10 Thursday, sepTember 4, 2008 Almanac The Carrboro CiTizen

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OrangecOuntydepartmentOfspecialservices co.orange.nc.us/socsvcs/special_needs_registry.asp

cOmmunityemergencyrespOnseteamreadyorange.org.

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poet Laureate of the united states, billy Collins, will read from his poetry collec-tions sept. 15 at 8 p.m. at unC’s memo-rial hall. he’s not your typical poet, and there are few who can’t find pleasure in

at least a few of his poems. his writing can be both eloquent, sarcastic, simple and hysterical. one gem, “Flames,” is about smokey the bear lighting a forest on fire, for goodness’ sakes.

Tickets are free for unC students with a oneCard and free for the public this monday if still available. Give it a try.

This Tuesday, here’s your chance to see pundits up close. e.J. dionne and david brooks will be discussing the presidential campaign at unC’s memorial hall.

Tickets are free and the show starts at 7 p.m. also on Tuesday there’ll be a lecture given by da-vid brown of the university of manchester in eng-land. he’ll be suggesting that the color line in the antebellum south was permeable.

The lecture, “breaking the Color Line: Changing interpretations of slave-poor White relations in the old south,” is free at 4 p.m in the George Watts hill alumni Center on stadium drive.

as many of us know the heels had their first football match last saturday. and they won. maybe the heels won’t be so bad after-all, even if it was mcneese state university. This week, they take a well-deserved rest.

—CaTherine rierson

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The flower head is comprised of two to five individual disc or tube flowers. unlike most other composite disc flowers, these are asymmetrical, with the five-pointed lobes of each flower tube being elongated and radiating out to one side. Look-ing down upon a group of these tiny flowers may not be impres-sive, but getting down on hands and knees for that closer look does reveal another one of nature’s really beautiful creations.

if you discover some of these leafy rosettes in your yard or woods edge, watch over them to make certain they are not disturbed for a whole growing season and you’ll be rewarded with late-summer flowers.

you can get a good look at quite a few of them if you walk along the edge of the road just opposite the construction site at the botanical Garden. along both sides of the ditch there you’ll find lots of specimens of elephant’s-foot. it you want to see one that appears to have been on a long intake of steroids, walk back to the west front of the Totten Center

and look on the ground at the base of the big trees near the utility post ground cable and you’ll find the world’s record, with mul-tiple stems and dozens and dozens of flower clusters. That clump is impossible to photograph. several folks have tried, and a photo just does not capture it. you’ll have to see it to believe it. now that you know what you’re seeing, you’ll dis-cover lots of them.

phoTo by ken moorea rosette of leaves remaining flat on the ground characterize elephant’s-foot.

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MaryFreedman,whohastak-enthereignsthisyearandledthemeeting,hashadanamateur in-volvementwiththeatersincehighschool, and her husband, DarrylFreedman,a retiredelectricalen-gineer,hasbeenastagetechniciandealingwithlightsandsound.Heisalsoavideographer,whorecordsnotonlyshowsandclassesaroundthecenterbutothereventsforair-ingon thePeople’sChannel.Hehasalsobeenstudyingscreenwrit-ing—andisacharacter—keep-ingthemeetinglively.

The group accepts anyonefromage55upwhoisinterested.Francine Dolan, who was in-volvedintheaterduringhercol-legeyearsattended,makingher

limitations clear. “I use a caneandwalkwithpain,”shesaid.

DarrylFreedmanofferedthatshe could learn to operate theaudio control panel or perhapsworkwithsoundeffectsforara-dioplaytheywillbeperformingat3p.m.onSept.20.

Sandra Jones came to themeetinginkeepingwithheref-fortstogetinvolvedatthecenterafterrecentlyretiring.

“I’m trying to enhance mycreativeself,”shesaid.

PatRyanhasbeenperforminginamateurproductionsforyears.Hislatewifewasacostumer.

“She used remnants and didamazing things with very littletoworkfrom,”hesaid.“Ialwayswanted to be a magician butI gave up the idea of thinking‘maybe someday.’” Besides giv-ingatrytoPrimeTimePlayers,

hesingswiththeVillageReview,whichhasasteadyperformancescheduleofsinginganddancingaroundthearea.

Speaking of stages, the one atthe Seymour Center leaves a bittobedesired for performers—abackstageandwings.It’sjustastagewithnoplaceforactorstostandbe-fore making an entrance or afterexiting, which severely limits theshowstheyarecapableofproviding.Thetheaterseats90andbeautifullyaccommodatesweeklymoviesandother events, but the stage clearlywas not designed with theatricalproductionsinmind.

“Agrantisintheworks,”MaryFreedmansaid.

Like life, it’s a stage to bereachedwhenitgetsthere.

Contact Valarie Schwartz at 923-3746 or valariekays@mac.com.

laKelevelsuniversitylaKe:0‘ .25” below full canecreeKreservOir:5‘ 0.25” below full

precipitatiOntHismOntHJOnesferrywatertreatmentplant: 0.57” canecreeKreservOir:0.82”

custOmerwaterdemandpast 7 days (average): 8.956 million gallons past 30 days (average): 9.210 million gallons

estimatedwatersupplyremaining:305 days worth (about 10 months), based on average demand in the last 30 days, and assuming no further rainfall.

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[ tip ]use sprinklers that throw big drops of water close to the ground. smaller drops of water and mist often evaporate before they hit the ground.

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The “where” of the airport,which would have a minimumrunway close tomile in length,isaconcernamongmanymem-bersofthenewlyformedOrangeCounty Voice, a group orga-nizing in opposition to the au-thority.Butfornow,thegroup,originallycalledConcernedCit-izensAgainsttheAbuseofEmi-nent Domain, is concentratingonhow the authoritymightdoitsworkandwhetheranewair-portisawiseuseoftaxdollars.

“We’re not pleased that theLegislature and UNC thinkit’sokaytobypass land-useandzoningrulesinOrangeCounty,”said Bonnie Hauser, a spokes-personforthegroup,whichshe

saysincludesroughlyahundredmembers.By law, the authoritywouldhavetherighttocondemnlandfortheairport.

Hauser said she doesn’t un-derstand why the state wouldwant tospendanestimated$35millionto$60millionwhenthecostof settingupanewhangaratRaleighDurhamInternationalAirportforuniversityandmedi-cal school air operations wouldonlycostaround$2million.

Anewhomeforthehealthcaresystem’s Medical Air operationswasplannedforRDU,buttheideametwithstrongoppositionintheLegislatureafterpilotsanddoctorstestified last year that statewidehealthcareprogramswouldsufferiftheywerebasedatRDU.

Fitzgerald said previously heexpects it to take between five

and10yearstositeandconstructandairport.

He also acknowledged thisweek thatDukeandUNCoffi-cialshavediscussedtheairport.

In an email response to The Citizen Wednesday, TallmanTrask,Duke’sexecutivevicepres-ident,wrotethatthetwouniver-sities had discussed the airport,but it isnotknownyetwhetherDukewouldbeinterestedinus-ingtheairport.

Bothmensaidthesitingoftheairporthadnotbeendiscussed.

Duke,whichownsDukeFor-est, is the largest landowner inOrangeCounty.

AskedwhetheranyDukeFor-est land is under consideration,Traskwrotethat“asfarasIknow,no Duke land is under discus-sion.”

triviaanswers:1. The Dream of the Blue Turtles; 2. hamlet; 3. barbara eden; 4. aerosmith’s “dream on”; 5. inside my head; 6. 3; 7. Jennifer hudson; 8. Requiem for a Dream; 9. Langston hughes; 10. Man of La Mancha

tHisweeK’scategOry:dreams1. What was the name of sting’s fist solo album?

2. What character wonders, “What dreams may come?”

3. Who played the title role in the classic ‘60s TV series I Dream of Jeannie?

4. What song begins, “every time i look in the mirror, all these lines in my face getting clearer,” and who is the artist?

5. according to Cheap Trick, where do the dream police live?

6. Which Nightmare on Elm Street movie was subtitled Dream Warriors?

7. Who won the best supporting actress oscar for her performance in Dreamgirls?

8. What hubert selby novel was turned into a 2000 movie featuring ellen burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto and marlon Wayans?

9. Who wrote the poem “a dream deferred”?

10. The song “The impossible dream” is from what musical?

Carrboro resident mark dorosin is the quizmaster each Wednesday at Trivia night at The station.

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Southern Village project proposedbyricHfOwlerStaff Writer

SouTHErn VillagE —SVCenterLLChassubmittedaconceptplanforasix-story,148,000-square-footbuildingonthesiteofthe73-spaceparkinglotinthecenterofSouthernVillage’sshoppingarea.Street-levelretailandahotelorcon-dominiumswouldoccupy90,000squarefeet,whiletheremaining58,000squarefeetwouldgofor147under-groundparkingspaces.

ThedevelopershavescheduledaninformationalmeetingforSouthernVil-lageresidentsonMondayat6p.m.intheAscensionHallofChristChurchonMarketStreet.TheconceptplanwillgobeforetheCommunityDesignCommissiononWednesday,Sept.17.