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2 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 ■ A 37-year-old Chapel Hill man was arrested on charges of assaulting a female at 3:54 a.m. Sunday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Dwayne Burnett, of 603 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., was arrested on the assault charge and on a fel ony charge of second-degree kid napping, reports state. According to reports, officers responded to a complaint in the boulevard area, and they found Burnett and the victim by a car. Reports state that the victim said she had been assaulted and that her ex-boyfriend would not allow her to leave the car. No bond was set, and Burnett was set to make his first appear ance in court Monday, according to reports. ■ A 16-year-old East Chapel Hill High School student was arrested COMMUNITY CALENDAR ■ The director search commit tee for the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will meet at 1 p.m. today in South Building 307. ■ N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall will deliver a lecture titled “Government is Like a Box of Chocolates” at 2 p.m. today in the UNC School of Government’s Knapp-Sanders Building. ■ Overeaters Anonymous will hold a meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Evergreen United Methodist Church on U.S. 15-501. Call 929- 5963 for more information. ■ The Haunted Hospital of Horror will take place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. today in the Ehringhaus Multipurpose Room. The American Red Cross at UNC is selling tickets, which are $2 in the Pit and $3 at the door. Proceeds will go to Acres ft Liberate your creativity Get the hottest software at amazingly low pricing— *** — with the Adobe Student Licensing Option r Learn how you can get Adobe software W W‘ at discounted student pricing at UNC Chapel Hill: f The new Student Licensing Option makes it more affordable than ever • ■ . for you to learn and work with the newest Adobe software products. 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Jewelry was the only thing that was reported stolen, and those items were later found in a black of Love AIDS benefit. ■ The Triangle Vegetarian Society will host a preview of Howard Lymans “Eating the Earth, One Bite at a Time” at 7 p.m. today at the Church of Reconciliation, 110 N. Elliott Road. ■ “Freedom Sings,” a story of censorship and popular music, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today in the Meymandi Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free. For more information call John Dutton, News & Observer promo tions coordinator, at 829-4843. ■ Vincent Laforet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The New York Times, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in the Freedom Forum Conference Center in Carroll Hall. ■ Theta Nu Xi Multicultural backpack in a ditch at Forest Court, according to reports. ■ A Chapel Hill student is sus pected of starting a dumpster fire late Sunday night in Aycock Circle PVA, police records state. According to police reports, Kerri Sumner, 21, reported a fire in a cardboard recycling dumpster. Two witnesses informed Ellen Jones, Aycock/Graham Community director, that they had seen a white male setting fire to a box near the dumpster, but did not witness him putting the box in the dumpster, reports state. Thomas Brinkley, 19, of 107 Stacy Residence Hall, told police that ear lier he had set a box on fire and put the fire out. Brinkley said he placed a wet paper towel in the box and threw die box away in the dumpster. The incident is under further inves tigation, according to reports. Sorority Inc. and Psi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity Inc. will host a screening of “Crash” at 7:45 p.m. today in Gardner 105. Pizza will be served. ■ Violinist Midori and pianist Charles Abramovic will perform at 8 p.m. today at Memorial Hall. To make a calendar submission, visit www.dailytarheel.com for a list of submission policies and contacts. Events must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date. 5V Daily (Ear Mrrl P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Ryan C.Tuck, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2005 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved News Customers haunt thrift shops BY NICKI JHABVALA STAFF WRITER The season of frights hasn’t seemed to scare off local custom ers, as area thrift shops receive their annual Halloween business rush from students and locals seeking the most unique costumes. The PTA Thrift Shop, which has locations on Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro and at Village Plaza in Chapel Hill, offers items desig nated specifically for Halloween, but most patrons seem interested in the alternatives. “We have a lot of people that put together their own costumes from the vintage clothing we offer,” said Barbara Jessie-Black, the shop’s executive director. The stores’ Halloween merchan dise has been available for two weeks to three weeks, and Jessie-Black said she has noticed a dramatic increase in business from the rest of the year. “Halloween is pretty big for us,” HAPPY HEEL-O-WEEN DTH/JULIA BARKER To honor UNC's 2005 national championship team, Jeff Ware, who began following the men’s basketball team just after he moved to Southern Village two years ago, carved this jack-o’-lantem for Halloween this year. He holds the pumpkin at his Chapel Hill home Monday. she said. “The first weekend that we had Halloween stuff out, much of it was picked out.” Still, Jessie-Black said many patrons wait until the last minute before gearing up for the holiday. Assuming business will be compara ble to past years, she said she expects a surge of customers looking for cos tumes the week before Halloween. All of the stores’ proceeds will go directly to the PTAs in local schools. Depending on each school’s needs, funds goes to such things as field trips and extracurricular activities. Club Nova Thrift Shop on Main Street in Carrboro uses its proceeds for the Club Nova mental health rehabilitation center for adults, located next door. Camellia Morton, the store’s coordinator, said she believes using the money for a good cause plays a big role in customers’ willingness to shop there. Whether they’re students or area alip Mg (Ear Hwl citizens, Morton said patrons seem to flock to the shop more during the Halloween season. Though specific Halloween items are limited at the store, she said an impressive lineup of vin tage clothing has lured in prospec tive costumers. “We have some costumes and we help people create their own,” Morton said. “So far (people) are going for the ’7os and ’Bos looks.” The old might be in for costume seekers at the PTA and Club Nova shops, but at Time After Time Vintage Thrift on Franklin Street, customers are eyeing a different style. The store’s manager, Autumn Spencer, said the western theme seems to be on the top of most patrons’ list this year. In addition, customers can choose from the shop’s hundreds of costumes, and he said they haven’t been skimping when it comes to creating the wildest attire. Time After Time is experienc ing the Halloween business boom as well, he said. “Without a doubt, (Halloween) is the biggest time for us.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. Forum to focus on local business Will eye progress, area preservation BY JABEEN AHMAD STAFF WRITER Leaders want people to notice the unique assets and community feel of downtown Chapel Hill when they stroll down Franklin Street, and they are taking anew direction to try to meet that aim. The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership will host a public forum today at the Varsity Theatre to discuss the adoption of Main Street Approach in downtown Chapel Hill. Forum leaders will discuss the approach and allow residents to provide input. Rodney Swink, director of the Office of Urban Development, at the N.C. Department of Commerce’s divi sion of community assistance, will discuss the details of the approach and its Chapel Hill applications. “Main Street Approach was created by the Nation Trust for Historic Preservation to revitalize downtown areas,” Swink said. The approach attempts to encour age economic development in tradi tional, older business districts while still preserving historic areas. “The biggest problem in down town redevelopment is that people tend to dwell so much on what’s wrong in the area that they exclude what’s right,” Swink said. Swink said he hopes residents wifi build upon strengths and acknowl edge weaknesses to make downtown Chapel Hill a better place. “My role will be to provide public education,” he said. “Chapel Hill residents need to see the opportunities available to them, and they need to be involved in every step of the program.” Local architect Phil Szostak, who will serve as moderator for the pub lic forum, said he hopes individuals will express concerns and ideas for the revitalization of downtown. “We hope issues of security and vitalily will come out,” he said. “In particular, we hope to address the differences between the West End and East Franklin Street.” Szostak added that he’d like to see hundreds of residents attend. “The project can be as successful as the people want it to be,” he said. “However, it will not work if we don’t cooperate. People need to under stand that no matter how successful the project turns out, we can’t stop planning.” Though Chapel Hill is not offi cially a Main Street city, some principles of the program might be applied to the area, and the partner ship adopted the strategy recently. The partnership seems optimistic that the project will provide a sense of community in Chapel Hill. “The board spoke with one clear voice, that they are ready to take a leadership role in making good decisions for downtown Chapel Hill,” stated Liz Parham, the group’s executive director, in the partner ship’s October newsletter. “We’re ready to evoke positive change for our community.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
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