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Groups push fund to help pay water bills
BY GAVIN WHITEHEAD
STAFF WRITER
For some in Orange County, easy
access to running water is a luxury.
Representatives from the Inter-
Faith Council for Social Service
and the Orange Water and Sewer
Authority will ask two government
groups today to endorse a program
that helps provide water service to
those low-income families.
The groups hope that asking
the Carrboro Board of Aldermen
and the Orange County Board
of Commissioners to support
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Iran approves of
U.S. withdrawal
BAGHDAD (MOT) - Iran on
Monday softened its resistance
to a pact that calls for withdraw
ing American forces from Iraq
by the end of 2011, a shift that
could make it easier for Iraq’s rul
ing Shiite Muslim government to
secure parliamentary approval.
Reports from Iran’s state news
agency called the compact a “vic
tory for the ruling party and its
Kurdish partners,” referring to the
Shiite lawmakers who supported
the agreement.
Earlier this year, Iran had
leaned on Shiite lawmakers to
block the deal.
Clinton good pick
Republicans say
(MCT) The consideration
of Hillary Clinton for secretary
of state drew praise from several
Republicans this past weekend.
Clinton would be “a very good
selection” as secretary of state,
the Senate’s second-ranking
Republican, Jon Kyi of Arizona,
said in an interview with Fox News
on Sunday morning. “It seems to
me she’s got the experience. She’s
got the temperament for it. I think
she would be well received around
the world,” Kyi said.
U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan,
R-N.D., told Fox he didn’t think
she would have trouble winning
confirmation.
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the Taste of Hope program will
increase community awareness of
and participation in the program.
“This is a simple way so that a
few cents can make a real differ
ence for households in need,” said
Chris Moran, executive director of
the Inter-Faith Council.
The program, created in 1997,
allows OWASA customers to make
a small contribution to families
struggling to pay water bills.
Participating customers’ bills
are rounded up to the next whole
dollar, and the extra money goes
China, India, U.S. could curb climate
change by 2020 if measures taken
TOKYO (MCT) - If $5O were
spent on reducing 1 ton of carbon
dioxide emissions, a large quan
tity of global emissions could be
curbed by 2020, with 53 percent
of the potential reduction achiev
able by China, India and the U.S.,
a study has found.
According to the Research
Institute of Innovative
Technology for the Earth, this
could be realized by the three
countries, if they took such mea
sures as installing energy-effi
cient infrastructure.
The three countries are not
obliged to cut emissions under
Senate leadership
changes: women
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT)
Democratic Sen. Dianne
Feinstein of California stands
to become the first woman, and
the first Californian, to lead
the 15-member Intelligence
Committee since it was estab
lished in 1976.
She’s the frontrunner for the
job due to a cascade of other
Senate leadership changes that
will become final this week.
The Intelligence Committee
chairmanship brings real power,
as the committee sets the classi
fied intelligence budget, which
now exceeds $47.5 billion a
year.
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to the fund. Inter-Faith then pays
water bilb for low-income families,
and the nonprofit is reimbursed by
the Taste of Hope fund.
Moran said the monthly con
tributions add up to help needy
families.
He said families now have
increasing need for help paying bilb
because of the economic slump.
But Moran said the crunch prob
ably won’t prevent people from
donating.
“Whatever it takes to round
up to a dollar will not be missed,
the Kyoto Protocol between
2008 and 2012.
The data compiled by the
institute, administered by the
Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry, demonstrated the
importance of the inclusion of
China, India and the U.S. in a
new, post-Kyoto framework to
cut CO2 emissions, which are
blamed for global warming.
The study found that emis
sions by China could be held
down to 4.8 billion tons in 2020,
compared to 11.3 billion tons if
the $5O-per-ton method were
not used.
Yemen uses film
to fight terrorism
SANAA, YEMEN (MCT) -
“The loosing Bet” is anew film
financed by the government of
Yemen that aims to educate a
terror-scarred nation about the
consequences of jihad.
The government of Yemen
the poorest country in the Arab
world and a breeding ground for
Islamic extremists says it has
to improvise to fight terrorists.
“It’s propaganda,” said Murad
Zafir, a former government offi
cial. “It’s a fancy ... film that
some well-educated people can
see, but it can’t compare to the
messages going out on the radio
and in certain mosques.”
Restrictions feared
Gun sales in North Carolina have
soared since the Nov. 4 election. See
pg. 3 for story.
Shaky job market
The economy is expected to
prompt more to apply to graduate
school this year. See pg. 3 for story.
Pack your bags
Students can complete steps to
apply for a passport on campus today
and Wednesday. See pg. 4 tor story.
Get ready to dance
A record number of students have
pledged to dance “for the kids” at
Dance Marathon. See pg.l for story.
Extra input
Chapel Hill could form an
advisory committee to help the
town cut costs. See pg. 3 for story.
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frankly,” he said.
Although donating is cheap, the
program receives little public par
ticipation.
Greg Feller, director of public
affairs for OWASA, said about 1,100
of the about 22,000 households
served by the water provider donate
to the Taste of Hope program.
Last year, the program received
about $6,900 in donations from
OWASA users.
Feller said this was a higher
amount than was generated in pre
vious years, an increase he attributes
Demand exceeds number
of inauguration tickets
Attributed to popularity of Obama
BY CHRIS KENNEDY
STAFF WRITER
In the two weeks since President
elect Barack Obama’s victory, the
demand for tickets to his inaugu
ration has already far exceeded the
number available.
Phil Feagan, a spokesman for
U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., said
the increased demand for tickets
reflects Obama’s popularity in the
4th Congressional District and
across the state.
“It’s safe to assume that our area
was not as excited about George W.
Bush,” he said.
Almost 10,000 requests from
Price’s constituents in Wake,
Durham, Orange and Chatham
counties have flooded Price’s office
since Nov. 4, Feagan said.
The number of requests far sur
passes the number of tickets the
Price office expects to receive
probably less than 200, he said.
“I know inaugurations are
always popular, but demand for
this one is very large,” said Taylor
Stanford, press secretary for U.S.
Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C.
Myrick represents Mecklenburg
County and some of the surround
ing counties.
Lily Roberts, a first-year study
ing in the curriculum for peace,
war and defense, said she has had
trouble obtaining tickets to the
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to better publicity. The Inter-Faith
Council and OWASA hope speak
ing before government leaders will
garner even more attention.
Moran said the program serves
about 200 families each year, and
he hopes to double that number.
“I think almost everybody would
participate if they knew it cost such
a small amount,” Alderman Lydia
Lavelle said.
The Chapel Hill Town Council
passed a resolution last month sup
porting the program.
The Inter-Faith Council also
inauguration.
“I’ve been calling UNC alumni
in Congress, and my friends have
been calling their congressmen,"
she said.
“The problem is no one has tick
ets.”
U.S. representatives and sena
tors from every state receive tickets
to the event to distribute to their
constituents.
The tickets, which are free to
public, have not been distributed
to congressmen yet, and no one is
sure exactly how many tickets each
office will receive.
Aaron Groen, a spokesman for
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said the
historically Republican district in
northwestern North Carolina has
received considerably fewer requests
than others— about 500 —but still
more than the office can provide.
Each congressional office
decides for itself how to distribute
tickets to its constituents.
“We have collected requests in
the order that they were received,
so we are planning on distributing
them in a first-come, first-served
method,” said Kathleen Joyce, press
secretary for Rep. Walter Jones,
R-N.C.
Other offices are waiting to
find out the final number they
will receive before deciding on a
distribution method.
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tries to raise awareness by sending
information about the program in
letters to mailing-list subscribers.
Feller said sometimes users take
the water service for granted.
“If you didn’t have water service,
that would directly affect you in a
couple of hours,” he said. “I mean,
you couldn’t even flush a toilet.”
Those interested in participat
ing can contact OWASA to join
the program.
Contact the City Editor
at citydenk@unc.edu.
“My friends have
been calling their
congressmen. The
problem is no one
has tickets ”
LILY ROBERTS, first year
For those who aren’t lucky
enough to get a ticket, there will be
events surrounding the inaugura
tion that don’t require one, Joyce
said.
The ceremony might be
screened on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., and there will
be a public parade on Pennsylvania
Avenue, where the White House is
located.
“I’m not very optimistic about
getting tickets, but I’m happy to
go to Washington, D.C., and watch
Obama on TV,” Roberts said.
Some have more direct chan
nels to inauguration and are more
optimistic.
Sophomore Sandra Davidson
said she’ll go to Washington, D.C.,
to be there when Obama is sworn
in even if she doesn’t get tickets.
“It’s going to be a historical event
and there are going to be a lot of
people there to watch history in the
making,” she said.
Contact the State National
Editor at Htntdesk@unc.edu.
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