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Market opens in full bloom
BY LAURA OLENIACZ
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
It took Wilma Hanton most
of Friday to water the bright yel
low daffodils and bread-and-but
ter-colored narcissus to be ready
for Saturday, the 28th opening of
the annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Farmers’ Markets Inc.
She said she went back and forth
between the greenhouse rows all
day to keep the flowers fresh.
And at 7 a.m., Hanton was
ready for the markets’s opening at
Carrboro Town Commons.
Hanton, a Hillsborough farmer,
was among about 40 vendors selling
everything from baskets and scarves
to tarts and cheeses until noon.
The market, first opened in
1979, now runs every Saturday
until Dec. 23.
“On Saturday we’re open all the
way until Christmas,” said Sheila
Neal, market manager.
With the motto “locally grown,
nationally known,” the market only
sells products from vendors who
operate in and close to Orange
County.
Carrie Burke, a Chapel Hill resi
dent, said that she loves the market
and that she was lured back for the
second time to buy special oat bars
sold by a particular vendor.
“A lot of things aren’t in season
yet, so there’s not as broad a selec
tion,” she said, but she added that she
came to see what was available.
All farmers at the market must
live within 50 miles of Carrboro
and must go through an applica
tion process to be eligible to sell.
“For many farmers the market is
the main way they sell their pro
duce,” Neal said.
She added that farmers also sell to
nearby restaurants, leaving a small
portion for larger grocery stores.
The 50-mile approach personal
izes the experience of the market,
so that buyers can get what Neal
called “a face with your food.”
On Saturday, back-and-forth
banter between sellers and custom
ers brought the market to life.
Frances Pendergrass known as
“The Bread Lady” sells her cakes,
breads and pies 35 weeks a year. She
said she spent the winter creating a
new bread.
“You know what redbud blos
soms smell like? It tastes just like
that,” she said, answering an inqui
ry from a man trying to sniff the
fruit in her baked goods.
“I try to use as many local fruits
as I can,” she said.
Emil Usinger, a kindergart
ner at Frank Porter Graham
Elementary School, said he enjoys
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Shari Harris (left) and Sarah Frank purchase a jade plant at the 28th annual
opening of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Farmers' Markets Inc. on Saturday.
the market, especially the food
and the playground.
His mother, Deborah Usinger,
said the family has come to the
market for two years.
The market will start from
3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. April 12.
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The Southern Village Farmers’
Market, held on Thursdays, will
start running from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m. May 4.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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School still seeking system status
BY ERIN FRANCE
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Educators and legislators alike
still are analyzing the benefits of
making the N.C. School of Science
and Mathematics the 17th school
in the UNC system.
The school’s board of trustees
voted unanimously March 10 to
seek an official position within the
state university.
Craig Rowe, director of communi
cations for the school, said the ben
efits for the UNC system in adopting
NCSSM include its valuable experi
ence in creating interest in the sub
jects of science and math.
Since system President Erskine
Bowles took office in January,
officials statewide have refocused
attention on science and math edu
cation in North Carolina.
Rowe said the school’s distance
learning initiatives also fit well with
the system s overall goal of reaching
more people through education.
“It really reaches out across
the state we may be located in
Durham but the school of math
and science is truly an asset of the
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state.”
He said that he is not sure what
the change would mean for the
school’s funding but that NCSSM
students would profit from the
move in finding mentors and part
ners for their research in other sys
tem schools.
Rowe said he expects the addi
tion of NCSSM to be approved by
the system Board of Governors and
the N.C. General Assembly, which
must happen before the school is
considered a part of the system.
He added that Bowles backs the
change, clearing the way for final
approval.
Rep. WA. Wilkins, D-Durham,
said that Bowles’ support is a posi
tive point he will consider, but he
added that he isn’t sure if the topic
will be addressed during the leg
islature’s short session beginning
May 9.
“I certainly don’t oppose the con
cept but I don’t know the details,”
he said.
Sen. Bob Atwater, D-Durham,
said he doesn’t know of anyone
who opposes the idea. But he added
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that he also doesn’t know when the
Senate will take up the measure.
“I’m on the committee for the
appropriations for higher educa
tion, and I haven’t heard anything
yet.”
BOG member Hannah Gage said
she will support adding NCSSM to
the system, which could aid the state
in improving its production of math
and science teachers.
“One thing that has focused a lot
of attention on this school has been
our growing discussion on the need
for more math and science teach
ers,” she said.
“There is a natural connection
between what they are doing and
what we want to do a better job of”
She said the school also will ben
efit from increased lobbying for the
school’s funding by UNC-system
officials.
“If the state has perhaps not
met those needs, having the size
and force of the university system
behind it could help.”
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu.
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