This Weekend FRIDAY 50% Chance of Precip 63/45 °F g SATURDAY Bi 20% Chance of Precip 49/31 °F SUNDAY City 0% Chance of Precip 52/31 °F See page 7 carrborocitizen.com DECEMBER 15, 2011 u LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED u VOLUME V NO. XL FREE Carrboro one of two reality show finalists BY SUSAN DICKSON The show is being produced by the sented eight towns to OWN. Those the show. Staff Writer BBC for OWN, and on Tuesday the were narrowed to two, but producers “[Network executives] fell in love production team visited Carrboro and would not identify the other town. with this town. I love this town be- It’s official – Carrboro is one of two hosted a town hall meeting to answer According to the Kingsland, Ga., cause it’s a unique town,” Toms said. finalists in the running to become the questions and get a better sense of the town website, Kingsland is still in the “What popped off the tape for me and setting for Lovetown, USA, a new re- town. Lovetown running as well, and produc- for the people at OWN was just that ality dating show to air on the Oprah Bruce Toms, Lovetown’s execu- ers held a similar town hall meeting there’s such a great community spirit Winfrey Network (OWN). But pro- tive producer, said the team had been there on Wednesday. here.” ducers say they need more male appli- searching for the right town over the Toms said producers have been very cants. past several months, and last week pre- particular in finding the right town for SEE LOVETOWN PAGE 3 'TIS THE SEASON – for THE FOUR-LEGGED TOO! Vivid testimony in Lovette trial Leading others to local natural areas like Occoneechee Mountain is a special gift. BY ROSE LAUDICINA Photo by Ken Moore Staff Writer Testimony continued in the trial flora BY KEN MOORE of the State of North Carolina v. Lau- rence Alvin Lovette Jr. this week, as expert witnesses were called to the Gifting naturally stand, details about Carson’s last mo- ments were told and the validity of Accompanying the joy of the testimony from Demario Atwater’s gift-giving season is often the ex-girlfriend was questioned. stress of determining what to Lovette is accused of murder- give. Here are a couple of ideas ing UNC Student Body President to avoid the potential exchange Eve Carson on March 5, 2008, with Atwater, who has pled guilty and is of “unnecessary stuff.” Give a gift currently serving a life sentence. The of nature. defendant has pled not guilty to all Consider giving memberships charges. to local conservation groups Jayson McNeil, a childhood friend like the Haw River Assembly, of Lovette, provided testimony of the events surrounding Carson’s last the Eno River Association, the hours, of which little was previously N.C. Botanical Garden and the known. Triangle Land Conservancy – all McNeil said Lovette called him on “necessary stuff” in conserving the evening of March 4 and asked for a ride for himself and Atwater to Cha- the nature around us. pel Hill, but that he declined. Or consider a gift of sharing a McNeil said that Lovette phoned special place in nature you enjoy him again on March 12, sounding exploring. Describe your place in anxious, having just learned of Atwa- a card and wrap it like a present. ter’s arrest, and again asked for a ride. McNeil picked him up, and claims For example, your gift may be Lovette told him what happened on a visit to nearby Occoneechee March 5. Mountain. You’ll enjoy introduc- “He explained to me that they saw ing it to special folks who have Zakiya Cagle, 10, and Carlos Taylor, 8, and a warmly parade, which featured more than 60 entries, including Eve Carson get into her car and they bundled Lola watch the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday the Orange County Jammers, the Chapel Hill High School rushed her,” he said. District Attorney never been there. Parade, held last Saturday in downtown Chapel Hill and Band and Santa Claus riding his sleigh. Jim Woodall had previously contended If you want to make it a really Carrboro. When asked for Lola’s age, Carlos promptly For more photos of the parade and Carrboro’s holiday Carson had been taken from her house. special gift, expand the gift to responded, “She’s 7. That’s in dog years.” tree lighting ceremony, visit carrborocitizen.com four seasonal walks or 12 month- Hundreds, if not thousands, of residents came out for the Photo by Alicia Stemper ly walks. This gift will require SEE LOVEttE PAGE 3 planning and time on your part. Many of our local nature pre- serves like the Botanical Gar- CVS likely to build fence around property den’s Battle Park, UNC’s Caro- BY SUSAN DICKSON ing to allow it to build a two-story drawn fire from nearby residents, who the properties. Polzella said officials lina North Forest, the Triangle Staff Writer 24,000-square-foot building with a say the development wouldn’t fit into were considering installing a fence Land Conservancy’s Johnston 24-hour CVS on the ground floor, the proposed space and would in- around the WCOM building and Mill and Carrboro’s Adams Tract CARRBORO – Citing vandalism and office space above it and a 64-space crease traffic on an already burdened its parking lot, as well as around the have interpretive kiosks with trail safety concerns, CVS representatives parking lot on land occupied by the area. Center Street house. announced last week possible plans former WCOM building, two homes Leigh Polzella, development rep- In an email Tuesday, Polzella said maps to guide you along diverse to install a fence around property on on Center Street and the offices of resentative for CVS Caremark, said CVS officials were coordinating site habitat experiences. the corner of Weaver and Greensboro dentist Debra Seaton. the boarded-up house at 104 Center maintenance and looking into fencing A great resource is right streets, proposed for a new CVS de- Following a number of changes St. was recently broken into and the materials in hopes of finding some- here in town at Carr Mill Mall. velopment. to the plan for the proposed develop- former WCOM building had been re- thing less obtrusive than chain-link. CVS Caremark has filed for a ment, representatives held a neighbor- peatedly vandalized, leading CVS of- Townsend Bertram is a treasure conditional-use permit and a rezon- hood meeting last week. Plans have ficials to consider measures to secure SEE CVS PAGE 8 trove of many free-for-the-asking regional trail maps. Among them are a Chapel Hill Bicycle & A ‘person-centered’ approach to recovery Greenways map and a guide to Carolina North Forest. Parking BY TAYLOR SISK through early intervention. Or it could be something more se- areas with interpretive kiosks are Staff Writer Each client in the program has a “key vere: talking or smiling to oneself or worker” who’s responsible for engaging a dramatic drop in academic perfor- located at several of the entranc- This is the final installment in a three- the client and family. That person serves mance. es to Carolina North’s 20-plus part series on the onset of psychosis in young as a case manager, primary clinician and At that early stage, the verdict’s still miles of trails. One special adults, its treatment and UNC’s Out- therapist. Treatment planning is person- out on the course of the psychosis, and reach and Support Intervention Services centered, focusing on the client’s goals. quite a few young people reach signifi- program. OASIS sees young people who have cant or full recovery, says Bebe Smith, SEE FLORA PAGE 10 The UNC Outreach and Support had a first episode of psychosis or a new an OASIS founder and co-director of Intervention Services program is the onset psychosis or who’ve had psychotic UNC’s Center for Excellence in Com- only one of its kind in the Southeast and symptoms for less than three years. munity Mental Health, which admin- INSIDE among only a few such programs in the Typically, an illness like schizophre- isters OASIS. country. nia first occurs in late adolescence and “The exciting thing about early-psy- Launched in 2005 with funding early adulthood, though occasionally it chosis work is that we’ve seen that with Rev. Manky from the Duke Endowment and the strikes earlier. appropriate treatment, some people celebrates 65 years Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Clients as young as 16 and as old make very good recoveries from that OASIS has scrambled for funding since as 36 have been treated at OASIS, but initial stage,” Smith says. at First Baptist those grants expired in 2008. About a most are between 19 and 24, typically a “Some go ahead and become doctors quarter of its clients are uninsured; those tumultuous time in most anyone’s life. or lawyers,” Saade says, “others adjust.” See page 3 with private insurance and Medicaid You’re trying to figure out who you are, INDEX are covered for only certain services. where you’re headed – and now this. ‘On when you’re The program’s objectives are to en- Family members might notice a gage young people in treatment of the change in behavior. “It can go from iso- scared’ Music Calendar ...........................................................................2 David Binanay was diagnosed with News .........................................................................................3 onset of psychosis and assist them in lating themselves to having a flat affect,” regaining social and occupational func- says OASIS program director Sylvia schizophrenia in 2006, when he was a Community ........................................................................................4-5 year out of college.