Latest edition of The Carrboro Citizen is online and on the streets.
Loading up racks right now. Weaver Street Market is first on the route.
Latest edition of The Carrboro Citizen is online and on the streets.
Loading up racks right now. Weaver Street Market is first on the route.
Just got this rather stunning email from Bob Hall and Democracy North Carolina.
MOST CITIZENS NOT VOTING IN NORTH CAROLINA
Young Adults More Likely to Be Binge Drinkers Than VotersA new “Civic Participation Index for North Carolina” shows that only two out of five adults [40.8 percent] bother to vote in the typical state election.
The Index says that young North Carolinians age 18 to 25 are half as likely to vote as their grandparents — and more likely to engage in binge drinking than participate in elections.
And it says more men own guns than cast ballots.
For the Release and Index, go to:
http://www.democracy-nc.org/improving/CPI.pdf
Also, here’s a state-by-state chart for voter turnout, 1984-2004:
http://www.democracy-nc.org/improving/voterturnout.pdf
Take a Walk in the Woods and Pay Attention to the Beech Leaves
By Ken Moore
As Dave Cook engagingly describes in The Piedmont Almanac, “There is something conclusive about the day the old brown beech leaves fall.†Dave’s observation is for the fourth week of March — and he is right on target for this seasonal occurrence in our local Piedmont region around Carrboro and Chapel Hill.
It took me more than two decades to become aware of this recurring seasonal phenomenon. Ten years ago, while driving into town, I realized that the beautiful pale copper-brown leaves that had been clinging to the low horizontal branches of a grove of beech trees the evening before were suddenly absent, having overnight carpeted the forest floor. That morning 10 years ago was April 1, an easy date to remember. I was so intrigued by that observation that I made a mental note to be acutely watchful of the lingering beech tree leaves in future years to determine whether or not an April 1 overnight dropping of beech leaves is one of those actions to anticipate as regularly as the return of the swallows or that reappearance of the hummingbird with the opening of the first columbine flower.
This week’s edition of The Carrboro Citizen is out on the streets and the Web. Links as follows:
News
Board passes six-month development moratorium
Commissioners approve transfer station for solid waste at Eubanks Road site
UNC offers three scenarios for Carolina North
Town Council agrees to try working with UNC on neighborhood committees
Services set for Jason Ray
News briefs: 3/28/07
Kirk Osborn dies at 64
Features
Sloshing around in the name of science
Pollen days are here, but don’t blame the pines
Chatham Habitat for Humanity sets a brisk pace
New UNC research shows English-only policies not helping Spanish-speaking pre-schoolers prepare
Sports
Frank Heath: Grrr…
Plus, a whole lot more.
The papers are in.
Now distributing them around town.
Stories are up online at the main site.
Getcher copies.
They taste so good when they’re fresh. Mmmmmmm.
This week in music March 28 through April 4
This week kicks off with a sold out Leo Kottke show at the ArtsCenter. Bet it was swell.
Irish Spring? Fresh on the heels of last week’s Solas show, the center’s Celtic Concert series concludes with Dervish on Thursday, March 29. The next night (that’s Friday, if you’ve already lost count), John Jorgenson promises to play the heck out of an acoustic guitar in that gypsy jazz style.
Please note that tickets are still around for the ArtsCenter’s show with turntablist Kid Koala.
At the Cat’s Cradle, the local highlight is the Saturday, March 31 release party for The Moaners new record, Blackwing Yalobusha. They’re joined by Spider Bags and Un Deux Trois. Big names from out of town headed to the Cradle this week are Ted Leo and the Pharmacists returning on Friday, March 30 and the original Sebadoh playing on Wednesday, April 4. Add to that a Hip Hop show on Thursday, March 29 featuring Virginia Beach ’s Clipse with Durham’s Kaze and Free Bass 808; and Monday’s return of the Electric Six with Test Your Reflex and Night Kills the Day.
Over on the West End, the week at Local 506 starts The Black Angels and Vietnam on Wednesday, followed by two CD release shows by Sons with Calico Haunts and Heather McIntyre on Thursday, March 29; and the Eyes to Space release show on Friday. Saturday features Boxbomb, Barbarella and Slow Motion Crash.
Over at The Reservoir there’s a Tuesday, April 3 show featuring Giant Squid, Grayceon and Tooth.
Down the street at The Cave, it’s a big weekend with Regina Hexaphone and Casados on Friday, Big Fat Gap playing Saturday and a three-band mashup on Sunday with Can Joann, Jaguar Club and The Manics.
Men’s game is tomorrow at 5:05 p.m.
Women’s game is at 9:30 p.m.
Sportsline
Fan Central
Tar Heel Daily
And while you’re waiting, here’s a moment to remember via You Tube. It seems like only yesterday. . .
Here’s what’s in The Carrboro Citizen for the week of March 21, 2007:
News
Town looks at changes in rules for downtown projects
Aldermen ready moratorium plans
Local folks say war no more
Schools lay out construction, repair needs
Emergency Medicaid expenses studied
Peak Oil movies and talks scheduled
News briefs: 3/21/07
County looks at waste options
Blunden Wins N.C. Sustainability Energy Leadership Award
Opinion
Of Radishes and Rims
Not My Grandfather’s Newspaper
Features
Nearly a century later, town gets name on paper
Market time
(And via the Carrboro Commons)
Patrolling in the passenger’s seat
Carrboro High School goes green
All aboard for a smorgasboard
Sports
Ty and Tyler Steal the Show
Music
Blackwing Yalobusha to fly
Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Black Lips, Leo Kottke, Solas
They’re here. Racks are going around town right now (3:25). There’ll be one in front of Milltown, another near Armadillo Grill in a few. The next stop after that is Weaver Street Market, then the ArtsCenter.
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Took some time to make things right—or at least get closer to right. A few glitches here and there. The press is running as I write. A real odyssey, I tell ya.
kmr