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Chapel Hill
police chief
to retire
By SCOTT GREIG
Staff Writer
The search for a new police chief
continues following current chief
Herman Stone's announcement last
month that he will retire Jan. 31.
Stone, the town's police chief since
1977 and a town police officer since
1949, says he is stepping down in
part to spend more time with his
family. Stone also will tafce advan
tage of a recent change in the state's
police retirement system that allo
cates supplemental benefits to career
officers who choose early retirement.
Town officials and fellow police
officers agree that Stone will be
missed, after 10 years of what Orange
County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass
described as "compassionate law
enforcement."
Pendergrass, a Chapel Hill police
officer with Stone 30 years ago, said
he felt Chapel Hill was losing one
of the finest police officers and chiefs
it ever had.
"Herman Stone is a very compas
sionate man, always willing to help
people," Pendergrass said. "He's
understood the community and what
it wants.
"He's run a good department that
has had the support of the people
and has done a good job," he said.
Chapel Hill police spokesman
Keith Lohmann said no decisions
had been made as to who would fill
the interim position until the new
police chief was named, but said the
final decision would be made by
Town Manager David Taylor's
office and the Town Council.
Ron Secrist, assistant town man
ager, said his office would appoint
the interim chief sometime before
Stone's retirement became official on
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Secrist said he had no information
to release on possible candidates
being considered for police chief.
Chapel Hill Town Councilman
Jonathan Howes said losing some
one with Stone's experience before
he must retire by law was a blow
to the community.
Howes said the change in the
retirement plan, approved last
summer by the N.C. General Assem
bly, had caused many career officers
with at least 30 years of service to
retire because of the financial
benefits.
Howes, president of the N.C.
League of Municipalities, said his
organization might ask the General
Assembly to amend the retirement
plan so that veteran officers would
be encouraged to stay on as long as
possible. .
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By MITRA LOTFI
Staff Writer
Students returning from the holi
days should be pleased to find that '
their absence, along with increased
rainfall, has allowed Orange Water
and Sewer Authority to lift all water
use restrictions in Orange County.
On Dec. 22, with University Lake
still 22 inches below capacity level
of 349 feet mean sea level, OWASA
rescinded restrictions for the county
with the hope that the level would
continue to rise until full.
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NCMH gives breath to second set of quadruplets
By MITRA LOTFI
Staff Writer
Quadruplet babies, the second set
ever to be born at N.C. Memorial
Hospital, were in serious but stable
condition Tuesday, according to
hospital spokeswoman Kathy Neal.
The quadruplets' parents. Donna
and Amos Wilson of Bullock in
Granville County, had been trying
to have children for the past four
years, Neal said.
The babies range in weight from
1 pound 15.5 ounces to 3 pounds.
Born nine weeks premature and
delivered by Caesarean section
Tuesday, they are suffering from a
respiratory distress syndrome known
as hyaline membrane disease.
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with premature infants; the lungs are
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"Luckily, the lake level kept
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too immature to breathe on their
own," Neal said.
"It has to do with the fact that
the lungs are one of the last organs
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"While they're doing very well for
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lawns, serving water in restaurants
and limiting shower lengths.
The lake received 4. 12 inches of
rain in December, exceeding the
normal rainfall of 3.08 inches.
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urated, the rain began running into
the take, and this too helped raise
its level.
University Lake first went above
capacity on Nov. 25, but OWASA
officials chose to monitor its level
for a month before removing
restrictions.
Pergonal to aid in conception.
"Frequently people who take
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