Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Meg Miller
Subject: Cole Park goes down hill…fur

Cole Park Plaza has never been a “gem” of North Chatham.  It’s always had many empty store fronts and that sort of “has been” look. But what’s going on there now is a bit troubling.  The old “OLIVE BRANCH” is now one really creepy bar, with blacked out windows.  If this is what liquor by the drink has brought our way, I’m sorry it passed.
I really can’t describe it to give the low rent feel this place has.  Next time you’re by, stick your head in and be your own judge and then back out the door slowly.

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Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 11:00:25 -0500
From: Tom Glendinning
Subject: Subject: Community Meetings on Potential Chatham Landfill

I address this issue as the founder of the NC Compost Council and the largest producer of compost in the state at one time (1988-1993) and someone whose corporate efforts were directed toward recycling before it became popular.

The proposed landfill meetings are sponsored by the county.  They may provide a solution to support of the trucking industry now used to transport waste across county and state lines.  However, the proposed solution will be flawed in design if it does not account for the most efficient and cost-effective strategy overlooked, yeh ingored, by officials and bureaucrats many times in the twenty-eight years that alternative were sought.

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Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:13:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: tim keim
Subject: Forgetting Earth

Published in the Chapel Hill Herald Sun May 9, 2009

FORGETTING EARTH
by Tim Keim
MAY 5, 2009

I’m not quite sure how I came to juxtapose species extinction with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), but the more I think about it, the more sense it makes. Species extinction and AD share a common root. Researchers have identified environmental factors as one of the chief causes of AD. The environmental factors in AD and species extinction are, in general, the human created disturbance and pollution of the delicately balanced composition of our air, water and soil; the building blocks from which we and our host (Earth) are made.

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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:31:42 -0400
From: Glenn Woolard
Subject: Robeson Creek Report to the Pittsboro Community — Thursday –
April 23 — 6:30 pmcha

Robeson Creek Report to Pittsboro Community — Thursday night — April 23

A Robeson Creek Report to the Pittsboro Community will be conducted by the Robeson Creek Watershed Council and the Chatham Extension Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service on Thursday night, April 23.

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:52:09 -0500
From: Glenn Woolard
Subject: How to Sell Your Timber Workshop — Thursday — February 12 — 7
pm — Pittsboro

A How to Sell Your Timber Workshop will be held on Thursday, February 12, at 7:00 pm.  The workshop will be in the auditorium downstairs in the County Agriculture Building in Pittsboro.  The workshop is being conducted by the Chatham County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

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Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:50:05 -0500
From: Dwain Ritchie
Subject: Old Dam

I was wondering if there is anyone out there who can tell me about a dam across Landrum Creek.  It is south of Jay Shambley Rd.  It is a very old dam with a hand stacked rock wall on a portion of it.  Does anyone know the history, when it was built, etc.?

Thank you,
Dwain Ritchie

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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:33:30 +0000
From: mike resnik
Subject: Small business introduction: Collins Mountain Grading

COLLINS MOUNTAIN GRADING, (919) 929-3324, mikeresnik@bellsouth.net.
Website: www.collinsmountaingrading.com

I am Mike Resnik, and I write to introduce my business, Collins Mountain Grading. First I want to thank Gene for producing the Chatlist and for providing small businesses this opportunity. I also want to thank my friends and customers for voting Collins Mountain Grading Chatham’s Best for the past three years.

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:42:34 +0000
From: Alice Jones
Subject: Woods School on Andrews Store Road

I think Woods School can certainly be an asset to the community, but does it have to be SO UGLY? The landscape has been mutilated, and the building is a glaring monstrosity. When I  drive down Andrews Store Rd. at night, the multitude of bright lights and wasted energy is overwhelming. However, I guess it will fit in quite well with the upcoming “city of Briar’s Chapel,” which will complete the destruction of that beautiful forestland and peaceful country road. There’s no accounting for bad taste.

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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:52:40 -0400
From: Ryan Elting
Subject: seeking advice re: capturing rainwater for gardening

If you do decide to go with the $50 rain barrels from The Rain Barrel Company in Durham, and you have a way to transport several (like a pickup or something), I’d love to join in and help pay for gas and get a couple for my house.

I’ve been wanting to get up there for a month or so now, but have found it almost impossible to fit in my schedule since I work way south of Pittsboro, and they only sell the “cosmetically flawed” barrels on Tuesday 11-7 and Wednesday 9-3:30 p.m.  Let me know if this might work.

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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:41:45 -0400
From: Laura Lauffer
Subject: Sustainability and GreenBuilding Courses, CCCC Fall Register Now

CCCC Pittsboro Fall GreenBuilding Classes

Registration Now Open, Ongoing. 542 6495 ext 223

Basic Residential Construction Techniques: (with emphasis on Alternative Energy and Green Building). This course is designed to educate students on the basics of building principles, with a focus on green building and energy efficient construction. Areas of instruction will include site location, foundation, and framing, HVAC, exterior trim, electrical, plumbing, finish choices, code information and the permitting process. Instructors Judy and Mike Harrelson. materials and text required (CCCC bookstore) 08/19/08 10/21/08 Tuesdays 6:00P – 9:00P Fee 56.25

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