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sunday 20% Chance of Rain 88/65 MILL carrborocitizen.com april 29, 2010 u locally owned and operated u Volume Iv No. V Free Mayor lays out case for Smith Level Road plan Says it may be now or never for sidewalks, bike lanes By Kirk Ross was the lone “yes” vote for the plan, Staff Writer which was defeated 6 to 1 – but said he has been adamant with state De- CARRBORO — After a public hear- partment of Transportation officials ing Tuesday night at Town Hall in since then that the town would not which more than a dozen residents accept a four-lane road. along the Smith Level Road corridor The latest plan, Chilton said, expressed their strong opposition to a came after he had a tense exchange new widening plan for the road, Carr- last year with DOT Chief Operating boro Mayor Mark Chilton recognized Officer Jim Trogdon at a conference himself and gave a sometimes-passion- in Charlotte. Trogdon had been ex- ate plea for the plan along with several plaining to a group of mayors how testy retorts to some of the charges resi- the DOT was trying to be more re- dents made about the project. sponsive to communities’ priorities Chilton, who bounded to the po- and Chilton cited the stalled Smith dium in support of the project after Level plan and the DOT’s unwill- it was pointed out no one had spo- ingness to compromise in response. ken in support of it, said he believes Chilton said a few months af- the compromise for a two-lane road ter the exchange, he was invited to with bike lanes and sidewalks is like- a meeting in Raleigh where he was ly a now-or-never deal for the town shown three more four-lane plans to improve the road. and a two-lane plan similar to the photo by kirk ross Trumpet pitcher plants flower before their leaves Chilton acknowledged his will- one before the board. Pierre Monnet (left front) and a group of his neighbors talk with DOT representatives mature. ingness to compromise last year Jim Dunlop and Ed Lewis before a hearing at Town Hall on the new design for Smith Photo by David Swanson on a possible four-lane design – he SEE SMITH LEVEL PAGE 7 Level Road.

flora By Ken Moore Fun at Abbey Court Schools A natural garden is unlikely to worth a paddle receive full thought I’d died and gone funding to heaven!” That’s an By Susan Dickson expression I learned years ago to describe anything Staff Writer wonderful beyond de- The Orange County Board of Com- scription.“I Seeing acres and acres of missioners indicated on Tuesday they yellow pitcher plants, trumpets, Sar- likely would not fully fund the requests accenia flava, flowering on the inner of either the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and ring of a pond cypress, Taxodium Orange County boards of education, ascendens, swamp, is definitely such citing an extremely tight budget and increased requests from both nonprofit an experience. organizations and county departments. Three lucky couples from Carr- The commissioners met with both boro and Chapel Hill joined Robert school boards for a joint budget work (Muskie) and Vikki Cates for a session in which the school boards pre- paddle on Horseshoe Lake in Suggs sented their budget requests. Mill Pond Game Land southeast of County officials are anticipating -ma Fayetteville two weeks ago. jor budget shortfalls this year, as com- Muskie and Vikki paddle a lot. missioners have requested a budget that includes no property-tax increase and Muskie plans his trips well in ad- sales-tax revenue is down. Recent bud- vance and he has objectives, like on get projections show a potential $13.4 this last one: “I think we’ll catch the million deficit. pitcher plants in flower.”H e was Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools dead on target. In all my years of requested $60.2 million, an increase of botanizing in wild places, I’ve never a little over $1 million from the previ- seen anything like this! Thousands ous year’s budget, while Orange County Schools requested $22.8 million, about of yellow-flowered trumpets on $600,000 more than last year. The Cha- floating mats of sphagnum moss pel Hill-Carrboro request represents encircling Horseshoe Lake were a a $62 per-pupil increase over last year, died-and-gone-to-heaven surprise. while the Orange County request would Paddling on that horseshoe- maintain last year’s per-pupil allocation. shaped Carolina bay lake was like Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools stepping way back in time to expe- Superintendent Neil Pedersen outlined rience wild nature before humans potential budget scenarios for the com- missioners, asking them to consider the had progressed very far. And there reductions the schools will likely face in are hundreds of Carolina bays scat- state funding when looking at reducing tered across the coastal plain. photo by kirk ross Performers from Mariachi Amanecer Tapatio ham it up during last Satuday’s combination fiesta and Burmese water festival county funding for the schools. Carolina bays are curious ellipti- at Abbey Court. Musicians and dancers entertained residents from the Latino and Karen community who gathered to “I think that education ... is basically cal-shaped configurations, all with celebrate their cultural heritages at the all-day event, which was sponsored by the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill and the economic engine in this county, a northwest to southeast orienta- Carrboro. whether it is the university or the pub- tion. These distinctively shaped lic schools,” he said. “Your financing of landscapes are easily identified on public schools truly is an investment, not only in the children but also in the satellite photos. Most of them are Early-vote totals low as Election Day nears economy of Orange County.” densely vegetated evergreen shrub Board chair Valerie Foushee said the By Kirk Ross only two early-voting sites. At the top of the ticket are Re- bogs or bay forests. A few, such board would do the best they could, but Election officials, expecting a low publican and Democratic primaries as Singletary Lake and Jones Lake, Staff Writer she wasn’t optimistic. turnout, opted not to staff voting cen- for the U.S. Senate seat currently oc- “To hear what you’re facing, know- are still open water, bordered by Early-vote totals finally cracked ters at Carrboro Town Hall and the cupied by Republican Richard Burr. ing what we’re facing, makes this a very swamp or bay forests. Horseshoe the 1,000 mark this week, as election Seymour Center, which they did two Burr faces Eddie Burks, Brad Jones gloomy day,” Foushee told the school Lake’s distinguishing horseshoe officials ready precincts for Tuesday’s years ago when an historic presidential and Larry Linney in the primary, boards. “Last year and the year before primary and school board elections. race with a hotly contested primary while Cal Cunningham, Susan shape results from vegetation last, we talked about doing more with The Orange County Board of and an energized electorate drove up Harris, Ken Lewis, Elaine Marshall, slowly filling into the lake center less ... and we know we can no longer Elections reported that as of Tues- early-voting totals. Then, more than Ann Worthy and Marcus Williams from the northwestern end. expect you to do more with less.” day, 562 voters had cast their bal- 9,000 voters cast their ballots early in vie for the Democratic nomination. SEE FLORA PAGE 10 lots at the board of elections office the primary and more than 35,000 SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 7 in Hillsborough and 570 had done voted early in the general election in so at Morehead Planetarium – the November. SEE ELECTION PAGE 7 inside Crowd walks out of Tancredo speech Election Letters By Susan Dickson testors got out of hand. During last year’s United stood up and said, “No hu- institute of higher education,” add- Staff Writer speech, protesters chanted loudly and at- man is illegal” before walking out of ing that he had never seen a group of See page 6 tempted to block Tancredo with a ban- the event about 10 minutes into Tan- conservatives walk out on or protest a Former Republican congressman ner, a window was broken and police credo’s speech. The auditorium was speech by a liberal. Index Tom Tancredo’s return to the UNC used pepper spray to break up the crowd mostly empty after the protesters left, Kevin DeAnna, founder of the campus on Monday was notably calmer before arresting several protesters. with about 100 people remaining in Youth for Western Civilization, the Movies ...... 2 than his previous visit, though he was not Tancredo, a former presidential can- the audience. Outside the UNC Stu- student group that brought Tan- News ...... 3 heard without objection, as at least 100 didate, recently sparked controversy for dent Union, the students who left held credo to campus, laughed loudly as Community ...... 4 protesters walked out about 10 minutes suggesting that President Barack Obama a protest in the Pit. the group left the room. DeAnna Community ...... 5 into his speech. “go back to Kenya” and is known for his “Believe me, this is a lot better than blogged on the group’s website fol- Opinion ...... 6 Tancredo’s speech came just over a strong stance against illegal immigration. last time I was here,” Tancredo said as lowing the event, proclaiming “Vic- Schools ...... 8 year after his previous visit, during which This year, a group of students or- the protesters left. tory at UNC.” Classifieds ...... 9 his speech was cut short after a protest ganized by the Students for a Demo- However, he said: “That should not Water Watch ...... 10 was broken up by police, who said pro- cratic Society and Feminist Students be happening in a place we call an SEE TANCREDO PAGE 7 2 thursday, april 29, 2010 The Carrboro Citizen A word to capture the Carolinas By Elizabeth Jensen The song “Scenario” by hip- Courtesy of the hop artist A Tribe Called Quest Carrboro Commons is the first pop-culture reference to the Carolina nickname. Cackalacky is a nickname for “East Coast stompin’, rippin’ North or South Carolina, but and rompin’/New York, North where did the name come from? Cak-a-laka and Compton/chec- The Harvard University Press ka-checka-check it out,” the lyr- published the first volume of the ics said on the 1991 album The Dictionary of American Regional Low End Theory. English in 1985. The volume con- Because the reference is recent tained no entry for Cackalacky, and few of the oldest Carolinians and George Goebel, the diction- recognize the term, Jones said ary’s review editor, said there is the origin of Cackalacky prob- little information on file about ably doesn’t predate the middle photo by Elizabeth Jensen the nickname. None of that in- of the 20th century. Page Skelton, the creator of Cackalacky Spice Sauce, stands under the formation points to the word’s “All I can say is people a lot Cackalacky sign on the side of Cliff’s Meat Market at the intersection of origin. older than me haven’t heard of North Greensboro Street and West Main Street. “It doesn’t look like anyone it,” said Jones, who was born in has come up with a convincing Hickory in 1950. African relish. Orange County just like his par- answer yet, and it may well just In Carrboro, the nickname is The name also sounds like the ents and grandparents. be an invented ‘nonsense’ word synonymous with Page Skelton’s Choctaw word for the Cherokee “It’s just a bastardized term that sounds vaguely like Caro- Cackalacky Spice Sauce. Skelton Indians, “chalakee,” meaning for Carolina,” he said. “I always lina,” Goebel wrote in an email. spent eight months working on “those who live in the moun- heard, ‘We’re from North by Paul Jones, a UNC profes- a recipe for the sauce, which in- tains,” Skelton said. God Cackalacky.’ It always had sor and director of ibiblio.org, cludes sweet potatoes, red wine, “How do you sum up South- ‘by God’ in the middle of it.” has probably come the closest of chili peppers and more than 15 eastern culture in a word?” Skelton Some longtime Carolinians anyone to identifying the word’s other ingredients. The name for said. “Cackalacky comes close.” haven’t heard the term or first origin. the sauce was born on a camp- Some Carrboro and Chapel heard of it with the sauce. Jason In the late 1960s during ing trip, when one of Skelton’s Hill residents have their own Cole, manager of Carrboro Bev- the Vietnam War, more than friends said to him, “Pass me ideas about the word’s origin. erage Company, is one of them. 200,000 soldiers went to Fort that Cackalacky sauce.” The Outside of Cliff’s Meat Market, He moved to North Carolina Bragg for basic training, accord- name stuck, Skelton said. on the corner of North Greens- when he was 9 years old. ing to globalsecurity.org, and He said a lot of people have boro and West Main streets, a “It’s like Hotlanta,” he said. Jones said that evidence shows asked him where the name large banner advertising Skelton’s “Who knows where that came that the term gained popularity comes from, so he’s done his sauce hangs on the wall. from?” with them. own research. He’s found a few “I used to think when I was a Photos By Susan Dickson Elizabeth Jensen is a UNC Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn perform for huge crowds at the Shakori He said, “There’s tons of evi- foods and terms that sound re- kid that it had something to do Hills Festival of Music and Dance on Saturday. Fleck, a world-renowned dence that it originated outside markably similar to Cackalacky. with Cadillacs,” said Cliff Col- student writing for the Carrboro banjo player, brought singer-songwriter Washburn out on stage for two of North Carolina.” These include “kalacky,” an East- lins, owner of Cliff’s Meat Mar- Commons, a bi-weekly online lab songs during his performance, one of the most popular of the festival. The Since then, the nickname’s ern European sweet pastry filled ket, who grew up in Chatham newspaper for Jock Lauterer’s Com- four-day event, which included musical performance, dance, workshops popularity has grown, especially with nuts, jam and fruit; “cock- County. munity Journalism class at the School and an Earth Day celebration parade on Saturday, drew thousands of in the hip-hop and club scenes, a-leekie,” a traditional Scottish Don Basnight, a broker at of Journalism and Mass Commu- participants, despite less than perfect weather. Jones said. soup; and “chakalaka,” a spicy Weaver Street Realty, grew up in nication.

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201 South eSteS drive • chapel hill, nc • 919.967.6934 www.univerSityMallnc.coM • www.facebook.coM/univerSityMallnc The Carrboro Citizen News THURSDAY, ARIL 29, 2010 3 Briefs Council hears concerns on Northside

Safe routes to school By Kirk Ross approval of a neighborhood con- opment. The proposed Murray the trust. The Town of Carrboro will hold an open house to discuss Staff Writer servation district for the histori- Hill development would con- Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt a Safe Routes to School Action Plan for McDougle and Car- cally black neighborhood. struct the new units on about said while he applauded the idea, rboro elementary schools this Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the CHAPEL HILL – At a meeting Council member Donna an acre of land on Meadowmont he did not want to bind future Carrboro Elementary School cafeteria. at Town Hall Monday night, Bell, a Northside resident, said Lane and adjacent to a route se- councils in using the funds. The open house is an opportunity for parents, faculty and the Chapel Hill Town Council the report shows the council lected for a future light-rail line. The council agreed to send interested citizens to discuss ideas on improving options for heard concerns about how rules how things hoped for when the In approving the project, the the first round of funds, esti- walking and bicycling to school. adopted for the Northside and rules were being drafted in 2003 council debated an offer by de- mated at around $75,000, to the Pine Knolls neighborhoods are panned out. veloper Roger Perry to forward Home Trust. Subsequent pay- Board to discuss homeless shelters playing out now that they’ve “We’re now seeing what the a 1 percent transfer fee to the ments will go to the town’s Af- The Chapel Hill Planning Board will consider a town been in place for several years. current neighborhood conserva- Community Home Trust. The fordable Housing Trust Funds council petition to prepare development standards for home- The council reviewed a fol- tion district is producing and it’s council accepted a proposal for a and could then flow to trust if less shelters for council consideration. The meeting will be held low-up to an audit report from still not quite where and what we payment in lieu of $191,250 in- the council agrees. in the council chambers at Town Hall on Tuesday at 7 p.m. representatives of Orange Coun- want it to be,” Bell said. stead of requiring 2.25 units of In other action the council A copy of the planning board agenda for the meeting will be ty Justice United on dozens of Several council members affordable housing at the com- scheduled a public hearing for posted on the town’s website at townofchapelhill.org concerns ranging from public thanked members of the group plex. Typically, the council col- May 24 on a proposed paving safety and street lighting to pot- and suggested that the town lects a 1 percent transfer fee in for a graveled stretch of Coolidge Census takers in Hillsborough holes and parking in front yards. should also be conducting follow the case of condominium com- Street between Old Pittsboro Census takers will begin blanketing the Hillsborough area The group, which has been ac- up with residents after conserva- plexes. Road and Dawes Street. The on Saturday to collect information from households that have tive in promoting social justice in tion districts are approved. Since there would be no preliminary cost estimate for not returned census forms. the county, said the concerns came Also on Monday night, the affordable-housing units at the the project is $16,000, including The census takers, who are hired locally and trained by the from an extensive survey of resi- council approved a 15-unit addi- complex, Perry proposed send- sub-grade preparation, paving Census Bureau, also will verify that housing units identified as dents as a follow-up to the town’s tion to the Meadowmont devel- ing the 1 percent transfer fees to and drainage improvements. unoccupied are vacant. The enumerators will ask only the ques- tions that appear on the census form. If no one answers at a particular residence, a census enu- merator will visit the home up to three times and will attempt to reach the household by phone three times. A notice will be Carolina to award four honorary degrees left in the doorway with a phone number for the resident to schedule an appointment. According to the Census Bureau, all census takers carry official government badges marked with their names. Some might carry a U.S. Census Bureau bag. Residents may ask the enumerators for a picture ID from another source to confirm their identity. They also may call the Regional Census Center in Durham at 328-1340 to confirm whether an individual is employed by the Census Bureau. A census taker will not ask to enter a home under any circumstances. County receives $150,000 Paul Rizzo Gene Roberts Fred Robinson Patricia Timmons-Goodson to protect farmland UNC News Services preme Court.. that more than quadrupled in UNC in 1961. He held faculty Orange County has received a $150,000 grant from the Rizzo, Roberts and Timmons- funding during his tenure. posts at Stanford, Cornell and N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation A private investment firm Goodson will receive a doctor of After earning his bachelor’s de- Yale universities, and was elected (ADFP) Trust Fund to help the county protect 153 acres of executive and former business laws degrees and Robinson will gree in journalism from Carolina a fellow of the American Acade- farmland in the Schley community. school dean, a renowned U.S. receive a doctor of humane letters in 1954, Roberts worked for the my of Arts and Sciences, as well as The county hopes to conserve another portion of the Breeze newspaper editor, a leading degree. Goldsboro Herald, a weekly news- a fellow of the Medieval Academy family farm with an agricultural conservation easement, which scholar of the English language’s Chancellor Holden Thorp will paper published by his father. He of America. will enable farm activities to continue but prohibit most other non- earliest period and the first black preside at the ceremony at 9:30 wrote for the Goldsboro News-Ar- A native of Florence, S.C., agricultural uses of the land, including residential subdivisions. woman to serve on the N.C. Su- a.m. in Kenan St dium. The fea- gus, the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Timmons-Goodson received her The conservation easement completes a two-phased project preme Court will receive hon- tured speaker will be author John the Raleigh News & Observer bachelor’s and law degrees from that began in 2008 with the easement on the adjoining 141 orary degrees May 9 at UNC’s Grisham. and the Detroit Free Press before UNC. She began her career as a acres on the Breeze farm. The farm is adjacent to the state- commencement. After a tour of duty in the joining the staff of the New York prosecutor for the Cumberland owned W.C. Breeze Family Farm Agricultural Extension & The recipients are Paul Rizzo, Army, Rizzo lettered in football Times, where he became one of County District Attorney’s office Research Center, which the Breeze family donated to N.C. chair emeritus of Franklin Street in four seasons on the legendary the first people to report in depth and at age 29 was appointed Dis- State University. The completion of the second conservation Partners, a private investment UNC team that included Char- about the effect of the civil rights trict Court judge, a post she held easement will complete 564 acres of contiguous protected management firm and trust com- lie Justice and Art Weiner. After revolution on the lives of ordinary for 13 years until she was elevated farmland along Schley Road. pany in Chapel Hill and former graduating with a degree in ac- people. He left the Times in 1972 to the N.C. Court of Appeals in dean of the Kenan-Flagler Busi- counting, he embarked on a ca- to become executive editor of the 1997. Gov. Mike Easley subse- ness School; Gene Roberts, the reer that culminated in the posi- Philadelphia Inquirer and later quently asked her to accept an ap- former national editor of the New tion of vice chair of the board and taught journalism at the Univer- pointment to the N.C. Supreme York Times and executive edi- chief financial officer of IBM. sity of Maryland. Court. She was the first black tor of the Philadelphia Inquirer; After he was named dean of the Robinson is considered the woman to serve as a judge in her Fred Robinson, the Douglas Kenan-Flagler Business School foremost North American scholar native Cumberland County, the Tracy Smith Professor of English in 1987, Rizzo initiated an era of of the earliest recorded period of first to be elected to any state Emeritus at Yale University; and phenomenal growth that includ- English language and literature. appellate court and the first to EDITORIAL [email protected] Patricia Timmons-Goodson, an ed a push for a new building and He earned his Ph.D. in English serve on North Carolina’s highest ADVERTISING [email protected] 942-2100 ext. 2 associate justice of the N.C. Su- an executive education program and comparative linguistics from court. 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Calvin C.J. Suitt, founder of the Sacrificial Poets; and the St. Ambrose Jazz #1 and guest conductor Yoram Youngerman will lead the orchestra in Horton Service Award Mass Quintet from St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Raleigh. Suite 3 of Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances,” Copland’s “Fanfare for town employees at Binkley Baptist Church is located at 1712 Willow Drive in Cha- for the Common Man” and Beethoven’s Symphony #7. an awards ceremony on pel Hill, close to University Mall. Admission to the concert is free. April 22 at Chapel Hill Lecture to focus on dog cognition Volunteers needed for Jordan Lake cleanup Town Hall. The Orange County Animal Services Department will host “Inside The award, given to Volunteers are needed for the first Clean Jordan Lake event on May Your Dog’s Mind: What Makes Your Best Friend Special,” a lecture by 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. a town employee who Dr. Brian Hare, on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the conference room brings credit to the Clean Jordan Lake is a new nonprofit corporation founded to re- of the Animal Services Center at 1601 Eubanks Road. move trash and prevent further trash accumulation on the lake’s shore. town with exceptional Hare will discuss his research at the Duke Canine Cognition Cen- contributions to the The cleanup will focus on the shoreline near the B. Everett Jordan Jim Huegerich ter on the effect of domestication on dog cognition. Through his re- Dam. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Highway Stormwater community, is one of search, he hopes to identify breed differences in problem-solving skills the highest honors the Program of the N.C. Department of Transportation, North Carolina and generally understand the constraints of dog cognition in order to Big Sweep and the Haw River Assembly will assist with the event. Town of Chapel Hill bestows upon an employee. Huegerich has help understand how we might help dogs be more effective compan- worked in the town’s Crisis Unit within the Department of Hu- Volunteers will meet at the Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Cen- ions. ter (also known as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters) man Services, which combines social work and law enforcement, The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, for 35 years. Town Manager Roger Stancil selected Huegerich for at 2080 Jordan Dam Road in Moncure. Bottled water, lunch, gloves visit dibs.duke.edu/news/announcements/2009/09/10/brian-hare-ex- and trash bags will be provided. To volunteer, visit meetup.com/Help- the award based on information and recommendations from an plores-canine-cognition/ employee committee. CleanJordanLake or contact Fran DiGiano at 542-0829 or fran_di- The award was initiated in 2006 with funds raised by the com- Senior center to host workshop series [email protected] or Tom Colson at 630-2569 or tpcolson@hotmail. munity through the Foundation for a Sustainable Community. The Central Orange Senior Center will host an informational series com The funds support a cash stipend associated with this award. of workshops throughout the month of May. Women’s center to host family-law workshops Library offers themed bags of books Workshops include: The Women’s Center will offer free family-law workshops every • Making the Decision to Stay at Home or Move: What are the Tuesday in May. The Orange County Main Library in Hillsborough is offering Lit- Real Options? May 3; eracy Bags — bags containing 10 books on a theme — for county The workshops will be facilitated by licensed North Carolina at- • Essential Legal Steps, May 10; torneys and are open to women and men. residents to check out using their library cards. • Long Term Care Financial Planning, May 17; and The library is offering approximately 50 bags, with themes ranging Workshops will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Women’s Center • What You Need to Know to Manage your Medications, May 23. at 210 Henderson St. Full descriptions and facilitator information can from “alphabet” to “wild animals.” Several bags include books in both All presentations will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Central Or- English and Spanish. With the bags, which were designed with early be found on the center’s website at womenspace.org ange Senior Center at 103 Meadowland Drive in Hillsborough. To Workshops include; childhood education in mind, parents, daycares, civic groups or teach- reserve a seat, call 245-2015. ers can quickly check out 10 books on a particular theme. • Considering Separation and Divorce, May 4; Each Literacy Bag counts as one item at check out, instead of the Carrboro to host teen talent show • Child and Spousal Support in North Carolina, May 11; 10 books it contains. A complete list of the bag themes is available at The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department will host a teen • Considering Mediation in Divorce, May 18; and the library’s Children’s Services Desk. Individuals can check out the talent show on May 28 at the Carrboro Century Center. • Child Custody and Divorce in North Carolina, May 25. bags for three weeks, with one renewal allowed. For more information, Auditions will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on May 20 at the Cen- To register or for more information, contact The Women’s Center visit co.orange.nc.us/library/literacybags.asp, stop by the Children’s tury Center. Contestants must perform the same act at both the audi- at 968-4610 or [email protected] Services desk or call 245-2532. tion and the performance. Acts with inappropriate language, actions Really Terrible Orchestra concert Women volunteers needed to help with Habitat or clothing will not be selected, and acts should be no longer than five The Really Terrible Orchestra of the Triangle (RTOOT) will pres- project minutes. ent its spring concert on May 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Hill Hall on Cameron Auditions are open to participants ages 13-18, and there is no fee to Avenue on the UNC campus. Chatham Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s are looking for lo- participate. For more information or to register, call 918-7371. cal women volunteers to work May 4-7 at the Habitat for Humanity RTOOT musicians range in age from single digits to past retire- Pittsboro construction site in Chatham County as part of National Golf tournament to benefit homeless ment and come from all over the Triangle area. The performance will Women Build Week. The 10th Annual Brian Clemens Memorial Golf Tournament ben- feature composer Don Gillis’ humorous Symphony 5, Per Brant’s “Sin- Workdays run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. efiting the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service’s Community House fonia,” Johann Strauss II’s “Fruhlingsstimmen” and more. No construction or home improvement experience is necessary. To will be held May 3 at UNC Finley Golf Course. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the donate, register for a workday or preview workday tasks, visit chatham- Community House provides shelter, food and support to homeless door or in advance at Cameron’s in University Mall, The Regulator habitat.volunteerhub.com, call 542-0794, ext. 223 or email gabyfor- men in the community. Ken Huff, UNC All-America offensive guard bookstore in Durham or Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh. For more in- [email protected] and member of the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, will serve as the tourna- formation, call 929-4104 or visit rtoot.org ment’s celebrity host.

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Support your local advertiser. All proceeds benefit our Keep Arts Centered campaign. Help us meet specific needs of The ArtsCenter, and keep the arts in our lives. Visit ArtsCenterLive.org or call 919.929.2787, ext. 201 for details. 919.929.2787 • 300-g e. main st • carrboro • ArtsCenterLive.org The Carrboro Citizen Community THURSDAY, april 29, 2009 5 Calendar Passing the torch thursday, apr 29 sunday, may 2 Yoga for Everyone — UNC Com- Poem in Your Pocket Day — Carrboro United Methodist prehensive Cancer Support Program Stop by the Carrboro Cybrary 9am- Church celebrates centennial presents Yoga for Everyone. Each class 5pm, and join us in celebrating the 3rd — As a part of the celebration, the will include a full yoga practice as well annual National Poem in Your Pocket church will present an historical play as exploration of physical movement, Day by picking up a free poem for your about the town and the church at the meditation, breathing techniques, and pocket to share with family and friends. 11am service. The community is invited relaxation. All levels are welcome. to attend Classes will be held on Mondays from friday, apr 30 Chapel Hill Philharmonia — To 11am - 12:30pm. Carolina Pointe II, Haw River Festival — The Haw 6013 Farrington Road, Suite 101 in River Festival is celebrating its 21st year perform “Fanfares and Dances” at Hill Hall Auditorium. 7:30pm. Free Chapel Hill. 966-3494 of exceptional local music, environ- Walking Group — The Chapel Hill mental education activities, local art, monday, may 3 Area Women’s Walking Group meets and unique children’s activities. Saxapa- 10th Annual Brian Clemens Golf every Wednesday at Weaver St Mar- haw Village. www.HawRiver.org Tournament — To benefit theI FC. ket in Carrboro. 9:15am. Information: saturday, may 1 UNC Finley. For more information or Julie (967-3221) or Marilyn (932-1411) to register: www.brianclemens.org “Sparks of Divinity” concert by Saludamos Group Walks — Ev- Women’s Voices Chorus — The Aging 101 — Kate Bennett: Making ery Saturday. Front of El Futuro. 9am the Decision to Stay at Home or concert explores themes of light, Job Search Meeting — A network- Move. 7-8:30pm. Central Orange evening, death and hope in music. ing and support group for job hunters. Duke Chapel. 7:30pm. $15 adults/$5 Senior Center in Hillsborough. 245- Wednesdays at Binkley Baptist Church. Photo by Susan Dickson students 2015 to reserve a seat 9:30-11am Bruce Thomas, commonly known on the Weaver Street lawn as “Dancing Bruce,” passes the World Harmony Lake Hogan Farms Art on the Safe Routes to School Action Breastfeeding Cafe — An informal torch back to Arpan Deangelo, one of the team members running in the World Harmony Run, a global torch Commons Art Show — Art show Plan — Town of Carrboro meeting drop-in gathering of breastfeeding relay symbolizing humanity’s universal aspiration for a more harmonious world. Team members passed through featuring pottery, jewelry, acrylic and set for parents, faculty and interested moms will be held every Monday from Carrboro on Monday, stopping at the Weaver Street lawn to greet locals. The race started in New York on April watercolor paintings, glass, woodwork- citizens to discuss options for walking 1-2pm at The Red Hen. A La Leche 18 and will continue down to Florida, across the South and Midwest, up the California coast and back across the ing and photography by local artists. and bicycling to McDougle and Car- representative will provide information northern Midwest, before ending back in New York on Aug. 17. Food, music and a raffle to benefit The rboro Elementary Schools. Carrboro and answer questions. Peru Project Elementary School Cafeteria. 7-9pm NAMIWalks 2010 — Participants Tutoring — Hillsborough Police wednesday, may 5 Department and UNC Habitat for and volunteers needed to raise money “Noises Off” presented at Em- and help fight the stigma that sur- Humanity offer tutoring sessions for erson Waldorf High School — students in Orange County School’s rounds mental illness. Join the 2.3 mile Performed by the twelfth grade. Not walk on the Dorothea Dix Campus in K-5 classes at the Community Policing suitable for children under 12 or the Station, 501 Rainey Ave. Tutors are Raleigh. Check in begins at 9am, walk easily offended. Emerson Waldord students from UNC. Call 732-2441, at 10am. www.naminc.org High School, 56211 New Jericho Rd, ext 26 to register Children’s Day/Book Day at Chapel Hill. 7pm. Donations at door. Sat: 7am-Noon • Wed: Now open 3:30-6:30pm Carrboro Branch Library — Also Wish Granting Volunteers Southern Village open 3:30-6:30pm known as Día del niños / Día del libros Thursday, may 6 Needed — Make-A-Wish Founda- (Día), is a celebration of children, Farmers’ Market opens at tion of Eastern North Carolina needs Check out what’s at the Carrboro Year-Round Farmers’ Southern Village — 3:30- families, and reading to bring attention Wish Granters to visit the family and Market . . . to the importance and well-being of 6:30pm. Live music from A Touch help determine the wish of the child children. 10:30am-12:30pm of Brass. while explaining wish procedures and New Item this Week: SUG- liverwurst, bologna, hotdogs, etc, cow’s May Day at South Estes Farm- Ongoing using their creative side to make the AR SNAPS, asparagus, swiss chard, and goat’s milk cheeses,breads, doughnuts, wish truly magical. Wish Granters ers’ Market — Music, a May Pole Cancer Support — Support green garlic, potted herbs and veggie start- tortes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes. see first-hand the impact a wish can and tasty culinary treats from A groups for cancer patients and their ers, spinach, red cabbage, daffodils, tulips, make on a child with a life-threatening Southern Season as well as a hands on families. cornucopiahouse.org hoophouse and greenhouse strawberries, medical condition. For more informa- demonstration of grain threshing and Carrboro Chess Club — A greenhouse tomatoes, purple radishes, winnowing. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill. tion, contact Lisa at 919-821-7111 or eggs, parsley, sun-dried tomatoes, corn- casual meeting for people who [email protected] 8am-noon like to play chess. All skill levels are meal, green onions, mustard greens, ruta- Resource Connections Fair for welcome. Every Saturday. Jessee’s Depression and Bipolar Support bagas, creasy greens, totsoi, dill, cilantro, Seniors — There will be a “Here’s Coffee and Bar. 3pm Alliance Support Group — meets turnips, beets, carrots, cauliflower, celery, on Tuesdays at Binkley Baptist Church. to your Health” presentation by Dr. Compassionate Friends — Free sweet potatoes, broccoli, lettuce, turnip Adam Goldstein and Dr. Christy Page 7:30-9pm. Free. DBSAChapelHill@ greens, sorrel, arugula, onions, escarole, self-help support for all adults griev- nc.rr.com in the auditorium at 2pm. Seymour ing the loss of a child or sibling. Third wheat flour, garlic, salad mixes (spicy and Senior Center Mondays, 7-8:30pm, Evergreen non), collards, fresh herbs, kale, pecans, Send your submissions to meats like goat, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, Arts on the Green — Southern United Methodist Church. 967-3221, calendar@carrborocitizen. Village. Raindate Sunday, May 2. chapelhilltcf.org com buffalo, and various specialty meats like 10am-5pm

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You can also see her online at co.orange.nc.us/ animalservices/adoption.asp. 6 THURSDAY, april 29, 2010 Opinion The Carrboro Citizen from the editor Perdue’s There are other canyons The other day, the governor of peculiar Arizona got on the TV to express her outrage that some people might choices consider a boycott, or some similar action, in response to the adoption Chris Fitzsimon into the state’s criminal code a re- quirement that police check the im- It has now been a week since migration status of individuals they Gov. Beverly Perdue released her suspect are here illegally. It also budget recommendations, and most allows for individuals to sue their of the reaction to her plan falls into local governments for not enforc- two general categories. ing the new law and won’t allow Most Republican leaders and the any community to declare itself a think tanks they rely on to shape sanctuary in which the law is not their misleading talking points con- enforced. tinue to fall back on the tired and We regret to inform the governor inaccurate claims about out-of-con- that sensible people in her state and trol spending and oppressively high the rest of the country are shocked, taxes, neither of which has any basis appalled and mostly determined to in reality. see to it that this attempt to create Many Democrats have cau- our first official police state will not tiously endorsed Perdue’s proposal, stand. A boycott will be the least or at least the overall priorities in it: of it. Try thousands of lawsuits for helping small businesses, launching starters. Perdue’s education initiatives and Anyone with a lick of sense restoring some of the most egregious knows that the law very quickly cuts made last session in human ser- will and should get shot down on vices, particularly in mental health. constitutional grounds – if not in- That’s a reaction that makes stantaneously, then shortly after the more sense at first glance, though statistics come out about just who is a closer examination reveals some getting pulled. Unless the Arizona inexplicable choices, primarily in Highway Patrol wants to set up small budget cuts to programs that outside a Celtic Women concert in are working to save the state money Phoenix and start yanking people and turn the lives around of people named, say, McCain, the uneven who have made mistakes or students enforcement of the law among races Letters who are at risk of making them. will be pretty clear. That, by the Perdue’s budget cuts another 4 percent from Communities in way, is unconstitutional. We even made her decisions based on what is a difficult one to reach. All three seem fought a big civil war over it. Look Re-elect Jacobs Schools, a proven high school I am writing in support of Barry Ja- best for the town as a whole. She values like qualified candidates, ready to take dropout-prevention program that it up. education and has worked/is working to on Richard Burr in the general elec- Even Tom Tancredo, whose visit cobs, a candidate for Orange County provided services last year to more Board of Commissioners, in the up- make our community affordable. Now tion. Secretary Marshall has the years of than 150,000 students. Ninety-four to campus this week was again met we have an opportunity to have Joal government experience under her belt, with protest, has said the law would coming May primary. Barry and I got percent of the seniors who received to know each other well in 1996 when do the same for the entire county! Your along with the ability to win a statewide direct services graduated and 96 likely lead to racial profiling and vote is important. Please join me in vot- campaign. Cal has various experience abuse. Hurricane Fran hit Orange County. percent of potential dropouts re- He was chair of the OWASA board of ing on May 4 for Joal Broun for Orange with the military and state government. mained in school. Really, ‘Zona, if you’ve lost Tan- County commissioner at large. Ken Lewis, relatively unknown, adds a credo, you’ve lost the xenophobic directors and I was mayor of Chapel Communities in Schools was Hill, and we learned, to our chagrin, Heidi Perry fresh face, perspective and energy to the cut 10 percent last year and then middle. Until there’s a turnaround, race. However, I had to pick one. Last the place will no longer be thought that OWASA needed backup genera- Carrboro Perdue withheld another 5 percent tors for its treatment plants and pump night, I attended the Jefferson-Jackson of the budget. Deeper cuts this year of as the Grand Canyon State or the Jacobs for commision after-dinner event at Busy Bee in Ra- Land of the Majestic Saguaro. No; stations. Barry worked with his board make no sense given Perdue’s vow to get those generators purchased and During the 20 years that I have been leigh, where I had the opportunity to to address the state’s shameful high Arizona has become the Papers, talk with Elaine Marshall, a representa- Please State, where you better know available for future emergencies. privileged to serve on the Carrboro school graduation rate. As a commissioner, Barry has been Board of Alderman, I have had the op- tive for Cal Cunningham and Ken and The day after Perdue released where your birth certificate is at all Holly Lewis. After the event, I knew for times and be able to get to it. collaborative, reasonable and flexible. portunity to work with many dedicated her budget recommendations, she He understands the dangers that in- officials from across Orange County. Of certain that Ken Lewis is my candidate. announced a bipartisan effort to North Carolina and other states As a teacher at Chapel Hill High are not unaccustomed to seeing creasingly high property taxes pose to all of the elected officials I have worked change the direction of the state’s our community. He also understands with, Barry Jacobs stands out for his School and recent ASU graduate, I criminal-justice policies and devel- laws of this kind surface in the leg- know Lewis is ready to lead North islature. We’re thankful that they that we must attract new businesses and hard work, intelligence and ethics. op a system to spend less on prison grow our local businesses to get a better- His years of public service on the Or- Carolina into a successful, sustainable beds by investing in programs that usually don’t get far and cooler future in education, business and clean heads prevail. This state and oth- balanced tax base. ange County planning board, OWASA prevent recidivism and promote re- Please vote to give Barry Jacobs an- board and the Orange County Board of energy. His background of modest habilitation of offenders, who each ers see the value in our immigrant means, rising to great heights, gives him population and their contribution other term as our county commissioner. Commissioners have been instrumental cost the state $26,000 a year to keep in shaping many of the sound environ- the ability to connect and advocate for to our communities, our culture Rosemary Waldorf behind bars. mental, economic and social policies all North Carolina citizens. His back- and our economy. We know that Chapel Hill That may signal a refreshing that make Orange County a great place ground alone makes him truly connect- change in how North Carolina after a long wait, immigration re- ed to the real people, who face everyday form at the federal level is coming, Vote for Broun to live. handles its prison system, but seems I have seen Barry time and again step problems. Lewis will help North Caro- to directly contradict recommenda- and through it we can have greater It was an absolute delight to see lina revive its economy by supporting predictability and more safeguards that wife, mother and lawyer Joal Hall up and take leadership in addressing tions in Perdue’s budget. She wants the most difficult issues facing Orange small and new businesses. to slash funding for the Summit than the awful system now in place. Broun, who so ably served her fellow Ken stands for equality, justice and This community in particular Carrboro residents as a member of the County, issues that others may shy away House, a residential alternative-to- from tackling because of the politi- decency of all North Carolina citizens, incarceration program for mothers has long understood that tying lo- Board of Aldermen, is now offering to where he will help end discrimination cal law enforcement into the immi- do the same to benefit the residents of cal dangers. Barry spends many hours convicted of a nonviolent crime and researching the problems facing our against all minorities. Lewis will help their minor children, and Harriet’s gration system ultimately makes us Orange County as county commission- North Carolina become not only a busi- less safe and can have terrible unin- er at large. She comes fully informed county, listening to all parties who may House, a reentry program for wom- be impacted and formulating sound so- ness-friendly state, but a leader in green en leaving prison. tended consequences. We have seen about economic development in Car- energy for a cleaner, greener future. Fur- so many examples here of families rboro, ready to support the high quality lutions that work over the long term. Both programs have documented It is impossible to say with certainty ther, I am impressed at Ken’s dedication success in helping women turn their being torn apart for no good rea- we come to expect of our schools and to the youth of North Carolina; he will son and hard-working, longtime the demands we make upon our unique what issues will become the most ur- lives around and stay out of future gent during the next four years. What work to put North Carolina on the cut- trouble, saving the state the $26,000 members of the community denied environment. Her employment as an ting edge of education. Even during his health care coverage, in-state tu- attorney in the largest North Carolina I do know is that no matter what the for every cell they don’t fill. These issues will be, I know that we can count busy schedule, he offered to come and are exactly the kind of programs ition and even the right to remain self-help bank, which establishes small speak to my high school classes about any longer in a place they’d called businesses, will assist in her efforts in on Barry Jacobs to address them in the that are likely to be part of the new intelligent and even-handed approach government and the importance of edu- direction in the state’s criminal-jus- home for most of their lives. making sound fiscal policies for local cation. Lewis has the experience, knowl- If Arizona’s government comes and county departments of government. that we have come to depend on. I urge tice policies that Perdue touted the you to join me in voting for Barry Ja- edge and ability to lead North Carolina day after she recommended cutting to its senses and repeals its law, She has been and continues to be a vol- to a better future. Ken Lewis will bring these problems and racial profil- unteer in a number of county activities cobs in the upcoming primary for Or- them. ange County commissioner. a knowledgeable fresh perspective, with The cuts to Communities in ing won’t suddenly disappear. The and groups as well as a busy participant real-world credentials. actions in the Papers, Please State in her local church. This is certainly Jacquelyn Gist Schools and the residential pro- are a potent reminder that there is an extraordinarily qualified candidate Carrboro Tom Greene grams for female offenders don’t Chapel Hill even add up to a $2 million savings a policy vacuum in immigration – for county commissioner. Her greatest Pendergrass for sheriff and if the federal government won’t strengths will be in her abilities to work Orange County schools in Perdue’s $19.6 billion budget, take action, then demagogues will. cooperatively with the other members of I am writing this letter to express my making it even impossible to under- the Orange County Board of Commis- support of Lindy Pendergrass and his The upcoming Orange County stand them. sioners. Everyone is encouraged to sup- candidacy for Orange County sheriff. Schools (OCS) Board of Education Perdue didn’t have to cut the pro- port this very special candidate. In Lindy, we have a man that is dedi- elections have two incumbents, two grams at all, and if it was a matter cated to law enforcement, with over 28 former school board members and four of finding every dime she could to Martha Tyson years of experience. Law enforcement is newcomers to choose from. balance the budget there are plenty Chapel Hill his life. Factors that influence my vote: Do of other places to look, most notably editorial Vote for Jacobs He will use our money wisely, while they have children in school, especially the $10 million it costs the state to middle or high school? How well do provide in-state tuition to out-of- Robert Dickson, Publisher Barry Jacobs has served the citizens protecting the public with integrity. We they know our schools? What skills can state athletes in the UNC system. Kirk Ross, of Orange County well during his years know him as a man who has served our they bring to the board? The money is basically a windfall News and Opinion Editor of service as our county commissioner. community with ethics and strength. Incumbent Anne Medenblik is a par- for athletic booster clubs that pay Taylor Sisk, Managing Editor As a landowner in rural Orange Coun- His longstanding commitment to Or- ent of two children in our high schools. for athletic scholarships and it is de- Liz Holm, Art Director ty, I have been impressed with Barry’s ange County and his vision for the fu- ture make him the solid choice. She is a former business teacher. She fended by political action commit- Susan Dickson, Staff Writer concern for the environment along with has been in the trenches, listening and tees like Citizens for Higher Educa- his understanding and respect for our Like a seasoned football coach, he Margot Lester, Lucy Butcher, will continue to lead with decisiveness, making hard decisions for our school tion, funded by wealthy supporters Rich Fowler, Kate Griesmann, organic farmers and dairy farmers. His systems. of UNC. The PAC employs two lob- Mike Li, Contributors practical application of solutions to is- compassion and strength. As the chal- lenges of the future confront the sheriff, Greg Williams is a product of the byists to patrol the legislative halls Charlie Tyson, Intern sues concerning our rural community OCS system and has a child in high and gives hundreds of thousands of and its citizens has provided us with a Lindy`s ability to make tough decisions, Ava Barlow, Photographer school. He is CEO of his own business, dollars to legislators’ campaigns. level-headed common-sense vote that while maintaining high levels of service, a commanding officer in the Navy Re- Harriet’s House, Summit House advertising we respect and need. Vote for Barry Ja- will serve the community well. serve and has a background in computer and Communities in Schools can’t Marty Cassady, Ad Director cobs in the upcoming elections! Please join me and vote for Lindy [email protected] Pendergrass, Orange County sheriff. programming/electrical engineering. play that high-dollar inside game. Clifford T. Leath Don McCauley, #23 Donna Dean Coffey is the former They have to count on political operations Orange County Chapel Hill budget director for Orange County. She leaders recognizing that it’s more Anne Billings, Office For Broun can dissect a budget, which would be an important to help women stay out of Coordinator Lewis for Senate asset for the board, especially with the prison and kids stay in school than [email protected] Joal Broun has been a wonderful current economic challenges. She has to give the Ram’s Club a windfall leader for Carrboro for 11 years as a Over the past year, I’ve remained Distribution largely undecided in the N.C. Demo- three children, two in high school. for another year. member of the Board of Aldermen. She’s I will vote for these people on May 4. Chuck Morton, Wendy Wenck cratic primary race for U.S. Senate. The governor just let them down. educated and informed and is a tireless Patrick Mulkey worker for her constituents. She has had The decision between Elaine Marshall, Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. Cal Cunningham and Ken Lewis was Chapel Hill Chris Fitzsimon is executive the ability to see the big picture and has director of N.C. Policy Watch. The Carrboro Citizen thursday, april 29, 2010 7

SCHOOLS Get involved in Bolin Creek decision SMITH LEVEL road for a quarter-mile length,” he said. from page 1 from page 1 Julie McClintock priorities and keep pavement Estes Drive and Homestead Much of the opposition ex- away from the forest. Road. Moreover, in a route yet pressed on the new design came Foushee said she knew that Essential to our progressive As Carrboro and Cha- to be determined, there is to In making his case Tuesday from residents in the Berry- with reduced funding levels, the community, one that values air pel Hill grow – and the new be a preferably off-road con- night, Chilton explained the hill neighborhood. The road’s schools would have to do less than quality, are bicycling lanes that UNC Carolina North campus nection between the Carolina process for allocating various design calls for a median that in previous years, which was hard reduce pollution from cars. But is built at the present Hor- North tract and UNC’s central types of transportation fund- would prevent a left turn onto to consider because education is so also essential are the natural value ace Williams airport site – campus. These potential cam- ing and said if the town re- Smith Level Road out of the important. and climate-enhancing properties UNC, Carrboro and Chapel pus connector routes include jected the plan it would likely neighborhood at Willow Oak However, she said, the com- of the Bolin Creek Valley and its Hill are coordinating plans and either a route along the rail- never be able to afford to build Lane. Berryhill residents said missioners have to consider all of outstanding creek. funds for appropriate bicycling way via the Libba Cotton and the sidewalks and bike lanes on they believe the added number the residents of the county and not In terms of bike routes, Save routes. We applaud UNC’s Cameron Avenue bike route its own. of cars traveling through the just the school children. Bolin Creek decided it would commitment to build bike fa- or a route starting in central “[DOT officials] have come neighborhood to BPW Club “This is the government of last be helpful to commission a cilities to fill this need, and we Chapel Hill that connects a hell of a long way,” Chilton Road would be unsafe. resort. This is the place that we GIS map to look more closely support preserving the Bolin to Umstead Park. All of these said. “It would be a tremendous Linda Levitch said the come for help,” she said. “There at the Carolina North and Bo- Creek valley and building bet- above routes will ensure con- mistake to throw the baby out change doesn’t make sense. has to be a way where we can lin Creek area to see what is on ter cycling connections. nectivity with the new cam- with the bathwater.” The town, “Almost everybody, when make Orange County an afford- the ground now and what is What’s been accomplished pus. (See townofchapelhill.org/ he said, has been waiting on they leave the neighborhood, able place to live for people who

planned for the future. We offer so far to plan for bike lanes? index.aspx?page=1356) the bike lanes and sidewalks for heads north toward Carrboro,” want to live in Orange County.... that here: wp.me/pKe0Q-9U The Carolina North Agree- Also; the Carrboro, Chapel more than two decades. she said. The answer cannot be, ‘If you can- This map, and other docu- ment signed in June 2009 in- Hill and Orange County boards Prior to Chilton’s com- After Chilton’s testimony, not afford to pay taxes in Orange ments that Save Bolin Creek cludes significant commitments have made recommendations ments, several residents said the board took up next steps County, go live somewhere else.’ has gathered, show the good to building bicycling facili- for cycling facilities to the they believed the DOT really on the plan. Alderman Jacquie “Many people who have lived progress we are making to plan ties. This agreement commit- Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro wants to build a four-lane road, Gist, who has long opposed the here all of their lives now don’t for bicycle connections that will ted UNC to building bike Metropolitan Planning Organi- citing DOT planners who con- various widening plans, said know whether or not they can stay also preserve one of our most paths along both sides of Estes zation (MPO), responsible for tend that they believe a wider she was swayed by the mayor’s here,” she added. valuable resources, Bolin Creek Drive from Martin Luther King making transit and funding de- road will one day be needed. appeal. School board members said and its contiguous forest. We Jr. Boulevard to Seawell School cisions. (See dchcmpo.org/) Part of the compromise be- She said since much of the they have been making cuts for call on the Carrboro Board of Road, and then along both sides tween the town and DOT al- traffic on Smith Level Road is the past couple of years and that SEE BOLIN PAGE 9 Alderman to fund these biking of Sewell School Road between lows for the state to acquire local traffic, the community further cuts could be devastating. enough right-of-way to even- should take some responsibility “We’re at the point where the tually widen the road to four for the DOT’s insistence that classroom is going to be affected,” lanes. DOT officials have said it be wider. “We have to take Orange County school board vice TANCREDO tration that have incited Tea Party district in North Carolina, said he they would not add lanes un- some responsibility,” she said. protests. came to hear Tancredo speak be- chair Debbie Piscitelli said. from page 1 less the town asked it to do so. “Most of the traffic congestion Several commissioners urged “Obama is without question cause he shared his views on im- Gregg Dito, who said he is people driving their kids to the most radical and left-wing migration. school board members to dip into had lived in the area around school.” their capital funds, which are al- “Tom’s speech was well re- president in our history,” he said, “I’m very much a believer in Smith Level Road for 17 years, The board continued the located for facilities, for operations ceived by the audience.... A num- adding that he didn’t want a limiting especially illegal but also said because of that he did not public hearing until June 1 and costs. ber of people approached me president who traveled around the legal immigration at this time,” he believe the road would stay two asked for a review of the project “If the per pupil [allocation] afterwards and asked, ‘What ex- world apologizing for the United said. lanes. by the town’s Transportation and the students are the most im- actly is controversial about this?’ States. “We have something good The Feminist Students United “This is a wolf in sheep’s Advisory Board, as well as ac- portant thing, then the capital is I’ve been asking the same question here and we should not be so released a statement at the event, clothing,” he said. cident-report and traffic infor- not,” Commissioner Barry Jacobs for a year now,” he wrote. ashamed of admitting it,” he said. stating, “We must continue to Pierre Monnet said it doesn’t mation on the Berryhill neigh- said. “Take the capital. The kids For his speech, Tancredo fo- “We are the last best hope of bring to the surface the hidden make sense for the road’s right- borhood. Board members also are here now. Yes, the facilities will cused on “the value of Western mankind,” he added. “The future and overt racism that is a funda- of-way to be wide enough for asked for a review of how suffer.” civilization,” discussing the war is brighter because of the values of ment tenet of Tom Tancredo’s four lanes. many trees along the route However, school board mem- against the U.S. by extremist Western civilization.” words, the Tea Party and the “Who needs a four-lane would need to be removed. bers said capital funds are vital to Islamic groups, the disdain for Audience questions ranged vigilante groups they support. the upkeep of buildings, some of Western culture by higher-educa- from whether Tancredo thought Supporters of Tancredo’s right to which are starting to show their tion institutions of the West and the U.S. would win the war speak on a public campus lack an age. problems associated with illegal against Jihad and why the U.S. understanding of power and his- “The building needs go be- immigration. would allow Muslims to immi- tory’s lessons that show us that yond just upgrading them,” Cha- “I do not believe that all cul- grate to the country, to why he hateful discourse amplified by pel Hill-Carrboro school board tures and traditions are morally made suggestions that Obama money and access to media create member Michelle Brownstein equivalent,” Tancredo stated at should return to Kenya and how the foundation upon which Mili- said. “We’re actually at the point of the start of his speech. However, Muslim extremists were different tiamen and the KKK operate.” health and safety. We cannot ad- he emphasized that his discussion from extremist Christian militia According to UNC police, dress our health and safety needs.” of Western civilization did not groups. one UNC student was arrested County Manager Frank Clif- concern race. Frank Hurley, a candidate for for carrying a concealed weapon win ton said he hopes to have a bal- Tancredo also discussed recent the Republican nomination for in the lobby outside the audito- anced budget prepared within actions by the Obama adminis- the seat in the 13th Congressional rium. the next couple of weeks. The commissioners will consider Clif- ton’s proposed budget at a series of meetings and work sessions in May and June, with a finalized budget approved by June 15.

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Republican also have a con- tested primary between Ryan Hilliard and Jon Greg Bass for the State Senate District 23 seat and between David Burnett, George Hutchins, B.J. Lawson and Frank Roche for the right to face Demo- cratic incumbent David Price in the Fourth U.S. Congressional District race this fall. In county races, incumbent county commissioner Barry Ja- cobs is facing a challenge from Carrboro Alderman Joal Hall Broun and former Hillsborough mayor Joe Phelps in the Demo- cratic primary for the at-large commissioner seat. In the county commission- ers’ District 2 race, Renee Price of Hillsborough is facing Earl McKee of Rougemont. Also on the Democratic pri- mary ballot is the race for Or- ange County sheriff between incumbent Lindy Pendergrass Win 2 tickets to see and former Hillsborough police Chief Clarence Birkhead. Neil Diamond All-Stars School board The primaries aren’t the only at Cat’s Cradle! races on the May 4 ballot. Four seats are up for grabs on the Or- To enter, email: ange County Board of Educa- tion. Candidate in the non-par- [email protected] tisan election are Will Atherton, 5 winners will be drawn at random Keith Cook, Donna Dean Cof- on Monday, May 10 fey, Laura Nicholson, Brenda Stephens, Greg Williams and Grand prize winner will receive incumbents Anne Medenblik 2 Neil Diamond All-Stars t-shirts and Debbie Piscatelli. Two non-partisan appeals in addition to tickets court races are also on the bal- Employees of the Carrboro Citizen, Cat’s Cradle, lot, with Mark Klass, Jane Gray and relatives of Neil Diamond not eligible and Ann Marie Calabria vying for one seat and Steven Walker, Rick Elmore, Leto Copeley and Al Bain competing for the other. Polls open Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Early voting continues from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thurs- day and Friday and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, visit win co.orange.nc.us/elect 8 THURSDAY, april 29, 2010 Schools The Carrboro Citizen Briefs Readathon results announced BRMA to host improv night worked as writer, director, actor and publicity and, with a little help from some The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program manager for shows at Chapel Hill’s One Song of the students, held the school’s will host an Improv Comedy Fundraiser on May Productions. Besides writing for the stage, she corn snake. 6 at DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro. Fea- is working on her second novel, a historical “I wasn’t looking forward to turing program director Graig Meyer as “Mr. fiction set during the French Revolution. Rio is holding the snake, but Ms. Stabe- Diplomat,” the show will also include members the daughter of Holly and Christopher Rio of now made it fun and the student of the DSI Comedy Actors. Tickets are $20 and Chapel Hill. encouragement really helped,” proceeds go to help send BRMA students to Roscoe is editor of the school annual and was said Cole. “Readathon is about summer camp. The show is appropriate for all president of the student body during her junior getting all the students at FPG ages and tickets are available online through the year. As a member of the varsity cross country excited about reading. I think we Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public Schools Founda- team, she holds the school record in the 4x400 succeeded this year, so holding a tion. meter. She is a graduate of the North Carolina snake was the least I could do to Governor’s School math program. Roscoe is the recognize their efforts.” Carrboro teacher honored daughter of Sandra and Jeff Roscoe of Pittsboro. Prizes and bragging rights are VIF International Education is proud to Morehead-Cain is the oldest, most presti- photo by Meg McDaniels also a key part of the Readathon honor five of its visiting exchange teachers in the gious merit scholarship program in the United The Dr. Seuss Singers, a 1st grade choral tradition at FPG led by music tradition. Awards were given out 2010 International Educator of the Year awards States. Besides covering all expenses for four teacher Brenda Doyle, perform at the first Awards Assembly. for the top reader in each class and program, including Carrboro Elementary years of undergraduate study, the Morehead- grade level and for outstanding ef- School teacher Luz Mery Suárez. Cain features a distinctive program of summer Frank Porter Graham El- ter, science lab, enrichment pro- fort in each class. The class in each Suárez, who is a first-grade Spanish instructor and academic-year enrichment experiences that ementary School celebrated the grams, field trips, teacher supplies th grade with the highest number in the school’s dual-language program, has been allow them to pursue educational opportunities results of the 12 annual Reada- and other needed items. of minutes read per student was teaching in the U.S. for two years through VIF, wherever they find them. thon on Friday. One of the biggest thrills for given a pizza party and the grade- an international exchange program for teachers. Currently, more than 220 Morehead-Cain Students were asked to read as students at the awards assem- level trophy to keep in their class- Chosen from among 45 nominees, Suárez has Scholars study on the UNC campus, making much as they could and record blies was witnessing the FPG room until the next Readathon. shown innovation and initiative in the classroom outstanding contributions across the full range their efforts. The goal for the 500 Challenge. Since the school Each year, the teacher whose and has created opportunities for her students to of university life. From student government elementary students was to read surpassed its goal of reading class had the highest average num- explore other cultures and countries, master new to community service to the performing arts, more than 500,000 minutes dur- 500,000 minutes, and in keep- ber of minutes read per student languages and broaden their perspectives. She is Morehead-Cain Scholars play a prominent role ing this two-week period. The ing with this year’s theme of the wins the Rita’s Reader Teacher the second Carrboro Elementary School teacher in Carolina’s vibrant student community. students surpassed the goal and great outdoors, Liz Stabenow, Award. This year, second-grade in two years to receive the award, with former Past Morehead-Cain scholars have gone on to succeeded in logging more than the school’s science teacher, teacher Ellen Manning earned the teacher Helen Crompton receiving the honor become congressmen, Rhodes scholars, medical 722,000 minutes of reading. overcame her fears and held the distinction, along with her teaching last year. missionaries and award-winning authors. This year’s Readathon is ex- school tarantula, which felt like assistant, Karen Casey. Students in Suárez had eight years experience teaching pected to bring in more than holding “kitten paws,” she said. their class read an average of 2,340 literacy in her hometown of Bogotá, Colom- Students take to the stage in $14,000, which will be used to Kathryn Cole, the school’s li- minutes during the Readathon. bia. Her language proficiency and professional school performances support the school’s media cen- brarian, also kept her fears at bay —Staff reports training helped her work with other instructors Two area schools have upcoming student at Carrboro Elementary to develop a complex performances: dual-language curriculum successfully. Chapel Hill High School’s drama depart- “It has been great to see the students’ progress,” ment will present The Wizard of Oz Thursday- Suárez said. “At the beginning, they don’t speak Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Hanes Auditorium at Spanish. At the end of the year, they are writing, Chapel Hill High. Tickets are $5 for students they are speaking, they are reading – they are (high school and younger), $8 for adults and doing it all.” free for CHCCS staff (one free ticket per staff member with ID). Board of education hosts Tickets can be reserved by sending an email legislative breakfast to [email protected]. Indicate the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board night you wish to attend, the number and types of Education members met with state legislators of tickets you wish to reserve and the name for the annual legislative breakfast on Mon- to hold them under. CHHS accepts cash and day. Guests included Speaker of the House Joe checks as payment. Hackney, Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, Rep. Verla Insko The bedroom farce Noises Off will be per- and chair of the Orange County Board of Com- formed by the 12th grade of Emerson Waldorf missioners Valerie Foushee. High School on May 5, 6 and 7 at 7 p.m. at the Board members, guests and administrators school. discussed the state budget situation and its im- This program is not suitable for children un- Photo courtesy of Kent Murray Photography Leslie Zuniga, Joshua McAdoo and Karen Lopez, students at Hillsborough’s Faulkner’s Dance and Gymnastics, pact on local school districts. Other discussion der the age of 12 and not intended for the easily will perform at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Page Auditorium at Duke University. This is the first year that the items included funding for drivers education, offended. This play is directed by Peter Moyers studio has accepted students in wheelchairs, and Joshua will perform a dance with Leslie to Garth Brooks’ charter school funding, dropout prevention, the and Lisa Braden. Donations will be accepted at “The Dance.” Leslie and Karen will perform a Mexican folkloric dance to “Viva la Sinaloa.” All three of the school calendar law and a joint legislative com- the door. students live in Carrboro. mittee studying various state funding formulas Ephesus students tour UNC for public schools. The Boyz 2 Men group from Ephesus El- The group then attended the groundbreak- ementary School took a field trip to the UNC ing ceremony at Carrboro High School for the campus on April 14. CROP Hunger Walk 2010 school’s new arts wing. The construction of the The trip was designed to expose third- to wing is expected to be complete in December. fifth-grade black males to college life. They It was another successful CROP Hunger Walk! Area students named toured campus, met with the president of the Our thanks to the more than 500 community student body, heard from a member of the Morehead-Cain scholars administration, watched a step show presented members who participated in this year’s Walk Melanie Rio of Carrboro High School and by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and ate a which raised money to fight hunger locally, Nicole Roscoe of Chatham Central High School cafeteria lunch. through the Inter-Faith Council for Social have been named Morehead-Cain scholars for The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a source of the class of 2014. support for the group, organized the tour. For- Service and internationally, through Church As a member of the school drama depart- mer Ephesus student and current UNC senior World Service. The Inter-Faith Council for ment, Rio has been an actor, director, chore- Preston Smith is one of the Alpha Phi Alpha ographer, videographer, stagehand and puppet mentors working with Boyz 2 Men. Social Service thanks all of the walkers, volunteers and IFC staff who master for shows at Carrboro High, and has helped make this year’s event a great success!

High school graduation schedule We particularly Want to thank the 2010 Carrboro crop hunger Walk sponsors: High School Binkley Memorial Baptist Church Greenleaf Vineyard Church Saturday, June 12 at 5 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center Carrboro Citizen Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Carrboro United Methodist Church Independent Weekly Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Friends Meeting Judea Reform Congregation High School Chapel Hill Kehillah Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Saturday, June 12 at 1 p.m. Chapel Hill News NC Hillel Foundation at the Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill Sportswear The Printery Chapel of the Cross St. Paul’s AME Church East Chapel Hill Christ United Methodist Church St. Thomas More Catholic Church High School Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m. Church of the Holy Family TCBY at the Dean Smith Center Church of Reconciliation UNC Health Care Community Church of Chapel Hill United Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist University Presbyterian Church The Episcopal Church of the Advocate University United Methodist Church Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle 1360 WCHL EVOS A Better Image Printing The Gathering Correction elementary school Members of the North Caro- We Would also like to thank lina Youth Tap Ensemble were All of our great recruiters Town of Chapel Hill Police Department incorrectly identified in a caption lunch MENU Balloons & Tunes Michele Lynn Communications to a photo in last week’s story. fri 4/30 — Spaghetti & Meat Fresh Oranges Max Vigotov and Breanna Polas- Sauce; w/Garlic Breadstick; Hot Chapel Hill Tennis Boys NCSU Pipes and Drums cik were the ensemble members wed 5/5 — Chicken Fajitas w/ Dog on a Wheat Bun w/Chili; salsa and sour cream in Tortilla; Town of Carrboro Police Department Southern Routes in the photo. Coleslaw; Garden Salad; Cherry Beef & Macaroni w/ Whole Grain Cobbler Macaroni & Wheat Roll; Mexi- MON 5/3 — CHamburger on cali Corn; Seasoned Pinto Bean; crop hunger Walk committee a Wheat Bun; Turkey and Brown Chilled Fruit Cocktail Rice Casserole; Lettuce & Tomato thu 5/6 — Herb Baked Chick- Gia Branciforte Lauren Hart Kin White Salad; Seasoned Baked Potato en w/ Wheat Roll; Turkey Ham Gloria Brown Nora Horton Julia Wood Buy Wedges; Cinnamon Baked Pears & Cheese; Melt on Wheat Bread tue 5/4 — Chicken & w/Chicken Noodle Soup; “Fun Deborah England Mae McLendon Shannon Gigliotti, Local Noodles(Rotini); Ham & Cheese on the Run”; Mashed Potatoes; Kelly Felten Linda Textoris Coordinator Sub; “Fun on the Run”; Steamed Seasoned Turnip Greens; Chilled Sharon Halperin Leona Whichard Carrots; Seasoned Green Beans; Apricots The Carrboro Citizen thursday, april 29, 2010 9

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Floating mats of trumpet pitcher plants rim Horseshoe Lake. Photo by David Swanson FLORA and Virginia willow come same lake surface will be from page 1 from this assortment of covered with thousands plant communities. of native white-flowered Many theories have These wild areas are water lilies, Nymphaea been proposed for the interesting to explore, and odorata. All definitely origin of the Carolina spectacular gardens are worth a paddle! bays, from a giant dino- frequently found in sunny If you don’t have a saur-age meteor shower transition zones, par- trip planner friend like to underwater wave ac- ticularly along the edges Muskie, it’s not too The Stiles sisters, Town Treasures tion back when ancient of the lakes, such as we difficult to plan your seas covered the land. found at Horseshoe. own natural gardens own treasures. How aptly named. Chapel Hill photographer-extraordinaire Catha- rine Carter’s wonderful portraits of our hometown heroes can and should be The engaging debate After flowering, the exploration. Check experienced at the Chapel Hill Museum. At last fall’s opening of her latest round of continues to this day. two-foot-tall trumpet out Exploring North honorees, I caught my old friend peeking out at me from behind the partition while Carolina bay ever- leaves will be spectacular Carolina’s Natural Areas, then-Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy presented the honors to 94-year-old gardening green shrub bogs and bay all around the lake during edited by Dirk Franken- Ttwins Barbara Stiles Wade and Bernice Stiles, whose gardens on Gimghoul Road is holy ground. forests are characterized the growing season. I’d berg. It contains specific You be the judge. Which are more beautiful? Their gardens or the Stiles sisters? by a couple of dozen like to be paddling there descriptions with sug- mostly evergreen trees right now to see exten- gested field trips for and shrubs that, in the sive mats of bladder- numerous natural areas A thousand words absence of flowers, can worts, Utricularia spp., throughout the state. by Jock Lauterer be a challenge to identify. with tiny yellow flowers Whether driving, walk- Do you have an important old photo that you value? Send your 300 dpi scan Some of our fine garden held a couple of inches ing, biking or paddling, to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. Because plants like sweet bay above the lake surface. nature’s gardens are every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words. magnolia, inkberry holly A few weeks later, that worth the effort! WATER WATCH

Closing Cost Specials! west end LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: 0’ 4.75” inches below full

Cane Creek Reservoir: 0‘ .0” below full

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PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH 

Cool Carrboro Condos Jones Ferry Plant: .65”

Now from $159,500 Cane Creek Reservoir: .81” 

Renovated | Landscaped | Energy Efficient CUSTOMER WATER DEMAND

North Greensboro Street near Estes Drive Past 7 days (average): 7.743 million gallons P ast 30 days (average): 7.666 million gallons

Estimated Supply remaining :

462 days worth (about 15 months), based on average demand in the last 30 days,

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Tom Wiltberger   919-929-2005 westendcarrboro.com       Re-Elect       Barry Jacobs   Orange County

 Commissioner A Record of Serving Carrboro and Orange County Join Us & • Leader in creation of Rural Buffer, joint planning Vote for with towns & county JOAL HALL • Pushed county efforts to help Carrboro purchase BROUN Adams Tract (Bolin Creek) Orange County • Worked to create award-winning Cybrary Commissioner • Supported current siting of Carrboro High, at Large funding of new arts wing

Allen Spalt Charlie Hileman • Key advocate on county task force that proposed Susan Spalt Delores Farrington Cait Fenhagen Anne Bleyman downtown Carrboro library Betsey Fenhagen William Perry

John Carlson Carolyn Perry

Carlotta Armstrong Theresa Watson A proven supporter of excellent public schools, environmental

Tommie L. Young Mark Dorosin protection, a strong social safety net, targeted economic

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 Dan Broun Chad Ludington

Rebecca Broun Damon Seils development, fiscal responsibility, quality of life, open and

Rachel Seidman Ken Moore sustainable government. Benjamin Filene Cathy Buck 

David Beck Tamar Birkhead

Edith Wiggins Diane Pledger Endorsed by Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton and Peggy Richmond Rose Bynum 

Stanley Foushee Joe Bynum

Aldermen Jacquie Gist and Dan Coleman, Independent

Nervys Levy Mae McClendon

Jonathan Broun Jennifer Watson Marsh Weekly, Sierra Club, Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens,

 Rachel Broun Karen Stegman 

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   former Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy, and many of your Harrison Broun Robert Trenkle

Anne Humphries Nancy Hilburn Trenkle friends and neighbors.  Audrey Layden Marge Broun

Faye Farrar Kenneth Broun  Jackie Helvey Hayes Sid Alexander  James Carnahan Minister Robert Campbell  

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Re-Elect Barry Jacobs Orange County Commissioner, At-Large Paid for by the Broun for Commissioner  Committee - Lydia Mason, Treasurer. Paid for by Jacobs for Orange, 2105 Moorefields Rd., Hillsborough carrborocitizen.com  Stay tuned. Stay  732-4384,  www.barryjacobs.org    

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