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28059
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At the University of North Carolina, the Process Series helps creators develop new works. Directed by Joseph Megel, the series helps artists performing new works on stage. The series helps mentor and critique the works, offering feedback to the artists. All six works that received help from the series and Megel will be performed in North Carolina.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 44, November 2009,
p24-25
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28060
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is expanding its Resource Research Facility and this has its neighbors worried. UNC-CH did not share the plans with residents, but plans to build eleven new buildings and two wastewater treatment systems on the property. Residents are concerned about the environmental impact of the wastewater treatment systems. Specific ways in which the wastewater treatment systems could affect the local environment and residents near White Cross, NC are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 45, November 2009,
p5-7
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28061
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Durham’s Civilian Police Review Board has little power to hold police accountable in Durham. The board cannot hear complaints unless police have vetted the complaints first. The board cannot initiate its own investigations. The board has no power to force the department to change its policies. The board and its members can only trust the police leaders will listen. Frustrations by board members and citizens are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 45, November 2009,
p14-15, 19-20
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28062
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Chapel Hill’s black community and many social activists say they are being unfairly targeted by the town’s police. Chapel Hill does not have an independent police review board, so only town leaders and the police know why 33 citizen complaints were filed last year. Residents want to change that review process to make it more transparent and hold police accountable to citizens. There has been a climate of fear and suspicion in Chapel Hill between the officers and certain citizens because of past actions by police and the lack of accountability.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 45, November 2009,
p16-17
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28063
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For 50 years, Alcoa has controlled parts of the Yadkin River building dams to power its smelting plant in Stanly County. Now, Governor Perdue and concerned citizens are trying to take control of the river back from the company since the plant is closed. Alcoa wants to renew its operating license. Critics of Alcoa say the company has polluted the river, doing nothing to address water quality or the economic or recreational needs of the region. Details of how the state is fighting Alcoa, including filing complaints with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against the company and a bill to create they Yadkin River Trust Authority to assume Alcoa’s license. Alcoa’s dams are worth billions of dollars and the company is fighting the measures.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 46, November 2009,
p16-19
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28064
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Chase Foster is the winner of a 2009 Indy Citizen Award for improving his community. The Raleigh resident uses theater and political satire to convince his audience to support progressive causes. Foster is currently advocating for health care reform through his Billionaires for Wealth Care sketch. The sketch and his group have been featured on national tv as they make fun of billionaires afraid of losing their wealth through taxes to support health care reform.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009,
p15
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7.Judy Kincaid: Clean Energy Durham by Sorg, Lisa Independent Weekly Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009
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28065
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Judy Kincaid is the winner of a 2009 Indy Citizen Award for improving her community. As executive director of Clean Energy Durham, Kincaid is helping people of all income levels save energy and money. Kincaid goes door-to-door in Durham’s educating residents on how they can improve sustainability and energy conservation in their homes.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009,
p16
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28066
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Michelle Cotton Laws is the winner of a 2009 Indy Citizen Award for improving her community. Laws is the president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACAP chapter. Through her work, she has exposed the strained race relations in the primarily white, progressive Chapel Hill. Example of her activism and her standing in the community and state are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009,
p17
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28067
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Robert Dowling is the winner of a 2009 Indy Citizen Award for improving his community. Dowling is director of the nonprofit housing program Community Home Trust which works to provide affordable housing for lower income residents in Orange County. His knowledge of finance, real estate development, negotiation skills, and management skills have helped make the once failing group a vital part of the community.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009,
p18
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28068
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Ray Eurquhart is the winner of a 2009 Indy Citizen Award for improving his community. Eurquhart is a Durham resident and community activist who is working to clean up crime, replenish affordable housing, and restore life to the Rolling Hills and Southside neighborhoods of Durham. Known as “Brother Ray,” Eurquhart helped found the Southside Community Outreach Center, applies for grants for the neighborhood association, created summer programs for schoolchildren in the neighborhood, and more to help the struggling community.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009,
p19
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28069
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Orange County’s El Centro Latino has closed leaving Latinos in the area in need of many social services. The center provided information referral services and tutoring aid for students, English classes, job employment assistance, and more. The small nonprofit suffered from a high turnover in leadership and a lack of funding. Many area residents are upset and will have to travel to Durham or Chatham Counties to get help.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 48, November 2009,
p5
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28071
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The Women’s Rock Retreat was formed by Abby Pearce to give women a place to gather, collaborate, and create rock music. The majority of the retreat participants are mothers or women who do not have the time they would like to play music. The retreat separates participants into bands and the bands then spend a few days writing songs and preparing to perform at a local club in Chapel Hill. Besides playing music, the retreat was created to empower women and help them express their creative sides.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 49, December 2009,
p5-7
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28077
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Recently, about 200 people joined the annual procession though Durham honoring La Virgen de Guadalupe, the Virgin Mary. The procession highlights the mixing of Catholicism and indigenous belief and of American and Mexican culture. In the essay, the author remembers living in San Antonio and compares the culture of acceptance toward Latinos versus her observation of animosity toward Latinos in North Carolina. The history of the holiday, Latino culture, and Latinos is America is discussed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 50, December 2009,
p9
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28078
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Terrance Holt is a Chapel Hill physician and former teacher who recently published a collection of short stories. The collection has gained praised by the New York Tiimes and Junot Diaz. Holt is interviewed an shares his thoughts on the power of language, the reasons he writes, the reason he became a geriatric doctor, how his two professions are linked, and what he hopes his stories represent.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 50, December 2009,
p9
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28081
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More than 13 million fish died in “fish kill events” in North Carolina in 2009 - the most since that data has been collected. The estimate is conservative and could actually be double the total. Graphs detailing the annual fish kill events from 1997 to 2009 and the reported annual fish kill mortality from 1997 to 2009 are presented. Most of the fish kill events occurred as a result of low oxygen in the water and pollution.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 51, December 2009,
p6
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