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reCenTly . . . By Valarie Schwartz
During our lives, we are introduced to countless people, some whose names we never catch or quickly forget, others who seem to instantly become a part of our circle. For me, Elaine Jerome became the latter when we met last December at a Seymour Center event. Her vibrancy and enthusiasm belie her age, making her seem far younger than the 81 years she claims to have lived.
At that introduction and in every phone conversation or meeting since, she has spoken of the concern that has become her driving force — finding a way for this community to provide more offerings for its young people.
“The seniors have been given so much in this community,” Jerome said. “Why isn’t someone speaking up for the teenagers?”
She moved here in 2000 to live near her daughter Andrea Jerome, married to Matt Barrett, and their daughter, Amarandi. Andrea and Matt met when they were teenagers and both were students at The American Acad-emy in Athens, Greece, where Matt’s father was a Fulbright Scholar and administrator, and Elaine, a regis-tered nurse and health educator, was
director of health services. That was in the late 1960s and early ’70s, but the couple did not marry until 1991, and settled in Carrboro to raise Amarandi, now 16. Though they also maintain a home in Greece, they picked Carrboro because that was where Matt’s mother, Riva Econopouly, had settled.
Elaine, who is the daughter of Greek immigrants and was married to a Greek-American, joined her family here after retiring from the Department of Hu-man Services in Princeton, N.J.
“For two years, I would not go to the senior center,” Jerome said. At 74, when she moved here, she considered herself too young to hang out with seniors and instead volunteered in the after-school program at Scroggs El-ementary School. “Then I discovered the unbelievable opportunities offered at the senior center.”
She had painted all her adult life, but at the senior center Herb Slapo introduced her to pastels, followed by classes in oil painting with David Sovero, who further expanded her cre-ative expression.
“Elaine came to my house to work with my daughter, teaching her art,” said Joy Javitz, a friend who stopped by Jerome’s Carrboro apartment af-
ter running an errand for her. Javitz’s daughter, Jackie, and Amarandi have been friends since age 2. “She’s a fabu-lous counselor for young people.”
Though shocked by recent school dropout rates, Jerome recognizes how traumatic the teen years can be and how easily some can lose their sense of direction.
“My objective is a teen center, and to have students involved in creating it,” she said, noting that discussions about a teen center during the planning stages for the Carrboro Century Center were dropped once it was completed.
She spent the winter talking to people and looking for others willing and able to expend energy and pur-sue grants and other funding, but she leaves for Greece in two weeks, where she will spend the summer with her family. She has a list of names of in-terested people she will contact after she returns.
“My dream is for a teen center on Main Street in every small town in the United States with the theme ‘Give us a voice,’” Jerome said. She plans to start in Carrboro.
If you want to be a part of her campaign or have ideas for her, write to her at [email protected]. When she returns in August, she hopes that other interested people will help provide a new sense of direction for meeting this need that would help keep kids in school, off the streets and away from destructive behaviors that lead to accidents, arrests and worse.
Contact Valarie Schwartz at 923-3746 or [email protected]
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PHOTO BY keN MOOReIndividuals flowers of mountain laurel deserve a closer look.
Spectacular wildflowers in the Piedmont
A friend visiting last week from the Carolina mountains inquired of some locals about locations of spectacular
wildflower displays here in the Piedmont. He was surprised by the response. Spectacular wild-flowers and the Piedmont don’t go together, he was told. It’s an oxymoron!
I didn’t have opportunity to convince my friend otherwise because he was intent to be on his way on a two-week journey chasing wildflowers in the east-ern coastal swamps and savan-nahs. He had little enthusiasm for what our local Piedmont may have to offer.
I had wanted to show him the spectacular mountain laurels, Kalmia latifolia, of Oc-coneechee Mountain, but he was not interested in a plant so common around his home turf. My enthusiasm for this local mountain did not impress him. Before he left, however, I gave him lengthy descriptions of other Piedmont locations of spectacular wildflowers.
I described the far-as-the-eye-could-see display of Dutchman’s breeches on the Flat River north of Durham. I described the river bottom, white with spring beauties, along the eno River at Hillsborough. I described Ma-son Farm Biological Reserve, where fields still spectacular with sweeps of copper-brown broom sedge will give way in another week to knock-your-socks-off spectacular Penstemons. Mason Farm alone provides year-round occurrences of impressive sea-sonal displays. The number of local wild flora sites is endless.
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FlORA By Ken Moore
dreaming dreams for our youth
PHOTO BY VAlARIe SCHwARTzelaine Jerome wants to help youth find their way.
PHOTO BY AVA BARlOwLili Vargas makes use of the computers in the Cybrary in downtown Carrboro. In the background are eric rankin, left, and Heber Hernandez. The Cybrary was spared in proposed cuts to library services and would be the closest public library for Carrboro residents should commissioners agree to close the Carrboro Branch Library at McDougle School.
Carrboro library cuts on the tableCounty budget proposal drops tax rate to 85.8 centsBy KirK rOssStaff Writer
HILLSBorougH — The Orange County Board of Commissioners de-bated proposed cuts in services Tues-day night, including the permanent closure of the Carrboro Branch Li-brary at McDougle Middle School.
The discussion came after a pre-sentation by County Manager Laura Blackmon of a proposed $177,589,039 budget for fiscal 2010, a drop of $5.4 million, or about 3 percent, from the budget adopted by commissioners last year. The school budget would drop by about $3.1 million and other coun-ty departments and programs would see a cut of about $2.3 million.
The proposal sets a tax rate of 85.8 cents per $100 valuation for the bud-get year beginning July 1, down from the current rate of 99.8 cents due to this year’s property revaluation. Al-though officially defined as revenue neutral under state rules, most county property owners would see an increase in their property tax bills, since the rate makes up for recession-driven re-ductions in vehicle taxes.
County budget director Donna Cof-fey said the budget picture is somewhat better than the last outlook provided for commissioners, as a result of updated numbers from the property revalua-tion and due to a lower than anticipated drop in sales tax revenue. She said early projections were for a 10 to 15 percent drop in sales tax revenues, but the actual reduction so far is closer to 2 percent.
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Manager recommends no tax increaseBy susan diCKsOnStaff Writer
CArrBoro — The Carrboro Board of Aldermen got its first look at Town Manager Steve Stewart’s $19.1 million fiscal 2010 recommended operating budget on Tuesday, which includes a revenue-neutral property tax rate of 58.94 cents per $100 of property valuation.
While the tax rate provides no increase in revenue for the town, taxpayers could see an increase in their tax bills, depending on how the recent revaluation affected their property values.
The budget includes $19,075,434 in recommended general fund ex-penditures and revenues, with prop-
erty and sales tax accounting for 73 percent of revenues. The budget year begins July 1.
Town officials expect sales tax rev-enues to decrease by more than 9 per-cent in the coming fiscal year in addi-tion to a significant reduction in grant funds from the state, equaling about 2 cents on the property tax rate.
“I’m hopeful that we will do better than this, but every month for the past number of months we’ve seen a decline overall, so we want to be very conserva-tive and very safe,” Stewart said. How-ever, he added, “Locally, we’re doing better than much of the state.”
The recommended 58.94 cent tax rate was adjusted down from the fiscal 2009 rate of 68.63 cents to account for the recent property
revaluation. This year’s revaluation produced a tax base of nearly $1.9 billion, compared with about $1.6 billion in fiscal 2009.
Stewart said that while the tax base is larger than that of last year, the ad-justed tax rate would level out town revenues from property taxes.
“We don’t get any more money out of the revaluation,” he said. The town’s key interests in creating a budget, Stewart said, were to avoid a tax-rate increase while maintain-ing current service levels and active employees’ jobs and benefits and continuing with long-term planned capital initiatives.
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Carolina north hearing highlights traffic impactBy KirK rOssStaff Writer
CHApeL HILL — More lanes along sections of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, traffic circles there and on Estes Drive and at Rogers Road and Homestead Road, speed tables in Elkins Hills and other neighbor-hoods and even a “minor restriping” in downtown Carrboro are among the possible ways to mitigate a surge in traffic predicted to accompany the buildout of Carolina North.
A traffic impact study on the uni-versity’s proposal to develop an aca-demic mixed-use campus on its Hor-ace Williams property was reviewed Monday night at Town Hall as the Chapel Hill Town Council opened three public hearings on the project.
One hearing looks at the details of a proposed new zone called U-1 for University 1. The other two hearings are on the request to rezone 643 acres of the Horace Williams property to the new zone and the extensive de-velopment agreement that’s been the subject of negotiations between town and university officials for more than a year. Town and university officials hope to complete an agreement on the project prior to the council’s summer break.
In his introductory remarks, Da-vid Owens, a planning and zoning expert with the School of Govern-ment who has worked with the town on the negotiations, said the new zone and the development agreement go hand in hand. While there has been considerable progress since ne-
gotiations started in February 2008, there remain several details to work out in some of the 25 separate subject areas.
In his initial walk-through of the project, Carolina North executive director Jack Evans said the develop-ment plan and the new zone would allow the university and the town “certainty, timeliness and predict-ability” during the buildout of the project. For review of the potential impact of the project, studies have fo-cused on two interim phases — one that supposes 800,000 square feet of construction by 2015 and another for 3 million square feet by 2025.
The traffic impact analysis was the first detailed look at how the develop-ment might alter the local landscape. Traffic engineering consultant Chris
Conklin said that by far the biggest impact will be due to new commuters coming into town from elsewhere in the Triangle. About 60 percent of the anticipated new jobs would travel from outside Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Most of those traveling into the area will use either I-40 or U.S. 15-501 or both to get to Carolina North, Conklin said, with many of them likely to funnel into the Eubanks Road park-and-ride lot and on to buses for the final leg of the journey.
Conklin noted that many of the intersections around the project are already congested and even without Carolina North are expected to reach unacceptable levels of delays by 2015.
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2 thursday,may14,2009 theCarrboroCitizen
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Monday May 18
local 506: boxbomb,barbarella,enserenade.9:30pm
regency park: Con-certsingersofCary.7:30pm
Meymandi con-cert Hall: triangleyouthbrassbandandensemble.8pm
open eye cafe: Jaafar.8pm
saturday May 23cat’s cradle:theoldCeremony,thelovelanguage.9:30pm,$10
the cave: early:esterhaazy
city tap: starmount.8-10pm
General store cafe: blluematics.8:30-11pm
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fr 5/15 mc chris**($12/$14)
w/whole wheat bread,i am the dream
Sa 5/16 todd sniderw/elizabeth cook**($15)
tu 5/19 ben solleew/anni rossi**($12/$14)
wE 5/20 clutch**($25)w/wino’s band and
maylene andthe sons of disaster
th 5/21 jukebox the ghost / jenny owen
youngsw/the winter sounds**($25)
fr 5/22 dance party ! !l in japanese
(no alcohol served)
Sa 5/23 **($10)the old
ceremonyw/the love language
Mo 5/25 flickerlocal short films
fr 5/29 isis w/pelicanand tombs**($15/$18)
Sa 5/30**($15/$18)josh ritter
Su 5/31 david cookw/ryan star**
th 6/4 bk3(bill kreutzmann,
james “hutch” hutchinson
and scott murawski)w/the brew**($18/$21)
fr 6/5**($17/$20)english beatw/urban sophisticates
Sa 6/6 tab benoit**w/mel melton &
the wicked mojosprESEntEd by bluE bayou club
Su 6/7 lonely heartsworld tour
easy starall-stars
w/guest trumystic**($14/$16)
tu 6/9**($20/$23)total request live!
(john doe,billy zoom,exene cervenka,dj bonebrake)
wE 6/10 paul thorn**($15)
th 6/11 grizzly bear
w/here we go magic**($14)
fr 6/12 jenny lewis
w/deer tick**($18)Su 6/14 meat puppets
w/retributiongospel choir**($14/$16)
Mo 6/15 portugal.the man**($5)
tu 6/16 peachesw/drums of
death**($18/20)
fr 6/19 connellsw/mayflies usa**($15)
Sa 6/20 camera obscura**($15)
fr 6/26**($15) nylon summermusic tour featuring
patrick wolfw/living things,
plasticines, jaguar love
Sa 6/27holsapple& stamey
albuM rElEaSE party
fr 7/3 the orb**
fr 7/10 bombadilcd release party**($9/$12)
fr 7/18 girls rock showcase**
wE 7/22 + th 7/23 fr 7/24 +Sa 7/25 @ cat’S cradlE
and Su 7/26 @ MEMorial hallxx merge**
wE 8/12 akron/family**($10/$12)
tu 9/1 hot tuna electric**($25/$28)
w/old school freight train
tu 5/19 bEn SollEE
x memorial auditorium (raleigh)
th 6/4thedecemberists
w/blind pilottiX via tickEtMaStEr, vEnuE boX officE
or progrESSEnErgycEntEr.coM
lincoln theatre (raleigh)
th 5/28 the nationalw/colin StEtSon
the artscenter (car)
fr 5/15brandi carlile
Sa 8/22bowerbirdsw/MEgafaun
nightlight (chapel hill)
Mo 6/15 zee avi
local 506 (chapel hill)Mo 7/13 handsome fursth 7/16 reeves gabrels
sold out
sold out
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Sa 5/23 thE old cErEMony
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Sa 5/16 todd SnidEr
wE 6/10 paul thorn
Sa 5/30 JoSh rittEr
fr 6/6 EngliSh bEat
tHursday May 14the artscenter: theWoodbrothers
Blue Bayou: orangeCountyCadillacs.9:30pm,Free
the cave: early:theVinegarCreekConstituency.late:boatburning
General store cafe: blueCon-cept.7-9pm
lincoln theater: JoshKelley.8:30pm
local 506: thethermals,shakyhands,pointJuncture,Wa.9pm
Milltown: matthewbarber.8pm
friday May 15the artscenter: brandiCarlile,thenoises10.soldout
Blue Bayou: andyCoatstrio.9:30pm
cat’s cradle:mCChris,WholeWheatbread,iamthedream.9pm
the cave: early:muddyhon-cho.late:scatterbones
city tap: early:seenoWeevillate:doctoroakroot
franklin Hotel: Chrisreynoldsandberkeleygrimballatroberts.8-11pm
General store cafe: WellsFam-ilyband.8:30-11pm
Harry’s Market: milagrosaints.7-9pm
local 506: horseFeathers,Joepug.9:30pm,$8/10
nightlight: maxindian,embarass-ingFruits,lizaKate,mountmoriah.9:30pm
saturday May 16Blue Bayou: goodrockin’sam.9:30pm,$8/10
cat’s cradle:toddsnider,eliza-bethCook.8:45pm,$15
the cave: early:bluediablolate:tripp,transmissionFields,thetomahawks
city tap: WindyCityslimwithkenyow.8-10pm
General store cafe: gillenandturk.8:30-11pm
local 506: herearetheyoungmen,mr.suit,dJCanon.10pm,Free
nightlight: themoaners,Curtainsofnight,Wizzerdsofrhyme,intheyearofthepig.9:30pm
open eye cafe: Caruso.8pm
time Warner cable Music pavilion: georgestrait.8pm
sunday May 17the cave: mississippiJohndoude’sVoodoopanther.$5
Meymandi concert Hall: tri-
anglebrassband.4pm
nightlight: bellafea,Caltrop,screamingFemale.9:30pm
regency park: thedelmcCouryband.12:15pm
resevoir: blacklistroyals
Weaver street Market: onesun.11am-1pm
Monday May 18the cave: late:thedig
local 506: herspaceholiday,Citylight.9:30pm,$10
tuesday May 19cat’s cradle:bensollee,annirossi.8:30pm,$12/14
the cave: late:mandolinorange
local 506: theburninghotels,tehVodak.9:30pm,$5
resevoir: Wizardry,blag’ard
Wednesday May 20 cat’s cradle:Clutch,Wino’sband,mayleneandthedisasters.8:30pm,$25the cave: early:blairCrimminslate:rickystein,the.44
local 506: it’sJustVanity
nightlight: alcazaarhotel,mixelpixel.9:30pm
tHursday May 21Blue Bayou: billWest.9pm
cat’s cradle:Jukeboxtheghost,Jennyowenyoungs,theWintersounds.9pm,$8/10
captain John’s dockside:Chrisreynoldsswing“n”Jazztrio.6-8:30pm
the cave: late:battlerockets,husky
General store cafe: tonygalianiband.7-9pm
local 506: mr.lif,grieves,Willieevans,Jr,socialmemoryComplex.9pm,$10
friday May 22the artscenter: paddyKeenan,JohnWalsh.8:30pm,$14/16
Blue Bayou: tinsleyellis.9:30pm
the cave: early:happenstanzalate:bigdaddylove
city tap: late:billhicks
franklin Hotel: Chrisreynoldsandberkeleygrimballatroberts
General store cafe: FrizzWheel.8:30-11pm
local 506: lemmingmalloy,iWastotallydestroyingit,grayyoung.10pm,Free
open eye cafe: shawndeena,andimorgan.8pm
resevoir: Colossus,blackholicus,gollum
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white Cross murder case droppedEvidence presented Monday in Orange County District
Court showed that brothers Steve and Ronnie Ramirez wereactinginself-defensewhentheyshotandkilledThaddeusJerrodHarrisinMarch.
Asaresult,ajudgeruledthattherewasinsufficientevidencetosendthecasestotheSuperiorCourt.TheRamirezbrothershadbeenchargedwiththemurderofHarrisafterOrangeCoun-tydeputiesfoundhimdeadfrommultiplegunshotwoundsattheRamirezhomeat2120GemenaRoad,notfarfromAmeri-canStoneQuarry.
AccordingtoDistrictAttorneyJimWoodall,Harrisen-tered the Ramirez home for a drug deal and fired a gunbeforehewasshot.
Ransom Street closed until Nov. 1BothlanesofRansomStreetbetweenPattersonPlaceandMc-
CauleyStreetwillbeclosedonMondayuntilNov.1asworkcon-tinuesonthesteamtunnelservingUNC.
ThesteamtunnelrunsalongaUNC-ownedright-of-wayrun-ningparalleltoandnorthofMcCauleyStreet,crossingColum-bia,PittsboroandRandomstreets toconnect thecampusnearSittersonHalltotheCogenerationFacilityonWestCameronAv-enue.Theoriginalsteamtunnelwasinstalledin1939andneedsreplacement.
Roadclosureanddetoursignsforbothvehiclesandpedestrianswillbepostedalongtheaffectedroute.Allresidentsintheareawillhavefullaccesstotheirhomesatalltimesviathedetours.
Police seek info in strong-arm robberyTheChapelHillPoliceDepartmentseeksinformationregard-
ingastrong-armedrobberyintheparkinglotofBordersBooksonFordhamBoulevardonFridayaround5p.m.
Accordingtopolice,asuspectgrabbedthevictim’spurseandpushedher,andasecondsuspectranupbesidethefirstsuspectbeforetheyjumpedintothebackofa1999whiteLexuswithgoldtrimandaMarylandlicenseplate.Policedescribedthefirstsus-pectasamedium-todark-skinnedblackmaleaboutfivefeet10tofivefeet11inchestall,overweightwithshorthairandwearingagreyt-shirtandloose-fittingpants,andthesecondsuspectasatall,slimblackmale.
Thedriverof the carwas a light-skinnedblackmalewithamustache and longerhair, and a fourth suspect in the carwasidentifiedasablackmale,accordingtopolicedescriptions.
PoliceaskanyonewithinformationrelatingtotheincidenttocontacttheChapelHillPoliceDepartmentat968-2760orCrimeStoppers at942-7515.Calls toCrimeStoppers are confidentialandanonymousandcallersmaybeeligibleforacashrewardofupto$2,000forinformationleadingtoarrest.
Rabid bats found in Chapel hillTwobats found inChapelHill testedpositive for rabies re-
centlyattheStateLaboratoryofPublicHealth.Thefirstbatwas submittedafter residents in thevicinityof
MartinLutherKingJr.BoulevardandWeaverDairyRoadsawtheircatwithitspawonabatintheirdriveway.ThesecondbatwassubmittedafterresidentsinthevicinityofMeachamandDa-mascusChurch roads found itdeadon theirkitchenfloor.Allthreeoftheresidents’catshadaccesstothekitchenwherethebatwasfound.
Inbothcases,thecatswerecurrentlyvaccinatedagainstrabiesandreceivedrabiesboostershotswithin72hoursofexposures,which is requiredunderNorthCarolina law.Animals exposedtorabiesthathavenotbeenvaccinatedordonotreceiverabiesboosterswithin72hoursmusteitherbedestroyedorquarantinedforsixmonths.
Sofarthisyear,OrangeCountyAnimalServiceshasreceivedsixpositiverabiestests.Ifanypossibleexposuretoabat,raccoonorfoxissuspected,callAnimalControlat245-2075orcall911.
Swine flu forumDr.JamesThomas,associateprofessorofepidemiologyatthe
UNCGillingsSchoolofGlobalPublicHealth,willdiscusstheH1N1virusatascienceforumtoday(Thursday)at7p.m.
ThomaswilldiscussH1N1—theviruscommonlyknownasswineflu—inthecontextofepidemicsandpandemics.
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“The economic crisis isfelt by everybody in thiscommunity,andputtingthisbudget together we tried tobe very sensitive to that,”Stewartsaid.
The budget represents anincreaseof$595,059overfis-calyear2009.Theincreasein-cludes non-recurring revenueand expenditure increases ininstallment proceeds to pur-chasevehiclesandequipment,a transfer from the capital
reserve fund to finance streetresurfacingandincomegener-atedfromrecurringrevenues.
Tokeepthetaxratedown,Stewart recommended thatonly the Human ServicesGrant Funding program beexpanded,withanincreaseofabout$10,000.
Stewartalsorecommendedthe temporary suspension ofthe town’s pay-for-perfor-manceplan.
“Notownemployeewouldreceive any salary increase,”Stewart said. He added thetownwouldn’tseeanincreasein health insurance rates be-
causetownstaffputoutare-quest for proposals on healthinsuranceplans.
Stewartalsorecommendedthetowncontinueasoftfreezeonvacantpositions.
According to Stewart, thetown could potentially fillvacantpoliceofficerpositionswith grants from within thefederal economic stimulusplan. Other opportunitiesfromthestimulusplanincludepossible funding for sidewalkprojects, bus shelters, bikelanes, fire substation fundingandmore.
Board members said they
were pleased with the budgetand commended Stewart forpreparingabudgetthatinclud-ed a revenue-neutral tax ratewhilemaintainingservices.
BoardmemberDanCole-man said Carrboro’s budgetshould serve as a model forothermunicipalities.
“It’s pretty remarkable tobeabletomaintainthestatusquo,” board member LydiaLavellesaid.
Thetownwillholdapub-lic hearing on the manager’srecommended budget onMay26at7:30p.m.atCarr-boroTownHall.
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Millhouse Road transfer station site proposedBy TAyLOR SISkStaff Writer
The Orange County Boardof County Commissioners isholding awork session tonight(Thursday) with county staffandrepresentativesofCarrboro,Chapel Hill and Hillsboroughtodiscussplansforasolidwastetransferstation.
The agenda calls for discus-sion of the proposed site off
N.C. 54 in the White Crosscommunity, but it is also ex-pectedthatcommissionerswillhear from Chapel Hill MayorKevinFoyregardinghissugges-tionlastweekofaChapelHill-owned location on MillhouseRoad north of the new TownOperationsCenterasapossiblealternativetotheN.C.54site.
Foy’s suggestion has upsetresidents of the Rogers-Eu-banks neighborhood, who say
Millhouse Road lies withinthat historically black commu-nity, which has been home tothecountylandfillfor37years.With Eubanks Road havingbeen removed from consider-ation as a potential site, someresidents, including membersof the Rogers-Eubanks Neigh-borhood Association (RENA),wereangeredbytheMillhouseRoadproposal.
OnFriday,Foytookagroup
of residents on a tour of thesite,afterwhichRENAsentanopen letter toChapelHill andcountyofficialsstatingthatresi-dentshadbeenpolledandwere“adamantly against” a transferstation on Millhouse Road oranywhere else in the Rogers-Eubanksvicinity.
Themeetingwillbeat7p.m.attheSouthernHumanServic-esCenteronHomesteadRoad.
Whatkindofagraduationisit when you can’t shake hands?The answer to that is that it’s“one during a swine flu out-break.”Eventhoughwe’veseenonlyaboutsevencasesinNorthCarolina,thethreatoftheH1N1fluvirusandthevectorpotentialoftensofthousandsoftravelerspackedintoKenanStadiumtookall thetouchy-feelyoutofcom-mencement.Nohandshakes,noneck hugging and, if you don’tmind,pleasegoaheadandhoodyourownself.
Lovely ceremony, though,and all available online, in-cluding Archbishop Tutu’sspeech, which reminded usthat the best thing any com-mencement speaker—even aNobelPrizewinner—candoon Mother’s Day at Kenan isgive that fidgety crowd some-thingtochuckleabout.
All in all, better than lastyear, which lasted five or so
minutes, also had no heartyhandshakes and sent the Classof ’08intotheworldquitewetbehindtheears.
•A reminder that as of lastSaturday, the buses are nowon summer schedule throughAug.24.Fordowntowners,thatmeansCWandJendearlierintheevening—around7p.m.orbefore, depending on the stop.TheFrouteisunchanged.
• Chapel Hill Comics hadan interesting sales pitch onitsstreetsignthisweek:“FightThe Undead! Find Love! JaneAusten’s Pride & Prejudice &Zombies.”
•Wechecked,andthearchi-tectwhodesignedtheentrancerampsforthereconstructedMc-Donald’swasnotTonyHawk.
• Under further tales of re-construction, we’re likely tohearagoodbitaboutthefutureof Granville Towers and Uni-versity Square in the not toodistant future. University of-ficials and an as-yet-unnameddevelopment company are incontractnegotiations.
Oncethedealissigned,UNCandpartnerareexpectedtostartlaying some ideas on the table.Look for a rather large parkingdeckandaccessoffofCamerontobemajorpointsofdiscussion.
Ideas? Suggestions? #@$&!s? Visit Big City online at carrboroc-itizen.com/BigCity and leave your mark on the sidewalk.
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Thursday,May14resumeWorkshop— Free resume review and help. 2-4pm, Chapel Hill Public Library. 968-2780 to schedule an appointment
Friday,May15Contradance— Presented by the Carolina Song & Dance Asso-ciation with live music by Pan Riggs, bobb Head and buz Lloyd with caller Dean Snipes. 8pm (7:30pm lesson), Carrboro Century Center, 100 n. Greensboro St. $8 donation. 967-9948, csda-dance.org
artists’salon— Piedmont Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green will serve as moderator for the Piedmont Poets’ Roundtable, the may orange County Arts Commission Artists’ Salon. 6:30-9pm, ArtsCenter West end Theatre. RSVP to 245-2335, [email protected]
GalleryTalk— Libby Chenault, rare-book collection librarian, will give a gallery talk featuring the exhibition “Joycean Generosity, Joycean books.” 3:30-4:30pm, Wilson Library, melba Remig Saltarelli exhibit Room, UnC campus. 962-1143, lib.unc.edu/spot-light/2009/joyce_gallery_talks.html
MeettheauthorTea— The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library will host Dawn Shamp, author of On Account of Conspicuous Women. 3:30pm refreshments, 4-5pm program, Chapel Hill Public Library. 968-2780
GreekFestival— Santa barbara Greek orthodox Church will sponsor Greek Festival 2009 with Greek food music, dance and more to benefit the building Fund, American Red Cross and eCHHS Scholarship. may 15-17, east Chapel Hill High School, 500 Weaver Dairy Road. $1 admission. 682-1414, stbarbarachurchnc.org
saTurday,May16MosaicWorkshop— Partici-pants will create their own fun and eco-friendly hanging ornament using recycled materials. 11am-1pm, Carr-boro branch Library. Free. Register 969-3006, co.orange.nc.us/library
FlowerFramingWorkshop— Chapel Hill Garden Club member Jenny bryant will demonstrate how to create your own frames-and-flow-ers masterpiece. 11am, Yesterday and Today Frame Shop, boone Square, Hillsborough. Free. 732-7741, historichillsborough.org
LearningdisabilityWorkshop— The Family Advocacy network will sponsor a free seminar for parents of children who struggle academically or are diagnosed with learning disabilities. 10am-noon, orange United method-ist Church Fellowship Hall, 1220 martin Luther King Jr. blvd. Preregister by may 13. 942-8083 or [email protected]
Puppetshow— The emerson Waldorf School will present the last of its Spring Puppet Show Series with “Queen bee: one bee and Three Surprises.” 10am, 6211 new Jericho Road. Free, donations accepted. 967-1858, emersonwaldorf.org
sidewalksale— The Downtown Hillsborough Spring Sidewalk Sale will showcase sale items of downtown merchants. 10am-4pm on may 16 and noon-5pm on may 17. 732-7741, historichillsborough.org
Tarheelyardsale— Tar Heel Treasure, a yard sale of things left behind by UnC students, will benefit the eve marie Carson Scholarship Fund. 7:30am-3pm, Carolina north Complex, near the intersection of municipal Drive and martin Luther King Jr. boulevard. Cash only. tarheel-treasure.unc.edu
sunday,May17andesMusic— David Sovero will present Ameri-Kantu, a program fea-turing sounds and sights of Peru. 3pm, Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road. 968-2070
PaintingPandas— Learn how to handle the brush, ink and water and then paint the panda step by step at this family workshop. 1:30-3pm, n.C. botanical Garden. $25 for one child and one adult. 962-0522 to register, ncbg.unc.edu
PoetryProgram— The an-nual meeting of the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library will feature a program with Jaki Shelton Green, the Piedmont Poet Laureate. 3-5pm, Chapel Hill Public Library
Monday,May18BookGroup— The Chapel Hill Public Library monday night book Group will discuss The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. 7pm, Chapel Hill Public Library Con-ference Room. 968-2780
BookGroup— The Chapel Hill Public Library monday night book Group will discuss The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. 7pm, Chapel Hill Public Library Con-ference Room. 968-2780
BirdClub— Tom and barbara Driscoll will discuss their birding ad-ventures in madagascar at the Chapel Hill bird Club meeting. 7:30pm, binkley baptist Church. 942-7746
Tuesday,May19Bookdiscussion— The Carr-boreaders non-Fiction book Club will discuss The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by eric Weiner. 7pm, Carrboro Cybrary, 100 n. Greensboro St. 918-7387, co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
Wednesday,May20educationCenterTour— n.C. botanical Garden director Peter White will lead a hard-hat tour of the education Center under construction at the garden. 2pm, n.C. botanical Garden. 962-0522 to reserve a place, ncbg.unc.edu
resumeWorkshop— Free resume review and help. 10am-noon, Chapel Hill Public Library. 968-2780 to schedule an appointment
Thursday,May21JobsearchWorkshop— increase your employment options with tips and strategies for finding jobs online. 6-7pm, Chapel Hill Public Library. Free. 968-2780
BicycleClinic— The Town of Carrboro will sponsor a free bicycle clinic for youth ages 6-12 with safety tips, rules of the road basic maintenance and an obstacle course. 3-5pm, Carrboro Town Commons. 918-7329, [email protected]
GalapagosLecture—UnC geography professor Stephen Walsh will discuss plans to establish a research outpost on the Galapagos islands. 2:30pm, Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road. 968-2070, co.orange.nc.us/aging/index
saTurday,May23usedBooksale— Sale to benefit blue Skies of maple View summer horsecamp scholarship program. maple View ice cream store on Dairy-land Road, Hillsborough. 933-1444, [email protected]
MasonFarmWalk— Ken moore will lead a leisurely walk around ma-son Farm with old photographs and stories of John Terres’ 1981 guided walk of the old farm. 9am-noon, mason Farm. $10, $5 n.C. botani-cal Garden members. 962-0522 to register, ncbg.unc.edu
ongoingCancersupport— Support groups for cancer patients and their families. cornucopiahouse.org
TheCompassionateFriends — Free self-help support for all adults grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Third mondays, 7-8:30pm, evergreen United methodist Church. 967-3221, chapelhilltcf.org
divorceCare— Support group for those separated or divorced. mondays, 7pm, orange United methodist Church. 942-2825, connect2orange.org
GardenTour— Free tour of the n.C. botanical Garden’s display gardens. Saturdays, 10am, in front of the Totten Center at the garden. 962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu
GardenWalk— niche Gardens hosts guided garden walks with discussions on spring planting, garden maintenance, design and gardening for wildlife. Saturdays, 10am, 1111 Dawson Road, Chapel Hill. Free. 967-0078, nichegardens.com
JobsearchMeeting— A net-working and support group for job hunters. Wednesdays, 9:30-11am, binkley baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. 942-4964
open-MikePoetry— Tuesdays except first Tuesdays, 7-9pm, Looking Glass Cafe & boutique, 601 W. main St. 636-5809
ComputerClasses— Free com-puter classes: Computer and Web basics, intro to email, mS Word, Pow-erpoint, excel, and an open Project Workshop. Wednesdays may 20-June 24, 7pm, Carrboro Cybrary, 100 n. Greensboro St. Registration required. 918-7387, [email protected], co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
KidsToddlerTime— Thursdays, 4pm, Carrboro branch Library. 969-3006
PreschoolstoryTime — Sat-urdays, 10:30am, Carrboro branch Library. 969-3006
expressyourself!— Art program for ages 3-8 and their caregivers. Sat-urdays, 10:45-11:15am, 11:30am-noon, Kidzu Children’s museum, 105 e.. Franklin St. $2. 933-1455, kidzuchild-rensmuseum.org
GardenstoryTime— Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers are invited to come read theme-based nature tales and participate in activities in the garden. Thursdays through Aug. 27, 10-11am, nC botanical Garden. $5 per family. Preregister 962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu
VolunteersrsVP55+VolunteerProgram — Seeks volunteers at least 55 years of age and over who would like as-sistance in finding an opportunity that matches their interests. 968-2056, co.orange.nc.us/aging/RSVPindex.asp
MealsonWheels— Seeks vol-unteers to deliver meals and/or bake simple desserts for recipients in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. 942-2948
orangeCountyLiteracyCouncil— Seeks volunteers to help with adult literacy, basic math and english language tutoring, creative writing workshops at local homeless shelters and family literacy workshops. new tutor training workshops every month. Skills Development Center, 503 W. Franklin St. 933-2151
CommunityCalendaranimalservicesfacilitysettoopen
ThenewOrangeCountyAnimalServicesCenterwillopenatnoononJune1.
Thestate-of-the-artfacilityat1601EubanksRoadwillhousetheanimalshelter,animalcontrolandad-ministrativestaffunderoneroof.Constructionbeganearlylastyear.
AnimalserviceswilloperatetheanimalshelterandanimalcontrolintheirexistinglocationsuntilthecloseofbusinessonMay27.Lost-petsearchesandreclaimswillbepermittedatthenewfacilityfromnoonto5p.m.onMay30.
Formoreinformation,visitco.orange.nc.us/ani-malservices
BolinCreekgreenwayworkshopTheTownofCarrborowillholdaworkshopon
Wednesdayfrom4:30to7p.m.togatherinputasstaffdevelopsconceptualplansforgreenwaysalongBolinCreekandJonesCreek.
TheworkshopwillbeattheHomesteadCommunityCenterat600HomesteadRoad.
Townstaff,projectconsultantsandmembersoftheGreenwaysCommissionwillbeavailabletodiscusstheprojectsatbothworkshops.
Formoreinformation,visittownofcarrboro.org/Ad-vBoards/Greenways/ResourceInfo.htm
MentalhealthadvocacydayTheCoalitionwillholdanAdvocacyDayandRallyto
advocatetheprotectionofservicesandfundingformentalhealth,developmentaldisabilityandaddictivediseaseser-vicesonWednesdayattheGeneralAssemblyinRaleigh.
TheCoalitionrepresentsindividualsandorganiza-tionsinNorthCarolinathatadvocateforpersonsneedingservicesandsupportformentalhealth,developmentaldisabilitiesandaddictivediseases.Registrationwillbeginat8a.m.andtherallywillbeginunderthetentontheLegislaturelawnatnoon.
Formoreinformationontheevent,contactErinMcLaughlinat981-0740,[email protected]
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Massey award recipients honored for serviceUNC honored six employees with the 2009 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards
The awards were presented at a luncheon last week by Chan-cellor Holden Thorp, who select-ed this year’s recipients based on nominations from the campus community. In addition to the award citation, each honoree will receive a $6,000 stipend.
This year’s recipients are:• Pamela Breeden, an
outgoing and dedicated house-keeper known fondly as “Ms. Pam” to the students in Spencer Residence Hall;
• darryl Gless, a profes-sor in the department of English who specializes in Shakespeare and Spenser and was the first dean for Fine Arts and Humani-ties, oversaw the development of the First Year Seminar Program and helped develop the Robert-son Scholars Program;
• Victoria Madden, a re-search specialist in the depart-ment of pathology and labora-tory medicine known for her contributions to electron micros-copy imaging;
• Jane smith, associate director of university events in university advancement, who organizes and manages the myriad of university special events;
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• Timothy Taft, a profes-sor of orthopedics in the School of Medicine and director of sports medicine, who is recognized as one of the country’s top surgeons; and
• anna Wu, director of fa-cilities planning and a university architect who helped guide plan-ning and design for Carolina’s $2.1 billion capital program
— a mix of new construction, environmental management and renovations to the historic cam-pus. — Staff Reports
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According to the study, about 10,000 additional trips — about half by automobile — are expected to be gener-ated by 2015. The additional transit use by then will put the North-South bus route at capacity, requiring at least two more buses and between 400 and 500 additional park-and-ride spaces. By 2025, the trip-generation number will rise to 40,000, driving the need for about 10 additional buses, a likely restructuring of the transit routes and about 1,500 additional park-and-ride spots.
The study supposes there will be roughly 5,000 additional park-
ing spaces at Carolina North, an amount that raised concern among several council members.
“I can’t imagine that much parking at the heart of town,” councilmember Bill Strom said.
Also at Monday’s hearing, members of Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth, a group that has hosted several neigh-borhood focus groups and a recent community meeting on Carolina North traffic, urged the council to push for mea-sures to reduce the impact on nearby neighborhoods.
NRG chair Madeline Jeffer-son said the council should also set up a mechanism to regularly measure the impact of the actual project and hold up construction if the results are out of line with expectations.
NRG member Alan Snavely also said the council should have some way of responding in case plans for traffic mitigation fail.
“Citizens want safeguards in place when plans for the develop-ment don’t work out,” he said.
Peggy Rich said her neighbors in Ironwoods are worried that a lot more traffic on Estes Drive and Homestead Road will affect the safety of students walking to and from school.
Doug McLean asked the coun-cil to seek more ways to improve bicycle and pedestrian access to the site, particularly for people coming by bike from Carrboro.
“In order to do this, we have to think big and have to think big at the beginning,” he said.
The council continued all three public hearings until June 15.
sat: 7am-noon • Wed: now open 3:30-6:30pmThurs at southern Village starts May 7 @ 3:30-6:30pm
What’s at Market?Check out what’s at the Year-Round Farmers’ Market:
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bythetimeyoucookthericethewaterisnicelyflavoredwithmintandshrimp.duringdinner,keepabowloflemonwaterclosebytohelpkeepyourfingersclean.besuretouseyourpeasassoonasyoucanafterpurchase.theywillbesweeterifyoudo.
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themintsprigs.shockthepeasincoolwatertostopthecooking,drainandsetaside.bringthewaterbacktoaboilandaddtheshrimp–intheshell–tothewaterandcookfor3minutesor
untiltheshrimpisjustdone.removetheshrimp–reservingthewater.setshrimpaside.removethemintsprigsfromthewater,andreturnthewatertoaboil.
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about5minutesbeforethericeisfinished,meltthebutterinamediumpan,addthepeasandsautéuntilthepeasarewarmed.Whenthericeisdone,drainitwellandaddthericetothepeasalongwiththepeashoots.tosslightly,thenaddthechoppedmintandchivesandtossagain.servewithrice.
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Whenpoliticians getnervous thattheyhavedonenothingtoadvanceacausedeartomanyoftheirconstitu-ents,thesavvypoliticowillfileabillwith a catchy name to misrepresenthisorhervotingrecord.Thatway,thepolitician can at least claim that heor shedid something.Theproposedalternativebillisalwaysadeadletter— a political smokescreen with noco-sponsors,nosupportandnohopeof passing. Former Sen. ElizabethDoletriedthistechniqueaftervotingagainst the expansion of children’shealth insurance.Sen.RichardBurrtrieditwithuniversalhealthcare.
Now that Burr has officiallylaunchedhisreelectioncampaign,youcanbesurethateverytimehisterriblerecordonhealthcareismentionedhewill note his authorship of the EveryAmericanInsuredHealthAct.
Of course he wants all childrentohavehealthinsurance,hewillsay.Hisvoteagainstchildren’shealthin-surancehadabsolutelynothingtodowithinsuranceindustryoppositiontothebill. It’s just thathewantstodosomething“comprehensive.”
Theonlyproblemisthathisbillisnot even close to comprehensive. (Italsohasnochanceofpassing,unlike
the children’s health insurance pro-gram.)Infact,ofallofthebillsfiledinCongress thatpurport toprovideuniversal coverage, Burr’s bill is theleastcomprehensive.Onhiswebsite,Burrtoutsthefactthatthenonparti-san Lewin Group estimates that hislegislationwould cover22.3millionmore uninsured by 2010. What hefails to highlight is that this wouldstill leave some 26.6 million peopleuninsuredatanadditionalcosttothefederalgovernmentof$161.3billion.
The Burr plan fares particularlypoorlyincomparisontotheideasofPresidentObamaandMontanaSen.MaxBaucus.TheLewinGroupesti-matestheObamaandBaucusstylere-formswouldcoveranadditional44.9million,leavingonlyabout4millionuninsuredatacosttothefederalgov-ernmentof$103.9million.
Burr’splanistheoldideaofpro-viding tax credits to buy insurance.Hewouldgiveincentivestostatestoestablish high-risk health pools andallowthesaleofstripped-downinsur-ance products that only cover a fewmedical services. Hewouldnot baninsurance companies from chargingmoreforpre-existingconditions.Hewouldnotbanagegradingof insur-anceproducts.Hewouldnotrequireanythinglikecommunityrating.
More importantly, Burr does notpropose any real solution to control-ling the growth in health care costs.Thisiscriticalbecausewewillneverin-sureeveryoneunlesswedosomethingabout the steep year-to-year increasesinhealthcosts.Infact,Burr’sproposalwouldquicklycoverasmallgroupoftheuninsured—butthegainswouldbeunsustainable.Unlessheispreparedtomassively increase the valueofhishealthtaxcreditseveryyear,thenhisplanwouldeventuallytakeusbacktowherewearerightnow.
Likemanytimidpoliticians,Burrdoes not want to propose cost-con-trolideasbecausethosetendtoupsetspecial interests. Instead, he says weshould use more electronic medicalrecords,eatsomevegetablesandtakeanextralaparoundthetrack.
So don’t be fooled when Burrstarts talking up his proposals forhealth reform. The truth is that hehasdonenothingfortheuninsured.He has done nothing for children.And he has done nothing construc-tive in Congress for health care be-sidesofferingupanemptybillwithasnazzytitle.
Adam Linker is a policy analyst at the N.C. Health Access Coalition.
For the record
PushbackbringsresultsIfthereisanythingmoretedioustoplow
throughthanatrafficimpactanalysis(TIA),pleasedon’tforwarditontous.
Inalotofinstancesofpublicpolicy,thedevilisinthedetails.ATIAisprettymuchalldetailsandthedevilisintryingtomakesenseofit.
SocredittheearnestcitizensfromNeigh-borhoodsforResponsibleGrowth(NRG)forgivingtherecentlyissuedtrafficimpactanalysisforCarolinaNorthagoodgoingoverandforfindingwaystoconnectthepotentialresultsofthenewdevelopmenttothepeoplewhowillmostexperiencethem.
Bymeetingwithneighborhoodsclosesttotheprojectandwalkingthemthroughtheim-pacts,theNRGhasdoneagreatpublicserviceinraisingbothawarenessandunderstanding.
It’slongbeennotedthatCarolinaNorthisamassiveundertaking,butfindingwaystoexplainhowthataffectstheeverydaylivesofresidents,commutersandthosewhowillliveandworkattheplaceisdifficult.
TheNRGeffortcan’tbedefinedasNIMBYbyanystretchoftheimagination.There’snoattemptbeingmadetoputuproadblockstotheuniversity’slong-rangegoalofanacademicmixed-usedevelopment.Thegoalofreason-able,well-managedgrowthisofmutualbenefittothosealreadyhereandthosewhowillarriveintheyearstocome.
Noplanisperfect,andit’suptoallpar-tiestogetinvolvedandstrikeabalancethatmeetsavarietyofgoals.Aswehaveseeninthedevelopmentofaplanforthemaincampus,pushbackfromthosemostcloselyaffectedbyprojectsoftenyieldsbetterresultsforallparties.
Asaresultofitslocation,CarolinaNorthwillhaveanimpactonneighborhoodsunlikeanythingimaginedhereinaverylongwhile.
Publicinputandinvolvementisthesurestwaytomakecertainthatmaintainingahighqualityoflifenowandintothefutureremainsanoverarchinggoal.
ThanksagainManyofusarestillalittleexhaustedby
basketballseasonbutcertainlynottiredenoughforonemorethingtocheerabout,especiallyifit’stheteam’striptotheWhiteHouseforavisitwiththeFirstFan.
PresidentObamawonmorethanafewnodsofapprovalandprobablyagoodnumberofvotesinCarolinacountryafterhedonnedsomesweatsandworkedoutwiththeTarHeelsduringlastyear’sprimary.Healsoprovedanastuteobserverofthegamebypick-ingtheHeelstogoalltheway.AndthefactthathegotadiginatDukebydoingsowasicingonthecake.
Soitwasnottheusualchamps-at-the-White-HousevisitwhenthefirstpresidentinourhistorywithadecentjumpshotpaidhomagetotheHeels.Lookedlikeagoodbitoffunfromourvantageanddefinitelysomethingtocheerabout.
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theMay7issueofTheCitizengaveincor-rectinformationregardingtheconstructionschedulesofgreenwaysalongBolinandMorgancreeks.Accordingtotowntranspor-tationplannerAdenaMessinger,conceptualplansofgreenwaysalongbothcreekscouldbefinishedbytheendofthisyear,barringunforeseendelays.
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Almost 30 percent of teenage pregnancies in North Carolina
are repeat pregnancies.
Atleasttheyhavejobs
State employees are riledabouta0.5percentpaycut?Kin-nairdthinksits“veryunfair”tolower-income workers? You’vegot to be kidding me. Some-one making $30,000 per yearis lookingatapaycutofabout$12.50permonth.Andbunch-ing thepay cut into the endof
thisfiscalyearmeansthatsameemployeewillloseabout$35perpaycheck for two months. Bigdeal.Theyshouldbehappytheyhave jobs. With benefits. Therearemanyofus inNorthCaro-lina who have neither. Are anyof these state workers actuallyangryenoughtoquittheirjobs,therebycreatingsomeopeningsforusunemployed?Isurehopeso.ButIdoubtit.
mike mCkinneY Carrboro
Willyou?editor’snote:Following are the closing remarks at UNC’s commencement by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a leader in the South African anti-apartheid movement and winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
If we are family, howcanweever justify spend-ingsuchobsceneamountson budgets of death anddestruction? When weknow that just a smallfractionwouldenablechil-dren everywhere, our sis-ters and brothers, to havecleanwatertodrink…wehave enough food to eat,we have a decent home,wehaveagoodeducation,we have affordable healthcare. How could we pos-sibly, how could we? AndGod says, “Please, please,willyouhelpme?”
And you, you fantas-ticpeopleoverthere.Godsays, “Go on dreaming.Goonbeingthe idealisticpeopleyouare.Goonbe-ing the ones who believethat poverty can indeedbe made history. Go onbelieving that it is pos-sible to eradicate hunger.Howcanweliveandsleepcomfortably,knowingthatmillionsofour sistersandbrothersgotobedhungry?God says “Please, please,helpme;helpmetomakethis world a little morecompassionate. Help me,please, help me to makethis world a little moregentle.”
Don’t allow yourselvestobeaffectedbythecyni-cism of oldies like us.Dream, dream, dream ofa world that is going tobe without terror becausethere will be people …nobody will have becomesodesperate,desperatebe-causeofpoverty,ofdisease,ofhunger.
Godsays“Please,pleasehelp me. Please help me.Will you? Will you? Willyou?Willyou?Willyou?”
Comprehensive sex education will equip our children to survive
Richard Burr’s dismal record on health care
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They should be happy they have jobs. With
benefits. There are many of us in North Carolina
who have neither.
PAigeJoHnson
If a13-year-old enrolls in eighth-grade Spanish, should her parentsfear she’ll startpackingherbags forMadrid as soon as the semester isover? Not likely. Yet opponents ofcomprehensive sex education oftenuse similar reasoning in their oppo-sition to allowing schools in NorthCarolinatoofferit.
Theyclaimprovidingyoungpeo-plewithinformationabouttheeffectivenessofbirthcontrolinpreventing unwanted pregnan-cies and sexually transmittedinfections will somehow en-courage teenagers to have sex.Theoppositeistrue.
Research shows that com-prehensive sex education actu-ally equips young people withthe skills necessary to delayhavingsexwhilealsopreparingthemto make more responsible decisionswhentheydo.Thisispartlywhypollafter poll shows strong support forcomprehensive sex education, par-ticularlyamongparents.
IftheHealthyYouthActbecomeslaw,parentsineveryschooldistrictinNorthCarolinawillbegiventheop-tionofchoosingcomprehensivesexed-ucationfortheirseventh-,eighth-andninth-graders.Iftheyprefer,theymaychoose an abstinence-until-marriagecurriculum.
After four committee hearingsandaspiritedfloordebate,theNorthCarolina House recently passed theHealthy Youth Act. It now heads tothe Senate, where opponents vow tocontinuetheirfightagainstgivingpar-entsthisoption.
Opponents of comprehensive sexeducationwhobelieveabstinence-un-
til-marriageshouldbetheonlycurric-uluminNorthCarolinaschoolsmissthepointtimeandagain.
The cornerstone of comprehen-sivesexeducationisbuilding lifelongskills.Forinstance,comprehensivesexeducation teaches the importance ofusingbirthcontroleffectively.Thevastmajorityofsexuallyactivepeoplewillusebirthcontrolatsomepointintheirlifetime.Knowinghowtodosoeffec-tively is essential knowledge — even
for coupleswhousebirthcontrol forthefirsttimeontheirweddingnight.
Forfartoolong,providingcompre-hensivesexeducationinNorthCaro-linahasbeenboggeddownindivisivepolitics. Since 1995, when the Gen-eral Assembly replaced comprehen-sivesexeducationwithanabstinence-until-marriagecurriculum,legislativeefforts to restore comprehensive sexeducation statewide have failed de-spite alarming statistics surroundingteenagepregnancy.
NorthCarolinahastheninth-high-est rate of teenage pregnancy in thecountry. Almost 30 percent of teen-age pregnancies in North Carolinaare repeat pregnancies. And despitethefactthatabstinence-until-marriagehasbeenthestandardcurriculumforadecade,69percentofNorthCarolina’shighschoolseniorsreporthavingsex-ualintercourseatleastonce.
Proponents of the current absti-nence-until-marriage law often cite adeclineinteenagepregnancyafterthelawwaspassedasproofofitseffective-ness. North Carolina’s rate of teenagepregnancy did go down after 1995.However, the decline was part of anational trendofplummeting teenagepregnancyratesthatbeganin1991.
Infact,whileNorthCarolina’srateofteenagepregnancydecreasedby31percentfrom1991to2005,somestates
with comprehensive sex educa-tionsawanevenlargerdecrease.Forexample,teenagepregnancyratesinMaryland,whichofferedcomprehensive sex education,decreasedby41percentduringthissametimeperiod.
Last year, the rate of teen-agepregnancy started climbingonce again. The bottom line isthat North Carolina has never
droppedoutofthetop10intermsofstates with the highest teenage preg-nancy rate. Statistically speaking,the future for these young parents isbleak.Teenageparentsaremorelikelytodropoutofschool,bepoorandbeimprisoned.Thesameistruefortheirchildren.Theydeservebetter.
TheHealthyYouthActisastart.Par-entswillbeabletoreviewthecurriculumandchooseforthemselves.Perhapsjustthe act of reviewing the materials willspur parents on to have much-neededbut difficult conversations with theirchildrenaboutsex.Itcouldn’thurt.
OpponentsoftheHealthyYouthActneednotfeargivingparentsachoiceun-lesswhattheyreallyfearisthechoicepar-entsacrossNorthCarolinawillmake.
Paige Johnson is the director of public affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina.
The Carrboro CiTizen Thursday, may 14, 2009 7
COUNTYfrom page 1
Under the budget proposal, the county plans no cost-of-liv-ing pay increases, a 12-month hiring freeze and suspension of 401K contributions for non-law enforcement personnel. Major service cuts in the bud-get include reductions in solid-waste services (see story page 7) and the closure of library branches in Carrboro and Ce-dar Grove. Under a library re-structuring plan, employees at those branches would move to the new main branch in Hill-sborough and the collections would be dispersed.
Quizzed by commission-ers about the restructuring, county library director Lu-cinda Munger said the actual savings are much larger than the numbers listed in the budget because if the braches were not closed the county would have to staff four new
positions at the new main li-brary.
The prospect of the closures did not sit well with Commis-sioner Mike Nelson, who said he could not support a budget that closed library branches. Nelson said most of the pro-posed service cuts elsewhere in the budget make sense. “This one doesn’t really fit the oth-ers,” he said of the library cuts. “I think we need to take a step back and look at other alterna-tives.”
Commissioner Steve Yuhasz said the board should keep an open mind on the cuts, not-ing that while the budget only shows a $37,000 savings, the cost of adding the new em-ployees rather than shifting them from the closed branches would be about $250,000.
Blackmon said she would be concerned about how the funding for the two branches would play out. The branches are already underfunded and have reduced hours, she said.
“If you want to do a branch library, you have to do it right,” Blackmon said.
Several Carrboro residents concerned about the branch library closures were in at-tendance at the meeting, in-cluding McDougle school li-brarians Carolyn White and Nancy Margolin. White said in addition to the closure, she was worried about what will happen to the collection, which has more than 18,000 items and is valued at around $445,000.
White said the proposal to disperse the collection, which has been added to with grants and gifts and ref lects the interests and needs of the local community, doesn’t make sense.
In response to the pro-posed closure, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed to hold a special meeting Mon-day a 6 p.m. at Town Hall to discuss concerns about library services cuts.
The commissioners are scheduled to hold public hearings on the budget May 21 in Hillsborough and May 26 in Chapel Hill, followed by a work session with school officials on May 28.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Blackmon said she and her staff are working on a list to give to the commissioners of possible alternative cuts and savings in exchange for re-storing cuts in the proposed budget.
Commissioner Barry Ja-cobs noted that the county’s plan for a 12-month hiring freeze and no across-the-board pay increases was still a better deal than what school employees are getting, since the schools are likely to have to cut some positions.
Nelson asked to see a plan for furloughs for county workers that was drafted but not included in the budget.
William Bruce Holt
Mr. William Bruce Holt, 79, 7206 Bradshaw Quarry Road, Mebane, died Friday, April 24, 2009 in UNC Hospitals.
He taught at Elon College and Alamance Community College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy F. Holt, and two sons, Mike Holt and Brian Holt, both of Snow Camp.
A celebration of his life is being planned and will be held at a later date.
Arrangements by Walker’s Funeral Home of Hillsbor-ough, 204 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919) 732-2121.
Gudrun GrossGudrun “Goodie” Gross,
87, died peacefully on April 17 at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home in Palmyra PA.
Born January 27, 1922 in Berlin, Germany, the beloved daughter of the late Felix We-ber and Martha Hänsler We-ber, she worked as a secretary, survived the bombing of her home, became a refugee fleeing the Russians and finally was reunited with her family in Witten-Annen. After the war she worked there for a British company as a secretary, assist-ing with interpretation and foreign correspondence. She married her American pen pal, Richard Gross, in 1951, emigrated to Cherryville, PA in 1952 and became a natu-ralized U.S. citizen in 1955. She lived in Chapel Hill, NC from 1967-76, where her husband worked for the NC Heart Association. She also lived in Cambridge, MD, Keene, NH, Asheville, NC and Elizabethtown, PA.
As a minister’s wife, she designed and ran the Sunday childcare programs, organized countless church events, gave kind and loving support to many in need and cheerful friendship to all. She worked in public day care in Asheville, NC, as a library assistant in the Acquisitions Dept. of Wilson Library at UNC-CH, and in accounts receivable at the Big M of Middletown, PA.
Besides her husband of 57 years, she is survived by her daughter, Monika Gross, and son-in-law, Tom Dessereau, of Manhattan, her son, Wolfgang
Gross, of Melbourne, FL, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to Alzheimer’s Dis-ease Research (www.ahaf.org) or the Lebanon Valley Breth-ren Home, to which the fam-ily is grateful for her good care (www.lvbh.org). A celebration of Gudrun’s life and happy spirit will be held at the family home in Elizabethtown, PA on June 20th.
Kourtney PetersonKourtney Kean Peterson,
58, of Chapel Hill, passed away, surrounded by her hus-band and sons, on Mother’s Day, May 10th, after a sudden illness. The daughter osf Sam and Martha Kean of Toledo, Ohio and Altamonte Springs, Florida, Kourtney was born April 18, 1951 in Toledo. She graduated from Sylva-nia Northview High School, held a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of Toledo (Cum Laude) and a Master’s De-gree in Rehabilitation Coun-seling from Bowling Green State University. She worked as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor both in Toledo and in Chapel Hill, where she moved in 2003. Kourtney en-joyed tennis, sailing and time with her family and dogs. Left behind are her husband, Robert A (Rob); sons Chris-topher Peterson, 19, and John Kolasinski, 26, of Columbus, Ohio; brothers Jay Kean, of Port Saint Lucie, Fla. and John Kean of Toledo; and her Whippet, Matey.
Kourtney dedicated her life to adults in need. She will be remembered forever by her family, friends, colleagues and the hundreds of people she helped out of difficult situa-tions. The family asks you to honor her memory with dona-tions to the Caramore Com-munity, a structured support program restoring rich and satisfying lives to adults with mental illness (Caramore Community, 550 Smith Level Road, Carrboro, NC 27510 – Caramorecommunity.org), or to the High School Sailing Program at the Carolina Sail-ing Foundation (Carolinasail-ingfoundation.org).
There will be a memorial service at the Caramore fa-cility at the address above on Thursday, May 14th from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Cutbacks planned for solid waste centersBY RiCH FOWleRStaff Writer
Orange County commis-sioners want to look at the dai-ly use at each of the county’s solid waste convenience centers before deciding which days or hours to cut.
At a budget work session Tues-day night commissioner Barry Jacobs said he was wary of shut-ting down the centers on Sunday, saying that even though they are only open for four hours they are heavily used on that day. He asked for a breakdown of daily use at the centers in time for the next budget discussion.
As part of $690,000 in pro-posed budget cuts, the Orange County Solid Waste Manage-ment Department has recom-mended reducing hours and days of operations for solid-waste convenience centers and the per-manent closing of the Bradshaw Quarry Road center.
In an interview Tuesday prior to the budget meeting Gayle Wil-son, solid waste department di-rector, said the Bradshaw Quarry Road site was chosen because it was a small site that was the least-used of the convenience centers. Closing the center could save the county approximately $120,000 in 2009-10 and around $141,000 a year afterwards.
“We’re not just arbitrarily rec-ommending service reductions,” Wilson said. “This is in response
to the board of commissioners’ direction to staff to seek out op-portunities, services and programs that may be underutilized to try to reduce our expenditures in next year’s budget, and try to reduce the demand on property taxes.”
Other proposed cost-saving changes include:
• Closing convenience cen-ters an hour early (sites would close at 6 p.m.);
• Closing solid-waste con-venience centers on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays;
• Eliminating free tipping permits at convenience centers
to county residents who bring in oversized loads; and
• Eliminating mattress drop off at solid waste convenience centers (citizens and businesses would be responsible for delivery of old mattresses to the landfill).
The Bradshaw Quarry Road center would close for good on Oct. 1, the same day that the changes to hours and days of op-eration would go into effect.
Not accepting mattresses at convenience centers will save the county around $33,000. Wilson said that mattresses were too light for the considerable space they
take up and were too costly to haul from convenience centers to the landfill.
Under the permit program, residents who brought oversized loads to convenience centers could get permits to cover tipping fees for up to three truckloads of waste at the county landfill. So instead of paying the usual tip-ping fee to the county for using the landfill, permit holders could dump three free truckloads at the landfill. Killing the permit pro-gram will save around $47,000.
To further keep expenditures down, the department won’t ex-pand the number its curbside re-cycling routes this coming year. It will only expand curbside recy-cling in to new homes on already-serviced streets or new streets in already-serviced areas, according to Rob Taylor, recycling programs manager for the county.
Right now, around 60 percent of the county’s unincorporated ar-eas get curbside recycling service.
Recycling in the municipal ar-eas of the county is handled by an outside contractor, so any service expansion will be unaffected by budget cuts.
Taylor said that a small amount of small-business recy-cling expansion could occur, to the extent that the department is able to handle it.
For more information about Orange County’s solid waste programs, visit their website at co.orange.nc.us/recycling
OBiTUaRieS
phoTo by ava barlow John Halton brings his recyclables and garbage to a convenience center on Ferguson Road, off Old Greensboro Highway, on a recent weekday morning.
8 thursday,may14,2009 theCarrboroCitizen
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7th Grade - a:natashaanbalagan,andrewantony,ernestappiah,Catherinebahner,Liorbar-yosef,ashwinbhargava,nataliebulik-sullivanrobertbyerly,JosephCarlstein,ChristoferChang,yuqingChenCruzCollazo,WilliamCollins,Ksawdaw,mitchelldougallevanFantozzi,andrewFoster,erikaFranco-Quiroz,emilyGoldstein,rachaelGuan,oliverhudgins,ehut,KyoungimraveenaKshatriya,brianLee,helenLo,brianmack,Ginnamanzanares,GeorgiamcCoy,orianamesser,FaithmoavenzadehJessicanolting,Cruznunez,izumiosawa,erinPeck,JessicaPeiLindaPereira,stephaniePeres-da-silva,KayleyPetersGabriellePura,alysonschwartz,Christinashaban,madeleineshaw,noahshofer,arvindsivashanmugam,Lerbweso,stefansteiner,yujiasun,annatsui,tynetyson,LeighaVilen,JulianWilson,Katherinezeng,annazhang,Christopherzhen,Paulzuo
7th Grade - aB:mariaariza-rodriguez,samuelarneson,zunzunaung,JackbellColinbergey,timothybogan,Luthfibustillos,shelbyCasaburaraniaChoukaili,LucasChristy,markellCorwin,KendallCunningham,eloradash,rai-Jhandavis,LyndseyFisher,sarahGamcsik,devonGattis,hallieGraves,eliGrobin,madisonGunning,avishaihalev,Jackhankins,Justusheizer,Joshua
hennen,KarlhilliV,melyssaholleman,Pranayimandi,scottJohnson,elizabethJudd,CareyKauffman,QingKe,samahKhanJungWooKim,mollyKirsch,elliotLee,diegoLewis,annaLiJeremyLin,annaLinker,KiaraLuna,Kevinmateer,mak’damcCornick,treasamcdonald,Katherinemimmack,nathanielmontanoninamuller,monan,oweno’hare,marcordronneau,JunoParkdanielParks,ayleePeckWhitesides,ivanPerez,JackPrudensamuelPruden,destiniPurefoy,Charlesrabinowitz,andrearamirez-rubio,sanghyunrhie,rachelsamuelson,irvingsandovalKatiasantoyo,benjaminsawin,Jacksonscroggs,dohhtooseinnikhilshankar,aaronsmith,Carolinesmith,Connorsmitheleanorsmith,Jamellasmith,benjaminsmoots,CarolinestantonGrahamstopa,raghavswaminathan,Kirstinszogas,ayethetdevintoth,shaneturner,emmaVanbeveren,shyamVasudevanCollinVilen,aaronVrba,CharlesWang,ClaireWeintraubsamuelWilliams,nolanWinters,michelleXia,Keitayokoyama
8th Grade - a:normanarcher,salomonariza,erinbinnie,KatherineboydraymondCaraher,ritamChakraborty,nicoleChang,WillaChenzitianyuanChen,matthewChristy,andrewCohen,danielleCohenCarlyCollette,davidCollman,Janineeduljee,mollyFrankariadneFrisby,eleanorFunkhouser,arunGanesh,JessicaGaozijingGao,scottGraves,thomasGreer,evanGrosskurth,WesleyGuo,rileyhutchison,zacharyJansen,briaJohnson,JinyoungKang,timofeyKarginov,GalenKirkpatrick,zoeKofodimoselijahLee,isabelleLee,nathanLee,shiyiLi,sarahLindenamandaLohmann,JenniferLyu,huntermackman,Juliemaomichellemao,oskarmarszalek,sarahmcadams,KevinmercerLwehGaymoo,harukanakamura,briano’donnell,ConnerParkinsonGaynayhtooPaw,serroPaw,VivienPhan,sorenrademacherarjunraghavan,bradleyrandall,samuelroach,shanesaterCharlessellers,Paramsidhu,audraslosek,Juliasnyderbrookesobolewski,Calebstern,Quentintaylor,tessaterhorsttylertran,LucasVoyvodic-Casabo,alexanderWerden,KatherineWhang,CharlesWoldorff,mariayao,Garrettyoung-WrightCharleszhao
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elementary
Friday—spaghetti&meatsaucew/Garlicbread;Corndog;CaliforniamixedVegetables;CornontheCobb;bananaPudding
monday—hamburgeronabun;Fishnuggetsw/Wheatroll;Lettuce&tomatosalad;tatertots;Peas&Carrots;applehalves
tuesday—three-Cheesebakedrotiniw/Garlicbread;ChickenFajitasw/salsa&sourCream;“Funontherun”;Vegetablerice;steamedbroccoli;ChilledPeaches
Wednesday—ChickenPattysandwich;bakedPotatow/meat&Cheese&Wheatroll;traditionalmixedVegetables;Pineappletid-bits;ChocolatePuddingthursday—bbQChickenw/Wheatroll;GrilledCheesesandwich;“Funontherun”;bakedbeans;CollardGreens;FreshGrapes
middle & hiGh
Friday—rib-b-Qonabun;macaroni&Cheesew/Wheatroll;mixedVegetables;Pineappletidbits;Freshbanana
monday—beef&Cheesenachosw/salsa;Chickennuggetsw/bbQsauceandWheatroll;bajablackbeans;Chilledapricots;Freshapples
tuesday—PorkbbQonabun;Chickentetrazziniw/Wheatroll;Coleslaw;Greenbeans;ChilledPears
Wednesday—meatballsub;sweet&sourChicken;brownricePilaf;asianmixedVegetables;FruitedGelatin
thursday—FriedChickenw/Wheatroll;mozzarellaCheesesticksw/marinaradippingsauce;Carrot&Celerysticks;broccoliw/Cheesesauce;Freshoranges
school lunch menus May 15 - 21
school Briefsrashkis students win math awards
Rashkis Elementary School student Albert Kim received the George Lenchner Medal-lion from the Math Olympi-ads, a nonprofit public foun-dation devoted to engaging children in creative problem-solving activities.
Kim, a fifth-grade student, received the award for his per-fect score on all Math Olym-piad contests this year. He was one of only 46 children out of 90,000 elementary students around the world who partici-pated in the Math Olympiads to receive this award.
Rashkis fifth-graders Kris-tina Choi, Nathaniel Lai, Jai So and Thomas Wang and fourth-grader Jopsy Bayog won silver award pins for scor-ing in the top 10 percent of all participants. Kim also won a trophy as the team’s high scorer. Wang won the team honorable mention trophy for earning the second-highest team score. Bayog won a tro-phy for being the top-scoring fourth-grader.
In addition, the Rashkis Math Olympiads team was named to the fifth-grade Na-tional Meritorious Achieve-ment List for being in the top 20 percent of all fifth-grade Math Olympiad teams par-ticipating this year.
Fifth-grade team mem-bers include Chris Cai, Marc Chiurco, Catherine (Sohyeon) Cho, Kristina Choi, Albert Kim, Nathaniel Lai, Madison Lewis, Evan Moore, Hyun Park, Rabina Sawhney, Jai So, Austin Wang, Thomas Wang and Aidan Zimmermann. Fourth-grade team members include Christopher Balog, Brooke Bauman, Jopsy Bayog, Isabel Bravo, Louie Chiurco, Seoyoon Choi, Carter Collins, Abhishek Dasgupta, Kevin Huang, Paul James, Danny Kaminsky, Kayla Kern, Seong Hoon (Peter) Kim, Allison Lai, Hannah Marchuk, Veronica Munn, Kakeru Nagai, Hallie Orr, Dana Park, Linnea Van Manen, Charlotte Waechter and Kendra Zhong.
students represent aVid
Students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools recently rep-resented the Chapel Hill-Car-rboro AVID Program at the
first annual AVID Day at the General Assembly in Raleigh.
Chapel Hill High senior Lateshea Farrington, East Cha-pel Hill High senior Jonathan Smith, Carrboro High sopho-more Ben Rose and Culbreth MIddle eighth-grader Arianna Jacobs met with members of the General Assembly to share their AVID experiences and raise awareness among legisla-tors of the program’s effective-ness in making college avail-able to all students.
AVID is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who graduate and enroll in four-year colleges. Chapel Hill-Carrboro was the first school district in North Carolina to adopt AVID.
dual-language info session
Frank Porter Graham El-ementary School will host an information session about their Spanish-English Dual-Lan-guage Program on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Participants will learn about the curriculum and dai-ly schedule, meet the teachers, meet parents of other students in the program and register for the program.
Translation and childcare will be provided.
echhs rising senior Parent night
East Chapel Hill High School will hold Rising Senior Parent Night on Monday at 7 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High Media Center.
The counseling department will discuss the college-appli-cation process, specifically how counselors deal with recom-mendations and forms, match schools, the college admissions process and managing the pro-cess and anxiety.
Phillips nurse receives award
Edwina Zagami, school nurse at Phillips Middle School, has been named Pre-ceptor of the Year for 2008-09 for the UNC School of Nurs-ing Undergraduate Program.
The award recognizes her “years and hours of clinical preceptor work.” She will re-ceive a certificate and a $200 professional development award.
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great value! 3BR home on 4.23ac. Fantastic kitchen with high-end appliances, tile & laminate floors, formal dining room. 50’ back deck with hot tub overlooks woods. 4 car garage for all you collectors out there. $259,000 Weaver Street Re-alty 929-5658
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for sale or lease Office space at 302 W Weaver St Carrboro. Can be 1 large space with 790sf & 5 offices ($1225/ month lease) or 2 smaller spaces, one 3 offices ($650/ month lease, $89,000 purchase price) and one with 2 offices ($600/ month lease, $78,500 purchase price.) High speed internet included with leased spaces, shared kitchen. Call Steve or John @ 919-942-0077
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marKeting & design di-rector The ArtsCenter is seeking a full-time Marketing and Design Director to oversee all mar-keting efforts for concerts, theater, gallery, art classes, and children’s programs. Responsibilities include communication with local media sources, event planning, spon-sor cultivation, and coordination of all ArtsCenter marketing efforts including press releases, advertis-ing, presentations, website mainte-nance, and archiving. This position is also responsible for designing all marketing publications includ-ing playbills, programs, children’s brochures, advertisements, and fliers and for continuing to develop The ArtsCenter’s visual identity within the broader community. The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator, meticulous editor, and fantastic designer with a pas-sion for the arts and community. Bachelor’s degrees in journalism, marketing, graphic design or busi-ness are preferred with 3 - 5 years experience in both marketing and design. Must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Of-fice with some familiarity with html. Experience working in an arts or-ganization is preferred. For more information, visit www.artscenter-live.org. Deadline for submissions is May 18. Please include a cover letter, resume and three samples of your design work. Send applica-tions to Lauren Sacks, Associate Executive Director, 300-G East Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510 or email to [email protected].
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This past weekend i discovered a spectacular new trail. The 2.2 mile oc-coneechee mountain loop trail begins at the western edge of the official parking area and leisurely mean-ders around the western mid-slope of the mountain dominated by mature rock chestnut oaks, Quercus montana. i was so engaged in the various flowering patches of fetterbush, Lyo-nia mariana, and deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum, that i was downright startled when i looked up to see, in full flower, alone in the open forest, a specimen of tree-form mountain laurel. my objective of the walk was to view the mountain laurel that is usually in full flower on mother’s day. far out from the north-slope and mountain-top population of laurel, this fine specimen was a surprising sentinel of the spectacle to come.
i soon found myself dwarfed beneath a canopy of flowering laurel with, in places, a groundcover of galax, Galax aphylla, so characteristic of the mountains farther west.
The laurel seemed to be at peak, but many buds were still closed. a closer look at just-opened flowers will reveal 10 dark burgundy-red stamens imbedded in the petal surface. examin-ing older flowers, you will discover stamens in an inverted curved position, having sprung upward, when ripe, tossing pollen out onto unsuspecting insect pollinators.
i felt myself in the heart of the Carolina mountains. some many thousands of years ago, i would have
been correct. how for-tunate we are that a few “relict” plant communities still linger nearby on sites where just a few degrees of temperature differences and slope orientation allow a few characteris-tic mountain species to survive following the last southern glacial episode.
The mountain laurels are still in flower. get out in the next week to see them, and make note that we do have spectacular piedmont wildflower displays! !
phoTo by ken mooreA sentinel mountain laurel announces a spectacular flower display further beyond.
AthOusAndwORdsby Jock LAutererdo you have an important old photo that you value? send your 300 dpi scan to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. because every picture tells a story. and its worth? a thousand words.
a s a photo de-tective, i love a picture contain-ing an enigma.
in 1945, my grandfather Charlie rush sat for this portrait painted by philadel-phia portrait artist arthur bye. i grew up idolizing my granddad, the head librarian at unC’s Wilson Library from 1941-55. after his death in 1957, i took solace in his portrait, which hung in my grandmother Lionne’s home until her death in 1991. i lost track of the portrait until 2001, when we moved back to Chapel hill and discov-ered it hanging in the head librarian’s office in Wilson! now, fast forward to last week, when my wife was surfing the smithsonian website and came across a cache of Lionne’s letters to my great aunt olive rush, a renowned santa fe painter. and there in a 1962 letter from Lionne, i was shocked to read, “yes, i am in the background by the books – i didn’t know i was to be in the picture!” That
where’sLionne?1945
revelation sent me dashing back to Wilson to search for my grandmother hiding in the background. but alas, no Lionne! at least, i don’t see a woman’s face or any books! Aha! When the canvas was mounted, the books (and Lionne) must have been cropped out by the frame. so the only way we’ll ever know for sure is to un-frame the portrait. and since the likelihood of that ever happening is highly unlikely, i’ll have to be content with imaging my grandmother Lionne lurking back there behind the frame.
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tARheeLsheAdtOd.C.The unC men’s basketball team traveled to Wash-ington this week to meet with president barack obama at the White house, where he congratulated the team on the 2009 nCaa division i national Championship. Coach roy Williams and team members presented obama with a unC jersey with his name and the number 1 printed on the back. The seniors also gave the president a picture of him with the team.obama played a pick-up game with the team on a campaign visit to Chapel hill last year and picked the Tar heels to win the national championship this year.
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sawArtseven springs resident Jeffory Lee, an artist who makes sculptures from logs using a chainsaw, was in town recently promoting his business, Work art. most of the pieces are from a single log, he said. These pieces were patterned after the band donna the buffalo, who recent-ly played at the shakori hills festival in pittsboro.
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