<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Beecoz - Chapel Hill, NC 27514</title><link>http://www.beecoz.com/posts/community/NC/Orange/Chapel_Hill/27514/</link><description>Beecoz-Community Portal</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:11 EST</pubDate><item><title>Who needs an argument?</title><description><![CDATA[As I was reminded recently, some folks can't tell the difference between thoughtful disputation and just plain, ornery, contradiction.  When I take a position contradictory to the established order, I always try to work from a reasoned basis.  I also try to find the humor in what is sometimes a tense process.


Man: An [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/who-needs-an-argument/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/who-needs-an-argument/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:28:08 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mez</title><description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I met a bunch of friends at Mez, on Page Road, in Durham.  It\'s owned by the Chapel Hill Restaurant Group,  the same people that brought us 411 West and Squid\'s.  It\'s basically an attempt at upscale Mexican.  The interior is on the posh side, but the prices are quite reasonable.  With taquerias on practically every street corner, I would expect even the fanciest Mexican restaurant to be somewhat less expensive.  They have a wide variety of dishes on their menu and I chose a chile relleno as my main course.  I\'d actually never ordered one before, but I had a bite of my 2nd Most Faithful Reader\'s at ACME a few weeks before.  I\'m not exactly a big fan of any kind of peppers, by any means, but both of the ones I\'ve tasted have had such a thin layer on the outside that they weren\'t objectionable at all.  In fact, this Poblano pepper was delicious and was filled with rice, Chihuahua cheese, rasins and served with a slightly sweet almond cream sauce.  It also came with a slaw that was very good.For dessert, I ordered their tres leches cake.  My Hippest Friend makes a tres leches (three milks) cake that is out of this world and I\'m afraid it was impossble for Mez\'s version to live up to it.  It didn\'t come close and yet it was still quite good.  My general reaction is that it was not nearly as moist and didn\'t contain nearly as much, if any, alcohol.  Those two observations may be related.  It did come what tasted like sliced pistachioes, but the menu says it was supposed to have candied almonds.  Whatever they were, I liked them.I would definitely like to go back someday and try some of the other interesting looking things on their menu, including their aqua frescas.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/460307658/couple-of-weeks-ago-i-met-bunch-of.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/460307658/couple-of-weeks-ago-i-met-bunch-of.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;Keats's &quot;Poems&quot; is Library's 6-millionth volume&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[What a phenomenal resource for us who live here!]]></description><link>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/keatss-poems-is-librarys-6-millionth.html</link><guid>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/keatss-poems-is-librarys-6-millionth.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tragedy hits Chapel Hill High again</title><description><![CDATA[By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
 CHAPEL HILL  ?The Chapel Hill High School community is mourning the loss of yet another student after the tragic death of senior Rodney Torain early Sunday morning. 
Torain, 18, was killed in an automobile crash on Old Greensboro Highway just before 4 a.m. Sunday.
Ashley Bynum, 18, was driving Torain home [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/tragedy-hits-chapel-hill-high-again/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/tragedy-hits-chapel-hill-high-again/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:24:18 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An artist?s tradition</title><description><![CDATA[by Rich Fowler
Staff Writer
 Chapel Hill  ?Jinxiu Zhao usually goes by Alice because it?s easier for people to pronounce. A typical day for her is busy, filled with the art she loves. She teaches classes for seniors and children and is always cheerful and upbeat about it. She truly loves her work, and it [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/an-artist%e2%80%99s-tradition/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/an-artist%e2%80%99s-tradition/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:22:19 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>County wants answers on airport authority</title><description><![CDATA[Orange County Board of Commissioners chair Barry Jacobs got the OK to send a letter on behalf of the board to UNC Chancellor Holden Thorpe asking for more information about a proposed airport authority that would be charged with siting and building a new airport to replace Horace Williams.
The board approved sending the letter at [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/county-wants-answers-on-airport-authority/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/county-wants-answers-on-airport-authority/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:39 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tense times in Bingham Township</title><description><![CDATA[Airport, transfer station
draw intense interest, ire
by Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
 CHAPEL HILL  ?For those living in the roughly 73 square miles that make up southwestern Orange County?s Bingham Township, the next few years seem to promise large and unwelcome changes.
Though sparsely populated compared to central and southeastern Orange, residents of the township, which stretches from [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/tense-times-in-bingham-township/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/tense-times-in-bingham-township/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:40 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>News brief: Merritt sworn in, hotel hearing delayed</title><description><![CDATA[The Chapel Hill Town Council started its Nov. 17 public hearing with the swearing in of new council member James Merritt. Merritt will serve the remaining 13 months of Bill Thorpe?s term. Thorpe passed away in September.
Merritt acknowledged Thorpe?s service and said that he wanted to continue Thorpe?s commitment to the town.
?I give my sincere [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/news-brief-merritt-sworn-in-hotel-hearing-delayed/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/news-brief-merritt-sworn-in-hotel-hearing-delayed/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:11:29 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Board tightens fire-safety requirements</title><description><![CDATA[By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve an ordinance amending the town fire code that would create additional requirements for fire extinguishers, sprinkler heads and stovetop fire stops and prohibit pine straw and similar materials within 10 feet of any structure.
The changes come on the heels of a [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/board-tightens-fire-safety-requirements/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/board-tightens-fire-safety-requirements/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:11:23 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>News Brief: County awarded housing grant</title><description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency recently awarded Orange County with $400,000 under the 2008 cycle of the Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation Program.
The program provides funds to assist with the rehabilitation of moderately deteriorated homes that are owned and occupied by lower-income households. Typical repairs include roof replacements, door and window replacements and electrical and plumbing [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/news-brief-county-awarded-housing-grant/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/news-brief-county-awarded-housing-grant/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:08:38 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alternative Christmas Market</title><description><![CDATA[United Church of Chapel Hill will be holding its 19th Alternative Christmas Market this weekend on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov.23 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The market will feature everything from art to rain barrels to knife sharpening, with a portion of the proceeds going [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/alternative-christmas-market/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/alternative-christmas-market/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:08:07 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>News Brief: Property Revaluations</title><description><![CDATA[The next Orange County property revaluation will become effective Jan. 1. Property revaluation is the process of recognizing monetary trends between buyers and sellers and reflecting that on similar properties. The last countywide revaluation was effective as of Jan. 1, 2005, and the market value of Orange County properties has since increased.
The Orange County Tax [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/news-brief-property-revaluations/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/20/news-brief-property-revaluations/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:47 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carolina North: Easthom - ?Now is the time!?</title><description><![CDATA[Council member Laurin Easthom says &amp;#8220;Now is the time&amp;#8221; for the community to get involved with the planning for Carolina North.

Now is the time.  Now is the time to comment on Carolina North, the largest development to ever hit the Town of Chapel Hill.  The Town Council and UNC Trustees are meeting monthly [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/carolina-north-easthom-now-is-the-time/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/carolina-north-easthom-now-is-the-time/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:58:30 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Trash Talk: Shall We Stand United? Rogers-Eubanks Community Says ?Yes?!</title><description><![CDATA[I knew that the final siting of the solid waste transfer station might devolve into an &amp;#8220;us vs. them&amp;#8221; debacle - pitting neighbor against neighbor.  Orange County is no stranger to inter-community bickering caused by waste-related issues.  
From the beginning, as I made contact with leaders of various organized groups - the Rogers [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/trash-talk-shall-we-stand-united-rogers-eubanks-community-says-yes/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/trash-talk-shall-we-stand-united-rogers-eubanks-community-says-yes/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:11:01 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nov. 23: The History of Chapel Hill?s Dead Tree Media</title><description><![CDATA[The troubled News and Observer posted this reminder:

The Chapel Hill Historical Society will present The History of Print Media in Chapel Hill and Carrboro on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
The featured speakers will be Don Evans, an editor and writer at The Chapel Hill News for three decades, and Kirk Ross, former managing editor [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/nov-23-the-history-of-chapel-hills-dead-tree-media/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/nov-23-the-history-of-chapel-hills-dead-tree-media/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:30:21 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carolina North: Community needs to wake up and show up!</title><description><![CDATA[Earlier today (Nov. 19th), UNC's Board of Trustees approved the draft Carolina North design guidelines making the proposal official UNC policy.  
This evening, the first in a series of informational/public feedback sessions on Carolina North was held.   With the creation of the Carolina North development agreement well on its way, the Council's [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/carolina-north-community-needs-to-wake-up-and-show-up/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/20/carolina-north-community-needs-to-wake-up-and-show-up/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:18:06 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Oversight of the Planning Board</title><description><![CDATA[My previous posts tracking requests for information, feedback and general commentary to our Town staff and elected folks seem to be fairly popular. 
I'm going to continue to post correspondence which might be of public interest.
The Town's Technology Board (now defunct) was the first advisory board I regularly interacted with.  The first meeting I [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/community-oversight-of-the-planning-board/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/community-oversight-of-the-planning-board/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:16:27 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School board to select replacement for Hemminger</title><description><![CDATA[By Mary Lide Parker
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education is set to select a new member tonight (Thursday) to fill the vacancy left by board chair Pam Hemminger.
Seven candidates have applied for the job: Mary Ann Gucciardi, Kyle Kaplan, Gregory McElveen, Deborah Musson, Eric Sullivan, Gary Wallach and Theresa Watson.

Gucciardi has been [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-board-to-select-replacement-for-hemminger/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-board-to-select-replacement-for-hemminger/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:09:18 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School brief: Newcomer needs</title><description><![CDATA[The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Newcomer Center at Chapel Hill High School needs donations for the 30 students served by the program.
The Newcomer Center is designed to provide support to English language learners who have just arrived in this country as they prepare to transition into a regular classroom setting at the middle or high [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-newcomer-needs/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-newcomer-needs/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:07:54 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School brief: Carrboro High music</title><description><![CDATA[The Carrboro High School orchestra and chorus will perform holiday music for the arrival of Santa on Saturday at 9 a.m. at University Mall.
The Carrboro High vocal music department is selling a variety of cheesecakes, with flavors including black forest, chocolate, caramel pecan, chocolate marble and more. Contact the Vaughts at 929-8363 to purchase one [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-carrboro-high-music/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-carrboro-high-music/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:54 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School brief: Support schools</title><description><![CDATA[Support Carrboro High School by purchasing grocery certificates from the CHS PTSA for Lowe?s Foods, Whole Foods and Food Lion.
The stores will donate 5 to 6 percent of certificate purchases to CHS.
To order a gift card or for more information, contact Milana Dezube at mdezube [at] yahoo [dot] com
]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-support-schools/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-support-schools/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:19 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School brief: School talk</title><description><![CDATA[Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will host ?Connecting the Dots: District Initiatives to Support Students with Special Needs? on Dec. 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Culbreth Middle School. The discussion will focus on what schools are doing to support children with academic and behavioral concerns.

For more information or to register for free child care [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-school-talk/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-school-talk/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:05:11 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School brief: Board meet</title><description><![CDATA[The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meets tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall.

The top item on the agenda is the appointment of a school board member to fill the seat left by board Chair Pam Hemminger. Seven candidates have applied for the seat.
Other items on the agenda include;
? [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-board-meet-2/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-board-meet-2/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:04:42 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School brief: Design awards</title><description><![CDATA[Students from East Chapel Hill High School won awards in the Web and Graphic Design Competition at the 2008 state fair.

Students Chia Hsuan, Willem Prins, Cameron Starnes, Sally Mak and Parker Tew won awards in the graphic-design category. Students Karen He, Ryan Baptiste and Luke Hoffer had winning entries in the web page-design category.
To view [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-design-awards/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/school-brief-design-awards/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:03:59 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>For the Record 11/20/08</title><description><![CDATA[Eat &amp;#038; shop local
Last week we mentioned the importance of digging deep this season for what are very likely to be very big needs among local charities and nonprofits.
This week we?d like to steer you and your wallet again ? this time for the sake of the hundreds of people who make their living in [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/for-the-record-112008/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/for-the-record-112008/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:59:20 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Letters 11/20/08</title><description><![CDATA[Better answer
Orange County is on the verge of a hasty, shortsighted decision to construct a waste transfer station in Southwest Orange County, because the Eubanks Road landfill will reach capacity by 2011. A fleet of large dump trucks will haul upwards of 200 tons of garbage daily from UNC, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough to [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/letters-112008/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/letters-112008/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:58:05 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nonprofits in need indeed</title><description><![CDATA[Jon Wilner
OK, I want to be bailed out. Well, not exactly me, but the organization for which I work ? The ArtsCenter. Also, the Interfaith Council, El Centro Latino, the Rape Crisis Center, Kidzu, IPAS, Club Nova, the Arc of Orange County, Communities in Schools of Orange County, Extraordinary Ventures and every other nonprofit in [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/nonprofits-in-need-indeed/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/nonprofits-in-need-indeed/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:56:18 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Calendar 11/20/08</title><description><![CDATA[Special Events
Back County Crimes ? Nov. 20-22, 8pm. Every small town has its secrets and the local doctor knows most of them. A community drama production nightly at Chatham Mills, 489 Hillsboro St. in Pittsboro. Tickets $8 available at Chatham Marketplace and at the door. Not recommended for children under 13. Dress warmly.

Knowledge is Power [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/community-calendar-112008/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/19/community-calendar-112008/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:24:41 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chancellor Thorp on HWA Closure: Not until we have to?</title><description><![CDATA[UNC's Chancellor Holden Thorp takes a postion (&amp;#8221;Carolina North: A Glass Half-Full Perspective&amp;#8221;) on Horace-William Airport's closure.

One of the most vexing issues, though, has been the future of Horace Williams Airport. As you know, it occupies the heart of the Carolina North acreage. It?s the flattest part of the tract and, therefore, the best place [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/chancellor-thorp-on-hwa-closure-not-until-we-have-to/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/chancellor-thorp-on-hwa-closure-not-until-we-have-to/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:15:31 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thorp on Carolina North</title><description><![CDATA[
On his blog, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp today talks a bit about his vision for Carolina North.


In it, Thorp says he\'s convinced that Horace Williams Airport needs to close and adds that using RDU for the university\'s AHEC Medical Air operations is, at best, a temporary solution.




		He writes in part:
		

		&amp;quot;For the long-term, we owe it to our doctors to appoint the airport authority to see if there\'s a better alternative.&amp;quot;
		


In this post, Thorp makes no mention of White Cross, the crossroads community west of Carrboro where folks are worried that UNC might push for an airport there.&nbsp;



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]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/thorp-on-carolina-north</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/thorp-on-carolina-north</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:33:37 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment Policy</title><description><![CDATA[Hey folks, thank you for reading my &amp;#8216;blog.
I was getting a ton of comment spam over the last six months,so I had to restrict comments to those folks who registered.  The latest Wordpress has additional controls that should help throttle that nonsense.
I'm now relaxing CitizenWill's commenting policy to encourage more reader involvement.
To comment,  [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/comment-policy/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/comment-policy/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:09:52 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Orange commissioners eye zoning for airport site leverage</title><description><![CDATA[The Orange County Board of Commissioners is going to look at zoning as a possible means of keeping a new UNC-led airport authority from putting an airport where rural residents don\'t want it. Read staff writers Jesse James DeConto and Eric Ferreri\'s story here. 
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/orange-commissioners-eye-zoning-for-airport-site-leverage</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/orange-commissioners-eye-zoning-for-airport-site-leverage</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:57:57 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carolina North: Nov. 18th Meeting Notes</title><description><![CDATA[Tonight's meeting (background) was well attended .  Many of the folks attending were there to send the message &amp;#8220;No Airport!&amp;#8221;.  Chapel Hill News reporter Eric Ferriri did a pretty good job covering that part of the meeting over at OrangeChat.
The Chancellor was missing in action.  I think that is two of three [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/carolina-north-nov-18th-meeting-notes/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/carolina-north-nov-18th-meeting-notes/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:55:42 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>12:13AM Jet Set</title><description><![CDATA[I have lived near Horace-Williams Airport for about 16 years.  During the recent uproar over siting a new UNC-sponsored general aviation facility somewhere in the OC, I've had a few folks ask what kind of traffic to expect.
There's the early morning cacophony of AHEC cranking up their prop-driven fleet.  The mid-day buzz of [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/1213am-jet-set/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/19/1213am-jet-set/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:22:39 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Making North Carolina Legislative Sausage</title><description><![CDATA[Two posts in two days highlighting Gerry Cohen's Drafting Musings?  Hey, quality posts deserve link love!  
Following on the heels of his historical survey of buffalo noses and other NC legislative curiosities is this post on how bills actually wend their way through the legislative process.

Most civics classes focus on how a bill [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/18/making-north-carolina-legislative-sausage/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/18/making-north-carolina-legislative-sausage/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:43:03 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Public comment on Carolina North</title><description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;At the start of an information meeting tonight about Carolina North, The Chapel Hill Town Council and members of the UNC Board of Trustees heard from citizens firing a handful of questions their way.


Thus commenced a small bout of &amp;quot;what do we do with these questions,&amp;quot; that concluded with a promise from town leaders that answers will be found and posted on the town\'s website.


A few folks had questions about an airport that may or may not be proposed, eventually, for the rural community of White Cross. Others had questions about transportation and housing issues at Carolina North, the huge new UNC campus planned for 25 percent of the nearly 1,000-acre Horace Williams tract just north of the main campus.


Once questions from the citizenry are answered, they will appear here.


Additionally, council member Jim Ward suggested that future meetings allow more than just 10 minutes before and after for public comment.


Of note: the folks out at White Cross are organizing swiftly to oppose any airport that might be eventually proposed for their community. They\'re nervous because their area was tabbed in a 2005 airport site study, and now there are new rumblings about a new Orange County airport.


They came with signs and bumper stickers reading &amp;quot;No Airport&amp;quot; and sent just a handful of delegates to speak. And Mayor Kevin Foy made clear at the start of this meeting that it was about Carolina North planning, not an airport.


He said:




		&amp;quot;We\'re not talking about the airport this evening so what I would ask is that people who want to comment, comment directly about the Carolina North project. If you want to talk about the airport, I think that\'s a topic for a different meeting. If you do want to talk about that, I\'m not going to entertain that this evening unless it\'s in the context of Carolina North.&amp;quot;
		


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]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/public-comment-on-carolina-north</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/public-comment-on-carolina-north</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:10:51 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nov. 18th: It?s Snowing!</title><description><![CDATA[We just got a strange burst of flurries falling from a partly cloudy, mostly blue, sky.  Starting with a few big flakes, we got about 5 minutes of solid flurries that subsequently tailed off.
No Tags]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/18/nov-18th-its-snowing/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/18/nov-18th-its-snowing/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:06:37 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blu Blogging : Potential Controlled Substance</title><description><![CDATA[Have you had the mac and cheese side dish at Blu Seafood and Bar?  If you had, you would remember, because you would have already ordered it more than once.  It should be a controlled substance.  It\'s way more than habit forming.  It\'s macaroni and lump crab meat with prosciutto and truffle cream.  I had some on Wednesday night and by Friday afternoon, I\'d already decided that I needed to make reservations for that evening.  It\'s that good.  I recommend sharing with someone and ordering an entree or small plate as well, because it\'s very rich.  I keep thinking how good it would be with Chef Tim Lyons\'s watermelon, goat cheese and tomato salad, but I\'ll have to wait until summer for that combination.They were having a German Wine dinner last Wednesday and Tim made a melt-in-your-mouth apple streudel for the occasion. I had the opportunity to go out to lunch at Blu last Monday.   Yes, that is three times in one week, if you\'re counting at home.  I had a wonderful fried oyster caesar salad with lots of fresh oysters and plenty of parmesan.  It was really good.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/456713455/blu-blogging-potential-controlled.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/456713455/blu-blogging-potential-controlled.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;Local merchants like ?Joe The Plumber? usually don?t have a web presence and many...&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[?Local merchants like ?Joe The Plumber? usually don?t have a web presence and many don?t really even want one.? - Fred Wilson, Joe The Plumbers Landing Page post on AVC]]></description><link>http://beecoz.tumblr.com/post/60193850</link><guid>http://beecoz.tumblr.com/post/60193850</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Southern Village: So Long Six Stories</title><description><![CDATA[One of the projects on tonight's agenda was D.R. Bryan's six story Southern Village hotel.  The hotel was to be plopped down in Southern Village's central &amp;#8220;square&amp;#8221;.  At 75+ feet, it would tower over the nearby United Methodist Church.



Local residents were concerned that this 6 story project wasn't human-scale or compatible with the [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/17/southern-village-so-long-six-stories/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/17/southern-village-so-long-six-stories/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:10:38 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Developers pull SoVill hotel from council agenda</title><description><![CDATA[



Developers D.R. Bryan and John Fugo have pulled their proposed hotel from tonight\'s Chapel Hill Town Council agenda.


In an e-mail to the homeowners association, the Southern Village developers say they have removed their concept plan from council consideration tonight in response to the petition against it. More than 80 people have signed the petition and/or written letters to Town Hall opposing the developer\'s initial six-story design.


They have a new plan that is four stories, they announced last week. The new plan also closes Abedrdeen Drive to create a plaza connecting the hotel to the community\'s village green and stage.


Read more on the hotel here.

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/developers-pull-sovill-hotel-from-council-agenda</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/developers-pull-sovill-hotel-from-council-agenda</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:08:31 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pauly Lies Down On The Job</title><description><![CDATA[Apparently, Pauly didn\'t think  I had been stopping by the Pauly Dogs kiosk often enough to get hot dogs this semester.... He finally let me go past.  I guess I\'ll have to quit bringing leftovers to the office for lunch.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/455500461/pauly-lies-down-on-job.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/455500461/pauly-lies-down-on-job.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricanes Reassign Patrick Dwyer</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned forward Patrick Dwyer to the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League.
...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392775</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392775</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>County wants more info on airport authority</title><description><![CDATA[
County commissioners Chairman Barry Jacobs has drafted a letter to UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp asking for more information on plans for the airport authority.   
In a draft letter, Jacobs notes the university plans to name its authority members in early January and expects the county to follow suit in late January. The county can?t do that, Jacobs says, until it knows a few things:


- Who will determine the authority?s scope of work? For example, will the panel still be looking at sites a certain distance from campus, as consultants did in 2005, or at sites anywhere in Orange County?


- How will the authority be initially funded? The county has a responsibility to taxpayers, the letter says. If the airport falls under the university, will UNC offer payments in lieu of property taxes like it has proposed for the Carolina North campus to address local public safety and tax revenue interests?


- The  county is committed to transparency and ?robust public participation,? the letter says. It notes the university has also said it wants to create a fair process. &amp;quot;Does that mean the decisions and operations of the authority will be susceptible to influence by concerned residents in public hearings and by other means, and that full, relevant information will be made available to the public in a timely manner??


Jacobs says the county can?t become a full participant until the university answers these questions. The county commissioners are scheduled to discuss the letter at a meeting Tuesday night.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/county-wants-more-info-on-airport-authority</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/county-wants-more-info-on-airport-authority</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:20:22 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>North Carolina?s Third Legislative House</title><description><![CDATA[Gerry Cohen, Director of Bill Drafting for the North Carolina General Assembly since 1981 and former Chapel Hill Council member, maintains a fantastic &amp;#8216;blog Drafting Musings.
While he usually covers the vagaries of NC's legislative sausage-making, luckily for his readers he also veers into interesting back-stories of local and state events. 
Today he posts the presentation [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/14/north-carolinas-third-legislative-house/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/14/north-carolinas-third-legislative-house/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:27:19 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In Chapel Hill, Waldorf vs. Waldorf</title><description><![CDATA[
Former Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf found an unlikely name on a petition opposing her latest project: her son?s.


Waldorf says she hadn?t talked with her son about the hotel
she?s trying to bring to Southern Village. She\'s working with SoVill developers D.R. Bryan and John Fugo as the
project manager for the hotel, which goes before the Chapel Hill Town
Council Monday night.


Ben Waldorf, her son, is a medical student who lives in the Southern Village
community. The hotel would replace what is now a parking lot across
from the Weaver Street Market food co-op, and many residents there say
it?s too big.


Read the petition here (Scroll down to &amp;quot;Citizen petition&amp;quot;).&nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/in-chapel-hill-waldorf-vs-waldorf</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/in-chapel-hill-waldorf-vs-waldorf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:28:12 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carrboro comes out for gay-marriage</title><description><![CDATA[
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen supports civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples.


?Election Day victories by anti-gay activists in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas were a painful reminder that the gay rights movement is still encumbered by old ideas and strategies,? a resolution passed Tuesday night says.


Gay and lesbian couples are denied more than 1,000 federal rights and benefits automatically bestowed by civil marriage, the resolution continues. They include health care coverage, tax benefits, divorce, domestic violence protections, privileges under immigration and naturalization law, inheritance rights, survivor benefits and child custody.


Carrboro was one of the first towns in the state, maybe the South, to establish a domestic partner registry for same-sex couples and offer health benefits to the domestic partners of town employees. &nbsp;


Mayor Mark Chilton says he knows at least one Carrboro couple that flew to California to get married before Proposition 8 made gay marriage there illegal.


?We?re constantly faced with issues we have limited authority over,? Chilton says. ?But that doesn?t mean we can?t have an opinion about it.?
&nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/carrboro-comes-out-for-gay-marriage</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/carrboro-comes-out-for-gay-marriage</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:23:34 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canes Announce Buy One, Get One Vouchers for Tuesday</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Ben Aycock, Director of  Marketing and Brand Development for the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, announced today that the team is offering buy-one-get-one-free  ticket vouchers for the Hurricanes&amp;rsquo; game...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392412</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392412</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charleston : Yorktown Aircraft Carrier</title><description><![CDATA[We could see the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier from the harbor, next to the aquarium, so we decided that our next stop would be the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, which was awesome. The USS Yorktown (CV-10) was commissioned in 1943 and renamed in honor of the original Yorktown (CV-5), which sank during the Battle of Midway.    It was uncharacteristically cold in Charleston during the last week of October and it was extremely windy.It was particularly windy on the flight deck.  The deck had quite a few planes from various eras.They have a submarine, the USS Clamagore, which can also be toured.You can visit a destroyer and a Coast Guard cutter, the USCG Ingham.  An entire day could be spent exploring everything.We didn\'t even have time to really look at the planes on display in the hanger deck.  There are plenty of things to read about each plane and various locations on the ship, so it would have been nice to spend more time reading about the planes and the air craft carrier itself.   Looking around and taking lots of pictures was a lot of fun, though.From an accessibility standpoint, it was great.  On the flight deck, the wind was blowing so hard, I didn\'t even have to push myself in one direction.  The Yorktown had elevators, so it was completely accessible.  The submarine, the destroyer and the cutter are not similarly accessible, but they are pretty nifty to look at from a distance.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/452509884/charleston-yorktown-aircraft-carrier.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/452509884/charleston-yorktown-aircraft-carrier.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Merritt looks forward to the task ahead</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Kirk Ross. James Merritt in front of his mother?s home on McDade Street. His boyhood home stood on the same lot.By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
James Merritt received the unanimous endorsement of the Chapel Hill Town Council Monday night to serve the remainder of the term of the late Bill Thorpe.
The 8-0 vote came after [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/merritt-looks-forward-to-the-task-ahead/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/merritt-looks-forward-to-the-task-ahead/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:50:38 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flora: A walk in the rain</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Ken Moore. The purplish flowers of the leafless, parasitic beech-drops can be found now in the forests beneath beech trees.By Ken Moore
Dave Otto, organizer of the monthly Friends of Bolin Creek walks, and I had considered rescheduling due to predicted rain. Impulsively, I suggested we proceed as planned and enjoy exploring nature in [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/flora-a-walk-in-the-rain/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/flora-a-walk-in-the-rain/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:46:11 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Breakdown: Difficult decisions in a void</title><description><![CDATA[This story is the fifth in a series about mental health care in North Carolina. To read the previous stories in the series, go to www.carrborocitizen.com
By Taylor Sisk
Staff Writer
The decision to institutionalize or forcibly medicate a loved one suffering from mental illness is clearly very difficult. Balancing the desire to protect that person from harm [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/breakdown-difficult-decisions-in-a-void/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/breakdown-difficult-decisions-in-a-void/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sidewalks could be delayed</title><description><![CDATA[By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved the town?s 2009-10 Capital Improvement Plan, but left open the possibility of delaying some sidewalk projects because of the uncertain economic climate.

Several board members said they were hesitant to move forward with non-essential projects during difficult economic times and would like to work with [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/sidewalks-could-be-delayed/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/sidewalks-could-be-delayed/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:37:09 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Recently: A house to write home about</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Valarie Schwartz. Joyce Allen wove the past and present into Hannah?s House, a book set in her own backyard.By Valarie Schwartz
It?s sometimes hard to tell when a novelist is working. 
Except for the novel she wrote in the mid-1960s, Joyce Allen didn?t have much time for fiction writing while raising six children and [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/recently-a-house-to-write-home-about/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/recently-a-house-to-write-home-about/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:35:26 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Calendar 11/13/08</title><description><![CDATA[Thursday Nov 13
Blue Bayou: Lucy Sumner &amp;#038; Her New Band. 9pm
Cat?s Cradle: Badfish, Scotty Don?t, Simplified. 8:30pm, $15-18
The Cave: EARLY: Last Watch. LATE: Spider Bags, Rongo Rongo, !00 Yorktown
Local 506: Brightblack Morning Light, Zomes. 9:30pm, $8-10
Reservoir: The Moaners, The Trampskirts. 10pm

Friday Nov 14
The ArtsCenter: ELM Collective and Charanga Carolina. 8:30pm, $12-15
Blue Bayou Club: Peter Tork [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/music-calendar-111308/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/music-calendar-111308/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:02 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mel Rashkis remembered for his service</title><description><![CDATA[By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
A few years back, some students from Rashkis Elementary School compiled the oral histories of some of this community?s leading lights. One of those recordings became a little more precious last weekend. Mel Rashkis died Saturday at UNC Hospitals. He was 90.

Years from now when people wonder about the couple for whom [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/mel-rashkis-remembered-for-his-service/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/mel-rashkis-remembered-for-his-service/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:28:13 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transfer station meeting</title><description><![CDATA[The Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold a public comment meeting on siting a solid-waste transfer station on Monday at 7 p.m. at the McDougle Middle School cafetorium.

The board hopes to familiarize citizens with the three candidate sites under consideration for the transfer station, accept public comment on these sites and address other concerns. [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/transfer-station-meeting/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/transfer-station-meeting/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:28:11 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dog tethering ordinance to pass</title><description><![CDATA[The Orange County Board of Commissioners is set to approve an ordinance restricting dog tethering in Orange County on Tuesday, following a 4-1 vote on the issue last week.
State law requires a second reading on ordinances that are not unanimously approved.

If approved, the ordinance would restrict tethering to no more than three hours within a [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/dog-tethering-ordinance-to-pass/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/dog-tethering-ordinance-to-pass/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:27:38 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police seek Jack Sprat break-in info</title><description><![CDATA[The Chapel Hill Police Department seeks information regarding a Friday break-in at Jack Sprat on Franklin Street.
The back door of the business was pried open between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m and cash was taken from a secure location inside.

If anyone has information concerning this break-in, please call either the Chapel Hill [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/police-seek-jack-sprat-break-in-info/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/police-seek-jack-sprat-break-in-info/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:27:12 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>News brief: WERA celebrates EJ award</title><description><![CDATA[The West End Revitalization Association has been awarded a National Environmental Justice Achievement Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a grant from the National Institute of Environment Health Sciences. The awards will be acknowledged at WERA?s 14th Annual Fundraising Awards Dinner on Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at the Cutting Board Restaurant, 2699 [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/news-brief-wera-celebrates-ej-award/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/news-brief-wera-celebrates-ej-award/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:26:45 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community brief: Seymour arts and crafts</title><description><![CDATA[The Seymour Center for Seniors Arts and Crafts Committee will host a holiday arts and crafts fair on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Forty-five vendors will display handcrafted items for sale, including jewelry, pottery, woodwork, quilts, wreaths, floral arrangements, ornaments and artwork.

The Seymour Center is located at 2551 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. For [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-seymour-arts-and-crafts/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-seymour-arts-and-crafts/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:24:52 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community brief: Carson 5k for education</title><description><![CDATA[The inaugural Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education will be held Saturday at 10 a.m.
Pi Beta Phi sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity organized the race in order to raise funds for Eve?s scholarship foundation, the Clyde Erwin Elementary School in Onslow County and First Book, a nonprofit that gives books to preschool children from [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-carson-5k-for-education/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-carson-5k-for-education/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:24:25 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community brief: Butter sculpture demonstration</title><description><![CDATA[UNC will host a demonstration of the ancient Tibetan Buddhist art form of butter sculptures on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the FedEx Global Education Center.
A traditional ceremony presenting the finished sculptures will be held at 1:45 p.m.

The demonstration will be hosted in conjunction with International Education Week at UNC with support [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-butter-sculpture-demonstration/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-butter-sculpture-demonstration/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:23:45 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community brief: Fix-A-Home project</title><description><![CDATA[The Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors will host the Second Annual Fix-A-Home Project on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2105 Neville Road in Chapel Hill.
Through Fix-A-Home, Realtors and volunteer workers help those who are physically or financially unable to make needed repairs to their homes or properties.

For more information or to [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-fix-a-home-project/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/13/community-brief-fix-a-home-project/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:23:18 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>East 54?s Virtual Chapel Hill</title><description><![CDATA[Do you recognize the following scene?

This is East West Partner's revisionist view of Chapel Hill as improved upon by their East 54 project.  They have provided a cool animation of the eventual East 54 living experience. 
One small problem.  Their Chapel Hill doesn't match reality.
What is it about big time developers and their [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/13/east-54s-virtual-chapel-hill/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/13/east-54s-virtual-chapel-hill/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:28:40 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chapel Hill manager moves to cut budget</title><description><![CDATA[
?It?s difficult to predict the future from the past because these are unique economic times.?


Those words opened a special report to the Town Council Monday night called ?Financial Crisis and the Town of Chapel Hill.?


Town Manager Roger L. Stancil announced he wants to cut spending for the current fiscal year by 5 percent ?without jeopardizing service delivery.?


No new hires or out-of-state travel will be made without Stancil?s approval.


Stancil says a drop in consumer spending could cut the town?s budgeted sales tax revenue 5 to 10 percent. Sales tax makes up nearly 20 percent of the town?s general fund revenues, and a 10 percent drop would equal nearly $1 million. &nbsp;


The economic downturn also will affect property tax revenue, the town?s biggest revenue source, as home values stagnate.


Five percent of the town?s budget is about $2.5 million.


Councilman Jim Ward said he?d like to find an additional $1 million in savings.


Councilman Matt Czajkowski moved to reinstitute the town?s budget advisory committee, last chaired by Gene Pease, one of the candidates for the vacant council seat that went to James Merritt Monday night.


?This is the overarching issue that?s going to face the town over the next year,? Czajkowski said.

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/chapel-hill-manager-moves-to-cut-budget</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/chapel-hill-manager-moves-to-cut-budget</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:19:30 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Greatest Lie of the Greatest Generation?</title><description><![CDATA[Chapel Hill is filled with talented, thoughtful folks whose stories - personal and professional - often open new avenues of personal discovery.  Eric Muller, UNC Law professor and, lately intermittent, &amp;#8216;blogger (Is That Legal?), is a Chapel Hillian I've spoken of before.
His personal history, finding out what happened to his great-uncle during Germany's Holocaust [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/12/the-greatest-lie-of-the-greatest-generation/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/12/the-greatest-lie-of-the-greatest-generation/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:19:22 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Denelsbeck's dog pictures</title><description><![CDATA[
It was a white pit bull.


 think his name was Jake. He just beamed confidence. Not what you expected to see in the adopt-a-pet column in the local paper.


So I called the Orange County Animal Shelter in Chapel Hill and asked who had taken the photograph.


They said Al Denelsbeck.


Al?s photos were hands down the best dog pictures I?ve ever seen. Each dog talked to you.


A few years ago, Al left the shelter for Durham?s Piedmont Wildlife Center, where?s he?s the administrative assistant or ?paper grunt.?


He also took his photography in a new direction.


Al still shoots (in a good way) the injured and orphaned animals that come into the office. Only now instead of pit bulls he\'s shooting possums, box turtles and baby flying squirrels. He\'s also shooting animals in nature, which you can see on his website wading-in.net.


Next weekend you can also bid on some of Al?s photos at the Piedmont Wildlife Center\'s benefit auction Saturday, Nov. 22, at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.


Whatever he?s shooting Al says he tries to connect.


&amp;quot;I\'m just interested in what\'s happening, how animals behave in their environment,? he says. ?Seeing how it all works together.&amp;quot;


&amp;quot;If I can convey the fascination I have [enough] to make somebody go out and look for it, that\'s perfect.&amp;quot; &nbsp;
&nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/al-denelsbecks-dog-pictures</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/al-denelsbecks-dog-pictures</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:57:36 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canes Activate Sutter from Injured Reserve</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has activated center Brandon Sutter from injured reserve. To make room for Sutter on the roste...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391982</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391982</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A middle finger to Northside</title><description><![CDATA[I wasn't able to attend the spoken-word event concerning the corrosive effects of Greenbridge on Northside last evening, but according to the Daily Tar Heel, it stirred some sharp discussion.

UNC junior Kane Smego, who performed slam poetry at the event, described the project as two towers, ?one 10 stories, the other seven ? like a [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/12/a-middle-finger-to-northside/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/12/a-middle-finger-to-northside/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:55:14 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Orange commissioner gets teeth fixed in Tijuana</title><description><![CDATA[
Orange County Commissioner Mike Nelson writes about getting his teeth fixed in Tijuana on his blog, Leading from the Left.


Nelson says two of his teeth with old fillings broke unexpectedly before Christmas and he didn?t have the $5,000 to pay for two crowns. He began researching foreign health care and ended up in Mexico.


?So, how much did I save? Well, dental care in Mexico generally costs 1/3 as much as care here in the US. Remember the original estimate I received of roughly $5,000? Well, including airfare and some hotel nights, I spent $2600 out of pocket. Yup, half what I would have spent here! Plus, my dental insurance company reimbursed part of the treatment. So, when all was said and done I only spent about $1800.?


Read Nelson?s entire post here.

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/orange-commissioner-gets-teeth-fixed-in-tijuana</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/orange-commissioner-gets-teeth-fixed-in-tijuana</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:54 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kids 'N Community Grants $279,720</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Doug Warf, Director of  Community Relations and Executive Director of the Carolina Hurricanes&amp;rsquo; Kids &amp;lsquo;N  Community Foundation, today announced that 20 area charities will receive grants  during the Foundation&amp;rsquo;s ...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391814</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391814</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Northern Heads South</title><description><![CDATA[Not a great day for local tech companies in RTP.  Nortel (Northern Telecom) is shedding another 1,300 jobs in an effort to stay afloat.  
I worked at Northern for nearly seven years (I started at Team10 for any old-timers out there).  Back then it was an incredibly vibrant can-do company with a [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/10/northern-heads-south/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/10/northern-heads-south/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:51:11 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Merritt named to Chapel Hill Town Council</title><description><![CDATA[The Chapel Hill Town Council appointed James Merritt tonight to fill the seat held by former council member Bill Thorpe, who died in September.
Merritt was one of six remaining candidates. He was the choice of the Anderson-Thorpe Breakfast Club, a group of black community leaders named after Thorpe and former Carrboro Alderman Hank Anderson.
Mayor Kevin Foy had said he expected the council would want to appoint a black person to replace Thorpe, the only black member on the nine-member Town Council.    
A former assistant principal and guidance counselor, Merritt has a bachelor\'s degree in sociology and  master\'s degree in counseling. In his application, he said he wants to use his 30 years of educational planning to help decide whether to move forward with the planned $16 million expansion of the Chapel Hill Public Library. The project, approved by voters in 2003, is in question because it would require a tax increase during the economic downturn.
Among other candidates, two-time council candidate Will Raymond, a frequent council critic, had been backed by James Protzman, a former member of the council. Protzman had written a letter asking the council to pick  Raymond. 
The council vote was unanimous, and there was no discussion. 
&amp;quot;James, I just want you to know they are never this early,&amp;quot; Foy told Merritt just before the council adjourned its meeting around 9:30 p.m. &amp;quot;This is a rare occurence.&amp;quot;
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/merritt-named-to-chapel-hill-town-council</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/merritt-named-to-chapel-hill-town-council</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:41:37 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>James Merritt named to council</title><description><![CDATA[James Merritt was appointed to the Chapel Hill Town Council this evening (Monday) by a unanimous vote. He will serve the remaining year of the term of Bill Thorpe, who died last month.
Following is his application letter to the Town Council:
I would like to submit an application for the open seat on the Chapel Hill [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/10/james-merritt-named-to-council/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/10/james-merritt-named-to-council/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:25:18 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Foy: &quot;New phase&quot; for Carolina North</title><description><![CDATA[
UNC trustees and the Chapel Hill Town Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Chapel Hill Town Hall to hear the university\'s latest presentation on Carolina North and to talk about the process for going forward. The next night the university will make the same presentation to the town advisory boards.
&amp;quot;We want everybody in town to be able to understand what\'s going on,&amp;quot; Mayor Kevin Foy said at tonight\'s Town Council meeting. &amp;quot;I don\'t think we can say loudly enough we have entered a new phase on Carolina North. .. It is on the path to happening, and we need to know what people think of this.&amp;quot; 

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/foy-new-phase-for-carolina-north</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/foy-new-phase-for-carolina-north</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:57:32 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>6 candidates left for Thorpe's seat in Chapel Hill</title><description><![CDATA[
CHAPEL HILL -- The Chapel Hill Town Council may appoint one of six remaining candidates tonight to fill Bill Thorpe?s seat.&nbsp;


The six candidates are J.M. Green, a UNC-Chapel Hill education professor; Loren Hintz, a biology teacher at Chapel Hill High School; James Merritt, a retired school counselor and administrator; Gene Pease, an investment services executive; Will Raymond, a hi-tech businessman who has twice run for the council; and Donald Shaw, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor.


The council could nominate additional candidates tonight from among those who applied by the Oct. 31 deadline. If the council makes an appointment tonight, the person would be sworn in at the beginning of the council?s public hearing Nov. 17.&nbsp; If the appointment is not made tonight, the matter would be considered again Nov. 17.


&amp;nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/6-candidates-left-for-thorpes-seat-in-chapel-hill</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/6-candidates-left-for-thorpes-seat-in-chapel-hill</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:18:58 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chapel Hill may name trail for Herzenberg</title><description><![CDATA[
Joe Herzenberg might not have paid his state taxes, but it turns out he left quite a chunk of change  to preserving the town\'s green spaces he so loved.


Herzenberg, who died last year, resigned his Town Council seat in 1993 after being convicted of failure to pay about $16,000 in state taxes over 14 years. Now, the town is considering naming part of the Bolin Creek Trail for him.


The Greenways Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission will jointly recommend at tonight?s Town Council meeting that the town make the following naming and dedication changes:


* Dedicate the future phase 3 section of the Bolin Creek Trail in honor of Herzenberg. The commissions note Herzenberg was a strong proponent of open space
and greenways and left at
least $250,000 upon his death to be used for the Bolin Creek Trail. (The commissions also note that it would be easier to plan a memorial to Herzenberg if any such dedication were made prior to construction.


* Name the Sport Art Gymnastics building property ?Blue Heron Park?. The Commissions note that the large pond attracts a great number of waterfowl including Blue Herons. The property is currently used for the Sport art Gymnastics school, but has great potential to be improved as a park and future link in the planned Horace Williams Greenway Trail.


* Dedicate the Booker Creek Linear Park project in memory of Alice Ingram. She was a strong proponent of the project and served on the master plan committee.


The Greenways Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to jointly recommend the above name and dedication changes.

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/chapel-hill-may-name-trail-for-herzenberg</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/chapel-hill-may-name-trail-for-herzenberg</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:41:07 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote for Me?  Orangepolitics Straw Poll</title><description><![CDATA[A number of readers sent me a link to an informal poll (here) over on OrangePolitics.  
If you register, you can vote and add to my apparent lead  
As many of you know, after contributing significantly to Ruby's website over many years, I pulled my support from OP, a supposedly &amp;#8220;progressive&amp;#8221; political &amp;#8216;blog, [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/10/vote-for-me-orangepolitics-straw-poll/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/10/vote-for-me-orangepolitics-straw-poll/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:18:05 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Remembering Mel Rashkis</title><description><![CDATA[
What we\'re working on:


Staff writer Jesse DeConto just got back from Mel Rashkis\' funeral. Many in Chapel Hill are remembering the businessman and education advocate, who died Saturday at age 90. The elementary school in Meadowmont is named for Rashkis and his wife, Zora. Rashkis was also a collector of Judaica, or Jewish art.


I spoke this morning with Chapel Hill Town Councilman Ed Harrison. He recalled meeting Rashkis while campaigning. Harrison was wearing a prominent name tag or button taken from one of his campaign signs.

&amp;quot;Someone said \'Look up Mel Rashkis,\' and I went to his door. He said, \'I take it you\'re Ed Harrison, come on in.\' The place was like a Jewish museum.&amp;quot;

Harrison grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, in
the 1960s. Some of his neighbors bore tattoos on their forearms
from Nazi concentration camps.


&amp;quot;I grew up Episcopalian in a Jewish neighborhood in New York City,&amp;quot; Harrison said. &amp;quot;We talked about Yiddish for an hour.&amp;quot;


&amp;nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/remembering-mel-rashkis</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/remembering-mel-rashkis</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:11:27 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stefan Named Special Assignments Scout</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford,  President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, today announced that Greg Stefan has been named as the team&amp;rsquo;s  special assignments scout. Mike Vellucci will take o...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391685</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391685</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricanes Assign Michael Ryan to Albany</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford,  President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, today announced that the team has assigned forward Michael Ryan to  Albany of the American Hockey  League (AHL).
Ryan, 2...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391655</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391655</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charleston : South Carolina Aquarium</title><description><![CDATA[One of the first places we visited during our first full day in Charleston was the South Carolina Aquarium, which exceeded my wildest expectations.   We got to see Liberty, a rehabilitated six year old bald eagle, who may have had an unfortunate encounter with some power lines.  She seems to be very happy in her current home, which is surrounded by vertically strung piano wire for safety and patron visibility.    They have a 42 foot deep tank, which is the deepest tank in North America.  Their gorgeous exhibits of the tank are from floor to ceiling, making it optimally accessible to viewers in wheelchairs or strollers.  Horizontal supports are invariably near eye-level for me, so I rejoiced when I saw how how beautifully everything at this eight year old facility had been designed.  Since there were also fewer people there, it was probably an even more pleasant experience than going to the New England Aquarium.    They have several exhibits open to the outdoors, including one for this frisky otter.This yellow bellied slider thinks you should visit the South Carolina Aquarium if you are anywhere near Charleston.You can look at more photos here and I\'ll be adding additional videos to the set.
   
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Linda send out this reminder.

Dear Friends and Neighbors,
The death of Eve Carson last year was a tragic moment that stunned us all.  In the months since Eve's [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/07/eve-carson-ripples-of-hope/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/07/eve-carson-ripples-of-hope/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:55:11 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Attacked by Mimes in Carrboro</title><description><![CDATA[Sitting around the office on a quiet Friday with Contributing Editor Taylor Sisk when suddenly two Mimes came through the door bearing signs about the 3Cups opening and juggling and balancing roses on their noses and so forth. Film at 11.
]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/mill/2008/11/attacked-by-mimes-in-carrboro/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/mill/2008/11/attacked-by-mimes-in-carrboro/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:01:08 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anonymous blog posts to be eliminated</title><description><![CDATA[A note about blog comments:
Starting Monday afternoon, anonymous commenting will be disabled on the N&amp;amp;O blogs. This move will allow us to eliminate spam and make conversations on the blog move more quickly. Under the current system, anonymous comments must be approved, and we simply don\'t have the resources to have a full-time moderator.
If you would like to continue commenting on our blogs, please register at newsobserver.com [insert this link] http://www.newsobserver.com/reg-bin/int.cgi?mode=login). It\'s a quick and painless process.
If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail Rachel Carter at rachel.carter@newsobserver.com

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/anonymous-blog-posts-to-be-eliminated</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/anonymous-blog-posts-to-be-eliminated</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:22:24 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricanes Recall Michael Ryan from Albany</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford,  President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled forward Michael Ryan from  the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391077</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391077</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charleston : La Fourchette</title><description><![CDATA[Last week, I spent much of my time in Charleston, which was a fun and new experience.  Of course, I was eager to try out some new restaurants, too.  At the recommendation of E &amp;amp; L, who had been there a few weeks before, I went to La Fourchette, a French bistro on King Street.  I was very pleased.  It\'s a comparatively small place and it was very noisy, but I thought the food was great.  My 2nd Most Faithful reader had the pork chop with apple sauce, grilled vegetables and fries.  I had a bite of the pork and it was delicious.  He was very happy with the meal.  My MFR had a small plate with shrimp and puffed pastry and our friend, WB, had a buckwheat crepe, both of which looked good.I had their entree portion of the mussles and fries.  Both were wonderful.  Their fries are double fried in duck fat, so they are naturally superb and crispy.  The mussels were in a white wine sauce with butter, shallots and garlic.  I could have eaten a couple of baguettes to soak up what was left if I hadn\'t wanted dessert.For dessert, I had the creme caramel, with slivers of orange peel.  It had a lovely and delicate orange flavor, which made it very different from any other creme caramel or flan that I\'ve had before.  I\'m sure I\'ve said this before somewhere, perhaps just out loud, but I really need to try making this at home.The verdict?  If you\'re in Charleston, check it out.
   
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Got this funny/not so funny e-mail from former Orange County Commissioner Don Willhoit this morning.


&amp;quot;After reading your comments on the airport issue in this morning\'s paper, I thought you might be interested in an anecdote,&amp;quot; Don writes.


&amp;quot;I was working at the Damascus precinct yesterday and tending the ballot tabulator. On at least two occasions a voter told me they could not find the airport issue on the ballot and asked why. Some folks are ready to vote and get it over with.&amp;quot;


Thanks, Don

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/what-no-airport-on-the-ballot</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/what-no-airport-on-the-ballot</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:24:03 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pitkanen to Appear at Cool Bars Tonight</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jon Chase, Director of  Promotions and Fan Development Marketing for the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s  Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that injured Hurricanes defenseman Joni  Pitkanen will visit the Wake Forest location ...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390831</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390831</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flora: The oaks of Weaver Street</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Ken Moore. (Top to bottom) Leaves of Weaver Street?s willow oak, water oak, post oak and southern red oak.Ken Moore
Months ago, a Carrboro reader, wanting verification of the identity of the Pecan, Carya illinoiensis, just outside the Weaver Street Market?s exit door, suggested an article on identification of the nearby oaks.  
Following [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/flora-the-oaks-of-weaver-street/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/flora-the-oaks-of-weaver-street/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:05:11 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>?Best day I?ve had in a long time?</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Kirk Ross. Marilyn Chaplin, a proud member of Generation Obama, takes a call at the Midway Barber Shop. She?s making plans to head up to Washington D.C. for the inauguration.By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
Change happened overnight, a fact noticeable throughout the community.
Stories flowed of the night before, of sitting and waiting alone for the [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/best-day-ive-had-in-a-long-time/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/best-day-ive-had-in-a-long-time/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:59:45 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems enjoy an OC sweep</title><description><![CDATA[By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
Orange went blue in a big way.
Preliminary numbers show that 74,920 voters in Orange County cast their ballots, a turnout of 71 percent, putting the county slightly higher than the state turnout of 68.61 percent, as a record 4.3 million North Carolinians voted.

You might not have noticed, though, if you were looking [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/dems-enjoy-an-oc-sweep/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/dems-enjoy-an-oc-sweep/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:55:24 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pelissier wins at-large seat</title><description><![CDATA[By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer
Democratic candidate Bernadette Pelissier defeated Republican Kevin Wolff for the at-large seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
Pelissier received 48,037 votes, compared with Wolff?s 21,085, or 69.5 percent to 30.5 percent. She fills the seat of longtime Commissioner Moses Carey, who lost in the Democratic primary for state senate.

Pelissier [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/pelissier-wins-at-large-seat/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/pelissier-wins-at-large-seat/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:53:24 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Seven candidates in the running to serve out Thorpe?s term</title><description><![CDATA[By Rich Fowler
Staff Writer
Seven candidates made their cases to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday night to fill the seat left vacant after Bill Thorpe died in September. The person picked to fill his seat will serve out the remainder of his term, which will end in 13 months. The new council member will [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/seven-candidates-in-the-running-to-serve-out-thorpes-term/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/seven-candidates-in-the-running-to-serve-out-thorpes-term/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:50:30 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Recently: Patients, pinwheels and promises</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Jackie Fritsch. Phil and Dawn Zachary, co-chairs of the Pinwheels and Promises luncheon benefitting N.C. Children?s Hospital, with their daughters Blaire and Cathryn at the Pavilions at Angus Barn.Valarie Schwartz
Destinations have many paths by which people arrive.
Dawn and Phil Zachary found themselves in Chapel Hill during December 2006 via a path they would [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/recently-patients-pinwheels-and-promises/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/recently-patients-pinwheels-and-promises/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:48:13 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Calendar 11/6/08</title><description><![CDATA[Thursday Nov 6
Blue Bayou Club: Blaine Ziglar. 8:30pm
The Cave: EARLY: Songslingers Showcase. LATE: Transportation, Dawn Chorus
General Store Caf&eacute;: Bernie Petteway Trio. 8pm
Local 506: Phosphorescent, Virgin Forest. 9:30pm, $8
Reservoir: Liquid Limbs, The Homewreckers. 10pm

Friday Nov 7
The ArtsCenter: The Red Clay Ramblers. 8:30pm, $15-17
Blue Bayou Club: Ape Foot Groove. 9:30pm
Cat?s Cradle: Matthew Sweet, The Bridges. 8pm, $18-20
The [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/music-calendar-11608/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/music-calendar-11608/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:43:21 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Halloween short on treats for business owners</title><description><![CDATA[Margot Carmichael Lester
Staff Writer
Despite predictions of mind-boggling gridlock and a horde of marauding revelers heading to and from Franklin Street, Halloween 2008 did not deliver as advertised.

?It was unbelievably easy,? said Carolyn Hutchison, Carrboro?s chief of police. She attributes the lack of incidents to what she calls the ?media blitz? that instructed people to stay [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/halloween-short-on-treats-for-business-owners/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/halloween-short-on-treats-for-business-owners/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:40:56 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obituary: Adam S. Raleigh</title><description><![CDATA[Adam Sanders RaleighAdam Sanders Raleigh, 22, beloved son of Karen Sanders Raleigh of Durham and Donald J. Raleigh of Chapel Hill, passed away tragically on Oct. 31, 2008, a victim of gun violence.

Adam was born on Sept. 20, 1986, in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1988 he moved with his family to Chapel hill, where he attended [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/obituary-adam-s-raleigh/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/obituary-adam-s-raleigh/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:39:45 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>News brief: Bus driver charged in pedestrian death</title><description><![CDATA[The Chapel Hill Police Department charged James Willie Orr on Tuesday with misdemeanor death by vehicle in connection with the death of a pedestrian last week.

Orr was the driver of a Chapel Hill Transit Bus that hit Valerie Hughes, 33, in the intersection of South Columbia Street and Mason Farm Road at about 4 p.m. [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/news-brief-bus-driver-charged-in-pedestrian-death/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/news-brief-bus-driver-charged-in-pedestrian-death/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:36:08 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Calendar 10/6/08</title><description><![CDATA[Special Events
Orange County Open Studio Tour ? Nov 8-9. Exhibitions at artists? studios throughout the county. 932-3438, www.orangecountyartistsguild.com
Latin American Film Festival ? Nov. 2 to 21, at different locations in the Triangle and elsewhere. latinfilmfestivalnc.com

Harmonic Convergence ? Nov. 7, 8pm. Barbecue, books and bluegrass. Fearrington Village Barn. 542-0394, www.chathamarts.org $10-13
From DNA to the Dinner Table: [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/community-calendar-10608/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/community-calendar-10608/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:30:44 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New farmer ready with fall goodies</title><description><![CDATA[photo by Emily Buehler. Will Cramer and his Verdant Furrows farm are new at the Orange County Farmers? Market.By Emily Buehler
Staff Writer
At a single folding table at the Orange County Farmers? Market in Hillsborough, Will Cramer sits on his tailgate behind small piles of produce: sweet potatoes just dug from the dirt, crispy heads of [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/new-farmer-ready-with-fall-goodies/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/new-farmer-ready-with-fall-goodies/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:25:50 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Eater 11/6/08</title><description><![CDATA[Time to order, Turkeys
A bittersweet note: one of the best ideas The Eater?s had for a holiday celebration in Carrboro ? a tofurkey shoot ? has been rejected on the grounds that it would be too wasteful and encourage violence against replicas of birds made out of tofu. Drat. The staff wouldn?t bite even if [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/the-eater-11608/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/the-eater-11608/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:21:24 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Land &amp; Table brief: New market hours</title><description><![CDATA[The Carrboro Farmers? Market will begin operating under its reduced winter hours on Saturday.
The market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday until March 14. The Wednesday Carrboro Farmers? Market and the Thursday Southern Village Farmers? Market are closed for the season. The Wednesday Carrboro market will reopen April 8, while the [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/land-table-brief-new-market-hours/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/land-table-brief-new-market-hours/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:19:10 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Land &amp; Table briefs: Gazebo gourmet</title><description><![CDATA[Dorette Snover, owner and chef of C?est Si Bon Cooking School, will cook in the gazebo at the Carrboro Farmers? Market on Saturday starting at 9 a.m.
Snover will share recipes for the holiday season. For more information, visit www.cestsibon.net/biographies.shtml
]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/land-table-briefs-gazebo-gourmet/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/land-table-briefs-gazebo-gourmet/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:18:02 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>For the Record: The tide is in</title><description><![CDATA[Your vote counted. There?s proof. And not just your vote, but the actions you took to get registered, to be informed and whatever it took to put yourself in front of a ballot. The actions of your neighbors counted, the ones who convinced you and the ones who challenged your conclusions. The ones who took [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/for-the-record-the-tide-is-in/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/for-the-record-the-tide-is-in/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:16:30 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Comments on the election</title><description><![CDATA[?I?m just so happy about it, I don?t know what to do.?
?Community organizer Rebecca Clark
?Elated!?
Marilyn Chaplin of Midway Barbershop when asked how she was feeling Wednesday
?This shows the Rogers Road community, ?We can.? As the nation chanted last night, ?We can.? Yes, we are able to work for the common cause of peace and prosperity [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/comments-on-the-election/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/comments-on-the-election/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:15:31 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The hope of a better day</title><description><![CDATA[Editor?s note: The following words were delivered in Chicago?s Grant Park by Barack Obama at the opening of his victory speech Nov. 4, 2008.
Hello Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/the-hope-of-a-better-day/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/the-hope-of-a-better-day/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:13:42 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tuesday?s undeniable progressive message</title><description><![CDATA[Chris Fitzsimon 
People in North Carolina want things to be different in Washington and don?t want to turn the state over to politicians more obsessed with taxes and stoking anti-religious fears than they are with improving education, expanding access to health care and helping people who are struggling to find jobs and keep their homes. [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/tuesdays-undeniable-progressive-message/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/tuesdays-undeniable-progressive-message/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:12:36 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Local tennis associations offer tennis to Latinos</title><description><![CDATA[photo by Dioni L. Wise. Luis Alejandro Royo of Carrboro (left), a 15-year-old Carrboro High School student, runs to the opposite side of the court after returning a tennis ball in a game of \'Around the World,\' or \'Alrededor del Mundo\' in Spanish, at the Hispanic Tennis Carnival at Wilson Park on Oct. 12. Royo?s [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/local-tennis-associations-offer-tennis-to-latinos/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/11/06/local-tennis-associations-offer-tennis-to-latinos/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:09:39 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>First look at plan for new Chapel Hill school</title><description><![CDATA[
The town gets its first official look at plans for Chapel Hill-Carrboro\'s 11th elementary school next week when the concept plan comes before the Community Design Commission. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Town Hall.


The proposal for the building at 400 Caldwell St. in the Northside neighborhood calls for demolishing four existing buildings and parking areas and constructing 100,000 square feet of classroom, gym, cafeteria and other space, as well as an 84-space parking lot.


The project is between Caldwell Street and McMasters Street. Access to the site is proposed from both streets.


After the design commission meeting, the concept plan for the new school goes to the Chapel Hill Town Council Dec. 8. &nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/first-look-at-plan-for-new-chapel-hill-school</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/first-look-at-plan-for-new-chapel-hill-school</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:02:08 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chapel Hill mayor: 'Taxpayers being used'</title><description><![CDATA[
The Chapel Hill Town Council has put off a decision on whether to move ahead with the expansion of the Chapel Hill Public Library until December. But a recent e-mail exchange between Mayor Kevin Foy and a local citizen suggests a theme likely to come back when the council resumes it discussion.


In an Oct. 16 e-mail, Patsy Saylor criticizes the mayor for again bringing up the fact that 40 percent of those using the library are from outside Chapel Hill. The citizens of Chapel Hill voted for the expansion in 2003, Saylor notes. &amp;quot;The Friends [of the Library] have no ability to change the policy of what patrons are charged or not charged,&amp;quot; she says.


Foy is concerned about the project\'s impact on the town\'s tax rate during the economic downtown.   In his e-mail response, he says he\'s not going to back down, even though county officials have said they\'re not going to increase their contribution to the town\'s library.


&amp;quot;Chapel Hill taxpayers are being used by their fellow Orange County residents, mostly because we have been willing to sit still for it,&amp;quot; Foy says. &amp;quot;I don\'t think we should, and I don\'t think you or other members of the Friends should continue to sit still for it. ... [W]e can\'t afford it.&amp;quot;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/chapel-hill-mayor-taxpayers-being-used</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/chapel-hill-mayor-taxpayers-being-used</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:50:42 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Walker Family to Visit Food Bank on Saturday</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Doug Warf, Director of  Community Relations and Executive Director of the Kids &amp;lsquo;N Community Foundation  for the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that  Hurricanes forward Scott Walker and ...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390892</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390892</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bantam Jr. Hurricanes AAA Win Nike/Bauer</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Paul Strand, Youth and  Amateur Hockey Coordinator for the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes,  today announced that the Bantam Jr. Hurricanes AAA won the Bauer Division of the  Nike/Bauer Tournament held in Chic...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390867</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390867</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jeffrey Beam, son of the South</title><description><![CDATA[
LOVE COMES


not silent,
but noisy and indiscreet,
rowdy and persistent.
He comes in leaf fall.
musty earth in his palms.
Held out to me
I can do nothing but take it,
and take it gladly,
earth being the one coolness
other than water
to be enjoyed.



Jeffrey Beam never wanted to be ?a gay poet.?


He didn?t want to be an unpublished poet either.


But good poetry by a gay man could be a hard sell in the \'80s and \'90s if you weren\'t part of the in crowd -- as in ?in? New York and other cities where many of Beam?s contemporaries were finding success.


Now Beam, has taken many of his ?fugitive? poems, many published in gay journals but not previously in book form and published them in ?The Beautiful Tendons: Uncollected Queer Poems 1969-2007.? He gave a reading last week at The Internationalist book store.


Beam didn?t want to leave his native South to make it as a poet. More to the point, he saw value in living as gay man where that might not be easy.


?I saw it as a political act,? he said.


?I thought someone of us needed to stay here.?


Now, 30 years after he wrote the oldest poem in ?Tendons,? Beam sees a benefit to being excluded from the anthologies. By not fitting in with the urban gay poets who were defining a certain type of gay culture, he says he avoided confining his themes of coming out and political messages that today seem dated. &nbsp;


His work was always more about the spiritual, rather than political journey.


Even if that journey only took him from Kannapolis to Chapel Hill ... and now to Hillsborough, where he lives with his partner of 28 years, Stanley.


?I grew up redneck,? Beam told D.G. Martin on WCHL a few weeks ago. ?That didn?t mean I could stay in Kannapolis. But I still wanted to stay in the South to demonstrate what was like to be in front of you, to demonstrate a life.?


?I want to live my life in the same wonderful kinmd of community I grew up in. I find people in the South are such a delight to be with. And I?m one of them,?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/jeffrey-beam-son-of-the-south</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/jeffrey-beam-son-of-the-south</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:39:51 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jeffery Beam, son of the South</title><description><![CDATA[
LOVE COMES


not silent,
but noisy and indiscreet,
rowdy and persistent.
He comes in leaf fall.
musty earth in his palms.
Held out to me
I can do nothing but take it,
and take it gladly,
earth being the one coolness
other than water
to be enjoyed.



Jeffery Beam never wanted to be ?a gay poet.?


He didn?t want to be an unpublished poet either.


But good poetry by a gay man could be a hard sell in the \'80s and \'90s if you weren\'t part of the in crowd -- as in ?in? New York and other cities where many of Beam?s contemporaries were finding success.


Now Beam, has taken many of his ?fugitive? poems, many published in gay journals but not previously in book form and published them in ?The Beautiful Tendons: Uncollected Queer Poems 1969-2007.? He gave a reading last week at The Internationalist book store.


Beam didn?t want to leave his native South to make it as a poet. More to the point, he saw value in living as gay man where that might not be easy.


?I saw it as a political act,? he said.


?I thought someone of us needed to stay here.?


Now, 30 years after he wrote the oldest poem in ?Tendons,? Beam sees a benefit to being excluded from the anthologies. By not fitting in with the urban gay poets who were defining a certain type of gay culture, he says he avoided confining his themes of coming out and political messages that today seem dated.


His work was always more about the spiritual, rather than political journey.


Even if that journey only took him from Kannapolis to Chapel Hill ... and now to Hillsborough, where he lives with his partner of 28 years, Stanley.


?I grew up redneck,? Beam told D.G. Martin on WCHL a few weeks ago. ?That didn?t mean I could stay in Kannapolis. But I still wanted to stay in the South to demonstrate what was like to be in front of you, to demonstrate a life.?


?I want to live my life in the same wonderful kinmd of community I grew up in. I find people in the South are such a delight to be with. And I?m one of them,?          

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/jeffery-beam-son-of-the-south</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/jeffery-beam-son-of-the-south</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:39:51 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lifting all of us up?</title><description><![CDATA[Orange County Commissioner Mike Nelson posted this small poem on his &amp;#8216;blog in celebration of the Obama blowout:

Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Jesse could run.
Jesse ran so Barack could win.
Barack won so our children can fly.

Nice.
Ellie, Elijah and I stayed up past midnight tracking the close NC Presidential race.  The last [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/05/lifting-all-of-us-up/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/05/lifting-all-of-us-up/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:28:48 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How are you celebrating the election?</title><description><![CDATA[We know there was a lot of support for Barack Obama in Orange County. People rallied on Franklin Street late last night. If you were there, please tell us what you saw and heard. And if you know of other ways your neighbors, co-workers, friends or families are reacting to the election, please tell us about that as well. We\'re working on a package for Sunday\'s Chapel Hill News to mark this historic event.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/how-are-you-celebrating-the-election</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/how-are-you-celebrating-the-election</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:24:57 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Morgan Creek trail</title><description><![CDATA[\&quot;- Easement to OWASA for Morgan Creek Trail: The Council authorized an easement to OWASA in order to relocate the sewer line to benefit the Morgan Trail Project. The project is proposed to be a 10 foot wide concrete trail that would be an extension of the existing Fan Branch Trail. The first phase is intended to begin at the Fan Branch Trail near Culbreth Road and end just east of Kingswood ]]></description><link>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/morgan-creek-trail.html</link><guid>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/morgan-creek-trail.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Speed tables - Dogwood Acres Drive</title><description><![CDATA[\&quot;7. Dogwood Acres Drive to Receive Speed Tables
Speed tables and related warning signs will be installed on Dogwood Acres Drive on Monday, Oct. 20, at Southern Community Park, which is under construction and nearly completed.
The traffic tables will be installed beginning at 9 a.m. in the section of the road within the park boundaries. There may be some travel delays as the crew installs the ]]></description><link>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/speed-tables-dogwood-acres-drive.html</link><guid>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/speed-tables-dogwood-acres-drive.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dec. 10th: The Density Discussion</title><description><![CDATA[In my application for the Council seat, I called again for Council to sponsor a thorough, wide-ranging and comprehensive community discussion on development density.

How high, how dense?
Last Spring, Council decided to end their pursuit of high density development zones. We need to restart that discussion. We should take the recent work on twisting RSSC into [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/04/dec10ththe-density-discussion/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/04/dec10ththe-density-discussion/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:35:41 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canes Activate Walker from Injured Reserve</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford,  President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, today announced that the team has activated right wing Scott Walker  from injured reserve. Rutherford also announced that...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390409</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390409</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carrboro clothesline redux</title><description><![CDATA[
Carrboro Alderman Dan Coleman saw our post yesterday on the Carrboro homeowner who wanted to put up a clotheseline but was prohibited from doing so by restrictive neighborhoood covenenants.


Coleman says he contacted state Sen. Ellie Kinnaird about a state bill introduced last year, and Kinnaird said it would be introduced again. Coleman says the Board of Aldermen will also be discussing a possible local bill for Carrboro.


Coleman says he has also been in touch with the N.C. Solar Center for research assistance on municipal bills that may have already been developed in this regard.

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/carrboro-clothesline-redux</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/carrboro-clothesline-redux</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:31:28 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brind'Amour, Staal, Whitney on All-Star Ballot</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;The National Hockey  League today announced Carolina Hurricanes captain Rod Brind&amp;rsquo;Amour, center Eric  Staal and left wing Ray Whitney are the team&amp;rsquo;s representatives for the Eastern  Conference team on this year&amp;rsquo...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390443</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390443</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Persons Out of Place</title><description><![CDATA[In my application for Bill's seat on Council, I mentioned my concern (?Walking is not a crime.?) that the recently announced Orange County Community Safety Partnership program, which trains Town staff and the general public to identify and report criminal activity or other public safety related issues, needs to be careful in discriminating what is [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/04/persons-out-of-place/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/04/persons-out-of-place/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:43:06 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Service: Horace-Williams Citizens Committee, What Did I Do?</title><description><![CDATA[Someone sent me an email saying one local pundit doesn't think my service on the Horace-Williams Citizens Committee deserves recognition.
Three comments.
First, while I was appointed in January, 2006 and the HWCC provided its final report May 22nd, 2006 (report here), I definitely hit  the ground running.  While I wasn't a member of the [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/03/community-service-horace-williams-citizens-committee-what-did-i-do/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/03/community-service-horace-williams-citizens-committee-what-did-i-do/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:21:31 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote 2008</title><description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, when I did early my curbside voting, it was a great experience.  It seemed far more significant and potentially memorable than when I voted for the very first time and certainly subsequent times.  Never before had voting seemed more important.  I was nervous then and I\'m still nervous now, but at the time I was voting for someone whom I believed would make a difference.  I was voting for someone whom I believed that just by being elected, regardless of his accomplishments in office, would make a difference.  I believed that it would mean that the majority of this country\'s citizens would exceed my expectations and I would see a moment in history that I never expected to see in my lifetime.  I believed that, should he be elected, not only would it be a momentous historical triumph, but we would also have a president who appears to be genuine, to have common sense and to actually be intelligent. If you haven\'t voted yet, I hope you have that same experience tomorrow.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/441663255/vote-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/441663255/vote-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vosges Discount</title><description><![CDATA[Vosges is offering a discount to all Eclectic Glob for Tangential Verbosity readers!10% off all website purchases from Nov 1st to Nov 30th. At checkout, enterpromo code 2810WB1http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/It\'s very exciting.  This is a first for the Glob.You can read my earlier posts about Vosges chocolate.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/441621698/vosges-discount.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/441621698/vosges-discount.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carrboro clothesline seeker hung out to dry</title><description><![CDATA[
More complaints to Carrboro Town Hall about clotheslines.


Not from people who oppose them, but from homeowners who say their neighborhod covenants won?t allow them.


A Roberson Place resident recently wrote the town to ask for help. Her line would be visible from the street and surrounding yards.


?Unfortunately,? Mayor Mark Chilton wrote back, ?we have no authority to interfere in this particular matter, although we have previously suggested to our state and federal legislators that they should pass the type of law that you are suggesting.


?To my knowledge no action has been taken by the Legislature or Congress. I believe that Congress has pased a law that prohibits HOA\'s from interfering with solar panels under some circumstances, but I don\'t know much about it.?


?Sorry I cannot be more helpful.?
&nbsp; 

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/carrboro-clothesline-seeker-hung-out-to-dry</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/carrboro-clothesline-seeker-hung-out-to-dry</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:11:48 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ten apply for Thorpe's seat</title><description><![CDATA[
Tonight the Town Council will hear presentations form 10 candidates to replace the late council member Bill Thorpe, who died in September of heart failure.


The council will nominate from among the pool and will appoint a new member next Monday night.


The applicants are (follow link to read their full application materials):


-- Gene Pease, an investment services executive who has served on various town committees


-- Will Raymond, a hi-tech businessman who has served on various town committees


-- Loren Hintz, a biology teacher at Chapel Hill High School who has served on various town committees


-- Donald Shaw, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor who has served on various town committees


-- William Abb, a retired Army officer


-- J.M. Green, a UNC-Chapel Hill education professor


-- Jim Merritt, a retired school counselor and administrator


-- Willard Blaine Rogers, a former soldier, community organizer and homeless person


-- Amy Chute, who serves on the town?s Northern Area Task Force


-- Andre Wesson, who chairs the town?s Justice in Action Committee

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/ten-apply-for-thorpes-seat</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/ten-apply-for-thorpes-seat</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:09:16 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-airport group, transfer station opponents join forces</title><description><![CDATA[
Orange County Community Awareness, a group that opposes putting the county\'s solid waste transfer station near Hillsborough, and and Orange County Voice, one of two groups fighting a proposed airport in rural Orange, have joined forces, the groups announced.
OCCA and OCV leaders say rural Orange County is an asset to both the residents who live in it and those who lives in the towns surrounding it.


In a tour of possible airport sites last week, Hauser told me members want to promote an economic development strategy that supports and builds on local farming and local markets.


&amp;quot;Our goal is countywide,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;If the airport was a greater&nbsp; good you could have my land. The airport is not a greater good.&amp;quot;


&amp;quot;UNC may want an airport,&amp;quot; she added. &amp;quot;[But] their decisions have to respect what we\'re building out here. There\'s too much to lose.&amp;quot;


In a release the OCCA\'s Nathan Robinson said the groups\' philosophy is more than NIMBY-ism.


&amp;quot;Cost effective and environmentally-friendly options are everywhere and offer real opportunities for sustainable development and growth,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;There\'s real need and public desire to build consensus around ideas and solutions that work for everyone in the short and long term.&amp;quot;


]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/anti-airport-group-transfer-station-opponents-join-forces</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/anti-airport-group-transfer-station-opponents-join-forces</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:37:25 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Halloween on West Club Blvd 2008</title><description><![CDATA[Friday night, I celebrated yet another Halloween on West Club Boulevard, in Durham, and saw loads of cute kids, bunches of batmen and scores of spidermen. It\'s always clear that many of the kids, like the cute Scoobydoo in the photo, are only just beginning to realize what Halloween is all about.We had tons of candy to hand out.  This photo didn\'t even capture the entire batch.My Hippest Friend made a huge pot of delicious jambalaya.He also baked white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, which were also excellent.  He even offered to bake us chocolate chip cookies, but we were stuffed.  Are you getting the idea of why my calendar is booked on Halloween, years in advance?My Hippest Friend even carved a pumpkin with a not-so-subliminal message for the parents of the trick\'r\'treaters.    With all that candy we had, you\'d think we would have had plenty for everyone, but we had 692 kids before we ran out of stuff to give them.  I contributed a tally counter, so we could be sure to have an accurate count.  We ended up handing out Kashi breakfast bars and tangerines in the end, as you can see in the video.  We had to turn away probably 50 more kids before the night was over.  Obviously, it makes a huge difference when Halloween is not on a school night.
   
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/440325663/halloween-on-west-club-blvd-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EclecticGlobOfTangentialVerbosity/~3/440325663/halloween-on-west-club-blvd-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canes Recall Patrick Dwyer from Albany</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jim  Rutherford, President and General  Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced  that the team has recalled forward Patrick Dwyer from the Albany River Rats of  the American Hockey Leag...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390080</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=390080</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Homegrown all right with Chapel Hill</title><description><![CDATA[
&amp;quot;Homegrown\'s all right with me / homegrown is the way it should be.&amp;quot;


All right, Neil Young wasn\'t singing about Halloween (off 1977\'s American Stars \'n Bars with the truly awesome &amp;quot;Like a Hurricane&amp;quot;). But the town of Chapel Hill is singing the praises of its Halloween-lite fest last night.


The town estimates lane closings and ending the shuttle service from outlying parking lots cut the crowd to 35,000, down from an estimated 80,000 in recent years. There were fewer arrests inside the downtown perimeter: five versus 13, and fewer fights and incidents of what they call alcohol overdose.&nbsp;


We\'d like to know what you thought of &amp;quot;Homegrown Halloween.&amp;quot; (You can comment on this post or Jesse\'s just below it).


The town wants to know too. Call them between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at 968-2743 or send email to publicaffairs@townofchapelhill.org.&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&nbsp;

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/homegrown-all-right-with-chapel-hill</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/homegrown-all-right-with-chapel-hill</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:40:32 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;Brunch hideaway&quot; - The Eater 10/9/08</title><description><![CDATA[Note the item about Citrus.]]></description><link>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/brunch-hideaway-eater-10908.html</link><guid>http://southernvillage.blogspot.com/2008/11/brunch-hideaway-eater-10908.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Halloween 2008 on a Diet</title><description><![CDATA[Wow! A %50 reduction in this years Halloween crowd.


The Town of Chapel Hill successfully reduced the size of the Halloween event on Franklin Street with an estimated showing of 35,000. Town Manager Roger L. Stancil said he believed the &amp;#8220;Homegrown Halloween&amp;#8221; campaign assisted in reducing the number of revelers, and strategies implemented by Chapel Hill [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/01/halloween-2008-on-a-diet/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/01/halloween-2008-on-a-diet/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:59:05 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jesus Swept. The Devil Dusted?</title><description><![CDATA[Prolific BlueNC &amp;#8216;blogger Anglico better known locally as former Council member Jim Protzman is now a newly minted novelist.

Debut novelist Protzman offers a refreshingly different tale about a man who calls himself Jesus and leads a group of men who have taken the apostles' names as they sweep parking lots and anything else they can [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/01/jesus-swept-the-devil-dusted/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/11/01/jesus-swept-the-devil-dusted/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:46:59 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Voting Nov. 4th: I?m Not Worried</title><description><![CDATA[Ellie, Elijah and I go to the polls Election Day  (it deserves to be  both capitalized and a holiday) - it is a family tradition.  Even though I've voted in every major and almost all primary elections since 1980, I still get excited on  Election Day (doubly so when I was [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/voting-nov-4th-im-not-worried/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/voting-nov-4th-im-not-worried/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:27:48 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Halloween, 2008: Helicopters and Sirens Go On and On</title><description><![CDATA[I was Downtown about 8pm this evening.  Some folks were gathering but it was generally quiet.  It appeared Chapel Hill's attempt to &amp;#8220;scare&amp;#8221; off visitors might have worked. 

Starting 9:30pm though I began to wonder.  
We live close to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and the Police Station.  Starting 10pm there [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/halloween-2008-helicopters-and-sirens-go-on-and-on/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/halloween-2008-helicopters-and-sirens-go-on-and-on/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:33:43 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Filling the Seat: Ten Applicants</title><description><![CDATA[As of 5:00pm, 10 folks applied to fill Bill's seat.  It's an interesting cross-section of concerned citizens.
Amy, Gene and I have worked on several mutual issues before Council.  Andre and Loren I know from their advisory board and advocacy work.  Don served on the Technology Board with me.
With 10 applicants, I expect [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/filling-the-seat-ten-applicants/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/filling-the-seat-ten-applicants/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:02:52 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raymond, Ready For Service: Formal Application</title><description><![CDATA[Here is my formal application to fill Bill's seat.

I agree with recent Council comments that their new colleague must be ?ready to hit the road running?. To do so, an applicant should be prepared, involved and experienced.
Council already has a demanding workload. Over the next 7 months two major challenges ? troubled finances and the [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-formal-application/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-formal-application/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:47:31 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raymond, Ready For Service: What Would I Do?</title><description><![CDATA[What would I do the next 13 months?  If you look back through the hundreds of posts on local issues I've made since September 2005, you will see I'm not short of ideas for positive change.  I also have two election platforms (2005 and 2007) and many election questionnaires that contain specific proposals [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-what-would-i-do/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-what-would-i-do/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:41:10 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raymond, Ready For Service: Where Would I Serve?</title><description><![CDATA[I submitted my formal application to fill Bill?s seat (not his shoes) this afternoon.
Along with my application, I provided some examples of my recent activism, a list of advisory boards I would like to represent Council on and some suggestions covering a few of the issues that Chapel Hill faces next year.
I've served on three [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-where-would-i-serve/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-where-would-i-serve/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:49:08 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raymond, Ready For Service: What Have I Done?</title><description><![CDATA[I submitted my formal application to fill Bill's seat (not his shoes) this afternoon.  Along with my application, I provided some examples of my recent activism, a list of advisory boards I would like to represent Council on and some suggestions  covering a few of the issues that Chapel Hill faces next year.
The [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-what-have-i-done/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/31/raymond-ready-for-service-what-have-i-done/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:23:50 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tell us whether Homegrown Halloween works</title><description><![CDATA[The town will try to shrink tonight\'s Halloween celebration on Franklin Street to avoid the crime that has plagued previous downtown events. If you go, please tell us what you see. Tell us about any traffic problems. Tell us about criminal activity: underage drinking, lewd behavior, violence, etc. Tell us whether Halloween runs any better or worse than in previous years. Be our eyes and ears on Franklin Street tonight and help us to provide citizens and elected officials with the information they need in order to know whether Homegrown Halloween works.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/tell-us-whether-homegrown-halloween-works</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/orangechat/tell-us-whether-homegrown-halloween-works</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:31:03 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No early vote extenstion in Orange County</title><description><![CDATA[Orange County has opted not to extend early voting hours.
From the elections board:
No Changes in Orange County Early Voting
 
The Orange County Board of Elections voted unanimously not to extend the voting hours beyond 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2008. 
The Orange County Board of Elections met this morning in an emergency meeting as [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/31/no-early-vote-extenstion-in-orange-county/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/31/no-early-vote-extenstion-in-orange-county/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:58:18 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>You Can Vote However You Like</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.mkleinschmidt.org/2008/10/you-can-vote-however-you-like.html</link><guid>http://www.mkleinschmidt.org/2008/10/you-can-vote-however-you-like.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricanes Ink Forward Michael Ryan</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford,  President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, announced today that the team has signed free agent forward Michael  Ryan to a one-year contract. Ryan will be paid $475,...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=389661</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=389661</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oct. 30th: Downtown Parking Forum</title><description><![CDATA[As a member of the Town's Downtown Parking Task Force I lobbied vigorously for a baseline study of parking conditions Downtown.  Why? The data covering typical parking patterns was spotty at best.  Further, there was no adequate model to plug any data into to analyze suggested improvements.  A year on the Downtown [...]]]></description><link>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/30/oct-30th-downtown-parking-forum/</link><guid>http://citizenwill.org/2008/10/30/oct-30th-downtown-parking-forum/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:11:16 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DeGraw, Dickson engaged</title><description><![CDATA[Jamie marries Susie in June.
Photo by Missy McLamb
Vicky and Robert Dickson of Carrboro are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Susan DeVane Dickson, to Jamie Tyler DeGraw, son of Herk and Joanna DeGraw of Greensboro. Susie is a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and the University of North Carolina at Chapel [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/degraw-dickson-engaged/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/degraw-dickson-engaged/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:31:55 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Early voting in state, county tops 2004 totals</title><description><![CDATA[Kirk Ross
As predicted, a surge of early voting has topped totals reached in 2004.
With early voting set to end on Saturday at 1 p.m., 35,154 residents have cast their ballots at the five early voting in Orange County as of the close of business on Tuesday.

That compares to 30,245 who cast their ballots during the [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/early-voting-in-state-county-tops-2004-totals/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/early-voting-in-state-county-tops-2004-totals/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airport opposition gathers steam</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Kirk Ross. Residents signed on to petitions, joined organizing committees and collected yard signs and bumper stickers at a meeting at the White Cross Community Center on Monday.Kirk Ross
They came looking for answers and many of them left carrying bumper stickers and yard signs marked ?No Airport? in bold letters.
About 300 people, mostly [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/airport-opposition-gathers-steam/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/airport-opposition-gathers-steam/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:23:37 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Towns prepare for Halloween</title><description><![CDATA[Susan Dickson
Drivers in downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday evening should be prepared for gridlock, as thousands of out-of-town visitors stream in for Halloween.

Chapel Hill officials are trying to discourage out-of-town visitors from coming to this year?s Halloween celebration because of public-safety concerns associated with large crowds. Last year, about 80,000 attended the Halloween [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/towns-prepare-for-halloween/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/towns-prepare-for-halloween/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:18:08 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberson Square site on the market</title><description><![CDATA[Margot Carmichael Lester
You may have noticed the inconspicuous ?For Sale? sign stuck in the high grass on the corner of Roberson and South Greensboro streets. It?s no joke. The much-ballyhooed 91,575-square-foot Roberson Square property is on the market.

?There?s no bank willing to finance the project now,? said Elias Schtakleff, a partner in the property. ?Carrboro [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/roberson-square-site-on-the-market/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/roberson-square-site-on-the-market/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:16:21 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A brilliant red</title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Ken Moore. Each brilliant red leaf of black gum appears polished.
Ken Moore
I eagerly anticipate the fall coloring of black gum, Nyssa sylvatica. Because the bright red leaves are among the most brilliant of fall colors, it is a favorite American tree planted in English gardens.

Though it is a regular component of our deciduous [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/a-brilliant-red/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/a-brilliant-red/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:14:17 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recently: More giraffes in our world</title><description><![CDATA[Valarie Schwartz
During these economic times, when people need to make every penny count, we?re wise to pick parties this season that further the endeavors of our community nonprofits.

Among them is the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, which presents it 21st Holiday Auction beginning at 5 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Sheraton. Since its early years, [...]]]></description><link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/recently-more-giraffes-in-our-world/</link><guid>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2008/10/30/recently-more-giraffes-in-our-world/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:10:12 EDT</pubDate><