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2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 Daily ®ar lippl www.dailytarheel.com Established 1893 115 years of editorialfreedom RACHEL ULLRICH SPORTS EDITOR 962-4710 SPORTS@UNC.EDU BRENDAN BROWN, LINDSEY NAYLOR PROJECTS TEAM CO-EDITORS 962-0750 DTHPROJECTS® GMAIL.COM STACEY AXELROD PHOTO EDITOR 962-0750 DTHPHOTO@GMAIL. COM BECCA BRENNER, WILL HARRISON COPY CO-EDITORS 962-4103 MOLLY JAMISON, JILLIAN NADELL DESIGN CO-EDITORS 962-0750 BLISS PIERCE GRAPHICS EDITOR 962-0750 RACHEL WILL ONLINE EDITOR 962-0750 WILLRI@UNC.EDU GRACE KOERBER MULTIMEDIA EDITOR 962-0750 SCOTT POWERS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR ALLISON NICHOLS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 962-4086 NALLISON9EMAIL. UNC.EDU OFFICE HOURS: MON., WED. 2 P.M. TO 3 P.M. SARA GREGORY MANAGING EDITOR, PRINT 962-0750 GSARA@EMAIL.UNC. EDU NICOLE NORFLEET MANAGING EDITOR. ONLINE 962-0750 NORFLEE@EMAIL. 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C 2008 DTH Publishing Corp. All-rights reserved IN ACCORDANCE WITH NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 163-33(8), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified voters of Orange County that the General Election shall be held on Tuesday November 4,2008 to elect Federal, State, Judicial and County Officers. The polls shall be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Residents who are not registered to vote must register by October 10,2008 to be eligible to vote in this election on November 4. Registered voters who moved within Orange County should notify the Board of Elections, in writing, of their address change by the same date. You may also register in-person and vote at one of the One-Stop Early Voting Sites. In order to register and vote prior to Election Day, a citizen must (1) go to a One-Stop Voting site during the one-stop voting period, (2) fill out a voter registration application, and (3) provide proof of residency by showing the elections official an appropriate form of identification with the citizen's current name and current address. The new registrant may vote ONLY at a One-Stop Early Voting site beginning October 16,2008 and ending on November 1, 2008. It is important to recognize that in-person registration is not permitted on Election Day. LOCATIONS AND TIMES FOR ONE-STOP VOTING SITES Carrboro Town Hall -301 W. Main St, Carrboro Morehead Planetarium - 250 E. Franklin St, Chapel Hill Orange County Public Library - 300 W.Tryon St, Hillsborough Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Thursday-Saturday, October 16 -18 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Monday-Saturday, October 20 - 25 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Monday-Friday, October 27 - 31 Hours: 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. - Saturday-November 1 Seymour Senior Center - 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill Northern Human Services Center - 5800 Hwy 86N, Hillsborough Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Thursday - Friday, October 16 -17 Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Monday - Friday, October 20 - 24 Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Monday - Friday, October 27 - 31 Hours: 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. - Saturday- November 1 Qualified voters may also request an absentee ballot by mail. The request must be submitted in writing to the Orange County Board of Elections, PO Box 220, Hillsborough, NC 27278 and received by the board office by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 28,2008. Citizens with questions concerning registration, absentee ballots, location of polling sites or other related matters, should call the board office (919-245-2350) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or inquire at our website at www.co.orange.nc.us. The Orange County Board of Elections will hold absentee meetings in the Board office at 110 E. King Street, Hillsborough, NC at 1:00 p.m. on October 14, October 21 and October 28. Additional absentee meetings are scheduled to be held at 2:00 p.m. on October 31, November 3 and November 4. The Orange County Board of Elections will meet at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 14, 2008 in the board office at 110 East King Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina to canvass the results of the November 4,2008 General Election. Dose Man uses stolen cash to pay court fine FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS If you’re going to pay a court fine, you shouldn’t use the marked bills from your latest robbery. A California man lifted about SB,OOO worth of dollar bills from a local res taurant called The Homestead in the desert town Inyokern. The restaurant had a tradition of customers hanging dollar bills on its walls after writing messages and drawing distinguishing details on them. The man used 10 of the bills, some of which actually had the word “Homestead” written on them, to pay a court fine. A clerk immediately recognized the bills. About SI,OOO worth of the bills have been recovered from various banks since the robbery. NOTED. A 55-year-old Tampa, Fla., man was arrested Sunday after calling 911 every time he needed a ride to the drugstore —SO times in September. Tampa police said the man’s constant calls for medical services have endangered public safety by distracting paramedics from real sick nesses and injuries. The man is being held in jail in lieu of SSOO bail. TODAY Golf tournament: The Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center is hosting its fourth annual Summer's End Golf Tournament to raise money for cancer support. The cost is SBS a person or $320 for a foursome. Call 401 -9333 for more information or see www.cornucopiahouse.org. Time: noon registration, 1 p.m. start Location: The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club Networking night: University Career Services will sponsor an event for students interested in finding careers related to the environment. Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Hanes Hall, fourth floor Film screening: The film "Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters” will be shown today. The film, in Panjabi with English subtitles, describes the life of Khamosh Pani, a woman who lived through Partition and saw her son fall under the influence of fundamentalists. The event is part of the South Asian Film Festival. Time: 7 p.m. Location: FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium QUOTED. “The doctors said, ‘We found something in your pelvic area that doesn’t look right and you need to have it' checked out right away.’” —a 38-year-old Gold Coast woman whose life may have been saved by being mugged, hit in the head and shot in the leg. After the attack, doctors gave the woman a routine CT scan and discovered she had advanced ovarian cancer. Literary presentation: Acclaimed author Alan Gurganus will give a multimedia presentation, "The Lessons of Likeness, a True History of Thomas Eakins' Portrait of Walt Whitman." The original presentation was given at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Call 966- 5736 for more information. Tickets are sls for the public and $lO for Ackland Art Museum members. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Stone Center for Black Culture & History Exploring the South: The General Alumni Association will present a program exploring the major elements that make the South distinct. The event will focus on North Carolina and how the South is changing politically, socioeconomically and culturally. Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: George Watts Hill Alumni Center Interactive theater performance: Interactive Theatre Carolina will present “No big deal? An interactive theatre News performance on drugs and alcohol at Carolina." The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room Energy lecture: There will be a lecture, "Rising Energy Costs: What It Means to Me," on energy history, conservation, transportation and development. Call 245-2050 for more information. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road Socialist forum: The Triangle Socialist Forum is examining the meaning of the rarely defined phrase "middle class," along with the class system and class in politics. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Chapel Hill Public Library To make a calendar submission, visitwww.dailytarheel.com/calendar, or e-mail dthcalendar@gmail.com. Events will be published in the news paper on the day and the day before they take place and will be posted online when received. Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date. The John W. Pope Lecture in Renewing the Western Tradition Oct. 2 at 7:00 p.m. Hanes Art Center Auditorium Free and open to the public.No reservations or tickets required. Commercial parking available on Rosemary Street. 843-6339 / college.unc.edu | I UNG \lf Vs w '.s t if \ < is • III) INIVI/RSIIY N< 1 K I II < AUt>i I\ \ ‘ . ' < h \i*-i mi i ROSH HASHANA ‘ *w|. , , Sf JrT 1 L... J/W/l , flitfCyi L* Jr jSBR' Q ■ MBfpP DTH/CAMERON MOSELEY Juniors Daniel Stellini and Rachel Steindel celebrate Rosh Hashanah on Tuesday morning at University Baptist Church with North Carolina Hillel, a Jewish student organization. Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish new year, is celebrated on the first day of Tishrei. POLICE LOG ■ A Chapel Hill man was arrest ed early Tuesday morning for show ing his penis to someone, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Reports state that Steven Cary Maness, 53, who listed his address as the streets, faces charges of inde cent exposure, being drunk and disruptive and public urination for the incident at 137 E. Franklin St., according to police reports. Maness, who refused to be photographed or fingerprinted, is being held at Orange County Jail in lieu of $250 bail. ■ Two jewelry thefts were reported in the Meadowmont area Monday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Reports state that someone stole $5,750 worth of jewelry from a Cedar Club Drive home. Stolen items include a gold brace let, gold bangles, a jade and gold ring and a necklace, reports state. Reports state that someone also stole $1,891 worth of jewelry from a Daily ®ar Hwl home on Cedar Club Circle. ■ One scooter was reported stolen and another attempted sto len from a Jones Ferry Road home Monday, according to Carrboro police reports. Police found a van in Durham that was also reported stolen from Carrboro, according to reports. Durham police found the stolen scooter nearby. ■ Carrboro police responded Monday to reports of a black and white dog running loose and being aggressive, according to Carrboro police reports. Reports state that an officer made contact with the owner, who said that the dog was inside and had never been aggressive. The man told the officer the reporting party was probably his neighbor “who has been contact ing the police department since he was a child,” according to police reports.
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