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By TOM WEBER
Staff Writer
Would-be Chapel Hill gardeners living in dorms and
apartments or in areas with bad soil can rent the land
they need for a spring and summer garden at two
University-owned community plots.
Vicki Davis and Joel Moulin are two Chapel Hill
residents who have rented a plot in order to grow their
own food. Moulin, a landscape architect, and Davis, a
pediatrics researcher, are beginning their first year of
gardening at the Mason Farm site in Chapel Hill.
"We tried to do some gardening at our house, but the
soil wasn't good enough," Davis said. "We heard about
this place from a friend, and we started working in
February.
"Right now the work is a little boring... but it's really
exciting to get a good yield," Davis said.
Fifty by 25-foot garden plots are available for a $10
yearly rental fee, according to Community Garden
Coordinator Elisa Jones of the N. C. Botanical Garden.
Forty plots are still available at a site off Mason Farm
Road near Finley Golf Course and 20 are available at the
Horace Williams site off N.C. Highway 86 in Carrboro.
Half-plots also may be rented for $5, Jones said.
Registration forms must be filled out in person at the N.
C. Botantical Garden on Laurel Hill Road.
The rental fee covers administrative and maintenance
costs, Jones said. N. C. Botanical Garden crews
maintain roads and mow the fields, but it is the tenant's
responsibility to take care of his own plot.
Several groups of students have rented plots in the
past to try to hold down food costs, Jones said.
However. Moulin said that with work hours
considered, the economics of gardening may not be too
favorable.
"If you put a dollar figure on it, it wouldn't be worth
it," he said. "You'd have to grow and then can a lot of
vegetables to come out ahead."
But Moulin and Davis find other satisfaction in the
work.
"We just like to garden," Davis said. "We like to watch
things grow."
Others share the enthusiasm for gardening. UNC
graduate student Dorothy Scoville and her husband
Richard have gardened for four years at Mason Farm.
"One advantage of having a garden is that you can
grow things you can't easily find in stores," she said. "We
grow Chinese vegetables and herbs, among other
things."
The community garden program began seven years
ago when UNC appropriated the two sitesfor public use,
Jones said. ;
"Originally the community garden plots were under
volunteer administration," she said. "1 was appointed
coordinator in March 1979, with my assistant Rick
Perry."
Maintaining a plot is not overly expensive, according
to veteran gardeners.
"You can have a decent garden for under $50," said
Larry Wall, a graduate business student who has
gardened for two years at Mason Farm with his wife,
Kim. Wall said the bulk of the expense lies in seeds and
fertilizer, with the rental fee and plowing comprising the
rest of the cost.
"It's surprising how little time it takes after you get
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over the initial hump of getting things started," Richard
Scoville said. Several gardeners estimated that it would
take two persons a minimum of about six hours a week
to maintain a garden.
M oulin and Davis cut costs and save time by sharing a
plot with two other families. Cooperative gardening not
only gives them more freedom, Davis said, but ensures
that an abundant crop will not rot in the field.
Despite the pleasures and advantages of gardening,
there are problems, Jones said. Insects and rodents have
been a problem in past years and there is no adequate
water supply at Mason Farm in the event of a drought.
Gardeners have dealt with the pest problem by using
chicken wire fences and setting animal traps. The Walls
had to bring gallons of water in milk bottles to their
garden last year when there were dry periods.
But. most gardeners seem to be happy with the results
of their labor.
Troubled students
discover salvation:
the fast food lane
By ANNETTE MILLER
Staff Writer
It's all part of the academic struggle. University students,
fighting off the late-night munchies, flock to brightly lit huts that
dot the local landscape. There they find the means of survival.
They are living life in the fast food lane.
When University students are deluged by tons of term papers,
usually 10 pagers assigned by slightly sadistic professors, food, or
at least the preparation of it, is the last thing on their to-do lists,
"When I want to go out quick, it has to be a fast food joint,"
Susan Soloman, a senior accounting major, said as she munched
on a roast beef special at Roy Rogers.
While convenience and the need to get the food in a hurry seem
to be primary motivations for eating at most fast food
restaurants, the quick culinary centers in Chapel Hill present
some variety. Prices differ as does the quality of the food. In an
informal survey by The Daily Tar Heel, one reporter braved the
world of the greasy spoon.
Dominating the fast food scene are the burger joints, all of
which seem to be clones. The chrome counters, assembly line
service, and smiling "Hello, how are you" employees are all part
of the classic mold.
Locally, McDonald's, Hardee's and Burger King all have their
own devoted following.
"I personally like Hardee's better than McDonald's, Patricia
Cannon, a sophomore psychology major said. "McDonald's is
like a stereotyped hamburger with all those hamburgers coming
out of the bins. When they get through with a hamburger, it
doesn't taste like one."
But Mimi Renkin, a UNC freshman, said McDonald's was her
favorite hamburger hangout. "You can get two all beef patties,
special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed
bun," she sang in defense of the home of the golden arches.
All three hamburger huts have similar prices, ranging from $ 1
$2 for a meal. The DTH sampler rated the food at all three as
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By PAT FLANNERY
Staff Writer
The Procedures Committee of the
Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted
Monday to establish a Citizens
Transportation Board that would advise
the aldermen on transportation matterc.
Before the advisory board can be
established, the entire Board of Aldermen
has to approve the proposal.
The committee approved the
formation of an eight-member advisory
board that would be responsible for
making recommendations to the
aldermen concerning transportation
matters, mass transit methods and the
local bus system.
Members would be appointed to the
advisory board for three-year terms. The
original proposal called for five-year
terms, but the aldermen changed the term
length to increase the rate of turnover on
the board.
"We want to have opportunities for
more people to serve and to open up more
positions." Alderman Doug Sharer said.
"I think it helps, the longer you're on it,
but I don't think a limitation (to a three
year term) would have any adverse
impact."
The committee also recommended that
the town of Carrboro ask Chapel Hill to
join Carrboro in the fight against fire
hydrant fees charged by the Orange
Water and Sewer Authority. The
committee agreed to ask Chapel Hill to
refuse to pay the hydrant fees.
OWASA imposed higher hydrant fees
this summer, but Carrboro officials since
have argued that the fees should be paid
by individual OWASA customers and
not by the town.
"We're basically disputing the manner
in which the costs of those hydrants are
covered," Sharer said.
In their meeting, the aldermen said
they hoped if both Chapel Hill and
Carrboro refused to pay the hydrant fees,
OWASA would change their fee policy.
Acting on a motion made by Alderman
Steve Rose, the committee also
recommended that the town hold a public
hearing to discuss a change in the town's
zoning ordinance affecting drive-in
businesses. The change would create a
new zone that would be the only place
drive-in businesses would be allowed.-
The discussion of drive-in businesses
was generated by a controversy between
the town's Board of Adjustment and the
aldermen. The Board of Adjustment
recently approved the construction of a
Wendy's restaurant with a drivc-in
window at Main and Greensboro streets.
But the aldermen objected to the
approval and said the Wendy's
construction would create traffic
problems in the area. The aldermen have
filed a lawsuit against the Board of
Adjustment to reverse the Wendy's
decision.
Pair gets continuance in bomb case
Fast food franchises find followers
...speedy service saves students time
good but not delicious. The promptness of service depends on the
time. It is slow at peak lunch and dinner hours.
Each hamburger restaurant boasts its own special concoction
that usually bears the name of some creature or large inanimate
object. Burger King has the double whopper for $1.39,
McDonald's has the quarter-pounder with cheese for $1.13 and
Hardee's features a big roast beef sandwich for $1.39.
If you are ready for a rousing Western welcome and slightly
higher prices, Roy Rogers' may be the best choice. Roy's offers
such menu choices as "The Big Cowboy Hamburger Platter"
($ 1 .69), fried chicken ($ 1 .40), a roast beef sandwich ($ 1 .45) and a
roast beef platter ($2.09). A salad' bar is also available. Service at
Roy's was rated as fast, and the food received a good rating.
Sub-shops provide a change of pace for hungry hamburger
hunters. Youngblood's, Sadlack's and The Looking Glass Cafe
are just a few options open to the hungry. The food at all three
was labeled delicious and service was fast. The prices for the subs
range from $1.50 to $3.
For those who cannot escape the campus, there always is the
Hunger Hut in the Carolina Union. The Hut features
hamburgers for 45 cents (McDonald's sells theirs for 44 cents)
and daily specials usually costing slightly more than $2.
But the DTH food finder rated the food at the Union as, well,
less than good. '
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George Spencer Brown and Richard
Cooper III, the two UNC students
arrested for allegedly calling in a bomb
threat to Hamilton Hall March 13, were
granted a continuance of their case until
April 22 by the Orange County District
Court Tuesday.
"M r. Brown just recently came to see us
and it takes some time to prepare a case,"
Lee Culpepper, attorney for Brown, said.
"The state has had time to prepare for
this case ever since the incident. It
(continuation) is fairly routine," he
added.
Culpepper is not representing both
students because they have separate
interests, he said.
The bomb threat was called in to
Hamilton at 9:40 a.m. and the callers said
the bomb would go off at 10 a.m.
Hamilton was evacuted for an hour.
University police arrested Cooper and
Brown after the threat was made and
brought them to the Chapel Hill Police
Station. Each of them was released on
$300 bond. University Police Lt. Charles
Mauersaid.
According to N.C. General Statutes,
making a bomb threat is a misdemeanor.
Punishment for the offense is left up to
the discretion of the judge presiding the
case. STEPHANIE BIRCH LR
Paper drive set for this Saturday
In an effort to re-establish Campus wide
newspaper drives, the ECOS recycling
committee has arranged for a truck to pick up
papers at 10 locations Saturday, ECOS co
chairperson Amy Perlmutter, said.
On-campus students who wish to donate
newspapers should tie or bag them and leave
the papers prior to pickup time inside the
doors of the residence halls where the pickups
will be made. Perlmutter said.
Anyone else who wants to contribute
newspapers should bring them to one of the
pickup locations or drop them by the ECOS
office in Suite A of the Carolina Union by
Friday, she said.
The collection schedule for Saturday is: 9
a.m.. Craige; 9:30 a.m.. James; 10 a.m..
Ehringhaus; 1 1 a.m., Morrision; noon Parker;
2;30 p.m., Lenior Drive between Mangum and
Ruffin; 3 p.m.. Alumni Place; 3 30-4:30. sites
which people have previously requested.
ECOS is trying to locate a truck to use on a
regular basis.
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