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Author: Staff

Renewable energy: the power of the sun

Posted on October 4, 2007October 4, 2007 by Staff

  By Jack Carley Staff Writer Environmentally conscious Carrboro took one more step toward sustainability when Carrboro Solar Works installed a photovoltaic solar array at the Pacifica Cohousing development. The array, resting atop the development’s shared Common House, generates about 5,000 watts of electricity monthly while batteries store power in the event of a blackout.

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Land & Table Brief: Gardeners needed

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

The Orange County Partnership for Young Children is recruiting families to help nurture community gardens in town. The first garden is located at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The second will start at Carrboro Elementary in spring of 2008. Applications are available on the website, www.orangesmartstart.org. The Carrboro Growing Healthy Kids project aims to help…

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Land & Table Brief: Solar tour

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

The Chatham and Orange County Solar and Green Homes Tour is Saturday, October 6. The tour features nine sites, including Pacifica, a sustainable neighborhood. Technologies include energy efficiency, passive and active solar, co-housing, high-efficiency HVAC and water heating systems, Energy Star and System Vision certifications and more. The kickoff event for this tour will be…

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Land & Table Brief: River watch

Posted on October 4, 2007October 4, 2007 by Staff

The Haw River Watch Project will host a stream ecology and monitoring event on the Haw River at the Haw River State Park in Browns Summit on Sunday. River Watch Project coordinator Cynthia Crossen will teach participants how to measure a stream’s water quality by identifying the number and type of water bugs and doing…

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Land & Table: Calendar

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

18th Annual Haw River Learning Celebration — A volunteer-run nature science event for area 4th graders. Through Oct. 12 at 3 sites on the Haw River. We need people to come for a day, camp for a week (camping crew has the most fun!), provide a meal for the crew and more. No experience necessary….

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Blue ribbon mentors teach by example

Posted on October 4, 2007October 4, 2007 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program could use a few good men. The program, which matches fourth-graders with mentors, needs male volunteers. BRMA fall training begins October 11, and thus far only women have signed up to become mentors. “We really need some male mentors,” said program coordinator Graig Meyer….

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School brief: Name this school

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

The naming committee for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ 10th elementary school is accepting suggestions for the name of the school. Residents can submit nominations for names at www.chccs.k12.nc.us under the “Name this School” section until October 31. The school is under construction at the Twin Creeks Education Park near the intersection of Dromoland Road and…

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School brief: Education race

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

The annual Walk and Race for Education will take place on October 20th. Thousands of students, parents and staff are expected to participate. Students will collect pledges to raise money for their schools, and individual teams or clubs will work to generate funds for their specific groups or projects. Schools typically raise $2,000 to $12,000…

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School brief: CHS nominated

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

Carrboro High School has been nominated for the Gold Medal Building of America Award in the Carolinas and will be featured in the 2008 Real Estate and Construction Review. The magazine presents the award to honor the region’s most innovative, unique and challenging projects. In addition, the school is one of only two in North…

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School brief: Vocal artists

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

Several singers from McDougle Middle School, East Chapel Hill High School and United Church of Chapel Hill participated in the inaugural Male Vocal Arts Symposium recently in Greensboro. Ninety-five singers from middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, churches and community choirs across the state formed a choir to perform at the symposium.

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School brief: ECHHS debate

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

The East Chapel Hill High School Speech and Debate Team finished fifth out of more than 130 teams at the Wake Forest University Speech and Debate Tournament, September 14-16. Several students won individual awards in different categories of the competition. Amit Rao finished third in congress; Ted Lee finished seventh in original oratory and humorous…

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School brief: CHS ensemble

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

The Carrboro High School women’s ensemble, chamber choir and string orchestra will perform at the Carrboro High Arts Department’s inaugural concert on October 14. The groups will perform a wide variety of music, from gentle lullabies from the British countryside to high-speed ragas from India and Brazilian dance music. The concert will be held at…

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Coaches’ Reports: 10/4/07

Posted on October 4, 2007October 4, 2007 by Staff

Photo by Maciek Krzysztoforski Team Captain Will Powell protects the ball from a Jordan-Matthews Jet. The Jaguars won their match Saturday 2-1. McDougle Middle Cross Country (via Danae Whitaker) Scoring for the Mustangs yesterday, Mitch McLeod placed first, Brendan Neville placed 5th, Connor Templeton placed 6th, Grant Cabell placed 10th and Taylor Wilt placed 11th.

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Obituary – Florence Gray Soltys

Posted on October 4, 2007October 4, 2007 by Staff

Florence Gray Soltys, 72, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, September 27, 2007. She was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late O.G. and Addie Gray. She is survived by her husband, Dr. John J. Soltys, two daughters, Rebecca Soltys Jones and Addie Gray. She also is survived by her brother, Glenn Gray,…

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County delays waste transfer station plan

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Staff

  By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Residents of the Rogers Road community saw some movement this week in their effort to stop a transfer station from being placed in their neighborhood after having made appeals to county and town elected officials. Last Thursday night, Neloa Jones, a Rogers Road resident, spoke before the Assembly of…

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