Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:42:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: ronald@hispanicliaison.org
Subject: Pilgrimage for Justice – Chatham County

Pilgrimage for Justice and Peace

The Carolina Interfaith Task Force on Central America (CITCA), along with 33 organizations and churches, is cosponsoring a 100-mile walk through Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Moncure, Pittsboro, Burlington, Graham, Greensboro and Raleigh. Demands include: Moratorium on Raids and Deportations, Just and Humane Immigration Reform,
Fair Trade Policies and Worker Justice.

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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:52:07 -0400
From: Gene Galin
Subject: Natives, newcomers spar over county – Story about Chatlist in Herald Sun newspaper

Natives, newcomers spar over county
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun

Native vs. newcomer. Local vs. outsider.

In Chatham County, there’s a group of people who have been writing online on the Chatham Chatlist who have been going round and round for nearly a month about whether natives have a special claim to the county, if newcomers are ruining it and who has the right to call it “home.”

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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:09:02 EDT
From: Bprentice2
Subject: Customer Service is hard to find in PBO

This weekend I had 2 examples of terrible customer service in PBO, and  if they weren’t offset by other examples of really good service, I’d have said customer service is DEAD in Pittsboro.

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Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:27:58 -0400
From: Maurice East
Subject: One more suggestion on moles and voles

FWIW, I had a stone patio that was heavily infested with moles.  What finally worked best for me was pouring a bleach solution on the tunnels that they constructed between the stones.   They were gone in about a month!     Of course, if you have to worry about a lawn or plantings, bleach is obviously not a good solution!

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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:00:03 -0400
From: kimberli matin
Subject: Census Takers

Just a reminder that you might see people with strange little computers in their hands standing on your front stoop within the next few weeks.  They will be wearing an official badge.  These are Census takers that are only here to update address and map information.  They might also be driving slow in front of you while they check for the house number they are driving by.  Please attempt to be nice to them.  Thanks!

Kimberli Matin

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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:09:10 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Jenn
Subject: traffic circle and law enforcement

I have two things to say.

1- Please stop saying that it is the people from Siler City that are causing problems on the cirlce. I know how to drive in a circle. We have them all over up north and I have driven them all my life. it is insulting to say that. Thank you to all of the people who have said that yield does not mean stop because when people think that it actually causes more problems with traffic. Its just like when you are merging onto a major highway and need to use the ramp to get up speed to merge properly and people slow down and stop on the ramp of the highway. I do agree that it is very dangerous in front of the GSC. Why don’t they put in some speed bumps to make people slow down there. that might help with the people going really fast.

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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:06:00 -0400
From: Lesley Landis
Subject: Circle city traffic in the circle

RE: Circle city traffic in the circle

As an advocate of a pedestrian-friendly Pittsboro, speeding traffic poses a serious and potentially life-threatening problem downtown. Some say they’ve seen an improvement in safe driving since the new florescent cross walk signs were installed recently. I’m not convinced and this on-going discussion seems to prove that out … besides so many signs, and such bright ones are ugly and detract from the aesthetic appeal of our downtown.

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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:01:34 -0400
From: Cathy Head
Subject: Pittsboro Relay for Life

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Event to be held May 16th 2009  at Northwood High School

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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:51:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rod and Nancy Dail
Subject: Pittsboro Circle

My basic comment about the circle in downtown Pittsboro is – play nice!

I have noticed that if EVERYONE would slow down (to the speed limit at least) and not be in such a blasted hurry, there wouldn’t be any problems with the circle or downtown parking.  I can’t count the number of times that I have tried to back out of a parking place only to be “ignored” by the oncoming traffic — only to have them stop right behind me and not allow me to pull out.  How rude!!!  If everyone would think of the other person for half a second, just think how much more efficient life would be.

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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:14:10 -0400
From: “Lindgren, Kerstin” kerstin@FEARRINGTON.com
Subject: VIETRI Comes to Fearrington

VIETRI AT FEARRINGTON OPENS ITS DOORS

PITTSBORO, NC, March 9, 2009 – America’s largest importer of Italian handcrafted products for the table, home and garden opened its first VIETRI store in Fearrington Village on March 1st.  Combining the warmth of Italy with the elegant charm of Fearrington, the store carries the full range of VIETRI products, including handpainted earthenware, mouth-blown glass, hand-turned vases and garden urns, wall décor, linens, hand brushed candles, bath accessories and lamps.

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