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XLVIII FREE This Weekend FRIDAY Partly Cloudy 41/25 SATURDAY Partly Cloudy 40/20 SUNDAY Partly Cloudy 43/25 The Eater looks at fancy dining See page 5 INSIDE Kinnaird’s case for Costco See page 6 INDEX Music .................................................................................... 2 News ................................................................................................ 3 Community ......................................................................................... 4 Land & Table ......................................................................................... 5 Opinion ......................................................................................... 6 Obits ......................................................................................... 7 Schools .........................................................................................8 Classifieds .................................................................................... 9 Almanac ................................................................................................ 10 PHOTO BY KEN MOORE A witch’s broom lurks in a scrub pine along Estes Drive Extension. Spotting witch’s brooms O ver the years, I’ve enjoyed collect- ing witch’s brooms. Well, now, I haven’t actually collected them; I’ve merely spotted them, and revisit them often, quite of- ten, since most obvious ones are along roadsides. They are like old friends, and I smile inside every time I pass one. My favorite witch’s broom is a fine specimen perched midway up a scrub pine, Pinus virginiana, along Estes Drive Extension be- tween Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Just before the holidays, I spot- ted one midway up a loblolly pine, Pinus taeda, along the ramp from Smith Level Road onto the U.S. 15-501 bypass. Can’t believe I had never noticed it; guess I’ve been paying more attention to vehicles on the road – not a bad thing. “Witch’s broom spotting” should not become a cell phone-like dis- traction while driving. Last week, I spotted another one in a loblolly pine while walking through the pine forest of Carr- boro’s Adams Tract. A witch’s broom is an abnormal growth in a tree, usually caused by a virus or fungus. The growth is a dense mass of shoots growing from a single point, resembling an old-timey broom or strange-look- ing bird’s nest. There is not a lot of information on what is really going on with this plant-growth curios- ity. I suspect there is simply not enough interest or concern for any young botanist to pursue a doc- toral study. I share my witch’s broom sight- ings with botanical garden nursery manager Matt Gocke, who is hop- ing to propagate some interest- ing-looking trees from some of the brooms. One way of producing plants with the compact, dwarf characteristics of witch’s brooms is to make grafts of the broom branches, or “scions,” onto the stems, or “stocks,” of normal- growing plants of the same spe- cies. SEE FLORA PAGE 10 FLORA BY KEN MOORE Newcomers, familiar faces file for office BY KIRK ROSS Staff Writer Filing for county offices and state and federal legislative races opened this week with several newcomers join- ing incumbents in preparations for the May 5 primary and school board election. is cycle will complete the transi- tion of the Orange County Board of Commissioners to a mix of at-large and district representation. Two years ago, the board expanded from five to seven members and the first round of district races was held. Incumbents in this cycle had to decide whether to run again as at-large candi- dates or in the districts in which they reside. In the primary election, only residents of a district can vote for the candidate from their district. All residents can vote in the at-large primaries. Voters must be registered as either Democrat or Republican to vote in their party’s primaries. Filing in the races opened Monday at noon. Commissioner Alice Gordon, who has served on the board since 1990, filed to run in the District 1 Demo- cratic primary. District 1 roughly mirrors the boundaries of the Chapel Hill-Carr- boro school district. In her filing announcement, Gor- don stressed her support for schools, environmental advocacy and work on transportation issues. She said she will focus on increasing public transit, improving older schools and support- ing sustainable development. Gordon was joined by Earl McKee, a farmer from Rougemont. “I have been concerned for years about the continued tax increases,” McKee said. e county, he said, needs to rein in spending and concentrate on its core services of law enforcement, schools, public health and trash collection. McKee, who raises crops and cattle and sells hay to local horse farms, said he’s spent the past year attending more than 60 commissioner meetings and work sessions in preparation for run- ning. “I really wanted to get an idea of what it was like and what would be required of me,” he said. McKee, a Democrat, filed to run in the District 2 primary. Also announcing that he would seek re-election this week was three- term incumbent Barry Jacobs, who will run in the at-large Democratic primary. In his announcement, Jacobs cited his experience as a key strength. e county, he said, faces “an unsettled economic landscape and a period of significant transition within Orange County government.” In addition to improving schools, environmental stewardship and shor- ing up the social services safety net, Jacobs said he would work to make the county government more cost-effective and customer-friendly. SEE ELECTION PAGE 7 Council seeks more information on library fees Carrboro board cool to the idea of contributing funds BY BETH MECHUM Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL – With concerns about library funding still front-and-center, members of the Chapel Hill Town Council want a closer look at the various options for charging for the use of the Chapel Hill Public Library along with the possible consequences of such a decision. Council members Laurin Easthom and Gene Pease petitioned the council for a review of the funding and fee options at Monday night’s council meeting at Town Hall. e council has indicated its support for a proposed expansion of the Chapel Hill Public Library, but members worry about the conse- quences, including the long-term costs of addi- tional personnel and maintenance. once the $16 million addition is completed. Town Manager Roger Stancil has said that the town stands to get a good deal on financing if it opts to proceed with the project. Bonds for the construction were approved by Chapel Hill voters in 2003. “We would like to petition the staff to re- search different funding scenarios for the opera- tional costs of the Chapel Hill Public Library that would involve a fee for use for non-residents of Chapel Hill – i.e., library card fees – if the council elects to not select the current or pro- posed level of annual Orange County funding,” Easthom said. e county contributes $250,000 annu- ally to help cover library operating expenses, an amount that hasn’t changed since 1995. Li- brary officials estimate that patrons from out- side Chapel Hill account for about 40 percent of the library’s circulation. e county’s share of the funding is equal to about 11 percent of the library’s annual budget. SEE LIBRARY PAGE 4 PHOTO BY AVA BARLOW Chapel Hill Public Library employee Jon Hill arranges the magazine shelf at the library. Don’t you just heart it? PHOTO BY KIRK ROSS Meghan Rosensweet of The Chocolate Door, which recently opened on West Franklin Street, spent part of Wednesday working on butterscotch, honey and pomegranate truffles in preparation for Valentine’s Day. is is supposed to be simple — even educated fleas, for good- ness sake. But it’s not. ere’s a lot of pres- sure that goes with the holiday of love — some of it self- inflicted, but quite a bit from the obsequious- ness of the meme. Citizen contributor Margot Lester, who is a nationally recog- nized advice columnist and a bit of an expert in writing about matters of the heart, offered the fol- lowing on why Valentine’s Day gets under our skin: If I were cynical, I’ d say it was be- cause we don’t feel like we do a very good job showing our love the other 364 days, so we try to make up for it on this one day. But I don’t really think that’s true. Originally, the Valentine religious observance (remember, the dude was a saint) coincided with a pagan fertility ritual. Now, that’s something to get excited about. And who’s to say the continuation of the species isn’t a big deal? But the modern Valentine’s Day hullabaloo probably has more to do with business than getting busy. is year, economists expect we’ll spend more than $14 billion on V-Day paraphernalia. I reckon that’s in no large part because over the years (when did Valentine’s pressure start? Second grade?) we’ve been told this is a big hairy deal replete with candy, flowers and — as we got older — all manner of baubles and sexy undergarments. In short, we feel obligated to do something special, to be romantic, to be hooked up at all, because this humble holiday has been turned into a marketing juggernaut. If you’re looking for a unique way to interface successfully with that juggernaut, you may want to consider swinging by Roulette Vin- tage Clothing on Friday for its Valentine’s Day Fashion Party featuring the looks of local design- ers Andrea Iacobucci, River Takada- Capel and Sarah McLane as well as vintage valentines and other goodies. If you’re planning to dine out, you may want to check out e Eat- er’s column on page 5. And tune in to our MILL blog (carrborocitizen.com/MILL) for suggestions on local sweets and treats as well as our picks for wining and dining. Originally, the Valentine religious observance (remember, the dude was a saint) coincided with a pagan fertility ritual. Local Heroes PHOTO BY JIM FINK Giuseppe Polcaro, Wilson Fink, Taylor Campbell and Kerry Hagner were Orange County’s representatives for the 2010 Special Olympics Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding event for North Carolina in early January. Polcaro participated in the snowboarding competition, earning a gold medal while the others all placed in their skiing heats as well. The state competition takes place at Appalachian Ski Mountain and is accompanied by a banquet for the athletes. Pictured left to right: Taylor Campbell and Giuseppe Polcaro
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PhOTO by KeN MOOreA witch’s broom lurks in a scrub pine along Estes Drive Extension.
Spotting witch’s brooms
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed collect-ing witch’s brooms. Well, now, I haven’t actually collected
them; I’ve merely spotted them, and revisit them often, quite of-ten, since most obvious ones are along roadsides.
They are like old friends, and I smile inside every time I pass one.
My favorite witch’s broom is a fine specimen perched midway up a scrub pine, Pinus virginiana, along estes Drive extension be-tween Chapel hill and Carrboro.
Just before the holidays, I spot-ted one midway up a loblolly pine, Pinus taeda, along the ramp from Smith Level road onto the U.S. 15-501 bypass. Can’t believe I had never noticed it; guess I’ve been paying more attention to vehicles on the road – not a bad thing. “Witch’s broom spotting” should not become a cell phone-like dis-traction while driving.
Last week, I spotted another one in a loblolly pine while walking through the pine forest of Carr-boro’s Adams Tract.
A witch’s broom is an abnormal growth in a tree, usually caused by a virus or fungus. The growth is a dense mass of shoots growing from a single point, resembling an old-timey broom or strange-look-ing bird’s nest. There is not a lot of information on what is really going on with this plant-growth curios-ity. I suspect there is simply not enough interest or concern for any young botanist to pursue a doc-toral study.
I share my witch’s broom sight-ings with botanical garden nursery manager Matt Gocke, who is hop-ing to propagate some interest-ing-looking trees from some of the brooms. One way of producing plants with the compact, dwarf characteristics of witch’s brooms is to make grafts of the broom branches, or “scions,” onto the stems, or “stocks,” of normal-growing plants of the same spe-cies.
See FLOraPAGe 10
fLOrA By KEn MoorE newcomers,familiarfacesfileforofficeByKirKrOssStaff Writer
Filing for county offices and state and federal legislative races opened this week with several newcomers join-ing incumbents in preparations for the May 5 primary and school board election.
This cycle will complete the transi-tion of the Orange County Board of Commissioners to a mix of at-large and district representation.
Two years ago, the board expanded from five to seven members and the first round of district races was held. Incumbents in this cycle had to decide whether to run again as at-large candi-dates or in the districts in which they reside.
In the primary election, only residents of a district can vote for the candidate from their district. All residents can vote in the at-large primaries. Voters must be registered as either Democrat or Republican to vote in their party’s primaries.
Filing in the races opened Monday at noon.
Commissioner Alice Gordon, who has served on the board since 1990, filed to run in the District 1 Demo-cratic primary.
District 1 roughly mirrors the boundaries of the Chapel Hill-Carr-boro school district.
In her filing announcement, Gor-don stressed her support for schools, environmental advocacy and work on transportation issues. She said she will focus on increasing public transit, improving older schools and support-ing sustainable development.
Gordon was joined by Earl McKee, a farmer from Rougemont. “I have been concerned for years about the continued tax increases,” McKee said. The county, he said, needs to rein in spending and concentrate on its core services of law enforcement, schools, public health and trash collection.
McKee, who raises crops and cattle and sells hay to local horse farms, said he’s spent the past year attending more than 60 commissioner meetings and work sessions in preparation for run-ning. “I really wanted to get an idea of what it was like and what would be required of me,” he said.
McKee, a Democrat, filed to run in the District 2 primary.
Also announcing that he would seek re-election this week was three-term incumbent Barry Jacobs, who will run in the at-large Democratic primary.
In his announcement, Jacobs cited his experience as a key strength. The county, he said, faces “an unsettled economic landscape and a period of significant transition within Orange County government.”
In addition to improving schools, environmental stewardship and shor-ing up the social services safety net, Jacobs said he would work to make the county government more cost-effective and customer-friendly.
See eLeCTiOnPAGe 7
CouncilseeksmoreinformationonlibraryfeesCarrboro board cool to the idea of contributing fundsByBeThMeChuMStaff Writer
ChApEl hill – With concerns about library funding still front-and-center, members of the Chapel Hill Town Council want a closer look at the various options for charging for the use of the Chapel Hill Public Library along with the possible consequences of such a decision.
Council members Laurin Easthom and Gene Pease petitioned the council for a review of the funding and fee options at Monday night’s council meeting at Town Hall.
The council has indicated its support for a proposed expansion of the Chapel Hill Public Library, but members worry about the conse-quences, including the long-term costs of addi-tional personnel and maintenance. once the $16 million addition is completed.
Town Manager Roger Stancil has said that the town stands to get a good deal on financing
if it opts to proceed with the project. Bonds for the construction were approved by Chapel Hill voters in 2003.
“We would like to petition the staff to re-search different funding scenarios for the opera-tional costs of the Chapel Hill Public Library that would involve a fee for use for non-residents of Chapel Hill – i.e., library card fees – if the council elects to not select the current or pro-posed level of annual Orange County funding,” Easthom said.
The county contributes $250,000 annu-ally to help cover library operating expenses, an amount that hasn’t changed since 1995. Li-brary officials estimate that patrons from out-side Chapel Hill account for about 40 percent of the library’s circulation. The county’s share of the funding is equal to about 11 percent of the library’s annual budget.
See LiBraryPAGe 4
PhOTO by AvA bArLOWChapel hill public library employee Jon hill arranges the magazine shelf at the library.
don’tyoujustheartit?
PhOTO by KIrK rOSSMeghan rosensweet of The Chocolate Door, which recently opened on West Franklin Street, spent part of Wednesday working on butterscotch, honey and pomegranate truffles in preparation for Valentine’s Day.
This is supposed to be simple — even educated fleas, for good-ness sake.
But it’s not. There’s a lot of pres-sure that goes with the holiday of love — some of it self-inflicted, but quite a bit from the obsequious-ness of the meme.
Citizen contributor Margot Lester, who is a nationally recog-nized advice columnist and a bit of an expert in writing about matters of the heart, offered the fol-lowing on why Valentine’s Day gets under our skin:
If I were cynical, I’d say it was be-cause we don’t feel like we do a very good job showing our love the other 364 days, so we try to make up for it on this one day. But I don’t really think that’s true.
Originally, the Valentine religious observance (remember, the dude was a saint) coincided with a pagan fertility ritual. Now, that’s something to get excited about. And who’s to say the
continuation of the species isn’t a big deal?
But the modern Valentine’s Day hullabaloo probably has more to do
with business than getting busy. This year, economists expect we’ ll spend more than $14 billion on V-Day paraphernalia. I reckon that’s in no large part because over the years (when did Valentine’s pressure start? Second grade?) we’ve been told this is a big hairy deal replete with candy, flowers
and — as we got older — all manner of baubles and sexy undergarments.
In short, we feel obligated to do something special, to be romantic, to be
hooked up at all, because this humble holiday has been
turned into a marketing juggernaut.
If you’re looking for a unique way to
interface successfully with that juggernaut,
you may want to consider swinging by Roulette Vin-
tage Clothing on Friday for its Valentine’s Day Fashion Party
featuring the looks of local design-ers Andrea Iacobucci, River Takada-Capel and Sarah McLane as well as vintage valentines and other goodies.
If you’re planning to dine out, you may want to check out The Eat-er’s column on page 5.
And tune in to our MILL blog (carrborocitizen.com/MILL) for suggestions on local sweets and treats as well as our picks for wining and dining.
Originally, the Valentine religious observance
(remember, the dude was a saint) coincided with a pagan
fertility ritual.
LocalheroesPhOTO by JIM fINK
Giuseppe polcaro, Wilson Fink, Taylor Campbell and Kerry hagner were orange County’s representatives for the 2010 Special olympics Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding event for north Carolina in early January. polcaro participated in the snowboarding competition, earning a gold medal while the others all placed in their skiing heats as well. The state competition takes place at Appalachian Ski Mountain and is accompanied by a banquet for the athletes. pictured left to right: Taylor Campbell and Giuseppe polcaro
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• approved a change to therules for the town’s AffordableHousingFund toallow renova-tionfundstobeusedforrentalproperties. The change was re-questedbytheInter-FaithCoun-cilforSocialServicestoallowitand other agencies that offerrental housing access to townfunds.—From Staff Reports
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ThefamilyofAtlasFraleyhas filed a lawsuit allegingnegligenceinhisdeath.Fral-ey, a17-year-oldChapelHillHigh School football player,died Aug. 12, 2008 in hishome following a 911 call at1:45 p.m., in which he toldresponders his body hurt alloverandhethoughtheneed-edfluids.
According to OrangeCounty Emergency Services,aparamedicarrivedatFraley’shomeonFanBranchLaneat1:53p.m.andleftat2:16p.m.When Fraley’s parents re-turned home around 6 p.m.,theyfoundtheirsondead.
Inthesuit,theFraleyfam-ily blames Orange County,Orange County EmergencyServicesandparamedicJamesGriffinfornotshowingproper
carethatcouldhavekepttheteenageralive.
Thoughanautopsycouldn’tprovide a definitive explana-tion forFraley’sdeath, itdidsuggest thatdehydrationandcramping may have led to afatalheartattack.
Griffinwas theparamedicwho responded to Fraley’s911callhoursbeforehedied.He was reprimanded by thecounty, had his paramedicprivileges revoked and laterresignedfromhisjob.
Orange County conduct-ed an internal investigation,which found Griffin hadfailed to complete protocols,including contacting Fraley’sparents and taking his tem-perature.
The internal investigationmakes up much of the basisofthelawsuit,whichwasfiledlastmonthinOrangeCountySuperiorCourt.
fraley family files suitCouncil sets forum on cell phones and driving
4 THURSDAY, febRUARY 11, 2010 Community THe CARRboRo CiTizen
friday,feb12MusicinMySoul— Quilts by the African-American Quilt Circle will be featured through May 2, 2010, at the Pacifica Soft Art Gallery, 119 Viburnum Way in Car-rboro. More info at 942-9773
ZenCalligraphy— Kazuaki Ta-nahashi, a Japanese calligrapher and artist, will offer a calligraphy dem-onstration at the Chapel Hill zen Center, beginning with a reception at 7pm. Suggested donation $15. A silent auction will follow, proceeds to benefit the zen Center.
Valentine’sdayfashionShow— At Roulette Vintage, 6-10pm featuried a fashion collaboration of Mi Scusi Hand Made, River-basin outfitters and Sarah McLane Clothing. fun, fashion, vintage valentines, love punch, refresh-ments and music
to dance to.
artistreception:benGunter— ben Gunter will exhib-it his work at the Carrboro Town Hall. His exhibit, In the Middle of the Storm, will run through feb. 26. A reception, co-sponsored by the Carrboro Arts Committee and in conjunction with Carrboro’s 2nd friday Artwalk, will be at Carrboro Town Hall on feb. 12, 6-9pm. The reception is free and open to the public. More info at 942-8541.
Sunday,feb14aChocolateaffaire— Cor-nucopia Cancer Support Center’s annual event, A Chocolate Affaire, will be held at UnC’s Carolina Club at the George Watts Hill Alumni Cen-ter, 2-5pm. This event helps ensure that the center can offer its services free of charge to those affected by cancer. Tickets are $60 a person. To purchase tickets or for more info call401-9333
Monday,feb15adulteveningbookGroup— The Chapel Hill Public Library presents an adult evening book group at 7pm in the library’s conference room. The group will discuss The Known World
from edward P. Jones. free and open to all adults. More info at 968-2780.
ongoingCancerSupport—
Support groups for cancer patients and their families.
cornucopiahouse.org
Compassionatefriends— 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
yogaforeveryone— UnC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program presents Yoga for everyone.
each class will include a full yoga prac-tice as well as exploration of physical movement, meditation, breathing techniques, and relaxation. All levels are welcome. Classes will be held on Mondays from 11am-12:30pm. Caro-lina Pointe ii, 6013 farrington Road, Suite 101 in Chapel Hill. 966-3494.
familytofamily— A series of 12 weekly classes structured to help family members understand and support a family member suffering with mental illness. The class is free and sponsored by nAMi-orange. Contact Gove elder at 967-5403 or [email protected].
ViewandrealizationofthefoundationPath— The View and Realization of the foundation Path is a set of classes offered Wednesday nights, 7:30-9pm in february. The sessions take place at Piedmont KTC Tibetan buddhist Meditation Center in Carrboro. All are welcome. The classes are informal and designed for discussion with time for questions. A brief sitting meditation will be included. Suggested donation for each class: $5. More info at piedmontktc.org, 968-9426.
KnittingforPreemies— The Chapel Hill Public Library sponsors this weekly knitting group to provide baby blankets for the neonatal intensive Care Unit at UnC. The group will meet Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm through feb. 16 in the library’s confer-ence room. More info at 968-2780.
WalkingGroup— The Chapel Hill Area Women’s Walking Group will meet every Wednesday at Weaver St. Market in Carrboro at 9:15 a.m. Then, there will either be a hike or carpool to the designated site. if questions, contact Julie at 967-3221 or Marilyn at
932-1411.
GardenTour— free tour of the n.C. botanical Garden display gardens. Satur-days, 10am, in front of the Totten Center at the Garden. 962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu
JazzattheMall— University Mall presents free jazz concerts every Sunday, 2-4pm
JobSearchMeeting— A net-working and support group for job hunters. Wednesdays, 9:30-11am, binkley baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. 942-4964
breastfeedingCafé— An informal drop-in gathering of breastfeeding moms will be held every Monday from 1-2pm at the Red Hen. A La Leche reperse-native will be there to provide information and answer questions, 201 Weaver St.
Tutoring— Hillsborough Police Department and UnC Habitat for Humanifty offer tutoring sessions for students in orange County School’s K-5 classes at the Com-munity Policing Station, 501 Rainey Ave. Tutors are students from UnC. Call 732-2441, ext. 26 to register.
SustainableCinemaSeriesChathamArtsSustainableCinemaSeriesPresentsA New Kind
of ListeningonTuesday,Feb.23at7p.m.inFearringtonVillageBarn.Admissionatthedooris$5,$3forstudents.
A New Kind of Listeningisanhour-longdocumentarythatgoesinsidethecreativeworkoftheCommunityInclusiveTheaterGroup,asdirectorRichardRehoinspirescastmembers,somewithdisabilities,tobewriters,actorsanddancersinanoriginalcollaborativeperformance.Togethertheyprovethatasmallcom-munityartsprojecthasthepowertotransformlives.
SuPerCroSSWordMuSiCSTand CitizenCryptoquote By Martin BrodyFor example, YAPHCYAPLM is WORDSWORTH. One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the two O’s, Y for the two W’s, etc.. Apostrophes, punctuation, the length and formation of the words are all hints.
“Hide and Seek”
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PeTSofTheWeeKPaWS4eVer — Meet Rivendelle! She is a super sweet, very smart puppy who is eager to explore everything around her. She is fully house-trained and knows basic commands like sit and lie down, which she’s much more eager to show off when there are treats available. She loves to be outside; in fact, any time you open the door to go inside she looks at you like, “Are you crazy; its so fun out here, why
go inside?” Rivendelle can entertain herself outside for seemingly unlimited periods of time. She throws toys to herself, then does running figure-eights around them before picking them up and tossing them again and starting the cycle all over. She’s still trying to figure out the whole house concept, but has been really calm indoors, with no accidents or chewing, just tending to walk around exploring every corner. Please come by the shelter and take a look, at Paws4ever, 6311 nicks Road, Mebane, or call 304-2300. You can also go online at paws4ever.org
oranGeCounTyaniMaLSerViCeS— Meet Drummer! if you are looking for a new family member with perseverance, kindness, loyalty and love, look no further. Drummer is a 7-yr-old lab who has recently had a bad turn of luck. Her family lost their home and had to move to a place where she was not allowed to join. She’s no stranger to pressing on in hard times. When she was a puppy, she had to have one of her front legs amputated, but she took it in stride and learned to walk and live life with three legs. now she must learn to overcome sadness again as she waits patiently to find a new place to call home. Won’t you open your heart to Drummer? You can visit her at orange County’s Animal Services Center, 1601 eubanks Road, Chapel Hill or call 942-PeTS (7387). You can also see her online at co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/adoption.asp
Dan RyonFinancial Advisor205 West Main Street, Suite 101Carrboro, NC 27510Bus. 919-933-3191
Should Chapel Hill startcharging out-of-towners foruseofthelibrary,itcouldlosethecountyfunding.
Easthom and Pease re-quested that the town staffresearch how other munici-palities charge out-of-towncard-holders. Both agreed theinformationwouldbeusefulinupcoming budget discussions,whenthetowncouncilwillde-
cidewhether itwantstomoveforward.
Stancil and Mayor MarkKleinschmidt recently pennedalettertotheCarrboroBoardof Aldermen requesting Car-rboro’s input on alternativefunding that would “ensurefree access to their constitu-ents.”
So far, Carrboro officialshave not responded positivelytotheidea.
In a letter from CarrboroMayor Mark Chilton to theother aldermen that has since
gottenalotofpublicity,Chil-tonsaid,“ThesolutionisfortheCountytorunasinglelibrarysystemandforChapelHill togetoutofthelibrarybusiness.AndIdon’tseehoworwhytheseemingpoliticalimpossibilityof that solution isorought tobemyproblem.”
Chiltonsaidinaninterviewthat Carrboro residents havetold him that if Chapel Hilldecidestolevyafee,theyhopethecountycommissionerswillusesomeofthat$250,000theycurrently send to Chapel Hill
totobeefupCarrboro’slibrar-ies.BoththeCarrboroBranchLibrary at McDougle SchoolsandtheCarrboroCybraryarepartofthecounty-runsystem.
At the Carrboro Board ofAldermen meeting Tuesdaynight,JoalHallBrounsaidsheiswritingaletterinresponsetoKleinschmidtandStancil,andwouldwelcomeanyinputfromtheotherboardmembers.
“My goal is to have a verysuccinct, neutral, not stressfulresponse,butclearaboutwherewe’regoing,”shesaid.
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What’s at Market?Check out what’s at the Carrboro Year-Round Farmers’ Market . . .
New Item this Week: Eggs, parsley, sun-dried tomatoes, cornmeal, green onions, mus-tard greens, rutabagas, creasy greens, totsoi, dill, cilantro, turnips, beets, carrots, caulif lower, celery, sweet potatoes, broccoli, lettuce, chard, radishes, turnip greens, sorrel, arugula, onions, escarole, wheat f lour, garlic, salad mixes (spicy and non), col-lards, fresh herbs, kale, pecans, meats like goat, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, buffalo, and various specialty meats like liverwurst, bologna, hotdogs, etc, cow’s and goat’s milk cheeses, eggs, breads, doughnuts, tor tes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes.
Turnip and Apple Slaw with dill dressingRecipe provided by Ann Turner
Ingredients:4 medium turnips peeled ½ cup whole yogurt (you could also use sour cream for a richer option)1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon2 apples finely chopped¼ cup of almonds 1 teaspoon sugar2 tablespoons minced onion2 tablespoons of fresh dillSalt and pepper to taste
Procedure:Coarsley grate the turnips. Combine the turnips, ap-
ples, and lemon juice in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for an hour or more if possible. in a large bowl, combine all other ingredients except the almonds and stir together. When ready to serve, toss the turnips and apples in dressing and salt and pepper to taste. Top with almond slivers raw or lightly toasted for a nuttier taste.
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thecaseforaCarrboroCostcoellieKinnaird
Therehasbeendiscussionrecentlyabout whether a Costco located inCarrboro would have a detrimentaleffect onour community. I believe,tothecontrary,thataCostcowouldanswer a seriousCarrboro (andOr-angeCounty)problemwhileuphold-ingourcorevalues.Howcanthatbewhenallbig-boxstoresareseenasevilanddestructivetoacommunity?
HereistheargumentforaCostcoinCarrboro.
HomeownertaxesinCarrboroaresohigh,theyaredrivingourlow-in-comepeopleout,especiallyourblackcommunity.Withoutexpandingthecommercial tax base, our taxes willcontinuetogohigher,drivingmorelower- and moderate-income peoplefrom Carrboro. The proportion ofpropertytaxpaidbyresidentsascom-paredtobusinessesisoutofbalance,with single family carrying 71.43percent of the burden, multi-family14.68percent,andonly9.23percentfrombusiness sources. Ifwedonotaddressthiswithalargercommercialtaxbase,wewillbecomeamoreandmoreelitecommunity.ThatviolatesacorevalueofCarrboroandOrangeCountyforadiversepopulation.
ThereisafearthataCostcowilldrive out our small businesses. Butmuch of our business base is com-prisedofvery small specialty stores.While we are fortunate to have a
range of unique small businesses,theyareunabletogenerateasignifi-cantproportionofoursalestax.Butmost importantly, Costco is not incompetition with its high-quality,specialtyitems.
Wetalkagreatdealaboutpayinga living wage, not just a minimumwage. Most small businesses, eventhough they are dedicated to theiremployees,cannotpayahighwage.Costco,ontheotherhand,pays$18anhourandmore,foralivingwage.
Further, most small businesses,though they wish they could, can-not offer health insurance to theiremployees. Costco provides healthinsurance forallpart-timeand full-time employees. Our communitybelievesthatnooneshouldbeunin-sured.Costcofitsintoourvaluesys-temforhealthcareforallworkers.
While we have a low unemploy-mentrate,therearemany,especiallyatthelowerwagescale,whoareun-employed. A Costco would providemanyjobstothatpopulation.Again,acorevalueofourcommunity.
Thousands of people in OrangeCountydrivetotheCostcoinDur-ham, thereby polluting the air andcausing environmental damage.Some years ago, New Hope Com-monswasproposedtogoontheCha-pelHillsideofInterstate40.Itwas
rejected, and the sales andpropertytaxeswenttoDurham.Thepollutionandtaxburdenonhomeownersandrentersstayedhere.
Finally,weareurgedtobuylocal,but the fact is that thousands drivetoCostcoeveryday for those itemsnotavailablehere.Idoalltheshop-pingthatIcaninCarrboro–WeaverStreet Market, Harris Teeter, FitchLumber, the PTA Thrift Shop andallthefinesmallstores,coffeeshopsandrestaurants.TheloantoWeaverStreetMarketthatenabledittostartupandflourishwasapprovedatmyfirstmeeting asmayor.Asmayor, Iworkedhardtobuildupthebusinesscommunitytoitspresentvitalityandrevived the merchants association;I was instrumental in saving TheArtsCenter; along with other greatsupporters,startedourlibrary;andIobtained the funds for theFarmers’Marketfacility.I loveCarrboroandwant it to continue as a robust andattractiveplace,butIdon’twantittobecome an elitist enclave without adiversepopulation.
Ellie Kinnaird represents Orange and Person counties in the North Carolina Senate and is the former mayor of Carrboro.
This father-knows-best approach is at best inefficient and at worst runs the risk of pandering to select classes of the public.
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Obituaries
timothy MorganTimothy (Tim) Bruce Mor-
gan, 57, died of liver failure at his home in Pittsboro, N.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, surrounded by his partner, Samantha Birchard; his former wife and enduring friend, Katie Haywood; his longtime buddy, Don Basnight; and his dog, Tasha.
Born on July 23, 1952, in Atlantic City, N.J., Tim was the adopted son of the late Fred Bruce and Ruth McNamee Morgan. Much of his youth was spent with his family in Amherst, Mass., where his father worked as a professor of religion at Amherst College. Tim received his secondary education at Williston Academy, and while there he befriended and studied with renowned illustrator and wood-block engraver Barry Moser. He went on to graduate from Harvard University in 1975 with an A.B. degree in English. Tim was an avid and accomplished squash player and played in Harvard’s varsity league.
Following graduation, Tim moved to Ossabaw Island off the coast of Savannah, Ga., which at the time was privately owned and home of the Os-sabaw Island Project, a program designed to provide a creative retreat for artists and academ-ics. There he worked as a boat operator and general jack-of-all-trades. Following sale of the island to the State of Georgia in the late 1970s, Tim moved to Aiken, S.C., where he began his own house-painting business.
In 1988, Tim moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., to be with his future wife, whom he had
met in her hometown of Aiken. Tim and Katie were married in Pittsboro in 1995 and moved to Hillsborough, N.C. in 1997. Following their divorce, in 2004, Tim returned to Pitts-boro, where in 2009 he met Sa-mantha, with whom he resided until his death.
Tim enjoyed the creativity involved in carpentry and home restoration, taking pleasure in making things beautiful, which he did brilliantly in his capac-ity as sole proprietor of Morgan Restoration. His work is marked by fine craftsmanship, imagina-tion and a distinctive flair for the whimsical.
Tim’s other interests included flying (he received his pilot’s license in 2001), driving his Alfa Romeo convertible and taking long walks along the shores of Jordan Lake with his long-abid-ing companion and perhaps his greatest love, his dog, Tasha.
Other survivors include his sisters, Rebecca Morgan of Plymouth, Mass., and Jill Mor-gan Marshall of White Hill, Nova Scotia.
Arrangements are by the Cremation Society of the Carolinas. A memorial service is being planned for early spring.
robert barnardRobert J. Barnard, artist,
educator and professor emeritus of the art department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died on his 88th birthday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Barnard came to the United States in the late 1950s to pursue a career in art and art education. His primary medium was painting. His art, spanning a career of some 60 years, is included in public and private collections locally and in Europe, including Ackland Art Museum, Amsterdam, Rome and Oxford. His work has been shown nationally in art galleries in San Francisco, Dallas, Miami and New York. His most recent exhibi-tions include Lee Hansley Gallery in Raleigh and an upcoming show in Hot Springs, Ark.
Barnard designed and taught classes for training art teachers in the U.K. and U.S., serving at UNC-CH as director of programs in art education and
being elected the first president of the North Carolina Art Edu-cation Association. He received research grants, was recognized for distinguished service in, and contributions to, art education and consulted in the U.S. and abroad on curriculum and art. Barnard lectured on art train-ing, teacher education and the importance of art in daily life. He was a spirited and imagina-tive professor committed to developing his students’ poten-tial, and he mentored scores of art educators. A highlight of his career was the opportunity to tour the country to gather information for a report to the Rockefeller Foundation on the state of art education in the U.S.
Born in Northampton, Eng-land in 1922, Robert Barnard grew up in a household where creativity was the norm. His mother was a concert soprano. Among other pursuits, his father built meticulously accurate scale models, such as ocean liners and railway engines for busi-nesses and industry. Barnard’s early grasp of events leading up to World War II led him first to join a peace movement and later to enlist in the British Army as an underage youth of 17. As a commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers, he was charged with creative and destructive tasks, such as both building bridges and blowing them up.
Barnard emerged from the military with only minor physical injuries but with lasting effects to his mind and soul that subsequently influenced his art. In 1948, he received his cer-tificate in art from the Ministry of Education in England after studying at Bristol University and Burderop Park College.
At the forefront of his creative process was the fact that he had lived through a period of extraor-dinary social and technological changes. It was his endeavor to grasp, encompass and distill unique, revealing creations from those influences. Many of his personal passions – travel-ing, reading, motor racing and especially the complexities of contemporary music – found their way into his unique form of visual expression.
Barnard is predeceased by his mother, Elsie Lee-Andrews Barnard; his father, William Barnard; and his brother, Richard Gerald Clift Barnard. He is survived by Linda, wife of 46 years; his son, Toby; his nephew Howard and wife, Polly, of Charwelton, Northampton-shire, England; nephew Tom and wife, Natalie, of Chelten-ham, Gloucestershire, England; cousin, Peter Andrews, and wife, Laura, of Vancouver, Canada; sister-in-law, Sue J. Luger, husband, Alan Luger, of Louisville, Ky. and their daughter, Annie; and friend Jan Onland and partner, Olga, of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Devin Paterson Pressley
Ms. Devin Paterson Pressley quietly passed on Jan. 30, 2010, at UNC Hospitals. She was 64.
Devin was born in Okla-homa City, Okla., and raised in Hudson, Ohio. She was the daughter of Thomas Hugh Paterson and Ann Gilchrist Pat-erson. She graduated from Mars Hill College in North Carolina and spent a good portion of her life dedicated to education. She taught all ages, from preschool-ers to adults. Part of her life was also spent working on issues sur-rounding elder care and quality of life. She started one of the first adult day-care centers in the Asheville, N.C. area.
Devin lived in many places, including Tryon, Henderson-ville and Asheville, N.C.; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Fall River, Mass. Most recently, she lived at Emerald Pond Retirement Center in Durham, N.C.
Devin was a very social person. Her hobbies included painting and doll collecting, and she recently wanted to write and illustrate a children’s book about a great blue heron she often saw on walks with her dog, Annie.
Devin is survived by her son, Bryon Scot Pressley of Durham; her brother, Thomas H. Pater-son of Tiverton, R.I.; and her sister, Penelope Blair of Atlanta. She was preceded in death by her eldest sister, Martha (Becky) Holbrook, and her parents.
UPCOMING CONCERTS:Experience the 7th Annual American Roots Series.
Feb. through June. See website for details. Coming up:
Karla Bonoff • SAT 2/13Joseph Arthur • SUN 2/14 John Mayall • WED 2/17
Dave Alvin & Two Guilty Women featuringCindy Cashdollar • SUN 2/21
Dear Companion Tour featuring Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore • TUE 3/2
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience • FRI 3/12Over the Rhine • SAT 3/13Patrick Street • SUN 3/14Steve Forbert • SAT 3/20
CElTIC CONCERT SERIES: Call the box office for package dealsDervish • THU 3/4
Battlefield Band • THU 3/18Solas • FRI 3/19
UPCOMING THEATRE: One Song Productions: The February 48 • SUN 2/7
Transactors Improv: The LOVE Show • FRI 2/12North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival • 2/18 - 2/20
SuperFun Show: Stone Soup • FRI 2/20
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
forTuesday, February 16, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
A public hearing will be held on Orange County’s potential legislative agenda for the 2010 North Carolina General Assembly Session. The issue areas to be addressed include:
Human Services | SchoolsJustice and Public Safety | Revenue and Taxation
Environment | AgriculturePlanning and Transportation | EnergySolid Waste | Economic Development
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The Board of Commissioners welcomes all comments on all items as may be introduced or addressed at the public hearing. The meeting is open to the public and will be held on Tuesday,
February 16, 2010 at the Southern Human Services Center at 2501 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill beginning at 7:00 p.m. If you need additional information, please call Greg Wilder at 245-2300.
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County officesIncumbent James Stanford
of Carrboro filed to run in the Democratic primary for clerk of court.
Deborah Brooks of Hillsborough filed to run in the Democratic primary for register of deeds.
Hillsborough Police Chief Clarence Birkhead filed to run in the Democratic primary for Orange County Sheriff.
Legislative racesBill Faison, who rep-
resents part of Carrboro, the northern two-thirds of Orange County and all of Caswell County, and Verla Insko, who represents much of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, both filed for re-election this week. Both are Democrats. Faison is in his third term and Insko is serving her seventh term.
They are expected to be joined by fellow Democrats Joe Hackney, who is speaker of the House of Representa-tives and represents parts of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and southwestern Orange County as well as Chatham County, and state Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, who announced in January that she would seek another term. Kinnaird’s district includes Orange and Person counties.
The race for the Fourth U.S. Congressional Dis-trict could end up being a rematch if Democratic Rep. David Price of Chapel Hill and Republican B.J. Law-son of Cary prevail in their respective primaries. Price filed this week and Lawson
announced he would do so soon. Lawson will join George Hutchins of Raleigh and Frank Roche of Apex in the GOP primary.
In addition to the pri-maries, the May ballot will feature the race for four seats on the Orange County Board of Education. So far, Will Atherton and incum-bent Debbie Piscatelli, both of Hillsborough, have filed in the non-partisan race.
Chatham racesIncumbent commission-
ers Tom Vanderbeck, who represents District 4, George Lucier, who represents Dis-trict 3, and Carl Thompson, who represents District 5, have filed for re-election. All three are Democrats. Repub-licans Brian Bock and Cadle Cooper have filed to run in the District 3 GOP primary.
Sheriff Richard Webster and Clerk of Court Sam Cooper, both Democrats, have also filed for re-election.
In legislative races, Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Atwater and Republican Roger Gerber have filed.
Candidate filing state-ments and election infor-mation is available on The Citizen’s voter resource site at carrborocitizen.com/politics
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thu 2/18 — Chicken Patty sandwich; baked Potato w/Chili & Cheese w/Wheat roll; “fun on the run”; Traditional Mixed Vegetables; Chilled Pineapple Tidbits; Chocolate Pudding
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The Echo goes online
East Chapel Hill High School’s student newspaper, The Echo, has begun publishing on-line. In addition to the website, the students also are commu-nicating school news through a blog and a Facebook page. Visit the website at echobserver.com
Art for HaitiArtwork by advanced art
students from Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School will be ex-hibited at The Open Eye Café and the Looking Glass Café in Carrboro. The pieces, part of an Art for Haiti event, are personal responses to the tragedy in Haiti. The exhibit will be held from 2-6 pm on Saturday, Feb-ruary 13. The works will then be sold (prices starting at $10), and the proceeds will benefit the Red Cross.
Art for Haiti is one of many programs area schools are involved in to raise money for Haiti. The student govern-ments of Chapel Hill High
School and East Chapel Hill High School are hosting a joint benefit at the Century Center on March 7. The benefit will feature several local bands and performers.
Regional music groups
Students from the three dis-trict high schools have earned seats in various all-district and all-region musical groups.
Students named to the All-District Band from Chapel Hill High are Sara Aratake, Alex Boyd, Rebecca Clemens, Eric Jiang, Shiyi Li, Yiying Li, Graeme Roberts, Jonathan Schermer and Alex Yan.
Students named to the All-District Band from East Chapel Hill High School are Angela Yu, Emilie Chen, Keila Purnell, Li Zhang, Katherine Whang and Anna Quercia-Thomas.
The All-District Band will perform at Sanderson High School in Raleigh on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Students from Chapel Hill High School and Carrboro
High School were named to the All-Region Jazz Ensemble. Chapel Hill High School students are Rebecca Clemens, Alex Smith, Graeme Roberts and Andy Vanderford. Dean Mitchell was selected to repre-sent Carrboro High.
The Central Region All-Re-gion Jazz Ensemble Concert will be held at Northern Guilford High School in Greensboro on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m.
Students from all three high schools were named to the Eastern Regional Orchestra. Students from Carrboro High School are Jordan Thomas, Taylor Marlow, Laura Finerty and Jonathan Dolan.
Students from Chapel Hill High School are Sara Aratake, Irene Li, Susan Lee, Jenny Jin, Eliana Rivera, Elana Horwitz, Paul Lee, Andrew Ho Tong, Jenny Lu, Annalee Rigdon, Chisung Cho and Galen Kirk-patrick.
Students from East Chapel Hill High School are Emilie Chen, Eric Chiou, Ethan Chu, Stephan Han, Mary Hu, Alice Huang, Young-Eun Hyun,
Aaron Krolik, Forrest Li, Abi-gail Lin, Roman Lin, Sandhya Mahadevan, Ben Marks, Laura Molnar, Emer O’Reilly, Chiwoo Park, Lina Sakama-chi, Sayoko Sueyoshi, Sophie To, Sirui Wang, Yu Wang and Angela Yu.
The Eastern Regional Orchestra will participate in a clinic Feb. 26-28 at the School of Science and Math in Durham.
Contest winnersWinners of the 2009 Sallie
Markham Michie Essay Con-test were recently announced by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Magna Carta Dames. Twenty of the contest’s 36 winners are students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
The purpose of this annual essay contest is to challenge students in grades five through 12 to research and write about historical events and civic and governmental roles in the history and de-velopment of North Carolina and the United States.
The contest is funded by the Sallie Markham Michie Trust, which provides awards rang-ing from $25 to $4,000. The contest is in its 13th year and is open to students in Orange and Chatham counties.
Winners are: Matthieu Sieredzki, sophomore at Chapel Hill High; Sophie To, fresh-man at East Chapel Hill High; Katherine Whang, freshman at East Chapel Hill High; Emily Goldstein, eighth-grader at Smith Middle; Anna Claire Smith, seventh-grader at Culbreth Middle; Nadeem Ramadan, sixth-grader at Phil-lips Middle; Emily Fox, fifth-grader at Carrboro Elementary; Caroline Smith, fifth-grader at Frank Porter Graham Elemen-tary; Clara To, fifth-grader at Rashkis Elementary; and Ellison Carmichael, Kathik Kaundiny, Clara Breeden, August Moore, Sienna Zueo, Hunter Pearce, Kees Benken-dorfer, Aleta Groh Donald, Anne Whitsel, and Annie Huang, all fifth-graders at Estes Hills Elementary.
Meals on WheelsStudents with disabilities in
the FOCAL program at Chapel Hill High School participated in a community-oriented cooking project funded by a grant from the Council for Exceptional Children of North Carolina, under the leadership of EC transition facilitator Em-ily Davis and EC teachers Erin Smith and Dara Heller.
The students prepared frozen meals and desserts for the residents at the SECU Family House, which provides housing for families with an adult family member in the hospital. The stu-dents chose what to make, cre-ated the shopping lists, purchased the groceries, prepared the meals and delivered them to the residents. They always included a homemade card. Students are finishing out the grant by provid-ing baked goods to those who receive Meals on Wheels.
Davis presented this project at the 2010 Annual Confer-ence of the N.C. Council for Exceptional Children held in Wilmington in January.
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Brilliantly Brill: Letterman talent coordinator headlines stand-upBy CharLie TysonStaff Writer
The headliner for the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival’s stand-up portion is Eddie Brill, house comic and talent coordi-nator of “Late Show with David Letterman.”
Brill has actively worked in comedy for over 25 years. He will perform Saturday, Feb. 13 at 9 p.m. at Cat’s Cradle, along with fellow comics Mike MacRae and Aparna Nancherla.
A fixture on the global com-edy scene for decades, Brill comes to the festival as more than just a performer. As a talent booker,
he plans to look closely at the stand-up talent performing at the festival and will also teach a workshop.
In between “Letterman” tap-ings, Brill spoke to The Citizen about his work in comedy and his involvement in this year’s festival.
The Citizen: Ever been to Car-rboro?
Eddie Brill: I haven’t, oddly enough. I love North Carolina and have been there many times visiting friends, but I’ve never worked there.
TC: What brings you to Carr-boro for the festival?
EB: This gentleman Zach [Ward], who has such a passion
for comedy, and when he con-tacted me, I realized, I’ve been doing this for a very long time, and when a young guy or girl comes along with a passion that you see in yourself, you want to be involved. That’s what I’m com-ing for. The fact that it’s in Car-rboro gives me a chance to see a place I’ve never seen before.
TC: When and why did you start performing comedy?
EB: I fell into it. I went to col-lege in Boston at Emerson Col-lege. I thought I would go there for broadcast journalism. My very first week in school I met Denis Leary and Steven Wright.…We formed a comedy group, which was fun. In
1984, I got to start a comedy club in New York City called the Paper Moon. That was my first time in maybe three years back onstage doing stand-up, and I haven’t stopped since. I travel all over the world and do my comedy.
TC: What aspects of the com-edy festival are you looking for-ward to?
EB: I get to do three things I love like crazy [teach a work-shop, check out comedians and perform] – it’s a triple threat. It’s hard to pick the favorite. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be performing with my friend Mike [MacRae]. That’s the juice. I love doing standup.
TC: Describe your act? EB: If you like George Car-
lin, you’ll like what I do, because he was my hero. I would say it’s smart and silly. Makes you think, makes you laugh.
TC: Why should people see you?
EB: Because they will have the time of their life. They should see the show because the woman opening [Nancherla] is very funny, and Mike MacRae is very funny as well. I won’t say I’m the great-est comic in the world, because I’m not; but I will say that you’ll leave in a great mood. In a time with so many negative things in the world, this show is an antithesis.
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if the witch’s broom produces cones, then another possibility is to grow a dwarf tree from a seed collected from that abnormal growth. one such odd-ity is a dwarf loblolly pine growing along the
north walk in the Coker arboretum. That one is a dwarf seedling from a magnif icent witch’s broom high up in one of the arboretum’s big pines. sadly, that tree was killed by lightning two years ago. on your next walk through the arboretum, look for curator margo mcintyre
or one of her assistants to help you f ind that dwarf loblolly.
These rare curiosi-ties are most frequently spotted in pine trees, though i did find one in a red cedar, Juniperus virgin-iana, several years ago.
more commonly spotted are the witch’s brooms in hop horn-beams, Ostrya virginiana, easily observed in win-ter months, when the messy looking, dense, leaf less twig structures can be quite numer-ous on a tree, giving it a truly “bad-hair day” look. There are lots of them along the trail en-circling big oak Woods at mason farm biologi-cal reserve.
folklore is f illed with stories of witches and their f lying about on coarse twiggy brooms. i like the story of witches f lying over trees to make brooms grow in them. i enjoy thinking about that story when walking beneath all those witch’s brooms in the mason farm hop hornbeams.
it’s fun to look up into trees; never know what you may f ind there !
phoTo by Ken mooreA witch’s broom looks like a bad-hair day in hop hornbeam.
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.
Celebrating the opening of their new newsroom and their first print edition, some of the staffers of the Northeast Central Durham Community VOICE pose for a group shot outside building 4 at the golden belt campus, where space has been donated by scientific properties of durham. The VOICE, which mentors dur-ham urban youth, is a collaboration between the journalism programs at unC
and nCCu, with printing donated by The Daily Tar Heel. VOICE staffers from durham, unC and nCCu pictured here include (front to back, left to right), Corliss pauling, Catherine rierson, Katy millberg, Teen editor zenzele barnes and Teen Coordinator Carly brantmeyer; second row, unC co-adviser Jock Lauterer, nCCu co-adviser Lisa paulin, Latisha Catchatoorian, elizabeth Jenson, Chavaria Williams and nakia Jones; back row, briana aguilar, sarah rankin, nCCu co-adviser bruce “dp” depyssler, ashley griffin, Lindsay ruebens, allie mcCoy, ashley rogue and phil Landingham. Check out the VOICE at durhamvoice.org and let the kids know what you think of their work at [email protected]
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Robbie Bach, MicrosoftLeader behind the XboxKeynote: Tues. 2/16 at 3:30 pm
Discuss the Austen & Zombie mashups with author of the Pride and Prejudice and Zombiesprequel
Dance the night away at a DJ/VJ Dance PartyGerrard Hall Thursday 2/18 at 9:30 p.m.
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