5-The Morrisvilte and Preston Progress, Wednesday, July 31,1996
Town toughens tower rules
Thicker buffers, landscape plan among changes
Prestonwood
Gourmet
. By
Roxanne Powers
Tuna that’s
a delight,
quite light
Some months ago a friend treated
met to lunch at the Black Marlin in
Raleigh, where 1 ordered their
grilled tuna marinated in honey
mustard. I was so excited that I’d
found another low-fat, low-heat-in-
the-kitchen entree that I started ex
perimenting almost immedi^ly.
I tried two parts mustard to one
part honey; I tried two parts honey
to one part mustard; I tried yellow
mustard...and dijon mustard; I tried
adding lemon...and then lime.
Finally, in an attempt to get him to
try my most recent "tuna experi
ment," I had to marinate my Big
Honey in so much sweet talk that I
began to sound like Sam I Am
pushing green eggs and ham!
I was determined to come up with
that recipe! It was a challenge 1 was
up to, but my family was beginning
to feel that I was being creatively
punitive, so I tucked my tail in
defeat, and called Bill Hughes at
the Black Marlin, who fortunMely
for us all took pity on me (or
maybe just my husband) and put
my call through to Chef Doug
Russ. The good chef passed the
coveted recipe along to me to share
with you. So if you try your hand at
this recipe and are as pleased as I
was, please let the chef know how
grateful we all are, will ya?
Grilled Tuna
with Honey-Dijon Glaze
Marinate 4-8 oz. sushi grade tuna
steaks for 1 to 2 hours in a
marinade of:
1 1/4 cups vegetable or canola oil
1 shot Cointreau (citrus liquor)
1/2 tsp. kosher salt and fresh
ground white pepper
Minced zest of one orange
Grill and baste with the following
Honey-Dijon glaze:
1/2 cup honey
M2 cup olive oil
1 1/2 tsp. cracked black pepper
4 tsp. chopped Tarragon
\I2 cup grainy dijon mustard
Combine mixture until well
blended. Grill until firm and opaque;
usually about ten minutes per inch
of thickness.
To ensure that the kitchen stays
cool for the preparation of the
entire meal, throw some sUces of
yellow squash on the grill with the
tuna, sprinkle powdered pre
sweetener over chunks of melon
and other fresh fruit (it is rumored
that this was the original purpose of
sugar substitutes) sitting pretty in a
large serving bowl, and prepare my
very own microwave recipe for
Rice Abnondine. The entire meal
only takes about 30-45 minutes, but
fools the eye (and taste buds) into
thinking you’ve Spent hours prepar
ing it.
Go ahead, invite the in-laws over
for this one...the worst that can
happen is they’ll think you are hint
ing that they could lose a few
pounds! (In which case, you may
never need to worry about what to
prepare for them again!)
Rice Almondine
1 cup converted long grain rice
4 pats butter
1 can chicken broth (14 oz.)
1 small yellow onion
4 green onions
6 mushrooms
1 pkg. sliced alnwnds
Saute yellow onions in melted
butter in medium sized skillet until
tender. Add rice and cook until light
ly browned, stirring constantly. Add
sliced mushrooms, green onions,
and almonds for l minute. Transfer
to medium sized covered casserole
and add broth, stir, cover, and cook
in microwave for 22 minutes.
Morrisville’s Board of Com
missioners has taken steps to
strengthen and refine the town’s
regulations on commuication
towers.
The town has become faced of
late with increased requests by the
telecommunications industry to
erect towers within its borders,
causing commissicxiers to tighten
tower regulations.
The board earlier this month un
animously approved an amendment
to the zoning ordinance after seek
ing and receiving recommendations
from the Planning and Zoning
Board. Town Manager David
Hodgkins said the amendment does
not call for many additional regula
tions, but adds more specific
guidelines about the location of
towers, aesthetics, and safety than
covered under the previous or
dinance.
A new requirement is that aU
towers be considered a special use
requiring a pubhc hearing and ap
proval by the town board. The pre
vious ordinance did not require a
special use permit, but allowed
lowers in an industrial distria fol
lowing approval of a site plan by
the town board.
Among the new requirements are
those concerning greater buffering
and screening. Approved was a
regulation suggest^ by the Plan
ning and Zoning Board that the
entire perimeter of the leased area
must be enclosed with an opaque
fence, six feet in height, and con
structed of treated lumber. AH re
quired landscaping must be located
on the outside of the required
fence.
Town Manager David Hodgkins
noted that buffering and landscap
ing are now described in detail,
along with a stipulation that no out
door stcffage y^s will be allowed
on tower sites. Towers exceeding
200 feet in height will not be
permitted, and they must be of
monopole design rather than lattice
work.
The planning staff had also sug
gested that existing communication
towers be permitted to upgrade to
either a monopole or "stealth de
sign" without a new site approval if
the height of the existing tower is
not increased. In his motion to ap
prove the overall amendment.
Commissioner C.T. Moore said he
didn’t feel comfortable with the
second item, suggesting that sec
tion be eliminated. "I don’t see
where it is a burden for them to
come to us with any changes," he
said, adding that he feels the board
may be leaving a loophole.
"Stealth" design refers to designs
that appear to be another object
such as a tree or church bell tower
or other such design.
The changes in the ordinance
were drawn from sections of the
Durham ordinance on communica
tion towers.
Co-location of structures is en
couraged untter the new ordinance.
This means that owners of ap
proved site plans must allow shared
use of the tower by at least one
other user. Addition^ users and as
sociated equipment which does not
add to the lower height may be
added without additional approval.
Tower locations are limit^ in the
town’s industrial management
zone. All new communication
towers may not locate within 4,(K)0
linear feet of an existing free
standing tower (not including those
towers concealed within a building
or structure, or those towers located
on top of structures). Communica
tion towers and related equipment
which are totally concealed in a
building are considered towers for
transmitting and receiving electron
ic signals so they will be permitted
in all zoning districts. They will re
quire only site plan apjH'oval by the
town board.
Towers which are not used for a
period of six months or more or not
maintained during that same period
of time shall be removed by the
owner within 90 days, with all
costs assessed to the owner. Per
formance bonds will be required
for towers higher than 100 feet.
The aesthetic effects are also cov
ered under a special use category.
Factors include protection of a
view in sensitive or particularly
scenic areas and areas specially
designated as unique natural fea
tures, scenic roadways, and historic
sites.
Recent plan approvals include
two towers at the town’s waste
water treatment plant on Aviation
Park. They are operated by Sprint
and GTE Mobile. BellSouth and
GTE Mobile also received permis
sion in May to each build a tower.
GTE Mobile plans a 185-foot tower
off Airport Boulevard, and
BellSouth plans to locate a 125-
foot tower at the rear of the Wil
liam Poe Building off Morrisville
Parkway.
BellSouth is also planning to
build a tower on The Concourse
building and will require only a
building permit since it is on an ex
isting structure.
Cardinal opens new
office off parkway
Classic line up includes concerts, fashion show
Festivities surrounding the Jimmy
V Celebrity Golf Qassic will soon
be under way at Prestonwood
Country Club for the third consecu
tive year.
The two previous classics at
Prestonwood have raised more than
$800,000 for cancer research
through the Jimmy V Foundation
for Cancer Research.
Celebrities scheduled to appear at
the Aug. 25 classic include (Charles
Barkley of the NBA’s Phoenix
Suns and Dan Jansen, a former
Olympic speedskater and gold
medalist.
ESPN sportscasters attending the
event include Chris Berman, Robin
Roberts, John Saunders and Dick
Vitale. CBS basketball analyst Bil
ly PackCT will also attend.
Rick Pitino, the coach of the 1996
NCAA Basketball Champion Ken
tucky Wildcats, will be joining
ACC coaches Mike Krzyzewski
(Duke), Bobby Cremins (Georgia
Tech), Herb Sendek (N.C. Stale
men). Dean Smith (North Carolina)
and Kay Yow (N.C. State women).
Seattle Supersonics coach George
Karl is also expected to attend.
Former Wake Forest basketball
star Rodney Rogers, who is now
playing for the NBA’s Los Angeles
Clippers, will be at the classic
along with Christian Laettner of the
Atlanta Hawks and Tom Gugliotta
of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Tickets for the classic are avail
able at local Kerr Drug Stores, First
Union, Mitchell’s Hairstyling,
Medlin Davis Cleaners and Kroger
Supermarkets. Ticket prices are $5
in advance and $8 on tee day of the
event
Following is a schedule of the
events surrounding the upcoming
Jimmy V Classic.
August 5:
Jimmy V Golf Classic Night at
the Durham Bulls:
Spectators have a chance to win
classic tickets and other prizes
while enjoying an evening at tee
Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The
Durham Bulls face Lynchburg at 7
p.m.
Prizes will be awarded according
to seat and scorecard numbers.
Baseball players will also throw
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specially numbered balls into the
crowd for prizes.
August 22:
Reverse Raffle:
A 500-ticket reverse raffle event
will be held at tee Prestonwood
Country Club after a buffet. One of
those in attendance will win tee
grand prize: a new car.
About 100 tickets are still avail
able at a cost of $100 each. To or
der tickets, call 363-2254.
Hootie Benefit Concert:
Hootie & tee Blowfish, tee South
Carolina-based rock group, will
perfOTm for tee second year in a
row at Hardee’s Walnut Creek
Amphitheater.
Instead of just giving one concert
like last year, Hootie & tee Blow-
fish will be giving concerts on bote
Aug. 22 and 23. Bote concerts will
be performed at Hardee’s Walnut
Creek Amphitheater.
Tickets cost $25.50 and are avail
able through Ticketmaster.
August 23
Hootie Benefit Concert:
The second and last Hootie & the
Blowfish concert will be held at
Hardee’s Walnut Creek
Amphitheater.
August 24
Pott for Cash:
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., putters
will have a chance at winning
$10,000 in tee Putt for Cash.
The event will be held inside
South Hills Mall & Plaza. Two-
hour 20-foot hole qualifying rounds
will be held throughout tee day.
The putters who win tee rounds
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Cardinal Family Medicine, a divi
sion of Cardinal Healthcare, has
opened a one-story, 10,000-square-
foot facility off Cary Parkway, just
north of High House Road.
The new building is located at
110 Preston Executive Park oppo
site the Deerwood At Preston
Apartments complex and behind
the ABC Centre and Bright
Horizons Day Care facihty.
Cardinal Family Medicine
eventually will have eight
physicians, each of whom will have
three examination rooms. Three
primary-care physicians are cur
rently seeing patients: Dr. A1
Mooney, Dr. Alex Newman and
E>r. Beth Vandergriff. Open Mon
day, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wednesday and
Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Car
dinal expects to add urgent care
services by tee end of tee year, ac
cording to Office Manager Scott
Walter.
Formerly located in tee Parkway
Pointe Shopping Center at Old
Apex Road and Cary Parkway in a
1,400-square-foot facility, Cardinal
selected the new site fCM’ expantted
services to meet demands of what
Walter called the tremendous
growth in western Wake County
and Preston area. The locaticm, be
explained, was selected especially
in light of tee proposed extension
of Cary Parkway.
Cardinal Healthcare, tee parent
organization, offers tee services of
75 physicians whose practices
cover internal and family medicine,
pulmonary medicine, rheumatol
ogy, gasteoenterology, cardiology,
dermatology and oncology.
A radiology program is planned
feu tee near future, as well as X-ray
facilities. The urgent care program
will operate on either a five- or
seven-day schedule which has yet
to be decided. A trauma room is
also planned, according to Walter,
and a dermatologist will be on hand
Tuesday mornings. New patients
with acute ilbess will be accepted
within 24 hours.
One of tee problwns faced at tee
new location is signage. Walter
said. The Town of Cary will not
permit signs on nearby major road
ways. The new building is not
visible ftx^m Cary Parkway and is
tucked away on a curving side road
which abuts a heavily wooded area
at tee edge of one of the golf fair
ways at Prestonwood Country
Club.
Candidates tapped for board
will come together at tee end of tee
day for tee final round 40-foot putt.
If a golfer makes a hole in one, he
or she will win $10,0(X).
One putt costs $3 and two putts
cost $5. The money raised will be
donated to tee Jimmy V Founda
tion.
Fashion Show:
Another fund-raiser will be held
at Nick’s Restaurant in MacGregor
Village in Cary. Hudson Belk will
be running tee afternoon fashion
show and some of tee classic
celebrities are expected to attend.
For tickets, call 363-2254.
Hour with Dick Vitale:
ESPN’s Dick Vitale will appear
at tee Cary YMCA at 1 p.m. for an
hour of question and answers. He is
also expected to talk to young
people about staying in school,
making good grad« and not using
drugs.
Tickets are free and are available
at Hannaford grocery stores.
August 25
Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic:
With tee preliminary festivities
concluded, celebrities tee off at
Prestonwood. Gates open at 8:30
a.m.
Million Dollar Hole in One
Shootout:
Celebrities and two golfers who
won previous Million Dollar
elimination rounds will come to
gether after the classic for a chance
at winning $1 million.
To win tee money, a golfer must
shoot a hole-in-one on the 165-yard
final hole.
The shootout will be tee final
event of tee classic.
Six candidates have been
nominated for teree-year terms on
Morrisville Chamber of Com
merce’s board of directors.
The nominees include Gerry
Boyle of Triangle Factory Shops,
Hearon Dickson of Dillard Paper
Co., Jim Huggins of Alpha
Graphics, Bill Kirkland of The
Morrisville & Preston Progress,
Barbara McGill of Days Inn and
Paul Nicholas of American Express
Financial Advisors.
Five of tee nominees have pre
vious experience as directors.
Nicholas would be joining tee
board for tee first time. Terms be
gin Oct. 1.
He’s no stranger to chamber
events.
We’re referring to Congressman
Fred Heineman, who will speak at
the Aug. 23 Issues and Eggs Forum
at Sorrento’s. The breakfast starts
at 7:45 a.m.
Heineman has addressed two
fCHums since his election and also
took part in this summer’s chamber
golf toumamenL
Ihe chamber calendar also in-
Chamber Corner
eludes a Business After Hours on
Aug. 6 at Hawthorn Suites, former
ly Meredith Gues Suites. The
networking events will begin at
5:30 p.m.
Fourteen more members have
been added to tee chamber roster.
The latest additions include
Zevatech, Herb Council, Haas Pub
lishing, EGW Personnel Service,
Michael S. Watson (DDS),
BellSouth Mobility, R&G Services,
Nello L. Teer Co., United Parcel
Service, Interim Personnel, Con
tinental Airlines, Monteith Travel,
Adept Web Services and Columbia
Staffing Group.
Ray Lech, president of the cham
ber, reminds members teat chamber
offices on Church Street will be
closed Aug. 1-2 (for a chamber
conference), Aug. 12-14 (for tee
Chamber Institute), and Aug. 25
through Sept. 3 for a vacation and
holiday period.
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