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A woman was hit by an HU route bus shortly after 8 p.m.
Friday. According to the Department of Public Safety, the
streetlight at the comer of Skipper Bowles and Manning
drives was out and the bus driver did not see the yoman, who
was taken by an ambulance but not seriously hurt.
Hunters’ gunshots scare
county’s rural residents
BY ANDREW DUNN
SENIOR WRITER
Gloria Jahnke fears for her lla
mas' safety during hunting season.
Five or six times she’s found a
bloody deer left in the front yard of
her home about three miles north of
Carrboro town limits —a reminder
of hunters in the nearby woods.
Gun regulations are a lot more
lax out in the unincorporated
regions of Orange County than
within town limits.
Especially in the winter, frustra
tion develops between property
owners with outdoor pets and hunt
ers after deer and other small game.
Jahnke has posted “No
Trespassing" signs around her land
and has tried to flag down hunters
when she knows they're nearby.
They always prove too elusive.
“It's kind of invasive to have
someone with a firearm on your
property when I don't even own
a gun." she said. “But 1 can’t find
them. When I hear them, 1 usually
just go out and yell."
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Such conflicts are common in
central to northern Orange County.
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Capt Bobby Collins said the depart
ment usually gets at least three calls
per week regarding gunshots, more
during hunting seasons.
When someone calls to report
gunshots, an officer is dispatched
to the location to investigate.
Most often, Collins said, they are
from hunters or residents shooting
target practice in their yards. And
most of those are being done in a
safe manner not in the direction
of houses or other danger zones.
Though Chapel Hill. Carrboro
and Hillsborough have ordinances
prohibiting the discharge of firearms
within town limits, Collins said, the
unincorporated land in Orange
County Isn't similarly regulated.
“Some people ignore it; some peo
ple are alarmed bv it and call us," he
said. “We absolutely want to respond
to all of these because something else
might be going on. You definitely
want to cover that base."
Farmers protest regulations
Say water ordinances devalue land
BY JEFF WOODALL
STAFF WRITER
Water conservation in Orange
County has left local farmers ques
tioning their economic stability
and future.
Ben Lloyd, a soy bean and hay
farmer from Efiand and former
county- commissioner, is advocating
removing the classification of “water
critical" from areas of the county
that could hold reservoirs.
As Orange County’s population
has risen steadily, the county has
made several attempts at environ
mental preservation to ensure an
ample water supply for future facil
ities, public services and homes.
In 1989 the Hillsborough Town
Commissioners approved a reser
voir to be placed on Seven Mile
Creek. The plans were never real
ized. and neither were later efforts
to place anew reservoir on the
Trespassing is an offense law
enforcement can take care of, but
Jahnke said it’s difficult to prove.
But other conflicts arise when
hunting is done with permission
on private land that comes close to
other homes.
Jahnke’s neighbor Maureen
Earnhardt keeps two horses in a
pasture next to her house.
Hunters frequent a patch of
woods next to their field, with per
mission from the landow-ner. The
owner was not able to be reached
for comment.
Earnhardt said she called the
sheriff’s office but was told there
was nothing it could do. She said
now she just hopes Carrboro will
annex the land so municipal fire
arm codes will be in effect.
“When the shots go off, it’s
so close it echoes off our house,"
she said. "What if a bullet came
through here?"
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western fork of the upper Eno
River basin.
But the more than 18,000 acres
surrounding the proposed reser
voir site still are considered a water
critical area. That means the land
can’t be developed.
“The state regulations call for no
commercial or industrial activity
and no public water or sewage to
be in the area," Lloyd said.
By removing the critical water
ordinances, the county could allow
commercial and industrial compa
nies to bid for the expansive sec
tions of land owned by farmers.
The economic growth generated
by such developments would soften
the property taxes, as well as bring
jobs closer than those in Raleigh
and Greensboro.
“We feel threatened when some
one devalues our land," he said. “Most
of the farmers in Orange County
UNC seeks cancer fund input
BY BLAIR BYRUM
STAFF WRITER
UNC medical officials are seek
ing public input on how to use the
newly acquired University Cancer
Research Fund.
The $25 million fund, collected
from noncigarette tobacco taxes
and given to the University by the
N.C. General Assembly in 2007, is
scheduled to increase to SSO mil
lion in 2009.
Last week representatives from
the UNC School of Medicine and
the Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center held forums in
Asheville and Wilmington so that
members of the general public
could offer input on how they
would like to see the money used.
“I think it’s valuable because
we scientists have a limited view
point," said Etta Pisano, vice dean
for academic affairs at the School of
Medicine. “It’s very useful to talk to
people with different perspectives."
Access to health care, she said,
was a common theme observed at
both forums.
“People are concerned about the
underserved," Pisano said. “There’s
a real problem with access to care
based on poverty and geography."
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have spent years on their farms, and
most of what they’ve accumulated
has only been their property."
But many farms have closed
because of small profit returns and
rising property taxes, and with the
water critical area, they haven’t been
able to develop the land, either.
Karen McAdams, an agricul
tural agent with the Orange County-
Cooperative Extension Service,
said she has witnessed the falling
out firsthand.
“When 1 first started working here
in 1983, there were 64 dairy farms,"
she said. “Now there are only 14."
In response to this, many dairy
• farms, along with other forms of
agriculture, are making changes to
the way they do business in order
to increase the demand for their
products.
“Conventional dairy comes
under pressure as the operator
ages and there's a need for mas
sive upgrades in equipment," said
Andrew Branan, director of the
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have a limited viewpoint. Its very useful to
talk to people with different perspectives.’'
ETTA PISANO, vice dean for academic affairs at unc school of medicine
Michael O’Malley, associate direc
tor of the Lineberger Cancer Center,
said improving access to care and
quality of care provided will continue
to be an aim of the research fund.
“We know there are better ways
to treat cancer than others,” he said.
“We want to make sure people across
the state have that opportunity."
Pisano said people at the forums
also had suggestions for specific
areas of research, such as early detec
tion and less toxic treatments.
She said both sessions had sizable
crowds, ranging from cancer survi
vors to local health-care providers to
concerned residents.
O’Malley said the two listening
sessions last week were the begin
ning of many opportunities for
public input.
“The plan is to continue and go
and do these listening sessions,"
OMallev said. “It’s a big state."
O’Malley said an aim of the forums
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N.C. Farm Transition Network.
"But farming is still our state’s
No. 1 industry, and we have a
highly- diversified agricultural
economy."
The N.C. General Assembly
recognized similar recessions in
agriculture throughout the state.
This led to the establishment of
the N.C. Use-Value Taxation Law,
which gives tax breaks to farms in
commercial production.
But even with state assistance,
farms are continuing to struggle.
Despite this, some farmers won’t
sell their land.
“My farm has been running for
going on 87 years, and there has
never been an acre sold off of it to
this day," Lloyd said.
“My intention has been that no
acre will be sold unless it will ben
efit the people of Orange County
and my family."
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is to apply information they get to
research at UNC and share it with
health-care providers statewide.
“We may be able to do a better
job of convincing people to do the
things that can help prevent can
cer and find it early," he said. “And
thereby reduce the cancer burden
in North Carolina."
Pisano said large metropolitan
areas like Charlotte, Raleigh and
Greensboro will probably be next on
the list. She added that representa
tives from UNC Hospitals intend to
go back to places they have already
been so they can continue to get
feedback on how they arc doing in
the eye of the public.
“We are a public institution, so
we have an obligation to serve the
public," Pisano said. “We need to
hear what the public expects."
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
Battle of the fans
Patriots and Giants fans enjoy
the Super Bowl out on the town.
See pg. 4 for stories.
Theater reviews
DTH reviewers give “Doubt"
and “Topdog" near-top marks.
See pg. 7 for story.
Nail-biter
The UNC men’s basketball team
defeats Florida State University in
overtime. See pg. 12 for story.
Roughin' it
The Outing Club teaches sur
vival skills, including how to skin a
squirrel. See pg. 3 for story.
The suit can go on
A judge rules that Smithfield
Foods can sue a labor union. Go
online for story .
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