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Board calls for public comment on anti-lingering ordinance By susan dickson Hutchison said police had not ar- of Davie Road, said she had seen Staff Writer “It doesn’t encroach rested anyone for disobeying the people urinate in her yard and also ordinance since it was put into has had to clean up human feces Carrboro — Following passion- on civil liberties – place and recommended that the from the yard. ate pleas from several residents, the board keep the ordinance on the “We just want our property Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted it’s a preemptive strike books. to be protected. We want to feel on Tuesday to schedule a public “It seems that people who safe,” she said. “I find it really hearing regarding the anti-linger- on civil liberties.” previously lingered respect this reprehensible that we have to deal ing ordinance for the intersection — stephen dear law and comply with this law,” with this.” of Davie and Jones Ferry roads. Hutchison said. “Police officers Board member Randee Haven- The board approved an anti- find themselves in fewer adver- O’Donnell said she has driven by lingering ordinance for the inter- Day laborers, many of them La- sarial situations.” the intersection several times re- section in November 2007 after tino, often gather at the intersection However, residents have said cently and seen people loitering residents of the surrounding neigh- in hopes that contractors will come people continue to gather at the in the area in the late afternoon. borhood complained of public by and offer them work. The ordi- intersection and cause problems. consumption, public urination and nance prohibits waiting at the inter- Others argue that the ordinance garbage in the areas around the in- section from 11 a.m. until 5 a.m. infringes on civil liberties. SEE ORDINANCE PAGE 3 tersection. Carrboro Police Chief Carolyn Emily Scarborough, a resident Foy pushes regional transit tax By KIRK ROSS Staff Writer Photo by Ken Moore The bud of the umbrella magnolia looks like a spear. Chapel Hill — In his annual state of the town report, Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy said the residents of the Tri- By Ken Moore angle have to be willing to show they’ll flora help pay for a regional public transit system as an important step in getting There’s still time for one built. The region has grown and is in need winter botany of better public transit, he said, “for our tagged along with a friend last economic health in the future, for our environmental health in the future and, weekend in his search to re- frankly, for our sanity in the future, be- discover a favorite very early cause we can’t continue to get on Inter- spring wildflower. Along the state 40 to get around.” way, he came to an abrupt Foy likened building a new transit halt,I admiring a single long, infrastructure to the founding of Re- smooth bud, appearing like a search Triangle Park. spear tip. He immediately recog- “The park is the product of a vision that Photo BY AVA BARLOW a previous generation had and it has now nized it as the deciduous umbrel- Brian T. Rice, a barista at Caffe Driade, measures out organic India Elkhill Estate coffee beans. Though Starbucks recently grown to be the economic powerhouse of la magnolia, Magnolia tripetela. attributed declines in revenue customers’ changing buying patterns. But local coffee purveyors disagree, saying sales of joe our region,” Foy said. “I think we need to You may spot it down along and whole beans are steady. See Land & Table on page 9. take the same kind of bold steps.” your favor creek or river path. He called for residents of Orange, Remember its location, because Durham and Wake counties to follow you will want to go back in the Ellis resignation concerns community Charlotte’s lead and get behind a half- middle of spring to admire the By Susan Dickson for human resources in Durham Pub- cent sales tax. Showing a willingness to large leaves clustered at the ends Staff Writer lic Schools. She has served as principal help pay for a new system will help to attract state and federal funding, which of the branches like an umbrella. since 2007, and said that while she will The recent resignation of Chapel miss Chapel Hill High, the job pre- will cover the bulk of the cost. The flowers are often missed Foy said Charlotte started planning because of the freshly emerged Hill High School Principal Jackie vented her from spending time with Ellis has sparked concern and spec- her family. for transit later than the Triangle but was foliage of other trees all around. ulation among some community “It’s probably one of the most dif- able to open its regional light-rail system So, in spite of early signs of members that the demands of the job ficult decisions, and yet at the same this year because a half-cent sales tax spring, we still have several prevent the school from maintaining time one of the easiest decisions ... of there gave the transit plans momentum. weeks to practice winter botany. a single principal for more than a course because it’s going to be much The General Assembly is considering a I have a favorite memory of a couple of years. better for my family,” Ellis said. “I measure that would allow local govern- Ellis announced her resignation in get my life back, and my family gets ments in the Triangle to raise the sales summer botanical survey in the tax to begin to pay for a new system. early 1970s. I was assisted by a late January, and will continue as prin- me back. young couple who had taken a cipal until March 20, after which she will serve as assistant superintendent SEE ELLIS PAGE 8 SEE COUNCIL PAGE 7 basic plant identification class. I noticed the young woman was carefully pulling all the leaves Harrington navigates recession, sees mortgage lending increase from a twig in her hand. Her response to my obvious inquiry By Margot C. Lester A: Part of it is we’re in a great open early in 2010. That timing is fine Q: What’s your loan-loss reserve? was: “I have to get rid of all Staff Writer community. Chapel Hill-Carrboro is with us since we opened two last year. A: All banks have a loan-loss re- these confusing leaves because I unique. I don’t expect we’ll have any We’re using the extra time to stabilize serve. We started from scratch and are chapel hill learned to identify plants in the — With banks still problems here because it’s such an eco- those new branches at MLK Boule- fairly new, so we reserve very heavily sputtering after last year’s huge fed- nomically strong and pretty diverse, ec- vard. in Chapel Hill, and in north since we don’t have any loss experience winter.” She was serious and, eral bail-out – including three bank onomically speaking, community. The Raleigh in Falls River Towne Center, to base on. We’re conservative. Our furthermore, once she had the failures already this year – it would university and hospital provide strong north of 540. loss reserve by industry standards is twig in hand, bare of leaves, she be easy to think that all financial in- anchors for employees and the school Q: Has your mortgage business extremely high – 1.65 percent of total was able to identify it. stitutions are on the ropes. But one system is a major contributor to the eco- slowed with the economy? loans. Any losses we have, we’re well And so it is that plants can local lender is beating the odds with nomic strength of the community. We A: No. In our mortgage activ- reserved for. Historically, we have very often be easily identified in the high reserves and a new branch on will have problems – there’s no way we ity, we’ve seen a huge uptick because few losses. winter. the way. To get the scoop, The Citi- can be immune in an historic reces- of declining rates. We’re busier than Q: Last month, BB&T announced zen spoke with Larry Loeser, presi- sion, but we won’t see them as much. we’ve ever been, with 30-year mort- decreased profits attributed to defaults Striking contrasts of bark dent and CEO of Chapel Hill-based Q: You’ve mentioned expanding gages under 5 percent. by homebuilders and developers. How and shapes of trees are obvious Harrington Bank, recently named into Cary. Is that still happening and Q: How many foreclosures did the is Harrington faring? identifying features. Less often 2008 Large Business of the Year by if so, when? bank have in 2007 and 2008? A: We do lend to homebuilders appreciated are the buds. the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber A: Yes; at Hwy. 55 at High House A: We’re in the secondary market and have some who are “on the ropes” of Commerce. Rd. But it’s gone slower than we would and never participated in subprime because home sales have been slow Q: You’re on the record as saying have liked because of zoning approv- mortgages of any sort. Our mortgages for a good year and a half. Builders’ SEE FLORA PAGE 10 the bank is healthy and lending. How als. But we’re working with a developer are to good, solid borrowers. Foreclo- basic business model is to build and are you able to do that when so many partner who’s going as fast as they can. sures have not been an issue and won’t others are being more guarded? We could probably get that branch be for us. SEE HARRINGTON PAGE 5 inside This Weekend

Friday Partly Cloudy 72/52 Saturday Chance of Storms 66/41 Sunday Partly Cloudy hpjoh!obujwf Citizen wins six NC press awards 55/32 carrborocitizen.com Business section march 13, 2008 U carrboro’s community Spring Gardening newspaper Special Section Inside U Volume The Carrboro Citizen won six awards including two first-place Citizen editor Kirk Ross received a third-place i n o. lii Free awards in the 2008 North Carolina Press Association’s News, Edi- award for the paper’s editorial page and shared a campus page 5 mourns Arrest comes a week torial and Photojournalism contest. third-place award for General Excellence In Newspa- after Carson’s death by Kirk ross & emily Staff Writers burns

In the recorded his The awards are to be presented tonight at the press association per Web Sites with Michelle Langston, Lucy Butcher Harbinger of spring: flowersPHOTO of Hepatica - by k EN MOORE tory of this community, few stories have fLORA been sadder. Index With barely by ken Moore a week having banquet in Cary. and Jack Carley. Marking the passed since the murder of emergence of spring Student Body President ou have to take care to Eve Marie Carson, emotions are still avoid stepping on the He raw; and as campus gears up after its paticas when you approach- spring break, there will be time again Contributing editor Taylor Sisk won first place for “A few mo- Citizen publisher Robert Dickson said he was the bench to sit and enjoy on Tuesday to remember a bright and the sights and sounds along personable student leader whose life Newy Hope Creek at the old mill ended violently near the intersection site. It’s springtime on Triangle Land of Hillcrest Drive and Hillcrest Circle Music ...... 2 Conservancy’s Johnston Mill Nature in the early-morning hours of Wednes Preserve; Hepaticas and other spring day, March 5. - wildflowers are emerging. Police said Carson, an Athens, ments with Beulah,” which profiled longtime Carrboro resident pleased to see the paper recognized for its jour- Johnston Mill Nature Preserve Georgia native who came to Carolina is just one of several that Triangle as a Morehead-Cain scholar, was shot Land Conservancy (TLC) manages multiple times, including at least once throughout Chatham, in the head. Days into the investigation, News ...... 3 police released photos of two “persons Johnston, Lee, Orange anddurham, Wake counties. It is well worth your inves of interest” seen using Carson’s ATM tigating the website, www.tlc-nc.org, card and driving what appears to be Beulah Hackney. Sisk also won first place in the News Enterprise nalism. for site descriptions and a schedule - her 2005 Toyota Highlander. of seasonal interpretive walking and Yesterday (Wednesday), Durham police arrested and transferred into canoe excursions in these preserves. Chapel Hill Police custody Demario Community ...... 4 The 296-acre Johnston Mill Na James Atwater, 21, who was charged ture Preserve is my favorite because - with first-degree murder in the case. it has so many diverse habitats and Police also issued a warrant for Law reporting category for a series on environmental justice issues that “Our staff has worked hard to bring high-qual- there are some really interesting rence Alvin Lovett Jr., 17, whom they botanical features there. Those believe to be the man seen driving - Hepaticas are one of them. Carson’s vehicle in an ATM surveil Business ...... 5 patica americana He- Freshmen Julie Ivey (left) and Caitlin Hughes at last week’s candlelight vigil for Eve Carson. lance video. Lovett, who has also been Liverleaf, usually occurs, commonly on mature called charged with first-degree murder, had- forest slopes above the flood plain. not been apprehended at press time and Here in the Johnston tract, they PHOTO is the target of an intense manhunt. by ISAAC focused on the Rogers Road neighborhood. He won second place ity journalism to our community. It’s great to see are scattered among the carpets of downturn felt SANd LIN Trout Lily, [editor’s note: Erythronium americanum This is part of an SEE CARSON and Spring b ongoing Citizen sharply by local PAGE ? Opinion ...... 6 eauty, Claytonia virgi- , mortgage problems series and on the how slowdown debt and in the market and a more modest assess nica , on the low-lying areas border ment of the return one can expect. ing the creek. The traditional first the economy are affecting local markets. - homebuilders sign of spring is the emergence of - But while realtors and sellers are by Kirk ross ] being hard hit, the worst of the impact Development stutters in chatham county in News Enterprise Reporting for the Breakdown series, which ex- them rewarded for their efforts,” he said. the Hepatica flower just above the is being felt by homebuilders, especial Staff Writer forest leaf litter. The blue color of ly mid-sized builders who have been that flower is indescribable. When - by robert n. As the subprime mortgage crisis riding the housing boom in Chatham eby Obituaries ...... 7 you spot the flowers, look for the Chatham County Line briskly. During the last half of 2007, morphed into a debt crisis and led to County (see article this page). three-lobed evergreen leaves, which a slowdown in housing markets across Nick Tennyson, executive vice pres Cary issued 198 permits for homes turn deep burgundy before they Reflecting the slowdown in the the country, many here were optimis ident of Home Builders Association of national economy, development in inside of Chatham County, while decompose to make way for the - tic that the area would once again be Durham, Orange and Chatham coun Chatham County, both residential Chatham issued only 189 permits. - amined the local effects of the state’s mental health care crisis. Founded in 2007 and accepted into the press new leaves. insulated from the fallout. ties, said that the slowdown has cre and commercial, is stuttering. While Residential developers selling - Another spring harbinger, Spice The dynamic of a growing univer- ated a large inventory of homes. Spec some projects are still moving ahead, only land seem to be doing better bush, house builders and builders who need- than those who are selling both lots Schools ...... 8 Lindera benzoin - sity, an attractive public school sys many have slowed down and a few throughout the flood , plain;is easy look to spotfor tem and a market that by nature has to keep large crews busy are finding have been abandoned. New residen and homes. Chapel Ridge’s origi tiny lemon-yellow flowers on the a good deal of turnover remains. But - more and more of their cash tied up nal 660 lots, priced largely in the tial building permits for Chatham - - bare branches of head-high shrubs. the optimism that the local market and are having to make large monthly County, including Pittsboro but $100,000 to $150,000 range, are Those inconspicuous flowers pro- would ride out the storm unscathed payments on homes they’d hoped to not Cary, which had been averag 98 percent sold, according to Jens In photojournalism, Isaac Sandlin won second place in the Gen- association a year later, this is the first year the duce brilliant red berry-like fruit in has waned. Even the most upbeat have sold by now. ing 138 per quarter since the fourth Hoeg, Bluegreen Corporation’s - late summer. realtors will acknowledge some pain. Making that worse, he said, is that quarter of 2004, dropped sharply in vice-president of sales. His efforts Land and Table ...... 9 the glut is being seen in larger homes. are now focused on selling lots in A second interesting feature for Many are leading sellers through what the fourth quarter of 2007, to only me is the warty bark of Weaver Street Market’s Gary Phillips “How many people want something 62. This is despite the fact that more The Estates at Chapel Ridge, which priced $750,000 to $800,000? The was originally approved as The gata, commonly called HackberryCeltis laevi- or describes as “reality therapy,” telling than 10,000 home sites have been Sugarberry. The smooth trunk of thi them to expect much more time on pool of buyers is authorized. Woodlands, before being purchased by Bluegreen. According to Hoeg, tree is usually covered with wart-like The one exception is in Cary’s eral News Photography category for his photograph of the candle- newspaper was eligible to enter the contest. s SEE HOUSiNG those 170 lots should be sold within corky growths, but a particular grove part of the county, where the Am PAGE 7 the next 15 months. Classifieds ...... 9 of trees near the old Johnston Mill berly development is moving ahead- SEE CHATHAM SEE up and going out and abroad PAGE 7 FlORA PAGE 12

light vigil on campus following the death of Eve Carson. — Staff Reports iNSide ReCeNTly . . . Almanac ...... 10 by Valarie Schwartz The only way to correct it is through a risky, low-suc Guy B. Phillips Honor Roll At first it seemed to her Dogwood Acres neighbors cess-rate surgery. that Marianne Principe was an assistance do She stumbled upon the treatment that has brough- er, as they were seen walking each morning. Usua iNdex her back a life — getting Journey. See page 9 the first with a greeting to others walking along,g train- “They thought I’d have a typical recovery after ont clearly had her sight, though the beautiful Golde lly year of physical therapy,” Principe said of the diag News ...... triever, with its harness and “Do Not Pet” sign she of vestibular neuronitis. After a year, she was no e Community...... obviously an assistance dog. n Re ter, and as she continued therapy a new test b nosis Land & Table ...... - 3 , was available that indicated she had experienced all th bet Opinion ...... Assistance dog, indeed — - 4 sisting Principe with her balance since going covery she would have. “In most cases, the otherecame ne The JagWire ...... 5 “Journey” has been as with her in October 2006, providing her with stab compensates for the damaged one, but that Schools ...... 6 - e re- since her equilibrium was suddenly robbed in Januto live Sports ...... 8 happen. What’s left of the damaged nerve sends ourve Real Estate ...... 9 2005. ility erroneous, distorted messages that confuse the didn’tb Classifieds ...... 10 “It happened in an instant,” Principe said. She arywa It leaves her spinning and nauseated. t THE MILL, Water Watch ...... 11 fine one second and the next she was so dizzy she She may seem familiar to many after workingrain.” PHOTO to lie down — and ever since, she has not been 11 Marianne Principe has reclaimedby VALARIE her life SCHWARTZ with s 12 years as the nutrition department buyer at Who 12 Journey’s help. get up without severe dizziness. She frequent had Foods. She tried to continue her job there, whic for keep her eyes closed during conversations to coable to also the center of her social life, but it was more le the vertigo and nausea that sweep through herly must she could handle. h was as the result of an infection-damaged vestibular nntrol Life became PT, and when she could watch wit than body erve. h SEE ReCe NTly PAGE 5 2 thursday, february 12, 2009 The Carrboro Citizen Music Calendar spotlight

General Store Cafe: Tony Gailani Band. 7-9pm Local 506: Two Planes, The White Cascade, Goodbye Titan. 9pm, $6 Nightlight: 919 Noise Showcase. dvD release party 10pm, $5 Reservoir Resevoir: Rockin’ Ammonia February 14 Karoke UNC Memorial Hall: Hilary friday feb 20 Hahn. 8pm B lue Bayou: Spoonful of Soul. Open Eye Cafe: Greg Koons. 8pm 9:30pm Resevoir: Sick and the Dead DVD Cat’s Cradle: Fujiya and Miyagi, release party. 8pm Project Jenny Project Jan. 9pm, $12/14 sunday feb 15 The Cave: EARLY: Sea Cow. Cat’s Cradle: Gorilla Music Battle LATE: Shakermaker, Tin Star, Batata of the Bands: The Winfield, Lion at Doce Lunchtime, The Best of Times, Matt and Danny, Dreamkiller, Thought- General Store Cafe: Tad Dreis. speak, John Saylor and the After- 8:30-11pm bucket Orchestra, Kevin Wing, The Local 506: Boxbomb CD Release Orange Sole Exclusive, Schizophre- Show,House of Fools, Lake Inferior. nia, Half Dead, Tavara 9:30pm. Free Meymandi Concert Hall: monday feb 16 Pointer Sisters. 8pm The Cave: Seth Glier Resevoir: Pink Flag, Let Me Crazy saturday feb 21 Cat’s Cradle: MC Chris. 11pm, dex romweber duo tuesday feb 17 $12/14 CD release party Blue Bayou: Blues Jam. 8pm The Cave: LATE: Aminal, Vinyl Local 506 The Cave: LATE: Rooster for tthe Strangers February 14 Masses, Zelazowa. $5 General Store Cafe: LeRoy Sav- Nightlight: Pontiak, Tooth. $5 age. 8:30-11pm thursday feb 12 Nightlight: Spaghetti Western, Local 506: Joe Romeo and The ART WEEKEND AHEAD The Arts Center: J.D. Souther. Greasy Joan, VeeLee. 10pm wednesday feb 18 Orange County Volunteers CD The Cave: LATE: The Reverend Drawings and sculptures inspired by nature at the N.C. Botanical 8:30pm Open Eye Cafe: Julia Rose. 8pm Release Show. 10pm, Free Dead Eye. $5 Garden, the strange reality of 12 Grain Studios Matt Duquette The Cave: EARLY: Greg Koons. Meymandi Concert Hall: at Wootini and a wonderland of fauna at The ArtsCenter are LATE: Do It To Julia , Nomad Kings saturday feb 14 General Store Cafe: Gretchen Pointer Sisters. 8pm among the show openings and gallery receptions this weekend. Blue Bayou: Tinsley Ellis. 9:30pm Witt. 7-9pm General Store Cafe: Ron Bax- Nightlight: Soundpainting Or- Following is a list of some of the events: ter. 7-9pm Cat’s Cradle: Walk on Thin Air Nightlight: Teh Vodak, Rip It Ups, chestra, The Circuitry Dance Patrol, • A reception for the artists for the show “Nature, Near and CD Release Party, The Old Cer- Can Kickers. 9:30pm Nightlight: Big-ard. 10pm Projexorcism. 10pm Far,” an exhibit of plant and animal portraits by Georgia Minnich emony, Roman Candle. 9:30pm, $10 and Dot Wilbur-Brooks, will be held at the Totten Center at the Resevoir: Gunslinger, Jenny Wood, thursday feb 19 Open Eye Cafe: Robert Funck. The Cave: With Tim Stambaugh. Botanical Garden on Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. The Cave: EARLY: Aaron Berg. 8pm Goodbye Titan A Valentines Love Fest featuring a LATE: David Spencer Band •Nested is hosting a reception for a show by Carolyn Butler friday feb 13 dozen happily married couples who featuring selections from a drawing series created in response to met at the Cave. LATE: Firehouse Blue Bayou: Swamp Doctors. the gentrification of College Hill in Providence, R.I. Rhythm Kings 9:30pm • Bicameral Mind and Subscape Annex will provide the back- General Store Cafe: Victor Cat’s Cradle: Carbon Leaf, Tripp. ground sounds at the opening at Wootini of Duquette’s “Transi- Murilli. 6-8pm. Dave Youngman 9pm, $14/16 tions” collection on Friday at 7 p.m. Band. 8-11pm The Cave: LATE: Nu Skinz • The ArtsCenter will have the doors open during the 2nd Friday Harry’s Market: Chambergrass. Artwalk, with etchings by Mary Mendell in the East End Gallery General Store Cafe: Mike Slaton 2-4pm and The Wheels. 8:30-11pm and acrylic paintings from Shannon Bueker’s “Wonder o’ Won- Local 506: Dexter Romweber ders” in the Center Gallery. Local 506: Great 8 Showcase: Duo CD Release Show, Killer Filler, Listings for more galleries are available at the 2nd Friday Artwalk Hammer No More The Fingers, Michael Rank and Marc E. Smith. pontiak Double Negative, Violet Vector and website and through individual gallery websites. A collection of 10pm, $5/7 Nightlight those sites is available at carrborocitizen.com/mill/art-venues/ The Lovely Lovelies, Lonnie Walker. February 17 9:30pm, $6 Nightlight: Valentines Dance Party with WXYC DJ’s. $5

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McGowan, chairman of the A public hearing will be held Feb. 24. The town manager “I was surprised and will help students book-selection committee. plans to submit a recommended budget on May 5. A public shocked when I received the A committee of nine stu- hearing on the recommended budget will be held May 26. phone call,” said Paul Cuad- become more aware dents, faculty and staff began Residents are invited to email suggestions to the town clerk at ros, an assistant professor at meeting last fall to select this [email protected], fax comments to 918-4456 or the UNC School of Journalism of what life is like for year’s book for the program. mail them to 301 W. Main St., Carrboro, N.C., 27510. and Mass Communication, The committee chose A Home Budget materials are online at townofcarrboro.org/ms/ about learning that his book, A immigrants living on the Field from among 239 budget.htm Home on the Field, was chosen recommendations. as the summer reading for the in the U.S. “It’s a great honor to be se- Carolina North meetings scheduled incoming class of 2013. Cuad- lected. It’s also a great honor As The Citizen went to press Wednesday night, university ros is the first UNC faculty cer team at Jordan-Matthews for the journalism school,” and town officials were scheduled to go over a draft develop- member whose book has been High School climbed to a state Cuadros said. He added that ment plan for the Carolina North. selected for the program. championship despite signifi- the selection of his book is a According to an updated timeline, a development plan that As part of its Summer cant social and immigration testament to the school. includes up to 3 million square feet of building space could be Reading Program, UNC asks obstacles. Cuadros is an award-winning ready to be submitted to the town in early March. all incoming students to read classroom environment. “I hope the book will help investigative reporter who special- Negotiators are working on mitigation measures, storm- a book during the summer A Home on the Field ex- students become more aware izes in issues of race and poverty. water utility plans and transportation planning in this latest and participate in small group plores the class and ethnic con- of what life is like for im- He has been part of the UNC fac- phase of the work. discussions once they arrive flict that immigrants face in migrants living in the U.S.,” ulty since 2007. The next public information meeting on Carolina North is in Chapel Hill. The program America through the story of a Cuadros said. He says he is currently scheduled for Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall. serves as an academic icebreak- Latino high school soccer team “He raises tough questions working on another book er that’s intended to stimulate in Siler City. With Cuadros about what services and oppor- about immigrants. Chatham CIP hearing scheduled critical thinking outside of the as their coach, the men’s soc- tunities the state of North Car- The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on a proposed update on the county’s five- year Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) on Monday at 6 p.m. N.C. Comedy Arts Festival to fill town with laughs in the Superior Courtroom in Pittsboro. The plan include the schedule and financing for large purchases of buildings, land, By Sarah Shah greeted with an audience of 400 at Hamilton facilities and equipment. To view the plan go to chathamnc. Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons Hall. They think it’s awesome.” org/Index.aspx?page=1086 A festival press release said Carrboro’s popu- If the roaring applause Friday night at lation increased by 4 percent and businesses County appointments DSI Comedy Theater’s filled-to-capacity earned an extra $150,000 in spillover spend- The Orange County Board of Commissioners recently Mister Diplomat show is any indication, the ing from the festival last year. Ward said these made several appointments to boards and commissions. Ap- upcoming North Carolina Comedy Arts Fes- numbers, and the impact on downtown Car- pointments include; tival promises to be a huge success. rboro, surprised him the most. • Advisory Board on Aging – Haryo Marsosudiro and Heather From Feb. 12 to 21, nationally renowned But he said the size and accessibility of Altman; comedians such as Saturday Night Live writ- Carrboro were likely factors. • Affordable Housing Advisory Board – Nannie Richmond; er Bryan Tucker will be among hundreds “In Carrboro, it’s easy for people to walk • Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau – Jim Parker; that descend upon Carrboro for the ninth and go eat dinner, go to the show and then • Commission for the Environment – Lucy Adams, Loren annual festival. go to a bar,” Ward said. Hintz, Michelle Drostin, Chris Adam, Renee Price, Gary Saun- Formerly known as The Dirty South Im- Pointing to the recession, Ward said that ders and Dawn Santoianni; prov Festival, this year the festival will be comedy has the benefit of making someone • Historic Preservation Commission – Robin Moran; one week longer and, for the first time, will think critically without spiraling downward • Human Services Advisory Commission – Ronnie Torain, host stand-up comics. into a depression. Christi Hurt and Nancy Park; “The country’s best comedy will be here “Laughing is smiling out loud,” he said. • Planning Board – Judith Wegner and Mark Marcoplos; and in Carrboro,” said Zach Ward, the festival’s “If you can’t laugh on a regular basis, there’s • Human Relations Commission – Rita Anita Linger and producer and DSI owner. “Only 30 percent of no purpose.” Barbara Prear. groups that submit to come are accepted.” He said watching a comedy act is like watch- The festival’s lineup includes more than ing a person walk the high wire, and constantly Meeting times change 200 comedy, improv and stand-up acts over wondering if that person will mess up. Meetings of the Orange County Board of Commissioners will a two-week period. “But the fact that people even attempt to begin at 7 p.m. starting in March, unless otherwise noted. Katherine Ciccarelli, a UNC student, walk the high wire makes the event worth Meetings previously began at 7:30 p.m. The change is tem- said she plans to attend a number of shows going to,” he said. porary, for the 2009 calendar year. during the festival. Tickets for the festival range from $7 to “I went last year and had a blast,” she John Loftin, 2008’s NC Funniest $20 and can be purchased at the door or in During construction and facility improvements, meetings Comic, performs at 9pm on Thursday normally held in Hillsborough at the F. Gordon Battle Court- said. “It’s just this huge laughfest. I can’t advance at the festival’s website. Purchasing room will be held at the new Central Orange Senior Center on wait to go again.” early is highly recommended, as more than Meadowlands Drive, next to the SportsPlex. Performers range from the Beatbox, a half the shows sold out last year. The next meeting of the Board of Commissioners is a work group of rap and improv artists from Chi- The festival, which will showcase at DSI Ward said there is a reason people attend session scheduled for Thursday (today) at the Southern Hu- cago, to UNC’s student comedy group, Comedy Theater, Cat’s Cradle, The ArtsCenter, the festival. man Services Center. Items on the agenda include an update the Chapel Hill Players, known as CHiPs. ArtsCenter West End Theater and the UNC “Can you guarantee every movie you see on the current fiscal year, next year’s budget and a review of Ward said he views the festival not only as campus, is modeled after the HBO-sponsored will be good?” he said. “I can guarantee that the federal economic stimulus plan. a launching pad for the acts coming into U.S. Comedy Festival held in Aspen. the success rate of the festival will be higher town but for local performers as well. Ward said that Carrboro is a small town, than Southpoint Cinemas.” “It’s important to local comedy because where you wouldn’t expect to find a comedy how to reach us it showcases what is possible to a local audi- festival. He said that’s exactly why the shows Sarah Shah is a UNC student writing for The Carrboro Citizen 942-2100 ence,” he said. are so successful. the Carrboro Commons, a bi-weekly online P.O. Box 248 942-2195 (FAX) Ward said that local groups may see some- “It’s a highly concentrated event in an unex- lab newspaper for Jock Lauterer’s Community Carrboro, NC 27510 thing other performers try, and might be en- pected place,” Ward said. “So professionals used Journalism class at the School of Journalism and EDITORIAL [email protected] couraged to try a new concept. to small theaters in big cities come, and they’re Mass Communication. 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NC Contractor #1647 4 THURSDAY, February 12, 2009 Community The Carrboro Citizen Community Briefs Community Calendar Jung Society of the Triangle will host Library. 4-7pm Friday (Friends of Bike donations for homeless Thursday Feb 12 Kids a free salon, “Mother, Daughter, the Library only, you may join at the Toddler Time — Thursdays, 4pm, Darwin Day — Celebrate the Ten bicycles, helmets, Holy Soul: A Feminine Trinity for our door), 9am-4pm Saturday and 1-3pm Carrboro Branch Library. 969-3006 locks and bike lights were 200th birthday of both Abraham Lin- Times.” 2-4pm, Chapel Hill Public Sunday. 968-2780 coln and Charles Darwin, NC Botani- Preschool Story Time — Sat- donated to the Inter-Faith Library Contra Dance — The Carolina cal Garden. Activities include a tour of urdays, 10:30am. Carrboro Branch Council men’s home- Song & Dance Association presents the grounds and trails. 12:30pm, free, Library, 969-3006 less shelter in downtown a contra dance with live music by the 962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu Story Time — Thursdays, Chapel Hill on Friday, Carolina Caterwaulers. Newcom- 10:30am. Market Street Books, 510 Feb. 6 as the result of a ers workshop at 7:30pm, dancing at Friday, Feb 13 Market Street, Southern Village. All 8pm, Carrboro Century Center. $8 community-wide effort Computer Class — A free Email III ages welcomed. 933-5111 to provide safe and reliable transportation for homeless men liv- class. Basic computer skills required. donation requested. 967-9948, www. ing at the shelter. The Employment Initiatives Work Group, a 8:30-9:30am, Chapel Hill Public csda-dance.org Express Yourself! — Saturdays, 10:45-11:15am, 11:30am-noon. Art committee of the Orange County Partnership to End Homeless- Library. 968-2780 Computer Class — A free class in program for ages 3-8 & their caregiv- ness, initiated the effort. The ReCYCLEry donated 10 bikes and Social Networking III. Basic computer Gallery Tour — “John Keats” with ers. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 E.. Performance Bicycle donated all of the biking accessories and skills required. 8:30-9:30am, Chapel Dr. Libby Chenault of the Rare Book Franklin St. $2, 933-1455, kidzuchild- Hill Public Library. 968-2780 two bicycle racks. Collection, celebrating the Library’s rensmuseum.org six-millionth book. (The talk will be Saturday, Feb 21 Frederickson reading repeated March 13, 3:30-4:30pm.) Volunteers Mental Health Program — The 3:30-4:30pm, Wilson Library, free, RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program Leading psychological scholar, UNC Kenan Distinguished 31st annual Legislative Breakfast for 962-1143 or [email protected] Monday, Feb 16 — Seeks volunteers at least 55 years Professor of Psychology and Carrboro resident Barbara Fred- Mental Health. 8:30-11am, The Friday Computer Class — A free class in of age and over who would like rickson will read from her new book, Positivityn , o Feb. 19 at Pottery Demonstration Center. Free, donations appreciated. Social Networking I. Basic computer assistance in finding an opportunity the Bull’s Head Bookshop at UNC Student Stores. — North Carolina potter of 32 years, 933-8941, [email protected] Sylvia Coppola, will demonstrate skills required. 8:30-9:30am, Chapel that matches their interests. RSVP The book explores how positive thinking can change your Computer Class — A free class in handbuilding, 6-9pm and wheel Hill Public Library. 968-2780 places volunteers with more than 100 life through a three-to-one ratio of positive emotions to nega- Introduction to Microsoft Excel. Class throwing from 10am-1pm. Turning nonprofit agencies inO range County. tive ones. Tuesday, Feb 17 size limited to four. 9-10am, Carrboro Point Gallery, University Mall 968-2056, co.orange.nc.us/aging/ Fredrickson will also sign copies of her book and answer Library Tour— UNC’s Wilson Branch Library at McDougle School. RSVPindex.asp questions. Art after Dark — Enjoy a cash bar, Library will open the normally off-lim- 969-3006 or www.lib.unc.edu/cws to Meals on Wheels — Seeks vol- live music and “At the Heart of Prog- its stacks of archives for public tours. register unteers to deliver meals and/or bake ress,” a gallery talk by Curator of Col- Reception 5pm, tours 5:45pm, fourth Film screening History Day — Revolutionary War simple desserts for recipients in the lections Timothy Riggs. Music at 5pm, floor of Wilson Library. 962-4207, Chatham Arts’ 100 Mile Film Series presents Brushes with Living History Day will feature march- Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. 942-2948 gallery talk at 6:45pm, S. Columbia www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2009/ar- ing drills, musket-firing demonstra- Lifey b local filmmaker Philip Brubaker will be shown at The and Franklin streets, 966-5736 chives.html [email protected] Fearrington Barn on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. The film se- tions, open-flame cooking and guided Hospice — Training for those ries features documentaries and independent films involving Pool Opening — The Homestead Wednesday, Feb 18 tours of Hillsborough’s colonial and Aquatic Center will be dedicated and interested in being UNC Hospice vol- producers, directors, subjects and locations within 100 miles Computer Class — A free class in Revolutionary War sites. 10am-4pm, formally opened to the community unteers, Fridays from Feb. 13-Mar. 20, Social Networking II. Basic computer Alexander Dickson House, 150 E. of Pittsboro in an effort to recognize local artists. Brushes with with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, 9am-12pm. UNC Health Care/Hos- skills required. 8:30-9:30am, Chapel King St., Hillsborough. 732-7741, Life features eight artists with illness transcending stigma and dedication plaque and a grand cake. pice Office, 1101 Weaver Dairy Road, Hill Public Library. 968-2780 www.historichillsborough.org demanding recognition in a world that often rejects them. 11am-noon Chapel Hill. To register, contact Mary Ar General admission is $5, $3 for students. For more informa- Thursday, Feb 19 t Show — The Seventh Annual Honeycutt, 542-5545 or mhoneyc- Meet the Author Tea — Meet Fearrington Folk Art Show to benefit tion, contact ChathamArts at 542-0394 or visit the website at Book Signing — Barbara Fred- [email protected] Louise Hawes, author of Black Pearls: Chatham Outreach Alliance. Feb. chathamarts.org erickson will read, sign copies and A Faerie Strand. Refreshments at 21-22, 10am-5pm, the Barn at Fear- Black History Month answer questions from her new book Pauli Murray awards ceremony 3:30pm, program from 4-5pm, Cha- rington Village, $5. 542-2121 Community Book Forum pel Hill Public Library. 968-2780 Positivity . 3:30pm, Bull’s Head Book- — UNC English Professor William The Orange County Human Relations Commission and the shop at UNC Student Stores Ongoing Saturday, Feb 14 Andrews will lead a discussion of The Office of Human Rights and Relations will host the 2008 Pauli Reentry Partners Potluck — Advent Lutheran — 10:25am North Carolina Roots of African Ameri- Computer class — Carrboro Murray Human Relations Awards on Feb. 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. Potluck and presentation by TROSA worship service can Literature. 6:30pm, Carrboro Branch Library is offering a class on in the Little Theater at New Hope Elementary School on New to provide transition and re-entry Buddhist Teachings and Medita- Cybrary. 918-7387 Microsoft Word. 9-10am, 969-3006 Hope Church Road. services information for ex-offenders. tion — Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm. The Pottery Demonstration — Sylvia The Pauli Murray Award is presented annually by the Orange 11am-1pm, St. Matthew’s fellowship Kosala Mahayana Buddhist center Coppola will demonstrate wheel hall, Hillsborough. 644-1009 teaches traditional Kadampa Buddhist County Human Relations Commission to an Orange County throwing from 10am-1pm. Turning practice. 711 W. Rosemary St. 619- youth, adult and business that have served the community with Point Gallery DNA Talk— Dr. Cynthia Pow- distinction in the pursuit of equality, justice and human rights ell, chief of the UNC Division of 5736, meditationinchapelhill.org Swing Dancing — Triangle Swing for all citizens. Genetics and Metabolism, will speak Cancer Support — Weekly sup- Dance presents Bill Newton’s Big The event will feature musical entertainment, a step perfor- about DNA testing. 2:30pm, Robert port free of charge for cancer patients Blues Quartet. Century Center, mance by the Omicron Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta So- and Pearl Seymour Center. Free, and family at Cornucopia House. 8-11:00pm, $7 to $11, no partner 968-2070 cornucopiahouse.org rority, the winners of the 2008 Human Rights Student Essay needed, lesson at 7:30pm, Trian- Contest and recognition of the recipients of the 2008 Paul Mur- gleSwingDance.org Author Event — The Hillsborough The Compassionate Friends ray Human Relations Award. Literary Association will host a read- — Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Vision Program — Learn about For more information, contact the Office of Human Rights ing by Hillsborough author Frances Self-help support after the death of technologies available to people with and Relations at 960-3875. Mayes. 7:30pm, St. Matthew’s Epis- a child. Free and open to all adults low vision. 4-6pm, Chapel Hill Public copal Church, 210 St. Mary’s Road, grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Library, 968-2780 Rep. Price talks about the economy Hillsborough, $12. 732-7451, director Evergreen United Methodist Church. Family Concert — Songs about @burwellschool.org 967-3221, chapelhilltcf.org Congressman David Price will hold a Town Hall to discuss important African-Americans, diver- DivorceCare — Mondays, 7pm. A economic challenges, transportation, the environment, edu- sity, reading and books. 11-11:45am, Friday, Feb 20 support group for those separated or cation, health care and international affairs. The event will Chapel Hill Public Library, 968-2778 Book Sale — The Friends of the be from 7-8:30p.m. on Feb. 19 at the Southern Human Ser- Chapel Hill Public Library will host divorced. Orange United Methodist vices Center at 2501 Homestead Road. Chapel Hill Resi- Sunday, Feb 15 a book sale to benefit the library Church, 942-2825, connect2orange. dents needing special accommodations should call 859-5999 Jung Society Salon — The C.G. Feb. 20-22 at the Chapel Hill Public org to make arrangements. 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She has always been a petite cat who only eats what she needs, and it may have come from being a wonderful mother to at least five beautiful kittens long ago. Nippa had a rough adolescence and was found starving, injured and nursing in the rain on the 4th of July. However, she holds no grudges and has taken to indoor life like a pro. She may go outside once in awhile, but she prefers being inside with her family. She has the most beautiful green eyes and her spirit and personality are just as beautiful as her kitty good looks. Come see her at Paws4Ever, 6311 Nicks Road, Mebane, or call 304-2300. You can also go online at paws4ever.org ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — Meet Martin! If you are looking for a guy who will make you laugh this Valentine’s Day, look no further! Martin is a 5-month-old grey tabby kitten who has a big personality and promises to put a big smile on your face!! He loves toys and will twirl and dance around his cage chasing a ball with great determination. When he finally catches it, he just sends it off for another round of fun! This guy sure knows how to entertain himself! But don’t worry - he loves people too and will gladly share his love and his toys with you!! Visit Orange County’s Animal Shelter, 1081 MLK Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill or call 967-7383. You can also see him online at www.co.orange.nc.us/ animalservices/adoption.asp. The Carrboro Citizen Business THURSDAY, february 12, 2009 5 HARRINGTON infrastructure. That ultimately Biz Briefs makes it a better place to live. We from page 1 thoroughly enjoy being located in Chatham County development briefing the Chapel Hill-Carrboro com- The Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Chatham Chambers of Com- sell in a short time. They’re not munity. It’s a perfect fit for us merce, Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors and Home capitalized to hold onto homes and our style of banking. We’re Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham counties for a year or more. We are fi- strongly service oriented and de- will host their third annual briefing on March 10 from 7:30 to 9:30 nancing new home construc- pendent on the trust and knowl- a.m. at the Governors Club. Register at www.carolinachamber. tion – that even surprised me a edge of the community. We like org/members/register.html little bit. There are homes selling to grow our business by referrals. out there. The press doesn’t pick This is a great place for all that. Getting Ready for Capital that up because it’s hard to find. Q:o D you have any advice There’s a small number of build- for folks who’re worried about The Center for Sustainable Enterprise at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler ers who were working on selling the economy? Business School, Hutchison Law Group and SJF Advisory Services down inventory last year and eA: Th economy is cyclical. If present Getting Ready for Capital on Feb. 19 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. are now down to a point where you’ve been around for a while, at the school’s McColl Building on the UNC campus. The multi- they can have product out of the you’ve seen the ups and downs panel program will help entrepreneurs understand what types of ground to meet lower demand of the economy, you know the investments are available, what investors are looking for and how for the spring selling season. Photo by Ava Barlow ups won’t last forever and neither to attract investors. The program is free for Business Accelerator for Q: What percentage of assets Larry Loeser, president and CEO of Harrington Bank will the downs. You try to be a Sustainable Entrepreneurship members, $55 for non-members. To are construction loans? little bit conservative in the up register, contact Jessica Thomas at 962-4259 or jessica_thomas@ A: It’s about 10 to 20 percent. Q: and the down times. Have some unc.edu There are several initia- through the board of directors Q: What kind of businesses tives in the community for buy- and employees. We can do that reserve cash or credit for the Hillsborough Chamber meeting are seeking loans and are they ing local. As CEO of a local bank, better than large competitors down times. You don’t want to getting them? what’s your definition of local? can. We would extend into Dur- get fully invested in higher-risk The Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce’s next monthly lunch A: Loan demand is down A: For us, we focus mainly ham and Chatham counties and investments when markets are will be on Feb. 18. Lucinda Munger, new director of the Orange because of the uncertain nature on Chapel Hill-Carrboro when parts of Wake County, but we’re going up. Hopefully, most peo- County Public Library, will discuss plans for the library’s new facil- of the economy. We’re still hav- we say local. I have a sticker on primarily here. We were founded ple have those reserves and the ity and how the business community can benefit from the library’s ing new loan requests and mak- the sidelight to my office that here and our primary shareholder ability to cut expenses when the services. The cost is $10 per person. Call or email 732-8156 or ing loans, but requests are not at says “Buy Local.” We’re on that lives in Chapel Hill. It makes economy is down. We saw an in- [email protected] for details. the rate they were last year before train – from the owner on down the economy stronger and builds crease in savings accounts at the the fourth quarter. It seems to end of summer, beginning of fall Carrboro walking map available be about the same mix of busi- when the economic news started The first Carrboro walking map and a related website, walkcar- nesses. We’re doing a restaurant Harrington Bank: By the Numbers to get bad. We feel the economy rboro.com, were introduced last week by the Carrboro Merchants loan, a commercial building – so Current deposit value: $210 million will start back up this year and Association. The association, a group of 22 downtown businesses, it’s not completely the end of the Total loan value: $270 million continue on from there. In the plans to use the map and the website to help spread the word about world. It may seem like it’s close Percent of assets in construction loans: 10 to 20 percent first quarter, there will be lots of Carrboro as a tourist destination. The colorful map was hand drawn to it. But if you have faith in the Loan-loss reserve: 1.65 percent of total loans bad news out there. I don’t think by Carrboro artist Richard Cloudt. The free map is available at any free-market economy, you know Total Assets: $322 million there’s a need for anybody to get of the 22 participating merchants listed on www.walkcarrboro.com things will come back around. too concerned. Help for minority business owners SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, has created Economy delays construction new online resources for minority entrepreneurs at www.score. org/minority.html. Featured content includes research and data on 300 East Main project about African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American businesses. It also features a resource list of more than 30 organiza- By Elisabeth Arriero tions, groups and websites that offer news, information and advice; Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons information on competitions for minority entrepreneurs. SCORE provides Spanish-language materials at www.score.org/hispanic. After years of waiting for the Carr- ent options for building materials, Van html and www.score.org/guides.html. In-person assistance is avail- Small businesses boro Board of Aldermen to finally ap- Sant said, adding that the decrease in able at the local SCORE office, housed in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro prove their project, developers of the the price of steel might affect how the Chamber of Commerce at 104 S. Estes Drive. For information, call seek recession 300 East Main complex recently ran company budgets its money. 968-6894 or visit www.scorechapelhill.org into another speed bump: the econo- Main Street Properties was scheduled solutions my. to meet with the Appearance Commis- Cuba as a cautionary tale Laura Van Sant of Main Street sion this month to discuss its design for The Town of Carrboro recently surveyed busi- Properties, the company developing the parking garage, which deviates from At this week’s “Cuba in the Obama Era” talk at CHICLE, ness owners about the impact of the recession on hosted by Carrboro resident Dan Whittle, UNC Professor Lou the five-building complex, said the 300 the town’s building guidelines. their enterprises. Sixty-eight surveys were sent East Main development will not likely Alderman Jacquie Gist, a member Pérez Jr. noted that if we’re wondering what our future could look out and 19 people responded (18 surveys bounced like, we should look at the island nation 90 miles from our shore. break ground until the second half of of the commission, said the issue being back). That’s a 38 percent response rate. the year. brought before them is rather minor “Cuba is the first nation to experience the post-petroleum econo- Most of the survey’s respondents were small my,” he said. It all started in 1989. “The Soviet block collapsed and “With the economy as it is, we’re and shouldn’t require much debate. businesses with fewer than 10 employees. Only postponing things a few months to al- “They want fewer windows than is Cuba’s principal trade partner disappeared,” explained Pérez, the J. six companies had more than 10. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of history and director of the Institute low the economy to loosen up a bit,” she required by the design guidelines,” she Seventy-five percent of the respondents said said. said. “The design guidelines weren’t for the Study of the Americas at UNC. “That resulted in the loss of the recession had reduced their sales volumes. trade, commerce, transportation – it all came to a screeching halt.” The development, which will feature thinking of parking garages when they Sixty-seven percent said the financial uncertainty five five-story buildings, including a ho- were made, but any deviation from One of the biggest impacts was the loss of petroleum and petro- made it impossible for them to plan for expan- leum-based products, formerly available (and deeply discounted) tel and a parking deck, was originally them has to go through the Appearance sion or future expenses. The survey also asked slated to take five to seven years to com- Commission anyway.” by the Soviets. Thus, Cuba became a post-petroleum society. And, business owners what the town, and the business Pérez said, a case-study. A petroleum-dependent U.S. could learn a plete, with construction occurring in Van Sant said that despite the recent community at large, could do to improve the phases. setbacks for construction plans and the few things from its neighbor to the south. situation. Respondents suggested: “We can see how a society responds to the virtual disappearance Construction for the first building, amount of items that still need to be • Providing short-term operating loans from the hotel, was scheduled to begin in approved by the town, the partners at of petroleum,” he said. the revolving loan fund Transportation was the most obvious change under the new early 2009 and end in 2010. Main Street Properties remain excited • Overturning restrictive signage rules But the economic climate has meant about the development. world order. • Discontinuing the privilege license “Getting to work becomes a monumental task when you previ- that it’s hard for potential businesses to “We’re eager to go and start build- • Increasing various marketing activities, in- get loans, Van Sant said. ing,” she said. “Hopefully, people will ously relied on automobiles, which virtually disappeared, or public cluding advertising and coordination with festi- transportation that now have no fuel,” Pérez recalled. “Havana She said that most tenants are now start seeing construction equipment vals in the pre-lease stage. around there soon.” began to look like Amsterdam, with bicycles, but it wasn’t a culture • Encouraging residents to buy local made for bicycling and there were problems. There was also a lot of “They won’t actually sign any leases Van Sant estimated the total cost of • Working more closely with the Visitor’s until we have a better idea of the sched- the project would be $60 million. hitchhiking, and people with state-owned vehicles were obliged to Center give rides.” ule of when it’s going to come out of the Editor’s note: Another high-profile • Advocating that the Chamber of Commerce ground,” she said. Carrboro project, Roberson Square, also Agriculture also changed significantly. provide discounted healthcare to members Van Sant said she was not discour- was sidelined by the poor economy late “Urban agriculture sprung up, oxen plows replaced tractors and • Attracting green industry and greening ex- aged by the delay in construction be- last year. The site, at South Greensboro organic farming replaced fertilizer and pesticides,” he said. “People isting businesses cause there are still a lot of other deci- and Roberson streets, is now for sale by the in the city had small gardens and began to keep chickens.” sions about the development that Main developer. Is your enterprise being affected by the recession? To some extent, the country’s ability to deal with the loss of Street Properties has to make. petroleum was related to the rationing citizens had lived with for Do you have some ideas on how the town and busi- “Even though we got approval from Elisabeth Arriero is a UNC student years. The new situation wasn’t that much different. But, Pérez said, ness community can improve the business climate? the board of aldermen, we still need to writing for the Carrboro Commons, a there also was a spirit to survive, to cooperate and collaborate, “in Send your ideas to Margot C. Lester at margot@ get staff-level approval on various items; bi-weekly online lab newspaper for Jock part generated by the state, but mostly by the people”. carrborocitizen.com for instance, where storm water will Lauterer’s Community Journalism class at “The operative words during the 1990s were resolver , ‘to resolve,’ go,” she said. the School of Journalism and Mass Com- and inventar , ‘to invent,’” he explained. “The people had to resolve The company is looking at the differ- munication. their issues and invent new ways of getting things done.”

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Graig Meyer Chris Fitzsimon

Across the Triangle, there Tuesday’s budget and tax brief- are dozens of mentoring ing for state lawmakers was billed programs trying to support as a look at the “major drivers” in young men by providing the growth of the state budget, them with male role models. with most of the time spent on We know firsthand what trends in education and Medicaid. newspaper headlines tell Lawmakers will hear more detailed us: Too many boys in our reports on both issues in the com- society are failing school and ing days, but Tuesday’s Medic- falling between the cracks. aid overview and the questions Like most mentoring pro- and comments it prompted are grams, the program that I run has one challenge that reminders of how many legislators surpasses all others: Recruiting enough male mentors. view the program — as a burden Twice a year, our program trains a group of new from which we need relief, a major mentors and brings in new students. Last fall, we faced drain on the state budget. a crisis. With only one week to go before our training Medicaid costs have grown an for mentors was to begin, no men had stepped forward average of 9.3 percent a year in the to volunteer. last nine years and the program That’s right. No men had volunteered to become now covers 18 percent of the peo- mentors. Zip. Zero. Zilch. ple in North Carolina. The budget Recently, a social worker from one of our local el- passed last session included $2.9 ementary schools told me that she asked teachers at her billion for Medicaid, the single school to recommend students for our program. They Finding common ground on birth control biggest state expense in health and recommended two girls ... and eight boys. That’s no human services. surprise. There are probably about four times as many Paige Johnson ings measure for our state. Evan Rodewald of the Legis- boys who need mentors as girls. Unfortunately, our We can do more to help women lature’s Fiscal Research Division It was a snow day like no oth- Sixty percent female mentors outnumber their male counterparts 2:1. plan and space their pregnancies for said three factors contribute to er. With schools and businesses Why don’t men volunteer? (Are you reading this, healthier birth outcomes. And we Medicaid’s growth: inflationary closed, a record number of North men?) They consistently tell me four things: of women who can do more for women who want increases, new technologies and Carolinians tuned in to watch the 1) I’m too busy. to parent but face financial chal- higher enrollment, though the 44th president sworn into office. 2) I’m not patient enough. have abortions lenges. costs of Medicaid generally grow For many viewers, the day ushered 3) I wouldn’t be good at it. There is no experience more life less than the costs of health care in a belief that we can finally move 4) I’m not sure it really works. are mothers altering than having a child. Sixty in the private sector. The questions beyond the entrenched differences Guys, I’m calling you out. Those are excuses that percent of women who have abor- from lawmakers were not about that divide us. are leaving our young men behind. First of all, it does tions are mothers already. The ma- technology or the escalating costs Two days after the inauguration already. work. We have a 100 percent high school graduation jority cite a need to care for others of medication. Instead they want- was the 36th anniversary of Roe v. rate for our male students and 100 percent of them as the number one reason why they ed to know if the state’s eligibility Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court emotionally and financially. When have also gone on to some type of post-secondary have an abortion. They understand standards were in line with other decision that legalized abortion women have greater access to birth education. the love a child promises as well as states and how generous were the in the United States. Few issues control, fewer unintended preg- You woulde b good at mentoring. You are patient the responsibilities and obligations services that Medicaid offers. will test the power of President nancies occur. This means fewer enough. There is no movie-influenced Supermentor role of caring for a child. That’s a version of a talking Obama’s ability to bridge divides abortions occur. We can reduce that you need to fulfill. You just need to be yourself. If we really want to help people point from the market funda- quite like abortion. the number of abortions by increas- There are boys in our community who need you. care for their children, we should mentalist crowd – that North In fact, few issues test the resolve ing access to birth control without Making the time is something you can choose to provide more support to parents. Carolina’s Medicaid program of all Americans to move beyond stigmatizing or punishing a woman do. And I promise you that you will be rewarded. Take child care for example. It is includes too many services not rhetoric to meaningful solutions who decides that terminating a Mentoring is not always easy, but our mentors con- not feasible for most families to mandated by the federal govern- the way this one does. Three de- pregnancy is the right decision. sistently say that once they begin mentoring it’s other live on one income, especially in ment. Raleigh’s leading right-wing cades after Roe v. Wade, Americans In North Carolina, 21 percent stuff that they have to make time for – mentor time is today’s economic climate. The av- think tank has called many times still remain divided. It makes little of women in their childbearing something they look forward to. erage price of child care for an in- for North Carolina to drop all sense to continue beating the same years are without health coverage of So, what can you do? fant in North Carolina costs more optional services, which include drum. any sort. This means they must pay Men: Step up to the plate. Mentoring programs per year than it does to pay tu- ambulance service, orthotics and People want solutions, not more out of pocket for doctor visits or rely need to hear from you. Most programs ask for you to ition and fees at our state univer- medication. of the same vitriol. In a time of eco- on publicly funded contraceptive give just a couple of hours per week. You can include sities. No wonder there are some One version of budget cuts this nomic uncertainty, when so many services. An additional 11 percent your protegé in things you’re already doing, like going 30,000-plus families on the waiting year included ending podiatry cov- neighbors, friends and communi- of women in childbearing years rely to a basketball game, fishing, fixing your car or cook- list for child care assistance. erage, even though some seniors ties are struggling to make ends on Medicaid for family planning ing dinner. There are endless ways in which with diabetes are at risk of losing meet, our focus should be on rem- services. Without taking teenag- Women: Reach out to the men in your lives. The we can help provide greater access to their feet and never walking again. edies and, to the extent possible, on ers into account, roughly a third of best way to recruit a mentor is to tell him, “You’d really health care, including birth control, Medicaid isn’t just a budget the areas in which we agree. women in the state rely on or need make a great mentor.” Give them some information on responsible sex education and great- driver, it’s a life saver. Birth control seems a common- some form of publicly funded birth a mentoring program in your area. Or even better, call er support for families struggling to Just over 1.6 million people in sense place to begin. According to control. the program and give them a few names of your male care for their children. With all that North Carolina qualified for Med- the Guttmacher Institute, a non- North Carolina has a remark- friends. We’ll call them on your recommendation. (P.S. we can and should do to make the icaid in 2007 based on income partisan reproductive health care able history as the first state in the We need female mentors still, too, so you can volunteer world a better, healthier place, it and health status. The majority of think tank, 99 percent of women nation to provide voluntary, public- as well if you’d like!) seems like such a waste of time to recipients are very poor children at some point in their life rely on ly funded family planning services. Couples: Sometimes it’s easier for a married couple cling to the entrenched differences or seniors or people with disabili- birth control to prevent unintend- On average, every dollar invested in to mentor together. If a husband and wife volunteer that divide us. ties. Two-thirds of people covered ed pregnancies. family planning services provides a together, we can match you with a male mentee. You by Medicaid are female and the Birth control allows women state with more than four dollars in Paige Johnson is the director of can split the mentoring responsibilities between you. majority of them are white. and families to decide when they savings from public assistance. This public affairs at Planned Parenthood It’s a great activity to do together. Many uninsured adults do not are ready for a child, which better makes birth control a common- of Central North Carolina. So what happened with our volunteer recruitment qualify for Medicaid regardless of prepares them to care for that child, sense solution as well as a cost-sav- last fall? We put on a last-minute male mentor recruit- income. It is a program targeted ment push. We had five men sign up, so we brought to specific groups of people. It is five new boys into our program. education matters also a success story, providing a There are mentoring programs throughout the health care safety net for the most Triangle that need your support. It takes men stepping vulnerable people in the state with up to the plate to make sure that our programs don’t With literacy and justice for all far lower administrative costs than struggle with this issue and that our society doesn’t fail private insurance. By Steve Peha our young men. important as reading, do we justify think we can get away with any- Many lawmakers and think Staff Writer using approaches (like whole-class thing less than 100 percent litera- tanks proposing cuts in Medic- Graig Meyer is the coordinator of the Blue Ribbon novels and anthology selections) cy. Of course, it’s our least advan- Recently, I visited a number aid don’t want to talk specifics, Mentor-Advocate Program for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro that we know don’t work for the taged children who are hurt the of schools: high schools, middle because the details make their sug- City Schools. kids we’re trying to teach? most by the old let’s-all-read-the- gestions absurd. Sixty-four percent schools and elementary schools; When we teach reading, we same-novel-or-selection-from- public, private and religious schools. of Medicaid spending goes to hold kids’ lives in our hands. And the-literature-book approach. help seniors and people with dis- Each acknowledged the same prob- every time we hit them with texts And yet this approach persists in lem with literacy: Too many kids abilities. Another 14 percent covers they can’t read (and tell them their the majority of our classrooms. poor kids. Then there are pregnant were so far behind in reading that grades depend on their understand- Now, you may be thinking, “I they couldn’t function in their women and AFDC recipients ing), we chip away at those lives was taught the old-fashioned way under 21. classes. But when I made sugges- until reading becomes odious and and it worked for me.” Or, “My chil- editorial tions about how to improve things, People advocating significant punitive. The consequences for dren read just fine and they’re taught reductions in Medicaid should and modeled these suggestions in kids who fall behind in elementary that way.” But that’s not the point. Robert Dickson, Publisher teachers’ classrooms, I got distinctly be forced to explain which group school can be devastating. By the A significant percentage of kids they want to deny services to or Kirk Ross, Editor negative reactions to new ideas. time they reach middle school, their learn to read outside of school and The concept that set teachers off who shouldn’t have access to an Taylor Sisk, Contributing Editor reading includes larger volumes of others can learn just about anything ambulance when they have a heart the most was the notion of teach- social studies, science and math texts on their own no matter how poorly Liz Holm, Art Director ing kids how to choose books they attack or an artificial limb when written at grade levels for which they they’re taught. But what about the they lose an arm or leg. Susan Dickson, Staff Writer liked and could read. That way, in- are not prepared. And their second- 10 to 20 million kids in our coun- stead of most kids struggling to read Rodewald told lawmakers Tues- Margot Carmichael Lester, ary teachers, almost never trained in try that our testing data tells us don’t day that Medicaid costs usually Rich Fowler, Contributing Writers texts way above their heads (novels reading, can’t help them. read as well as they should and who chosen by the teacher or selections increase during economic down- Ava Barlow, Photographer It’s time our nation began to aren’t getting better as they get fur- from a publisher’s anthology or test- turns. More people are eligible af- feel an urgency around reading ther along in school? ter losing jobs and the health care Editorial Intern: Jasmina Nogo prep packet), each student could that compelled us to do the right It makes sense to tackle this read a book that was just right. This that comes with it. That makes advertising things: Teach kids how to choose problem at the beginning. Most talk of Medicaid cuts this session Marty Cassady, would make reading more mean- their own “just right” texts; teach schools have an informal goal even more irrational. Advertising Director ingful for kids and allow teachers to reading skills and monitor kids’ that all kids will be fluent readers The stimulus package that [email protected] teach important skills through brief progress in the context of authen- by third grade. But what happens one-on-one conferences in a con- finally emerges from Congress is tic individual reading; create suc- if some kids don’t make it? Send all but certain to provide more operations text where kids could immediately cessful interventions and intervene them to fourth grade and hope. apply them. It would also improve Medicaid funding for North Anne Billings, Office Coordinator early at all levels, K-12; make sure And then on to fifth and middle Carolina. That will help. So would student motivation and help them all certified teachers have a mean- and high school thereafter, all the feel more successful. a different view of Medicaid. Distribution ingful and practical background while postponing our obligation. It is a public program that True enough, it’s hard to teach in reading instruction; put the needs Reading delayed is reading de- better. But isn’t it worth it, especial- works and helps thousands of Chuck Morton, Dylan Jarrell of students above those of covering nied. Kids who don’t learn to read people every day. That’s something ly when it comes to literacy? Why curriculum or preparing for tests. well in elementary school rarely, if are we so resistant? Why do we to be proud of, not something When it comes to ed reform ever, catch up. And just about every- to complain about. And it’s also seem so unmoved by the connec- these days, we all seem to be nurtur- one who’s ever worked in a school, tion between failure in literacy and something to protect, especially ing dreams of kids becoming college or been a parent of a struggling this year. failure in school? Why don’t we ac- graduates and going on to be the reader, knows this. If education is knowledge the connection between Please Recycle. scientists and mathematicians who truly the new civil right, it’s time we high school dropouts and low levels create our future. But here in the got serious about creating a nation Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. Chris Fitzsimon is the director of of literacy? Why, in something as present, we’re kidding ourselves if we with literacy and justice for all. NC Policy Watch. The Carrboro Citizen THURSDAY, February 12, 2009 7

COUNCIL istration funding parameters that favor inner cities and are excluding OBITUARies from page 1 worthy projects in the Triangle.” free spirit who touched many lives. She cared Also in his address, the mayor for her last companion, Jack Kearins, until A regional system is necessary, noted several new programs start- his dying day. She lived to see the birth of he said, because relying on high- ed in the past year, including col- three grandchildren and two great-grand- ways is an end game. laboration with the university in daughters. After a major stroke in 2004, she “I-40 cannot continue to be managing Halloween and the re- was determined to proceed with rehabilita- our major transportation artery. location of the homeless shelter. tion, and continued to enjoy life. It’s getting clogged and it is ulti- Looking ahead, he said there Richie is survived by her loving family: mately going to fail.” is concern about how the budget daughters Sherry T. Jones and her husband, Fourth District Congressman crisis at the state level will affect Rodney, and Patricia T. Thompson and her David Price said Wednesday that the town. In the past months, the husband, Charles; granddaughters Gudrun Foy was on the right track. town has moved to cut budgets E. Thompson and her husband, Jeff Sumpter “As Mayor Foy said, robust and accumulate reserves in an- (all of Chapel Hill); Katherine T. Jones of state and local funding is an essen- ticipation of flagging revenues and Charlotte; grandson Fletcher Thompson tial piece of the puzzle in bringing potential cuts in state assistance. and his wife, Gretchen of Boston MA; great transit to the Triangle and attract- “We know from history that we granddaughters Julia E. Sumpter and Aza- ing federal support,” Price said. will be affected,” he said. Library lea L. Thompson, and former husband Col. “I’m continuing to work on an- services and transit and roadway Harry W. Taylor USMC (RET) of Sun City other important piece - the overly maintenance funding are among Center, Fla., who joins the family in mourn- restrictive Federal Transit Admin- the areas that could see cuts. ing her. Ruth Alfva Richard In her last days, she received superb, car- ship at the UNC School of Social Work, becoming dean of the school (1982-1992). Ruth Alfva Richard of Carrboro, N.C., ing treatment from the physicians and staff of Council sticks to library plan UNC Hospitals. The family also thanks the Over the course of his long career, Dr. died at UNC Hospitals on Feb. 2, 2009, Turner also served as a visiting professor By Kirk Ross • Recessed a public hearing on with her two daughters by her side. “Richie” staffs of Brookshire Nursing Center in Hill- sborough and Stratford House in Carrboro. at Atlanta University and the University of Staff Writer the proposed Ayden Court de- was born in Newport, R.I. to Oscar and Al- Georgia in Athens, Ga. He has served as a velopment near N.C. 54 and the berta Peterson Eklund, natives of Sweden. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Friends of the Health Sciences Library, visiting faculty member and consultant at Chapel Hill — The Chapel Dowing Creek Parkway to look After her father’s death, Richie grew up in many other institutions in the United States Hill Town Council voted 8-1 at zoning options and study the Miami, Fla., adopted by her mother’s second UNC-Chapel Hill 27599-7585 or the UNC Educational Foundation, designated for the and abroad. to reject a proposal to consider a impact of the development on the husband, Blaine Richard. Richie belonged to In 1965, he received a Fulbright Scholar- branch library downtown or in nearby Upper Little Creek Wa- the volleyball, baseball, and basketball teams, Women’s Basketball Endowment, PO Box 2446, Chapel Hill, NC 27515. Arrangements ship to Egypt and served the U.S. Depart- other locations in lieu of adding terfowl Impoundment Area. and gymnastics and tennis clubs, enthusi- ment of Health, Education and Welfare to the current building. • Reviewed the progress on a asms she enjoyed in old age as a spectator. are by Cremation Society of the Carolinas. A celebration of Richie’s life will be held Sunday, as director of the Egyptian Social Welfare Following discussions at a number of traffic-calming and pe- She graduated from Miami High School in Manpower Training Project in Cairo, Egypt business meeting Monday night destrian safety measures planned 1929, and in 1933 received her R.N. degree March 1 at 2 p.m. at the home of Sherry and Rodney Jones. (1979-1981), and also as visiting professor at Town Hall, the measure only by the university around key inter- from Long Island College Hospital School and consultant at the University of Minya of Nursing in Brooklyn N.Y. An avid horse- drew support from council mem- sections in and around campus. Dr. John Brister Turner in Minya, Egypt. Among many organiza- ber Matt Czajkowski, who said it The projects, already approved woman, she hoped to join the Frontier Nurs- tional duties, Dr. Turner was president of could bolster efforts downtown. by the town, are located at Co- ing Service but was too young. She undertook Dr. John Brister Turner, 86, Dean Emeri- the National Conference on Social Welfare Jim Ward, the council liaison to lumbia Street, South Road and postgraduate training in psychiatric nursing tus of the School of Social Work at UNC- (1977-1979) and chair of the nominating the library’s board of trustees, ad- McCauley Street; South Road and at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, Chapel Hill, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, at the committee of the National Association of vised his fellow council members Country Club Road; Cameron D.C., and worked in hospitals in New York. Dubose Health Center on the campus of the Deans and Directors of the Schools of So- to remain committed to the expan- Avenue and Raleigh Street; Coun- She enjoyed the more challenging types of Cedars Retirement Community after a long cial Work. sion plan. On a per capita basis, the try Club Road, Battle Lane and nursing, and joined American Airlines as a illness. Among his many contributions to the library is the state’s busiest. Boundary Street; Country Club nurse/flight attendant. Dr. Turner was born on Feb. 28, 1922 in School of Social Work, Dr. Turner realized The effort to review alterna- Road, Gimghoul Road and Paul Her first marriage to the late Joseph Mc- Fort Valley, Ga., to Virginia Brown Turner, the great need for the school to have its own tives followed a decision earlier Green Theater Drive; Manning Carthy left her a young widow. During the an English and art teacher and to Brister building, which culminated in the 1995 this year to put off financing for a Drive and Skipper Bowles Drive; war years, she married a Marine aviator, William Turner, a professor of English. dedication of the Tate-Turner Kuralt Build- $16 million expansion because of South Columbia Street between Harry W. Taylor of Columbia, S.C., and He graduated from Morehouse College ing on the UNC campus. He shares this ac- uncertainty in the bond markets. Manning Drive and South Road; they had two daughters. As a military wife, in Atlanta in 1946 with a B.A. degree in complishment with Jack Tate and Charles The move saved the town about Manning Drive and Fordham Richie pursued her love of the outdoors and math on his way to a career in engineering. Kuralt. $300,000 in debt service for the Boulevard; Manning Drive and creativity in voluntary activities such as the During World War II, Dr. Turner served as Dr. Turner is survived by his wife, Mar- current year and a projected $1 Old Mason Farm Road; Mason Girl Scouts. Divorced in the 1950s, she re- a Tuskegee Airman, serving in the 477th ian Wilson Turner; daughter, Marian Turn- million next year, according to Farm Road and East Drive; Ma- turned to her nursing career in Long Island Bombardment Group. After WW II, he er Hopkins; son, Charles Brister Turner; Town Manager Roger Stancil, son Farm Road and West Drive; and New Jersey. Retiring from nursing in the continued his education, receiving a mas- grandson, Ian Turner Hopkins; sister, Vir- who suggested two weeks ago along Ridge Road; and Manning 1970s, she moved to Carrboro and embarked ters degree in 1948 in social administration ginia Turner Dowell; son-in law, Jonathan that the decision to delay financ- Drive and Ridge Road. on a second career selling antiques at the Ra- and a doctorate in social work in 1959, both J. Hopkins; and many cousins, grand-neph- ing would allow the council to The agenda, audio and video leigh Fairgrounds. from the School of Applied Social Scienc- ews and -nieces, and great-grand-nephews review its decision to expand as of the council meeting is available As a new Tar Heel, she became an avid es at Case Western Reserve University in and -nieces. opposed to adding branches. on the town’s website at chapel- Carolina fan, especially of the women’s bas- Cleveland, Ohio, later becoming its dean In other action Monday night, hill.granicus.com/ViewPublish- ketball team. Fiercely independent, generous (1968-1973). the council: er.php?view_id=3 of heart and imbued with strength, she was a In 1974, he received a Kenan Professor-

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Smith of the job, she has enjoyed her School Lunch Menus “There are some things that al- the school opened. comes to mind from his time at work at Chapel Hill High. february 13-19 most make the high school prin- Regarding Thaden’s tenure as CHHS, not as principal, but as “This has been an incredible cipalship humanly impossible.” principal, Pedersen said: “Frank- vice principal. He was there for principalship for me…. [T]his Elementary middle + high Chapel Hill High has had six ly, I don’t know how that’s pos- some time, and he was a steady- is an outstanding staff, a staff Friday — Spaghetti w/Meat Friday —Pork Rib-B-Q principals over the last 10 years, sible.” ing presence. Kids need that. The that has embraced me, a staff Sauce & Garlic Bread; Corn Dog; on a Bun; Macaroni & Cheese including two interim princi- Mark Morton, a parent of a community needs that.” that has been more than sup- California Mixed Vegetables; w/Wheat Roll; Traditional Mixed pals. Ellis replaced Karla Eanes, Chapel Hill High freshman and Jim Williams, parent co-chair portive and a staff that, togeth- Sweet Yellow Corn; Banana Vegetables; Chilled Pineapple; who served for just a year and also a graduate of the school and of the Chapel Hill High School er, we’ve been able to make sig- Pudding Fresh Banana a half. Mary Ann Hardebeck a former teacher there, said he Improvement Team, said the nificant changes, great strides Monday —Hamburger on a Monday —Beef & Cheese served as principal for six years, suspected that the high expecta- Chapel Hill High community to moving our school forward Bun; Fish Nuggets w/Wheat Roll; Nachos w/Salsa; Chicken Nug- the longest-serving principal tions of parents and community will miss Ellis. to one that is student centered Tater Tots; Lettuce & Tomato gets w/BBQ Sauce & Wheat since 1999. members take a toll on Chapel “From my point of view, it is yet still academically challeng- Salad; Peas & Carrots; Fresh Apple Roll; Baja Black Beans; Chilled “Speaking in general terms, Hill High principals. very unfortunate for CHHS that ing,” she said. Halves Apricots; Fresh Orange I believe that high school princi- Morton added: “My experi- Jackie is leaving,” he said. “She District officials plan to ap- Tuesday —Three Cheese Tuesday — Pork BBQ on a palships are very challenging jobs ence with teaching high school has had a terrific impact on the point an interim principal to Baked Rotini w/Garlic Bread; Roll; Chicken Tetrazzini; Cole- and turnover in those positions is kids is that, contrary to con- school, and the long hours she finish the school year and serve Chicken Fajitas w/Salsa & Sour slaw; Green Beans; Chilled Pears not unusual,” Superintendent Neil ventional wisdom about their has put in are really bearing fruit until a replacement is found to Cream; Fun on the Run; Vegetable Wednesday — Meatball Pedersen said, adding that the job independence, they need quite now. However, there is a lot of begin the 2009-10 school year. Rice; Steamed Broccoli; Chilled Sub; Sweet & Sour Chicken; Peaches Brown Rice Pilaf; Asian Mixed School Briefs Wednesday — Chicken Vegetables; Fruited Gelatin School Principals/Virco National Proceeds from the concert will Obama were selected for publi- Patty Sandwich; Baked Potato Thursday — Fried Chicken Dropout rate w/Meat, Cheese & Wheat Roll; Assistant Principal of the Year. fund new playground equipment. cation in the ePals’ Presidential w/Wheat Roll; Mozzarella increases Traditional Mixed Vegetables; The national winner will be Tickets are $10 and are available Minute contest. Cheese Sticks w/Marinara Dip- The dropout rate in Cha- Pineapple Tidbits; Chocolate ping Sauce; Carrot & Celery chosen at NASSP’s convention at www.catscradle.com Her letter is featured on the Pudding pel Hill-Carrboro City Schools on Feb. 28 in San Diego. ePals’ website, www.epals.com, Sticks; Broccoli w/Cheese Sauce; slightly increased in 2007-08, but Thursday — Oven Baked Fresh Banana CHHS presents and was included on a DVD BBQ Chicken w/Wheat Roll; the district maintained the lowest SEPTA meeting The House of Blue shared with the Obama tran- dropout rate in the state, accord- Grilled Cheese Sandwich; Fun on The Chapel Hill-Carrboro sition team and shown at the ing to a report released last week Leaves the Run; Baked Beans; Collard Special Education Parent-Teach- Huffington Post Inaugural Ball. by the North Carolina Depart- Chapel Hill High School Greens; Fresh Grapes er Association will hold a meet- ment of Public Instruction. Drama will present the comedy ing on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Fifty-seven students dropped The House of Blue Leaves in the in the lower-level conference out of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Hanes Theater at Chapel Hill room of the Chapel Hill Public schools, or 1.53 percent, in 2007- High, Feb. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. Library. 08. In 2006-07, 41 students each night. Participants will view the pro- dropped out, or 1.12 percent, a The play stars award-winning gram How Difficult Can It Be?, decrease from previous years. actor Zach Meicher-Buzzi as a which explores the frustration, The 2007-08 rate is similar to washed-up piano player desper- anxiety and tension faced by that of 2004-05 and 2005-06. ate for stardom, even at the cost children with learning difficul- Among the 57 students who of committing his wife to a men- ties and disabilities. A discussion dropped out, 11 were from Car- tal institution. will follow the film. rboro High School, 14 from East Tickets are $8 for adults and The meeting is free and open Chapel Hill High School, 31 $5 for students and can be re- to all with an interest in learn- from Chapel Hill High School served by calling 969-2461. ing-disability and special-needs and one was from an unspecified issues. For more information, middle school. Students cited at- CHS meeting visit septa-chcnc.org or email tendance problems and the de- [email protected] The second annual Carrboro sire to attend community college High School Town Hall Meet- as reasons for dropping out. Roots musicians to ing will be held on Tuesday at 7 play Woods Charter p.m. at the Hargraves Center on Woods-Weeks North Roberson Street. named N.C. benefit For the event, Principal Kelly Carolina Ice Syncho’s intermediate team, a synchronized ice skating team, Assistant Principal Three popular roots-music Batten will answer questions on COACHES! has qualified to compete at the 2009 U.S. Synchronized SkatingN ational of the Year groups will perform a benefit a variety of topics regarding Car- Championships in Portland, Maine. Team members attend several area concert for the Woods Charter rboro High. BOOSTERS! schools, including Carrboro High School, Chapel Hill High School, Smith East Chapel Hill High School Foundation at Cats Cra- The interactive session is host- Middle School, Cedar Ridge High School, Durham Academy, Ravenscroft Send us your School assistant principal Gloria dle on March 14 at 8 p.m. ed by the Carrboro High PTSA. School, Fuquay-Varina High School, Western Alamance High School and Woods-Weeks has been named reports! Walter Williams High School. First row, from left: Paula McKinley (coach), Eli “Paperboy” Reed and the North Carolina Assistant Great Big Gone will be joined by CHS student Email: editor@ Amanda McClure, Hanna Hoke, Nicole Cates, Mariah Benfield, Ashleigh Principal of the Year by the Faucette, Samuela Fernandes, Jamye Gaster (coach). Top row, from left: Lynn Blakely and Ecki Heins for letter honored carrboro North Carolina Principals and the performance. Haleigh Faucette, Hadley Reid, Brittany Clark, Ariane Cook, Chrissy Barr, Carrboro High School stu- citizen.com Assistant Principals Association. The Woods Charter School in Renee Kramer, Sally Warren. dent Cynthia Enriquez was Woods-Weeks is eligible for Northern Chatham County is a The team is seeking donations to fund its trip to Portland for the one of 10 high school students consideration for the 2009 Na- kindergarten-through-12th grade competition. To donate, contact Karen McClure at Karen.McClure@duke. whose letters to President Barack edu or 667-2574. tional Association of Secondary public school founded by parents.

NOTICE OF A COMBINED PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS TO SR 1919 The Framers Corner, Inc (SMITH LEVEL ROAD) FROM SOUTH OF ROCK HAVEN ROAD TO Distinctive, museum quality picture frame design BRIDGE NO. 88 OVER MORGAN CREEK IN CARRBORO TIP Project No. U-2803 Orange County Est. 1981 The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold a Full Service Pre-Hearing Open House and Combined Public Hearing on March 9, 2009 at Frame Shop Carrboro Elementary School, located at 400 Shelton Street, Carrboro, 27510. NCDOT representatives will be available at a pre-hearing open house in M-F 10am - 6pm U Sat 10am-2pm the auditorium lobby between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to answer questions and receive comments relative to the location and design of the theframerscorner.com proposed project. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the above 108 W Main St U Carrboro mentioned hours. Handouts and comment sheets will be distributed. The formal public hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The hearing will be open to those present for statements, questions and comments. The presentation and comments will be recorded and a written transcript will be prepared. COMMUNITY RADIO When you aren’t reading NCDOT proposes transportation improvements to SR 1919 (Smith Level your Citizen, how do you know Road) which include: widening Smith Level Road to three lanes (between what’s going on in town? Rock Haven Road and Culbreth Road), transition between three to four lanes Listen to community (between Culbreth Road and BPW Club Road), and widen to a four-lane, radio! Wcom 103.5 Fm, your median divided roadway between BPW Club Road and Morgan Creek. A community radio station! roundabout intersection is proposed at the intersection of Smith Level Road and Rock Haven Road. Sidewalks and bicycle accommodations are proposed Listen online at communityradio.Coop. throughout the project. A map displaying the location and design of the project and a copy of the environmental document – State Environmental Assessment / Finding of No Significant Impact - are available for public review at the Town of Carrboro, 301 W. Main Street, Carrboro, 27510. The map is also available online at: www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/highway/roadway/hearingmaps_by_county. Anyone desiring additional information may contact Ed Lewis, Human Environment Unit, at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1598, by phone (919) 431-6585, by fax (919) 431-2001 or by email at [email protected]. NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this hearing. Anyone requiring special services should contact Mr. Lewis as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Recycling jis Good for you! The Carrboro Citizen Land & Table Thursday, february 12, 2009 9 in season Changing times for coffee achievers By Margot C. Lester more independent ilk? Are they Staff Writer cutting back? “Spending trends do vary,” At the end of last month, admits Scott Conary, owner global coffee conglomerate Star- of the Open Eye, Caffe Driade bucks announced it was cutting and Carrboro Coffee Company. 6,700 employees, closing stores “People say, ‘I’ll cut that out’, but and slowing expansion plans in it doesn’t last. Our customers re- the wake of big declines in rev- alize coffee’s an affordable luxury. enue. One factor cited in the What we do see that’s a positive announcement was customers’ overall is people being more care- changing buying patterns. ful to spend money on good cof- During its first round of clos- fee and in the day-to-day making ings in July, Starbucks shuttered of it,” he says. the store at 141 Chatham Downs So instead of shelling out $3.50 in north Chatham County. for a latte, customers may be opting Right now, there’s no indication for a $1.25 espresso. Conary says any other local stores are on the sales of whole beans are up slightly, chopping block. too, indicating that more people It seems fair enough that peo- may be pulling a jolt of joe at home ple who had been spending $5 or more often than they used to. more on a fancy cup of joe (half- What does Conary make of caf, skinny, soy latte or whatever) Starbucks’ announcement? might decide they could do with- “It’s sort of hand waving and out the extra foam in order to save hoping to get a market response,” Illustration by Phil Blank a few precious pennies. But what he says. “They’re paying attention about local coffee drinkers of a to Wall Street, so the things they Recipe of the Week Tuscan Kale with Raisins and Pine Nuts - serves 8 Recipe Provided by Sheri Castle Photo BY AVA BARLOW 3 bunches (about 2 1/2 pounds) Tuscan kale Chapel Hill resident Michele Natale enjoys a double latte at her favorite What’s at (a.k.a. Cavolo Nero, Lacinato, or Dinosaur kale) coffee shop, Caffe Driade, located off East Franklin Street. Market? 3 tablespoons olive oil cite aren’t the real issues. For in- like Conary’s that focus on edu- 2 small yellow onions, peeled and minced stance, what their CEO is willing cating coffee consumers on quali- Check out what’s at the Year- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar Round Farmers’ Market: to give up in salary isn’t enough ty, sourcing sustainably produced 4 tablespoons raisins, plumped in hot water and drained money to make a difference to beans from fairly compensated Lettuce, tomatoes, pac choy, 4 tablespoons pignoli (pine nuts), toasted flour, onions, garlic, arugula, beets, their company. But as we’ve seen growers and providing more than Salt and pepper recently, Wall Street works on just a good cup of java. People are broccoli, brussels sprouts, cab- 1. Remove and discard the stems and center ribs from the kale whim and ideas, not reality.” connecting with the coffee in a bage, carrots, cauliflower, collards, and shred leaves. Working in batches, blanch the kale in a large pot of fresh herbs, kale, leeks, mustard boiling salted water for 2 minutes per batch. Transfer the blanched kale Conary thinks the bigger more personal way, prompting greens, salad greens, spinach, sweet with tongs to a colander and drain well, pressing out as much water as problem facing Starbucks is that many to eschew cookie-cutter potatoes, turnips, turnip greens, possible. the company did what it set out corporate outlets serving frilly winter squashes, pecans, NEW 2. Warm the olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. to do, get more people drinking joe. That’s probably causing Star- chicken-sausage, maple sausage, 3. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 8 more fancy coffee. bucks to have a little bit of an smoked ham, smoked ham hocks, minutes. “The introduction to coffee identity crisis. liverwurst, lamb, bacon, chicken, 4. Add the kale, vinegar, raisins and pine nuts and warm through. is probably what Starbucks does “Who’re they going to be eggs, cow’s milk cheeses, breads, 5. Season with salt and pepper. best,” Conary says. “Now people now?,” Conary asks. “They’re doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, jams, 6. Serve warm or at room temperature. are moving on. There’s been a cutting out decaf after 12 p.m. and relishes. shift in how people view coffee and introducing oatmeal. They’re and what it can and should be.” trying a little bit of everything at That’s good news for shops this point.” REAL ESTATE & CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIED RATES $5.00/issue for up to 15 words. Words over 15: $0.35/word/issue Place your classified ad online until MIDNIGHT Tuesday before publication!

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Mrs. Roxie, Oxford, 1960s Photo by Ken Moore Buds (clockwise from upper left) of tulip poplar, American beech, red maple and pawpaw hen I asked my photo house. Rain, sleet or snow, every day at the FLORA spear-point bud at triloba . Pawpaw buds students to bring to class same time she walked to their house to cook, the ends of horizontal are distinguished by the a single meaningful family clean and take care of their kids. She was like from page 1 snapshot, Kafi Robinson, a their mother in many ways. It got to the point branches. Keep an eye exposed young leaf pro- senior journalism major from where the kids wouldn’t eat their real parents’ Another distinctive on those buds and ob- tected with dark, velvet- WOxford, turned in this piece of unintentional [cooking] – they would wait until ‘Mrs. Roxie’ bud we noticed on serve how the old leaves like hairs. Further down, documentary photography. Her great came. This family NEVER gave her a ride to or last weekend’s excur- are pushed off overnight there may be a similarly grandmother, Roxie Johnson, watches over from their house. She loved those children as sion was the smooth, on or just before April textured fat, round flower four little white girls at the kitchen table. Here if they were her own.… [T]he children in this duck bill-like bud of a 1. That time clock is bud. Definitely go back is Kafi’s narrative: “She worked as a maid for photo are innocent, not realizing how much magnolia relative, the predictable. during late March and this rich white family a few blocks from her racial tension there was in that small town.” handsome tulip poplar, Red maples, Acer early April to see those Liriodendron tulipifera. rubrum, are easily rec- pawpaw flowers. You can begin looking ognized by those deeply Obviously, there are A thousand words high up in the trees for red-colored twigs sport- many more buds out by Jock Lauterer beautiful green and yel- ing red buds at the tips there, each beautiful and Do you have an important old photo that you value? Send your 300 dpi low tulip-shaped flowers and oppositely arranged interesting in distinc- scan to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. in mid-April. along the sides. The tive ways. On your next Because every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words. Beech trees, Fagus closely related southern woods walk, take time grandifolia, easily known sugar maple, Acer barba- to “take a closer look” by their smooth trunks tum, is similar, except it is at the buds. And take and for holding onto brown rather than red. that walk soon, because their copper-brown If you’re really lucky, before long we won’t be Some things just go together leaves, have a long nar- you may discover a grove able to see the forest MILL row copper-colored of pawpaws, Asimina for the leaves. &

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