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carrborocitizen.com april 21, 2011 u locally owned and operated u Volume V No. vi Free Connecticut superintendent County named district’s next leader By Susan Dickson tive culture that places an emphasis allocates Staff Writer on all students learning is critical in a school system. tax funds CHAPEL HILL – The Chapel Hill- “Obviously, the current economic Carrboro City Schools Board of Edu- crisis does not offer much to assist dis- By Susan Dickson cation announced last week that Dr. tricts,” he said. “The children who en- Staff Writer Thomas Forcella, superintendent of ter our school buildings keep us posi- Guilford, Conn., Public Schools, will tive and provide the motivation for us The Orange County Board of Com- serve as the next superintendent of the to press on even in the worst times. missioners voted unanimously on Tues- school district. “None of us should ever be satisfied day to dedicate any funds raised from Forcella has served as superin- with the status quo. In public educa- a quarter-cent sales-tax referendum to tendent in Guilford since 2005 and tion, you are either moving forward or schools and economic development. previously served as superintendent of you’re moving backward.” Earlier this month, the board voted schools in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. At a meeting at Smith Middle to put the referendum on the November He began his career in public School, the board voted unanimously ballot, and on Tuesday board members schools as a special-education teach- to name Forcella as the district’s next voted to allocate 50 percent of potential er and later served as a high school superintendent and offered remarks funds to economic development and 50 principal. Forcella holds a bachelor’s welcoming him to Chapel Hill-Car- percent to education. degree in physical education, a mas- rboro. If approved, the tax would cost resi- ter’s degree in special education and a “One thing that’s clear is that dents an additional 25 cents on a $100 doctorate in educational management achieving our high expectations for purchase, though it wouldn’t apply to from the University of Bridgeport in groceries and medicine. County staff Guilford school district outperforms all students will require you recognize Connecticut. has estimated that the tax would raise other districts of similar socioeco- and draw upon all the resources our “Under his leadership, student $2.5 million annually. Famed botanical illustrator Redouté’s rendering nomic status in statewide testing. The district has to offer,” board member test scores have increased despite re- Economic-development projects of Magnolia macrophylla district includes seven schools serving Greg McElveen said, adding that For- ductions in district resources,” board that could be funded by the tax include Photo by Ken Moore a student population of 3,900. cella has demonstrated he can do that. Chair Jamezetta Bedford said. Ac- the expansion of the county’s Small Forcella said that he believes a posi- cording to a CHCCS press release, the SEE SUP’T PAGE 8 Business Loan Program, innovation centers for new businesses, agricultural By Ken Moore economic development and business- flora development grants. Celebrating community Board members have said they In the footsteps of would like to see funding go toward economic-development initiatives in André Michaux at Abbey Court order to improve the county’s sales- By Will Bryant nder the auspices of tax base. Currently, over 75 percent Staff Writer of county revenue comes from prop- the French govern- erty taxes. ment, botanist André In the early-afternoon hours of Education proceeds from the tax Michaux explored Sunday, April 17, a fight broke out would be split equitably between the at Abbey Court Condominiums. county’s two school systems, with facil- the former English There were no cries of anger, nor were colonies from 1785 to 1796. His ities improvements of older schools and U there any punches thrown. The fight the acquisition of technology as pri- principal mission was to find took place with smiling faces, soaked orities for funding. County and school new tree species to reforest the clothes and water guns amid the leaders will meet next week to discuss French countryside, which had rhythmic sounds of salsa music echo- specific projects that could be funded. ing off the buildings of a changing been depleted for shipbuilding Commissioner Barry Jacobs said he community. would prefer that the economic-devel- during wars with Great Britain. Abbey Court Condominiums was opment and schools funding not be His tireless travels, with nu- celebrating Thingyan, the Burmese limited to the proposed projects. merous excursions across North New Year Water Festival, and more “That way, you leave the door open for than 100 people came out to take part Children of Abbey Court Apartments express their artistic creativity during the schools systems if they want to change Carolina, including the environs in a massive water fight. the Water Festival on Sunday. The festival, which celebrates the Burmese of Hillsborough, provided a that, support it, tweak it,” he said. The festival, hosted by the Human New Year, brought the community together through a combination of water Orange County voters narrowly wealth of new plants for both Rights Center of Chapel Hill and balloons, art, music and good food. rejected a proposed quarter-cent sales the French and British garden- Carrboro, was held to honor to the Photo by Will Bryant tax on the November 2010 ballot, ing world. One of the standouts growing number of Burmese residents with 51.24 percent, or 21,180 votes, living in the area. help the Burmese feel welcome, as The afternoon was filled with the of the new American plants is against the sales tax, and 48.76 percent, “The idea is to acknowledge all well as bring the community to- screams of happy children soaking or 20,755 votes, in favor. Prior to last bigleaf magnolia, Magnolia mac- these people’s culture, especially gether. one another with water guns and year’s referendum, the board had voted rophylla, which was introduced here in Abbey Court,” said Rafael “Here, there are no games for water balloons and the smell of tama- to dedicate 42.5 percent of potential to France in 1800 and flowered Gallegos, the associate director of kids and there are no areas for kids les being served to all in attendance. proceeds to economic development, in Empress Josephine’s garden Human Rights Center. Gallegos to play in,” Gallegos said. “So if you Horseback rides in the Abbey Court 42.5 percent to schools and 15 percent said that as many as 25 Burmese want to develop a sense of commu- quad were offered for the kids. outside Paris as early as 1811. to be split between emergency services families are living in Abbey Court nity, you have to do something like and libraries. I’m happily obsessed with this and that the festival was held to this.” SEE ABBEY COURT PAGE 7 In its 2008 budget, the legislature tree – and though I’ve featured gave counties the option of a quarter- it in past Floras, I’m describing it cent sales-tax increase or a 0.4 percent again because on April 30 you’ll Parking deck, hotel closer to reality land-transfer tax to help compensate for By Kirk Ross have opportunity to see it in the deck on the eastern section of the begin on the project this summer. money taken away from counties when Staff Writer property. Last month, the town Architect Jim Spencer said the the responsibility for paying for Medic- wild, in the very vicinity, near agreed to a formula for leasing up to new deck is likely to be built very aid was turned over to the state. Orange Gastonia, where Michaux saw CHAPEL HILL — Representatives of 250 spaces in the six-level deck – a quickly since it will be assembled County voters overwhelmingly rejected and studied it and introduced it Main Street Partners told the Carr- deal deemed essential to a financing from precast sections. Precasting a transfer-tax referendum in May 2008. to his son, François André. boro Board of Aldermen that they’re agreement for the Hampton Inn ho- uses less concrete than making the The commissioners also discussed a inching closer to a summer start for possible half-cent tax referendum and Famed botanical illustrator tel that is proposed for the site. material on site, Spencer said, and the major redevelopment of 300 Laura Van Sant of Main Street flourishes can be added more easily $10 vehicle tax that would fund region- Pierre-Joseph Redouté’s im- East Main Street. Partners said the hotel has made to the design. al and local transportation planning age of this magnolia, pictured At a meeting Tuesday night at “significant strides” in obtaining -fi initiatives, including light rail and in- above, graces multiple editions of Town Hall, the board reviewed the nancing – and although it’s not 100 creased bus services. Officials are work- François André Michaux’s North final elevation plans for a parking percent certain, work is scheduled to SEE ALDERMEN PAGE 9 ing with Durham and Wake county leaders to develop a transit plan that American Sylva, based on his would be funded by the half-cent tax if father’s earlier Flora Boreali-Amer- Chapel Hill town manager asks officials put it on the November ballot icana, field notes and his own and voters approve it. additional observations from two for review of town services Officials in all three counties will have to make a decision on the possible American visits between 1801 By Kirk Ross as-you-throw for garbage collection have to tap. tax by June. and 1808. Staff Writer and sponsorships for town events. The state’s Local Government In other action, the commissioners As for this year’s budget, the coun- Commission requires towns to main- voted to designate the Murphey School CHAPEL HILL — Another year of cost SEE FLORA PAGE 12 cil will hear a full update of the fiscal tain fund balances equal to at least 7 as an Orange County Local Historic cutting has Chapel Hill Town Man- outlook next week. In a brief review percent of their budgets. The council’s Landmark. The Murphey School has ager Roger Stancil convinced that the earlier this month, Stancil said the fund balance goal for many years has a rich history, opening in 1923, with town needs to restructure the way it town is faced with a substantial short- been 12 percent. Using the town’s the auditorium added in 1936 as one builds its budget, including under- fall. Although expenditures have been fund balance to fill the entire gap of Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Prog- inside taking a thorough review of priorities kept $2.2 million below last year’s would bring the level to 9.5 percent. ress Administration projects. It closed when it comes to town services. projections, another $1.5 million will Stancil said that the town can’t its doors in 1959 when students trans- Town manager to retire In an interview Tuesday, Stancil need to be trimmed. continue to rely on use of the fund ferred to schools in Hillsborough. The said that after two years of belt tight- He told the council that unless balance and cost cutting to fill bud- building was subsequently leased to a See page 3 ening Chapel Hill needs to take a hard a project is important for public get holes, particularly since the town’s church, purchased by a family and even look both at what services it wants to safety or has already begun, it will past saving efforts have made finding used as a nightclub before sitting empty provide and possible alternative rev- be put on hold. places to cut more difficult. for many years. index enue sources. In an outline presented at the meet- “The best way for us to create sav- Jay Miller and his wife, Ebeth Scott- He said he’d like to see the town ing, Stancil indicated that to prevent ings is to not fill a position,” he said. Sinclair, opened the Shared Visions Music ...... 2 conduct a review of what it does over a tax increase and layoffs the town “But at this point, there’s not a lot of Retreat Center at the school last year News ...... 3 the next year and reset service levels to would need to dip into its fund bal- turnover.” after spending more than two years House Calls ...... 4 reflect the budget realities. ance to plug an almost $5 million gap. He told the council at the budget renovating the historic building. The Community Calendar ...... 5 “We need to have some way to pri- Saving an additional $1.5 million briefing to get ready to lay the ground- center, located off Old N.C. 10 in east- Opinion ...... 6 oritize them,” Stancil said. between now and June 30 and de- work for a shift in the years ahead. ern Orange County, provides space and Schools ...... 8 The town also needs to consider laying capital projects would free up “The strategies we had worked,” services to local nonprofits and hosts Sports ...... 9 revenue sources that have been reject- some of the money going toward the he said, “but it is not sustainable long- programs and activities. Classifieds ...... 11 ed in the past, he said, such as advertis- debt-management fund and reduce term.” Water Watch ...... 12 ing on Chapel Hill Transit buses, pay- the amount of savings the town would 2 THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011 The Carrboro Citizen
music calendar SPOTLIGHT: Kina Grannis thursday april 21 thursday april 28 Cat’s Cradle: Big K.R.I.T and Cat’s Cradle: Man Man, Grand- Freddie Gibbs, Smoke DZA, Big children. 9pm. $14 Remo. 9:30pm. $13/15 The Cave: LATE: Dexter The Cave: LATE: Foscoe Romweber City Tap: Chris Filan. 7pm City Tap: Chatham County Slim General Store Cafe: Tony and Papa Mike. 9pm Galiani. 7pm General Store Cafe: Dean Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: Tuck, Bob Siegel. 7pm Swang Brothers, Tod Eric Verts. Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: Mark 8pm. Free eisLEY Cool with Art Champagne, Guilty Local 506: Grails, James Black- Wednesday April 27 Pleasures. 7pm shaw. 9:30pm. $10/12 Cat’s Cradle The Resevoir: . Blag’ard, Glen Iris, Memorial Hall: Branford Mar- Ape! 10pm. $4 salis with the North Carolina Jazz Nightlight: Senryu, Wesley monday april 25 The Station at Southern Repertory Orchestra. 7:30pm Wolfe Cat’s Cradle: Devin the Dude, Rail: Stephanie Nilles. 10pm Nightlight: Pink Flag, Let Me Open Eye: Dogwood Deddy. CunninLynguists, Homeboy Sand- friday april 29 Crazy. 9:30pm 8pm man, Coughee Brothaz. 9pm. $14/16 Cat’s Cradle: Peter, Bjorn and The Station at Southern saturday april 23 Local 506: The Dirt Daubers, The John, Bachelorette. 8:45pm. $15/18 Rail: Aminal. 10pm Tremors. 9:30pm. $8 ArtsCenter: Too Much Fun An- The Cave: Jack Maverick and His friday april 22 niversary Concert. 8:30pm The Resevoir: . Ghost Box Or- Wild Rebels, The Mystery Men, The chestra, Adam Thorn and The Top ArtsCenter: Kina Grannis with Cat’s Cradle: Yacht, Jeffrey Jeru- Krektones, Aqualads, 9th Wave, The Buttons. 10pm, $4 Imaginary Friend. 8:30pm salem, Robes. 9pm. $12/15 Space Rangers, The Straight 8’s City Tap: The Cave: EARLY: Nikki Meets The Cave: LATE: Rootsie, tuesday april 26 Dave Fox and Mike the Hibachi, Matthew Brookshire. Henbrain Cat’s Cradle: YELLE, French Bolejack, George Worthmore, Marc Brown $5 LATE: Last Years Men, Spider City Tap: See No Weevil, Shawn Horn Rebellion. 9pm. $18/20 General Store Cafe: Bags Deena Local 506: Captured by Robts. Eversole City Tap: and The Flame. 8pm Brenda Linton, Greg General Store Cafe: Mathew 9:30pm. $8/10 Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: Hawks and Bluemont Road, Chris Brookshire, Nikki Meets the Hibachi. Kina Grannis Chappell wednesday april Bloodroot Barters, Humble Tripe. 8pm 27 with Imaginary Friend General Store Cafe: Apple- 8pm. Free Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: Jeff Cat’s Cradle: Eisley, The Narra- Twenty-five-year-old singer-songwriter Kina Grannis brings sauce. 8pm Local 506: The Submarines, Pep- Hart, Red Mojo. 8pm. Free tive, Christie Dupree. 8pm. $12/15 her sweetly melancholic sound to The ArtsCenter this Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: per Rabbbit. 9:30pm. $10/12 Local 506: Embarrassing Fruits, The Cave: EARLY: Brian McGee Friday (April 22) on the heals of the release of her new Devon Elizabeth, Animal Alphabet. Nightlight: Tomahawks, Embar- The Big Picture, Towers. 9:30pm. LATE: The Bloodroots Barter, record, Stairwells. Grannis was the winner of the Doritos 8pm. Free rassing Fruits, Reds and Blues, Ben Free Johnny Staxx and the Durty Boyz Crash the Super Bowl contest, earning her a recording Local 506: Davis. 9:30pm I Was Totally Destroy- Open Eye: Gray Byrd. 8pm Local 506: Parts and Labor, Secu- contract with Interscope Records and airtime for her ing It, Antibubbles, Prisms. 9:30pm. Open Eye: Bicycle Ukulele. 8pm lar Joy. 9:30pm. $8/10 music video during Super Bowl XLII commercial breaks. $4/7 The Station at Southern Rail: Doug Largent Trio. 6pmMusic Nightlight: Supreme Fiction saturday april 30 Grannis was also recently named XM radio’s singer-song- Cat’s Cradle: Young Dro, Killer writer of the year. Mike, Pac Div, Dee-1. 9:30pm. $14/16 MOVIEs We suggest you call for exact show times The show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance The Cave: The Surge, Bu Hao and $15 the day of the show. Carolina of Durham The Lumina Ting, Noseriders, Atomic Mosquitos, 309 W. Morgan St., 560-3030 Southern Village, 932-9000 Coffin Daggers, Daidaiju, Phatlynx The Changeling, Friday only, 7 p.m.; Hop; Hanna; Rio; Scream 4; Water City Tap: George Worthmore, durham’s historic movie palace Pet Sematary, Friday only, 9:30 p.m.; for Elephants Sarah Shook and The Devil film schedule april 22-28 The IndependenT’s Jane Eyre, nightly at 7 & 9:25 p.m., retrofantasma film series fri 4/22 General Store Cafe: Tommy Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 & Regal Timberlyne 6 the changeling 7pm 120 Banks Drive, 933-8600 Edwards and Friends. 8pm stephen King’s pet sematary 9:30pm 4:25 p.m.; Of Gods and Men, nightly at Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: Doug jayne eyre 7:10 & 9:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday Call for show times. Largent Trio. 8pm. Free Nightly at 7 & 9:25pm matinees 2:10 & 4:30 p.m.; Le Quattro The Varsity Sat & Sun Matinees at 2 & 4:25pm Katy’s Music Bar: The Blood- Volte, Saturday-Tuesday and Thursday 123 E. 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Main StrEEt, carrboro artscenterlive.org **a sterisks denote advance tickets @ schoolkids records in raleigh, cd alley in chapel hill order tix online at etix.com H we serve carolina brewery beer on tap!H we are a non-smoking club The Carrboro Citizen News thursday, APRIL 21, 2011 3 Briefs Town manager to retire Carrboro Town Manager has worked in local govern- of aldermen, town employees Holiday schedule Steve Stewart announced on ment since 1974 and has served and the community for the op- Most municipal offices in Carrboro and Chapel Hill will be Wednesday that he plans to re- as a local-government manager portunity to serve the town. closed on Friday for Good Friday. tire in late summer or early fall for more than 34 years in com- He expects to remain a Car- There will be no curbside trash pickup on Friday for Chapel of this year. munities in North Carolina, rboro resident and looks for- Hill residences; however, there will be pickup for commercial Stewart, a native of Burling- South Carolina and Virginia. ward to pursuing other inter- businesses. There will be no curbside trash pickup in Carrboro. ton, has served as town man- Stewart expressed his appre- ests following his retirement. Residences regularly scheduled for Friday pickup in Carrboro ager since September 2003. He ciation to the mayor and board – Staff Reports will have their garbage collected today (Thursday). There will be no schedule change in curbside recycling col- lection. The Orange County Landfill and Solid Waste Convenience Carrboro’s big dig continues Centers will remain open on Friday. Chapel Hill Transit will By Kirk Ross operate on a Saturday schedule and resume regular service on “They cut our April 25. Staff Writer phones lines twice now,” she said. Police promotions CARRBORO — The clanking The vibrations Chapel Hill Police Capt. Leo Vereen was promoted to as- of large shovels and the rumble from the rollers have sistant chief of the Chapel Hill Police Department last week, of road rollers are still shaking been intense at times, one of many promotions given in the department in order to up Weaver Street as work moves Koistinen said, but enhance community-policing efforts. ahead on the extensive rebuild- the picture window Lt. Chuck Quinlan was promoted to captain, Sgt. Jason ing of the roadbed. she had shored up McIntyre was promoted to lieutenant and Investigator Celisa Business owners say the noise, before the project Lehew was promoted to sergeant. dust and detours have been a started has held. “These promotions will help us to continue our focus on bother and have definitely had “It’s been a con- community-oriented policing,” Chief Chris Blue said. “Our an impact on business. stant source of ex- department’s emerging leaders are committed to improving “April is typically our busy citement,” she said of our connections with residents.” month, and we’re slower than we the project. like – slower than we expected,” George Seiz, di- Carrboro seeks input said DeeDee Lavinder, owner of rector of Carrboro The Town of Carrboro will hold back-to-back sessions in The Red Hen. The shop, which Public Works, said Town Hall on the transportation priorities of Carrboro today typically displays an assortment business owners (Thursday) from 5 to 8 p.m. of wares in its front yard and haven’t been shy From 5 to 7 p.m., Chapel Hill Transit will take comments porch, has curtailed that practice about letting him photo by kirk ross on how to improve its fixed-route bus system, and from 7 to 8 a bit due to the dust from the and his staff know p.m. the North Carolina Department of Transportation will sewer line-replacement project in what’s not going seek input on how to improve its transportation services in the the western block of the street. right with the project. been spots that have required But Seiz is cautious about the area over the next decade. The NCDOT requires communities But Lavinder shrugged it off, That feedback usually comes extra removal and replacement work ahead, even though the to develop a local priority list for all transportation projects. noting that it was pollen season with an understanding that this is of material. Seiz said he still subgrade problems have not been This includes highway, transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects. anyway. a major rebuilding project. projects meeting the six-to-10 extensive. If you have a question or comment on transportation priori- Dianne Koistinen, owner “Generally, people are being week window for completion of “There’s still plenty of road left ties but are not able to attend the meeting, contact Jeff Brubak- of The Beehive, said running a good sports about it,” he said. the east block, which will ease to go,” he said. er, Carrboro Transportation Planner, at 918-7329. business on the eastern block of Seiz said the timetable for the the minds of business owners, as If you have questions about Weaver Street, where the major project is still on track despite well as the traffic snarls. the road work or want to check road work is going on, has been heavy rains that required filling “I’m encouraged by the prog- the schedules and read the latest a challenge. Walk-in traffic is back in some of the work tem- ress,” he said. “Certainly, get- update, visit the town’s Weaver down and the view is often less porarily to protect the subgrade ting that first block done will be Street page at townofcarrboro. than desirable. of the road. There have also a good thing for all.” org/WS
how to reach us The Carrboro Citizen 942-2100 P.O. Box 248 942-2195 (FAX) DENR to hold public meeting on contaminant 309 Weaver St., Suite 300 Carrboro, NC 27510 By Taylor Sisk DENR’s investigation began after to the former dry-cleaning loca- DSCA will install a vapor- EDITORIAL [email protected] Staff Writer the discovery of traces of perchlo- tion. At the time the business was mitigation system at the Elm Street ADVERTISING [email protected] / 942-2100 ext. 2 roethylene, or PERC, in the vicin- in operation, such chemicals were home. An opening will be drilled CARRBORO – The state Depart- SUBSCRIPTIONS ity. PERC is a colorless, nonflam- commonly disposed of with little through a concrete floor and a The Carrboro Citizen is free to pick up at our many locations through- ment of Environment and Natu- mable liquid commonly used in or no knowledge of the health fan with a blower will vent the air out Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro and Hillsborough. Subscriptions ral Resources (DENR) will hold the dry-cleaning industry. risks they posed. through a pipe installed in the roof. are also available via first class mail and are $85 per year. Send a check a public meeting on April 28 at 7 The chemical is easily vapor- DENR’s Division of Waste Indoor air testing is planned in to The Citizen, Post Office Box 248, Carrboro, N.C. 27510. Visa/ p.m. in the Carrboro Town Hall ized and can then migrate into Management’s Dry-Cleaning an adjacent vacant house. Mastercard are also accepted. Please contact Anne Billings at 919-942- boardroom. The meeting’s pur- buildings. One home on nearby Solvent Cleanup Act program Officials said last week that 2100 for credit card orders. pose is to provide information on Elm Street was found to have un- (DSCA), the lead agency in the in- they also would be collecting un- the results of air sampling taken acceptable vapor levels of the sub- vestigation and cleanup of the site, derground soil gas and ground- on three residences and two busi- stance, and DENR officials said will conduct the public meeting. water data at six non-residential nesses in the immediate vicin- the department was taking steps DENR officials say that the properties in the immediate vi- You're Invited to a Special Arts Event at the ity of a now-defunct dry-cleaning to counteract any health risks that elevated levels of PERC found cinity. The department has been Body Therapy Institute in Chatham County business that is believed to have might result from those levels. at the Elm Street residence war- conducting statewide testing for dumped, in the early 1970s, a po- According to DENR, no dan- ranted a second round of testing in PERC and similar contaminants. tential cancer-causing chemical. gerous levels were found at the the vicinity, which has now been The investigation at 408 W. The business, MEM One- other residences and the businesses completed. DENR reports that Weaver St. began in December Hour Martinizing, operated at where air samples were taken. the homes and businesses showed 2009, when the property owner Body, Earth 408 W. Weaver St., near the in- DENR discovered evidence of either no contaminants or had voluntarily entered the DSCA tersection of Main and Weaver PERC at the CITGO station at “concentrations considered well program. Work began in Febru- streets, where Summerwinds the corner of Main and Weaver within acceptable levels for human ary 2010 and an initial report was & Imagination Pools & Spas is now located. streets in 2009 and traced it back health.” completed in October.
NO CHANGE IN CURBSIDE RECYCLING THE WEEK OF GOOD FRIDAY Curbside recycling will be collected Friday, April 22 v Investments as regularly scheduled v Retirement Planning Services Please have your bins out by 7:00am! v Education Savings Dan Ryon v Financial Assessments Financial Advisor The Orange County Landfill v Free Portfolio Reviews will be OPEN Friday April 22 205 West Main Street, Suite 101 and Saturday April 23 as usual. Carrboro, NC 27510 Member SIPC Bus. 919-933-3191 Solid Waste Convenience Centers will be OPEN Friday April 22 and Saturday April 23 as usual.
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Beware the “Sweater Curse.” According to the group of wom- en who attend the Carrboro-based knitting group Stitch ’n Bitch, it happens when someone knits an article of clothing for a significant other and gets dumped shortly after. “It’s a financial and emotional investment [to knit something for someone],” said group member Laurel Burk. “It has a domestic connotation.” “Making things for other people is really special,” said Lesley Starke as she smoothed her hand over the child’s sweater she was knitting. “It’s a meditation on that person.” Members of Stitch n’ Bitch show their socks, scarves, blankets, cardigans, slippers, sweaters and shawls “You just shouldn’t knit some- at April Meeting #1 at Open Eye Cafe. The members from left-right are: Laurel Burk, Jessica Thornton, thing for your boyfriend until you Andrea Turini, Kristin Deinert, Tracey Fine, Rose Hoban, Vanessa Hays and Lesley Starke. have a commitment from him,” Photo by Allison Russell added Jessica Thornton with a knowing smile. Hoban said she named the Starke, who creates her own in physics at UNC, said the group The Sweater Curse, along with group “Stitch ’n Bitch” because it’s knitting patterns, is currently work- is something she looks forward to the “Second Sock Syndrome” – a commonly used phrase among ing on five projects. after working and studying. what happens when a knitter fin- knitters and sewers. “I never have fewer than two “I do this to stay sane,” she said. ishes the first sock but lacks the “My mom called it ‘stitch ’n going on at once,” she said. “I start The women talk about anything motivation to finish the pair – are bitch’ when she and her friends to feel antsy, so I’ll just break out all and everything as they knit, sipping topics of spirited discussion at a would get together to do needle- my [knitting pattern] books and get wine and counting stitches. Graham Carroll Roehrig Stitch ’n Bitch meeting on a Thurs- point back in the ’70s,” she said. the creativity flowing.” “If your mother is proper, this arrives in Carrboro day night at Open Eye Café. The women of the group range The project she has been work- probably isn’t the best place for her, Rose Hoban founded the group Maggie Dickson and Eric Roehrig of Carrboro are very in knitting skills from novice to ex- ing on for more than two years is because we get a little riled up,” said in January 2007 after she moved to a scarf that uses Chaos Theory as a Hoban, who says she has brought her pleased to announce the birth of their son, Graham Car- pert, which makes the group a place Chapel Hill from Washington. to learn as well as to teach. code to determine the color pattern. mother to a Stitch ’n Bitch meeting. roll Roehrig, on Friday, April 15, 2011. “I was just sitting around and “One of the reasons I like this “It’s kind of like reading DNA,” Vanessa Hays, a graduate stu- The equally pleased grandparents are Eileen and Frank moping after a breakup, and I group so much is because there are Starke said, glancing up from the dent in UNC’s School of Informa- Roehrig of Southport, N.C., and Vicky and Robert Dick- thought the group would be a good people here that I can ask for help,” knitting in her lap. “The code deter- tion and Library Science, said she son of Carrboro. way to meet people,” said Hoban, said Burk, who is working on her mines the color [of the yarn I use for enjoys “yarn bombing” on campus Look for Graham being strolled down a sidewalk near who created a Meetup.com group first pair of Argyle socks and wait- each stitch]. It’s like reading binary and throughout Carrboro. you soon. to spread the word to other inter- ing to see if the Second Sock Syn- code. It’s kind of insane.” “It’s like a street art kind of thing,” ested “stitchers.” drome will set in. Burk, who is a graduate student Hays said. “It’s when you knit some- thing as a cover for something out- side, like making a cozy for a tank.” “It’s simply brilliant!” Hoban added from across the circle. Hays says she has yarn bombed Weaver Street Market and UNC’s campus. She made a blue-and- brown tube around a tree in front of Weaver Street as well as a scarf tied around the neck of one of the stat- ues behind Manning Hall. “I like to do it at night so people will wake up the next day and see something new,” Hays said. “My goal is to do one every day.” As a result of the close-knit na- ture of the group, Hoban says peo- ple have come and gone in the past. “Everybody has been really great, but the group is self-selecting. It’s not for some folks,” Hoban said. “I don’t try to enforce any ethos here,” she added. “It’s just come, knit and hang out.”
Allison Russell writes for the Carrboro Commons, a bi-weekly online lab newspaper for Jock Lauterer’s Com- munity Journalism class at the School of Journalism and Mass Communica- tion, and is also an intern with The Carrboro Citizen. The Carrboro Citizen Community thursday, april 21, 2011 5 Calendar Thursday April 21 $10 Registration required piedmont- Theatre, 7:30pm $5 students/$10 D. G. Martin — To speak on ktc.org adults tinyurl.com/drowsytix “Thirteen is My Lucky Number: Scrapel Hill Exhibit — Open- OC Democratic Women — Upcoming Interviews with Fasci- ing Reception for the 3rd Annual To meet with guests Gwen Wilkins, nating People.” Seymour Center, Scrapel Hill Exhibit and Competition. Sarah Anderson and Linda Chewning. 2:30pm Free University Mall, 6-8pm OWASA Building, 7pm 593-1904 Autism Awareness Lecture Saturday April 23 Talk on Palestine — Mary — Presented by The OPC Area Hulett and Gayle Ruedi present Program, will feature a lecture by Jim Easter Egg Hunt — Sponsored by The Preservation Society of Cha- reflections, Palestine: A Human Bodfish. Extraordinary Ventures, 200 Rights Perspective, on their recent S. Elliott Road, 1-3pm Free 913-4055 pel Hill, for children 8 and under. On the lawn of Horace Williams House, study tour with the Israeli Commit- Sacrificial Poets— Grand Slam 10am chapelhillpreservation.com tee Against House Demolitions-UK. Finals. The ArtsCenter, 7pm artscen- Community Church of Chapel terlive.org Earth Day Celebration — Hill Unitarian Universalist, 6:30pm Demonstrations, kids’ activities and 881-2205 Fair Trade Event — Sample car- live music. Chapel Hill Farmers’ Mar- damom brownies and locally roasted ket at University Mall, 8am-noon Saturday April 30 coffee, with part of the proceeds to Transactors Improv — Creates fund the Fair Trade Town Initiative. Monday April 25 “Fiasco,” which focuses on a fictional illustration by phil blank Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe, 5-9pm Time Out — With guest Ray theater company as it rehearses and humanrightscities.org LaFrenaye discussing the new UNC stages a play based on a historical Hospital in Hillsborough. WCOM-FM Dulcimer Players — The Caro- fiasco. The ArtsCenter, 8pm artscen- Sheri Castle — To be at the Car- Tax Assistance — Free for 103.5, 5pm Ongoing lina Mountain Dulcimer Players will terlive.org rboro Farmers’ Market, 8:30am Cancer Support — Support clients of any age whose household meet at Carol Woods Retirement Chapel Hill Bird Club — Meet- Global Issues Symposium Funkilicious — ‘70s, ‘80s Disco, groups at Cornucopia House for income is low to moderate. All VITA Community. 7pm 929-5359 ing, with Dr. Rob Bierregaard speak- — Designed to help NC residents Funk Dress Theme Party/fundraiser cancer patients and their families. services are available at no charge ing on “Barred Owls in Rural and Film Screening — What A Way respond to global issues. Unity Cen- to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness, cornucopiahouse.org including electronic filing of your tax Suburban Habitats.” Binkley Baptist return (e-file). El Centro Hispano, To Go: Life At The End Of Empire. ter of Peace, 8800 Seawell School HIV/Aids Awareness and Prevention, Cancer Support — Support Church, 7:30pm 562-1670 Carrboro Plaza Shopping and Sey- Internationalist Books, 7pm Road, 10am-3:30pm $20 office@ Burkina Faso School of Girls Scholar- groups and wellness programs mour Center, orangecountync.gov. Thursday April 28 unitychapelhill.org ship fund and both Chapel Hill and sponsored by N.C. Cancer Hospital. Friday April 22 Carrboro community centers. The Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche CHHS Production — Perfor- Healthy Kids Day — At the unclineberger.org/patient/support/ Station, 8pm — To speak on “What is Wisdom in mance of The Drowsy Chaperone, Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA, 10am- supportgroup.asp Tibetan Buddhism?” Unity Center of a celebration of jazz-age musicals. 2pm chcymca.org Peace, 7:30pm Suggested donation Continues through April 30. Hanes Send your Community Calendar submissions to [email protected]
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Robert Reich Since 2007 As the government ap- proaches its borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion, Republi- Your Communityj Newspaper cans are seeking political Locally Owned & Operated advantage over what condi- tions should be attached to raising that limit. from the editor This is a scandal – or should be. Raising the debt The earnest season limit shouldn’t be subject There are many discernible periods in to party politics. Economic the cycle of our local governments. Soon extortion should be out of it’ll be budget season – when things go bounds. It’s bad enough that government shutdowns into overdrive, culminating in a rapid-fire have become an accepted series of decisions. part of political negotia- Just prior to that season, the elected tion. But failure to increase leaders of this university community are the amount the treasury can borrow would have far privy to numerous reports compiled by graver results. earnest, forthright young people as part Not only would the gov- of their education. ernment be unable to issue This end-of-semester flurry of analysis, Social Security or Medicare recommendations and even proposed new checks but the United States couldn’t pay interest on its ordinances is usually delivered to our lo- current debt. We’d go into cal boards by a team of students. Their default. The full faith and work ranges from exemplary and use- Caveat emptor! Buyer beware! credit of the United States ful to overly abstract and not so useful. would be in jeopardy. Trea- Jeanne Brown Both properties are located at an entrance to Chapel Hill. sury bonds would go into Almost always, the projects are aimed at Proposals for smaller developments on both sites have been de- free fall. Interest rates would making a point, and for that they should My mother-in-law was a real estate agent in California. So nied by the town council in the past few years. In both cases, the skyrocket. We, and most of be received in the spirit in which they’re when it came time for my husband and me to buy a home, she reasons for denial included the inconsistency with the zoning the rest of the world, would given. It might be tempting to get cynical reminded us of one of her Golden Rules of Real Estate: “Caveat and the environmental impact. fall into financial chaos. when the kids get preachy, but the gist of Emptor” – “Let the buyer beware.” Both properties are gateway properties to Chapel Hill. The recovery is still frag- From that rule came our list of important considerations for The property buyers knew full well that these properties were ile. All this would force us what they’re saying is often spot-on and house buying. We avoid busy streets and ensure that neighboring zoned for low-density housing. and most of the rest of the the issues highlighted are frequently in- lots are zoned for residential use. We research school assignments Both proposed projects include condominiums, despite the world into a deeper recession deed areas of concern requiring focus. carefully and my husband drives his route to work at busy times. glut of condominiums already on the market and those already or worse. This year, as in several years past, students Within seven months of moving to Chapel Hill, we were in- approved but not yet built. No one in their right formed that our children would be redistricted from one school During the Nov. 8, 2010 town council meeting, the council mind would threaten this. again brought up the pressing need for the to another. During our nine years in a suburb of Boston, the agreed that “the days of ad-hoc decisions” are over. Since then, Yet it’s talked about as if it’s community living near the Orange County schools had only one minor redistricting, so we hadn’t under- initial committees have begun forming to begin the Compre- just another aspect of Wash- landfill to be relieved of its longtime burden stood the real estate agent’s strong emphasis on the importance hensive Planning process . Aside from allowing discussion on ington politics – a threat and made whole again. Students made their of walk zones. Lesson learned. issues of zoning, land use and density, this process affords us an that might be carried out in case with a study showing 47 illegal dump- Even more surprising to us, however, was a carpool conversa- opportunity to address two other issues and thereby strengthen early July when the treasury tion last spring in which one of the children lamented the pro- the Comprehensive Plan, helping future councils guide growth runs out of ways to keep sites in the Rogers and Eubanks roads neigh- posed Obey Creek project that would place an eight-story hotel and protecting the interests of homeowners and landowners. paying our debts. borhood as well as numerous citations of du- in his backyard. His parents had evaluated their home purchase First, as council member Ed Harrison pointed out on April In fact, it’s a giant game of plicitous behavior on the part of a succession carefully. They were reassured that the property was zoned for 9, “There are no requirements in a Comprehensive Plan. It needs highway chicken – and if one of local governments toward the community low-density housing and protected as part of the Jordan Lake more specific policies” so that the same document can’t be inter- driver doesn’t yield, the crash that hosts its landfill. This part of our local Watershed Area. preted in a variety of ways. will be catastrophic. Games Imagine their surprise when they discovered that a developer Second, a stronger set of guidelines and procedures should be of chicken are won by driv- history has been, for decades, the awful ex- was proposing that this property be rezoned to allow the densest developed for the Concept Plan process to prevent the all-too- ers able to convince their op- ample of not walking the walk. Chapel Hill development yet. And surprise turned to dismay as familiar scenario in which the council finds itself backed into ponents they won’t swerve. In the wake of this new report – and all the Chapel Hill Town Council allowed concept-plan negotia- a corner by a developer who has met the council’s checklist but That gives a strategic advan- the reports preceding it and all the task forc- tions to begin at 1,200 condos, a University Mall-sized shopping whose project is clearly at odds with the goals of the Comprehen- tage to Republicans backed center and an eight-story hotel. What happened to beginning sive Plan and the wishes of area neighbors. For instance, in the by the Tea Party, who are es and study committees past and present – with the zoning regulations and Small Area Plan? Under those case of large developments, the process should include a walk- so convinced government is it’s a little stunning to see that the county is guidelines, the yardstick for evaluating this project would have through of the property and surrounding neighborhood. Doing evil they’ve signaled they’d thinking of extending its stay in the neigh- been 120 homes and environmental protections. a walkthrough before giving feedback to developers would allow be willing to risk it. borhood a little longer. The argument in During my five years in Chapel Hill, I’ve noticed a trend the council to guide development in a more meaningful way and But this shouldn’t be favor is, naturally, that it is the easiest and toward consideration and approval of projects that require re- lead to suggestions that meet everyone’s needs. a matter of political strat- zoning and Special Use Permits. An example that is currently Please encourage the town council to refrain from approving egy. Disagreement about least-costly thing to do. before the town council is the Aydan Court project, which is Aydan Court, Charterwood or other high-impact, ad-hoc zon- the nation’s budget should It’s as easy as directing the landfill staff to scheduled for a vote on April 25. ing requests until the Comprehensive Planning process has been be worked out through the squeeze even more years out of the property. Although the projects differ in scope, there are many similari- completed. The developers are being included as a focus group constitutional process of ma- More years would equal more tipping fees. ties between Obey Creek and Aydan Court: in the process, which will allow us to work together to create a jority votes in Congress, fol- The properties are environmentally sensitive areas that have common vision for Chapel Hill. You can send your e-mail to lowed by the president’s sig- That may sound fine to, say, anyone just been given special designation by the town. [email protected] nature or veto and Congress’s starting to pay attention to the situation, but Both properties were set aside as buffers to higher-density de- right to override the veto. the reality is that more years of the landfill velopment Jeanne Brown is a Chapel Hill resident. No group of legislators is mean more years of failure on the part of lo- entitled to threaten to crash cal governments to live up to their word and the United States economy letters if its demands aren’t met. their creed. It’s not just about the landfill; it’s The biggest surprise is the about paying that debt that has built up – Community Dinner ethnic, special needs and age group. In this Don’t destroy early silence of American business the one that is conveniently forgotten when Thanks to everyone who played a part way, the dinner enhances the spirit of diver- education and Wall Street. They have sity in the community. To those of you who something is easier or less costly. in making the 14th annual Community The other week, I received a phone as much, if not more, to lose Dinner a resounding success. Close to 500 attended this year’s event, we are sure no ex- It means more years of illegal dumping, call from a citizen who asked when as anyone if this game ends people gathered to eat food prepared by planation is needed regarding the benefit of more child-care subsidy slots would in tragedy. Yet the GOP – more years of buzzards and stench and trucks Mama Dip’s Kitchen, The Carolina Inn, such happenings as the Community Din- be available. I subsequently learned which big business and Wall rolling through constantly. It means more Margaret’s Cantina and Bandido’s Mexi- ner. Our shared understanding and pride in that there are approximately 500 indi- Street fund – insists on play- years of contaminated wells and lack of servic- can Café. Many local restaurants, together community is, as we know, even stronger as viduals on the waiting list. She works ing it. a result of this year’s event, and we look for- es and more years before that park promised with many businesses and organizations, and has difficulty affording child care. Why isn’t the Business provided supplementary entrees and des- ward to seeing you daily in the community I had no encouragement I could give Roundtable decrying the three decades ago is even considered. serts. We would particularly like to thank and at the dinner next year. her. Is this the situation that we wish use of this tactic? Where are Most importantly, it means more years of Mama Dip’s Kitchen for cooking the lion’s Nerys Levy more citizens to face? Smart Start is the leaders of Wall Street? environmental racism visited on a neighbor- share of 14 community dinners. All who at- Chapel Hill facing debilitating cuts in administra- Where are the corporate hood in a place that professes to be a cham- tended enjoyed a poem by Carrboro’s poet tive costs, but also in subsidies. Several statesmen? They should in- laureate, Jay Bryan, and entertainment by Sensible solutions pion of justice. hundred additional families may lose sist this game of chicken be the Cathedral of Hope Community Male I don’t live in Carrboro, but I accept that their child-care assistance, pre-school called off or they’ll stop the Choir, KidZNotes, the Jigsaw 44 choir from Carrboro needs an easily accessible library. staff & contributors funding and/or quality enhancement, funding. Gravelly Hill Middle School in Efland and As an Orange County homeowner and tax- jeopardizing their ability to work. Maybe they think the payer, I am concerned about the wisdom of editorial Grupo Capoeira Brasil North Carolina. Pending legislation would eliminate crash won’t happen, that Sound was by Erich Lieth, and Ron Stutts buying an expensive piece of property and Robert Dickson, Publisher Family Support and Early Intervention Obama and the Dems will of WCHL1360 and Marlyn Valeiko from building a probable multimillion-dollar and Health Programs. cave in to Paul Ryan and the Kirk Ross, News and Opinion Editor Orange County’s Department of Housing, structure. A thriftier approach seems appro- Do we really want to eliminate Republicans before that. Taylor Sisk, Managing Editor Human Rights and Community Develop- priate now. When times are good again and these programs for high-risk families If so, they’re wrong. Liz Holm, Art Director ment were the emcees. the schools have all been repaired, then is the with young children? Programs such The Republicans’ demands Susan Dickson, Staff Writer This year’s event was an overwhelming time to build a nice, big new library. I pro- as these support positive child devel- are so far beyond the pale Eddy Landreth, Margot Lester, Phil Blank, success, in part because of the efforts of so pose that a library be opened in the building opment and parenting, which can – turning Medicare into Lucy Butcher, Alicia Stemper, Mike Li, many people who have worked on dinners vacated by CVS when (and if?) they build prevent costly services, such as special vouchers that funnel money Contributors for the past 13 years. The event is designed their new store. If more space is needed, education, in the future. More at Four, to private insurance com- Will Bryant, Kevin Collins, Allison Russell, to bring people together who might not a sunroom-style reading room could be which targets at-risk children, is an- panies, turning Medicaid Interns ordinarily cross paths, and this year’s din- added in the space between Elmo’s and the other program slated for budget cuts. and food stamps into block Ava Barlow, Alex Maness Photographers ner shows that the event continues to be CVS building. The spot is centrally located Yet research has repeatedly shown that grants that would deliver an important part of the community’s an- and convenient. Parking is already avail- More at Four children have improved less to the poor, giving a gi- advertising nual calendar. This year’s dinner reflected able. No need to build another large asphalt third-grade reading and math scores. ant tax windfall to the very Marty Cassady, Ad Director marty@ even more concerted efforts to include lo- parking lot, which is just another slap to the I hope that all citizens tell their rich – they cannot be met carrborocitizen.com cally sourced foods on the menu and to be environment. This would also avoid putting representatives that they will not toler- without causing the Demo- operations a zero-waste event (95 percent composted residents and pedestrians through the noise ate destroying years of early-childhood cratic base (and most inde- or recycled). and disruption of new construction. Anne Billings, Office Coordinator anne@ progress that has given thousands of pendents) to revolt. carrborocitizen.com Without your help and donations, we It is time we all stopped borrowing mon- children an opportunity to succeed. Yesterday, Standard & would not have been able to offer such an ey to live like we are the richest people in the Please contact Bill Faison, Joe Hack- Poor’s (hardly a beacon of Distribution exceptional dinner for so modest a ticket world. County government included. Let’s ney, Verla Insko and Eleanor Kinnaird. reliability after the Crash Chuck Morton, Wendy Wenck look for sensible, cost-effective solutions for price. By keeping the event truly affordable Bernadette Pelissier of 2008, to be sure) down- Published Thursdays (and by underwriting an unprecedented our needs. Orange County Commissioner, Orange graded America’s credit by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. number of tickets), we were able to host Greta Lee County Partnership for Young Children outlook. Expect more citizens from every income level and every Hillsborough downgrades if the game member, nc press association of chicken continues. The Carrboro Citizen thursday, april 21, 2011 7 Public workers are easy prey
Michelle Laws conditions – they should be glad countries, we have a very un- they have a job, right? WRONG! equal income distribution where It is clear from Wisconsin The mechanisms used to po- compensation goes to the top in a to Ohio to North Carolina and litically disarm and shut down winner-takes-all economy.” places in between – public-sector workers are manifold and in While unimaginable and of- and low-wage workers have be- full play by the far right and ten undeserved wealth (wealth come targeted prey for a socio- their anti-union allies. Robert gained by birth right and very political system that thrives off Reich, former secretary of labor little individual labor) is con- of predatory labor policies and in the Clinton administration, verging at the top, poverty in practices that exploit the labor was spot-on when he wrote in America is deepening and at of public and low-wage workers. a recent column: “It’s far more its highest level since the 1960s For example: policies that deny convenient to go after people when President Lyndon Johnson workers the right to collectively who are doing the public’s work launched a war on poverty. The bargain or management practic- – sanitation workers, police offi- poverty rate climbed from 39.8 es that make it all too convenient cers, fire fighters, teachers, social million people in 2008 to 43.6 to label and fire workers who workers, federal employees – to million in 2009, and, unfortu- protest unjust or unsafe working call them ‘faceless bureaucrats’ nately, race does matter. Poverty conditions as “difficult and -un and portray them as hooligans rose among all race and ethnic ruly, insubordinate” or “confron- who are making off with your groups, but was particularly Abbey Court’s water festival was a great big splash. tational,” or exhibiting “detri- money and crippling federal and higher for blacks (25.8 percent) Photo by Will Bryant mental personal conduct.” These state budgets.” and Hispanics (25.3) than whites were the major claims that were The “frontal assault” on (9.4) in 2009. And because poor ABBEY COURT Blake said the photo booth sion’s goal is to allow artists to America’s public-sector and low- children are often connected to put forth by the Town of Chapel from page 1 gave residents the opportunity expose residents of Chapel Hill Hill in its case against the two wage workers is happening at a poor families, the child poverty to have their pictures taken in and Carrboro to the positive ex- sanitation workers whom they time when the income gap be- rate rose from 19 percent in 2008 a place that exists only in their periences going on in the Abbey fired – Clyde Clark and Kerry tween the top earners and the to 20.7 percent in 2009. Off to the side of the splash- imaginations, far away from the Court community. Bigelow. Bigelow and Clark be- middle and bottom is spiraling Equally troubling is Ameri- ing children, a few local artists dull buildings of Abbey Court. The project will culminate in came scapegoats for a myriad of out of control. According to ca’s current employment crisis, brought another dynamic to the “We’re starting to explore an art exhibition at 523 E. Frank- problems plaguing the Public 2009 census data, the income which is occurring during one celebration that allowed residents dreams and ideas of people,” she lin St. that is scheduled to run Works department in Chapel gap between the richest and of the worst economic recessions to take a piece of the festival said. “But mainly we wanted to June 10 to July 31. Hill, problems that started at the poorest Americans has grown to in American history. The average home with them. take pictures this time and have “The idea, eventually, is that the top with poorly trained, inept its largest margin ever in Ameri- unemployment rate in the U.S. Eleanor Blake, Lincoln Han- something immediately to give to larger community can learn about and unqualified managers who can history (read Tim Noah’s in December 2010 was 9.6. For cock and Neill Prewitt operated the people.” people who live here,” said Blake, demonstrate mastery in shifting “The Great Divergence,” Slate, African-American males, it was a fantasy photo booth for the Blake is a member of the team “so that [the community] can learn the blame and passing the buck, 9/14/10). The top-earning 20 18.4 at the end of 2010, and for Abbey Court residents, allowing of artists that was selected by the about who they really are.” yet show rudimentary skills in percent of Americans – those African-American women it was them to have their pictures taken Town of Chapel Hill Public Arts And as residents of Abbey effective employee management. making more than $100,000 13.8, compared to 9.4 for white with a variety of digital back- Office and the Public Arts Com- Court left the water festival with Assassinating the character each year – received 49.4 per- males and 7.7 for white females, grounds that included dazzling mission to work on the Into the photos in hand, they were able to of public workers who protest or cent of all income generated in and 12.7 for Hispanic males and fireworks, an ancient pagoda and Streets: Community Arts En- get a clearer picture of their com- rating workers’ job performance the U.S. , compared to the 3.4 12.3 for Hispanic females. colorful hearts. gagement Project. The commis- munity as well. as “unsatisfactory” or “poor” percent earned by the bottom 20 The problem with wealth, in- are methods used by managers percent – persons whose earnings come and even employment status and employers to devalue, dis- are below the poverty threshold is that often they are intricately low-wage workers going up against of town, or labor unions that are look through America’s history – credit and undermine the rights (which was $21,834 for a family interconnected to social capital government and capitalists is like sucking the state’s budget dry (as it has ALWAYS been a movement of workers while also garnering of four in 2008 and $21,756 in and political power. Few public David going up against Goliath. argued by Gov. Walker), or piti- of, by and for the people that has public support and sympathy. 2009). The middle-income earn- workers are well connected to the The proverbial stones in workers’ ful cries from undeserving beggars kept “big money” and scoundrel After all, who wants a sanitation ers ($50,000) saw their wages power establishment or have con- slingshots are (1) their critical mass who simply want a handout (as politicians from running amuck worker with a bad attitude on declining on a fast track to the nections with the right social net- and strength in numbers that far others have suggested). and swindling the public’s trust. their route? Or who wants to su- bottom in 2008. works to be able to stop tyrannical outweigh their opponents, and (2) I am encouraged by the mo- pervise a worker who is disgrun- According to Noah, the richest elected officials (e.g., Wisconsin a voting populace that has not be- bilization that is happening on Michelle Laws is the District 8 di- tled because his constant pleas 1 percent account for 24 percent Gov. Scott Walker) or employers come apathetic or hoodwinked by the ground by, and in support rector of the N.C. State Conference to management to implement of the nation’s income. Univer- from enacting policies that work a carefully constructed and often of, workers. I believe that while of Branches of the NAACP, presi- safety standards and measures sity of Wisconsin-Madison pro- against the best interests of work- politically motivated narrative – money and political power may dent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro on his route have repeatedly fessor Timothy Smeeding, in an ers and neutralize workers’ rights. e.g., the tale of two rebel sanitation trump a lot of things, they can NAACP and an adjunct profes- fallen on deaf ears? I mean, who article by Hope Yen (Huffington Without the right social capital – workers who were supposedly out never overtake the power of the sor of sociology at N.C. 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Ryan named Participating students from Project Graduation will be held principal Smith Middle School were: Saturday, June 11, from 11 p .m. Dr. Darlene Ryan has been Stephen Foskey, distinguished to 4 a.m. at the Student Union named principal of Glenwood honor roll; Daniel Lee, distin- on the UNC campus. Elementary School. Ryan’s ap- guished honor roll; Veronica The all-night, alcohol- and pointment was approved by Kim, distinguished honor roll, drug-free celebration is free for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City qualified for AIME; Sarah Wu, all graduating seniors in Chapel Schools Board of Education distinguished honor roll, quali- Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and last week. fied for AIME; and Jennifer needs donations. Zou, distinguished honor roll. Ryan has served as the To donate, visit projectgradu- Chapel Hill High School par- school’s interim principal since ationchccs.org or mail checks November 2010. She was pre- ticipating students were: Hast- ings Greer, distinguished honor (made out to Project Gradu- viously Glenwood Elementa- ation) to Project Graduation, ry’s assistant principal. Darlene Ryan roll, qualified for AIME; Jona- than Siekierski, distinguished P.O. Box 17043, Chapel Hill, NC Pedersen gala honor roll, qualified for AIME; 27516. To sign up to volunteer, More than 200 guests were at the Carolina Katherine Stafford, distinguished honor roll; Elysia visit projectgraduationchccs.org/ The student co-chairs for Project Graduation look at T-shirt design entries volunteer.htm Club on Saturday night to celebrate the retire- Su, distinguished honor roll; Gray Symon, distin- for the 2011 celebration. From left: Molly Scanga, Carrboro High; Laura ment of Superintendent Neil Pedersen and raise guished honor roll, qualified for AIME; Carl Yin, Gilland, East Chapel Hill High; and Meghan Cabell, Chapel Hill High. funds for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public distinguished honor roll, qualified for AIME; and School Foundation and the Blue Ribbon Men- Vincent Zhu, distinguished honor roll. tor-Advocate program. Participating students from East Chapel Hill sup’t move the district forward. board launched the search for a The evening’s program included a reprise of High School were: Tom Chang, distinguished from page 1 “It is important that there ex- new superintendent in October the back-to-school montage video and remarks honor roll, qualified for AIME; Sheila Deng, dis- ist a sense of ownership of the following Superintendent Neil from Public School Foundation President Suki tinguished honor roll, qualified for AIME; Alex educational program from all of Pedersen’s July announcement Newton and BRMA coordinator Graig Meyer. Kelly, distinguished honor roll, qualified for AIME; “I was impressed with Dr. these groups, and I will do what- that he would retire at the end of Special tributes were offered by Rashkis Ele- Daniel Kong, distinguished honor roll, qualified Forcella from the moment I read ever it takes to facilitate this oc- the 2010-11 school year. mentary School Principal Deshera Mack; county for AIME; Nina Pande, distinguished honor roll, his application,” board member curring,” he said. The search process was un- commissioner and former school board member qualified for AIME; Margaret Tian, distinguished Jean Hamilton said. “Dr. For- Forcella will officially take on charted territory for school board Valerie Foushee; Pedersen’s son, Kyle; and Peder- honor roll, qualified for AIME; and Yu Wang, dis- cella is a great listener, and that’s the superintendent role on July members, as Pedersen has served sen’s BRMA mentee, Kevin Cruz. tinguished honor roll, qualified for AIME. something you’ll really need 1. He was selected from a pool as superintendent since 1992 and To view images from the event, vis- Ephesus service project working with this group.” of 27 applicants, of which 10 is the longest-serving superinten- it flickr.com/photos/30590879@N02/ Forcella pledged to work to were interviewed in March. The dent in district history.. sets/72157626400284623/ Students from Ephesus Elementary will gath- er with local volunteers to take part in a commu- Math contest nity-service project to benefit their school at 9:30 Friday 4/22 Roasted Chicken, Roasted Italian Vegetables, a.m. Saturday. Cheese Quesadilla w/Salsa, Homemade Veg- Herbed Broccoli & Cauliflower Middle and high school students from across etable Soup, Seasoned Pinto Beanss the district participated in this year’s American The collaboration is the fulfillment of their h Wednesday 4/27 Mathematics Competition. promise to SKJAJA to “pay it forward” in ex- Monday 4/25 Sweet & Sour Chicken, Oriental Brown Rice, Sea- Participating students from McDougle Mid- change for an opportunity to attend camp this Chili, Cornbread, Baked Potato, Local Turnip soned Peas, Apricot Crumble, Fortune Cookie dle School were Erik Jens, distinguished honor summer. The students’ workday will include Greens roll, and Dalton Xue, distinguished honor roll. cleaning and organizing the atrium area and Thursday 4/28 Phillips Middle School participating stu- hanging bulletin boards, signs and artwork Tuesday 4/26 Meatloaf, Wheat Roll, Mixed Vegetables, Blueber- ry-Peach Crumble dents were: Alex Chang, distinguished honor around the campus. The SKJAJA Fund helps Lunc Pasta Bar – WW Rotini & Spaghetti, Marinara roll, qualified for AIME; Yize Dong, distin- provide underprivileged children in Carrboro & Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce, Meatballs & guished honor roll, qualified for AIME; Vinay and Chapel Hill the opportunity to participate Kshirsagar, distinguished honor roll; Arnav Sub- in social and educational enrichment activities. open seven ramanya, distinguished honor roll; and Chase Volunteers are still needed for Saturday’s work- days a week Read us Yuan, distinguished honor roll. day. 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8:00 am - 6:00 pm • Schedule of Panel Discussions • your community newspaper 8:00 am Town And Gown: Building Partnerships 9:00 am Franklin And Main: Many Visions, One Reality 10:00 am Living And Working: The Road To Prosperity 11:00 am Building (And Waiting): Cutting Through The Red Tape 12:00 pm Teaching And Learning: Doing More With Less 1:00 pm Local Media Ecosystems: Objectivity, Bias, Access 2:00 pm A Lot On Our Palette: Keeping The Arts Alive In Hard Times coming april 28th... 3:00 pm Community Pride: Under A Carolina Blue Sky Carrboro 4:00 pm Downtown’s Future: Old Traditions, New Looks 5:00 pm The Art Of Collaboration: Bringing Our Communities Together Centennial 1911-2011 Commemorative Magazine Visit 1360wchl.com for complete details and panelists. The Carrboro Citizen will commemorate the Town’s 100th anniversary with a 48-page “keepsake” section featuring articles by our staff writers and contributors, photographs from past and present, a timeline of Carrboro’s history, facts & info, and remarks from local movers and shakers.
Look for the Carrboro CentenniaL magazine inside your apriL 28th Citizen! carrborocitizen.com/classifieds The Carrboro Citizen Sports THURSDAY, april 21, 2011 9 Barnes’ decision promises Carrboro High unstoppable Tar Heels Soccer By Eddy Landreth “I am, of course, In addition, the the court with him, Carolina is Staff Writer excited to have Harri- promise of this team going to be a difficult team to son back on our team will be on the level defend. Harrison Barnes cemented next year,” Williams of the 2009 club The high-wire act of Carolina his status as one of the most said. “It has been a that demolished blue jerseys flying through the popular Carolina basketball true pleasure to coach the NCAA Tour- air, dunking the ball and racing players ever on Monday with him, and I look for- nament field on its the length of the court is going to the announcement that he ward to coaching him way to the national be as hard to defend as it will be plans to return for his sopho- again next season. He championship. amazing to watch. more season. had a difficult decision With John Hen- Then, just to make life even “Opportunities, both ben- to make. He really son and Tyler Zeller more miserable for the competi- eficial and life-changing, can had no wrong decision joining Barnes in tion, this could be the best de- seem to make the next phase of to choose, but I believe he is com- the starting lineup, Carolina fensive team Williams has had at my journey an easy decision,” ing back to school because he en- should have the biggest, most Carolina. Barnes said. “But I am a stu- joys college basketball, he enjoys gifted team in the nation. By returning, Barnes, Henson dent-athlete at the University the University of North Carolina Williams is also adding a and Zeller will have an outstand- of North Carolina. I’m here to and he enjoys his teammates. shooter in P.J. Hairston and ing opportunity to hang another experience college life, grow as “If he had decided to leave a powerful presence in James national championship banner in a person, receive a quality edu- for the NBA, that would have McAdoo. The 6-foot-8-inch the Smith Center. Carrboro High School’s Andie Aldana maneuvers around a Raleigh cation and be part of the great- been OK too, because he will McAdoo will replace Justin Zeller could leave with two Charter defender. The Carrboro High School women’s soccer team est basketball family in college always be a Tar Heel. But it Knox, who deserves the thanks national championship rings, as defeated Raleigh Charter last week, 2-0, and Northwood High School, sports.” will certainly be a lot of fun to of UNC fans for spending his he was a freshman on the 2009 1-0, on Monday. The Jaguars take on East Chapel Hill High School today UNC fans have long been coach him again.” final year of college ball at Caro- team. Barnes has an opportunity at 5 p.m. at East. conditioned for their stars to Only those who hate Caro- lina after graduating from Ala- to carve a spot as one of the finest Photo by Ted Spaulding leave early for the NBA when lina will be disappointed with bama early. players ever in a program filled assured of being high draft this decision. This is good for McAdoo appears to be one with great past performers. picks. Dean Smith created this college basketball and it will of the two best prospects in the “As a team, we’re prepar- tradition, and Roy Williams be just plain fun. The pace at country after his recent perfor- ing for a special season,” Barnes has maintained it. which Barnes progressed this mances in the McDonald’s All- said. “My off-season plans are to One can be sure Williams past season makes the promise American game and the Jordan diligently work on honing my insisted Barnes and his family of watching him grow and ma- Brand Classic. He took home co- basketball skills in all areas with consider all the implications be- ture on the court next season MVP awards from both games one team goal in mind – to bring fore arriving at this decision. especially exciting. and displayed his athleticism and the 2012 national championship From the time Williams If Barnes is blessed with good premium skills in each contest. home to UNC.” signed Barnes, however, he told health, there is every reason to If the Tar Heels don’t lead Barnes could then trium- us this young man from Iowa believe he will have an excellent the nation in scoring next sea- phantly become the No. 1 or 2 was different. He said Barnes chance to hang No. 40 along the son, they won’t trail the leader by pick in the 2012 NBA draft – a came from a unique family, and front row of the honored jerseys much. With point guard Kendall proper exit for someone who has on Monday we learned just how next to No. 50, Tyler Hans- “Butter” Marshall spreading the established himself as a genuine- unique. brough’s retired number. ball to the many scorers running ly unique individual. sell your stuff. Samantha Burch prepares to kick the ball past Raleigh Charter defenders. carrborocitizen.com/classifieds Photo by Ted Spaulding
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The parking deck and hotel, along with additional site work on the eastern part of the property, make WEIGHT-LOSS SUrGEry ISN’T jUST up the first phase of the massive project. Additional phases will include a five- story retail and office space abOUT THE POUNDS yOU LOSE, near the train tracks and redevelopment of the build- ing that now houses Cat’s Cradle and Amante Gour- met Pizza. IT’S abOUT THE LIfE yOU GaIN. In other action Tuesday night, the board reviewed an analysis of the town’s greenhouse gas use that was prepared by students from UNC’s Institute for the En- vironment. Board members praised the extensive 66-page re- port, which detailed the town’s production of green- house gasses and offered recommendations for re- ductions. Board member Sammy Slade encouraged the town to move ahead with some of the ideas in the report. “We certainly don’t have time to just be measuring,” he said. Mayor Mark Chilton said the report contains a lot of bad news about the effects of climate change. He said suggestions such as changing out streetlights in order to use LEDs and con- sidering pay-as-you-throw garbage collection were helpful, but the biggest im- pact would be from the way the town’s growth is shaped. “The single biggest thing [the board] can do is to change our land-use pat- terns,” he said. The board also reviewed a report on the Schools Studies have shown that weight-loss surgeries can lead to better health, which in turn leads to a higher quality of life and increased Adequate Public Facility lifespan. Please call us to enroll in one of our easily accessible weekly information and learning sessions where members of UNC Ordinance that included projections for school con- Health Care’s team—one of the nation’s leading bariatric groups—will provide details on the options for weight-loss surgery and the struction. Among the report’s find- benefits of UNC’s highly personalized approach. Our weight loss clinics are now conveniently located at UNC Hospitals in Chapel ings is that high school expansion – including in- Hill and near SouthPoint Mall in Durham. creasing capacity at Carr- boro High School from 800 to 1,200 students – is not Designated as a Call to learn about our weekly likely to be needed through 2019. information sessions held at convenient
Also on Tuesday night, Center for Bariatric Surgery locations and times: (919) 966-8436 the board approved May as Bike Month and the week www.uncweightlosssurgery.org of May 16-20 as Bike to Work Week.
UNC 14713_bariatric surgery_9.667x12_V6.indd 1 12/30/10 2:35:30 PM 10 thursday, april 21, 2011 The Carrboro Citizen Northside community lives mostly in memories By Megan Gassaway that key is gone,” says Edwards, Courtesy of the Carrboro her voice strong but sad. Commons “I can’t call this a commu- nity. A community is a group of Keith Edwards used to live in people who come together, share a community called Northside, problems, do things for the good but now that community exists of those who live in the commu- mostly in a box of old pictures nity,” Edwards says. “The vibrant, and in paintings that hang on her self-contained community, it has kitchen walls. become student housing. You Edwards points to an old pho- can’t have a community with stu- tograph of five black children on dent housing.” bicycles. “These kids here – feel- Still, Edwards will continue ing free and knowing that they to live in Northside for as long as will have a place to stay, to live,” possible. she says. “The neighborhood was “As long as I can pay taxes and good to them. But for their chil- keep insurance, I’ll stay here,” dren and their grandchildren, it Edwards defiantly says, for the won’t be here.” thought of having to sell her The geographic area of the house is a serious one. “We real- Northside neighborhood still ize you’re not just selling a home, stands, defined by the Northside you’re selling roots. … “Each Neighborhood Conservation time a house is sold, it’s like a slow District as stretching from Tan- death. Slowly, surely the North- yard Branch Trail to the north side community is dying.” to West Rosemary Street to the The empty front porches that south and from North Columbia line the neighborhood are a tes- Street to the east to the Carrboro Keith Edwards holds a photograph taken in 1969 of five children riding bicycles outside a house on McDade Street. “These kids here – feeling free and knowing tament to this. city limit to the west. that they will have a place to stay, to live,” Edwards says. “The neighborhood was good to them – but for their children and their grandchildren, it won’t be here.” “Everybody would sit on Edwards’ home on McDade Photo by Megan Gassaway porches, watch the kids play, Street stands in the middle of this holler back to one another,” Ed- outlined section of Chapel Hill, struggled economically. But in paper bags filled to the brim with wards says. “You felt safe. You but it is far from the community terms of actual community feel, candy and even notebook paper didn’t fear anything happen- she knew as a child. this one is unique in how strong and pencils. There were base- ing. No matter what street you While Northside is considered it was,” Vaughan says. ball games with rocks for bases, were on, you felt safe,” because a historically black neighborhood, Edwards knows this to be true sticks for bats and old baby doll on each street there were front the number of black families liv- because she was a part of that heads as balls, and Sears cata- porches filled with familiar faces. ing there has been decreasing dra- community. logues that transformed to wish Instead of sitting on front matically over the past 40 years, When Edwards’ family moved books, where Edwards and her porches, students in the neigh- with a more pronounced decrease to McDade Street in 1960, the friends would pick out clothing borhood sit on rooftops, some- in the past 10 years, says Hudson 10-year-old Edwards saw positive and furniture they knew they thing residents of old Northside Vaughan, associate director of the interaction between blacks and could never afford. never would have done, Ed- Marian Cheek Jackson Center whites in her community. While At night, families slept with wards says. for Saving and Making History, the harmony found in Chapel their windows open. “You didn’t “We never would have sat a public history center located in Hill was “surprising and almost have to lock the door,” Edwards on the roof because we would Northside. shocking,” she was not immune remembers. “Everyone looked out have been afraid to damage the Several factors are contribut- to the painful racial strife that for each other. … If you needed roof because we would have to ing to the changing dynamic characterized the civil rights era. something, you would ask.” pay to fix it,” Edwards says. For in the area’s historically black She says the one thing that “There was so much trust – Northsiders of the past, a roof neighborhoods like Northside, kept blacks going, especially in ’course you can’t do that now,” kept the rain out and the only including rising property taxes, the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s – during she adds. people who went on the roof Vaughan says. But property taxes lynchings and the civil rights As the area evolved and stu- were the fathers and sons who are the result of a different prob- struggles – was that “you could dents moved into Northside, had to repair leaks. lem, Edwards says. Seeing an op- always count on your commu- longtime residents like Edwards But the Northside that Ed- portunity to profit from the lack nity.” have been stripped of this com- wards loved lives on in her of housing for UNC students, in- For blacks during this time, fort zone, they say. memory, and in her kitchen. vestors and realtors buy property the main focus of life was survival “The university continues to She points to a painting hang- from black families, tear down – survive at any cost, Edwards grow but doesn’t provide suf- ing on her kitchen wall. “This the homes and build new houses says. “I also discovered the main ficient beds or dorms, and those is the black community,” Ed- for students, thereby increasing reason for their survival was the students have to find a place to wards says. the land value. black community. …You had to live,” says Robert Dowling, ex- She pulls out a box of old “Particularly in Northside, it is have a safe haven, and this com- The Northside Conservation District defines the Northside neighborhood ecutive director of Community photos. “These pictures and all – more profitable to convert it from munity was a safe haven.” as stretching from Tanyard Branch Trail to the north to West Rosemary Home Trust, a nonprofit that they represent happy memories.” black families to multi-occupancy Edwards learned this lesson Street to the south and from North Columbia Street to the east to the provides affordable housing and She held up an old black-and- housing,” says Richard Ellington, when she first went to an inte- Carrboro city limit to the west. Map courtesy of the Town of Chapel Hill works for inclusionary housing white photograph of a tall black a Carrboro native and co-author grated school as a seventh-grader in Orange County. “Northside is man. “Look at him,” says Ed- of Carrboro: Images of America. at Chapel Hill Junior High. “My tension, that stress, started slip- That was what kept the com- close – it’s walkable. It’s valuable.” wards, tapping the photo. “He’s “Who are you going to first day, I was spit on, kicked on ping away.” munity going, she says. All the Vaughan recently met with not smiling for the camera. He’s blame?” he asks. “The real estate and called ‘nigger’ all day long,” Explaining the mentality of pain, the submission they faced university officials to discuss the smiling ’cause he’s happy.” agents or the students?” Edwards says. But as she walked blacks who lived in the neigh- at work during the day, “it was changes occurring in Northside. The influx of students and the down Church Street, with the borhood, Edwards says, “When not allowed to come in,” Ed- “An all-student community is not Megan Gassaway is a UNC student rising land values have stripped homes of whites lining the left they left one part of society and wards says. “You see, that was wanted – by anyone,” he says. writing for the Carrboro Commons, the neighborhood of the sense of side of the road and the homes came home, they shut the door the key to survival.” “Once the key to this commu- a bi-weekly onling lab newspaper for community that once character- of blacks on the right, something to the neighborhood and locked Within this community, Ed- nity was taken away and it was Jock Lauterer’s Community Journal- ized it, local advocates say. changed. “The closer I got to Mc- it. Whatever they endured, it was wards fondly remembers trick- given out to a part of society that ism class at the School of Journalism “It was a community that Dade Street – that’s when all that locked out.” or-treating, carrying big brown has given you pain for so long … and Mass Communication.
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Call $1K/ mo for cottage. $430,000. Chad For more photos & tour visit www. 5658 wood floors sanded and finished. door air sampling indicated elevated 919.360.3317 for a test drive! Lloyd, Fonville Morisey Realty (919)- BreezeRealtyNetwork.com or 919- Re-coat your old floors, new floors PCE concentration levels at one resi- 606-8511 796-3470 installed.. Robert St Clair Co. 796- dence on Elm Street and warranted Help Wanted 5558 a second round of testing at two ad- ditional residences, a restaurant and In Home Healthcare Eight Facility/Activity Supervi- a pool supply company located at the years experience. Orange-Chatham former dry-cleaning site. Those two sor ñ Recreation & Parks Depart- Counties. (919) 304-6638 please residences and businesses showed ment (Facilities Division). Part-time leave message. either no contaminants or had PCE temporary. Work hours vary accord- concentrations considered well within ing to the Century Center’s program Landscaping, lawn mow- acceptable levels for human health. sarah susanka would ap- schedule (5-20 hours per week); staff ing, bushhog mowing, driveway prove of this home. You won’t find needed to cover day, evening and/ repair, tree service, lawn aeration. 303 Broad Street Downtown Car- cavernous walk-in closets, pantries or weekend programs. Position pro- 942-0390 Items Wanted rboro! 3 bedroom, 2 bath bungalow. the size of bedrooms, or a kitchen that vides audiovisual support for center Jack Haggerty designed Complete Lawn Care Ser- NEW renovation including: HVAC, roof, home fits well with the other stately echos when you speak. Instead, you’ll programs, handles set-up of tables INSTANT CASH FOR JUNK find warm pine floors, a retro kitchen, vices. Free Estimates. Senior Dis- kitchen, baths, windows, tile and hard- homes on Hillsborough Rd. Modern and chairs, and greets customers. CARS! Price based on weight and a cool loft space and a wonderful front counts. Dale Williams 919-339-2147 wood, etc. Call Curt Nickles, Broker, details such as granite, stainless ap- Good communication skills are re- current steel prices. Environmentally porch to relax upon. $139,500 Weaver 919-414-3715 414-3715 pliances, subway tile and pendant quired. Audiovisual skills preferred. correct recycling. 919-542-2803 lighting are juxtaposed with old world Street Realty 929-5658 Pay rate: $9.00/hour. Open until trim and design to create a home that filled. For an application contact Hu- will stand the test of time. $695,000 man Resources, 301 W. Main St., Weaver Street Realty 929-5658 Carrboro, NC 27510, 918-7320 or Shop visit our website at www.townofcar- rboro.org. EOE.
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s I look back on the Franklin Street of my boyhood and recall the shops onA the 100 block, I see faces – faces of longtime person- alities who anchored those businesses: Papa D. of Dan- ziger’s Old World Gift Shop, Vic Huggins of Huggins’ Hardware, Thell of Thell’s Bakery, E. Carrington Smith of the Carolina Theatre, Wally Kuralt of the Intimate Bookstore, Bob Varley of Varley’s Men’s Shop, Milton of Milton’s Clothing Cup- board, the Harrisons of Foister’s Camera Store and Harry Macklin of Harry’s … to name just a few. So last week when I read about the passing of 90-year-old James “Jimmy” Mousmoules, the long-time owner of Jeff’s Campus Confectionary, I was reminded of that iconic spot Redlair owner Sabine Rankin admires a bigleaf magnolia. beside the Varsity Theatre. Photo courtesy of Catawba Lands Conservancy Mousmoules, long before the age of the 24/7 news FLORA botanist/explorer William hours away. and sports cycle, posted the Bartram in Alabama, where it Sabine and Haywood Jeff’s Campus Confectionary, 1966 from page 1 latest college sports scores still occurs, Bartram called it Rankin have made a conser- on a chalkboard outside something else and never offi- vation easement of their 730- Jeff’s. And does anybody else Retired Charlotte librar- cially described it as a new spe- acre Redlair farm and natural remember that marvelously gnarled Volga poplar tree outside the front door? Finally, in the inter- ian Charlie Williams is more cies. Michaux is unquestionably area to the Catawba Lands est of full disclosure, the covers of the adult magazines that lined the news racks caused a certain obsessed with bigleaf and Mi- the father of bigleaf magnolia. Conservancy. NatureFest is young newsboy to blush with guilty pleasure. chaux than I am. I have heard Charlie’s research is published in an annual event open to the that Charlie has visited every Castanea, Journal of the Southern public to explore the trea- known wild location of bigleaf Appalachian Botanical Society, sures of the land as well as to A thousand words in North Carolina and nearby Vol. 64, No. 1, March 1999. enjoy a day of kids activities, states where it occurs. Fortunately, though bigleaf music and local artisans, from by Jock Lauterer After several years of is rare, it is easily propagated beekeepers to blacksmiths. Do you have an important old photo that you value? Email your photo scholarly studies of Mich- by nurserymen and is avail- You may choose among to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. Because aux’s journals and herbarium able to the gardening public. numerous themed walks, every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words. specimens, Charlie unraveled More importantly, a number including one with botanical the puzzle of where Michaux of the natural populations are historian Charlie Williams, discovered populations of protected, though not readily who will certainly describe bigleaf in North Carolina. accessible to the public. André Michaux’s discovery of Michaux also found it in Ten- Now here’s your op- “the tree.” Our reservoirs are 93.80% full nessee, where he collected portunity to see it in one of There’s so much more to WATER WATCH the specimen that accompa- the original natural settings: know about bigleaf! Attend PRECIP this month: 2.65” past 12 months: 38.40” nied his official naming and Redlair NatureFest, Satur- NatureFest to learn firsthand, description of Magnolia macro- day, April 30, 11 a.m. to 4 and have fun doing it! CUSTOMER DEMAND MON: 6.651 million gallons / Monthly avg: 6.46 million gallons phylla. Though bigleaf had been p.m. (catawbalands.org/na- described several years earlier turefest2011). It’ll be a great Email Ken Moore at Estimated Supply: 518 days worth by famed American pioneer family outing just a couple of [email protected].
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