu, Aug 30. Green. with kids activities and talks by seven 3006. understand and support those Planetarium & Digital Theater DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N Triangle Buddhist groups. 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Ballroom Dancing - 4th & 5th south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501, Thursday 6-8pm. On the lawn at further info, contact Gary Gaddy at moreheadplanetarium.org Thursdays of every month, 7- Fearrington Village, Chapel Hill. Kids Weaver Street Market, Carrboro. 403-9520. Classes in Hillsborough 9:30pm. $2. 933-8982. Chapel Hill 542-4000, chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/ Nature Tales - Story Time at the begin September 9 from 3:00-5:30 Heroes of Yesterday, Heroes of Senior Center, 400 S Elliott Rd, growingsmallfarms/fearrington. Garden. Kids ages 4 & 5 gather Geology Hike - See what pm at Ebenez Baptist Church. For Today: The History of the Chapel Chapel Hill. 968-2070. html around in the Botanical Garden to geological wonders can be found further info, contact Bill or Sandy Hill Fire Dept – Ongoing, Free. share stories about nature. Every at the mountain. Sat, Aug 25, Moyer at 382-7408. For confidential Chapel Hill Museum, 523 E Franklin Contact Improvisation - Improvised Pittsboro Farmers’ Market - Thu Thursday at 10am; outing & activity 2pm. Occoneechee Mountain, inquiries, email f2forangecounty@ St, Chapel Hill. 967-1400, www. contact with 1 or more dancers, 3:30-6:30pm through Nov 29. afterward. Children must be Hillsborough. 383-1686, ils.unc. yahoo.com. chapelhillmuseum.org no partner necessary. Beginners Chatham County Fairgrounds, accompanied by an adult; no more edu/parkproject/visit/ocmo/home. welcome. Sundays, 2-4pm. $5. Pittsboro. chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/ than 3 children per adult please. $5 html Introduction to Glassblowing Now Showing: At the Movies 967-5321, carolinacontact.ods.org. growingsmallfarms/pittsboro.html per family. 962-0522, www.ncbg. – Sat & Sun, Aug 25 & 26, 10am- in Hillsborough - Interpretive, Balanced Movement Studio, 304 unc.edu NC Botanical Garden Guided Tours 6pm. Learn the basic techniques photographic & artifact info W Weaver St, Carrboro. 942-0240, Saxapahaw Farmers’ Market – Last – Meet at the stone gathering circle of manipulating molten glass. Make about Hillsborough’s 2 movie www.balanced-movement.com Saturday! 5-8pm, on the hill over Hats Off to Reading – Thu, Aug 30, in front of the Totten Center. Every marbles, paperweights, pendants & theaters with a modern audio- the river, Saxapahaw, Chapel Hill. 4pm. All toddlers are invited to Sat, 10-11am. 962-0522, www.ncbg. more in this 2-day workshop. No visual center. Ongoing, Free. 6- www.rivermillvillage.com attend this free reading program at unc.edu experience required; class provides 9pm, Orange County Historical Films the Carrboro Branch Library. For solid foundation for future skill Museum, Hillsborough. www. Viva Cuba – Tackles localized Cuban Special Events more info, call the library at 969- Sunset kayak paddle on Jordan development. Open to ages 18 & orangecountymuseum.org problems from the literal viewpoint Vegan Pot Luck Dinner – Sat, Aug 3006. Lake in the eagle management area. up; $250. For more info, contact of the country’s children in a tale 25, 6:30pm. Bring a vegan dish Explore the shoreline, swim, rest Jonathan Davis at 545-8833 or akin to Romeo & Juliet. From (no animal products — e.g., eggs, Express Yourself! - Art program and snack on an island and paddle [email protected] Theater France/Cuba, 80 min. Free. Showing cheese, whey, etc) to serve 4 times for ages 3-8 + caregivers allows back into the beautiful sunset. Sat., Giant Puppet Show - A Shoe For Sun, Aug 26, 5pm at CHICLE. 101 the number in your party. Table children & adults to explore their Sept. 1, 5:30-8:30pm. 35 dollars, Your Foot. Live performance E Weaver St (3rd floor), Carrboro. service & basic drinks provided. own creative paths through open- limit 10, Kayak Adventures , 919- Solar Electricity for homeowners featuring handmade masks, stilts, 933-0398, [email protected], Eat vegan for a night! Solterra ended weekly art projects. $2; 929-3805 and professionals. Area green cardboard creations & shadows. www.chi-cle.com Common House, 98 Solterra Way, registration requested. Saturdays, building experts offer day course Outdoors, set to live music. Great Durham. For more info or dish 10:45-11:15 & 11:30-noon. Kidzu on introduction to solar electricity fun for all ages. Bring something suggestions, call Sue at 489-8162 or Children’s Museum, 105 E Franklin Volunteers to educate builders and consumers soft for your butt! Fridays-Sundays Literary Readings/Open Mic email [email protected] St, Chapel Hill. 933-1455, www. Orange County Literacy Council on today’s solar technologies, 9 am at 7pm through Sept 3; pre-show Patricia Bryan & Tom Wolf - kidzuchildrensmuseum.org – Invites anyone interested in to 1 pm, Saturday, Sept 8, 2007. The starts at 6:20. $10; kids 4-12 $7; 3 & Midnight Assassin: Murder in Really Really Free Video Showing tutoring adults & ESOL (English Introduction to Solar Electricity under Free. UNC Campus: Forest America’s Heartland. Tue, Aug 28, – Sun, Aug 26, 4-6pm. A screening Zoom In: Science at the Extremes for Speakers of Other Languages) course will be the second in a Theater, 300 S Boundary St, Chapel 7pm. Carrboro Cybrary, 100 N of footage taken by the People’s - Morehead Planetarium’s 1st- learners to attend an interest green building series conducted Hill. www.paperhand.org Greensboro St, Carrboro. 918- Channel of the Really Really Free ever interactive visitor experience meeting. Tue, Aug 28, or Wed, Sept by GreenPros in collaboration 7387, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/ Market & the Carrboro Greenspace. highlights the big & small of our 5, 10-11am. Skills Development with Central Carolina Community How I Got That Story - An cybrary Discussion of current public space universe. Designed for ages 8-13. Center, 503 W Franklin St, Chapel College. Instructors will be Ed “embedded” war reporter tries to controversies in the area to follow. Ongoing. Morehead Planetarium, Hill & First Baptist Church, 210 W Witkin of Carrboro Solar Works get a handle on a culture he doesn’t Open Mic - For poetry, music & Free! The Nightlite, 405 1/2 W 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. King St, Hillsborough. 933-2151, and Bob Kingery. To register, call know while covering a conflict he short fiction. Tuesdays at 7pm, Rosemary St, Chapel Hill. For more Info hotline 549-6863, office 962- 732-0868, www.orangeliteracy.org CCCC at 919-542-6495 ext. 223. doesn’t understand. Aug 23-Sept 15. Market Street Books & Maps, info, email soyyoghurt@yahoo. 1236, tickets 843-7997, www. Deep Dish Theater, University Mall, Southern Village, 610 Market com moreheadplanetarium.org Ronald McDonald House - Seeks 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, 968- St, Chapel Hill. 933-5111, www. volunteers for tasks around the Lectures 1515. Visit www.deepdishtheater. marketstreetbooks.com Back to School ... Way Back Painting for Children Exhibit house for families & community Archeology at the Love House org for show times & ticket info. – Reading, writing & arithmetic – A celebration of play, whimsy, service projects. 913-2040, www. – With Dr. RP Stephen Davis. Part Bomb After Bomb – By Elen taught to the tune of a hickory laughter & fun as seen through chapelhillrmh.net of the Lunchbox Lecture Series. Speed the Plow – An exploration O’Hara Slavick. Wed, Aug 29, 7pm. stick. School is back in session in the eyes of North Carolina’s Wed, Aug 29, noon. $5 donation of the politics of gender & power. Internationalist Books, 405 W Orange County and it’s time to talented children’s book authors & Chatham Animal Rescue & requested. Horace Williams House, Presented by the Free Association Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 942-1740, celebrate. Schoolmaster Brown will illustrators. Presented by Friends Education - Seeks foster caregivers 610 E Rosemary St, Chapel Hill. Theatre Ensemble. Some adult www.internationalistbooks.org host old-time school activities with of the Pittsboro Memorial Library to provide quality, temporary, in- 942-7818, www. content. Aug 24-26, 30-Sept 1, & Sept old-fashioned brown-bag lunches. Gallery. Through the end of the home care for homeless kittens & chapelhillpreservation.com 7-8, 8:30pm. $15; seniors/students/ pets of the week

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An in-depth look at the rules and the reason cracking a freshly printed bud- for them are available on the OWASA website at owasa.org/ get. Just look at all those finely pages/yearroundconserv03.asp crafted numbers and . . . ahh, smell those special provisions. • Conventional spray irrigation is limited to three This is the time of year when days per week between 8:00 pm and 9:00 am and to it becomes clearer what kind of one inch of watering per week. Spray irrigation is last-minute “language” found its permitted at odd-numbered addresses on Tuesdays, way into the budget and various Thursdays and Saturdays; and at even-numbered other bills passed in the last few addresses on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. days of the session. • Spray irrigation is defined as “The application of Among the Easter Eggs this water to landscaping by means of a device that year was a lil’ bit of legislation projects water through the air in the form of small particles or droplets.” that sorta, kinda takes author- • You can measure irrigation with a small container ity over part of Raleigh from such as a tuna can. If you have an irrigation system, Raleigh and puts it back in the you may wish to have the control system adjusted hands of the legislature. Specifi- by a company that installs or maintains irrigation cally, Senate Bill 1313 — spon- systems. sored by Wake’s own Sen. Janet • Because the soil in our community typically has Cowell — prevents the City of large amounts of clay, irrigation systems should be Drought-induced insanity Oaks from imposing its build- adjusted to avoid applying excess water when the ing and zoning regulations over consider setting water restrictions. much of the state capital area. soil will no longer accept it. Excessive watering can Ken Moore We must be insane. be harmful to plants and will not encourage the It’s not the first time such a deep root growth needed for healthy plants. Observations made from around town and We place a greater priority on short green move was tried, and won’t be • The limit of one inch per week is a well-recognized the region during this summer-long drought grass than on big shade trees. the last. Local governments are, rule of thumb for watering plants. However, less have made me believe that our society is Community elected officials, town staff and by law, “creatures of the state.” water may be adequate in many cases. really insane. business owners lack the resolve to establish And as one local budget officer • The year-round conservation requirements do not Last week, while helping hand-water a guidelines for reducing waste of water and recently told me, “The legisla- apply to newly sodded lawns and new landscaping native plant garden in Raleigh, making certain fuel, noise pollution and air pollution on ture giveth and the legislature within the first 30 days of planting, or to newly all the water went into the ground and not urban and residential landscapes. taketh away.” seeded turf within the first six months of planting. off onto the pavement, an awful noise from Contracts for weekly landscape Several years ago, when UNC (However, restrictions would apply during a declared the Legislative grounds across the street made maintenance, even during normal growing and Chapel Hill officials were water shortage as indicated above.) me turn to observe grounds staff mowing conditions, is foolish environmental pollution locked in a sometimes-heated • Watering with a hand-held hose or watering can turf that was so short that it was difficult to and waste of energy resources. Landscapes discussion over a rather large or with underground, drip irrigation, micro spray, distinguish between mown and un-mown mown and blown once every three weeks soaker hose or low precipitation “bubbler” watering expansion of the main cam- areas. Accompanying the mowers were other should suffice. Three-weeks-tall grass is really pus, a special provision floated systems is allowed on any day of the week and at not life threatening. any time of day, subject to the same limit of one grounds staff with leaf blowers, methodically into the budget one evening. It walking along the curb blowing dust back and Taking refuge behind those “We Use Well would strip the town of its zon- inch per week as for spray irrigation. Water” signs doesn’t impress me. All that well • All existing and newly installed irrigation systems forth. This activity is a weekly routine. ing authority over the campus That same day, driving into Hillsborough water is coming from the underground water and pretty much everything else must have automatic controllers and a rain or soil table. Lots of folks like me don’t have access to moisture sensor to prevent watering during rainfall in the mid-afternoon, I observed impact owned by the university. I think sprinklers throwing water on the pavement city water but our well water is also dependent the math worked out to roughly or when there is sufficient moisture in the ground upon our shared larger water tables. We don’t for plant health and survival. and roadway in what was a faulty design to 13 percent of the town at the water a narrow strip of grass between the appreciate other folks freely using the Earth’s time. • Hoses for outdoor use must have automatic shut- groundwater with such disregard for the good off nozzles. road and the parking lot of one of the fast Needless to say, the provi- • The use of low-flush toilets and low-flow food stops. of the community. sion caused an uproar and a lot showerheads and faucet aerators is strongly Across from my little house on the edge So, are we insane? As you move about your of finger pointing. The univer- encouraged where they are not already in place as of Carrboro are two apartment complexes. community, take note of how we behave, and sity said it didn’t ask for it, and required by current plumbing codes. There we have the weekly mowing of brown you decide. When you see water running off then-Sen. Howard Lee, who • The use of rain barrels, cisterns, etc. to store turf not high enough to meet the lowest of landscapes, see sprinklers blowing mist represented the town and was rainwater for irrigation and other suitable purposes mower blades. And I have listened to and away on the breeze, see irrigation systems a co-chair of the budget-writ- is strongly encouraged. watched accompanying leaf blowers go back operating during rain showers, see mowers ing committee, had to explain • Dishwashers and clothes washers should be used and forth along all the walkways and roadside running over brown or short turf and see to his constituents how it got only with full loads or with water level settings curbs blowing nothing but dust into the air. blowers just moving dust back and forth, there. Lee managed to get it appropriate for the load size. That’s air pollution, noise pollution and waste bring sanity back to our actions. Please stop removed, and the responsible • Restaurants and other dining facilities may serve of diminishing fuel supplies. Back in the days and speak to the homeowner or business party was later identified as Sen. water only if requested by a customer. when we had rain, I witnessed leaf blowers owner and let them know how you feel. • Hotels, motels, etc. shall change bed linens only Tony Rand, who told me after- over at University Mall blowing water back After all, it’s not just my world. It’s also your ward (and I swear he had a tear upon request of the customer, upon customer living environment that is being wasted and changeover or every five days for long-term and forth along the parking lot curbs; at least in his eye when he did) that he the dust was settled. polluted. couldn’t bear the thought of the customers. Footnote: Tuesday evening’s welcome rain • If we notify a customer that there is a leak in the Then I see sprinklers throwing water over university not being able to ex- expansive lawns, the water blowing away in registered an inch in my rain gauge and my three pand and someone’s child not customer’s water supply line, irrigation or plumbing rain barrels filled to the brim. However, please note system, etc., the customer must fix the leak within 10 the breeze. being able to get into Carolina. All those signs reading “We Use Well that our drought seriously continues. I pulled back As you might imagine, the days of receiving the notice. the mulch under the Weaver Street Market trees and • Water waste is prohibited. Water waste includes Water” seem to be license for freely throwing university went into the next water about the landscape and encouraging the soil below the mulch was still bone dry. Tree roots round of negotiations with the using so much water that it runs onto adjacent did not receive the much-needed moisture!!! properties or street right-of-way or causes ponding more car washing with nary a concern for town in a slightly stronger posi- on impervious surfaces; failing to fix a leak that is our lack of rain. tion, what with the town officials easily repairable; and irrigation during rainfall or Finally the local papers are now describing Longtime resident Ken Moore retired as assistant very clearly aware that the recent when soil moisture is already adequate. that we are in an extreme drought and even director of the N.C. Botanical Garden in 2003 whistling sound near Town Hall some communities with muddy water coming and now enjoys part-time work and volunteering was a rather large caliber shell through their pipes are beginning to set or in and around Carrboro and Chapel Hill. hurtling across their bow. There was a backlash, of course, and it likely cost Lee his Senate seat. But isn’t that a fine bunch of new buildings down Lessons from the Legislature on main campus? not living up to the title. As the Raleigh episode il- DAMON CIRCOSTA But the untold story down on Jones Street lustrates, the state is not playing is that preconceived notions are often false, around when it comes to wield- visit us on the web - carrborocitizen.com/main Most North Carolina schoolchildren are and people can surprise you. This session, I ing its authority to shape cities heading back to the classroom as their sum- got to witness our legislative representatives editorial staff mer break comes to an end. Seeing all of those and towns. Local governments doing the peoples’ work up close and per- might have won one by getting overstuffed backpacks and yellow school sonal. Robert Dickson, Publisher buses reminds me of the fear and uncertainty some local tax options this ses- Sure, there were some unsavory characters sion, but Home Rule is still not [email protected] that comes with starting something new. doing unsavory things. Anyone who takes a I had many of the same feelings earlier this a popular concept in the halls of Kirk Ross, Editor quick scan of the headlines could tell you as the legislature. year when the legislative session opened. As a much. But what doesn’t make the front page [email protected] first-time lobbyist and newcomer to the capi- is that the vast majority of our elected repre- Help wanted Miles Andrews, Advertising Coordinator tal, I felt like a freshman in high school. sentatives were doing good work. They were Being the new kid in school and starting debating the issues of the day and taking up Please, someone — anyone [email protected] a new job down at the Legislature are rife causes they believed in. They were looking out — sign up to run against Liddy Susan Dickson, Staff Writer with similarities. In both situations, it’s tough for their constituents and doing their best to Dole. The situation got urgent to know where you should be and who you this week when Public Policy [email protected] make our government better. Elected officials should talk to. Rumors about the old hands from both sides of the aisle and all across our Polling announced that they had Taylor Sisk, Contributing Editor are plenty and gossip runs rampant. It’s easy state came to Raleigh with the goal of making run out of possible contenders to get lost and most of the time you end up [email protected] North Carolina better. to poll folks about. Last week, feeling like everyone else knows something The quiet work of turning the wheels of they ran the numbers on N.C. Michelle Langston, Designer you don’t. The bell that rings the legislators government is often drowned out by the noise Democratic Party chair Jerry to session could easily be mistaken for the [email protected] of scandal, but good work indeed did go on. Meek and then threatened to homeroom tardy bell. Of course there is plenty more that needs do- hoist Clay Aiken’s name up the Jack Carley, Editorial Intern My job is to work on issues in election ing. The continuing saga of legislative impro- flagpole. (The Independent Week- reform. Seeing as how every elected official [email protected] prieties highlights the need for more reform. ly, it should be noted, was way fancies themselves an expert on the topic, it’s Further changes to the system are required so ahead of them with a recent Emily Silva, Editorial Intern easy to get a conversation going. What isn’t so the public can be certain that our representa- easy is convincing folks who have been suc- parody of an Aiken campaign [email protected] tives are engaged in public service, rather than platform in the music section.) cessful under the current system to change private gain. the way things are done. It’s difficult work and I don’t know about you, but It is too early to tell how future historians that’s one set of poll numbers it takes time. will treat this chapter in North Carolina’s his- The Carrboro Citizen is published every Thursday by Over the past few years, North Carolina that could shake my faith in the tory. But with time comes perspective. Hope- future of democracy. So, quick, Carrboro Citizen, LLC. has unfortunately been given far too many rea- fully the high school freshman of 2020 can sons why election reform is necessary. Stories somebody grab the mic. If only contact us read about the 2007 legislative session and of campaign finance scandals and improper Mildred the Bear was still with learn not only about the headline-grabbing us. The Carrboro Citizen special-interest influence grace the newspaper scandal, but also the underreported good more days than not. With daily headlines of As an FYI, I still got two dol- Box 248 Carrboro, North Carolina, 27510 work done on behalf of North Carolina. lars that says a big name — like Telephone: 919-942-2100 . Fax: 919-942-2195 corruption and wrongdoing, it would be easy to dismiss the entire Legislature as crooked. a former or soon-to-be-former Before I started working down there, I cer- Damon Circosta is the assistant director of the governor — gets into the race. Printed in Raeford, North Carolina by Dickson Press, Inc. tainly felt as though our “honorables” were N.C. Center for Voter Education. Just a hunch. Thursday, August 23, 2007 COMMENTS The Carrboro Citizen Page 7 Business energy tax cuts are a bad idea JOHN QUINTERNO fording special tax treatment to the inputs, like would cost some $45 million per year — an ing the state’s revenue system. energy, used by businesses in the production amount equal to 2.4 percent of general fund Finally, proposals for exempting certain in- Manufacturing and agricultural firms in process. Taxing inputs, runs the argument, may spending in fiscal year 2006. In light of the dustries from energy taxes need to be weighed North Carolina pay lower tax rates than other lead to “tax pyramiding,” which is when the in- state’s growing number of needed public invest- against other policy concerns, especially those businesses on energy purchased for use in pro- put tax gets passed along to an end customer ments, public leaders should carefully consider related to the conservation of natural resources. duction. Nevertheless, several recent legislative who in effect pays more in taxes for the fin- the impact of terminating this revenue stream. By effectively making the cost of energy cheap- proposals have called for eliminating the energy ished product. Additionally, taxes on business Second, eliminating energy taxes for favored er, eliminating energy taxes likely would do little taxes paid by manufacturing and agricultural en- inputs may create incentives that result in an industries raises questions of tax fairness. Why to encourage conservation and instead might terprises. While an economic argument can be inefficient allocation of economic resources. should the manufacturing and agricultural in- encourage greater energy consumption on the made for repealing those taxes, doing so would Like any question of tax policy, the econom- dustries be treated differently from other indus- part of certain energy-intensive industries. reduce state revenues, raise questions of tax ic rationale behind the elimination of energy tries? Why would the state not tax the energy While an economic argument for eliminat- fairness and discourage energy conservation. taxes should be weighed against questions of that certain industries use as business inputs but ing the energy taxes paid by manufacturing and North Carolina currently levies a tax of revenue adequacy, tax fairness and competing levy full taxes on the energy that other firms use agricultural enterprises in North Carolina ex- three percent on sales of electricity. Agricul- policy concerns. North Carolina’s public lead- as business inputs? Where is the logical consis- ists, such a policy raises larger questions of rev- tural and manufacturing firms, however, pay ers consequently should consider carefully the tency in exempting an agricultural producer enue adequacy, tax fairness and energy conser- a lower sales tax rate on electricity bought for wisdom of exempting favored industries from from taxes on the energy used to grow food vation. If North Carolina’s public leaders fail to production purposes. Agricultural businesses various energy taxes. Three concerns in partic- yet taxing the energy used by the grocer who carefully weigh all of the intertwined issues, the pay a sales tax rate of 2.83 percent and, as of ular merit special attention. sells that food? Given the knotty questions of state could wind up with an energy tax policy July 2007, manufacturers pay a rate of 2.6 per- First, exempting manufacturing and agricul- fairness surrounding energy taxes, it is hardly that works well in theory but not necessarily in cent. These industries also receive preferential tural firms from energy taxes would reduce the surprising that those taxes have attracted the at- practice. tax treatment for purchases of piped natural amount of tax money flowing into the state’s tention of the Legislature’s own State and Lo- coffers. According to the Legislature’s Fiscal cal Fiscal Modernization Commission, a body John Quinterno is a research associate at the N.C. gas and fuel. Budget and Tax Center An economic argument can be made for af- Research Division, fully eliminating those taxes charged with developing proposals for reform- Politics may prevent children from seeing a doctor more children. The Senate would al- is referred to as crowding out of the chris fitzsimon low states to cover children in families Let’s put aside all the market fundamentalism nonsense and esoteric philo- private market. with incomes up to 300 percent of sophical debates and make sure every child can see a doctor. That has noth- Less publicized is Gruber’s con- As many as nine million children the poverty level. The House would ing to do with socialism or crowd out or anything else. It just means making clusion that 77 percent of the bene- in the United States may not be cov- remove the eligibility cap and leave it sure kids are healthy, and it is the least we can do as a civilized state. fits from the tax credit plan proposed ered by a health insurance plan and up to states entirely. by the administration would end up more than 250,000 of them live in The program currently restricts with people already insured. Gruber North Carolina. Many of the chil- states to providing coverage for chil- tious wrinkle to the congressional to enroll in the public program. also says that expanding public health dren are eligible for state and federal dren in families who earn up to 200 debate, it may threaten Kids’ Care, The expansion of SCHIP is also programs makes more sense. programs like Medicaid and Health percent of the poverty level, but the legislation passed this year by the portrayed as a step toward universal The bottom line is that 264,000 Choice, North Carolina’s program to federal government has issued waiv- General Assembly that would set up health care coverage, or “socialized children in North Carolina have no insure kids in families with incomes a program to cover children in fami- ers to many states allowing them to medicine,” which is absurd, but is ef- health care coverage and in most cas- up to 200 percent of the federal pov- expand coverage to families with lies who earn up to 300 percent of fective rhetoric in some circles. The es it is because their families simply erty level, just over $41,000 for a fam- higher incomes. the poverty level by allowing them to administration and the market fun- ily of four. President Bush has threatened to purchase coverage on a sliding scale cannot afford to buy it. damentalists prefer tax credits for Let’s put aside all the market fun- Health Choice is North Carolina’s veto the House and Senate plans to based on income. health care, never explaining how version of the State Children’s Health renew the program, claiming they In other words, the new guide- damentalism nonsense and esoteric that is supposed to help people who philosophical debates and make sure Care Program (SCHIP) passed in cost too much and would result in lines would make it more difficult don’t make enough to pay for health 1997 by the Republican Congress every child can see a doctor. That SCHIP replacing private insurance for thousands of children in North care in the first place. and signed by President Bill Clin- Carolina to see a doctor. has nothing to do with socialism or for many families. Much of the rhetoric from the ad- ton. It allows each state to design its Late last Friday, the administra- The administration is using the crowd out or anything else. It just ministration and their think tank sup- own program and set eligibility limits tion announced rules for the program same arguments made against Kids’ means making sure kids are healthy, porters in North Carolina is based on within broad guidelines established that include restrictions that make it Care in Raleigh, the same arguments and it is the least we can do as a civi- research done by M.I.T economist by Congress. unlikely any state could offer health used to oppose the creation of Health lized state. Jonathan Gruber, who found that SCHIP expires in September and coverage for children in families who Choice nearly a decade ago. The idea roughly a third of the new children both the House and Senate have earn above 250 percent of the pov- is that expanding public health care who would be covered by expanding Chris Ftizsimon is the director of N.C. Policy passed new versions of the program erty level. programs will entice large numbers SCHIP already have coverage. That Watch. that would increase funding to cover That not only adds a new conten- of people to drop their private plans

the funeral home after the Matthew Gaines. Road, LA. He was preceded in min and Caroline Lorio; a sis- on Friday, August 24th at obituaries visitation. Bob was a much loved, and death by his parents, Samuel ter, Jewell Rose Lorio; a broth- 1:30 p.m. at St. Thomas More Walker’s Funeral Home of loving, husband, father, broth- Pujo Lorio and Udell Jewell er, Paul Lorio; and numerous Catholic Church, 940 Carmi- Vennie Neal Best Chapel Hill served the Best er, grandfather and uncle. He Lorio. He is survived by his nieces and nephews. chael Street, Chapel Hill, NC Vennie Neal Best, 94, family. was a man of gentle wit, wis- wife of 42 years, Jeanne Genre Relatives and friends of 27514. of Carrboro, passed away dom and good humor who Lorio; his children, Dr. Wil- the family are invited to the In lieu of flowers, dona- Wednesday, August 8, 2007. Robert Finley Gaines will be greatly missed by all. liam P. Lorio and his wife, visitation on Thursday, August tions may be made in his name She was the daughter of Robert Finley Gaines, 79, A memorial service was Amy Lorio, and Renee Lorio 23rd, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Walk- to the Catholic Relief Services the late John Yancey Neal and of Chapel Hill, died Friday, held at Bethel Baptist Church the late Alice Burke Neal. She Murphy and her husband, Sean er’s Funeral Home, 120 West PO Box 17090 Baltimore, MD August 10, 2007, after a long in Chapel Hill on Monday, Au- Murphy. He is also survived by Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, 21203-7090. was also preceded in death illness. Mr. Gaines, a long- gust 13, at 2:00 p.m. by her husband, Thurman E. four grandchildren: Conner NC 27516. time resident of Chapel Hill, In lieu of flowers, memori- and Claire Murphy and Benja- Funeral Mass will be held Best, and her son, Danny M. is survived by his wife of 55 al gifts may be made to Bethel Best, Sr. years, Nancy Cheek Gaines, Baptist Church, 9326 Bethel- Mrs. Best retired from UNC and by two daughters, Marcia Hickory Grove Church Road, Kleen Side Exteriors Hospital and was a member of (Gordon) Mercer of Franklin, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. A Full-service Exterior business the former Carrboro Baptist Decks Restored NC, and Mary Anna (Richard) Arrangements made by the Washed, Sanded, Sealed Church. Lindholm of Charlotte, MI.. Cremation Society of the Car- Houses She is survived by three Also surviving are a broth- olinas. Online condolences Power Washed, Gutters Cleaned grandchildren, Danny M. True Craftsmen er, Mark (Carole) Gaines, of can be made at www.cremnc. Installation, All Types Siding Best, Jr., Christopher A. Best Stone Mountain, GA., a sis- com. Roofing, Windows, Decks and Gena L. Best; and a great ter, Betty (Oscar) Wooten, of Repair Work As Well grandchild, Aaron M. Best. Planting & Flower Beds Franklin, NC, a granddaugh- Dr. Joseph Philibert Lorio Installed & Maintained Also surviving is her daugh- ter, Katie (Mickey) Duvall of Dr. Joseph Philibert Lo- ter-in-law, Janie H. Best, along Contact John Barrett Franklin, NC, and two great- rio died Thursday afternoon, 919-619-8315/919-420-5013 with several nieces and neph- grandchildren, Mikey and Wy- August 16th, 2007, at Norfolk ews. att Duvall, of Franklin, NC. General Hospital, Norfolk A graveside service was Other survivors include VA, at the age of 65. Dr Lo- The Flats Condominiums held on Saturday, August 11, brothers-in-law Larry (Suzan) rio was a resident of Carrboro, www.theflatscondominiums.com 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the West- Cheek, Everett (Hazel) Cheek NC since his retirement in wood Cemetery in Carrboro and Lewis (Evelyn) Cheek, all 2001. Previously he had been with Rev. Ralph L. Neal offi- of Chapel Hill, in addition to a resident of Fairfax, VA and a ciating. 10 nieces and nephews. practicing psychiatrist in Falls The family received friends Mr. Gaines was preceded Church. He was on the faculty at the funeral home on Satur- in death by his parents, Worth of the Georgetown Family Franklin Street Realty day, August 11 from 10:00 a.m. F. Gaines (Mike) and Marjorie Center, in Washington D.C. Jeff Rupkalvis REALTOR From $185k until 11:00 a.m. and then pro- Linscott Gaines of St. Au- for many years. ceeded to the cemetery from gustine, FL, and by a nephew, Lorio was a native of New 260-3333 [email protected]

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Carrboro’s Community Newspaper Page 8 Thursday, August 23, 2007 AND & TABLE The Carrboro Citizen L will recall that many of the in season FLORA trees of our forests and road- sides suffered similar setbacks. from page 1 The second challenge of this extreme drought is simply later. It’s fun to enjoy a repeat too much; many plants won’t performance at the Mason recover and we are witnessing Farm with this second Soli- the decline and death of many, dago altissima. Goldenrods are many big ones. How I wish I generally available at the Tot- could go water the forest, but ten Center and local garden only nature has that option. centers for gardeners to estab- My redbuds and pawpaws lish in their own gardens. And have crisp foliage and a few some of you may have noticed limbs are already dead to the that the goldenrod is frequent- main trunk. What green leaves ly showing up in flower shops are left seem to be hanging on and expensive florists’ arrange- with my cautious hand-water- ments. ing from a well that will not I enjoyed a walk around tolerate unwise or wasteful Mason Farm a few days ago use. I’m taking a big step back and discovered that I had for- to consider which among the gotten another of my favorite plants in my landscape are the flowers of late summer, the really important ones. In addi- bright mustard-yellow Par- tion to my little redbuds and tridge Pea, Cassia fasciculata pawpaws are two Southern (Chamaecrista fasciculate). In the Sugar Maples, Acer saccharum fall, the two-inch-long pea pods ssp. floridanum (Acer barbatum), snap, crackle and pop, cata- a big one in the front trans- pulting their little brown beans planted from the woods back far and wide. The little beans in 1939 when the house was are considered a fine food for built and a second smaller one any remaining Bobwhite Quail that planted itself next to our PHOTO BY KEN MOORE that used to be so common deck and is now a welcome Mustard yellow flowers of Partridge Pea at Mason Farm. ILLUSTRATION BY PHIL BLANK, WHO IS ON VACATION out on the Farm. There’s a shade canopy. They’re hold- whole field of it mixed in with ing up fine, but I’m watch- another late-summer bloomer, ing them carefully and they’ll watering your landscape, con- layer of mulch to actually pen- In Brief Solar Electricty 101 Thoroughwort, Eupatorium get my priority hand-watering sider that your most important etrate the soil root zone. The serotinum, close kin to the Joe- when needed. With my limited plants are your big trees. If general advice is to provide When chefs shop Local green building ex- you have lots of trees, con- the equivalent of one inch of perts will offer an introduc- Pye-Weed, Eupatorium fistulo- water supply, I have to be phil- The Carrboro Farmers’ sum (Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus), osophical when the flowers sider which ones you will be rain to the whole root zone on Market will hold its sixth an- tion to solar electricity course most unhappy to lose. Think a weekly basis. And please be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on and here and there a few stems and shrubs I planted in well- nual “Chefs Who Shop the of brilliant purple-flowered prepared beds years ago are of Weaver Street Market with- aware that the significant root Carrboro Farmers’ Market” September 8 at the Pittsboro Ironweed, Vernonia novebora- slowly dying. Curiously, many out its big trees. One of them zone of plants, especially ma- event on September 8. campus of Central Carolina censis. All these flowers were of the volunteer plants out in now is downright dead. Look ture trees, extends far beyond Six chefs who regularly Community College. providing nectar for at least the unimproved yard are far- up into the branches to notice the canopy – i.e., the overhang shop at the market will create Builders and consumers four different butterfly species ing better. Thankfully, my real a few others in real decline. of the tree branches – so that Southern fare-inspired dishes alike will learn about modern fluttering over the whole wild gardening activity the past few All those pattering feet on the watering just at the base of a using ingredients available at solar technologies during this banquet. Don’t know where seasons has been confined to root zone and no regular wa- plant is not going to do it! the market. half-day course, which will be the butterflies were obtaining containers of all sizes on and tering will eventually turn the Rain barrels are a must. My taught by Ed Witkin of Car- their moisture since the ditch- around the deck. In this water Weaver Street gathering place three are empty right now, but Participating chefs in- they are so useful when filled. clude: rboro Solar Works and Bob es all around the Farm are very shortage, I have all the pots in into Weaver Street Beach. Sun worshipers will love it, but the I need to install several more. • Kevin Callaghan of Kingery of Southern Energy dry just now. It is so amazing large saucers and lots of them It’s rewarding to discover how Management. how wild nature survives such grouped together in several rest of us will be seeking chairs quickly a single barrel will fill Acme; under the side canopy. • Jonathan Childres and The course is the second harsh conditions. plastic kiddie wading pools. during even a short shower. in the green building series Another happy observa- This way none of the water When watering your trees, This is a resource well worth Damon Lapas of The or any plants, make certain Barbecue Joint; conducted by GreenPros in tion in this extreme drought is wasted and I can go one or the cost and time to install. If is the continuing flowering more days without watering. your application is slow, so you have the space, better yet, • Charlie Deal of Ju- collaboration with CCCC. that water doesn’t run off the install a large cistern or two. GreenPros was formed to of that common native vine, I’ve always described that JuBe; the Trumpet Creeper, Campsis the only effective irrigation surface, away from the root Go look at the big one Bill • Bret Jennings of present workshops on green radicans, that was in full flow- system is a thoughtful garden- zone. Make certain water is Bracey has installed at Arbor Elaine’s; building design and con- er back during the middle of er on the end of a hose. When getting down through any Reality on Rosemary Street. • Andrea Reusing of struction for constructional June and continues to provide Lantern; and professionals and the general nectar for the hummingbirds • Amy Tornquist of Sage public. preparing for their big journey & Swift Catering and Cost is $40. To register for south. Wednesday Saturday Southern Village Watt’s Grocery. the workshop, contact CCCC April 11 - Oct. 17 March 24 - Dec. 22 May 3 - Aug. 30 Market shoppers will be at 542-6495, ext. 223. Partici- Some Water Strategies 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. 7 a.m. - Noon 4 - 7 p.m. able to sample dishes and take pants may also register onsite I believe this drought is the home recipes. The event will 30 minutes prior to the work- most serious one in my life- start at 9 a.m. and last until shop, which will be held in time, and I’m old enough for what’s at the market that to be really serious. Dy- the food runs out. the Building 2 multipurpose The theme for this year’s ing trees are making me think August 22, 23 and 25 are just a few varieties available; purslane, squash - room. summer and winter varieties; tomatoes - Big Beef, event is “Southern Fare,” in back to that April freeze. My Apples - Fuji, Gala, and Mutzu varieties; arugula, For more information bush beans - green and yellow wax, green and Early Girl, Enchantment, Little Cherokee, and Sun- honor of the region and of several redbuds, Cersis canaden- yellow broad, and haricot vert varieties; corn, cu- golds are just a few varieties available; vegetable Southern Foodways Alliance’s about GreenPros, visit www. sis, which nature planted, and cumbers - pickling and slicing; eggplant, field peas and herb seedlings, bedding and landscape plants, Camp Carolina in Chapel Hill greenprostraining.com. my two pawpaws, Asimina tri- - black-eye, butter beans, cow, lady, purple hull, cut flowers, succulent houseplants; pastured-based loba, which I planted, suffered october beans, and soybeans; fennel, figs, garlic, meats - beef, buffalo, chicken (limited quantities,) September 8-9. grapes - concord and muscadine varieties; herb goat, lamb, pork; charcuterie: bacon, bratwurst, greatly during that freeze. You bunches - basil, dill, and parsley; leeks, hydroponic breakfast sausage, chorizo, country ham, hot and lettuce - bibb, red oak, and lolla rosa; melons - sweet italian sausage; eggs, fresh and aged cow’s cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon varieties; milk and goat’s milk cheeses, honey, pecans, pick- okra - red and green varieties, onions - yellow, les, jams, jellies, wine, prepared foods, and crafts. TUESDAY-FRIDAY 10-8 • SATURDAY 10-6 green, and red; peppers - hot and sweet varieties; 102 EAST WEAVER STREET potatoes - corolla, peruvian, rose, and yukon gold *Produce availability dependent on weather conditions DOWNTOWN CARRBORO 932-HIVE • WALK-INS WELCOME! recipe of the week Stuffed Roasted Peppers from Sheri Castle of Creative Cooking with Sheri Castle Ingredients broiler or on a grill until the peppers are thoroughly blistered and blackened on all sides. 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