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Sports

Swim for Smiles Youth Triathalon

The Swim for Smiles Foundation is holding its 3rd Annual Youth Triathlon on May 31st. The triathlon includes 2 courses to accommodate ALL levels and is open to kids age 6-18. All proceeds will benefit the N.C. Children’s Hospital. Come swim, bike, run, volunteer, or watch! For more info, see www.swimforsmiles.org.

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Miscellany

Local 506 updated sked

Here’s the updated schedule for Local 506:

5/14 Thu THE THERMALS / THE SHAKY HANDS / POINT JUNCTURE, WA
5/15 Fri HORSE FEATHERS / JOE PUG
5/16 Sat HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN (Joy Division cover band) / MR. SUIT
(Wire Cover Band) – Plus Post-Punk/New Wave with DJ Canon of Modern
Life
5/17 Sun 506 Music Trivia Night
5/18 Mon HER SPACE HOLIDAY / CITY LIGHT
5/19 Tue THE BURNING HOTELS / TEH VODAK
5/20 Wed IT’S JUST VANITY
5/21 Thu MR. LIF (featuring Metro from SA Smash) / GRIEVES / WILLIE
EVANS, JR. / SOCIAL MEMORY COMPLEX
5/22 Fri LEMMING MALLOY / I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT / GRAY YOUNG

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Miscellany

Going to Carolina in my mind

Sweet.

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Miscellany

McRamp

No, the front of the newly re-opened McDonald’s was not designed by Tony Hawk. But man . . .

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Miscellany

Signage Part 1

This week in front of Chapel Hill Comics.

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Weather

Seven Day Forecast

Damp week ahead.
Via the NWS:

Today: Periods of rain. High near 59. North wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 75. North wind between 3 and 6 mph.

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Miscellany

Anoop day

Anoop Day in Chapel Hill

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Anoop Desai signs a poster for Chapel Hill Town Council members Laura Easthom and Jim Ward at the Anoop Day ceremony Monday at Town Hall. Photo courtesy of the Town of Chapel Hill.

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Miscellany

Peas & Shoots & Shrimp

Recipe Provided by: Kelly Clark, Market Staff
This is easy – especially if you treat the shrimp as peel and eat! By the time you cook the rice the water is nicely flavored with mint and shrimp. During dinner, keep a bowl of lemon water close by to help keep your fingers clean. Be sure to use your peas as soon as you can after purchase. They will be sweeter if you do.

Ingredients:
8 cups water
5 sprigs mint (I prefer peppermint)
1 tsp salt
1 lb fresh shrimp, in the shell
2 lbs English pea pods, shelled, or 1 pt shelled English peas
8 oz. pea shoots, rough chopped
1-2 Tbls butter
2 Tbls chopped mint
4 Tbls chopped chives

Procedure:
In a medium-sized pot add 5 sprigs of mint to 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add 1 tsp salt.

Blanch the shelled peas in the boiling water for 3 minutes, then remove the peas reserving the water and the mint sprigs. Shock the peas in cool water to stop the cooking, drain and set aside.

Bring the water back to a boil and add the shrimp – in the shell – to the water and cook for 3 minutes or until the shrimp is just done. Remove the shrimp – reserving the water. Set shrimp aside. Remove the mint sprigs from the water, and return the water to a boil.

Add 1 cup of rice to the boiling water, reduce to a sturdy simmer, and cook the rice for 15 minutes, or until the rice is done.

About 5 minutes before the rice is finished, melt the butter in a medium pan, add the peas and sauté until the peas are warmed. When the rice is done, drain it well and add the rice to the peas along with the pea shoots. Toss lightly, then add the chopped mint and chives and toss again.

Serve the rice along-side the peel and eat shrimp.

Serves 4

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Community

What’s at the Market??

Saturdays 7am – Noon
Wednesdays 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Thursdays at Southern Village 3:30pm – 6:30pm

Check out what’s at the Carrboro Year-Round Farmers’ Market . . .
Sugar snaps, strawberries, asparagus, greenhouse tomatoes, greenhouse cucumbers, leeks, cauliflower, lettuce, hydroponic basil, chard, spring onions, pac choy, flour, onions, garlic, arugula, beets, broccoli, watercrest, cabbage, radishes, winter squashes, collards, fresh herbs, kale, leeks, mustard greens, salad greens, spinach, sweet potatoes, turnips, turnip greens, winter squashes, pecans, herb and vegetable starters, flowers such as anemones, sweet Williams, ranunculus, tulips, poppies, bachelor buttons, snap dragons, agrostema, freesia, pussy willows, ranunculus chicken-sausage, maple sausage, smoked ham, smoked ham hocks, liverwurst, lamb, bacon, chicken, eggs, cow’s milk cheeses, breads, doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes

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Miscellany

What’s Happening at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market??

Saturdays: 7am-Noon
Wednesdays: Now open 3:30-6:30pm
Thursday Market at Southern Village: OPENS May 7th 3:30-6:30pm

 
MAY 4th: Community Meeting: Help Plan for the Future Friends of the Carrboro Farmers Market!
Please join us and help us plan for the future Friends of the Carrboro Farmers Market in a planning meeting scheduled for Monday May 4th at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The Friends of The Carrboro Farmer’s Market is being developed as a tax exempt organization to undertake charitable and educational activities related to agricultural issues. We want to hear your ideas of what you would like to see from a Friends organization and explore opportunities for you to be involved in its formative stages and future projects. Come join us for fun evening and help build greater support for sustainable agriculture! This meeting is open to all, so if you have some ideas you’d like to share, please come and bring a friend.

MAY 7th: The Southern Village Farmers’ Market OPENS on the green across from the Lumina Theatre!! In celebration of opening day, Scroggs Elementary School Choir students will perform their spring concert on the lawn at 3:30pm. Afterward, Chef Adam Rose from Il Palio Restaurant will cook local cuisine using farmers’ market produce. Don’t miss out on the fun at opening day of the Southern Village Farmers’ Market!!

Thank you for supporting the Market for 31 years!
See you there,
Sarah Blacklin, Market Manager

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Miscellany

What’s at Market?

Check out what’s at the Carrboro Year-Round Farmers’ Market . . .

STRAWBERRIES, asparagus, greenhouse tomatoes, tulips, daffodils, irises, lettuce, hydroponic basil, chard, spring onions, pac choy, flour, onions, garlic, arugula, beets, broccoli, watercrest, cabbage, radishes, winter squashes, collards, fresh herbs, kale, leeks, mustard greens, salad greens, spinach, sweet potatoes, turnips, turnip greens, winter squashes, pecans, herb and vegetable starters, NEW chicken-sausage, maple sausage, smoked ham, smoked ham hocks, liverwurst, lamb, bacon, chicken, eggs, cow’s milk cheeses, breads, doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes

Saturdays 7am-Noon and Wednesdays 3:30-6:30pm at Carrboro Town Commons. Thursday Market OPENS May 7th on the green at Southern Village 3:30-6:30pm