Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:01:26 -0400
From: Tom West
Subject: Capital Bank is NOT backing Plenty! Who is?

“Capital Bank was approached by a group asking if we could be a currency exchange,” Cecil Walter with Capital Bank said.

Visit the plenty web site and you will see that Capital Bank is only offering exchange services -

The PLENTY is backed by trust. The only reason to accept a PLENTY is because you know what it is worth, and you are confident you can claim that value from it when you need it.
Capital Bank in Pittsboro is offering exchange services at the rate of $.90 for 1P.

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Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 16:19:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Happy Hunter
Subject: Urban Archery Season

The Urban Archery Season was a program created a couple of years ago by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission in response to a severe deer herd overpopulation issue that some areas of NC are currently dealing with. This overpopulation is a result of many factors, including but not limited to a lack of natural predators (although coyotes are increasing to fill that gap); an abundance of food created by agriculture, the conversion of forest land to residential (better eats in your flower patch than in the deep woods); a limited number of hunters and a focus by some hunters to hunting only bucks; and misguided “deer lovers” that feed corn or other feed to the wildlife, establishing an unnatural dependence.

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Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 17:01:29 -0400
From: Cure Nursery
Subject: Deer Culling

Dear Aurora,

It is clear that you speak from a genuine concern for the deer.  But what you seem to be unaware of is that the imbalance in the ecosystem that we humans have caused by eradicating all the predators that used to keep the deer population in check  – this imbalance is our fault, and we must accept responsibility for the consequences.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:29:44 -0400
From: Tami Schwerin
Subject: Opportunity Chatham: May 12th 7:30am in Siler City

Dear Chatham,

If you have any interest in the economic development of Chatham County, you’ll want to come out on May 12th to the Opportunity Chatham breakfast featuring local food, local businesses and keynote speaker, NC Secretary of Commerce; Keith Crisco.  Economic Development will give a short presentation on the “state of the county” and you’ll get to catch up with all your neighbors and friends.

Held at the building:  Joan’s Fabric in Siler City:

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