This Weekend Friday News Rain/Thunder/Wind 58/30 Commentary and Saturday Partly Cloudy reader letters 59/34 Sunday Partly Cloudy Page 6 59/34 carrborocitizen.com JANUARY 31, 2008 u CARRBORO’S COMMunITY NEWSPAPER u VOLUME I NO. XXXXVI FREE Cabela’s rival cautions against economic incentives Retailer says it has no plans for store at Buckhorn Road development By Kirk Ross ing locating a store in the 128-acre site without asking for taxpayer money. was not at liberty to discuss who the Staff Writer off I-85/I-40 in Orange County. If so, The group of Buckhorn Village de- main tenant might be or whether the Ewald says, be prepared to hear that velopers led by Southern Village co- group or the company will ask for eco- Though not certain that Cabela’s an economic incentives package is part developer Montgomery Development nomic incentives as part of the deal. is indeed the anchor tenant for the re- of the mix. There are three Gander declined to say whether the anchor Fugo pointed to a Feb. 25 public cently announced Buckhorn Village Mountain stores in North Carolina, tenant for what is projected to be a to- hearing scheduled on the project. retail and mix-use center, a competitor located in Fayetteville, Greensboro tal of 1.1 million in commercial space John Castillo, a spokesman for of the outdoor retailer is already gear- and Morrisville. is Cabela’s. Cabela’s said the Sidney, Nebraska- ing up for a fight. Ewald, who has testified in several Montgomery’s John Fugo, who is based retailer “currently has no plans David Ewald, a public-affairs con- public hearings around the country on handling inquiries for a group that also to build a store” in the area. Castillo PHoto BY Ken Moore sultant who works for Cabela’s com- local government incentives for Cabe- includes Meadowmont developer East said the Coral Honeysuckle flowering in petitor Gander Mountain, said he’s la’s, said the company’s competitors West Partners and Hillsborough Gate- mid-winter heard that Cabela’s may be consider- have created jobs and opened stores way developer George Horton, said he SEE CABELA’S PAGE 8 “Dead of Man killed winter” in Carrboro summer Plaza shooting By Susan Dickson reflections Staff Writer FLORA A Chapel Hill man has been charged with murdering his son- By Ken Moore in-law in the Carrboro Plaza parking lot Monday evening. It’s the dead of winter, and Garland Moray King Jr., of two summer-flowering vines 900 Sesame Rd., was apprehend- have captured my interest. A ed by police shortly after 6 p.m. Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera Monday. King, 65, was found in sempervirens, caught my eye two possession of a handgun. The vic- weeks ago when it screamed tim, 59-year-old James Kenneth across my deck for attention from Imonti, was found unconscious, beneath its cap of snow! Several lying face down, having been shot clusters of scarlet tubular flow- once in the back. He was trans- ers continue to flower in spite of ported by Orange County EMS the subsequent below-freezing to UNC Hospitals, where he was temperatures. It’s the nature of pronounced dead an hour later. this native vine to flower off and According to Carrboro police on throughout the summer into Captain J.G. Booker, King was mid-December. Flowering now apprehended as soon as police ar- in midwinter is unusual. But, rived at the scene, and he did not hey, that’s nature! resist arrest. Normally, you may glimpse a “Apparently, it was kind of an few red flower clusters reaching ongoing family-type dispute,” out from the forest edge or road- Booker said. According to a po- side in late spring and early sum- lice department press release, mer. More noticeable, however, King shot Imonti in the back at are the masses of flowers where close range after an argument in gardeners have established a Cor- the parking lot near Food Lion. al Honeysuckle on a mailbox, PHoto coUrtesY Dave Otto Christine Lysle, senior vet- fencepost or other trellis struc- Following the trail along Bolin Creek means braving the occasional stepping stone. erinary technician at Carrboro ture in full sunlight. If you pause Veterinary Clinic in Carrboro attentively for just a few minutes, Plaza, said she heard a noise that you will likely be rewarded with sounded like a truck backfiring a sighting of a hummingbird that Shooting along the stream(ing creek) while inside the clinic. can’t resist the nectar-filled flow- of the creek to new levels — ones meant to “No one really knew what was ers. Most nurseries now carry one RECENTLY... ensure that the remaining stretches of na- going on,” she said. or more cultivars of the Coral By Valarie Schwartz tive forest left in southern Orange County “Sometimes I go beyond Lysle went outside to find out Honeysuckle, selected for vigor- will remain for future generations to enjoy. what the commotion was, and ous re-blooming throughout the Having grown up with a creek be- Otto, for many people, is the person the literal definition said people started filling the season. For me, the pure species hind my house, it thrilled me to learn who pops into mind when they hear or read plaza as police arrived. puts on just as much of a show. when I moved to Chapel Hill in 1994 the words, “Friends of Bolin Creek.” He of nature... Looking “It was pretty packed with Coral Honeysuckle is com- that Bolin Creek flowed only a few yards has expanded his knowledge of the creek a lot of people,” she said. “Any- mon throughout our forests beyond my new home. During the five and surrounding forest and become an down at the reflections thing could have happened in and roadsides. Unfortunately, years I lived there, few days passed with- educator, helping the political forces that that parking lot. An innocent we seldom notice this common out spending time with my dog, explor- can make a difference for the beloved cor- person could have come out and vine because it does not thrive ing and enjoying the many varieties of ridor understand its far-reaching potential. is sometimes like looking the bullet could have ricocheted. in forest shade or on sunny sites nature offered along property — mostly It’s how the mayor of Carrboro met him. There were children around.” in competition with numerous in Carrboro — that abuts, and some that “He’s always been a real inspirational into the universe.” Lysle said because the incident exotic invasives, most particu- encompasses, the future Carolina North. involved a family dispute, she spokesperson for the organization and the — Dave Otto, on larly the Japanese Honeysuckle, A woodpecker pecking high above in significance of Bolin Creek,” Mark Chilton wasn’t concerned about future Lonicera japonica. The Japanese a tree; an owl swooping down repeatedly said. “He’s somebody who leads hikes and photographing Bolin Creek violence at the plaza. Honeysuckle is loved by many warning of her nearby nesting brood; ripples, invites government officials to come and see However, she added: “I can because of its nectar-rich white pools and glides repeating down the stream; what the organization is trying to preserve.” guarantee a lot of people in here flowers that scent up fields and fallen trees forcing new paths following a Otto opened Chilton’s eyes so wide that will span from the mountains to the coast. are really worried now. woodland edges on warm early- storm; descriptions of some of the many that the mayor envisions a public trail Combining his love of nature with “This is the first time I’ve ever summer evenings. However, this sights gifted to frequenters of Bolin Creek. that will connect the soon-to-be Mor- his photographic pursuits, Otto has seen anything like that,” said is not reason enough to allow For 23 years, Dave Otto has lived above ris Grove Elementary School at Old grown his talent into his first photo ex- Lysle, who has worked at Car- such an invasive pest to continue the creek in a Carrboro neighborhood. 86 on Eubanks Road through trails hibition, open ing Friday at Carrboro rboro Veterinary Clinic for 17 covering our wild and cultivated Since retiring from the Environmental Pro- along Bolin Creek to University Mall. Town Hall. A reception will be held years. landscapes. tection Agency, in a job that brought him to Otto’s vision extends to connecting the King is being held at the Or- Chapel Hill in 1972, he has taken his love trail with the North Carolina system of trails SEE RECENTLY PAGE 8 ange County Jail. 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