Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:39:19 -0400
From: Parent-Teacher Fellowship
Subject: Haw River Christian Academy link codes

Hi Gene,

Thank you for the reminder that people need to re-link their shopping cards every year. Haw River Christian Academy is also set up with the corporations you mentioned if anyone out there is interested in linking to us.

Harris Teeter:
http://www.harristeeter.com/community/together_in_education/link_to_your_school.aspx
School ID 7551

Food Lion:
https://www.foodlion.com/IntheCommunity/ShopandShare/secure/RegisterMVPCards
School ID 30592

Target:
https://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-005174
School ID 151140

Thank you!
Amy Bulbrook
Parent Teacher Fellowship Chairperson

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:54 -0400
From: Laura Young
Subject: mass transit

Whenever a debate about funding mass transit comes up, there are many who do not want to spend the money because the numbers do not justify the expense.  I would hope that we consider the monetary cost of not having a mass transit system.  In addition to previously mentioned factors-traffic, the environment, global warming pollution..,  what did it cost the taxpayers to widen 15-501 between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill?  What was the cost to the people who live on the 15-501 corridor and lost their home or a part of their homeplace and its value because of the widening.  The cost of doing nothing is not always nothing.

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:53:49 -0400
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Re:  ‘gnats in the house’

With these pests in the bathroom and kitchen, they might be drain flies.  Or fungus gnats.   Either could be reproducing indoors without the necessity of using your doors.  Have a look at these two websites to see if it helps you narrow your focus on where they are and how to control them:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/drainfly.htm
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/fungusgnat.htm

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:49:59 +0000
From: Stephanie Peterson
Subject: Pittsboro Bus

I would like to thank Randy Voller, Chatham County Commissioners, Chapel Hill Transit, and everyone else responsible for the Pittsboro bus to Chapel Hill.  I ride this bus every day and am happy to say that the 7:15 bus is about half full every morning (a far cry from the 4 riders during the route’s first week in August).

A new bus route needs time to get the kinks out, so please be patient while the schedule and the number of buses is organized.  If you would like to ride the bus but the current schedule doesn’t fit your own, let Chapel Hill Transit know at:

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:55:11 -0400
From: Karen Ladd
Subject: community lunch

Yes, there still is a free lunch! Every Thursday at St. Bartholomew’s Church, corner of Salisbury and Rectory Streets, in downtown Pittsboro. From 12 Noon until 1 PM, we serve delicious restaurant quality food to anyone who comes in the door. No forms to fill out. Volunteers welcome; call 542-5679 for information on how to volunteer or for information about our community lunch.

Every Sunday Holy Eucharist at 8 AM and 10:30 AM.

Contemplative Taize Prayer Service First Sunday of the Month at 5:15 PM

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:38:49 -0400
From: Robert Britson
Subject: Roundabout

A roundabout is an efficient way to route traffic at this particular part of Hwy 87.  Folks should already be driving slowly, but often do not.  I would not be surprised if fewer trees were removed with the roundabout than would have occurred with widening and creating new turns.

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:13:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Linda Allred Cooper
Subject: The Bus

I am lovin all the bus comments – pro and con.  Stimulating, entertaining, and constructive conversation is my goal.

Randy (not Voller), thanks for asking about my son’s racing career (although, you sly thing, you claimed you are not interested in how we spend our time).  Yes, my son races “round track” for a living.  Yes, that requires gas, oil, etc., and I suppose some folks (non-fans, I’m sure) consider it an “antiquated quaint Southern tradition” although it is a multi-billion $$ industry growing in popularity every year.  Cooking with fat back could be considered “antiquated quaint Southern tradition” too – but I have pintos on the stove as I’m writing this.  Just call me old fashioned.

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:45:15 -0400
From: Molly Matlock
Subject: Bart, Paul, and Xiane on ChathamArts new Radio Talk Show, “Inside the Artist’s Studio”

Hi all. This is a reminder to live stream our new arts talk show on WCOM from 4 – 5 pm today: www.wcomfm.org. I’ll be interviewing Christiane Voisin, Bart Hubbard, and Paul Mihas about where food factors into their sense of identity and how they learned to get creative in the kitchen.

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:41:34 -0400
From: Reece Elizabeth
Subject: Door Doctor

For anyone out there with troubling doors, we wanted to recommend The  Door Doctor, Robert Sprenger. He came out and fixed numerous problems we had with  exterior doors that were sticking and hard to open,  interior closet doors that wouldn’t stay open (very annoying when  putting things away!) and most importantly, fixed all of our double  hung doors that did not line up properly when they were closed.

He was on time, very neat, courteous and reasonably priced. We have another project that needs to be done and will be calling him again shortly.

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:33:01 -0400
From: Marissa Jelks
Subject: H1N1 Vaccine Update in Chatham County

Chatham County Public Health Department received 300 doses of the live virus flu vaccine last week. The live virus flu vaccine is in the form of a nasal spray. This vaccine should only be given to healthy, non-pregnant persons aged 2-49 years. The Chatham County Public Health Department is offering the vaccine to persons in the targeted priority groups first. This includes:

*         Healthcare workers with direct patient contact,

*         Household contacts and caregivers of infants less than 6 months old, and

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