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Sunday Partly Cloudy/Wind 50/24 See page 8 carrborocitizen.com December 13 , 2007 w Carrboro’s community newspaper w Volume I No. XXXVIX Free Garbage collection, recycling adjusted for tinsel time The Town of Carrboro and Or- garbage collected one day late, on trees. For those with regular trash Business Extra ange County Recycling have adjusted Thursday, Dec. 27. pick-up on Monday or Tuesday, yard their schedules for the holiday There will be no recycling servic- waste is collected on the first and season. es on Tuesday, Dec. 25. Tuesday’s re- third Wednesday each month. For Town offices will be closed in cycling will be collected on Saturday, those with regular trash schedule on observance of the Christmas holiday Dec. 29. Orange County Recycling Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, yard on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, will resume normal pick-up schedule waste is collected on the second and Dec. 24-26. There will be no garbage on Wednesday, Dec. 26. fourth Wednesday of each month. collection on these days. Gar- The Town of Carrboro will be The town also issued a reminder bage collection for businesses and collecting Christmas Trees as a part that luminaries won’t be allowed this households scheduled for Monday of its yard-waste collection schedule. year due to dry conditions and a The doctors of Carrboro Pediatrics and and Tuesday will be collected on The trees should be placed along statewide ban on open burning. Internal Medicine are ready to move to Wednesday, Dec. 26. Those sched- the curbside and all ornaments and uled for Wednesday will see their stands should be removed from the their new building. See page 9. PHOTO BY KEN MOORE Brilliant red berries of deciduous holly brighten the winter land- scape. bubbling with enthusiasm UNC Plant a wants deciduous gas By Susan Dickson holly Staff Writer

flora The Board of County Com- By Ken Moore missioners agreed on Tuesday to consider a proposal by UNC to use county landfill gas to Last week I received a call: power the university’s Carolina “Ken, where can I find a de- North development. ciduous holly for my wife for Commissioners and county Christmas?” This small native officials have said they would tree is not commonly found like to launch a possible gas-re- in nurseries, but this time I covery project at the landfill as had a happy answer. a way of reducing greenhouse Having recently dropped gases. County staff last week by the Carrboro Southern had recommended that the States to pick up the bow of commissioners request propos- 25 yards of red ribbon being als from private firms as well donated for the town’s giant as the university, but university holiday wreath, I was stopped officials said they would not bid in my footsteps by a group against private firms. of deciduous hollies in full Commissioners postponed berry there in the garden a decision regarding the pro- posal process so that university center. and county officials could meet Though holly fruit are to discuss UNC’s possible pro- correctly termed drupes, posal. most of us call them berries, “We want to make Carolina and these berries absolutely North carbon-neutral, period,” sparkled. Some of the tags PHOTO BY KIRK ROSS said Carolyn Elfland, UNC on the various little trees Smith Middle School students went all out for water conservation at last weekend’s holiday parade. Dressed in bathrobes and shower associate vice chancellor for were labeled “Sparkleberry,” caps and blowing bubbles and carrying banners reminding the community to conserve, the students provided a good-natured re- campus services. “The landfill one of several cultivars of minder that the drought is far from over. See more photos from the parade and other holiday festivities on page 10 and on our website gas alone would make the en- deciduous hollies. The true at www.carrborocitizen.com ergy carbon-neutral in the first deciduous holly, Ilex decidua, phase, so that’s why we’re really a single- to multi-trunk small interested in it.” tree, is commonly called Elfland said the university Possum Haw. Now, who is Transfer station questions linger plans to break ground on the going to get really excited first phase of Carolina North about that name? I would By Taylor Sisk there are times when they vote transfer station location would in January 2009, adding that of- like to know the story behind Staff Writer on something and they know be reopened he said, “I’ve had ficials hope to use the gas to si- that one. Common in woods that there are people who are a change of mind about the multaneously create both ther- going to leave the room hurt,” location of the transfer sta- throughout the Piedmont and Did Mike Nelson feel rot- mal and electric energy. Nelson said in an interview tion on the Eubanks Road coastal plain, this little tree is ten when he voted in favor of “It’s much more efficient to with The Citizen shortly after site, and … I’m going to sup- placing a solid-waste transfer do it that way,” she said. thoughtlessly destroyed when the decision, reflecting on that port restarting the search pro- station on Eubanks Road? Commissioners had last week forests are cleared for new vote. “And for me, that was cess, recognizing that it will be “Oh, god, yes,” says Nel- questioned whether the univer- residential development. Un- one of those nights. I was re- well into next year before we son, a member of the Orange Editor’s note: This story sity would need to flare the gas, like the more familiar ever- ally torn up about it.” resolve this matter again and County Board of Commis- is the fourth in a series that rather than use if for energy, for green spiny-leaved American Nelson wasn’t alone in his select another site, if we select sioners. examines issues related to a period of time before the first Holly, Ilex opaca, deciduous discomfort: Others among another one.” “I think it was difficult for environmental justice and to phase of the Carolina North hollies are not readily noticed his fellow commissioners felt “I’m not saying that we almost everyone involved,” he the fight of the Rogers and development is complete. where they are so plentiful in likewise. should eliminate the Eubanks says of the unanimous deci- Eubanks roads community to “If for a short period of our local woods. “I think that I can fairly say Road site from further con- sion made by the board last be relieved of what they al- time we needed to flare the gas The other deciduous holly that more than one commis- sideration as we go through March, a decision that has lege to be an undue burden. because we wanted to address sometimes found in local sioner had trouble with that the search process again,” since been overturned after To read the stories in this se- the odor issue, that might be ac- ries and for other resources, decision,” says board member Carey continued, “but we do nurseries is Ilex verticillata, the community, led by the ceptable among us, but clearly go to www.carrborocitizen. Valarie Foushee. “We ago- need to decide [if] we want to Winterberry Holly. This one, Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to the end product has to be en- com/main/rogers-road nized over it.” eliminate it for social justice growing throughout the state End Environmental Racism, ergy or some other beneficial And while Moses Carey, or other reasons.” in wet habitats, will mature intensified its efforts at bring- usage,” Elfland said. “Flaring it tendant consequences, the who was then board chair, said as a multi-stem large shrub ing attention to what they be- forever is not an acceptable so- Rogers-Eubanks community that he felt the decision was and the berries, though often lieve to be an environmental Establishing criteria lution, and that’s not really what was unwilling to quietly ac- made for “good reasons at the larger and brighter than the injustice. After 35 years of for waste transfer we want to use it for either.” cept this additional burden. time,” at the Nov. 5 commis- berries of the tree form, having lived with the Orange Commissioner Mike Nelson “I think that just about any sion meeting at which it was The federal Environmen- County Landfill and all its at- elected official will tell you SEE FLORA, PAGE 5 announced the search for a SEE JUSTICE, PAGE 7 SEE BOCC, PAGE 10 Index INSIDE Youth teaching the true prize of sustainability Arts & Music...... 2 News...... 3 Hill High School — were se- Proof that Greene’s on the troubles left them without the Community...... 4 Study encourages RECENTLY lected from the 50 entries. right track with his teaching attention they deserved. Land & Table...... 5 shared food-pro- By Valarie Schwartz The first- and second-place comes through in his words Pete won $500 for himself Opinion...... 6 winners, Pete Singer and Ju- and actions: “If your life is not and $150 for Greene as teach- Obituaries...... 7 cessing facility Schools & Sports...... 8 lia Ganzi, respectively, both improved or your understand- er of the first-place winner. Business Extra...... 9 “What improvements would 15, are students of Thomas ing of life is not improved, I’m But Pete didn’t keep the Classifieds...... 9 See page 5 you like to see in your community Greene, a native of Hickory, not doing my job right,” he money. He went with Plan B, with respect to environmental stew- who’s in his first year of teach- said of what he teaches about which was to give the money How to Reach Us ardship, social equity and economic ing civics/economics and government policy, his pas- to a neighbor whose home was prosperity?” world history. He saw the con- sion. “I don’t lie to my kids.” lost in March to a fire. Plan A Contact Us Online Edition The Carrboro Citizen carrborocitizen.com/main test as an opportunity for his He lets them figure things out. had been to start the nonprofit P.O. Box 248 Stories are published online every The above question started students to connect what they “The youth of your commu- he mentions in his essay. Carrboro, NC 27510 Thursday at our main site, and also 919-942-2100 (phone) on our thematic sites: a contagion of thought that, were learning in class with the nity is what is going to make “HOPS, or Helping One [email protected] • carrborocitizen.com/ like the falling leaves, contin- nearby outside world and of- it sustainable, along with the Person Succeed, is my idea of foodandfarm fered extra credit for students quality of their education.” a program funded through pri- • carrborocitizen.com/politics ues to rain upon our commu- Advertising • carrborocitizen.com/mill nity. 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Three prizewin- ed him a closer look at his new family of six children for two deadline is midnight Tuesday. ners — all students at Chapel community. more children whose mothers’ SEE RECENTLY, PAGE 4 page 2 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 The Carrboro Citizen This Week - December 14 — 20, 2007 Thursday Friday Tuesday Saturday Catch Jim Free show at Cradle: Free show at Local Sunday Woody Durham Watson’s Boxbomb releases 506: SNMNMNM The NC Society Monday discusses UNC Wednesday 22nd Annual their CD with celebrates their 10- for Ethical Culture Free show basketball over Christmas Show Barbarella, Josh year anniversary with Trekky Records presents A at Reservoir: food at the Lords presents at The Cave. 8:30 Moore and Yearling. guest performers. Winter Solstice Dirty Money, A’ Leaping p.m., admission 8pm 10pm Christmas at Celebration. Dr. Powerful Luncheon at the Cradle. Tons is $5. — — Starts at 11 a.m. and Blag’ard the Carolina Inn. Or see a Festival of of bands, only at The ArtsCenter. perform Lunch is at 11:30, ten bucks. Doors The Second Friday Carols at Memorial around 10 p.m. costs $25. Artwalk is today! Hall at 8. at 7:30

Super Awesome Holiday Family sic, food, and art-related fun. For St, 3 Eastgate, Chapel Hill, 968-8868, Show – Bright, starry, and really spe- a listing of venues and times, visit www.somerhill.com, Mon-Sat 10am- cial! Dec 14-Jan 7 at Wootini, 200 N www.2ndfridayartwalk.com. 2nd 5:30pm, evenings by appt. Music Calendar Arts Greensboro St, Carr Mill Mall, Car- Fridays, 6-9pm, free! rboro. Opening reception: Fri, Dec Works by Jaquelin Perry, Sam Shelby Calendar 14, 7-11pm. Making the Grass Greener - Works & Lizzie Newton - Ongoing. Bloom by Jenifer Padilla. Fri, Dec 14, 6- Where You Are Planted, 708 Mar- Carrboro Works on Paper by John Ensslin 10pm. Archer Graphics, 206 E Main ket St, Southern Village, Chapel Hill. – Through Jan 12 at Acme Food & St, Chapel Hill. 929-7522, www.ar- 942-9880, www.BloomNC.com Chatham Artists Guild Open Stu- Beverage Co, 110 E Main St, Car- chergraphics.net dio Tour – Center Gallery at The rboro. 929-ACME, www.acmecar- ArtsCenter, through Dec 18. All 52 rboro.com Form & Function with Wood - artists on the tour are represented Woodworking by Doug Trimble. Hillsborough in this exhibit. 300-G E Main St, Water: Our Most Precious Re- Dec 13-16. Bean & Barrel, 50100 Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscen- source – Numerous works on dis- Governors Dr, Chapel Hill, 967- The Festive Season – New work terlive.org play by a variety of artists, all with 9990. in a variety of media by the Hills- the theme of the beauty of water. borough Gallery of Arts’ member Paitings by Stephanie Smith – Family Through Jan 15 at the Carrboro Palate & Palette - Oil paintings by artists. On display through Jan 20. rendering acrylic paintings. Through Branch Library, 900 Old Fayetteville Mary Stone Lamb. Through Dec 121-D N Churton St, Hillsborough. Dec 23, East End Gallery at The Rd, Chapel Hill (McDougle Schools 23. Horace Williams House, 610 E 732-5001, www.hillsboroughgallery. ArtsCenter. Artist’s reception: Fri, Media Center). Mon-Thu 3:30-8pm, Rosemary St, Chapel Hill, 942-7818, com Dec 14, 6-9pm. 300-G E Main St, Sat 10am-2pm, Sun 1-5pm. www.chapelhillpreservation.com, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscen- Tue-Fri 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. Cooperative gallery created & terlive.org Works by Sondra Dorn - Dec 14-Jan owned by local artists - Featuring 30. Nested, 118-B E Main St, Carr- Paintings by Judy Bauman – Through original painting, photography, clay, Paintings by Peg Bachenheimer and boro, 338-8023, www.nestedhome. Dec 31. Market Street Books, South- sculpture, fabric, wood, glass, jew- PHOTO BY DANIEL COSTON Catherine Carter – Through De- com, Tue & Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Sat ern Village, 610 Market St, Chapel elry & other traditional & contem- The Old Ceremony play the Cradle with Roman Candle on Saturday. cember at Provence Restaurant, 10am-8pm, Sun noon-6pm. Artist’s Hill, 933-5111, www.marketstreet- porary fine arts & crafts. 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Lee-Moore Oil Company, to a four-way intersection with overturn the ruling. Iredale, who was injured in the hit and run and suffered owners of a 63.3-acre parcel an entrance to the Lee-Moore After a hearing in Wake depression and post-tramatic stress afterward, sued Stephen off U.S. 15-501 and Smith property on the western side. County On Dec. 3, District White Coffee, who plead guilty to felony hit-and-run and driv- Level Road have started clear- The company has not re- Court Judge Kenneth Titus ing while imparired in the case. ing and grading work on part of the property, but aren’t sponded to phone and email upheld the ruling. James Exum saying what they intend to do inquiries about what it intends Jr., Lee-Moore’s counsel in the Proposed Man charged with murder to do with the property, which case, said the company intends entrance Kenneth Earl White Sr. is being held without bail in Hills- with it for now. Chatham County Planning is located mostly in Chatham to continue its fight. borough. He is charged with the murder of Ebony Robinson County but would have an en- “We were, naturally, dis- who was found dead Friday on Wrenn Road, a gravel drive off Director Keith Megginson said according to an erosion-con- trance in Orange County. appointed in the ruling. Lee University Station Road just north of I-85 in Hillsborough. The schematic used notes Moore Oil does plan to ap- Robinson, eight months pregnant, had been shot several times. trol plan filed with the county, dock the $80,000 in legal fees the company will clear roughly from the previous design peal,” Exum wrote in an email he and his neighbors incurred White, a neighbor who had a relationship with Robinson, for the site, which included a response to The Citizen re- was said to have threatened her the day before the shooting. 20 acres along the section of pursuing the challenge. the property nearest U.S. 15- Lowes Home Improvement garding the judge’s ruling. Unlike some states which 501. But Megginson said he store in the interior of the Murdock said he’s pleased have automatic recovery of le- Thompson cancer-free has yet to see a proposal for property and three outparcels with having the decision reaf- gal fees, under North Carolina Chatham County Commissioner Carl E. Thompson reports what might be constructed on along U.S. 15-501. That pro- firmed. law judges have the option to that his doctors have pronounced him cancer-free and that he the site. posal was successfully chal- When he bought his prop- grant or not grant legal fees. will resume his commissioner duties at the upcoming Dec. 17th The county has received a lenged in court by a group of erty, the plans for the parcel Meanwhile, as another ap- meeting. copy of a letter sent to Lee- neighbors in the area led by included 20 acres for business- peal looks possible, Murdock “I am most grateful that the prostate cancer was found in Moore by state Department Robert Murdock, a ruling that es along the highway and four says he and his neighbors re- the early stages and that the surgery to remove it completely of Transportation engineers was recently reaffirmed. 10-acre residential lots. main keenly interested in the was successful. My urologist, Dr. Cary Robertson from Duke on requirements for a drive- Murdock sued Chatham “We thought we knew what activity at the site and what the University Hospital, reports that I am now cancer-free,” way at the Starpoint intersec- County over the way it han- we were buying into,” he said. owners have planned for it. Thompson said. tion across from the existing dled the 2005 rezoning of Though he won his case, it “We’ll just sit and wait,” he Thompson says he has little chance of relapse. He thanked intersection of U.S. 15-501 the property. Earlier this year, came at quite a price when the said. the people of Chatham County who have sent him cards and and Smith Level Road. Chatham’s board of county judge opted to not award Mur- kind wishes. “Most of all, I am thankful for their prayers, which meant a great deal to me and my family.” He added that he looks forward to resuming work as com- Shoppes developer takes town to court missioner. “I know that there are critical issues to be addressed and I am ready to take on those challenges.” By Kirk Ross yard, appealed the town’s ac- the town not to allow the en- the property. Staff Writer tions in refusing a connection trance because the intersection Town attorney Michael for patrons to the proposed was already dangerous because Brough said last week that the Clark charged with another murder town is compiling materials Barbara Clark, the Pittsboro housekeeper accused of fatally The developer who lost Shoppes at Jones Ferry from of traffic. The Board of Al- and records on the project to beating her former employers, was charged with a second out on a bid to build a shop- Barnes Street. dermen eventually approved send to superior court. Brough count of murder on Monday after another woman died over ping center with a new Harris The project was to include the shopping center, but re- said a judge will then review the weekend. Teeter on Jones Ferry Road is a 52,250-square-foot Harris quired that the Barnes Street the case on the record with no Clark, 41, was charged with the first count of murder last challenging a decision by the Teeter, a 17,550-square-foot access be limited to emergency additional testimony. week after Mary Corcoran, 82, died Wednesday from injuries town to limit access to the de- building that could house 11 vehicles only. In a letter to the “What is at issue is whether sustained during the beating. Margaret Murta, 92, died Saturday. velopment off Barnes Street. shops and a 7,900-square-foot town and the developer, Harris the applicant gets to keep the Clark is accused of attacking three women — former NorthWest Properties building that could house five Teeter officials said the lack of permit without the condition employers Corcoran and Murta, as well as Rebecca Fisher, 77 Group, which had a contract shops. The plan also included a Barnes Street entrance would that limits access to the project — in a Galloway Ridge apartment on December 5, after the on a 7.7-acre parcel owned roughly 350 parking spaces. be a deal breaker. Harris Tee- from Barnes Street,” Brough women confronted her about stolen checks. Fisher was report- by Calvin Mellott and used During public hearings ter made good on its promise said. ed to be in stable condition at UNC Hospitals on Monday. as a construction material on the matter, Barnes Street and without the anchor tenant, neighbors queued up to ask NorthWest did not purchase Burning ban Orange County Fire Marshal Mike Tapp reminds county More NC youths paying attention to anti-smoking ads residents that the current burning ban prohibits the use of UNC News Services “chat value.” Anti-tobacco and quences from tobacco use. immediately after the fall 2004 open flames. pro-health attitudes among The ads, developed with infor- ad campaign and immediately In addition, Orange County Forest Ranger Jacob Pressley North Carolina youth re- mation from a report on best after the 2005 fall and winter said county 911 has received multiple calls daily for open burn- A statewide anti-smoking mained stable and strong, the practices in youth tobacco pre- ad campaign. The latest survey, ing violations — many related to residents burning leaves. campaign reached significant- evaluation found. vention ads, ran until October for 2007, began four months The State of North Carolina’s Division of Forest Resources ly more youths across North “North Carolina’s TRU 2004. A fourth ad aired that after the funding increase went banned open burning on October 15 because of the drought. Carolina between 2006 and campaign is now reaching fall, and a second series of ads into effect. For more information, contact the fire marshal at 968-2050. 2007, and most kids are paying attention to the message, ac- nearly three-quarters of young aired in late 2005. The 2007 evaluation report cording to an evaluation by re- people statewide between the To evaluate the effective- also found that one-third of searchers in the UNC School ages of 11 and 17 with true ness of the TRU campaign, North Carolina youth remain of Medicine. and effective messages from the survey research unit at susceptible to smoking, and Water Report - December 12, 2007 The evaluation found that real people in our state who UNC conducted several waves that the current ads may have awareness of the campaign have suffered from tobacco of telephone surveys. A base- already reached their maximum addiction and disease,” said line survey in March and April impact in terms of receptivity lake levels — called “Tobacco. Reality. Unfiltered.” or “TRU” — in- Dr. Adam O. Goldstein, a 2004 reached 634 youths be- among North Carolina youth. professor in the UNC School tween the ages of 11 and 17. The report recommends airing University Lake 7 ft., 7.5 in. below full creased from 54 percent of North Carolina youths in 2006 of Medicine’s Department of Follow-up surveys took place new ads in the upcoming year. Cane Creek 13 ft, 3.75 in. below full to 71 percent in 2007. The Family Medicine and director rise in awareness followed an of UNC’s Tobacco Preven- Total Availability Supply 44.3% of capacity increase in funding, provided tion and Evaluation Program, by the North Carolina Health which conducted the evalua- tion. precipitation this month and Wellness Trust Fund, from $1.1 million to $4.5 mil- “We believe that North Find that Special Gift at Jones Ferry Rd. 0.05” lion annually, which began in Carolina’s TRU campaign is Treatment Plant fall 2006. the largest sustained tobacco The evaluation also found prevention media campaign in any tobacco-producing state,” Cane Creek Reservoir 0.02” that North Carolina youths re- sponded well to the ads. More Goldstein said. “Our evalua- tion shows that the increase in The Normal rainfall for Dec. 3.14” than 95 percent who had seen the ads run in 2007 reported funding is producing real and that they were convincing, at- significant benefits.” customer water demand tention-grabbing and gave The TRU campaign was launched in April 2004 with Clay 7-Day Average 7.464 million gallons/day good reasons not to use to- bacco. More than 25 percent three ads featuring North Car- 30-Day Average 7.467 million gallons/day said they talked to their friends olina youths telling personal Source: OWASA about the ads, indicating high stories of their own or loved ones’ serious health conse- Centre

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Two blocks north of Main Street in Carrboro 402 Lloyd Street, 967-0314 Hours: Mondays - Fridays, 10am-4pm, and by appointment www.claycentre.com Page 4 Thursday, December 13, 2007 COMMUNITY The Carrboro Citizen Community Calendar Claus, elves to visit day Got an event you’d like to see in our calendars? email us at: [email protected] or drop us a line: P.O. Box 248, Carrboro NC care, UNC Hospitals 27510. Please send calendar items no later than one week prior to publication. Santa Claus, a nearly uni- ing Education off N.C. 54 at of elves are expected at UNC Special Events of every month, 3:30-5pm. Drop-in, no charge. versally revered symbol of the 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. Hospitals at 9 a.m. Thursday, Student Art Sale – UNC’s 1st annual student print Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, Chapel sale. Original student artworks at very reasonable Hill. 401-9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org. spirit of Christmas, will visit 19. A statement from health Dec. 20 where he is scheduled prices (cheap!). Etchings, photographs, drawings, UNC Hospitals and a UNC care officials states that at the to visit adult patients and hand digital and more. Fri, Dec 14, 9am-6pm, and Sat, Dec Museums day-care center this month, day-care center, he intends to out to each what UNC offi- 15, 10am-2pm, Hanes Art Center, room 301, located Planetarium & Digital Theater Shows - Science UNC Health Care officials an- hand out presents. The state- cials describe as “a soft plush near the intersection of Franklin & Columbia St, LIVE Demos. Ongoing. Morehead Planetarium, 250 Chapel Hill. E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. Info hotline 549-6863, nounced late Wednesday. ment did not indicate whether Christmas penguin.” office 962-1236, tickets 843-7997. Thu-Sat 10am- Eschewing his usual sleigh Claus would stick to his usual Candy canes will also be Bill of Rights Day – Sat, Dec 15. Come out and hear a 5pm, 6:30-9:15pm. Tickets $5.25; $4.25 seniors, and flying reindeer rig, Claus custom and limit the distribu- distributed to the hospital reading of the Bill of Rights at Peace and Justice Plaza students & children. For more info, visit www. will arrive via UNC Air Care tion of gifts to children who staff, the release said. (corner of Henderson and E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, moreheadplanetarium.org. helicopter at University Day for the most part have been in front of the post office). Begins at noon. Organized by Senator Ellie Kinnaird to honor Joe Herzenberg. Wilson Library – A Nursery of Patriotism: The Care at the William and Ida good this year. — From Staff Reports University at War, 1861-1945. Exhibit on war’s Friday Center for Continu- Claus and an entourage NC Society for Ethical Culture Benefit - Ken Eill historic impact on UNC-Chapel Hill. In the reads from his book Variations on a Theme--Poems Manuscripts Dept (4th floor) at Wilson Library, UNC of Jazz, followed by music & stories of the musicians Campus, through Feb. www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/ recently. . . Pete knows he hasn’t the minds of the youth we are & places of jazz in the 30s/40s. Sat, Dec 15, 3-5pm. $5. universityatwar.html. time now and that the money raising in this community. Open Eye Cafe, 101 S Greensboro St, Carrboro, 968- from page 1 9410, www.openeyecafe.com. Theater wouldn’t go far. The neighbor, Take a look for yourself by The Little Prince - By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, however — a single mother clicking on the website ver- “A Winter Solstice Celebration” - Presented by The adapted by Rick Cummins & John Scoullar; up to give emergency food whom he has not only person- sion of this column at www. NC Society for Ethical Culture. Sun, Dec 16, 11am. PlayMakers Repertory Co. Through Dec 16. 962- assistance, and to also guide ally helped but through getting carrborocitizen.com, where all The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro, 929- PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org. UNC Campus: friends involved earning com- three essays are posted at the 2787, www.artscenterlive.org. Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 120 and mentor the mom in child- Country Club Rd, Chapel Hill. care, educational guidance and munity service hours helping bottom of the column. Kids job applications.” her — could find many uses Our village certainly grows Toddler Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Audition – The Gallery Players are holding auditions Pete’s mom said he had for the money now. some good ones, and contests Thursday at 4pm. Dec 13: Share the holiday fun! Dec for men ages 17+ for The Secret Garden. No considered using the prize Third-place winner, Chel- like this one fuel and expand 20: Celebrate a musical holiday with Miz Moon and her prepared monologues, headshots, or experience sea Guild, a 17-year-old se- their ideas, sowing seeds of trombone! All toddlers are invited to this free program. necessary. Bring comfortable shoes and one prepared money to get HOPS rolling, For more info, call 969-3006. song. Mon, Dec 17, 7pm, at the Episcopal Church but as a starter on the Chapel nior, entered the contest not sustainability. of the Holy Comforter. 320 E Davis St, Burlington. Hill High School varsity bas- through a teacher’s guidance Contact Valarie Schwartz at Preschool Story Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. For more info, call 336-227-0060 or visit www. ketball team (hmmm, wonder but through her father’s. She, [email protected] or 923- Every Saturday at 10:30am. Dec 15: Find out what galleryplayersonline.com. what inspired that acronym), like Pete and Julia, provide 3746. happens when greedy trolls try to ruin the holidays. All compelling insight into the preschoolers are invited to this free program. For more Dance info, call 969-3006. Havana Nights – Cuban Salsa. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Mansion 462, 462 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, December 15, Bill of Rights ComedySportz 4 Kidz - Games & improv for the 12 967-7913, www.mansion462.net. Day, at the Peace and Justice & under crowd. Saturdays, 5pm. $10, students $8, kids Community Briefs under 5 $5. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N Greensboro Salsa/Mambo - 3rd Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance Plaza at the corner of Hender- St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro, 338-8150, www. 8:30-11pm. $7, 358-4201, [email protected]. Officer honored Hill have begun accepting out- son and East Franklin Streets. dsicomedytheater.com. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Rd, Durham side agency grant applications (Hillsborough). Chapel Hill Police Officer This year, the annual event will for the budget year beginning be held in honor of the late Express Yourself! - Art program for ages 3-8 & their Jim Orbich has been selected Ballroom - Dancing. 4th & 5th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, July 1, 2008. Joe Herzenberg who often caregivers. Allows children & adults to explore their own for recognition at this year’s creative paths through open-ended weekly art projects; $2. 933-8982. Seymour Senior Center, 2551 The local governments have ASIS Law Enforcement Ap- participated in the reading of registration requested. Saturdays, 10:45-11:15 & 11:30am- Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, 968-2070. historically provided grant preciation banquet. ASIS In- the rights. Contact: 929-1607. noon. $2. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 E Franklin St, funding to eligible nonprofits Chapel Hill. 933-1455, www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org. Contra Dance – Presented by the Carolina Song & ternational (ASIS) is the larg- that address human services Dance Assoc with live music by The Donnybrook est organization for security Lads. Newcomers workshop at 7:30pm, dance and needs in Orange County. Blankets needed Volunteers professionals, with more than Members of the Women’s Meals on Wheels – Seeks volunteers to deliver meals begins at 8. Bring clean soft-soled shoes, $8 donation A formal training and orienta- 35,000 members worldwide. Roundtable are in search of and/or bake simple desserts for recipients in the requested. Fri, Dec 21, at the Carrboro Century tion session for agencies seek- Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. For more info, call 942- Center, 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro. For more Officer Orbich has worked 250 blankets needed by Com- ing county and grant funding 2948. info, call 967-9948. for the Chapel Hill Police De- munity House, Home Start, will be held January 10. partment for 15 years. He has Family House, the Family Vi- Goathouse Cat Refuge – Seeks volunteers to help Comedy More information and ap- served as a defensive tactics olence Prevention Center and with rescued cats & kittens. For more info, call Bonny New Year’s Eve Comedy Explosion - 5pm: plications are available online instructor, a Taser instructor the Ronald McDonald House. at 545-2825 or email her at brooze@embarqmail. ComedySportz® for Kidz; 7:30pm: ComedySportz ®; at www.co.orange.nc.us/hsa/ com. 10pm: New Year’s Eve Party with DSIWitness News and as a member of the tac- New or very gently used twin index.asp. Applications are & Cajones. Mon, Dec 31, 5pm. DSI Comedy Theater, tical team. He is currently as- or queen size blankets can be due to the county and/or the Classes 200 N Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill Mall, signed to the patrol division as dropped off at the collection Meditation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism Carrboro, 338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com. towns by February 11 at 5 a canine handler where he also box in the Chamber lobby. – Wednesdays, 7:30-9pm, through Dec 19. Piedmont p.m. And checks can be mailed to KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, 35 Perkins Literary Discussion/ serves as the department’s K-9 Dr, Chapel Hill (off Weaver Dairy Rd across from Open Mic instructor. Blanket Orange County c/o Timberlyne Shopping Center). All are welcome! Leslie James Pickering - Mad Bomber Melville. Sat, Grant applications Rights reading Business Class, Inc., PO Box www.piedmontktc.org, 933-2138. Dec 15, 6pm. Internationalist Books, 405 W Franklin Orange County elected of- St, Chapel Hill, 942-1740, www.internationalistbooks. Orange County and the 2037, Chapel Hill, NC 27517. ficials will read and speak abou Health org. towns of Carrboro and Chapel Just $6 will buy a blanket. tthe Bill of Rights at Noon, on Living with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer – A bi- weekly support group. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Marvin Hunt - Looking For Hamlet. Tue, Dec 18, This newspaper is printed v Investments with soy ink on 35% v Retirement Planning v College Savings Plans recycled content paper. Dan Ryon v Financial Assessments Financial Advisor v Free Portfolio Reviews 205 West Main Street, Suite 101 Carrboro, NC 27510 Bus. 919-933-3191

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ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — Say hello to Roxanne! This adorable little 1-year-old boxer mix is sure to melt your heart and crawl in your lap! This cute girl is happy to play or cuddle and will fit into just about any family! Stop by Orange County’s Ani- mal Shelter, 1081 MLK Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, or call 967-7383. You can also see her online at www.co.orange.nc.us/ani- malservices/adoption.asp Thursday, December 13, 2007 LAND & TABLE The Carrboro Citizen Page 5 in season Study encourages shared food-processing facility Commissioners to consider facility for use by individuals, businesses By Susan Dickson been surveyed in North Caro- Staff Writer lina. “This is a very, very solid A recently completed feasi- effort,” he said. bility study indicated a strong Commissioner Moses Car- justification for a shared-use ey said the facility could attract food-processing facility in Or- investments from outside of ange County, according to a the county, in addition to cre- report presented to the Board ating more locally produced of County Commissioners on foods. Tuesday. “To have it located in Or- The three-month study in- ange County would be an op- cluded surveys of potential portunity for us to practice users, a site evaluation and what we’ve been preaching for proposed governance of the all these years about how far center. The center would al- you have to haul the things we low individuals and businesses eat and trying to minimize that to produce value-added goods distance,” he said. “This is an — such as jellies, pickles or ta- opportunity to do it.” males — in a licensed facility, Commissioner Alice Gor- and would be used by Orange, don said she would prefer to Alamance, Chatham and Dur- consider the facility as part of ham counties. the county’s capital improve- PHOTO BY KEN MOORE According to Noah Ranells, ment plan. Multi-trunk deciduous holly stands as a sentinel of the former forest that now contains the Botanical Garden’s Herb Garden. county agricultural economic “We don’t have very much … capital money, and we have development coordinator, the FLORA ries set in the spring dropped, study’s survey results were a lot of needs,” she said. I believe, as a water-saving stronger in this area than in The board agreed to fur- from page 1 strategy. The trees themselves any other counties that have ther consider the facility at a are still vigorous. There is wis- later work session. ILLUSTRATION BY PHIL BLANK don’t seem to last as long. I dom in nature. Next summer, I believe the birds relish the fla- know where my buckets of re- vor of the shrub berries more use water will be applied. With Fearrington House Livestock help than the tree berries. Unless or without fruit, the deciduous Holiday Dining Events Christmas Luncheon Two programs have been a flock of cedar waxwings or holly is a year-round joy. A gourmet four course announced for drought-strick- Panzanella robins “de-berry” a deciduous Now is a good time to Christmas luncheon will be en livestock producers and New Year’s Eve Dinner holly tree in midwinter, your plant deciduous hollies in your z served from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m., horse owners in the state. Monday, December 31 tree will bear red fruit right landscape. Make certain you featuring traditional favor- The Equine Partners Hay 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm into spring. get a male to accompany your ites with an innovative twist. Relief Program will help horse My personal favorite will females. If you live adjacent This is a special menu La Residence $65 per person (excluding owners with the cost of mov- remain the tree form. I admire to woods, you may have males with a fixed price of $40 New Year’s Eve Dinner tax, gratuity and beverages). ing hay purchased outside the irregular shape these trees nearby. However, you most per person. Enjoy a compli- Five Course Dinner, $75 Call (919) 542-2121 for res- North Carolina. attain with age. Several fine likely will not have a male Win- mentary glass of champagne per person with a compli- ervations. For information, call the specimens are in the Botanical terberry growing in your near- with dinner! Entire menu at mentary glass of Cham- New Year’s Eve Dinner department’s Hay Alert toll- Garden’s herb garden in front by woods, so a male is certain- panzanella.coop. pagne. Celebrate the New Year free hotline at 1-866-506- of the Totten Center. Those ly a must. I have a magnificent Three course dinner, $55 at The Fearrington House 6222. trees were there in the woods Winterberry that fruits heavily Elaine’s on Franklin per person with a compli- Restaurant with an exquisite Gov. Mike Easley present- before the herb garden. They every spring only to drop all New Year’s Eve Dinner mentary glass of Cham- tasting dinner menu pre- ed a plan to provide up to $3.5 stand there as Tolkien-like sen- the berries because there is no This year’s gala will fea- pagne. pared by Chef Graham Fox. million to get hay for drought- tinels of a former time. male friend growing near by. ture a four course dinner Available 9 p.m. or later, $95 per person (excluding stricken farmers who are run- For the first time in several I’m planting a male this win- paired with a glass of cham- $35 per couple dessert and tax, gratuity and beverages). ning out of feed for their cat- years, those holly trees are not ter! And I know one lady who pagne for $65 per person. Champagne (patio only). Call (919) 542-2121 for res- tle and horses. Contact Karen so heavily fruited. The ones in is going to be very happy on ervations. McAdams at the Cooperative my wild yard are not fruiting Christmas morning. Extension Office at 245-2050 this winter. 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Page 6 Thursday, December 13, 2007 PINION The Carrboro Citizen O Exile For the Record on Jones Street Truth and numbers Survey of Governance & Policy The annual high school rankings have been Kirk Ross rolled out by the good people at U.S. News and World Report and much to the chagrin of our Blue Yodel No. 171 fellow citizens who are fond of national rank- Randy Parton said it best ings, less than three dozen schools on the list the night he was told to leave of 1,591 were from North Carolina. That was his namesake theater. Speak- a good bit different from rankings by Newsweek ing to a couple of reporters magazine released earlier this year. upon exit, Parton — brother The main difference between the two maga- o’ Dolly — noted that he’d zines’ methods is telling. fulfilled his obligations to the Around here, the Newsweek rankings are City Of Roanoke Rapids and typically received with glee because they have then neatly summed up in traditionally used SAT scores and percentage a pissed-off-country-singer kind of way the state of what of students taking Advance Placement tests as was once touted as Branson their top (as in, just about only) criteria. We do East. pretty well by that standard. “You see anything else out But U.S. News and World Report added a here?” he snarled. couple of other categories, namely the achieve- Indeed, sport. ment of low-income and minority students. Parton was, save a Tuesday The magazine’s editor rightly explained that in Christmas show with Charlie order to judge a school properly you have to Saving dollars and lives Daniels, the only thing on the CHRIS FITZSIMON leigh Thursday to discuss the report. State Secretary schedule in the only building include the performance of all students, not of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention just those already top of their class. in a complex meant to rescue State policymakers received some guidance George Sweat was in the audience and agreed that another beleaguered mill Anyone paying attention to the struggles it makes sense to join most other states and stop Thursday on how they can reduce crime, save tax- town from economic gloom. of our school system over the past couple of payers’ money and make it more likely that troubled sending 16 and 17 year olds into adult courts. Sweat also said that the General Assembly con- Now, thanks finally to the decades knows that we’re far from where we teenagers have a chance to turn their lives around. release of expense records, Reports from Action from North Carolina and tinues to underfund his department, making it dif- should be when judged by that standard. This the taxpayers are learning a the Center for Disease Control call on the state to ficult to provide the services that kids currently in is a reminder that rankings are a double-edged little more about what Mr. sword. stop automatically sending 16 and 17 year olds ac- the system need and deserve. Ironically, the same lawmakers listening to the Parton did with his free time The criteria with which we judge our cused of a crime to the adult criminal justice sys- tem and instead treat them in the juvenile system. district attorney’s irrational arguments against rais- and the folks that cut the schools should be of, by and for the commu- North Carolina is one of only three states that ing the age for access to the juvenile system and deal with him are shocked, nity treat offenders under 18 as adults, and there’s a rea- then talking tough on crime are doing the opposite, shocked, that there was high son why most states have ended the practice. The making it more likely that youth will commit more living and tomfoolery afoot. Truth and fear CDC study finds that 16 and 17 year olds punished crimes. So they canned him and in the adult system are far more likely to commit Refusing to adequately fund juvenile justice called him names. There will There is no direct connection among the re- crimes when they are released than teens sent to programs has the same effect, robbing the depart- be lawsuits flying before long cent murders in Orange and Chatham counties. the juvenile system. ment of the opportunity to help many of the kids and my hunch is that “Take The victims were of different race, circum- Rep. Alice Bordsen introduced legislation in it houses. The spokesman for the Sheriffs Asso- This Job and Shove It” got stances and socio-economic status. The crimes the General Assembly last session that would treat ciation recently said that no one has talked about added to Parton’s set. against them ranged from a brutal bludgeoning 16- and 17-year-old offenders as juveniles, but give where the new funding would come from to ex- And while the city fathers to an alleged domestic homicide to a break-in judges the discretion to transfer individual cases pand the capacity of the juvenile justice system. will try to pass off some to adult court after a hearing. Bordsen’s bill came But worry about the cost is disingenuous at best. surprise at what was hap- that may be linked to drugs. Possible motives Prosecutors and much of the law enforcement differ as well — greed, drugs and rage. out of a recommendation from the North Carolina pening, this relationship was Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission. community pushed last session for an ill-advised headed for a heartache from Still, two elderly women are dead as are a The proposal received a lot of attention last bill to crack down on gangs by toughening laws and longtime Cedar Grove resident and a woman the beginning. summer but not much legislative action due to lengthening sentences for gang-related crime. A look at Exit 171 on The gang bill would cost the state $60 million who was in the eighth month of her preg- strong opposition from prosecutors and the Sher- prestigious Interstate 95 nancy. iffs Association, opposition which scared some and the fact that nobody talked about how to pay for it didn’t give any of the bill’s supporters pause. where sits the Randy Parton Unfortunately, we are not unaccustomed to lawmakers wary of being labeled soft on crime. Theater reveals exactly the That political fear stalled Borden’s bill, despite Neither did evidence that the gang proposals won’t such events around here. But coming on the kind of not much that the heels of each other as they have, these killings earlier studies that also found that treating 16 and work, according to national research and prosecu- 17 year olds in the juvenile system make it less likely tors in states that have tried it. singer referred to. This may have got many worried about their safety. that they will commit more crimes. In the case of Bordsen’s proposal, the costs are be an interstate exit ready to One common reaction was that posed by a The Action for Children report cites research not so clear. The juvenile justice system does need hit the big time, but not this neighbor of one of the victims who lamented showing that adolescence is a critical time for the more funding, but the state would save money in year and not anytime soon. that she used to be able to leave her doors development of the brain, particularly in the fron- the long run by treating 16 and 17 year olds as juve- No, it is not yet, as one press unlocked at night. tal lobes. The evidence was one of the factors that niles instead of locking them up in the adult system release put it, a “music and Therein lies a hint at the disconnect be- convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to ban the ex- and then paying to incarcerate them again when entertainment venue that will tween the way crime is portrayed in the media ecution for people younger than 18, reasoning that they commit more crimes. become a nationally-recog- Tough on crime in this case may be a catchy and our popular culture and the reality of how logically should be applied to how the state treats nized travel destination for all juvenile offenders. short-term campaign slogan, but it is disastrous our state.” No, for now this is most capital cases really go down. One of the authors of the CDC report ap- public policy in the long run, costing far more in another boondoggle you can Like everywhere else in this country, we peared at a Crucial Conversation luncheon in Ra- dollars and lives. pin at least in part on some have seen awful crimes committed by people star-struck local leaders, but unknown to their victims. But also like every- mainly on this state’s provin- where else, most murders here involved people Letters to the Editor year-old husky, who has broken out of every fence cial patchwork of economic created, and now spends his days napping on the who knew each other. According to the FBI’s development “partnerships” Joint open house porch or in the shade of a mulberry tree. In fact, most recent study on homicide, last year there — a system that rewards the As reported in The Carrboro Citizen, our non- Animal Control came by recently on an anonymous were close to 15,000 murders in the United call. Finding his bed and chew toy nearby, his food politically connected and well- profit agencies recently held a joint open house for heeled, but rarely dreams big States. Of 8,240 cases where the perpetrator the community at our offices in downtown -Car and water full, they called him “not only sweet, but for the rest of us. (One may was identified, 6,335 murders were committed rboro. The scores of guests who attended enjoyed a little spoiled.” by a family member or an acquaintance of the food donated by the following local restaurants: recall that the Tall Ships fi- victim. Acme Food & Beverage Co., Boleros, Bread- Dan Stern asco in 2005 was championed man’s, Café Carolina and Bakery, Chipotle, Hardee’s, Senior - Biology Dept. by a similar regional partner- The real world is far less filled with the ship.) kind of random violence depicted every night Jason’s Deli, La Hacienda, Le Bleu Water, Mama UNC-CH Dip’s Country Cooking Restaurant, Margaret’s There may be folks on the tube. And the number of crimes re- Cantina, Monterrey Restaurant, Open Eye Café, 35 Children of immigrants deserve an involved who really, truly ally solved by brilliant scientist/cops in sharp Chinese, Top of the Hill and the Weather Vane. education, too believed that the first phase clothes is dwarfed by the number solved each of the “quality, family enter- We are deeply grateful for the generous support I am disappointed at the reaction to the an- tainment venue” on Exit 171 week on our most popular crime dramas. Fear of these community-minded businesses. nouncement by the Community College system sells. But it should not be allowed to get the that they should admit students who are the chil- would directly create 2,595 better of us. Ben Balderas, executive director, El Centro La- dren of undocumented persons. These are children new jobs and millions in new tino; Stephen Dear, executive director, People of who, through no fault of their own, were brought revenue rolling into Halifax Faith Against the Death Penalty; Chris Moran, ex- to this country. They worked hard in school and County, but it was clear that ecutive director, Interfaith Council for Social Ser- only wish to further their education. Some of the those folks, along with the vice; Luke Smith, executive director, El Futuro children were even valedictorians of their graduat- people charged with its over- ing classes, and yet there are those who would seek sight and analysis, were not Misperception of dog tethering issue to deny them, and us, the fruits of their labors. tethered to this earth. I am deeply disappointed that most of the local I am dismayed by those who ignore the facts In announcing the deal editorial staff media has been complicit in reinforcing a common about these children: they pay out of state tuition, a couple of years ago, the misperception of the county’s dog tethering issue, which is $2000 more than the actual cost of a com- state’s Northeast Regional Robert Dickson, Publisher namely that it is a debate between “animal rights munity college student’s education. In addition, Partnership noted that the [email protected] activists” and “hunting groups.” Such polarization there are only 340 of these students out of a total project was supported by Kirk Ross, Editor only serves to obscure the real complexities of this of 271,000 students in the community college sys- findings from a consultant [email protected] issue and hinders substantive discussion. tem. This is hardly denying a place to any North and a study by UNC-Chapel Susan Dickson, Staff Writer Tethering is a common practice amongst ordi- Carolina student. Hill’s Carolina Center for [email protected] nary people who, for a variety of reasons, find it Those who would pile on ignore the line of Su- Competitive Economies, necessary to tie their animals up outside. It is not Taylor Sisk, Contributing Editor preme Court decisions saying that schools cannot which according to the part- an inherently abusive or neglectful practice. Natu- discriminate by denying services to aliens. This is nership estimated the music [email protected] rally there are going to be exceptions, but Animal no less than demagoguery by using these children Michelle Langston, Designer theme park would have an Control ought to report, investigate and prosecute for political motives, instead of helping them to overall economic impact to [email protected] such situations on a case-by-case basis, rather than succeed and become contributing members of our the state of more than $500 Jack Carley, Assistant Editor a broad sweeping ordinance. society. million and would lead to [email protected] The two public hearings on the subject were Finally, I am appalled at the venom and hatred minimally publicized and poorly attended. Without directed toward innocent children. Thanks for the 12,250 jobs. Marilyn Fontenot, Advertising Coordinator But when you’re filling the [email protected] further effort the Tethering Committee will have common sense of our governor, President Lancast- failed to dutifully execute its charge of “obtaining er and the two presidential candidates Democrat roles of both booster and Kathryn Ann Daly, Advertising Assistant general public comment or input about tethering Bill Richardson and Republican Mike Huckabee oversight, it’s easy to make the [email protected] from a cross-section of the community.” As such, who see the true picture. Huckabee put it beauti- numbers dance the way you Jasmine Girard, Editorial Intern their recommendation to amend the current ordi- fully, “In all due respect, we’re a better country than want them. Until the state, [email protected] nance is premature. Such an action by the BOCC to punish children for what their parents did. We’re which created these partner- Lucy Butcher, Editorial Intern would set a dangerous precedent of limiting the a better country than that.” ships, steps in and reforms Anna Maxwell, Editorial Intern liberties of the whole to curb the transgressions the structure, this won’t be of a few. Ellie Kinnaird the only blue yodel for the Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. And yes, I do have a dog in this one. My 11- taxpayers. The Carrboro Citizen Thursday, December 13, 2007 — page 7 JUSTICE hospitals and other sensitive The Eubanks option, says areas.” spokesperson Neloa Jones, from page 1 Given these criteria, many must be “taken off the table people here now question the … if for no other reason than tal Protection Agency has been transfer station siting process that [this neighborhood] has putting some consideration in Orange County. already been on the table for into environmental justice Rev. Robert Campbell, a 35 years, and that was longer concerns the past two decades, longtime resident of the Rog- than we were promised it had and has issued some guidelines ers Road community and a to be.” on how communities might go spokesperson for the Rogers- “The Commissioners have about planning for facilities Eubanks Coalition to End En- not yet decided on our criteria such as a solid-waste transfer vironmental Racism, is among for siting the transfer station,” station. those who don’t believe the Mike Nelson said in an email In 1993, the EPA created county did a very thorough this week to The Citizen. “I, for the National Environmen- job in its transfer station one, support taking the Eu- tal Justice Advisory Council search. As he said in an April banks Road site off the list. I (NEJAC) to “provide inde- interview with The Citizen, his do not know if a majority of pendent advice, consultation, sense at the time, and that of my colleagues will support do- and recommendations to EPA many of his neighbors, was ing so.” on matters related to environ- one of inevitability, a belief mental justice.” that in regards to the broader A different In a document published community’s solid-waste solu- conclusion tions, “All roads lead back to PHOTO BY NORMAN BARBEE SR. by the NEJAC titled “Waste “If you find that the deci- Eubanks.” A photo of the Orange County Landfill taken from the edge of Neloa Jones’s backyard on Purefoy Drive. Transfer Stations: A Manual sion you made was not the “To me, and listening to Jones said that the landfill was “unusually noisy and smelly this past week.” for Decision-Making,” trans- best decision and you have the my neighbors,” he said then, fer stations are defined as fa- opportunity to change it, why responded by citing a state- neighbors. It is impossible to continuous public participa- “it was [believed] that we just cilities that all serve “the same wouldn’t you?” asks Orange ment he had previously sub- separate this placement from tion is integral to developing didn’t have the power to stop basic purpose – consolidating County Commissioner Valerie mitted to the local chapter of the long history of abuses suf- a transfer station. The public them. We didn’t have the fi- waste from multiple collection Foushee. the NAACP, in which he said, fered by this neighborhood must be a legitimate partner in nancial, we didn’t have po- vehicles into larger, high-vol- What role did outcry and in part: and by the larger African- the facility siting process to in- litical support, we didn’t have ume transfer vehicles for more education from by the com- “Although I can’t give a American community.” tegrate community needs and the consensus of the towns economical shipment to dis- munity play in the decision ‘binding’ yes or no answer In a 2000 document titled concerns and to influence the around us.” tant disposal sites.” That waste to reopen the transfer station to whether I would vote to “A Regulatory Strategy for decision-making process.” But things changed. Siting and Operating Waste The search in Orange is then “loaded into larger ve- search? permit the proposed transfer The Rogers-Eubanks Co- station because a special use Transfer Stations,” the NE- County now continues. hicles (usually transfer trailers, “Just going through this alition to End Environmen- permit application has been JAC writes: “The clustering but intermodal containers, rail- process of talking about how tal Racism reached out to the submitted and I am legally re- and disproportionate siting cars, and barges are also used) we might mitigate the impacts In next week’s Citizen: community as a whole, said quired to hear all the evidence of noxious facilities in low-in- for long-haul shipment to a of the transfer station brought Should we be dumping our Campbell in a recent phone before making a decision, I am come communities and com- final disposal site – typically a to light some things that I had garbage on someone else? interview, and to the NAACP very concerned about the bur- munities of color led to the landfill, waste-to-energy plant, already felt,” Foushee says. or a composting facility.” in particular, pointing to haz- den Rogers Road has had to creation of the environmental “And as we worked through carry for our community over justice movement. The siting [correction: The editors have some- the process, we were given the years. We need to take care and operation of waste trans- what belatedly noticed two unfortu- “I am very concerned about the burden Rog- more, or different, informa- of our waste in a way that does fer stations is such an exam- nate errors in the first paragraph tion.” not harm the quality of life for ple.” of the Nov. 15 installment of this ers Road has had to carry for our community series. The Orange County Com- over the years. We need to take care of our waste “There wasn’t one, single minority and under-represent- Further: “The realization ‘defining moment’ that led me ed communities.” of safe siting and operation missioners did not, of course, vote in a way that does not harm the quality of life for to re-evaluate my position,” Carrboro Alderman Dan of waste transfer stations and to place a transfer station on Rogers minority and under-represented communities.” says Nelson. “During the Coleman wrote: “The transfer livable communities requires Road. They voted to place it on Eu- — Bill Strom, spring and summer, I heard station may, in itself, not be the good-faith collaboration for banks Road. And that vote took from a very broad cross-sec- sort of burden the landfill has its implementation.” place in late March, not in April. Chapel Hill Town Council Member tion of Orange County citi- been but its placement on Eu- And in its manual on deci- Our apologies for these errors.] zens. I listened to what they banks Road nonetheless fur- sion-making, the NEJAC states: “Decision-makers have the ards and inconveniences asso- had to say and balanced that ther burdens the Rogers Road “A siting process that includes opportunity,” the document ciated with the landfill that the against the seriousness of the reads, “to select the most cost- community feels would con- County’s need to make a final effective and/or environmen- tinue with the placement of a decision about how we dispose tally protective disposal sites, transfer station. Campbell ex- of our trash. Orange County even if they are more distant.” pressed his particular concern runs a very real risk of run- A site selection process, it con- regarding the new elementary ning out of landfill space be- tinues, should ensure that sit- school being built on Eubanks fore a transfer station is sited, ing decisions don’t impose “a Road and 18-wheelers passing so reopening this process was disproportionate burden upon up and down the road. “There not an easy decision.” low-income or minority com- needs to be a deep traffic anal- “When you talk about the munities. Overburdening a ysis to make sure they do the commissioners reconsidering community with negative im- right things,” he said. siting the transfer station,” pact facilities can create health, Several local elected offi- says Foushee, “you have to put environmental, and quality of cials traveled to Greensboro in everything into perspective. living concerns. It can also early March to look at Guild- The initial decision was based have a negative economic im- ford County’s transfer station, on a set of circumstances as pact by lowering property val- and were generally impressed they were presented to us. And ues and hindering community by its operation. It can handle I think for me, working on the revitalization plans.” These are over a thousand tons a day and [Historic Rogers Road Com- among the environmental jus- operates six days a week. munity Enhancement Plan tice considerations the NEJAC (Gayle Wilson, solid-waste Development and Monitoring urged should be addressed in a management director for Or- Task Force] and then finding site-selection process. ange County, estimates that out that we had another year Moreover, according to based on recent waste tonnag- left at the landfill, [I thought], the report, a “siting process es in the county, and assuming ‘Okay, if I take this piece of that includes continuous pub- being open five and a half days information and this informa- lic participation is integral to a week, the transfer station tion, what I conclude is dif- developing a transfer station. here would average about 208 ferent from what I concluded The public must be a legiti- tons a day, with Monday being from the first set of informa- mate partner in the facility sit- the heaviest day and Wednes- tion.’” ing process to integrate com- day and Saturday the lightest. “When the people say ‘you munity needs and concerns Using Greensboro as a gauge, need to take a look at this’ or and to influence the decision- that would mean an average ‘you need to look at this in making process. Addressing of 10-15 tractor-trailer trucks this way, in addition to how public concerns is also essen- coming out of the facility each you’ve viewed it previously,’” tial to building integrity and a day.) Foushee says, “or ‘you need to instituting good communica- The Greensboro station, consider this along with other tions with the community. Es- though, was placed in an in- considerations you’ve had,’ for tablishing credibility and trust dustrial area. Greensboro En- me, I feel like I’m obliged to with the public is as important vironmental Services Depart- do that. as addressing environmental, ment director Jeryl Covington “Now, if I do that and my social, and economic concerns says that, “When we started thinking changes, then I need about the solid waste facility.” looking at locations, we knew to say my thinking changed.” As the “Manual for Deci- we could not look in District Was an environmental in- sion-Making” affirms, in con- 2, which was the area where justice committed in selecting solidating waste into larger ve- the White Street landfill was.” the Rogers-Eubanks commu- hicles, transfer stations create An organization called the nity as the site of a solid-waste traffic concerns – congestion, Concerned Citizens of North- transfer station? air emissions, noise and wear east Greensboro had success- Many elected officials think fully fought the placement of so. In a questionnaire submit- and tear on the roads – in the ted by the Coalition to End En- immediate vicinity of the sta- another solid-waste facility in vironmental Racism, officials tions. As such, it’s urged that their neighborhood. The city were asked, “Does continuing priority be given to sites with determined that consider- solid waste activities, including access to major roadways and ation of placing a transfer sta- building a solid waste transfer that travel routes and traffic tion there was, in Covington’s station in the Rogers-Eubanks impacts be given significant words, “off target.” communities, constitute en- attention. Among design and Likewise, those who’ve vironmental injustice by your operating considerations that lived near the Orange County definition?” should be taken into account landfill feel that Eubanks Road Chapel Hill Town Council- are “haul routes to and from should be withdrawn from member Bill Strom, who also the transfer station that avoid consideration as a transfer sta- serves as co-chair of the Town congested areas, residential ar- tion site – which, as of yet, of Chapel Hill’s Rogers Road eas, business districts, schools, hasn’t been done. Small Area Plan Task Force,

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Leaving behind Haw River Methodist Church pital in Chapel Hill. him are people who loved him and to his closest friends he Arrangements are by the Contact Info: delivery@carrborocitizen very much: a daughter, Tonya was known as “Mr. Rogey”. Cremation Society of the Car- 919-942-2100 St. Clair Parsons of Cary NC; He will be dearly missed. olinas. 309 Weaver St., Suite 300 Page 8 Thursday, December 13, 2007 SCHOOLS The Carrboro Citizen Lunch Menus Board Dec. 14 - 20 recognizes Every meal is served with a New board sworn in choice of milk. Breakfast is By Susan Dickson netta Streater were sworn in by roads and is expected to open sports teams served daily. Staff Writer Judge Joe Buckner. in the fall of 2008. Burroughs, 45, replaces The school naming com- The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Elementary The Chapel Hill-Carrboro longtime board member Eliza- mittee presented Morris Grove Board of Education recog- nized several school sports Friday – Pork Egg Roll w/Rice Board of Education last week beth Carter, who decided not Elementary and Eubanks Ele- Turkey & Cheese Wrap; elected board member Pam to seek re-election. Burroughs mentary as possible names for teams last week. Tossed Salad w/Dressing; Hemminger as board chair. is a freelance grant writer and the school. Morris Grove was • The board recognized Chilled Apricots; Chocolate Hemminger replaces Jamezet- has two daughters who attend the name of a black school the Chapel Hill High School Pudding ta Bedford. Phillips Middle School and started by Morris Hogan, a football team, which made it Monday – Chicken Nuggets The board also elected Lisa East Chapel Hill High School. freed slave, on a site adjacent MIA BURROUGHS to the Elite Eight in the North w/BBQ Sauce & Wheat Roll; Stuckey as vice chair. She re- In other school business, to the site of the new elemen- Carolina High School Athletic Beef Taco w/Salsa; Steamed places Hemminger. the board considered possible tary school. The school’s origi- Association’s AAAA Champi- Carrots; Apple Halves In addition, new board names for the district’s new el- nal structure still stands. Grove Elementary, while oth- onship. Tuesday – Vegetarian Lasa- member Mia Burroughs and ementary school, which is un- Stuckey, Bedford and Bur- er board members did not in- • The East Chapel Hill gna w/Garlic Bread; Hot Dog returning board members der construction on the corner roughs said they supported dicate support for a particular High School women’s tennis on a Bun; Mixed Vegetables; Bedford, Mike Kelley and An- of Dromoland and Eubanks naming the school Morris name. team was recognized for their Chilled Pears second-place finish in the state Wednesday – Cheese Pizza; tournament. Team members Pepperoni Pizza; Pork Rib- programs at Carrboro High. public. include: Haley Booterbaugh, B-Q on a Bun; Broccoli Cuts; School Briefs The Carrboro High Band will per- Tess Darling, Sydney Davis, Chilled Apricots form its Winter Concert on December Book donations Tegan Flynn, Danielle Fradin, – Glazed Baked CHS winter concerts Thursday 16 at 3 p.m. in the Carrboro High Café Tamara Hill, Jennifer Huang, Ham; Sweet Potato Casserole; The Carrboro High School chorus, Commons. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Green Beans; Apple Cobbler have received 60 boxes of books from Megan Huang, Tessa Johnson, orchestra and band will perform winter Britney Rider, Emma Shaw and concerts this week. Communities in Schools of North Caro- Middle & High Glenwood choir lina and First Book. Toni Wei. They are coached by The chorus and orchestra will per- Lindsey Linker. The Glenwood Elementary School Gator The books will be distributed by the Friday – Chicken Nuggets form a concert tonight (Thursday) at • The board recognized Show Choir will perform winter concerts Volunteers and Partners in Education w/BBQ Sauce and Wheat Roll; 7:30. The concert will be held at Christ members of the Chapel Hill on Friday. Office and given to students who have Double Cheeseburger w/Lett United Methodist Church in Southern High School field hockey team The show choir has won first-place worked with community volunteers & Tom.; Garden Peas; Baked Village. for their state championship. superior and overall winner for the past through the School Reading Partners and Beans; Fresh Apple The groups will perform selections Team members are: Jessie Al- Monday – Macaroni & 11 years at the Carowinds Choral Festi- English as a Second Language programs. from Vivaldi’s Gloria, highlights from len, Lucy Bell, Kira Borman, Cheese w/Wheat Roll; Steak val. First Book is a nonprofit organization Harry Potter and a little holiday music. Kelsey Buckley, Meghan Ca- & Cheese Sandwich; Green The show choir will perform con- aimed at giving children without access Congratulation bouquets will be on bell, Colleen Falvey, Alexis Beans; Tossed Salad w/Dress- sale before the concert for $5. Proceeds certs at 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. at Glenwood to reading materials the opportunity to ing; Fresh Orange Hebert, Savannah Kennedy, benefit the orchestra and choral music Elementary. The concerts are open to the read and own their first new books. Tuesday – Fishwich; Beef Grace Krafte, Abby MacNeal, Taco w/Salsa; Sweet Yellow Hannah Martin, Barbara Parks, Corn; Chilled Fruit Cocktail Coaches’ 28 points (of which 20 came Hunter Newton, Liz Passan- Wednesday – Chicken Nug- sports in the final 6 minutes of the nante, Hanna Root, Alyssa gets w/BBQ Sauce and Wheat Reports v game). Stefandis, Stephanie Straubel, Roll; Hot Dog on a Bun; Broc- Culbreth (1-2) defeated a Taylor Wahrenbrok, Faith coli Cuts; Chilled Pears Culbreth Middle scrappy Stanback (2-1) team Westdrop, Caroline Williams Thursday – Glazed Baked on Thursday night for their and Bonnie Wilson. The team Ham; Sweet Potato Casserole; Boys’ Basketball first win of the season, 49-41. is coached by Diego Cabellero, Green Beans; Apple Cobbler (via coach Mike Harris) Jacob Junker was the heart of Marie Bounds and Xan Funk. The Culbreth boys varsity the Cougar attack, scoring 7 • The Chapel Hill High Info: 967-8211 ext. 270 basketball team opened play points along with numerous School women’s cross country against Phillips Wednesday, rebounds, steals and defen- team was recognized for their Novemeber 27th. The two sive stops. Keenan van Name third state title. Team members teams exchanged leads all- contributed a steady 12 points include: Anna Adams, Emily game, until Phillips pulled away along with a handful of steals. Adams, Lindsay Savelli, Molly in the end by six points, 38-32 Despite battling a flu-like ill- Spencer, Madison Stark, Ahna Got a thanks to powerful inside play ness, Culbreth’s Ingram led all Weeks and Christine Whitley. by A. Esry, B. Meyer and C. scorers with 17 hard-earned The team is coached by Ron school Smith. Michael Thornton and points. Ingram is averaging Olsen. Denzel Ingram played strong 22 points per game so far this event games for Culbreth. Ingram season. A. Buchanan scored netted a game high 21 points 10 and K. Thomas and B. Scoreboard you’d in the loss. Gregory added 8 apiece for Carrboro Recreation & Parks Culbreth’s second game of Stanback. 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By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Ali Cat Carr Mill Mall Over the past year, the doctors from Carrboro Carrboro Pediatrics and Internal Medicine have patiently waited to move into their 919 932 3954 new building as state contractors cleaned Open Mon - Sat 10AM - 6PM up potentially harmful chemicals. But the cleanup is now complete, and the doctors – who have practiced at sever- What’s for sale... al locations throughout Carrboro over the children’s toys and games (see list below!) past 15 years – will move into their new offices in March or April of next year. For several years I’ve shopped for my cousins’ holiday The building at 127 Fidelity Street was PHOTO BY ROBERT DICKSON presents at Ali Cat in Carr Mill Mall. The toy store packs home to dry-cleaning businesses – most Practitioners of Carrboro Pediatrics and Internal Medicine (l to r): Nick Sartor (on indefinite fam- an impressive amount of variety into its small space: board recently Hangers Cleaners – for a num- ily leave), Cory Annis, Manager Cindy Szuch, Karen Behling, Deanna Branscom, Keri Lawrence, games, puzzles, puppets and stuffed animals, science kits and ber of years before Carrboro Pediatrics and Jonathan Sheline (joining the practice in January). rocks, musical toys, beads, stickers, craft kits, tea sets, books and Internal Medicine bought the build- area, workers removed soil from a wide “It needed to be in Carrboro,” Sartor from baby-sized to Harry Potter, model horses, baby items, ing last fall. Because chemicals used in the radius around the contamination. said, adding that they wanted their offices and select toys including Playmobil, Bionicles, and Thomas dry-cleaning process are linked to some “It’s sort of like removing cancer,” to be within walking distance of Weaver the tank engine are just a few of the items for sale. There are cancers, the doctors had the site tested be- Annis said. Street. The doctors also needed more scores of fun “stocking stuffers” like bouncy balls and light- fore refurbishing the building and found Contractors also tested the area’s space and more parking. up rings. And there’s wrapping paper and cards, to boot. contamination from perchloroethylene, a groundwater and determined that the In addition, the doctors’ Lloyd Street What draws me to Ali Cat, though, isn’t the variety of dry-cleaning solvent. contamination hadn’t spread off site. offices don’t have central heating or air gifts, or even the fact that it’s a locally-owned business. I’m “We worried about the seriousness of Once Carrboro Pediatrics and Internal conditioning, so they use window units consistently impressed by the wholesome quality of the toys, it,” said Nick Sartor, one of the doctors Medicine moves in, they’ll monitor their and space heaters, which can make pa- and by their reasonable prices. Both are intentional, says with the practice. “We’re going to live in wells to ensure the water isn’t contami- tients uncomfortable when it’s cold and owner Syd Clarke. this building.” nated. they have to undress for medical exams. As a preschool teacher in the 70’s and 80’s, Syd didn’t “We were going to suffer from it if we Because the environmental clean-up At the Fidelity Street building, Carr- have many stores to shop at for games and toys. Buying didn’t have it taken care of,” added Cory process took nearly a year, the practice boro Pediatrics and Internal Medicine has from catalogues often had disappointing results. On leave Annis, another doctor with the practice. only just began construction on the build- added a number of green, sustainable fea- from work in 1984, she decided to open her own toy store In August, contractors from the state’s ing a few weeks ago. tures to the building, including recircula- in Massachusetts. The store moved to Durham in 1988 and Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act Pro- The doctors had been looking for a tion pumps, solar panels, energy-efficient opened in its present location in 1991. gram removed 240 tons of soil from the new space for their offices for a while be- windows and more. When choosing what to stock, Syd looks at quality, Fidelity Street site. Although the testing fore deciding on the Fidelity Street build- “It’s going to look like a new building wholesomeness, and price, but mostly she just goes with revealed contamination in only one small ing. when we’re done,” Annis said. her intuitive reaction to each toy. As a parent, she tries to stock affordable toys. One product she does not carry, for example, is dress-up clothes, which are always expensive and free gift wrap and recycle drop by the shop are encouraged to days-Fridays Dec. 12, 13, 14 can easily be found at a thrift store. She doesn’t stock TV tie- Briefs shop at its offices at 405 West bring along those hard-to-re- from 3 to 7 p.m.; and Saturday, ins, and she doesn’t sell online, encouraging shoppers to see Rosemary Street. cycle items cluttering up your Dec. 15 from 2 to 6 p.m. toys before buying them. Greenbridge The shop offers compli- closets including mercury I’m afraid I’m guilty of trying to find presents for my sponsors gift mentary gift wrapping using laden fluorescent light bulbs, Chamber present cousins at Ali Cat even as they reach their pre-teens. I wrapping post-consumer and post-in- used toner cartridges, old After Hours personally would still love to receive a Make-Your-Own-Plate Greenbridge Develop- dustrial materials such as cell phones, batteries, plastic The Chapel Hill-Carr- kit, but my cousins are eager to move on. Most of the toys ments will make it a little easier newspaper, old posters, print bags,and Styrofoam packaging boro Chamber of Commerce in Ali Cat are aimed at children 12 and under, although the for holiday gifters to be a little over-stock and found materi- waste. monthly networking event, family games and science kits have an older audience, and the greener with the opening of a als as ribbon. Those stopping The shop is open Wednes- Business After Hours, will be rest of the store is worth looking over with an older child in hosted by UNC Executive De- mind. velopment at the Paul J. 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PHOTO BY KEN MOORE BOCC significantly developed if we Holiday happenings could just pipe the gas,” Elf- Above: Carrboro Community Garden Club members (l to r) Matthew Arnsberger, from page 1 land said. Sue Morgan, Simi Fallahi and Kathy Buck make final adjustments before the hoist- She added that the Carolina ing of the Carrboro Town Hall holiday wreath. pointed out that the landfill gas North structures that already Right: McDougle Middle School’s marching Mustangs took to the streets in elf will peak, adding that it should exist could use all of the elec- gear for the holiday parade. be captured sooner rather than tric energy produced by the Top: The Carrboro High School Jaguars marching band also joined the parade, later, and questioned whether landfill gas. providing the music just ahead of Santa’s float. The school’s music department will the first phase of Carolina County staff will draft an be busy this week, with the chorus and orchestra performing tonight (Thursday) North would begin by 2009. agreement with the univer- at Christ United Methodist Church in Southern Village and the band performing its “We don’t really need the sity, which commissioners will winter concert for the school Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. at the CHS Commons Café. new Carolina North to be consider on January 15. PHOTO BY KIRK ROSS

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