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MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005
POLICE LOG
FROM STAFF REPORTS
■ A 20-year-old University
sophomore was arrested at 2:15
a.m. Saturday for driving while
intoxicated, provisional license
violation, possessing an open bot
tle of wine, possessing marijuana,
possessing drug paraphernalia and
altering a driver’s license, Chapel
Hill police reports state.
Risden L. McElroy Jr., of 235
McCauley St. D-2, pulled into a
driveway at 420 Hillsborough St.
and hit the chain across it with his
windshield, reports state.
Officers measured his blood
alcohol content at .07 percent,
reports state. He was released
on a written promise to appear
May 17 in Orange County District
Criminal Court in Hillsborough.
■ A Florida woman was arrested
at 1:13 a.m. Saturday and charged
with driving while intoxicated and
speeding, both misdemeanors,
Chapel Hill police reports state.
According to reports, Deborah
Ann Rudi, 37, of 801 Brickell Key
Blvd. in Miami, was stopped for
driving 69 mph in a 35 mph zone
in a red 2005 Ford Focus.
She was charged with driving
while intoxicated when she refused
a blood alcohol test, reports state.
She was released on a writ
ten promise to appear June 14 in
Orange County District Criminal
Court in Chapel Hill.
■ A non-forceful burglary and
larceny resulting in $1,250 in sto
len property was reported at 6:50
a.m. Saturday at 107 Fraternity
Court Apt. 4, Chapel Hill police
reports state.
An unknown suspect entered
the unlocked residence and took
items from a bedroom, including
a desktop computer, a monitor, a
DVD player and a Playstation 2,
reports state.
The house was last known to be
secure at midnight, reports state.
■ A Hillsborough man was
arrested at 1:41 a.m. Friday and
charged with driving while intox-
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icated and speeding, Chapel Hill
police reports state.
Brian Christopher Buck, 23, of
1705 Cheyenne Drive, was stopped
at the corner of Airport Road and
Homestead Drive in a burgundy
1996 Buick, reports state.
His blood alcohol content was
measured at .12 percent. He was
released on a written promise to
appear May 10 in Administrative
Traffic Court in Chapel Hill.
■ A 28-year-old Chapel Hill
woman was arrested at 2:35 a.m.
Friday and charged with driving
while intoxicated and driving on
the wrong side of the road, Chapel
Hill police reports state.
According to reports, Charmeri
Elaine Elam, of 302 Stonehill
Road, was arrested for driving left
of center on Merritt Mill Road in a
silver 1998 Honda Civic.
Her blood alcohol content was
measured at .10 percent, reports
state. She was released on a writ
ten promise to appear May 10 in
Orange County District Criminal
Court in Chapel Hill.
■ A Greensboro College student
was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Friday
and charged with driving while
intoxicated, Chapel Hill police
reports state.
According to reports, Harrod
Lloyd Durham Jr., 21, of 4401
Hallow Oaks Drive, was stopped
while driving a black 1998 GMC
SUV on West Franklin Street.
His blood alcohol content was
measured at .08 percent, reports
state. He was released on a writ
ten promise to appear May 10 in
Administrative Traffic Court in
Chapel Hill.
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Town budget takes next step
Group to present findings tonight
BY CHRIS CARMICHAEL
STAFF WRITER
After nearly three months of
discussion, Chapel Hill’s budget
review advisory committee put the
finishing touches on a series of rec
ommendations Saturday aimed at
trimming next fiscal year’s budget.
The citizens’ committee will pres
ent its findings, which it hopes will
minimize a property tax increase first
projected at 10 cents, tonight before
the Chapel Hill Town Council.
After a series of sessions marked
by a struggle to grasp operational
details and evolving budget pro
jections, the group will present a
report that balances specific policy
changes and spending benchmarks,
shifting the task of finding budget
solutions to department heads.
The group will tell the town to
stay in the commercial garbage busi
ness, contrary to advice from town
budget consultant Maximus Inc.
But in an effort to recover at
least some of the costs for the ser
vice, the groups says apartment
complexes, fraternities, sororities
and tax-exempt entities such as
churches and schools should be
required to pay the same rates as
businesses.
The town charges SBOI for the
weekly pickup of an 8-yard bin.
Maximus estimated that charging
multi-family complexes could raise
as much as $389,800, though rev
enue could be much lower if own
ers choose to contract with private
rather than municipal haulers.
Honor society inducts new class
BY KATIE CLINE
STAFF WRITER
The University’s oldest honor
ary society opened its arms Friday
night, welcoming anew class of
distinguished and passionate cam
pus leaders to its ranks.
The 101-year-old Order of the
Golden Fleece tapped 30 new
members.
Conitras Houston, the “Jason,”
or leader, of this year’s active order,
said order members looked for
people who would perpetuate the
group through selfless acts.
“Every year is competitive,” she
said. “We want (new members)
to have a voice that is inspired by
themselves.”
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lished in 1904 to bring together
different branches of student life.
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One budget item department
leaders will examine closely will be
Town Manager Cal Horton’s pro
posed across-the-board competitive
pay raises of about 3 percent which
will cost the town $750,000.
In order to reduce a budget
shortfall initially estimated at $5
million, pay raises were left out of
the revised base budget.
“Clearly, I would not like to see
it happen,” Public Works Director
Bill Letteri said of a potential mor
atorium on raises.
“Pay increases, or lack thereof,
have a major effect on employee
morale.”
Horton has remained steady
in advocating for pay raises.
Committee members ultimately
decided to advise the town to keep
any raise to 1.5 percent.
And while the group has tried to
distance itself from politics, com
mittee members noted that going
on the record as supporting police
cutbacks Maximus suggested
cutting two officer vacancies was
not a politically desirable position.
“I don’t think this is where we
save money,” said committee mem
ber Joe Capowski.
“I think we need to get the best
officers that we can.”
The group concluded that the
town should increase police sala
ries by 3.5 percent, add four officers
downtown and fill the department’s
eight vacant positions.
In the final stages of discussion
Saturday, committee member Jill
order, which counts 1,700 among its
ranks, recognizes people who have
contributed selflessly and tirelessly
to the University community.
Members include highly respect
ed contributors such as Frank Porter
Graham and William Friday, both of
whom have been named “Argonaut
of the Half-Century” in the past.
“Argonaut” is the official name
for all order members.
This year’s inductees included
people from all walks of campus,
including student government
officials, University administrators
and leaders of service organizations
and campus publications.
The ceremony started in the
Great Hall with only a single spot
light focused on the emblem of the
golden fleece on the stage.
Then, the story of Jason the
Greek mythological charac
ter whose journey for a golden
fleece inspired the order’s name
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
The Chapel Hill Budget Review Advisory Committee will present these recommendations to the
Town Council tonight.
2. Fund a 1.5 percent competitive pay raise.
4. Maintain weekly yard waste cofledion service from October to December and mid-February
through April, limit service to twice monthly for remainder of the year.
Committee member Julie Brennan dissented.
and recommend all agency funding except for the Public Arts Commission and the
Downtown Economic Development Corporation.
Ridky-Blackburn questioned the
town’s funding of nonprofit groups.
Last fiscal year’s budget included
$206,000 for a host of nonprofit
groups and another $715,000 for
other agencies providing arts, eco
nomic development, senior services
and affordable housing.
“Most of the taxpayers in Chapel
Hill, they are very generous with their
contributions,” Ridky-Blackburn
said.
“Why is the town making contri
butions to nonprofits?”
Capowski said that while their
services are valuable, many groups’
funding should fall under the finan
cial responsibility' of the county.
“When times are tough, we have
to withdraw from a lot of our services
that are by rights county services,”
“Every year is competitive. We want
(new members) to have a voice that is
inspired by themselves.”
CONITRAS HOUSTON, GOLDEN FLEECE
boomed through speakers.
Dressed in black cloaks and
masks, officials ran through the
aisles, singling out this year’s
inductees.
Houston then read a list of the
new members’ accomplishments
and positions to the audience, and
the order welcomed its new argo
nauts.
Inductees said they were hum
bled by the honor.
“The network that is established
is one of very distinguished indi
viduals,” said inductee Colin Scott,
former Residence Hall Association
president.
After the inductees were
tapped, an alumni argonaut gave
the Frank Porter Graham Lecture
on Excellence.
Phillip Clay, chancellor of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, spoke about his jour
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“Taxpayers in
Chapel Hill, they
are very generous
with their
contributions.”
JILL RIDKY-BLACKBURN, MEMBER
Capowski said.
“Because every time we do this, we
double taxes for citizens to pay twice
for the same service.”
The council will hear presenta
tions from both Maximus and the
committee at 7 p.m. today.
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ney through life.
He said excellence can be exhib
ited through two aspects voice
and leadership.
“Voice is point of view,” he said.
“Leadership is a set of skills.”
Houston, a senior, said she is
hopeful about the future of the
Golden Fleece and is confident
that members will continue to
make unselfish contributions
behind the scenes.
Inductee Walker Rutherfurd,
former president of the
Interfraternity Council, said his
induction doesn’t mark the end to
his service to the University only
the beginning.
“I look forward to giving back
to Carolina because it’s given me
so much.”
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