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Police Catch Suspect
In 2 Bank Robberies
Chapel Hill police arrested Roland
Albert Corley, 54, of 1916 Hart St. in
Durham, at 11:54 a.m. Wednesday with
warrants for two bank robberies.
Reports state that Corley approached
the tellers at CCB at 1775 Dobbins
Drive on two different occasions with a
written note, demanding money.
The first robbery occurred March 3,
and the suspect obtained an unspecified
amount of cash, reports state. A second
robbery occurred Sept. 5 during which
the same suspect again obtained an
unspecified amount of money.
Tellers positively identified Corley as
the suspect, and he was arrested at his
residence Nov. 22, reports state.
Corley is being held at Orange
County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bond
and is scheduled to appear in Orange
County District Court in Hillsborough
on Nov. 27.
University
Wednesday, Nov. 22
■ According to UNC police reports,
a truck valued at about $5,000 was
stolen from the Kenan Football Center.
The vehicle was UNC property.
■ A Palm Pilot worth about $250
was stolen from the Bumett-Womack
building, according to reports.
■ Reports state that a pager and
$1.50 cash, both personal property,
were stolen from Aycock Family
Medicine. The pager was valued at SSO.
Computer speakers, which were UNC
property and worth about SSO, also
were stolen from the building.
Tuesday, Nov. 21
■ Reports state that a fire alarm was
activated in the Thurston Bowles build
ing. A plastic jar caught on fire, but
there was no damage.
City
Sunday, Nov. 26
■ Chapel Hill police were alerted to
a breaking and entering on Kenan
Street at 12:05 p.m. Reports state that a
Panasonic VCR, a Sanyo VCR, an
Awia stereo, a Sony Play Station and a
Time Warner Digital Cable box -
totalling about $1,300 - were stolen
from a residence.
There are no suspects in the case.
The case status is inactive.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested a 17-
year-old male for unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle and possession with
intent to sell marijuana.
Reports state that the minor’s parent
alerted police that he had taken a car
without permission.
When police stopped the minor in
the car, they searched the vehicle and
found 71 grams of marijuana in the cen
ter of the vehicle’s console.
Reports also state that the marijuana
was in 10 plastic sandwich bags.
The minor was transported to
Orange County Jail in lieu of a SSOO
secured bond.
He is scheduled to appear in Orange
County District Court in Hillsborough
on Nov. 27.
Friday, Nov. 24
■ Carrboro police arrested Requla
Maya-Cortez, 25, of 200 N.C. 54
Bypass, Apt. F-103, for child abuse and
assault on a child under 12.
Maya-Cortez was released on a writ
ten promise and is scheduled to appear
in Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough on Jan. 8.
■ Arturo Jose Hernandez, 28, of 45
Beaumont Lime in Pittsboro, was arrest
ed by Carrboro police for shoplifting.
Reports state that Hernandez stole
two six-packs of beer and two packs of
pork chops from Food Lion at 602-A
Jones Ferry Road.
Hernandez is being held at Orange
County Jail in lieu of a SIOO secured
bond and is scheduled to appear in
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough on Feb. 2.
Thursday, Nov. 23
■ Anthony Marvett Purefoy, 39, of
Chapel Hill, was arrested by Chapel
Hill police for breaking and entering.
Reports state that police arrived at
the Phi Delta Theta house at 304 S.
Columbia when the house alarm went
off.
Reports also state that police found
two doors open and two men in the
back parking lot. Purefoy reportedly
admitted to entering the house.
Reports indicate nothing in the house
was damaged.
Purefoy was released on a written
promise and is scheduled to appear in
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough on Jan. 22'
Legislators to Consider Moratorium in 200
By April Bethea
Staff Writer
State legislators are divided on the
future of a proposed statewide morato
rium on the death penalty that the N.C.
General Assembly likely will debate
early next year.
A legislative study committee,
charged with examining capital punish
ment, unanimously recommended last
week that the state ban executions of the
mentally handicapped and temporarily
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Renovations Force Students
To Different Study Areas
By Brook Corwin
and Tyler Maland
Staff Writers
A “We’re Moving” banner hanging
above the Undergraduate Library is
reminding many students that they will
soon be in search of alternative locations to
hit the books.
In anticipation of the upcoming renova
tion of the Cndergrad, which closes its doors
Dec. 19, Davis Library will extend its hours
and security, almost certainly creating larger
crowds in the typically hushed environment
And some students looking to avoid the
inevitable crowds will soon join those who
Town Council Names Possible Areas for Annexation
By Leah Cole
Staff Writer
When a town wants to grow big and
strong, does it need to drink its milk?
Not exacdy.
A town grows in size by taking sur
rounding areas and formally claiming
them through a process called annexa
tion.
Last night, the Chapel Hill Town
Council unanimously passed a resolu
tion identifying areas under considera
tion for future annexation after no
debate.
Republican to Vie for Speaker Post
By Jennifer Hagin
Staff Writer
The slim Democratic majority in the
N.C. House of Representatives might
provide an unusual opportunity for a
member of the minority party to
become speaker.
Rep. Connie Wilson, R-
Mecklenburg, recendy announced her
intention to seek the speaker post, mak
ing her the race’s third candidate.
The Democrats have a four-seat
majority in the House, holding 62 seats
to die Republicans’ 58. Two Democrats
- incumbent speaker Rep. Jim Black, D-
Mecklenberg, and Rep. Martin Nesbitt,
D-Buncombe - are also seeking the
position, possibly splitring the party’s
vote.
Both Democratic speaker candidates
said a Republican would not control the
speaker position.
But Wilson said she decided to seek
halt all executions.
The committee’s final meeting will be
Dec. 12 to approve the moratorium and
other proposals, one of which would dis
courage prosecutors in capital cases
from selecting or dismissing jurors based
on their race.
The General Assembly will vote on
the committee’s proposals when it
reconvenes in January.
Sen. Frank Ballance, D-Bertie, chair
man of the study committee, said the
moratorium would halt executions until
seek out UNC’s lesser-known libraries and
other atypical study spots.
“Davis doesn’t have many tables, and all
the study rooms are usually taken,” said
senior Spanish and international studies
major Elizabeth Kissling as she studied in the
Union Gallery. She said the lack of tables
forces her to retreat to more isolated locations
in Davis Library. “You have to go up to the
seventh or eighth floor, and it weirds me out”
Kissling said she also tends to her studies
at the James M. Johnston Center for
Undergraduate Excellence, which features
lavish furniture underneath crystal chande-
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The resolution is necessary because
North Carolina state laws require a
planning board or council to adopt a
resolution identifying areas under con
sideration at least one year before
adopting a resolution of intent to annex
that land.
“This resolution identifies all areas
that potentially could become the sub
ject of annexation,” said Chapel Hill
Town Manager Cal Horton.
Those places included in the resolu
tion are areas near Notting Hill, includ
ing land east of Erwin Road and north of
Sage Road, and Southern Village, also
the post because a member of the
minority party had a chance at victory if
two Democrats were running.
“Even though we’re in the minority,
the numbers give us a unique opportu
nity to run,” she said. “(I plan) to solidi
fy the Republicans in caucus and devel
op a coalition between interested
Democrats.”
Wilson said she was confident her
campaign could be successful.
“It’s not going to be easy, but it’s def
initely possible," she said.
A coalition of Republicans and black
Democrats trying to increase their
power in the House nearly defeated
Black in 1998. Black beat out Rep. Dan
Blue, D-Wake, by only one vote.
But Black said he was confident he
will be re-electedjan. 24 because he has
commitments from Democrats that they
will vote for him and has been contact
ed by possible Republican supporters.
“With the 54 (votes) I already have, I
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any questions of
fairness - includ
ing allegations of
racism in the judi
cial system - are
solved.
“We are recom
mending that
there be a halt in
as so much time as
to ensure that
innocent peoples’
lives are not being
Capital Punishment
Committee Chairman
Frank Ballance
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including Dogwood Acres and Zapata
Lane.
The Southern Village area is one
that the council has been considering
annexing for years, but council mem
bers now believe the time is right to
pursue it.
When land is annexed, that area
becomes officially included in the town
limits.
In addition, annexing areas allows
Chapel Hill to form its borders to match
areas of increased urbanization, creating
easily recognizable town limits.
But annexation does not come with
expect to get 61 votes or more,” he said.
“I’m the only one with 54 commit
ments.”
Black said he did not see Wilson as a
threat. “Connie Wilson may get her
(vote) and three or four others, but I
don’t see many more," he said.
Nesbitt said a Republican candidate
and multiple Democratic choices
increased his own chances of winning.
He said representatives will realign as
they see which candidate is pulling
ahead in support.
“Everyone in the caucus is waiting on
who can get 61 votes to win; he doesn’t
have 61, and I’m convinced he can’t get
it,” he said. “I think I can get 61 votes,
and that’s what I’m working towards."
Some legislators have speculated that
Rep. Leo Daughtry, R-Johnston, who
was recently elected House minority
leader, also will enter the race, but
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jeopardized,” Ballance said.
He said committee members also will
push for the Racial Justice Act, which
would ban executions in cases in which
race was determined to be a factor in
sentencing.
But Rep. Sam Ellis, R-Wake, said he
opposes halting executions because he
believes capital punishment itself is not
flawed - even though there might be
some problems in the judicial process.
Ellis said he supports a thorough
examination of the judicial process,
New Fire Station
May Choose Form
Over Function
Plans for the Southern Village fire station,
which have been under consideration since
1998, are over the budget by $292,000.
By Leigh Josey
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council finalized plans for a
Southern Village fire station Monday night, after juggling costs
and budgetary restraints.
Financing the fire station, which will be located at the inter
section of U.S. 15-501 and Bennett Road, meant sacrificing a
proposed police substation in the Southern Village area.
Officials consider a fire station necessary if Chapel Hill plans
to annex the growing Southern Village in the future. “We want
to annex Southern Village, but we can’t annex it until we have
a fire station,” said council member Flicka Bateman.
Plans for the station have been in the works since 1998 and
have undergone many changes.
Town Manager Cai Horton, who has worked closely with
bidders for station construction, developed several cost-saving
methods after bids were more than expected. “We were asked
by the manager’s office to consider possible cost-reduction
items,” said project architect Michael Hining.
These items included changes to concrete retaining walls,
landscaping, kitchen cabinets, flagpoles and sidewalks. In
total, $69,450 would have been saved.
But council members felt cost was not the only factor to
consider. Council member Pat Evans, who served on the
Citizen’s Fire Station Design Committee, said her goal was
“not to have a flashy building but a unique one, one that we
can be proud of.”
Evans said she was concerned that changes to the design
would make the building less attractive to future residents.
With the council’s vote to maintain the original approved
design, her fears were put to rest.
But with this decision, the town also committed itself to real
locating funds for construction. The original project budget was
$1 million, but with the new resolution, the cost will be
$1,292,000, a difference Horton says should not worry the town.
“We’re in sound financial condition; (this) is just a business
decision the council should feel confident to make,” he said.
Project plans are intentionally flexible to accommodate
future expansion.
“Almost all sides of the building have been designed in a
way that could be expanded later,” said Chapel Hill Fire Chief
Dan Jones.
Town officials said they were content with the finalized
plans, recognizing their flexibility and also their strengths.
Council member Bill Strom said the town has given ample
consideration to the building’s attractiveness.
“It says a lot about how we see ourselves as a community.”
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out responsibilities on the part of the
town.
These areas are guaranteed multiple
municipal services, such as law
enforcement protection, fire protec
tion, garbage and trash collection,
along with maintenance and lighting
of public streets.
Some areas across Chapel Hill
became part of the town by petitioning
for annexation to the council.
These areas have included
Springcrest and Culbreth Middle
Sdiool.
In the past decade, Chapel Hill also
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which will identify any problems with
in the system.
“We need to go to the judicial process
and determine why justice is not being
served,” he said. “We need to restore
people’s confidence that there is justice.”
Several of the state’s municipalities -
including Carrboro, Chapel Hill,
Charlotte and Winston-Salem - have
called for a statewide moratorium on the
death penalty.
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has completed numerous town-initiated
annexations including Sherwood Forest,
the Englewood subdivision, Weaver
Dairy Road/Erwin Road and the
UNC/Faculty-Staff Club.
But the council has declared its intent
not to expand beyond the Urban
Services Boundary, identified in its 2000
Land Use Plan, as the extent to which its
services can expand.
In the future, the council plans to
recommend annexation for all areas in
between the current town limits and the
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