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Qftp Sailg ®ar Brel Bacteria found in Morris Grove water fountains Likely caused by debris in pipes BY MCKAY GLASGOW STAFF WRITER Water fountains will remain off limits at Morris Grove Elementary School until school officials can figure out how to get coliform bac teria out of the water supply. In mid-October, the Orange Water And Sewer Authority performed tests in Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools and found coliform in water samples taken from newly opened Morris Grove, said Todd LoFrese, assistant superintendent for support ser vices. Coliform itself is not a threat to human health, said Rachel Monschein, a laboratory supervi sor at OWASA. Officials said no students have gotten sick from the bacteria. “But it is an indicator that other, potentially harmful bacte ria may be present,” Monschein said. E. coli and other fecal coliforms are the most dangerous bacteria associated with the presence of coliform. LoFrese said OWASA hasn’t found any other dangerous bac teria in Morris Grove’s water sup ply. “Each time they have tested they have found no traces of E. coli. But the fact that there is still coliform is a concern,” he said. Officials determined that the coliform is only in the water in the cafeteria, but all water fountains have been shut off as a precaution, LoFrese said. He said he suspects that the bacteria comes from the erosion of debris, like a piece of a hose or of cement, stuck in the cafeteria plumbing. Repeated attempts to chlo rinate and flush the plumbing with water have failed to elimi nate small traces of coliform in the cafeteria pipes, LoFrese said. games WWU DCttMUIMCF ntxis tyntMtfhamfnaf © 2008 The Mepham Group. AH rights reserved. Level: B|T]|T][T| 6I 2 I |l I |9 | ~48 9 2 IZIZIZZZI 3 8 _2_ JL_2l L ZZZaaZaZZ 6 l 7 151 4~ Cost of driving to Charlotte to drop off the couch you sold with a "free” ad on craiglist. 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The school opened in August and has 528 students. “We are going to continue to use bottled water until the problem is resolved, as a precaution.” School staff and parents have been providing bottled water for students to drink and for cafeteria operations, Rickard said. “The first few days we had signs and bags over the water fountains. It can be hard keeping young kids away from them,” she said. Rickard said students have full access to school bathrooms because OWASA has not deemed the bathroom water contami nated. “They said students should wash their hands with soap or antibacte rial wash and that they should be fine,” she said. Rickard said she appreciates parents’ understanding of the current situation as the school works out some of the problems associated with opening anew building. “I think everything has been going very smoothly,” she said. “We’ve been sending the parents weekly reports on the progress, and they have been very understanding and supportive. We’ve received no complaints.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) con tains every digit 1 to 9. Solution to Friday’s puzzle 19j5 [ 4 1 7 1 1 I 61 2 |8 I 3 iiiiiilii 6 2 5 9 7I 8 I_l 3'4 _l__7 _9_ 5_ JL iiliiiili TT 1 6[4 78 9 2 AA-2 3_ B__l__s_ 6__7 |7|816121915|314|1 Cost of placing a classified ad in The Daily Tar Heel. 21 "To Kill a Mockingbird" boy 22 Hilton unit 25 Thai or Tibetan 26 Joe of "NCIS" 27 Little lakes 29 Hawaiian island 30 Does a number 32 Not pertinent 33 Nasser of Egypt 34 In debt 35 Fritter away 37 Dire prophecy 39 Big waves 1 I2 I3 p"THTS |6 i7 , nnr“"®B9“™T , io'“iii 112 113 ~ “ IHfrr~ ™ ~ |Hur ‘ ' v r ” “ HjTh Hrii " 20 ’ 21 22 mm 23 —■■■2s 26 27 ■■2 B 29 32 ——— —■ 33 34 35 ■■"7 37 1 ' 3fi ' 39^ 42 43 I “ 4^ 46 “ ■■■47 48 " WM 49 ■■■To 53 54 55 ■■■■■■s6 ' 57 58 “ 59 60 61 ■Be? KT " ~ ■fc s “■■eT" “ Food banks face food price rise Struggle to keep pace with demand BY IAN AGER STAFF WRITER Food banks in North Carolina are starting to feel the pressure of the economic recession. An increase in unemploy ment and rising food prices have prompted people who have never before needed assistance to line up outside of food pantries across the state. According to records from the Inter-Faith Council in Carrboro, the food bank has so far given out 4,596 grocery bags this year up from 3,883 bags during the same period last year. Kristin Lavergne, community services director for the IFC, said demand at the food bank seems to have increased this fall. “We do have a lot of demand, so we are concerned about what’s going to happen,” she said. Lavergne said that donations N.C. State debates expression tunnel Discusses freedom to write racial slurs BY JEN SERDETCHNAIA STAFF WRITER N.C. State University students and officials are still debating how to handle the four students who wrote racial slurs about President elect Barack Obama in the Free Expression Thnnel. The debate among students focus es on questions of what defines hate speech and what kind of punishment is appropriate. “Is it free speech or is it hate speech?” said Greg Doucette, N.C. State student body president. “There is a high level of aware ness and folks want to see some thing done, but it’s not as hostile as the local media reports.” A resolution in the N.C. State Student Senate, which calls for the four students to be expelled, is being widely discussed. The punishment in the resolution was recommended by the N.C. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Doucette, who supports the res olution, said students are divided —some support the resolution, some oppose it, and some want it Council of state A state governing body made of elected officials swings heavily Democrat now. See pg. 7 for story. Come sail away The UNC club sailing team went to Bald Head Island this weekend. See pg. 6 for story. Prop 8 reaction The state’s largest-ever gay pride parade was in Raleigh this week end. See pg. 1 for story. Off day UNC quarterback Cameron Sexton says he just was out of sync this weekend. See pg. 14 for story. UNC in Cuba Federal restrictions on travel to Cuba won’t affect UNC’s study abroad program. See pg. 9 for story. There’s no such thing as free, SELL SMARTER. daiiytarheel.com/classifieds (02006 Tribune Media Services. Inc. All rights reserved. 43 Mimicked 44 Recent arrival 48 "Seinfeld" uncle 51 Converses 53 City on the Seine 54 Susan Lucci’s soap role 55 Actress Winona 56 Has to 57 Champagne name 58 Creamy shade 59 Amiss 60 Good buddy 61 Letters for savers News at the IFC are continuing at their usual rate, which picks up during the holiday season, but that she is worried that the donations might not turn out to be enough to fill the extra grocery bags. “Usually, the holiday donations rush will get us through January or February, but we’re worried about what will happen in the spring if demand continues at the high rate it has,” Lavergne said. During the past year, food pric es have risen across the board, with some food costs, such as meat, rising as much as 12 per cent, said Mike Walden, a N.C. State University Agricultural and Resource Economics profes sor who tracks food prices for the N.C. Department of Agriculture. While food price increases affect all consumers, they are par ticularly hard on lower-income families, Walden said. to address hate crimes in general rather than this specific incident. “I don’t know if I would go as far as expelled because it is a free expression tunnel,” said first-year Ashley Shytle. “ClTiere are) some that are very angry and some not that angry.” Although the resolution will not be binding if it passes, it will be considered by a task force of faculty, staff and students that was created for this incident and will make a decision by February. “This task force will take the stu dent senate (resolution) as one of the jumping off points for discus sion,” Doucette said. Kenneth Webb, chairman of N.C. State’s university affairs committee and a member of its select commit tee on hate crimes, said there are bet ter ways to deal with the students. “Personally, I think that expul sion may be a little bit too much, given the fact that there were no permanent charges filed against them by the county,” Webb said. Many students want to see some thing done, but already some mem- SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? ASK AT THE CAMPUS HEALTH CENTER “Everyone faces the same increases in food costs,” he said. “But people with limited resourc es would presumably be more affected by an increase in food prices.” For the food banks, Walden said the data suggests greater need in the times ahead. “I would expect to see an increase in demand at the food banks,” he said. Lavergne said that while dona tions make up the bulk of the food bank’s stock, the IFC retains some money to buy food from the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, but recently the Food Bank’s stock hasn’t been as sufficient. “It seems like the Central and Eastern North Carolina Food Bank is getting less in,” she said. Christie Simmons, spokeswom an for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, said that the Food Bank shortage is falsely perceived because the local “There is a high level of awareness and folks want to see something done, but it’s not as hostile as the local media reports.” GREG DOUCETTE, N.C. STATE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT bers of the community who don’t feel affected have become complacent about the incident, Doucette said. “There is a legitimate fear among a number of members in the African- American community” he said. Among white students, the con cern is that they’ll be associated with the students who painted the slurs, Doucette said. tZEGAL CINEMAS BARGAIN SHOWS IN ( ) * ’Pass Dftcount Ticket Rust-tcHon* Apply TIMBERLYNE 6 933-8600 Weaver Dairy at Airport Rd 800-FANDANGO 1741= Adv. TJjt or Safe BOLT (PG) * Adv. 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We’re trying to increase to handle 36 clients per day now,” Webb-Bowden said. “Every day we have more peo ple signing up for food than we can handle.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. The student senate will vote Wednesday on the resolution, which will impact how the incident evolves. “A lot of people are watching,” Doucette said. “The campus climate is ‘Where do we go from here?’” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@une.edu. '■'l... | • 620 Market St. Take 15/501 South towards Pittsboro Exit Market St. / Southern Village QUANTUM OF SOUCEO _123M:?:M40 MADAGASCAR ESCAPE 2 AFHICAS mmmm ROLE MODELS I mvsnm HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 £ 1230-2:45-5:00-7:15-9:30 THE DUCHESS mmw Matinees J 90.00 IPIO ITA l| Seating 11 MERCK
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