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Candidates speak Mayor envisions cultural arts for town out A wish for better government for the people of Morrisville inspired Mayor Margaret Broadwell to file for re-election to keep her seat. “Our image has been tarnished over the last two years and our com munity at large deserves better,” she said. “I believe it can happen with the right people on the board.” Mrs. Broadwell is referring to the disagreements the current board has had, including several public squab bles. “When we get two new members on the board, then we will see Morrisville going forward like it should have been,” she added. Her goals include “a united board. It takes more than me to guide this town. There are a number of pro jects that need board review, such as our land use plan, such as our capi tal improvements plan, our water and sewer plan. Our needs have changed and I think our contract with Cary needs review. We need to review our utility contract, for the best rates possible for our citizens.” She is also “still very much in favor of beautification, cultural arts, and historical projects in Morrisville. I would like to bring Wake Technical College courses into Morrisville. I'd like to see a town choir.” She is also working on starting a Rotary Club in town, and feels some progress has been made. Her work experience includes a varied career ranging from singer and songwriter to Mary Kay consul tant and real estate agent. She still holds an inactive real estate license. She graduated from Cary High School and attended Innoxa School of Beauty Culture and Beauty Therapy in London, England. She has also taken real estate courses through Wake Tech., and some other college courses, but has received no degrees. Mrs. Broadwell cites as her quali fications eight years as commission er, and two years as chairman of the board of adjustment. “While commissioner, I served or was chairman of every committee that the town had," she added. Morrisville and Preston Progress, Thursday. August 28. 1997 - 5 Shiloh resident reports rabid raccoon 'It [rabies] will wax and wane over time, but it doesn’t go away.’ Among her past contributions to the town is the establishment of the half-century club for senior citizens. Her husband, Jerry, is a meat mar ket manager with Food Lion. They have two children, Jarrett, 14, a freshman at Cary High School, and Shannan. 10, who attends West Cary Middle School. Case says professionalism important Bill Case decided to run for a seat as commissioner so he could help out the community, he said. He has already been somewhat involved with the town as a volunteer fire man. “I’ve just really enjoyed the com munity, being involved with barbe cues and things like that,” he said. “I want to do whatever I can do to help out.” Case, a single parent of three chil dren, has lived in Morrisville since 1992. If elected, he hopes to review some of the town policies regarding affordable housing. “The cost of try ing to build a home in communities around here is very high,” he said. “I’d like to see something somewhat affordable for the people out there that don’t make $100,000 a year.” He would also like to review the water and sewer plans for the Shiloh community, he said. “I feel that every resident in Shiloh needs to receive this,” he said. “My under standing is that only a portion of the community is going to get sewer services. If one is going to get it, they all should get it,” he said. He hopes to help the community services keep up with the growth that is taking off now. “What we’ve got in Morrisville right now is a community that's gone from a small, very low residential community with a lot of industrial, to within the next 18 months or so, the communi ty is going to get rather large as far as residential. “The town within the next 18 to 24 months is going to practically dou ble,” he said. “The services in the community—the police, public works, fire, parks and recreation— those areas need to grow as well with the community,” he said. “We have to take a strong look at those areas.s,” he said. “I would like to be involved in that.” Case is a Technical Service Representative for Eckerd Express Photo, and travels to Eckerds all over central North Carolina. He is also a part-time employee with the Morrisville Fire Department. He graduated from a photo technology program in Minnesota in 1987, and takes technical classes from Kodak and Noritsu on an ongoing basis. He also takes ongoing education in fire services through Wake Technical College. He said a plus BILL CASE that would help him as commission er is the professionalism that he has learned through his job. “For a commi.ssioner's seat, as long as you put professionalism into it, have a good open ear, and come up with some good ideas, is a good strong point for anybody,” he said. Case is divorced, and has custody of his three children, Patrick, 12, Zachary, 6, and Travis, 3. Board reappoints Ballentine to planning, Hartness replaces Dr. Wilson The Morrisville Board of Commissioners reappointed Ray Ballentine to the planning board, and appointed Billy Hartness to replace Dr. Alex Wilson, who had only been able to serve a few months due to his heavy work schedule. Hartness had served on the plan ning board in past years, including a few years as chairman. Ballentine just completed one three-year term. Ballentine repre sents the unincorporated extraterri torial jurisdiction of Morrisville. His appointment must be approved by the Wake County Board of Commissioners. BY MARY BETH PHILLIPS A rabid raccoon was found under a deck in the Shiloh community of Morrisville at about 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 10, the second case of rabies here in about four months. “When we got home, my dog was barking,” said Linda Lyons of 1005 Church St. “He kept barking at something toward my deck. “At first I paid him no mind, but then I thought if he kept barking at the deck, there had to be something up under there,” she said. Ms. Lyons sent her three children into the house and told them to stay there. She then walked around the house. The dog went under the deck and she heard a loud hissing noise. Ms. Lyons didn’t get any closer. She got in her truck and drove around to the back yard and shone her lights under the deck. There was a raccoon under there. He didn’t try to run. “He just stayed there, still, and like stared,” she said, Ms, Lyons went in the house and called the police. By the time Animal Control Officer Clyde Moore arrived, the raccoon had come out and was at the side of the house. “The police officer was shining the light on the raccoon, and the rac coon wasn’t moving,” Ms. Lyons said. “He said it looked like he was dead. Then he moved, but he moved slowly.” The dog was still barking at it, so Ms. Lyons decided to get the dog away from the raccoon. “I came in the house, put on some rubber gloves, cloth gloves, and an overall jumpsuit. I went and got my dog and put my dog up, just in case he did get bit or anything,” she said. Meanwhile, Moore shot the rac coon and took him away to be test ed. Ms. Lyons gave the gloves to Moore so he could burn them, and immediately threw her clothing into the washing machine. Her dog was up to date on his rabies shot, but it was due to expire in about a month, “I called the vet the next day, and he said to give the dog a bath. So that night I gave the dog a bath,” she said. The next day (Tuesday) she took him to the vet for his booster rabies shot. She said there were no signs of scratches or bites on the dog or the raccoon. A few days later the health depart ment called and told her the raccoon was indeed rabid. “They asked me had I touched the dog; they said if slobber was on the dog, it would last an hour and die outside. 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Ask about our home services while you're away. —Dr. Lee Hunter, state health veterinarian dren come in contact with the dog and everything. They said I had did good by keeping my cool and the things I did,” she said. Ms, Lyons talked to her doctor as a precaution, but was advised that she did not need the post-exposure rabies shots. Then she called her neighbors to let them know. “I had heard of the beavers and everything, and then with the little puppy in Morrisville, I wanted to let them know what happened. If their dogs didn’t have the rabies shots, they needed to get them,” she said. A puppy on Green Drive tested positive for rabies on May 6. The Randy Riley family, who owned the dog, and members of about 25 other families (about 45 individuals) in the Morrisville area who had come in contact with the dog, took the post-exposure rabies shots. It is unlikely that these cases are the only rabies cases in Morrisville, said Dr. Lee Hunter, state health vet erinarian. “It would be hard to believe we got the only two cases in Morrisville,” he said. “We don’t know how many ani mals are becoming rabid,” he added. “There is no way to get 100 per cent.” He also said the rabies epidemic is unlikely to end. “It’s been going on in northern Virginia and South Carolina for 20 years,” he said. “It will wax and wane over time, but it doesn’t go away.” He said there seem to be more cases in the spring when the animal population is larger, and that more people are outdoors in the spring and summer so they see more cases. He said the two strongest mes sages he would like to send people are to vaccinate their dogs and cats to protect themselves and their com munity, and to remind their children not to approach strange animals. lower Prices than at School! 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