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6 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 Town hopes to profit from Festifall event BY CHRIS HOWERTON STAFF WRITER Craft vendors will set up to serve thousands on West Franklin Street as people come to “Discover the West End” during the 36th annual Festifall Street Fair on Sunday. But organizers think that busi ness owners could be the real win ners. Restaurants will offer lunch and dinner specials, and some will offer live entertainment during and after Festifall, which runs from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Craft vendors will line the middle of the street so that people who attend the event can walk on the sidewalk with fair vendors to one side and businesses to the other. One change this year is that Festifall will not offer many out side food vendors, which could help draw people into restau rants and other businesses along the street. “We took the initiative this year to approach the merchants,” said Wes Tilghman, supervisor of festivals and community celebra mSt&uy 1 Get jS FREE! g| ft&& Buy 1 combo & 2 soft drinks and get 2nd combo free. ■ One coupon per table. ■ Not available with other offers. Monterrey Mexican Restaurant 1237 S. Elliott Rd. • Chapel Hill • 919.969.8750 • MonterreyChapelHill.com I (Village Plaza, between Whole Foods 6 Peak Fitness) Ak dm U r mi M . gMS' Interested in saving money on your daily commute? Try CAP risk free for 30-days. Find out if alternative transportation is right for you! I For more information visit: www.dps.unc.edu Save the date! UNC Transportation Forums Hospital ~ October 27 University ~ October 30 tions for the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department. “We want to make this a very merchant friendly event.” Matt Clements, general man ager of Carolina Brewery on West Franklin Street, said his restau rant was thrilled with the oppor tunity. “In years past, there were a lot of food vendors and a lot of other things, and it would bring a lot of people to West Franklin,” he said. “Now with less emphasis on food at the festival itself, it helps draw people in on a Sunday after noon.” Meg McGurk, assistant direc tor of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, said Festifall should help promote businesses. “It encourages people com ing down to Festifall to come eat lunch in the businesses there or shop in the businesses there,” she said. Live artists will perform on four separate stages while more than 75 vendors offer arts and crafts to the public. “We’re very excited about the Attend the festival Time: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Location: West Franklin Street Info: www.festifall.com level of input the town has accept ed on Festifall,” Clements said. “I really can’t compliment the town enough. They’ve really done a great job drawing people in.” Tilghman said about 12,000 people came to Festifall last year, and with UNC’s Family Weekend scheduled for this weekend, he expects even more this year. “What I like about it is it’s an extremely local event to support the local artists and restaurants,” said Jamil Kadoura, owner of Mediterranean Deli. “We get a lot of exposure here.” McGurk said Festifall could offer something to everyone. “I think it’s a great opportunity for folks in the community who may not come downtown often to come downtown,” she said. “It’s fun for everybody.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. News Butterfly garden hosts anniversary celebration Courtyard grows into popular spot BY ANDREA MARCHIANO STAFF WRITER When the countdown reached one at the courtyard of the N.C. Children’s Hospital, bright blue boxes were lifted to reveal a flurry of orange and black. All eyes in the courtyard looked upward as 100 monarch butterflies took flight. The butterfly release Thursday honored patients, families, health professionals and volunteers at UNC Hospitals, and marked the third anniversary of the butterfly garden’s opening. “The butterfly is a symbol of hope, of new days and of new life,” said Patricia Cadle, oncology chap lain for UNC Hospitals. The garden, a collaboration between Dr. John Strader and Derek Baker of Pittsboro, trans formed a seldom-used courtyard into a popular spot for hospital visitors and patients. “You never saw people down there before,” said Susan Siegel, project director for UNC’s branch of Planetree, a group that encourages alternative therapies to comple ment medicine. “Now, there’s always people in the garden. Kids play out there, people eat lunch, read.” Baker, 20, said he revamped the garden as his Eagle Scout project after Dr. Strader gave him the idea. He said the popularity of the gar den exceeded his expectations. “It’s pretty cool,” Baker said. “I definitely did not expect the hospi tal to be releasing butterflies three years later.” The release attracted a crowd that filled the courtyard, and included Jim Mackorell, 76, Baker’s former scout leader. For him, the garden holds a special meaning. “We lost our son, Ted, in 2005, and Derek put this garden in his memory,” he said. “So naturally it’s special to us.” Kindergarteners from St. Thomas More Catholic School in Chapel Hill also participated in the event and have since the garden opened. Baker attended the school when he was younger. s•£.•. games WVfJD ncSAMUtMCf PUZIUS ByTht Mtphtim Croup © 2008 The Mepham Group. All rights reserved. Level: GQOOD TRIBUNE ■■ I ‘I I— MEDIA SERVICES 4 5 8 Complete the grid C Q c so each row, column _ and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) con- tains every digit 1 "1 171 |“ 6 ,09 ’ Solution to 8 6 4 I Thursday’s puzzle n j 1 4 6| 9 I3 8 I|2 5 7 y i liiiiiiii ——— 39 7 iiiiiii!i 2 8 9 3 1 15 7 9 6|F 4 7 8 2 6 Alti2__9 AJLA! I l l l w l 118 | 3 5l 6 | 417 I9 ! 2 Cost of driving to _ , , . Charlotte to drop off ° . J? the couch you sold a clashed a d ... ~ , in The Dai y with a free ad on T ~ , y . .. ■ Tar Hee . craiglist. THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams I ACROSS 1 Word of contempt 4 Florida city 9 New Guinea 14 Nutritionist's abbr. 15 Pole's first name 16 Discharge 17 Above, in poesy 18 Two-rope jumping 20 Chinese vine 22 1940's computer 23 Goods tax 27 Vegas opening? 30 Works on the road 31 Spinning 34 Bear greeting? 37 Yemeni seaport 39 Drum type 40 Manhattan Project's oralloy 44 Writer Calvino 45 Color similar to old ivory 46 Corp. big shot 47 Right-angle degrees 49 Evaluate, as ore 52 Brit's omega 53 Stipulatory 58 Lustrous finish for velvet 61 Advil rival 62 Waste land? 67 Japanese drama 68 Zodiac ram 69 Like Jack Sprat's diet 70 Geometric fig. 71 sense (keen intu ition) JfPs & DTH/CAMERON MOSELEY Ben Moony, a kindergartner from St. Thomas More Catholic School, holds one of the 100 butterflies released at the NC. Children's Hospital on Thursday. “I really like butterflies,” said kindergartener Joey Spagnardi, 5. “I like catching them and keeping them at my house and then letting them go.” The kindergartners decorated their own fake butterflies for the garden, and four of the students helped with the release. The children’s excitement for the garden was the main reason that Clyde Jones, a local folk artist, donated four wooden butterflies to the garden. “Seeing pretty smiles on young’uns’ faces, it means the world to me,” he said. “It makes the whole thing worth it.” Despite the popularity of the release, Siegel said the courtyard also 72 Salty calls 73 Email address ending in 18A, 23A, 40A, 53A and 62A DOWN 1 Out of cash 2 For two, in Tours 3 First letter sound in code? 4 One Gorgon 5 Chapel vow 6 Sun Devils' sch. 7 Unruly crowd 8 Mooring basin 9 Foot: pref. 10 Mexican water 11 Walk-in veterinarian 12 Trojans' sch. 13 NCAA word 19 "A Day without Rain" singer 21 P.O. code 24 Porter's "Well, Did You _?" g M u I a B p I a I n I ' l c B A H u l M A J A rMa war cßd TTn e P a T A nMom I T , E x c E P £ P]R O V E ! ||li°n T ll u Ait 11| L A SIL Y|C A R rMg Y M isleHmone rlt e a Xill. R i!.LE. A iin B££ax H E W| L A N C E 111 Ail E N SBTN U t| S T j_N T ©fye loily (Ear serves an important role as a peace ful setting for many at the hospital. “Several families over the past three years have requested that they could bring their children down to the courtyard when they knew it was time for them to pass on so they could be in a beautiful, peaceful setting,” she said. For these reasons, Siegel was unable to spell out the value of the garden to the hospital. “I can’t speak for the entire hos pital, but I think it’s very impor tant,” she said. “It touches so many people in so many ways over so many years.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Oh I wish i were a ... The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile came to campus to recruit business students. See pg. 5 for story. Hi, Mom! Family weekend begins at UNC. See pg. 10 for story and a calendar of events. Gang activity risks Town officials and police officers are concerned about gang activity on Halloween. See pg. 13 for story. Theater disturbance Spectators interrupted PlayMakers’ Pericles on Wednesday. See pg. 2 for Daily Dose. Field hockey road trip Three UNC players head to Mexico City for Pan American Junior Championships. See pg. 8 for story. There’s no such thing as free, SELL SMARTER. dailytarheel.com/dassifieds <C)2008 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 25 Fiddle follower? 26 Pre-owned ride 28 Quibble 29 Video effect 32 Pugilists' grp. 33 Sweet 'urns 34 Big name in pickle packing 35 Loosen laces 36 Inti, road race 38 RN word 41 -de-France 42 Foldaway bed 43 Subterfuge 48 Yin's partner 50 Gets used (to) 51 Actor Brynner 54 Davis of "Hero" 55 Old pound parts 56 Egg-shaped 57 First Indian PM 59 Aid a criminal 60 Writer Ogden 62 Heating fuel 63 Jackie's O 64 Homer's shout 65 Sci-fi transport 66 Just might 2 2 5 6 7 8 SB? 110 111 112 13 III ML wr — ■■ 24 25 Hlpl 33 34 35 75 >, —|— 53 I—M~ PlHu~ ~ IF! ™ B 59 60 ■■■- 6? 63 ppP - m n | ' jgf~ — —Hr 7 ißll h™ —
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