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Author: Staff

Beyond the rain barrel

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Staff

By Giles BlundenSpecial to The Citizen As the drought lingers on in North Carolina, there is much discussion about how to more effectively use our water. The reality is that even in a drought year, the Piedmont still got 32 inches of rain. In many parts of the country, this would be considered a huge…

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Land & Table Brief: Beer awards

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Staff

Carolina Brewery took home a few awards from the Hickory Hops Beer Festival in Hickory, North Carolina. The Carolinas Championship of Beer included 120 entries from 30 breweries in the Southeast. Carolina Brewery’s Alter Ego Altbier brew took second place overall. The brewers also snagged gold awards for Alter Ego Altbier and Flagship IPA, silver…

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Our friend, the morel

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Staff

Here at The Citizen, we often extol the value of a good walk in the woods. Occasionally the rewards offered by such an endeavor are pleasing to the palate as well, evidenced, we hope, by the lovely bowl of morels pictured at right.

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Water Watch: Wednesday, April 16

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Staff

LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 0’ 1.25” below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 7’ 5.5” below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  2.94” Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.70”

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So many favorites

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore The cool weather extension of the flowering of native trees and shrubs is resulting in a visual overload. The colorful images range from redbud flowers carpeting the ground, to the spectacle of whole roadside forest edges dripping with pale-violet hanging flower clusters of the deadly, non-native Chinese Wisteria, Wisteria sinensis.

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A complicated ballot full of critical choices

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

Voters tune into new registration rules, new county commissioner districts and contested races from the top of the ticket to a local tax referendum By Kirk Ross Staff Writer With news reports along the presidential campaign trail now including datelines like Raleigh, Greensboro and the UNC campus, this spring’s primary season is heating up. Set…

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Series to focus on immigration issues

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer A community series of presentations and discussions this month seeks to address the hard questions surrounding immigration issues. The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Education is conducting the series on Sundays throughout the month at the FedEx Global Education Center on the UNC campus.

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Plans for northern area proving hard to nail down

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Somewhere close to 90 minutes into a board of aldermen discussion on how to shape development in a much-studied area in northern Carrboro, Town Attorney Mike Brough politely encouraged them to cut to the chase. Rather than hash over types of zoning strategies and what they might yield, he said,…

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Recently: Long-haired music from a short-haired man

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz If you think that all classical music was written by long-haired men who are long-dead, think again. Ari Picker is writing a symphony, and he’s very much alive — with close-cropped hair. Picker, 26, grew up in Bynum, took no music lessons as a child and only started playing instruments (piano and…

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Music Calendar: 04/10/08

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

Thursday April 10 The ArtsCenter: Shelby Lynne 8:30pm $27 Blue Horn Lounge: Windy City Slim & Ken Yow 10pm Cat’s Cradle: Between The Buried and Me, Lye By Mistake, Giant, Knives Exchanging Hands 7pm $14 The Cave: Early: John Amos Late: Spider Bags, Turpentine Brothers, Limes $5 General Store Café: Jazz with Club Boheme 8:30pm…

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Obituary – Margaret McCaull Carmichael Lester

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

A celebration of the life of Margaret McCaull Carmichael Lester will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 19th, in the North & South Parlors of the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. For more information, contact Margot Carmichael Lester at 967-3477.

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Obituary – Robert A. Kistner

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

Robert A. Kistner of Chapel Hill, died Wednesday April 2, 2008 at his residence. Robert was a native of Illinois.  He moved to Chapel Hill in 1983.  He graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, and earned medical degrees from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of Loyola Medical School (Chicago).  He served…

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Obituary – George Odell Barham

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

George Odell Barham, 89, passed away at Britthaven of Chapel Hill on Saturday, April 5, 2008. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the Army in the South Pacific. His family wrote, “His patience and ingenuity and joy in life were an inspiration to us.”

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News Brief: Hunger walk Sunday

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, in conjunction with Church World Service, will hold the CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday. Seventy-five percent of money raised during the walk benefits Church World Service, a nonprofit that funds global hunger education, refugees, disaster relief and self-help projects in more than 80 countries. The remaining 25 percent supports…

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News Brief: Fair Housing Fair

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Office of Human Rights and Relations will hold its 4th Annual Fair Housing Fair on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone seeking to rent or own a home in Orange County is encouraged to attend. Information on fair housing regulations and housing opportunities will be available. In addition, participants…

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