Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:54:50 -0400 From: Kira Dirlik Subject: Fig trees I read that article about the newly arrived kudzu beetles, too. Luckily I have not seen them on my fig tree (yet). As for pruning, here is what I have experienced. For years I onlyContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 06:00:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Meg Miller Subject: Board of Ed/Commish meetings Wow…..I need to stick my nose out the door more often and get to some of these Board of Ed/Commish meetings. Sounds like the good old days with the good old boys are backContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 00:06:32 -0400 From: chathammatters Subject: Responding to Karen Crowell Karen Crowell, You challenged the idea that our county government needs to prioritize, and that government has limited funds. You claim that government simply can raise taxes and then it can take care of housing, hunger,Continue Reading
From: Karen Crowell Sent: Sat, May 25, 2013 1:51:33 PM Subject: non-funding of non-profits Donna Kelly tells us that: “The Board of Commissioners sets funding priorities and appoints volunteers to review the applications…. This year there were requests for over $400,000 and about $230,000 to allocate, so you can seeContinue Reading
From: Beth Budd Sent: Fri, May 24, 2013 11:52:14 AM Subject: You CAN Do Something to Feed Hungry Children in Chatham this Summer! A few weeks ago, Phreddie DeLois Popp asked these questions in a post about community activism: <<What can we do as individuals to help those 1 outContinue Reading
From: Jennifer Gillis Sent: Fri, May 24, 2013 11:34:09 AM Subject: This Week at Chatham County Public Libraries All Chatham County library branches will be closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day. Chatham Community Library reopens Tuesday, May 28 at 9 am. Wren Library reopens Tuesday, May 28 atContinue Reading
From: Bert Bowe Sent: Thu, May 23, 2013 1:42:25 PM Subject: Crucial Board of Education election issue Crucial Board of Education election issue The Chatham Commissioner Republican majority has made a last-minute and surprise request of state Representative Deb McManus to amend a bill they recommended for a November ballotContinue Reading
From: Kathy Zinn Sent: Thu, May 23, 2013 8:47:10 AM Subject: Bamboo, again I know the piece of land forested with bamboo in P’boro, across from Habitat. I like it. It is a spot of green between two buildings. Cut it down to “build something”? as N.A. Booko says –Continue Reading
From: Olivia Bergner Sent: Thu, May 23, 2013 7:32:19 AM Subject: Oakleaf Restaurant in Pittsboro My husband and I ate dinner at Oakleaf last night. The food was wonderful and so was the staff. The soft shell crabs were fabulous and the heritage pork was so tender you could cutContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 23:18:24 -0400 From: chathammatters Subject: Responding to Bert Bowe Bert, None of the Republican County Commissioners asked anyone in the legislature for the authority to name their own Board of Education representative. If you heard that from someone they were deceiving you either deliberately orContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 22:11:24 -0400 From: Gene Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Chatham Online BBS Topics 1. Tax cheat Randy Voller owed federal government over $285,000 (Read 4042 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,28661.0.html 2. WNCN – Pittsboro prepares for 7,000-acre technology park (Read 1875 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,29419.0.html 3. Art means BusinessContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 09:11:25 -0400 From: Barb Alotis Subject: Art In The Village Sunday, June 2nd – 10:00-4:00 On the Village Green at Fearrington This is the annual show of Fearrington artists and includes jewelry, pottery, baskets, photography, wood carvings, collage, paintings and sculpture. Have lunch at TheContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 23:11:09 -0400 From: virginia penley Subject: County Commissioners and the Bd of Education (possible closed door?) What Bert Bowe was too polite to mention, but I am not, is the fact that the Commissioners Bock, Petty and Stewart each called the committee chairman *as individuals*Continue Reading
From: Anora McGaha Sent: Mon, May 20, 2013 11:30:15 PM Subject: From the Pittsboro Roadhouse Dear Chatham Chatlist Readers, Our prayers go out to all who have suffered with the recent tornadoes. Devastating. The one consoluation is that the news lets us know how we can help from afar. OnContinue Reading
From: Michael Kirkman Sent: Mon, May 20, 2013 3:11:45 PM Subject: Shearon Harris You can’t look back and evidently no one wants to look forward. From what I remember SH cost over $1 billion 25 years ago and now $1 mil/day. That + operations and maintenance. That money buys aContinue Reading
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