
{"id":3309,"date":"2008-08-21T07:11:12","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2008-08-21T07:11:12","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T15:11:12","slug":"town-state-honor-ellen-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/08\/21\/town-state-honor-ellen-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Town, state honor Ellen Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/ellen082108.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/ellen082108.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><em>by <strong>Catherine Rierson<\/strong><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CARRBORO  \u00e2\u20ac\u201d You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve probably seen Ellen Perry around downtown Carrboro. She goes almost everywhere in her wheelchair; the flags attached waving just above her head make her easy to spot. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also hard to forget.<\/p>\n<p>Perry has done a lot to improve the quality of life of town residents with disabilities. In recognition of that, on Aug. 7 the N.C. Council on Developmental Disabilities awarded Perry the Jack B. Hefner Award.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The award Ellen received from the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities was honoring what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done not just in our community, but in communities all across the state,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton said.<\/p>\n<p>To further recognize Perry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s achievements, the Board of Alderman declared Aug. 7 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ellen Perry Day.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Perry founded the advocacy group Real Advocates Now Emerging (RANE) based on principles of self-determination and, as a result, automatic door openers were installed at the Carrboro Town Hall and the Century Center. <\/p>\n<p>Perry also played a pivotal part in the Hurricane Katrina Equipment Distribution Program for People with Disabilities and Older People, and as a member of countless developmental-disabilities leadership councils and programs she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worked painstakingly for more housing options and improvements in transportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to recognize what Ellen has done for Carrboro,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chilton said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Most everyone in the community recognizes her face \u00e2\u20ac\u201c she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really become a part of downtown Carrboro now.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer CARRBORO \u00e2\u20ac\u201d You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve probably seen Ellen Perry around downtown Carrboro. She goes almost everywhere in her wheelchair; the flags attached waving just above her head make her easy to spot. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also hard to forget. Perry has done a lot to improve the quality of life of town residents with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}