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Health Dept. Counselors
Offer Information on AIDS
Counselors from the Department of
Health Education will be in the Pit on
Thursday to present volunteer opportuni
ties and make appointments for HIV test
ing as part of World AIDS Day.
Counselors will be available from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m., and there will be a “safer
sex” table providing information and prod
ucts promoting safer sex.
“We want World AIDS Day to be a
resource for the college community and an
opportunity for local AIDS organizations
to promote their programs and services,”
said junior Stacey Cumow, who will help
staff the safer sex table in the Pit.
Health education counselors will pro
vide information about opportunities for
volunteers in local AIDS organizations,
such as the AIDS Community Residence
Association and the People with AIDS
Support Group.
Counselors will also make appointments
for students who want to be tested for HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS. The health
education department offers confidential
testing services that are free for students.
World AIDS Day activities at UNC are
co-sponsored by B-GLAD and the Depart
ment of Health and Human Behavior.
Northern Nash Crowned
Winner of Band Contest
Northern Nash Senior High School of
Nashville was named grand champion of
the Tar Heel Invitational Band Champion
ship in Kenan Stadium Nov. 12.
The “Marching Knights,” directed by
Paul Orsett and Chris Blice, were among
24 high school bands from North Caro
lina, South Carolina and Virginia compet
ing in the third annual invitational.
Second- and third-place prizes went to
Concord High School and West Carteret
High School of Morehead City.
A panel judged the competitors on mu
sic, general effect, marching and maneu
vering, percussion, drum major, and color
guard. Following a preliminary afternoon
round, 10 finalists were selected to com
pete in the evening competition. The seven
other bands in the finals competition were
from Rocky Mount Senior High School,
Fuquay-Varina High School, Cary High
School, Mooresville Senior High School,
Trinity High School of Trinity, Southern
Nash High School of Spring Hope and Mt.
Vernon High School of Alexandria, Va.
Northern Nash also won the prelimi
nary competition for classes AAA and
AAAA, as well as the Best Pit Crew award
fortheband’s family and friends who helped
move equipment off the field.
South Johnston High School of Benson
won the Esprit de Corps Award for having
the best attitude, cooperation and spirit.
The competition was sponsored by
University bands and the UNC athletics
department.
Donations Sought to Help
Needy Be Self-Sufficient
The Friends of Orange County Depart
ment of Social Services is looking for dona
tions of basic homemaking or personal
care items. The donations will be given to
.ne Department of Social Services, which
helps people, such as single mothers with a
limited budget and residents of shelters for
battered or homeless persons, to become
more self-sufficient.
There is an urgent need for a dinette
table and four chairs; a small, utility-type
microwave oven; other small kitchen uten
sils and appliances, including eating uten
sils for six people; women’s personal
grooming items; and an extra-large
sweatsuit for a man who recently became
ambulatory after a prolonged illness.
For more information or to arrange for
a pickup of an item, call Myrtie Mayo at
732-4490, Jenny Bryant at 967-4630 or
Eleanor Long-Wilgus at 9334502
Hillsborough Society Will
Present Historical Homes
The Hillsborough Historical Society will
be presenting “Home for the Holidays: A
Tale of Five Houses” at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Dec. 4. The presentation, in conjunction
with the Hillsborough Christmas Candle
light Tour sponsored by the Hillsborough
Area Chamber of Commerce, will feature
slides of five Hillsborough homes, archi
tectural drawings and historical back
ground information. Some of the homes
featured are also included in the candle
fight tour. The presentation will focus on
the theme of tradition and change in the
fives of Hillsborough residents and how
these changes are evident in the architec
ture of their homes.
Autism Society Names
Local Resident to Board
Die Autism Society of North Carolina
re-elected Alice W ertheimer of Chapel Hill
to its board of directors during its annual
business meeting Nov. 12. Wertheimer,
the mother of an autistic child, was elected
as a parent representative to the board and
will represent parents from the Chapel Hill
Treatment and Education of Autistic and
related Communicationhandicapped Chil
dren (TEACCH) region.
Wertheimer is currently the visitor co
ordinator at Division TEACCH. She is
also a committee chairwoman for the Au
tism Society of America 1995 National
Conference Committee. The Autism Soci
ety is a United Way agency.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Proprietors Put University Mall Up for Side
BY JENNIFER FREER
STAFF WRITER
A marketing campaign will begin in
February to sell University Mall in Chapel
Hill, North Hills Mall in Raleigh and other
properties in the area.
“The properties are performing well,
which means they are ready for sale,” said
Jim Walker, president of North Hills Inc.,
a commercial development company that
manages commercial and residential cen
ters. “The Triangle and the state are strong
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Leigh Zaleon has been the director of the Victory Village Day Care Center for the past three months. Zaleon is the fourth director the
center has had in 2 1/2 years.
New Director Aims to Improve Day Care
BY JENNIFER FULLER
STAFF WRITER
What used to house soldiers during World War
II now hosts shelves of toys and stuffed animals.
Brightly colored wallpaper is accompanied by
childrens’ artwork, and if weather permits, chil
dren play and yell outside on the surrounding
playgrounds.
Located behind the Health A&rnr’fhiTking
Deck at the bottom of a hill on Mason Farm Road
lies a place University students, faculty, staff and
their children have been using for more than 40
years, the Victory Village Day Care Center.
For Leigh Zaleon, who has been the director of
Victory Village for the past three months, the
center is yet another opportunity for her to work
with children.
“I don’t think I could work a job that didn’t
involve children,” Zaleon said. “It’s just really,
really rewarding to see the children grow and to
feel like you’re a part ofit and making a difference
in their lives.”
After graduating from UNC-Greensboro in
1979 with a bachelor of arts degree in early child
hood education, Zaleon has held many jobs ori
ented around children in preparation for her posi
tion at Victory Village.
Thanksgiving Gridlock
Causes Traveling Delays
10 Traffic-Related Deaths
Reported in State, Which Is
Down From 28 Last Year
BY MEGAN HANLEY
STAFF WRITER
Thanksgiving came and went, leaving
Chapel Hill and Carrboro in relative peace
during the holidays. However, forthe thou
sands ofThanksgiving travelers who found
themselves staring at several miles of
brakelights before them, it wasnotso peace
ful.
Traffic around Greensboro was backed
up several miles outside of the city limits,
said Sgt. Phil Wadsworth ofthe N.C. High
way Patrol. The merging of interstates 40
and 85 in Greensboro added to the delay,
he said.
Interstate travel across the state folio wed
suit.
The rain on Sunday complicated the
matter further and probably contributed to
Despite Some Concerns, Town Approves Plan to Widen N.C. 86
BYCHRIS NICHOLS
CITY EDITOR
One of Chapel Hill’s main thorough
fares to Interstate 40 will soon be a little
more user friendly or congested with
traffic, depending which side of the fence
you sit on.
OnMondaynight,theChapelHillTown
Council passed a resolution to improve
and widen N.C. 86 between Homestead
Road and the interstate. Now, the N.C.
Department of Transportation (DOT) will
take over to survey the roadway.
The resolution passed, with amend
ments, 6-3.
“We have had what I think is some
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real estate areas that people would like to
own. Also, Fortune Magazine ranked the
Triangle as the best place to live, which
helped recognize the desirability of doing
business in the area.”
Walker wouldn’t disclose any possible
sale prices at this time.
The properties are owned by KLM Pen
sion Fund, a division of Dutch National
Airlines Cos., but the property is not owned
by the airlines, said Dan Whitehead, man
ager of North Hills Mall.
Walker said 16 properties were being
“Its just really rewarding to see the
children grow and to feel like
you \'re a part of it and making a
difference in their lives. ”
LEIGH ZALEON
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Over the years, Zaleon has worked in child care
and in preschools throughout the country, served
as a restaurant manager, taken time off for about
seven years to raise two children of her own and
volunteered part time to work with other youths.
Having settled in Chapel Hill a year and a half
ago, Zaleon helped establish Chapel Hill’s Pre-
School of the Arts last September before becoming
the director of Victory Village.
As director of the day care, Zaleon has myriad
responsibilities, including financial budgeting and
administrative duties that ensure that the center is
in tune with state regulations. In addition to these
responsibilities, Zaleon overseesastaffofll teach
ers, five work-study students and one assistant
director who help maintain the quality of the day
care.
some of the accidents, Wadsworth said.
He said the holiday traffic was always
hectic. “Generally, it was just as bad as last
year,” he said. “But it might have been
somewhat worse because of the Sunday
rain.”
Statewide, there were 10 fatalities dur
ing the Thanksgiving holiday traffic pe
riod, compared to 28 last year, Wadsworth
said. The period began at 6 p.m. Wednes
day and lasted until midnight Sunday.
The worst times to travel were late after
noon and evening on either Wednesday or
Sunday, he said. Some people cut their
vacation short in order to beat the rush, but
the majority of people found themselves
stuck in the rain in gridlocked traffic.
Although most of the state had heavy
traffic, Chapel Hill and Carrboro remained
relatively quiet during the holiday week
end. “Chapel Hill is really the opposite
from the rest of the state because everyone
leaves,” Chapel Hill Police Department
spokeswoman Jane Cousins said.
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fruitful discussion with the N.C. Depart
ment of Transportation,” town engineer
George Small said.
Now, the plan needs to be tailored to
meet the objectives of the town and the
state, he said.
“We’ve come a long, way from where
we started,” he said. “I hope we’re some
where where we can come to agreement
with the state.
“We had a good variety of citizens’
comment concerning the project. The gen
eral comment seemed to be ‘how do we
minimize the disruption anywhere along
the corridor of this project?’”
The improvements of N.C. 86 between
Homestead Road and 1-40 are to be imple
considered for sale.
University Mall, North Hills Mall,
McGregor Village Shopping Center, Lake
Boone Shopping Center, North Ridge
Shopping Center and Eastgate Shopping
Center in Raleigh are a few of the retail
centers being considered for sale.
Also, Weston One and Emco-
Wheaton, office buildings in Cary, are two
other pieces of property potentially for
sale. “Right now, we’re putting together a
marketing brochure that CB Commercial
brokerage firm will present to potential
“Our children are our most valuable resource, ”
Zaleon said. “They’re the future. If we give them a
good beginning, the world is going to be a better
place 20 years down the road.”
As part of giving children a good beginning, one
of Zaleon’s goals is for the center to attain National
Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC) accreditation. Currently, the center is
licensed by the state at its highest level.
To achieve NAEYC accreditation, the center
must not only meet quality child care standards but
also offer a curriculum stressing cultural diversity
and awareness. With the aid of books, posters and
other tools to increase awareness of different cul
tures and ethnic groups, Zaleon said Victory Vil
lage already practiced 90 percent of the criteria
necessary for the accreditation.
“The kind of changes I have made are commu
nication kinds of things, to make sure we are all
working together for the same goals,” Zaleon said.
In her three months as director of Victory Vil
lage, Zaleon has focused on safety issues, such as
reconstructing playground equipment to be safer
and using feedback from teachers and parents
about the center through monthly meetings.
Zaleon said that so far she had enjoyed every
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University System Gets Second Lobbyist
Former BOG Republican
Will Work With New State
Legislators to Benefit UNC
BY HEATHERN. ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
Former Board of Governors member
Earl Danieley has been appointed to serve
as the University’s second lobbyist to the
General Assembly. The BOG, which meets
in January, is expected to approve
Danieley’s position.
“I don’t like the term ‘lobbyist,’"
Danieley said. “I prefer ‘representing the
University,’ because lobbyist has a conno
tation not meant to be complimentary.”
Danieley said he hoped to communi
cate with and provide information for the
General Assembly about the quality of the
University’s programs.
“UNC is one of the finest state univer
sity systems in the nation,” he said. “I will
make sure the members of the assembly
will have the information they want and
need to uphold this standing.”
BOG Chairman Travis Porter said
Danieley’s appointment would help the
University.
mented in “a way that it can safely and
effectively accommodate existing and fu
ture vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traf
fic,” according to a memorandum from
Town Manager Cal Horton’s office.
The first phase of the resolution in
cludes widening the current two lanes be
tween Homestead Road and Weaver Dairy
Road into two lanes in each direction, a 16-
foot wide raised center median, lanes for
turning traffic and transit vehicles, bike
lanes, and sidewalks.
Between Weaver Dairy Road and 1-40,
the project would involve two travel lanes
in each direction, a 28-foot wide raised
center median and turning lanes.
The next step in the project will be for
buyers,” Walker said. “The buyers check
out the information to decide what they
like and what they don’t like.”
Walker said that most of the properties
didn’t have any debt and that their sale was
“an opportunity, not a necessity.”
“A potential buyer will honor the leases
of tenants, and tenants will have the right
to stay there.”
Tenants at University Mall received a
brief letter explaining the selling process,
said Shirley Pojman, manager of Univer
sity Florist and Gift Shop. “According to
TV Executive:
Ban on Beer Ads
Could Cost UNC
BY STEVE MAGGI
STAFF WRITER
The University will soon choose between making a statement
and making money.
Recent dialogue has shed some doubt on the potential success
of efforts by UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith and others
to ban beer ads during Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events.
Television executive EdHull, president of Jefferson Pilot Sports,
has said that spots left vacant by banned beer advertisements could
not be adequately filled by other ads, which would cause UNC to
lose money. “We’re not 100 percent sold out,” Hull said.
“We would possibly have to be willing to lose those advertising
dollars,” UNC Director of Athletics John Swofford said Nov. 14
of the consequences of banning beer ads.
UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith said then that he
thought there were many non-alcohol-related companies that
wanted to advertise during UNC sporting events.
Smith is one of several ACC coaches, including Duke Univer
sity basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and Florida State Univer
sity football coach Bobby Bowden, who have spoken out against
the ads.
Beer ads have been a consistent and strong supporter of tele
vised sports, and this translates into more money for universities
everywhere.
Chancellor Paul Hardin said financial interests were not para
mount in this instance. “We have turned down lucrative offers to
sell beer at our events,” he said. “Money is not the issue. It’s a
matter of taste and freedom.
“Asa matter of personal preference, I would rather not have the
ads,” he added.
Hardin also said he thought the University might not lose
money if the ads were banned. “Some of it could be made up,
perhaps all of it,” he said.
Hull said beer companies paid the same amount for advertising
time as other companies. “They pay fair market value,” he said.
Although beer companies pay the same rates for ad time, ACC
schools might lose money by imposing a ban because of a lack of
other advertisers, Hull said. This notion conflicts with Smith’s
belief that there are more than enough advertisers waiting to fill the
void that would be created by a ban.
UNC currently follows National Collegiate Athletic Associi
tion guidelines, which allow 60 seconds ofbeer and wine advertiser
ments per hour of broadcast sporting events.
Currently, athletic conferences across the country have to
balance their desire to take an ethical stand with their practical
need for money. Conferences are allowed to make their own policy
decisions concerning beer advertising, as long as they adhere to
NCAA policy. Some conferences, such as the Big East, leave the
decision up to the individual schools.
The Western Athletic Conference, on the other hand, was the
first conference to ban beer ads during regional sportscasts.
Val Hale, assistant athletic director at Brigham Young Univer
sity, which spearheaded the establishment of the WAC’s policy,
said there was a growing movement to ban beer ads. “Many arenas
already prohibit alcohol advertising,” Hale said. “I think it won’t
be long before it catches on with the NCAA, especially with such
a legend (as Dean Smith) at its head.”
The alcohol advertising issue is slated for discussion at the next
ACC meeting, which will be held Dec. 9.
“Danieley is a
lifelong Republi
can,” he said. “Due
to this, he will be
more effective in
talking to the many
friends he has
made.”
Porter said that
Danieley was the
best choice for the
new lobbyist posi
tion because of his
association with
higher education.
“He has been as
sociated with higher
education all his
life,” Porter said.
Newly appointed
lobbyist EARL
DANIELEY said he
hoped to communicate
the importance of the
University's programs
to N.C. legislators.
“He is about as knowledged on education
as you can get.”
Danieley said his long-term affiliation
with the University would help him with
his new position. He began his graduate
work at UNC in 1946and earned a master’s
degree and a doctoral degree. Danieley
also served as a visiting professor at UNC
for a few summers. On Wednesday,
Danieley will step down from the BOG
after 111/2 years of service.
“I take great pride in this university and
the DOT to proceed with design, determi
nation of right-of-way and construction of
the project.
Council member Rosemary Waldorf
suggested the three amendments that were
added to the original resolution:
■ Change the 28-foot width to read a
maximum width of 28 feet;
■ Install a signal light at Stateside Drive;
and
■ Place a sidewalk, at least a temporary
one, on the west side of N.C. 86 between
Northside Drive and Weaver Dairy Road.
Small said some of the most vocal con
cerns on access from the highway had
come from North Chapel Hill Baptist
Church members, who feared the loss of
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what we have heard, it hasn’t affected our
business yet,” Pojman said.
“I haven’t really thought about it be
cause the selling is far away, and, so far, we
are not concerned.”
Walker said that North Hills Inc.
planned to add anew entrance to Univer
sity Mall after the Christmas shopping sea
son and after expanding North Hills Mall.
“We will continue to manage, lease and
upgrade the assets,” Walker said. “You
wouldn’t shut off an engine in a car in the
middle of the interstate."
have always been a longtime supporter,”
he said. “During my time on the BOG, I
witnessed growth and development in
terms ofhigh quality and standards. I hope
to further the solid foundation of growth
and development that has already been
built."
Porter said that had Danieley not been
appointed, he still would have had to step
down from his BOG position in June 1995,
due to the completion of his term.
“I think the Board of Governors will
gain a lot from this appointment,” Porter
said. “Had Danieley not taken the posi
tion, we would have been without his ad
vice and leadership.”
Danieley said working as a lobbyist was
a different responsibility from serving on
the BOG.
“The BOG does the policy making,” he
said. “Asa staff member, I will be working
to carry out the BOG policies.”
If approved in January, he will work
with D.G. Martin, who also serves as lob
byist to the General Assembly. Danieley
said he looked forward to working with
Martin.
“I knew his father when he was the
president of Davidson, and I’ve known
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the entranceway to the church. But an
entrance and exit on Eubanks Road likely
will be built to serve the church.
“The overriding issue, for me at least,
was the area north ofWeaver Dairy Road, ”
Small said. “And one of the critical points
we were discussing was the width of the
median north of Weaver Dairy.
“The one issue we seem to have some
disagreement on with the town and the
state is the width of the median. Dual left
turn lanes are going to be necessary up
there by the time we finish with this project. ”
Two residents who spoke said they were
concerned about what the possible widen-
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