Maxine Swalin, at age 101, in the Coker Arboretum Photo by Valarie Schwartz.

By Valarie Schwartz

If you’re Betsy Green Moyer (a daughter of Paul Green) and your friend is Maxine Swalin, you throw a tribute concert. And with a son who is a concert pianist, Frederick Moyer, and a niece who is a concert cellist, Nancy Green — who have a CD that Swalin has ordered time and again, not only to listen to tirelessly but to give away — you engage them to play.

But play where?

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Leah Cook of Wild Hare Farm in Cedar Grove is just one of dozens of farmers preparing for visitors this weekend as part of the 13th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour. The tour is among a host of events in the area timed to celebrate Earth Day. Photo by Kirk Ross.

By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

Local community groups and organizations are celebrating Earth Day not only on April 22 but throughout the rest of the month.

The Aveda Institute Chapel Hill got things rolling Tuesday with a well-attended fashion show fundraiser to support Triangle Land Conservancy and its Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative.

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One-stop early voting Early voting begins Thursday, April 17, for the May 6 election. Unregistered but eligible voters can register at early-voting sites with identification showing their name and current address. Doing this means that you can only vote at the early-voting site. Registered voters can change registration information but not party affiliation.

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By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

Police are investigating a recent string of armed robberies in Carrboro and Chapel Hill that targeted Latino victims.

According to Captain J.G. Booker of the Carrboro Police Department, most of the robberies involved young black men approaching Latino victims in apartment complex parking lots and displaying a weapon. The robberies began at the end of January, but have become more frequent in recent weeks.

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Thursday April 17

Blue Horn Lounge: Blue Concept 9pm
Cat’s Cradle: Will Hoge, Leslie 9:30pm $10
The Cave: Early: Zach & Craig Late: Josh Thompson w/ Bill West
General Store Café: The Tony Galiani Band 8:30pm
Local 506: Hundred Air, Shakermaker, Wembley 9:30pm

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By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

With some reluctance, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed with an Orange Water and Sewer Authority recommendation to move from Stage III to Stage I water-conservation rules.

At their Tuesday night meeting at Town Hall, board members said they shared the same concerns OWASA had heard the night before from Chapel Hill Town Council members about loosening restrictions.

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By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to move forward with an agreement with UNC for a gas-recovery project at the Orange County Landfill.

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Children, teens and their families may now obtain psychotherapy and evaluation services at affordable rates through a new community clinic operated by psychologists at UNC. The clinic offers both diagnostic evaluation and therapy services to the public on a sliding-fee scale based on household income.

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Orange County’s Animal Services Department continues its low-cost rabies vaccination clinics this week. Under state law, pets over the age of four months must have a current rabies vaccination. The clinics are April 19, from 10 a.m. to noon, and April 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orange County Animal Shelter off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill.

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Michael Ingram, the former head soccer coach at East Chapel Hill High School, was indicted and arrested last week on child pornography charges.

Ingram, 38, has been charged with seven counts each of second- and third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.

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Jason Perkins resigned as a social studies teacher at Woods Charter School last week after being charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of minors.

Perkins, 38, of 540 Sutter Gate Lane in Morrisville, taught middle school students at Woods Charter. He was arrested last Thursday and released after posting bail.

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Watch your documents as they are destroyed at a free shred-a-thon at University Mall in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, April 22, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is sponsored by the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, the Chapel Hill Police Department and A-Shred-Ahead. Identity theft prevention information will also be available.

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Special Events
Arts Related

The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) announces a May 26, 2008 deadline for receipt of arts grant applications from both nonprofit organizations and individuals for the spring cycle.

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Special Events

Ackland Art After Dark — see a variety of artwork, listen to jazz, commune with art lovers. Fri Apr 19, 9pm.

ClydeFest — Bynum, N.C., celebrates folk artist Clyde Jones with art, food, games and more. April 26, 11am-4pm at Bynum Ball Park. 542-0394, chathamarts.org

Fishy Fourth Friday — showing of The Thin Man in downtown Pittsboro at about 6pm Apr 25 in the Capital Bank Parking Lot. Shops and galleries open late. pittsboroshops.com

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Working with the Burmese immigrant community in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, partnering with the Special Olympics of Orange County, developing a state-wide consortium of future K-12 teachers who take the practice of service-learning into public schools and addressing the state’s major health and healthcare issues are a few of the public service efforts recognized by the university this year.

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