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(Hljp Mg (Tor Heri Businesses download plans BY MEGHAN DAVIS ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR With several groups discuss ing how to provide wireless in town, the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership has launched a study of downtown businesses’ demand for the service. A University consultant will send a survey to business owners by the end of November to gauge the market for town-provided wireless, with input from the part nership and the town’s technology committee. Committee chairman Gregg Gerdau said his group is seek ing advice from Shannon Howie Schelin, director of the Center for Public Technology at the School of Government. “It’s the most remarkable thing,” Gerdau said. “We’ve been looking into town wireless networks, and there’s an expert right here.” The committee is considering the possibility of wireless Internet access throughout downtown and the Northside and Pine Knolls Retailers unsold about lottery tickets N.C. lottery lacks director, plans BY RICHARD M. COE 111 STAFF WRITER Mega Millions. Pick 4. Powerball. They could be coming to retailers across the state. But as of now, the N.C. Educational Lottery has no games, no detailed plan for how businesses can become retailers and no executive direc tor for its lottery commission. And, as a result, many business owners around North Carolina are unsure if they will sell lottery tickets. “We haven’t made a decision yet,” said James Barnwell, retail manag er for Huffinan Oil Company Inc., which owns two gas stations in the Chapel Hill area. Diane Eliezer, director of mar keting for Kerr Drug, said the cor poration’s officials also are debating whether or not it will be a retailer. 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The survey will include ques tions such as how much business owners pay for wireless now and what price range would entice them to switch to a town service. In most cases around the state, funding for a wireless program comes from a combined public and private partnership. But Gerdau said the town must factor in the cost of maintaining the service, which keeps some pro grams from succeeding. “Failures come from not under standing their constituent base,” he said. “And we have a number of dif ferent bases.” Many businesses, especially res taurants and coffee shops, claim that wireless Internet is the key of McFarling’s Exxon on West Franklin Street. Nevertheless, Robert Farris, a commissioner for the N.C. Lottery Commission, said he is confident the lottery will be successful, with 3,000 to 5,000 businesses partici pating. “If the people who stop me on the street is any indication, it will be significant.” He said he expects an execu tive director to be appointed soon, and games should be in place four months to six months afterward. During that time, details on the application process to become a retailer will be finalized, he said. But the commission does have some basic requirements in place. Owners of lottery retailers will have to be at least 21 years old as of their last tax return. Also, retailers will not be permitted to sell only lottery tickets and they will not be allowed to live with a lottery com missioner or anyone who works for the commission. Once the lottery is up and run ning, Barnwell said he believes many gas stations will be forced to sell lottery tickets because their competitors do. News to keeping an establishment vital, Schelin said. But owners of the 3 Cups coffee shop on West Franklin Street said they are not interested in wireless for their customers. “It’s a really small cafe and we need that space,” said manager Grant Meadows. “We don’t have the space to accommodate people studying all day, and we want the atmosphere to be more social.” The partnership will provide Schelin with further comments on the survey through the end of the week. Another proponent of wireless, former council candidate Walker Rutherfurd, said he was encour aged by the level of interest shown from the partnership. “The Internet is only 10 years old,” Walker said. “With wireless, it’s a question of whether we’re going to be ahead of the curve or behind it.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. Based on the success retailers have had in neighboring lottery states, selling tickets would be profitable. In fiscal year 2004, S.C. retailers earned almost $67 million in incen tives and commissions. About 3,500 South Carolina retailers receive a 7 percent com mission per ticket sold, plus incen tives for selling a winning ticket, said Tara Robertson, product relations manager for the South Carolina Education Lottery. Retailers in Virginia received $75.6 million in compensation in fiscal year 2005. Virginia has about 5,000 retail ers and a commission of 5 percent. A “winning” retailer receives 1 percent of the winnings from the Va. Lottery Commission, said Jill Vaughan, spokeswoman for the Va. Lottery. Farris said the commission is working as quickly as possible with out sacrificing integrity. “We’re going to make it fair for the moms and pops as well as the big retail stores.” Contact the State £f National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. Memorial Hall to feature African flavor Grammy winner performs tonight BY BECCA MOORE SENIOR WRITER One of Africa’s premier musi cians will grace the stage of Memorial Hall tonight. Youssou N’Dour, a native of Senegal, will perform along with Egyptian composer Fathy Salama and the Cairo Orchestra. N’Dour’s critically acclaimed unique musical style is called “mbalax” and blends intense Senegalese percussion and “griot” singing with indigenous African dance flavors. Emil Kang, executive director for the arts, said N’Dour is “one of the greatest musicians in the world living today, and I don’t say that lightly.” N’Dour has released more than 20 solo albums since 1986 and has been performing musi cally since he was 19. He won a 2005 Grammy award (“Best Contemporary World Music Album”) for 2004’s Egypt. “He’s so authentic to his musical traditions, but he’s still flexible, as THE Daily Crossword By Diane C. Baldwin ACROSS 1 Indication of healing 5 Gondola alternative 9 Took measured steps 14 Clare Booth __ 15 First-rate 16 Make changes to legis lation 17 Keiko was one 18 Twinge 19 Adds seasoning 20 Tries to make sense of 23 Former Turkish title 24 "We not amused" 25 Mars hue 27 Affirmative comment 28 Mia Hamm's sport 32 Diminutive 33 Biblical mount 34 Absence of stress 35 Uses intuition 58 Madame Bovary 59 Verse cadence 60 Farm tower 61 Writer Bagnold 62 on (victimizes) 63 Bread end 64 Feel for DOWN 1 Slapdash 2 Courts of justice 3 Admittance 4 Sandy coastline 5 Bugler's farewell 6 Skiff or dory 7 A.D. word 8 West Indies music 9 Kindergarten adhesive 10 Asian nanny 11 Root vegetable 12 Dig in 39 British sailor 40 Baseball teams 41 In a fresh way 42 Push for ward 44 Cries of delight 47 Good buddy 48 Foot digit 49 Ocean speck 51 Grasps it all 56 Far beyond the norm 57 Really dry I A|Nj G| U E W n_ITT"I 7 A W _a TMgTa sWb a_ r J3wM l N K fajHlß J A I L ~SBBT R S Z E E|A n A l S E AMS H E E D oßw AXE NMITu C I D JhNtt y_ e_ Tpfv a a a _l__N _T E_ R E__L_ YON SEA 'nMo O H AA kAHHI A R Rill N D I A l£fo C E A N a v T■r ~e~ e r S|p eTT~e e c|e|oßa|d|m| I iTMiTplTlcTr TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2005 shown by his work with many con temporary artists,” Kang said. “As an artist, he’s kind of like soccer in America popular everywhere else in the world but not here.” The artist has built up an international fan base of mil lions and has worked with many famous musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Sting, Neneh Cherry and Wyclef Jean. Kang said N’Dour recently fin ished up an artist-in-residence pro gram at Carnegie Hall in New York City before coming to Chapel Hill. Kang, who started working at the University in January, was in charge of assembling this year’s line up for the 2005-06 Performing Arts Series. He said saw N’Dour in Central Park in 1991 and was impressed by the performance. “I really hope that students at Carolina will be able to enjoy his performance because it will be a long time before someone of his caliber will be here again,” Kang said. “He’s an artist that comes around once in a generation.” Thomas Rome, N’Dour’s manag er in North America, said N’Dour wrapped up his residency early 13 Deg. with teeth? 21 Without question 22 Mess up 26 Use indigo 29 Lennon's love 30 Raucous bird call 31 Kid of the Wild West 32 Sawbucks 33 Did in 34 Open to ail 35 Crafty one 36 Egg dish, British style 37 Mont Blanc, for one 38 Cry's companion ■II 12 1 3 EE= 25 26 11“ “ ■■pA 45 ™ Tt ■■■■■■■Tg ““ ■pr” 52 53 54 5^ 56 U, K "".I M 1" M 1 M Attend the show Date: Tuesday, Nov. 1 Time: 8 p.m. Location: Memorial Hall Info: www.unc.edu/performingarts to spend a few days in England, where he’s landed a role in the film “Amazing Grace.” The film is set in 18th century England and focuses on ending slavery in the British empire. Rome said that tonight’s perfor mance will be the second time that N’Dour and the Cairo Orchestra will perform in the United States, with the Oct. 26 show at Carnegie Hall being the first. The worldwide premier was held in May 2004 in Morocco during the World Festival of Sacred Music. Rome said the concert promises to be a rich encounter of musical traditions. “He sings the praises of people from all walks of life.” As of Monday afternoon, tickets still were available at the Memorial Hall Box Office. Single tickets range from S2O to S6O for the public and are $lO for UNC students. Contact the AdE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. (C)2005 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 39 Two pool lengths 42 Kind of hole or holder 43 Talk over 44 Graduates 45 Recluse 46 Not jumpy at all 48 Pre-1917 Russian rul ers 50 Nearly vertical 52 Low card 53 One of HOMES 54 Stack up 55 False god 56 Ref's relative 7
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