Distinctive white leaf underside of pink-flowered Himalaya-berry. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore The Fourth of July is here, traditional blackberry-picking time. I enjoyed seeing a Dad and two youngsters out on bikes picking berries along one of Carrboro’s inner-city country lanes during the past weekend. The huge briery berry patch in my wild…
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Land and Table: In Brief, 7/5/07
Potluck in Chatham The third “Potluck in a Pasture†summer supper will be held Sunday, July 15 from 6-8 p.m. at Pugh’s Cedarbrake Sheep Farm near Silk Hope. ChathamArts sponsors the series of suppers, which take place every third Sunday of each month this summer. Participants can tour the hosting farm and meet local artists….
Park work to start, but plant rescue comes first
Tree-protection fencing is in place at Southern Community Park. Work on the park is scheduled to begin Monday, July 9. Photo by Kirk Ross Bright orange tree-protection fences have been strung throughout the 72-acre site of Southern Community Park near U.S. 15-501 and Dogwood Acres Drive — an indication that clearing and grading for the…
News briefs: 7/5/07
Chavious to retire Orange County Finance Director Ken Chavious has announced that he will retire December 1. Chavious has worked with the county since 1978, when he started as county accounting clerk. He advanced to finance director in 1989. The county has received the U.S. Government Finance Officers Association’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in…
Riding off to a new home
The lead vehicles in a caravan of 86 Chapel Hill Transit buses headed north on Martin Luther King Boulevard last Saturday on their way to the town’s new bus garage at the recently opened Town Operations Center on Millhouse Road. Photo Courtesy of the Town of Chapel Hill. Editor’s note: this photo was appropriated by…
Connecticut company buys stake in Performance, Inc.
North Castle Partners, a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Conn. has acquired a controlling interest in Performance, Inc. Chapel Hill-based Bitech, which does business as Performance, Inc., is the largest retailer of bicycle gear in the United States. Founded in 1982 by Garry and Sharon Snook in the basement of the couple’s Chapel Hill…
For the Record
Tomorrow, today As noted previously on our opinion page, this has not been a particularly swell couple of years for efforts to secure a vote on land and water conservation bonds. Last session, concerns about the level of state indebtedness caused legislators to back away from the bond plan, which would fund a comprehensive effort…
Exile on Jones Street – Prime farmland for sale?
By Kirk Ross North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler is a bit perplexed these days. The North Carolina Senate wants to move 165 of the department’s employees and roughly 15,000 acres of state-managed research farmland to the university system, then slash the budget that funds the program. So far, the way it’s played out…
Rain barrel rescue
By Grady McCallie In the forty-first chapter of Genesis, it is written that, as Joseph languished in jail, Pharaoh dreamt. In his vision, seven fat cows were devoured by seven gaunt cows that emerged from the Nile. Ushered into Pharaoh’s presence, Joseph interpreted the dream: seven years of plenty would give way to seven years…
Letters to the Editor – July 5
Land for Tomorrow needed While legislators in the state House and Senate have been dickering over the budget this month, I’ve become increasingly worried that they’re taking their eyes off the future. This state is booming, adding new people and businesses faster than ever and we’ve all seen evidence of runaway development. Where will it…
Lisa Garmon, local activist, organizer
Lisa Garmon Lisa Garmon, decades-long Carrboro/Chapel Hill resident, active community volunteer and organizer, champion/activist for the rights of women, LBGT/queer rights, the rights of Latin American leftist farmers and immigrants, defender of the environment, and a devoted, connected, supportive friend to countless numbers of us, passed away July 3rd, 2007 from a rare thyroid cancer.  Â
UNC’s Pat Trohanis dies at 64
Pascal “Pat†Trohanis, senior scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC and long-term director of the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, died June 23 after a long battle with cancer. He was 64. Trohanis joined the institute in 1972 and became director of NECTAC’s predecessor organization in 1987. At NECTAC,…
Music Calendar – 7/5/07
The Jonathan Byrd Band will play at Weaver Street Market on July 5th from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 5 The Cave: Early, William D. Burton. Late, Lamb Handler, Dead to Society. Weaver Street Market: The Jonathan Byrd Band. 6-8pm Friday, July 6 The Cave: Early, Rose Verhoeven. Late, Fontana, Polynya, Malt Swagger. Cat’s Cradle: Bowling…
Arts Calendar – 7/05/07
Sizl Gallery’s new exhibit space in Southern Village’s Lobby of 410 Market St will feature the popular abstract artist Jason Cardenas with “Exploration of Structure.†Cardenas’ rich canvases are in many local private and corporate collections. Also continuing to exhibit Anna Podris’ delightful new encaustic paintings on wood as well as Leo Gaev’s elegant metal…
Community Calendar – 7/5/07
Seniors/Wellness Program ORANGE COUNTY SENIORSTRIDERS – A University Mall-walking program designed for all levels of walkers. 8:00am exercise warm-up, breakfast at Bear Rock, and health talk by local health experts on a variety of topics. Orange County residents age 55 and older. Free. 3rd Wed of every month. 968-2073. Groups MEDITATION – Practices of Tibetan…