Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:49:46 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: PYO strawberries! [picappgallerysingle id=”296038″]Strawberry season has arrived and it’s looking to be a great year for berries! Chatham County has two pick-your-own strawberry farms that would welcome your business: Jean’s Berry Patch in Apex – call for opening dateContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:58:52 -0400 From: “Gaby Fornari” <> Subject: Call for Volunteers:  WOMEN BUILD, May 4-7, Chatham Habitat Women Volunteers!  Please join us in building affordable housing in partnership with families in need! Habitat for Humanity International, Lowe’s Home Improvement, and Chatham Habitat are promoting a weekContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:26:38 -0400 From: Kira Dirlik Subject: Continuing Tree Saga As I continue to observe the elms, I see that it is something  entirely different from the dropping leaf skeletons going on.   A  different predator from the past two years.  The leaves are slowly  being completelyContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:29:41 -0400 From: Marina C Long Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3705 [picappgallerysingle id=”7532527″]Subject:  Mystery Noise.   Reply to Lyn Hicks about mystery noise: I don’t know if the crackling sound you hear is related to the cut Maple leaves you see all around.  However, at myContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:31:50 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Mysteries in the trees It’s often misleading to identify insects or other mysteries based on general descriptions.  But I recently had a call about a small caterpillar and black fecal pellets falling from a tree – oak I think. Continue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:16:43 -0400 From: Robert Britson Subject: NC 87 traffic detours Signage for new Hwy 87 detours will be reevaluated on Tuesday, April 20, according to a DOT worker.  First day was amazingly confusing since Old Graham Rd and 87 S are both affected.  Impt information:Continue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:13:28 -0400 From: Gwen Overturf Subject: Lee Pollard – Helping Dreams Come True Just this afternoon I picked up one of Lee Pollard’s refurbished computers for a student of mine. Neither this child nor her family have the funding or connections to obtain a computerContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:19:53 -0800 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Subject: Slippery Elms dying Kira; Decline of elms, slippery or Chinese, is a common occurence.  Elms do not seem to live long in the Piedmont.  Root rot, trunk cankers, borers are more likely invaders.  The  variable oak leaf caterpillar,Continue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:25:29 -0400 From: Ann Kaiyala Subject: YMCA Healthy Kids Day on Sunday, April 25th from 1:00-5:00 Chatham YMCA presents its Healthy Kids Day from 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 25th at Camp Royall. YMCA Healthy Kids Day is a free,fun-filled day of activities designedContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:55:22 -0400 From: Lesley Landis Subject: Thank you Saturday’s 9th Annual ClydeFEST was an absolute success in every definition of the word! Based on unofficial counts, the turnout hovered around 1000 children, parents, and grandparents who enjoyed the authentic, homemade, county fair whimsy of ClydeFEST. Continue Reading

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:37:05 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics 1. Letter to Mayor Voller RE: Shot of ‘Spro’s non-attendance  (Read 5189 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,17915.0.html 2. “Independent Weekly” endorsements for 2010 primary  (Read 1765 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,18067.0.html 3. Randy on ABC !!  (ReadContinue Reading

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:14:13 -0400 From: Kira Dirlik Subject: Slippery Elms dying For the past two years I have seen all the leaves fall off  slippery elms on my property, as just dry brown skeletons, in mid- summer.   (Never before 2 summers ago.)  I noticed this week that Continue Reading