Record #:

7221

Author(s):

Solow, Barbara

Abstract:

Domestic violence occurs across many levels of society. Usually the focus has been on individual victims and batterers after the violence has happened. A new approach sees the violence as a preventable public health problem. The focus moves away from the abused and abuser to the larger community. It stresses educating people about beliefs and behaviors that lead to domestic violence, as well as those that keep it from happening. The program targets groups and settings where anti-violence strategies can be most effective. Pilot projects are aimed at children, men, adolescents, and communities of color because research has shown they are most at risk.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 20, May 2005, p22-25, 27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Family violence

Record #:

7229

Author(s):

Strom, Jennifer

Abstract:

In the 2005 North Carolina General Assembly, House Bill 1023, 'The State Lottery Act,' passed by a vote of 61-59. The bill has been sent to the Senate for its consideration. Strom summarizes arguments for and against the lottery, which proponents say will generate $400 million annually for school construction.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 15, Apr 2005, p12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lotteries

Record #:

7230

Author(s):

Fellerath, David

Abstract:

Artist Maud Gatewood produced hundreds of paintings over a long lifetime spent in Yanceyville in rural Caswell County. She kept up with the artistic trends of New York, Paris, and London but chose to practice her art in the land where her creative spirit felt at home. Fellerath discusses a new movie about the artist's life and work, released just before her death in the fall of 2004.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 15, Apr 2005, p25-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gatewood, Maud, 1934-2004; Artists--Caswell County

Record #:

7231

Author(s):

Wilson, York

Abstract:

Winston-Salem native Billy Barnes roamed across North Carolina in the 1960s capturing on film what it was like to be poor. His black and white photographs are reminiscent of the documentary style of the Depression-era photographers, like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. In this INDEPENDENT interview, Barnes discusses his work and several of his photographs.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 15, Apr 2005, p31-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Photographers; Barnes, Billy; Documentary photography

Record #:

7232

Author(s):

Fellerath, David

Abstract:

Fellerath discusses the eighth annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, held in Durham. The festival had strong ticket sales, and attendees had an opportunity to mingle with producers and directors and view premiere showings of a number of documentary films. Duke University pledged $100,000 for the next three years, making the school the festival's largest cash sponsor.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 15, Apr 2005, p65-66, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Documentary films; Film festivals--Durham

Record #:

7233

Author(s):

O'Neill, Patrick

Abstract:

Earl Richmond, Jr. was convicted of the murder of a mother and her two children in Cumberland County in 1991 and sentenced to death. Richmond was executed in May 2005. O'Neill describes the last days of Richmond and how he had become a changed man during his stay on death row.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 18, May 2005, p15 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Capital punishment; Executions and executioners; Richmond, Earl

Record #:

7234

Author(s):

Kagan, Janet

Abstract:

Three years ago the Chapel Hill Town Council set up its Percent for Art program. The program requires one percent of the total budget of selected capital projects to be set aside for the creation, installation, and maintenance of permanent works of art. The program seeks to bring art into the realm of daily life and help make it accessible to everyone.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 16, Apr 2005, p7 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public art--Chapel Hill; Art and state--Chapel Hill

Record #:

7244

Author(s):

Sturgis, Sue

Abstract:

Sturgis paints a grim future for North Carolina's Outer Banks and coastal counties in the twenty-first century. Global warming is predicted to produce rising oceans levels from fourteen inches to three feet, temperature ranges from four to ten degrees higher than current levels, and more powerful tropical storms. Climate change is a vast and serious problem, but in North Carolina many organizations are bringing people together to address this critical problem. Senate Bill 1134 and House Bill 1191 would establish a commission drawn from these various groups to study the problem. Both this group and the proposed legislation faces opposition from politically powerful corporate interests. Meanwhile, the state's coastline continues to erode.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 19, May 2005, p22-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shore protection; Beach erosion; Global warming; Climatic changes

Record #:

7330

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Midway Plantation in Knightdale was built on a 1739 land grant from Lord Granville. The property has remained in the Silver family for seven generations. The plantation house sits on what was the old Tarborough Road, which has become a major highway in 2005. Highway I-540 is encroaching nearby. The family decided that the only way to save their 4,000-square-foot home was to move it. In 2005, the house will be relocated two and a half miles north of its present location. Godfrey Cheshire, a cousin of owner Charlie Silver, is making a documentary film of the move. Cheshire, who founded SPECTATOR MAGAZINE in 1978, moved to New York from Raleigh in 1991 to work as a film critic.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 30, July 2005, p22-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Midway Plantation (Knightdale); Cheshire, Godfrey III, 1951-; Historic buildings--Knightdale; Plantations--Knightdale

Record #:

7331

Author(s):

Woods, Byron

Abstract:

The American Dance Festival, held every summer at Duke University, presented seven weeks and three days of modern dance during the 2005 festival. Twenty-two main-stage performances included nine world premieres and two first-time showings in the United States. Woods discusses the performances, dancers, and choreographers.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 29, July 2005, p32-33, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

American Dance Festival; Dance festivals--Durham

Record #:

7527

Author(s):

Need, David

Abstract:

Need discusses the life and art of Williams Fields, who was born in Winston-Salem in 1940. Besides pursuing an artistic career, Fields has taught at the North Carolina School of the Arts and at the Gibbs Museum of Art in South Carolina. Need discusses what makes Fields's work different is its grounding in visionary experiences, which he has had since the age of seven.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 38, Sept 2005, p33-34, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Artists--Winston-Salem; Fields, William, 1940-

Record #:

7528

Author(s):

O'Neill, Patrick

Abstract:

Joe Straley, one of Chapel Hill's leading activists for over forty years, died there on September 21, 2005. Straley taught physics at UNC-Chapel Hill. He received the 2003 Peace Award from North Carolina Peace Action for his work for peace and justice, which included the Civil Rights movement, opposition to war and the death penalty, and American imperialism, especially in Latin America.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 39, Sept 2005, p14-15, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Straley, Joe, 1914-2005

Record #:

7535

Author(s):

Cruze, Sidney

Abstract:

Cruze discusses Wake County's only organic farmer and the Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO) program. Fred Miller, a former office equipment salesman, runs Wake County's only certified organic farm, Hilltop Farm. He and his wife own thirty acres on which they grow strawberries, potatoes, bok choy, and roma tomatoes. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association started ECO to help new organic farmers and organic tobacco farmers grow more produce. Many organic farmers sell at food stands. ECO encourages them to focus on other areas, including natural food stores, co-ops, and restaurants.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 41, Oct 2005, p46-47, 49, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Organic farming--Wake County

Record #:

7647

Author(s):

Pardo, Ana

Abstract:

The Ward Transformer Company plant in Raleigh first gained notoriety in 1978 when 30,000 gallons of PCBs from the site were illegally dumped. Prevented from transporting the contaminated material for resale, the contacted company sprayed the material over 200 miles of North Carolina roadside. The state cleaned it up and transported the soil to a Warren County landfill. The site leaked and polluted the soil, water, and fish of a number of waterways. The effects of the contamination are being felt today. Crabtree Lake and surrounding waterways are under a fish consumption advisory. Recent testing has found unacceptable levels of PCBs leaking from the plant.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Jan 2006, p11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Ward Transformer Co. (Raleigh)

Record #:

7662

Author(s):

Morgan, Fiona

Abstract:

Morgan examines Durham's hometown newspaper, the HERALD-SUN, one year after a traumatic takeover by the Paxton Media chain. A number of employees were fired the day of the takeover or left shortly afterward. Morgan follows up on what some are doing now and discusses how the paper has changed under new management.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Jan 2006, p14-15, 19-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Newspapers--Durham