Ba% sar Jfort Parent wallets sapped by school supplies BY RACHEL ULLRICH ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR Everyone knows back-to-school shopping involves more than buy ing pencils and glue sticks. That's a lot 0f... ► GLUE. If all kindergartners in Orange County Schools bought a 4-ounce bottle of Elmer's glue, they’d have 2,012 ounces of glue. ► PARKING. If all East Chapel Hill high schoolers had a parking spot, it would net $171,500 in fees. ► RULERS. If all Orange County middle school students bought a ruler, lined up they’d reach more than a quarter mile. ► PAPER. 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Aug. 28 @ s:3opm in the Student Union abstinence presentations support for pregnant STD awareness promotion of in our community & parenting women education abstinence on campus For more info on Carolina HOPE visit www.unc.edu/hope A Mentor jg£ 'CaYf MTU CarrSwro Morj.-Fru 10-7 Sat. 10-6 Sun. 11-5 There’s the first-day outfit, the book covers, the gel pens —and that ever-important Hello Kitty lunchbox and backpack set. But sometimes the costs of get ting children back to school can be overwhelming for parents. They go from buying tissues and crayons in first grade to park ing passes running SIOO at East Chapel Hill High —and prom tick ets as their children get older. And more advanced classes require more significant funding, including fees for AP testing and equipment such as graphing cal culators. Though many schools provide opportunities to borrow such equipment, school lists still include the basic supplies —and often more. One fixture on most schools’ lists is a disclosure: “Please note that teachers might ask for additional subject supplies.” We heard you. Now you have one more thing to do on the bus or during class. Behold the first installment of Sudoku. Enjoy and good luck. To Play: Complete the grid so that every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. There is no guessing or math involved, just use logic to solve. C PuzzlM provided try 9udokußOhmr.conT 12 Vedder of Pearl Jam 13 Water nymph 18 Spotted wildcat 22 Financial review 24 Cabs 26 Portable bed 27 Wife/sister of Osiris 28 "Bed Riddance" author 29 British PM's stridency? 30 Adores 34 Small salamanders 36 Sea eagle 37 Golf gadgets 39 Actor Savalas 1 ~~ ~ “ |B~ Jljp TT ■ “ 20 K mm?? Hfljlja ' 26 * 27 28 32 "" ” 36 37 38 ‘ 4^ 43 44 jMI4S “ 4^J*47 Mf 48 52 53 54T8f55 56 “M 57 63 TBBr&4 J 65| “ ° ’ 66 ■■■6 B 6}T" " “'"“■BBtO ” “ HH/l “ 7 spend at least SIOO (on supplies for school). We huy pretty much everything on the list and a little extra. ” BRENDA RAY. MOTHER OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT These additional supplies can include things such as protractors, colored pencils and other subject specific items. “The list is going to be longer than the one you see,” said Valerie Reinhardt, principal of Smith Middle School. The district officials also exam ine the supply lists from the schools and decide whether they are rea sonable enough for the area. “We look at the supply lists through an equity lens,” said Stephanie Knott, assistant to the superintendent for community relations for city schools. Reinhardt said the districts also Israel-Lebanon conflict The war has hit home for many on campus and in the community. See pg. A5 for the stories. Student Stores The revamped store has missed deadlines for completion. See pg. Al2forthestoiy. Fall Fest 2006 Freshmen and seniors have very different experiences at the annual event. See pg. Al3 for the story. Senators' summers Richard Burr and Elizabeth Dole spent the break in different ways. See pg. B3 for the story. Text messaging The service will come to campus as anew way of keeping students updated. See pg. B 9 for the story. (C)2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 41 Coercion 44 Spanish river 46 Georgia fruit 49 Desert deception 51 Endeavored 52 Drunkard 53 Furious 54 Lessing or Day 58 Perry's penner 60 Grace's last word 61 Oreille Lake 62 Mach+ breakers 64 Sci. class 65 To date News coordinate efforts to help provide. “There is funding supplied by the districts,” Reinhardt said. “The PTA gives us a lot more money, too.” Teachers and counselors said they look out for students who can not provide their own supplies and inform administrators. “Teachers throughout the year, instead of going to our parents, they come to me,” said Lorraine Hines, family specialist and school social worker at Hillsborough Elementary. Schools’ family specialists can be contacted about needs for sup plies, and track and monitor fami- lies who have needed assistance in the past. “I have families I work with ... that depend on me,” Hines said. Anyone interested in donating money or supplies should contact family specialists at any of the two districts’ schools. At a Durham Target on Saturday, shoppers braved the crowds of pro crastinators buying their supplies. “I spend at least $100,” said Brenda Ray, the parent of a middle and high schooler. “We buy pretty much everything on the list and a little extra.” Ray said that though her son, who is entering his sophomore year, found back-to-school shop ping a hassle, her middle-school aged daughter enjoyed buying such things as locker decorations. Rising kindergartner Morgan Ellis and her mom, Melissa Ellis, finally had success in finding a lunchbox: a pink Hello Kitty sack. “It doesn’t have a cup holder,” Morgan said. “But we can just stuff it to the side.” But their first back-to-school shopping trip has been harmless enough now that the lunchbox search is complete, the only thing Morgan still needs is a pair of ten nis shoes. “They’re all too small,” she said. “My feet are too wide!” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. DURHAM BULLS BASEBALL Earf 1 fill li YOU r tan vs mm mmmJmm m m itm For Tickets: (y (Jjl J r •■mm W feld i>: 1i i TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2006 * j ly HfV' 3' 'IHBBB6 i iflly 'H Hj® .jtftijl J 9H , VB DTH/ALICIATOWLER Kelly Wayne and son Matt, 11, of Chapel Hill, leave the Wal-Mart in Hillsborough on Monday morning with a shopping cart full of bags. Goodfellows IMwte fllgfai 10piii-12::t0ain §]p@diadls c& HO COVER i Best Drink Specials s i J \ in Town Nightly! 5B