The downy rattlesnake plantain has a rosette of distinctive white veined, evergreen leaves. Photo by Dave Otto.

The downy rattlesnake plantain, Goodyera pubescens, another little native orchid, is not nearly as hard to spot in the local woods as is the cranefly orchid described last week. Keeping an eye out for the distinctive basal rosette of three or more white-veined, evergreen leaves helps you discover the three-to-six-inch-tall flowering spike of snow-white flowers at the end of mid-summer. You’ll find it in piney woods and hardwoods forest everywhere.
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Atlas Fraley was remembered last weekend in a memorial service. Photo courtesy Lisa Hazen.

CARRBORO — More than a week after Chapel Hill High School senior Atlas Fraley was found dead in his home, questions about the events surrounding the football player’s death remain.

Students, teachers, family members and friends bid a tearful farewell to Fraley on Saturday at a service at the Chapel Hill Bible Church. He was later buried at the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery.

Days after he was laid to rest, Fraley’s family members still need answers. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Orange County and the Fraley family have all launched investigations into his death.
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by Catherine Rierson
Staff Writer

CARRBORO — You’ve probably seen Ellen Perry around downtown Carrboro. She goes almost everywhere in her wheelchair; the flags attached waving just above her head make her easy to spot. She’s also hard to forget.

Perry has done a lot to improve the quality of life of town residents with disabilities. In recognition of that, on Aug. 7 the N.C. Council on Developmental Disabilities awarded Perry the Jack B. Hefner Award.
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As project proceeds The ArtsCenter, Cat’s Cradle look to the future

by Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series on the 300 East Main Street project. The stories can be found on The Citizen website at www.carrborocitizen.com/main

CARRBORO — It might be called 300 East Main, but the massive redevelopment project poised for review by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen includes several other addresses up and down two blocks of Main Street, extending from Boyd Street to Roberson Street.

And though the changes planned are considerable all along the stretch, the namesake address has special meaning for the town in large part because two of the present occupiers of 300 East Main represent for many the cultural center of Carrboro.
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The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating a number of thefts of air conditioning units that have occurred over the past two weeks.
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The Orange County Democratic Party is holding a New Headquarters Open House on Sept. 2 from 5 to 7:30 pm. They are expanding into larger offices for the 2008 general election. The new office is at 121 South Estes Drive, Suite 102A, Chapel Hill, in the same complex as the current location. Visitors will meet OCDP activists and officers and learn what they can do to help the party win in the Nov. 4th election. For more information call 919-933-9662 or emailcontact@orangedems.com.

Memorial Hall on the UNC Campus will host a discussion of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. by David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. Brooks and Dionne have been named the 2008 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professors in the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information contact Dee Reid and deereid@unc.edu or 843-6339.
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Campaign for Change opened its Chapel Hill office last Friday. The office will be the headquarters for the Democrats’ campaigning on behalf of Senator Barack Obama in Orange and Chatham Counties. Campaign for Change is a project of the North Carolina Democratic Party working on behalf of the Obama campaign. Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy spoke at the opening of the office.

Johanne Tuttle, center, after accepting her first place medal at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships. Photo courtesy Johanne Tuttle.

CARRBORO — For Johanne Tuttle, it’s never too late to try something new and be really good at it too.
Last month, after only a year and a half of mountain biking, the Carrboro resident won three titles at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Championships held in Mount Snow, Vt., beating out hundreds of other bikers in a four-day series of races.
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Aug. 14, 2008. A devoted husband and son, a patient, generous father who never failed the people he loved, Tom was a true Southern gentleman. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 4, 1922, he grew up in Winston Salem. After two years in the infantry during WWII, he returned to graduate from the University of North Carolina in 1947.
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Marcia Lynette Jenkins was called home by the Lord on August 19, 2008. Marcia was a most loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother – an angel on earth guarding and supporting her loved ones. Now she has left us to be our guardian angel from heaven. Marcia is survived by her husband, Bruce; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jenkins; children, Krystina Grimstead and Michael Reeve; her sister and brother, Janet Adamson and Robert Jenkins; aunts and uncles, Charles and Anne Tolleson and Bobby and Genny Jenkins; plus three beautiful grandchildren, Matthew, Dallas, and Trey.
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The Roundtable, The ArtsCenter’s play development lab, stages their annual presentation of new works. This time the ensemble of playwrights turns its sights on Carrboro, the Paris of the Piedmont, and its center of culture, the Weaver Street Lawn.

Sunday, August 24, 7 p.m. at The ArtsCenter.

Hattie Burnette passed on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Services were held Aug. 20 at Holland Chapel AME Zion Church and she was buried in the church cemetary. She is survived by one daughter, Brenda Burnette-Minor; one brother, William Hubbard. Services by Jones Funeral Home.

Thursday Aug 21

Blue Bayou Club: Crazy Ivans.
Blue Horn Lounge: Bill West.
Cat’s Cradle: Virginia Coalition, Alexa Wilkinson, Luego. 8pm, $10-12
The Cave: LATE: The Vodak, Pariah Beat.
General Store Café: Jazz with the Tony Galiani Band. 8pm
Local 506: Cy Rawls Benefit: Colossus, Tooth, Grappling Hook.
Nightlight: The Shudders, Illicitizen, Young Millionarie. 9:30pm
Weaver Street Market: Tim Stambaugh Band. 6pm
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by Mark Dorosin

This week’s category: Muhammad Ali

1. What was Ali’s middle name before he became Muhammad Ali?
2. In what city was Ali born and raised?
3. Ali won a gold medal in which Olympics? Bonus: What city?
4. Who was Ali’s longtime manager?
5. Who did Ali first defeat to win the heavyweight championship?
6. In defending his status as a conscientious objector, what did Ali famously say about the Viet Cong?
7. In what city did the Rumble in the Jungle take place?
8. Who did Ali fight in the 100-degree heat of the Thrilla in Manilla?
9. Before Will Smith, Ali played himself in a 1977 bio-pic. What was it called?
10. According to his autobiography, what happened to Ali’s Olympic gold medal?

Carrboro resident Mark Dorosin is the quizmaster each Wednesday at Trivia Night at The Station.

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