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Thursday, February 3, 2000
Town Considering
New Land Options
The Town Council is looking
into possible sites for public
works after the land lease
expires December 2006.
By Tricia Barrios
Staff Writer
Facing the prospect of losing public
works land within the next six years, the
Chapel Hill Town Council is starting to
study other options that would allow for
future expansion.
The town is leasing 24.2 acres of land
at the Horace Williams Tract, which is
owned by the University. The 30-year
lease agreement will end Dec. 6, 2006.
Jonathan Howes, special assistant to
interim Chancellor Bill McCoy and co
chair of the Horace Williams Planning
Group, said the University had not
decided whether it would offer to renew
the lease.
“It’ll be quite a while,” he said. “But
we’re moving in the direction of using
the land for the University’s purposes.”
The tract of land houses the town’s
public works department, the trans
portation department and an animal
shelter, as well as two recycling centers.
Council members agreed to begin
searching for alternative sites at
Monday’s meeting.
Council member Jim Ward said the
task of finding land could be difficult.
“There are not very many sizable
portions of land within town limits that
are usable, and they’re getting scarcer
every day,” he said.
Town Public Works Director Bruce
Heflin said there were benefits to stay
ing on the Horace Williams Tract, but
even if the town was given the option of
renewing the lease, it might not be fea
sible to stay there.
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“We’re centrally located, and every
one knows where we are,” he said.
However, Heflin said the need for
expansion could be limited if the site did
not offer the needed space.
“The town has grown, so we’re prob
ably 25 to 30 percent larger a depart
ment,” he said. “To expand, we’d have
to move out to the landfill beside us, but
you can’t build buildings over landfills.”
Heflin said there would still be much
work left to do if the University extend
ed the town’s lease.
“Even if we could stay here, we’d
have to do lots of investigation of con
ditions under the ground to see if it’s
possible to expand,” he said.
However, Ward said the Town
Council was already trying to prepare
for a possible move. “The town needs to
proceed under the assumption that (the
University) is going to have to relocate
everything out there,” he said.
He said the council was exploring a
variety of options for the public works
land. “We are exploring a short-term
lease extension, and we are looking at
parcels of land within town limits,” he
said. “We are also having informal con
versations with Carrboro to combine
public works facilities for both towns.”
Ward said the primary focus for new
land options centered on a parcel of
land north of Eubanks Road, but the
council had some concerns about it.
“Everybody wants their trash picked
up, but not everybody wants to live near
where these public works facilities are
located,” he said.
Council member Flicka Bateman said
the council was certain of a two-year
extension to the lease to give the town
more time. “It’s certainly nothing we
can take to the bank for long-term use.”
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Habitat Shoots for $40,000 Goal
The Orange County chapter
of Habitat for Humanity
is trying to find funding
for new ideas and projects.
By Kathleen Wirth
Assistant City Editor
With less than four months left in its
fund-raising campaign, the Orange
County Habitat for Humanity is step
ping up to the challenge of raising
$400,000 by June 1.
Officials said they were confident
they could raise the remaining $40,000
needed to receive a $165,000 challenge
grant set forth in September by The
Kresge Foundation, an independent pri
Execution Moratorium Draws Praise, Criticism
By Rachel Leonard
Staff Writer
Death penalty opponents are lauding
the recent move by Illinois Gov. George
Ryan placing a moratorium on execu
tions to investigate the high rate of over
turned sentences and allegations of
unfairness within the system.
But advocates of capital punishment
say they hope the gesture will not elim
inate a punishment they see as just.
Illinois became the first state in the
nation to place a moratorium on the
death penalty when Republican Gov.
George Ryan announced Monday that
all executions would be halted. Ryan
says he supports capital punishment.
An example of the correctional sys
tem’s possible shortcomings came last
year when Illinois officials released
Anthony Porter from death row after a
college journalism class at Northwestern
University proved he was innocent.
David Protess, a journalism professor
at the university, teaches the investiga
tive reporting class. “My students and I
are thrilled that a Republican governor
in favor of the death penalty has
declared a moratorium on executions.”
Protess said the response to the
moratorium in Illinois had been over
whelmingly positive.
“Even prosecutors are supporting the
move in light of past (false convictions),
he said. “I hope it will lead to abolition.”
Northwestern student Katherine
Newberger is enrolled in Protess’ class.
Campus Calendar
Today
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. - There will be an
information session for APPLES sum
mer internship program in Union
226.
3:30 p.m. - Kyriakos S. Markides,
Ph.D., from the University of Texas
Medical Branch, will speak about
“America’s Growing Hispanic
Population: Trends in Health Status
and Policy Implications.’’
Markides’ lecture will be held in the
School of Social Work Auditorium. The
lecture is part of the Institute on Aging
Distinguished Lecture Series.
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vate foundation based in Troy, Mich.
Anne Marie Vanaman, director of
development for Habitat, said that
under the conditions of the Kresge
grant, the group must meet its fund-rais
ing goal by June 1 or the grant is void.
The grant would feed into a $1.7 million
campaign to extend the organization’s
work through 2000.
“We’ve never tackled this kind of
campaign before,” she said. “It (has
been) a lot of money to raise, but we’re
working on raising the rest of the
$40,000 in order to get the grant.”
Despite collecting more than
$360,000 toward the necessary chal
lenge funds, Vanaman said fund-raising
after the holidays presented problems in
soliciting donations. “Most people are
consumed with paying their Christmas
Nationwide Distribution of the Death Penalty
111. Gov. George Ryan recently imposed a moratorium on the death penalty. Ryan, a Republican, said he was not opposed to the death penalty,
but this would give state officials the time to investigate the high rate of overturned sentences and allegations of prejudiced sentencing.
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“In doing all this work, we realized how
flawed the system is,” she said. “We all
feel a sense of relief knowing there won’t
be any executions for a long time.”
But Don Boys, executive director of
the pro-death penalty organization
Common Sense for Today, took a dif
ferent view. “I hope they don’t overre
act,” he said.
Boys said he was not concerned
about the targe portion of lower-income
inmates on death row.
“People who are poor have a greater
Society are invited to an interest meet
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Social Science and History has week
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interested in being on the staff are wel
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6 p.m. to 7 p.m. - There will be an
information session for APPLES sum
mer internship program in Union
226.
7 p.m. - Inter Varsity Christian
Fellowship North Chapter will hold a
large group meeting in Union 224.
bills or taxes,” Vanaman said. “Basically
we’re going to have to rally the commu
nity and our core supporters because the
grant’s all or nothing come June 1.”
She said local chapters of Habitat,
including the UNC organization, con
tributed to the fund raising through the
Blitz Build campaign.
Tia Lendo, a co-leader for the UNC
Blitz Build project, said the $23,000 the
group had raised since October 1998
was a necessary evil in realizing the
ideals of Habitat. “(Fund raising) is at the
base of any organization,” she said. “It
builds a sense of community, and a com
munity can’t exist without partnership.”
In a statement released by the foun
dation, officials said the foundation
awarded grants to 211 charitable organi
zations throughout the world for pro
motivation to steal and commit more
crimes,” he said. “People who take
another person’s life deserve to die.”
But Stephen Dear, executive director
of the Chapel Hill chapter of People of
Faith Against the Death Penalty, said he
strongly supported the moratorium.
“It shows that the American people
are becoming aware of the deep-rooted
problems of the death penalty and that
innocent people have been sentenced to
death and killed," he said.
Dear said he advocated a change in
Robbie Harris will speak at the meeting.
Friday
noon - There will be a Study
Abroad Information Session on the
London Honors Summer Program pre
sented by Dr. Robert Kirkpatrick in 106
Greenlaw Hall.
2 p.m. to 5 p.m. - There will be a
make-up final exam for Dr. Benavie’s
fall 1999 Economics 10 class in 307
Gardner Hall. Those taking the exam
should bring an official dean’s excuse.
4 p.m. - Scott Warner will direct the
Fred and Gail Fearing Friday
Afternoon Jazz Series featuring the
UNCJazz Combos’ in 107 Hill Hall.
7:30 p.m. - Amnesty International
will meet in Union 220. Those interest
ed can attend to learn about human
rights actions around the world. New
members are welcome.
Monday
4 p.m. - There will be an
International Festival planning
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jects involving major capital improve
ments or renovations.
“Grant recipients have raised initial
funds toward their respective projects
before requesting foundation assis
tance," the press release stated. “Grants
are then made on a challenge basis,
requiring the raising of the remaining
funds, thereby ensuring completion of
the project.”
Vanaman said the grant would help
Habitat continue the group’s building
efforts and ensure the creation of part
nerships throughout the community.
“The money will help us get started
and continue our work,” she said. “It’s
a big chunk.”
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at citydesk@unc.edu.
North Carolina’s justice system policy as
well. He said that while he supported
the complete abolition of capital pun
ishment, he recommended a similar
moratorium in North Carolina. “We will
find the system is not fixable to a fair
standard,” he said. “I’m thrilled and I
congratulate the Governor (of Illinois)
for his bravery - if onlyjim Hunt would
have the courage to do that.”
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reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
meeting on the second floor lounge of
the Carolina Union.
The information session is for all stu
dents interested in helping with an inter
national celebration of food and enter
tainment that will take place March 6.
Items of Interest
■ Those with a service idea that will
better the community and need money
to implement their plan can apply for an
APPLES Social Entrepreneurship
program.
New or existing student-designed
organizations are eligible and can earn a
grant and service-learning academic
credit. Applications are available at the
APPLES office.
■ Class of ’3B Summer Fellowship
Abroad applications are available at the
International Center, located in Union
116.
Five awards of $3,000 each are avail
able for sophomores and juniors to pur
sue a project of personal or career
interest.