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4 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008 m VOTE EARLY % Early voting locations: Morehead Planetarium 250 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill Carrboro Town Hall 301 W. Main St., Carrboro Orange County Public Library 300 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough Seymour Senior Center 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill Northern Human Services Center 5800 N.C. 86 North, Hillsborough One-stop voting: Residents who missed the voter registration deadline can register and vote at these sites if: 1) They live in the county. 2) They fill out a registration form. 3) They provide proof of resi dency. International Graduate Students & Scholars looking for affordable, reliable transportation STOP Chapel Hill Leasing can help you lease or insure a car. Leasing a car with CHL has benefits, such as: • Inexpensive leases • No social security number required • No credit history needed • No down payment • Short- and long-term leases available • Very flexible terms CHL also has insurance for your car offering benefits like: • High coverage levels • Spouses can join for free • Cost is SIOO per month • No credit history or social security number needed For more information, please call Chapel Hill Leasing at the number below or visit the website. Get started. Simple • Affordable • Reliable (©cm Chapel HHt leattag > 1.800.461.1496 < y chl(a)chleasing.com ( y www.chleasing.com < Th-Peace, Prosperity & Liberty p Qrum k# KTJ& j J Mark Scibilia i I Bruce Fein Concert: 7:lspm j Forum: 8:00pm 1. : Lawson FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC LIMITED SEATING CALL 919-481-1177 to reserve seats or visit www.latvsonforctmgress.com for more information Contested races on the ballot President Barack Obama (D) John McCain (R) Bob Barr (L) U.S. Senate Kay Hagan (D) Elizabeth Dole (R) Christopher Cole (L) Governor Bev Perdue (D) Pat McCrary (R) Michael C. Munger (L) Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Dalton (D) Robert Pittenger (R) Phillip Rhodes (L) Attorney General Roy Cooper (D) Bob Crumley (R) Auditor Beth A. Wood (D) Leslie Merritt (R) Commissioner of Agriculture Ronnie Ansley (D) Steve Troxler (R) Clyde Edgerton Thursday, October 16 Reading from his latest novel. The Bible Salesmen ’VfcT. 'fcWu’L 'iVVi.VfcV* The latest tale from acclaimed author Clyde Edgerton pairs Henry, a 20 year-old Bible salesman in the post-WWII South in need of a car, with Clearwater, a car thief in need of an assistant. Edgerton, the author of nine novels and a memoir, teaches creative writing at UNC-Wilmington and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and five notable book awards from The New York Times. Cos sponsored by Friends of the Library and the Bull's Head Bookshop Information 919-962-4207 or jfff \JNC liza terll@unc.edu JjiJi .mwum , v imuVm State 8 National Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin (D) John Odom (R) Mark McMains (L) Commissioner of Labor Mary Fant Donnan (D) Cherie Berry (R) Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall (D) Jack Sawyer (R) Superintendent of Public Instruction June St. Clair Atkinson (D) Richard Morgan (R) Treasurer Janet Cowell (D) Bill Daughtridge (R) N.C. State Senate District 23 Ellie Kinnaird (D) Jon G. (Greg) Bass (R) County Commissioner At-iarge Bernadette Pelissier (D) Kevin Wolff (R) Non-partisan Offices: Supreme Court Associate Justice (Vote for ONE) Robert H. (Bob) Edmunds, Jr. Suzanne Reynolds Court of Appeals Judge (Vote for one ot each pair) Jewel Ann Farlow James A. (Jim) Wynn Sam J. Ervin, IV Kristin Ruth Cheri Beasley Doug McCullough Dan Barrett Linda Stephens John S. Arrowood Robert N. (Bob) Hunter, Jr. District Court Judge District 158 (Vote for one) Alonzo Brown Coleman, Jr. Betsy J. Wolfenden Probation reform priorities detailed BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR The N.C. Department of Correction is deciding how best to spend $2.5 million reforming a probation system which state and federal audits deemed broken. The 2 percent budget cuts imple mented by Gov. Mike Easley don’t directly affect public safety agencies —but the next year will still be tight “We don’t want to slow down on the priority projects,” said Robert Lee Guy, director of the Division of Community Corrections. “Here we are trying to expand resources and at the same time we’re going to have to cut and reduce spending. It’s going to be a tough legislative session.” Last week, corrections offi cials presented their priorities to the N.C. General Assembly Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee. They called for additional staff and an improved information shar ing to help the overwhelmed sys tem cope with high case loads. The shooting deaths earlier this year of former Student Body President Eve Carson and Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato highlighted the problems because the suspects were cited for previous probation violations. Audits conducted earlier this year by the National Institute of Corrections and Wake and Durham county probation offices yielded rec ommendations for reform ranging from changes in state criminal stat utes to better communication. “The arrest alert... is our top priority. We’ve been working on YOGA AT THE ACKLAND x i -11 SHb g m **•* G If DTH/CAMERON MOSELEY Professor Joanne Marshall teaches a yoga class at the Ackland Art Museum on Tuesday afternoon. She has taught the class twice every month since 2006. The classes are free for museum members and $5 for the public. Marshall will lead a class at Granville Towers on Oct. 26. 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Right now, it could take weeks for a probation officer to find out when their charge violates probation the case with Lawrence Lovette, a sus pect in both Carson’s and Mahato’s deaths. “The IT system would have caught everything,” said N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, co-chairwom an of the joint oversight committee. “I’m hoping we can make a change.” The department is also looking to combine information systems so that magistrates and officers at every level will have access to the same criminal records. A pilot program is being con ducted in Wake County by a local technology firm. The department’s other priority is new staff. They decided last week to hire 20 officers and six supervisors. But Guy said he is concerned about officers’ salaries. He plans to ask for a salary raise for them probation officers are paid $6,000 less than the Durham Police force. “They have a morale prob lem. They really can’t function,” Kinnaird said in support of a pay raise for probation officials. “That affects public safety and the safety of the people who are working there.” The department’s meeting next week will discuss further budget allocations. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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