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News briefs: 5/10/07

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Staff

East Student in critical condition
East Chapel Hill High School senior Conrad Zaborowski is in critical condition at UNC Hospitals after a single-car crash on Seawell School Road around 1 a.m. Saturday.

Police believe Zaborowski was driving more than 100 miles per hour south on Seawell School Road when he ran off the road and lost control of his vehicle. Zaborowski was thrown from the 2001 Audi A4 before it caught fire.

The 18-year-old is in a coma and has sustained severe injuries.

Board approves budget
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education voted unanimously last week to approve the  superintendent’s recommended budget for 2007-08.

Superintendent Neil Pedersen had revised the requested budget to include two academically/intellectually gifted specialists, which increased the budget request from about $7.2 to about $7.3 million. The budget also was revised to include corrected student enrollment projections as well as the addition of the $400,000 fair-funding allotment from the Board of County Commissioners, which reduced the budget request to about $6.9 million.

The commissioners have warned that budget cuts may be needed and that school officials should plan for all possible scenarios.

Pedersen announced two information sessions regarding potential budget cuts at Smith Middle School: on May 21 at 4 p.m. for staff and on May 22 at 7 p.m. for parents.

Charges dropped
A judge dismissed trespassing charges on Monday against six war protestors who staged a demonstration in Rep. David Price’s Chapel Hill office in February.

Price had requested that Judge Alonzo Coleman drop the charges against Laura Bickford, Ben Carroll, Alisan Fathalizadeh, Sara Joseph, Dante Strobino and Tamara Tal.

At the February demonstration, the protesters, who have called themselves “the Chapel Hill Six,” asked Price to support an immediate withdrawal of troops from the war in Iraq and to oppose all future funding of the war.

Tips for tots
The Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC) is partnering with Aveda Institute in Chapel Hill to fight childhood obesity with a Healthy Kids Campaign, beginning May 10 and running till the end of the month. The campaign has been selected for Aveda’s community-support program, “Tips for a Cause,” by which when you receive a haircut, manicure or the spa service of your choice at Aveda, you may then choose to tip, and to have that tip go directly to the sponsored organization.
According to OCPYC, 37 percent of preschool-age children in Orange County are considered overweight or obese, one of the highest rates in the state.

For more on the campaign, contact OCPYC executive director Michele Rivest at 967-9091, or visit the Partnership’s website at www.OrangeSmartStart.org.

Rogers Road task force named
The Board of County Commissioners last week voted to appoint three community members and two commissioners to a task force that will examine and recommend improvements to the Rogers Road community.

Residents Neloa Barbee Jones, Bonnie Norwood and Jeanie Stroud, and commissioners Moses Carey and Valerie Foushee were appointed to the task force. The Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will each appoint one member to the task force.

The board in March voted to develop a solid waste transfer station at the site of the Eubanks Road landfill in the Rogers Road neighborhood. As part of the development plan, the board approved an effort to address concerns regarding the community and to make enhancements to the neighborhood.

Haw River Festival opens
The annual Haw River Festival kicks off this Saturday with a community celebration at the old Bynum Bridge from 1-6 p.m.. The celebration marks the festival’s 25th year in suport of the river. Events include criter catching at Bynum Beach and chalk drawing on the old bridge.

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