Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:55:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Trace and Patricia Swayze
Subject: Round about

The round about like the one at the Pittsboro courthouse is a problem because no one uses their turn signals. I am from East Texas and we had the same problems until it was mandatory to use turn signals, which only makes good sense, to allow the other drivers to know where you are turning and when they can enter the circle. We use our turn signals when ever we approach and turn out of the circle giving someone else the opportunity to pull into the circle knowing in advance which direction we are turning. Try it and see if that helps solve the circle crisis.

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:58:14 -0400
From: Bett Essen
Subject: Celebrate Chatham Habitat’s 20th Birthday with us!

Chatham Habitat for Humanity is celebrating its 20th year, with events scheduled throughout the month of October. You are invited to join us! Nearly 100 families across the county have left sub-standard housing behind – that alone is worth celebrating. Call Lynda at 542-0794, ext. 215 for information or visit our new website: www.chathamhabitat.org

Schedule of events:

Kick-Off Celebration

Thursday, Oct. 1, 10 am

467 West St., Pittsboro (former Home Store Too space)

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:40:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Darryl Wally
Subject: Sitting at stoplights is lousy traffic flow.

Joy Hewett says, ” roundabouts create really lousy traffic flows.”

This can’t be farther from the truth.
They are the most efficient means possible for handling intersecting and merging traffic flow.
Setting at stoplights is lousy traffic flow.
I fail to understand why some people seem threatened by circle traffic.
All it takes is knowledge of rules of driving….and hopefully eyes.

I applaud efforts to make traffic flow more efficient in Pittsboro.
Raleigh is doing likewise in several congested areas near State campus, and those already
in use are wonderfully useful.
Darryl

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:48:00 -0400
From: Beth Turner
Subject: Women’s Rock Retreat Week-end at Celebrity Dairy!

Girls Rock NC has scheduled our annual (soon to be bi-annual, we hope)  Women’s Rock Retreat Weekend for October 23-25, 2009.

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:12:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: stephanie talbott
Subject: Thrift and discount shopping (my favorite sport)

I am responding to Lawrence’s question regarding thrift shops/discount shopping in the area.  I recommend the Habitat for Humanity shops (on hwy 64, just west of the Pittsboro Circle), and the PTA thrift shop (just east of the circle next to Piggly Wiggly).  It is best to frequent these shops, as inventory changes quickly and your needed item might take a few visits to locate.  In the process, you’ll find some wonderful treasures you didn’t know you needed! It is a “green” shoppers delight… someone else’s “throw-aways” stay out of the garbage/landfill, and may very well be your treasure or just the item you have been looking for.
There is also a new Habitat for Humanity store between Chapel Hill and Durham, on 15/501 and just North of I-40.

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:39:43 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: mellison
Subject: Chatham County Fair Opens Wednesday September 30th!

Come One! Come All! to the Chatham County Fair. Fall is definitely in the air. Cotton candy, rides, funnel cake, agricultural and farm exhibits, family fun for all. The Chatham County Fair is Bigger and Better each year. Come on out Wednesday evening at 6pm for the Opening Ceremony. All student 18 and younger are admitted free on opening night. The Northwood Jazz Ensemble will perform. There will be a tribute to the late Margaret Pollard, a lifelong matriarch of the Chatham County Fair.

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:28:45 -0400
From: mary51802
Subject: The problem with roundabouts here in the US

The problem with roundabouts here in the US is that they are not used properly. Every corner is to keep flowing slowly to blend traffic so it is a continuous flow. You are not supposed to stop 100%. People here us them like four way stops and that creates a problem. Check out some European traffic cams and see how roundabouts and traffic circles have been used for years.
Good luck.

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:06:02 -0400
From: Claire Kane
Subject: taking positive action

Anyone, a-n-y-o-n-e, who has dreams and ideas that cannot be achieved in the short term, but still takes action is vulnerable to the “delusions of grandeur” accusation. Yet, where would we be without big picture thinkers? Our forebears dreamt big. The tendency to think and conceptualize on a broader scale is a human characteristic, just like being detail-oriented, or having a sense of humor, or an aptitude for math or writing.

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