LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: 0’ 3.5” below full
Cane Creek Reservoir:
4’ 5.75” below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH

Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant: 0”
Cane Creek Reservoir: 0.06”
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LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: Full!
Cane Creek Reservoir: 4’ 9.25” below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH

Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant: 4.11”
Cane Creek Reservoir: 3.85”

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LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: 0’ 1.25” below full
Cane Creek Reservoir: 6’ 10.5” below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH

Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  4.11”
Cane Creek Reservoir: 3.85”

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Here at The Citizen, we often extol the value of a good walk in the woods.

Occasionally the rewards offered by such an endeavor are pleasing to the palate as well, evidenced, we hope, by the lovely bowl of morels pictured at right.

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LAKE LEVELS
University Lake: 0’ 1.25” below full
Cane Creek Reservoir: 7’ 5.5” below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH
Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  2.94”
Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.70”

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LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: Full!
Cane Creek Reservoir: 7‘ 10.75“ below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH

Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  2.68“
Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.44“

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It was a lovely spring day and Tulia Henao, all of 5 years old, couldn’t think of a better way to spend part of it than a trip to the newly reopened Maple View Ice Cream Store on Weaver Street. She is accompanied by her poodle, Clavelle.  Photo by Kirk Ross.

It has been noted in this newspaper that the former Triem manufacturing center at the bottom of the hill on South Greensboro has a good deal of graffiti. Make that had. The outside walls throughout have been repainted in a thick, flat gray.

At press time, it was unclear exactly when the newspapers pasted over the windows were going to come off and Neal’s Deli would be open for business. Word has it as any day now. First clue could be the smell of pastrami wafting o’er the corner of Main and Greensboro.

If you’re wondering what’s making you sneeze or why the car is now pale green, there’s a simple and quick way to get a look. Tonight or any night for the next few weeks, wait till it’s good and dark and take a flashlight outside. (Get close to a wooded area if you want the full effect.) Shine the light up away from you and take a look at what is illuminated by the beam. This is that time of year when, as botanist Ritchie Bell used to say, “the trees are getting frisky.”

LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: full
Cane Creek Reservoir: 10‘ 3.5” below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH

Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  .83”
Cane Creek Reservoir: .78”

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Wendy Richesin-Dodd of Carrboro sent us this shot and a few other photos of multiple Xs in the sky. She shot the photos last month near Carrboro Plaza. Send your Cell Phone photos to editor@carrborocitizen.com

Attention market goers: Please note that the Carrboro Farmers’ Market is now open at 7 a.m. There’s plenty on hand (see “What’s at the Market,” page 10) and a lot of farmers who long to see you in the morning light.

A statewide hat tip to Carrboro resident James Evans, who helped make it a little harder for North Carolina’s voters to have their identity stolen.
A recent story in the Charlotte Observer says Evans noticed that the state board of elections website allowed him to lookup the birthdates of every voter on the rolls (close to 6 million folks). After he alerted state officials, they changed the site.

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LAKE LEVELS

University Lake: 0‘ .25” below full
Cane Creek Reservoir: 12‘ 1.25” below full

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH

Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  3.53”
Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.99”

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Carrboro’s Erica Eisdorfer has long been known in book circles around here and not just because she’s managed the Bullshead Book Shop on campus for so many years.

Her name got a little wider circulation this week after Amazon.com named her new work, The Wet Nurse’s Tale, one of the top ten finalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest.

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