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For the Record: 03/13/08

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Editor’s note: Following is the statement by Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy regarding the death of Student Body President Eve Carson delivered on behalf of the Town Council at the start of Monday’s council meeting. We begin this evening’s meeting by acknowledging the grief and pain that we are suffering at the loss of our…

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School Brief: Best essays

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Human Resources Commission recently announced the winners of the Human Relations Month essay contest. Tristin VanOrd won first place, while Alex Cecil and Jenny Jin both won third place. The winners, selected from 170 entries, are all taught by Nancy Kindem of McDougle Middle School. The students read their essays at the…

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School Brief: Musical crew

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students recently took part in the 2008 North Carolina Eastern Regional High School Orchestra. Students selected for the orchestra include: Taylor Marlow and Margaret Neville, Carrboro High School; Audrey Baron, Rebecca Clemens, Caitlin Collins, Paula Espinosa, Grace Haaland, Susan Lee, Irene Li, Nick Lloyd, Jenny Lu, Will Myers, Sara Outing, Fei…

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School Brief: History bowl champs

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

McDougle Middle School’s North Carolina History Bowl team won the regional competition at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historic Site on Feb. 20. Team members include Chris Chiesa, William Knapp, Chris Rupert and Hugo Sowder. They will compete in the North Carolina History Bowl State Competition on May 14. The team is coached by Louise Peters…

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School Brief: Tiger fundraiser

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

The Chapel Hill High School annual Tiger Open Golf Classic fundraiser will be held April 5 at the Challenge Golf Club in Graham. The 18-hole scramble tournament will include novelty contests, a raffle, prizes and food. Proceeds from the event will help fund a major upgrade of the school’s conference and state championship trophy display…

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School Brief: Honorable orchestra

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Haesu Jin, a senior violist from Chapel Hill High School, performed Feb. 29 in Albuquerque, N.M., as a member of the National Honors Orchestra. Jin joined 120 other students from around the country. She is a private viola student of Petra Beranyi and plays in the Chapel Hill High School Orchestra directed by Barbara Smith.

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Phillips Middle School Honors

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

6th Grade A Honor Roll List: Alec Arshavsky, Karianne Askevold, Mackenzie Bright, Anna Broome Melissa Carroll, Carolyn Chang, Rohil Chekuri, Wanjing Cui, George De Castro, Jordan Donnelly, Samuel Dunson, Sarah Dwyer, Kyle Eng, Sarah Fordam, Joshua George, Ben Goldstein, Elianna Goldstein, Geni Gualtieri, Carina Guerra, Thomas Guest, Ori Hashmonay, Carly Hendricks, George Hito, Grant Holub-Moorman,…

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Bravo, Heels!

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

By Frank Heath Sports Columnist Bravo, Heels! Following Tywon Lawson’s severe ankle injury early in February, there were a lot more questions about this UNC basketball team than answers. Sure, the Tar Heels still possessed the talent — as they very often do — to compete against top opposition on any given night. But when…

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Carrboro High Scoreboard

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Carrboro High Women’s Soccer March 10 (via Tony Blanford) Carrboro defeated Raleigh Charter, 2-1, after two periods of extra time. Raleigh goal by C. Morgan, assist H. Deters. Carrboro goals V. Aldana , M. Cranfill.

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Sports Brief: Baseball fundraiser

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Terry Sturdivant has been a lifelong baseball fan — and a Yankees fan, at that — an act he admits was a bit of rebellion against his father, a Red Sox loyalist. So when Sturdivant Tire and Auto at White Cross decided to focus its philanthropy, helping local baseball seemed pretty natural. Sturdivant reports that…

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Sports Brief: Jaguars second in first golf match

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

(via Linda Thomason) Carrboro High School’s men’s golf team played in their first-ever Mid-State conference golf match Monday 3/10 at Hillandale Golf Course. The Jaguars finished second out of 8 teams competing. Cardinal Gibbons finished first with a score of 147, followed by Carrboro HS (162) and Graham HS (164). The next Mid-State match is…

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Water Watch: Wednesday, March 12

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 0‘ .25” below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 12‘ 1.25” below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  3.53” Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.99”

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Arrest made in Carson case

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill Police released the following statement at 4:35 p.m. today (Wednesday): Early this morning the Chapel Hill Police Department received information that the individual appearing in the convenience store photograph was possibly in a residence in Durham. Chapel Hill Police Investigators then notified the Durham Police authorities and surveillance of this location was established….

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Don’t Miss the Spring Ephemerals

Posted on March 10, 2008March 10, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore Some of our most beautiful woodland flowers are called spring ephemerals because their visible presence is fleetingly brief. They emerge from the forest floor in the chilly late winter to take advantage of the full sunlight that’s absent once the forest canopy is in full leaf. By mid-April, some of these early…

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First break in Carson murder case

Posted on March 8, 2008March 10, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill Police investigators held a news conference at 11 a.m. today (Saturday) to announce that they had surveillance photos of a “person of interest” driving murdered UNC Student Body President Eve Carson’s SUV. The individual in the photos was using Carson’s ATM card and appears to be driving her blue 2005 Toyota Highlander. He…

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