Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:13:35 -0400 From: Laura Lauffer Subject: Loss of our friend and leader Margie Ellison We must all strive to make up for the place Margie has left. Her soul/sole purpose was community, an inclusive, just community. We will miss you Margie but we will striveContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:39:31 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics 1. Pittsboro Express Passenger Count for Friday morning, Sept. 25  (Read 2290 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,15206.0.html 2. Why Is Piedmont Bio-Fuels Always In The Middle Of Controversy?  (Read 2236 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,15117.0.html 3. I’veContinue Reading

Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:44:15 -0400 From: sarah shook Subject: Goodbye Meg Meg” It seems that some folks neither realize nor appreciate the amount of work/effort/time/energy Gene puts into this Chatlist.  I am grateful for the Chatham Chatlist and rather glad to see that I will no longer haveContinue Reading

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.Continue Reading

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 theContinue Reading

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?Continue Reading