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A Solid Waste Advisory Group representing Orange, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and UNC is working on a plan to fund curbside recycling for all concerned next year.
SWAG, as it's called, needs to come up with a recommendation by March, because the current funding source dries up in June.
"We've been working on a new interlocal agreement, and we've gone through several iterarations," said Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle at Wednesday night's Assembly of Governments meeting.
She and fellow Solid Waste Advisory Group member Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt of Chapel Hill asked members of the four governing bodies of Orange, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough for more time to come up with a new interlocal funding recommendation for curbside recycling.
Kleinschmidt, Lavelle and others from SWAG had hoped to come into last week's meeting with that recommendation, but talks are still ongoing. SWAG now hopes to have a recommendation by spring of next year.
That request for more time was granted unanimously.
SWAG has met four times between late August and early October since it was appointed with two members of each local governing body.
During that process, representatives from UNC and UNC Hospital were also invited to join in.
Back in June, Orange Commissioners voted to spend $2 million from the solid waste reserve fund to pay for rural and urban recycling pick-up for the next fiscal year.
But that mechanism comes to a halt on June 30, 2015.
Kleinschmidt told WCHL last week that he's hopeful that a new agreement is near. He suggested there's a spirit of cooperation engendered by the county's actions in June.
"The county took a big risk," said Kleinschmidt, "and I was really proud of them – with the leadership that's on the Board of Commissioners right now. They went forward last year and got everybody those blue recycling carts, so that we could continue with curbside recycling.
"They dipped into their own solid waste funds to make sure that we could have curbside recycling in Chapel Hill and Carrboro for this year. And they had no promise that we were going to have an agreement on how we could move forward after this year is over."
Lavelle told WHCL last week that she agrees with Kleinschmidt that progress is being made.
"I think we all are making good-faith efforts towards a new agreement," said Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle. "I think that's our objective. I think we've asked a lot of questions about, what are all the fiscal assumptions that kid of underlie the enterprise fund, and what's the supporting data, if you will, for what the fees would be? So, we're kind of working through that, and understanding that better."
There's definitely an incentive to get an agreement done. Since Orange County rolled out 18,000 blue recycling carts this past summer, curbside recycling has gone up 29 percent.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/local-governments-hashing-agreement-next-years-recycling/
Additional reporting by Aaron Keck
Almost all the new rolling recycling carts are in use in the municipal sections of Orange County, and rural households should be following closely.
"The commissioners did authorize the purchase of 7,000 carts for the rural area," says Blair Pollock, a Solid Waste Planner with Orange County Solid Waste Management. "
He says there are roughly 13,700 households on the recycling route in the rural part of the county.
However, he says the big gap between the two numbers may not be a bad thing.
"A: we know that not a lot of people recycle at the curb," Pollock says. "We know that a lot of people will bring their recyclables to convenience centers. And B: not everyone's going to want a cart. If you have a long driveway, maybe you'd rather keep your bins. In the rural area, there's a lot more impediments to everyone using a cart."
He says, in order to find out how many carts are needed, a survey is being conducted in the next several weeks to ask who wants to opt in to the program.
Once the numbers are tallied, the carts will be ordered and delivered.
"We'll get the carts ordered by November, and we'll be able to distribute them next January and start collection around February," Pollock says.
Pollock says that is a carefully-calculated but soft timeframe but that there are always problems that could arise.
"Can you says, 'ice storm'," Pollock says.
Let's hope not.http://chapelboro.com/news/news-around-time/blue-recycling-carts-heading-rural-oc-soon/
Orange County has delivered more than 18,000 new blue recycling carts to single-family households in Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, and Orange County residents seem to be adjusting well to the new system.
But there are still a few minor kinks that can be easily worked out.
"Orange County Solid Waste has completed the distribution of over 18,000 carts in Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough for single-family recycling," said Orange County Solid Waste Planner Blair Pollock. "They're now all in use. We're completing the third week of collection with the carts. And by and large, people seem to be happy. But there's still a few glitches in the system," said Orange County Solid Waste Planner Blair Pollock.
There are a few things that folks who are new to curbside recycling should know.
Carts should be placed with the cart lid facing the street. That will ensure that the lid opens right into the truck when the robot arm lifts the cart off the ground.
Pollock added that the cart wheels should be flush against the curb, and that carts need to be at least three feet away from possible obstructions, such as telephone poles, fire hydrants, and trees.
Pollock said that even though some people have yet to catch on to all the steps of modern recycling, workers are managing to make all of their pickups, while striving for more efficiency.
"We're trying to encourage all those things so that more of the collection can be automated, and therefore, done more quickly and more efficiently," said Pollock. "It keeps the cost down, and frankly, it also reduces worker injury."
The newer automated system is a welcome change for workers making the pickups. In the old days, one person drove the truck, while another got out as many as 500 times per shift, to lift between one and three heavy bins at each stop.
Pollock said that if Orange County residents can remember to adhere to all of the recycling steps he mentioned, they'll be helping some grateful public employees avoid unnecessary manual labor.
He added that if you have any questions about curbside recycling, you can call the Orange County Solid Waste Department at 919-968-2788; or send an email to email@example.com://chapelboro.com/news/news-around-time/oc-curbside-recycling-tips-first-time-cart-users/
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will vote Tuesday on whether to accept a $75,000 grant for curbside recycling carts.
Stemming from an inter-local agreement between Orange County and The Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro that was approved by all parties in February, nearly $168,000 from Orange County would be added to Carrboro's $75,000 grant from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, for a total of nearly $243,000.
That money would go toward ensuring that every household in Carrboro is equipped with a curbside recycling roll cart.
Under the inter-local agreement, the Town is required to pay Orange County an amount equal to any grant it receives for the project.
That's just one of the items on a busy agenda for Tuesday night's Aldermen meeting, which takes place at 7:30 at Town Hall, located at 301 West Main Street in Carrboro.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/carrboro-aldermen-vote-75k-grant-recycling-carts/
With town and county officials looking to collaborate on solid waste disposal and recycling, there's increasing interest in changing the way individuals and institutions handle trash in Orange County.
County Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier says it's time to seriously consider a pay-as-you-throw system that charges households based on how much waste each generates.
"We know, from a psychological point of view, that paying for something makes people think about it," says Pelissier. "Just like we got increased water conservation by having the tiered rates. People are now conscious that it's a precious resource. What we have in our trash cans or recycling bins, that's a precious resource as well, so we have to frame it very differently."
Carrboro Alderman Sammy Slade agrees. He says Carrboro is already investigating the feasibility of such a system, with an eye to rewarding residents who reduce their trash output.
"Personally, I'm interested in not just an individual, per-household pay-as-you-throw system- there's some concern in the Town of Carrboro about the regressive quality of that," says Slade. "There's an opportunity, I feel, at the neighborhood level to incentivize the neighborhood to reduce its trash, then credit the neighborhood for it to use through participatory budgeting at the neighborhood scale."
Though critics of pay-as-you-throw argue it can disproportionally impact low-income households, Orange County Solid Waste Planner Blair Pollock says some elderly residents might actually benefit from the change.
"The predominant low-income family in our county is elderly and lives alone or has a small household," says Pollock. "So people, like my mom, who live in this county benefit from pay-as-you throw. One could easily flip that argument on its head."
Switching to a pay-as-you-throw system is part of a larger question of how the local governments can handle solid waste in a socially and environmentally just manner.
Now that the Eubanks Road landfill has closed, the towns and county are trucking trash to a waste transfer station in Durham. That trash ultimately ends up at a landfill in Sampson County.
Board of Commissioners candidate Mark Marcoplos visited the landfill to see firsthand the impact that has on the surrounding neighborhood. He says the largely low-income African-American community is suffering from the burden of Orange County's trash.
"We're in this situation where we're patting ourselves on the back for finally providing social justice to the Rogers Road community and we're actually affecting a community even worse over the horizon in Sampson County, so this is an issue we have to address," says Marcoplos.
While some are pushing for the construction of a waste transfer station near Chapel Hill, Town Council member Jim Ward says ultimately, local governments will need to find a more permanent solution.
"I do think that if we go forward and see the need for a landfill, and I think there is one, I think it's incumbent on us to put it in our own backyard and not be oblivious to it being transported to some impoverished neighborhood in Eastern North Carolina or Southern Virginia or wherever this stuff goes," says Ward.
Orange County Commissioner Earl McKee says all stakeholders need to get together to come up with short and long-term solutions.
"I think that we're going to need to look at this entire discussion of what we're going to do with our trash, how we're going to handle recycling, and we need to look at it in a comprehensive manner along with the towns."
But once local governments work out a plan, McKee says they'll need the political will to stick to it.
"I think its finally going to break down to having to devise a plan, then have the backbone to stand by that plan and put it into effect."
The towns and county are in the process of hashing out a new interlocal agreement on solid waste. County commissioners will get their first look at the draft agreement on May 13.
Pelissier, Slade, Pollock, Ward, Marcoplos and McKee made those comments during the "Environment" panel of WCHL's 2014 Community Forum. You can listen to the full forum here.http://chapelboro.com/news/2014-community-forum/time-pay-throw-trash-plan/
HILLSBOROUGH – A public hearing on a proposed tax district for recycling pickup in Orange County brought a lot of people out to the Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night.
Here were just a few of the comments from behind the guest podium:
"I loved Hillsborough in the past, but now I want to take my business and home elsewhere just because we are overtaxed, and I don't get the benefits."
"If it is a new tax, shouldn't we be allowed to vote on it?"
"I find the argument that us rural folk are lazy and won't recycle without this scheme disingenuous."
"It's not a matter so much of the cost. It's a matter of principle."
"Never mess with something that's working. These convenience centers are working. Leave them alone."
The proposed service district would replace an annual 3-R fee of $38 that was added to property tax bills from 2004 until 2012. That was when the county discontinued the fee over concern about its legality.
The tax district idea has sparked anger among some vocal residents of rural areas.
They contend that they can take care of recycling themselves, by carting it off to convenience centers, as they've been doing for a long time.
Some speakers said they don't want to push big recycling bins down long, winding gravel driveways. Some insisted they don't want to pay for a service they're not going to use. And some said they're already being taxed too much in Orange County.
There were also a few comments in favor of the service district:
"I just want to speak to this idea that people can selectively choose the taxes they want to pay or that they think benefit them. If that was the case in this country, we would not have a functioning society."
That's Tom Linden, a resident of the dense suburban Stoneridge neighborhood of unincorporated Orange County. He says that 300 households in his area "need and want" curbside recycling.
Terri Buckner lives on Yorktown Drive in Chapel Hill, in the southern part of the county. She said her neighborhood gets "forgotten a lot" in this discussion.
"We don't have access to the convenience centers that you all here in the north have," she said. "So, for me, hauling my recycling to the convenience center is really quite an inconvenience, even though I am paying for your convenience centers."
Such arguments did not sway rural residents such as Steve Hopper of Efland.
"Those with curbside recycling access – 57 percent are using it," he said. "In the rural areas without curbside recycling – 50 percent are doing it. That's a seven percent difference. You're going to spend how much money for seven percent?"
Commissioners must come up with a one-size-fits-all solution, because State law mandates that a service district must be contiguous. Targeting curbside pickup to those that want it most is not an option.
Mark Marcoplos, who's running this year against Commissioner Earl McKee for the District 2 seat, spoke at the hearing. He faulted Commissioners for not opting to simply keep the 3-R fee in place.
"This worked very well, until the county lawyer offered his opinion that, based on a case involving Cabarrus County, the county might face a legal challenge on the fee," said Marcoplos.
He was referring to a decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court in August 2012, which struck down school facility fees in Cabarrus County. Orange County took that as a precedent that invalidated county government fees if they were not approved by the General Assembly.
Bonnie Hauser, who's running against Chairman Barry Jacobs for his at-large seat, also spoke at the hearing. She said that while she is not a resident of the proposed tax district, she cares about the issue.
"There is no option that I can see that takes me down a path of a service district tax as a fair or equitable solution for the county," she said.
It was the second of two public hearings about the recycling district. Commissioners could make a decision at the April 15 meeting, to be held at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road in Chapel Hill, starting at 7 p.m.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/recycling-issue-brings-rural-residents-orange-commissioners-hearing/
The newest restaurant in Chapel Hill's 140 West is celebrating its grand opening on Thursday, March 20.
Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom will mark its grand opening on March 20 with a ribbon cutting at 11:00 a.m.
Old Chicago got its start back in 1976 – and to honor that, the company will offer free pizza for a year for the first 76 customers in line. There will also be a free throw shooting contest outside on the 140 West plaza – and Old Chicago will donate $76 to Farmer Foodshare for each free throw that gets made. (Show the Tar Heels how it's done!)
Listen to Aaron Keck's conversation on the Wednesday afternoon news with Old Chicago's Chris Beckler.
For the next two months, the Town of Chapel Hill is inviting you to give your feedback on the latest draft of its Bike Plan.
You can find the plan and a comment form online at TownOfChapelHill.org/bikeplan.
There will be a public forum to discuss the plan on Monday, April 28.
Chatham County officials say drinking water in some parts of the county might have a musty taste and odor for the next month or so – but it's still safe to drink.
Chatham Water Utilities found higher-than-usual levels of compounds in water recently sampled from Jordan Lake Reservoir, causing the slight difference in taste. Director Leonard McBryde says this is a seasonal issue that's "not uncommon for water systems that draw raw water from lakes."
Since it's seasonal, county officials say it should only last about a month – but in the meantime, residents can minimize the taste difference by refrigerating water in a pitcher, or using a carbon filter.
Orange County will be holding a second public hearing in April to discuss the proposed new solid waste service tax district for unincorporated areas of the county.
The district is being proposed as a way to continue funding the county's recycling program. The program had been funded with an annual fee attached to residents' property tax bill, but that fee has been discontinued.
The public hearing takes place on Tuesday, April 1, also at 6:00 p.m. at the Social Services Center at Hillsborough Commons on Mayo Street in Hillsborough.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro's three high schools are holding "mock crash" events this spring to raise awareness of the dangers of impaired and distracted driving.
The events will begin with an assembly, followed by a crash reenactment in the footbal stadium. A UNC Air Care helicopter will land in the stadium as well, to simulate transport of an injured victim.
The mock crashes will take place at Carrboro High School on Friday, March 21; at East Chapel Hill High on Wednesday, April 9; and at Chapel Hill High on Friday, May 2 during the school day.
The Greater Chapel Hill Association of REALTORS has earned a grant to promote affordable housing in the local community.
The grant comes from the Housing Opportunity Program of the National Association of REALTORS; the Greater Chapel Hill branch will use the funds to produce a housing expo in Chatham County.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Amanda Bennett will be on campus Thursday, March 20, speaking as part of UNC's Women in Media Leadership Series.
Working for the Wall Street Journal, Bennett won the Pulitzer in 1997 for her coverage of the AIDS crisis, and a second Pulitzer with The Oregonian for an expose of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. She's also the author of "The Cost of Hope," a book about confronting death in the context of the U.S. healthcare system.
Bennett's talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. on March 20 in the Freedom Forum Conference Center in Carroll Hall. It's free and open to the public.
This weekend, a nationally-recognized dance choreographer will be in the Triangle to support arts education in local schools.
Jacques d'Amboise is the principal dancer-choreographer for the NYC Ballet. He's in town from Thursday through Saturday, March 20-22, to support NC Arts in Action – which provides in-school and afterschool dance programs for kids, based on a model d'Amboise developed back in the 1970s.
On Thursday d'Amboise will be in Chapel Hill, meeting with fourth-graders at Northside Elementary School.http://chapelboro.com/news/news-around-time/biking-drinking-recycling-driving-housing-reporting-dancing/
CARRBORO- Once again, a group of Chapel Hill middle schoolers looks like a sure bet to bring home the gold in a national science challenge. No matter that, we're all winners, thanks to the work they do.
"We're the Trash Terminators 2.0," Rohan Deshpande announced to aldermen and spectators at Carrboro Town Hall. "We're working towards the Lexus Eco Challenge."
Rohan, a student at Phillips Middle School, is the mainstay member of Trash Terminators, a group of science-minded Chapel Hill kids with a mission to protect the planet from greenhouse gas and methane emissions.
Last year, Rohan and two other students won first place in Siemens' national "We Can Change the World" challenge. This past Tuesday night, Rohan told Carrboro's Board of Aldermen how they did it.
"We diverted 25 percent of our trash from going to a landfill," he reported.
This year's team of Rohan, Vincent Chen, Elizabeth Farmer, Quentin Sieredzki and Graeme Zimmermann is keeping it going. They've entered into the Lexus Eco Challenge, where they've made it to the national section. The money they won from that so far has gone back into green initiatives at their school.
The challenge gives teams the opportunity to win up to $30,000 in grants and scholarships for the best ideas about protecting the environment.
During this school year, the Terminators have been addressing a situation created by the closing of the Orange County Landfill last summer.
"This means that trash is being transported to a location that is more than a hundred miles away," Rohan observed. "This is also adding costs, and creates more pollution."
The Terminators used a carbon footprint calculator to determine that for every ton of trash the city ships to the new landfill, 57 pounds of carbon dioxide will be emitted, and $55 of taxpayer money will be spent.
The kids also figured out that 55 percent of Phillips' cafeteria trash is compostable waste. So they started a composting program at the school.
Terminator Quentin told aldermen how they did it.
"We set up composting bins in our school cafeteria," he said, "in which students and staff dump all their compostable food items, which include food waste, food trays and napkins."
Brooks Contractor in Goldston collects the compost twice a week. Liquid waste has been diverted from the trash, and recycling efforts have been ramped up.
"Our goal is to send only pure trash to the landfill, which will reduce carbon emission and cost," said Quentin.
The students managed to reduce trash pickups as well, which saved Phillips School money.
Terminator Vincent Chen said it's been a schoolwide effort, with students, teachers, administrators, staff and parents involved.
"In the lunchroom, we had parents, students and volunteers to help students with composting during lunch."
There was a charitable component as well.
"We also started a 'giving table' where we keep all the uneaten and unopened food," said Vincent.
The food is distributed to families on meal plans, and it's available to students and staff as well.
"We diverted more than 80 percent of the trash going to a landfill by recycling and composting," said Vincent. "We will divert 20,500 pounds of trash over 180 state days of school at Phillips."
The plan saves about $550 in gas by reducing shipping. And it will prevent about 574 pounds of carbon from being released into the atmosphere. The kids figure that if all area middle schools adopted this initiative, there would be 41 tons less of trash in landfills over the next school year.
The Terminators spread the word with public information tables, a Time Warner infomercial, and social media outreach.
And they conducted a survey that showed how most citizens would like to see municipal composting.
Alderman Sammy Slade, like all his colleagues, was impressed.
"I would like to partner with y'all to find out how we could do this in Carrboro," he said. "Because you have so much knowledge."
Slade recommended that the kids approach the school board about using some of the savings on even more green initiatives.
Alderman Randee Haven-O'Donnell suggested that the kids look to the State Department of Environmental Resources Division of Solid Waste for a grant.
"Now more than ever, not only municipally, but in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, but in the county, we need this," she said, "because of the landfill."
Alderman Damon Seils had the last word, by stating what must have been on everyone's mind.
"I was just going to make the observation that Chapel Hill and Carrboro just got schooled by the Trash Terminators," said Seils.http://chapelboro.com/news/news-around-time/trash-terminators-2-0-take-carrboro-composting-school/
HILLSBOROUGH – Thursday night, the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to conduct two more public hearings on a contentious recycling issue in Orange County.
Orange County Solid Waste Management Director Gayle Wilson told Commissioners Thursday that a proposed tax for expanded curbside recycling would not hit residents too hard in the wallet, compared to past fees for the service.
"At this rate, a property valued at $250,000 would pay about $37.50," Wilson said. "Those properties that are currently located within our service area used to pay $38, so it's fairly close."
Wilson broke down the preliminary cost estimate for a proposed service district that would add about 8,000 parcels to the existing 13,750 households, with residents that had been paying a fee for curbside recycling.
That was until a court ruled in December 2012 that the county has no authority to tack the fees onto property tax bills.
Wilson reported that the estimated cost to implement expanded curbside service is $630.000, or about 1.5 cents per $100 of property value.
It's meeting with some resistance from people that live in rural areas, where gravel driveways can extend the length of a road sometimes. That's a long way to push the roll carts that would have to be purchased and distributed.
Early in Thursday night's discussion, Commissioner Earl McKee expressed skepticism about the plan, after reading in the report that only 57 percent of people who paid the fee set out their recycling at the curb regularly.
"My point is that there were multiple thousands of people that were paying the 3R curbside fee that were not using the service," McKee said. "They either were not recycling, or they were taking it to the convenience center."
Solid waste convenience centers, such as those in Efland and Hillsborough, are a popular choice than curbside recycling for some rural residents.
That constituency was well-represented at Thursday night's meeting in Hillsborough, where several citizens spoke out against the proposed service district, and just one citizen spoke in favor of it.
That brought Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier to conclude that the county failed to advertise to the public that recycling would be on the meeting agenda Thursday evening. If it had, more of those in favor of the tax district may have shown up.
"Part of the problem that we face is that there isn't really good data on some of the things we're considering," Pelissier said, "because it sends up being opinions – people's opinions or perceptions about what may happen, what has happened, and why, etc."
On February 4, the Board will decide on the dates and locations of two more public hearings about recycling. Commissioners say they want more information from staff on alternatives to the district tax, including funding the program voluntarily through a subscription service or drawing from the general fund.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/orange-commissioners-seek-public-input-recycling/
CHAPEL HILL- A recent court ruling means Orange County will have to find a new way to fund curbside recycling pick-up for rural residents, but commissioners say they aren't sure what is the most equitable way to pay for the program.
At their last meeting of 2013, Orange County Commissioners debated whether to create a new service tax district to pay for rural recycling pick-up or give residents the option to sign up for the service.
Some on the board, including Penny Rich, worried that switching to a subscription service could lead as many as 20 percent of participants to opt out.
"The subscription service just doesn't sit right with me," said Rich. "If we're a county that is encouraging recycling and we have a program, it should be a program that everyone should use."
Currently the county provides curbside recycling pick-up to 13,700 rural homes, but county leaders want to expand the service in the future. Pick-up is estimated to cost $630,000 annually and officials say they'll need an additional $1.3 million to buy 96-gallon roll-out carts and two new trucks this year.
The proposed subscription service would cost homeowners approximately $58 yearly, while a service district tax could add as much as 1.5 cents per $100 of valuation to property tax bills.
Under the subscription model, only those using the service would pay the fee, but if commissioners approve a county-wide service district, all property owners in the unincorporated areas would be charged, including those who own undeveloped land or live outside the bounds of the pick-up routes.
Though she said it's not a perfect solution, Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier favored the service district plan. She said because increased recycling is a community goal, it is appropriate to fund the program using tax dollars.
"If you think about our taxes in general, we pay for the whole array of services and we don't necessarily use them all," said Pelissier. "We have made a commitment to recycling in this community and I want to maintain that commitment."
But Commissioner Mark Dorosin said he's concerned about the impact a new tax might have on rural residents.
"I think the argument about the value of recycling as a value of the county is counterbalanced by trying to maintain affordability in the county," said Dorosin. "We're talking about a 1.5 cent tax on rural areas of the county. That's troubling."
Board Chair Barry Jacobs said that if the county adopts the service district plan, officials would need to act quickly to expand the program.
"I see no equity in charging people for something, then having a minimalist or gradual approach to expanding the services," said Jacobs. "For all these discussions about tax equity, if I'm paying for it, I should get it."
Commissioner Earl McKee was not convinced. He argued that Orange County residents have prioritized recycling in the past and they aren't likely to give that up.
"I'm still more comfortable with trusting our citizens to do what they are already doing," said McKee. "I'm much more comfortable with providing an option that will allow folks to do it for a fee rather than do it under what I view as a system of coercion."
The board voted 6-1 to get detailed information and hold a series of public hearings about the service district plan. McKee opposed, saying while he's a strong supporter of recycling, he couldn't support a plan that doesn't offer residents the option of opting out.
The board will discuss the issue again on January 23, and public hearings on the service district tax plan will be held in the spring. If approved, the service district would be put in place by July 1.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/bocc-eyes-rural-recycling-district-tax-plan/


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Information about the winter off-ice class offered at the Oakland Ice Center is now available. Click here for information about the class.
The SMISC congratulates the following skaters who competed at the Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, WA. We are proud of you all. You can find the complete results by clicking here:
Nathan, Kevin, and Nina all qualified to represent the club at the US National Figure Skating Championships in January!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to design a logo for a figure skating competition and have it used for all of the promotional materials? Well now is your chance. The Central California Interclub Association (CCIA) will be hosting the 2016 Central Pacific Regional Figure Skating Championships next October in San Jose and they are holding a contest to design the logo for the competition. Details are below:
1. The due date for the design and the end of the contest will be November 30, 2014.
2. Judging will be done by the current CCIA Committee.
3. Winner will be announced on December 10, 2014.
4. The logo and rendering will be the sole property of CCIA.
5. Alterations may be needed from the original design by USFSA.
6. The logo must meet all competition logo rules as specified by USFSA.
7. The logo submitted for the contest may be done on computer, in pencil, pen, painting, or even crayon.
8. The winning chosen logo will have their original design printed in the program.
9. The winning logo will be used for the 2016 Central Pacific Regionals.
10. Logo design and rules from USFSA are available to download below.
11. "2016 Central Pacific Regional Figure Skating Championships" must be present in the logo.
12. Theme should have something to do with the surrounding area (San Jose, CA).
13. Please e-mail your logo design no later that 11/30/14 to firstname.lastname@example.com
14. Anyone may enter – skaters, parents, board members, coaches, or other family members.
A copy of these rules along with the USFSA guidelines/rules for logo design may be downloaded by clicking here: CCIA_LOGO_CONTEST.
Congratulations to all of the club's skaters who competed at the 2015 Central Pacific Regional Figure Skating Championships being held this weekend in Salt Lake City, Ut. You can find the complete results here. The following skaters competed in the qualifying events:
Kristen Barclay, 10th, Juvenile Girls QR Group B
Sami Lew, 9th, Senior Ladies
Alysa Liu, 7th, Juvenile Girls
Nina Ouellette, 3rd, Novice Ladies
AnnaMarie Pearce, 5th, Senior Ladies
Xylina Rusit, 5th, Junior Ladies
Mark Sandusky, 5th, Novice Men
Andreanne Sannajust, 13th Juvenile Girls QR Group A
Sarah Xia, 6th, Juvenile Girls
Alice Yang, 1st, Novice Ladies
Tiffany Yim, 9th, Intermediate Ladies
Kaysie Yu, 7th, Junior Ladies
Stephanie Yu, 8th, Juvenile Girls
Mimi Yu-Ching Chuang, 14th, Juvenile Girls
Micol Zhai, 6th, Intermediate Ladies
Congratulations to Kristi Yamaguchi who was recently awarded the United State Olympic Committee's Rings of Gold award. This award recognizes her humanitarian work helping underprivileged children at 14 Bay Area schools. Recently KTVU channel 2 ran a profile on Kristi and her work which you can watch below. The USOC press release can be found here.
The fall St Moritz sponsored off-ice classes will start September 17. Details below:
Off-Ice Jump Class with Lynn Smith
9-week class, Wednesdays September 17 – November 12
5:45 – 6:15 pm (1/2 hour class)
$81 Members/$99 Non-members
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The Hamilton County Farm Bureau Association hosted a kick-off event for the local Syracuse FFA Chapter on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the association office on Main Street. Approximately 40 people attended with several individuals from the Farm Bureau headquarters in Manhattan, Kan., 27 FFA members and their advisor Charles Pollart, and other local supporters.
According to Farm Bureau Association president, Darrin DeWitt, they wanted to invite the group over, feed them, and let the kids know how the Farm Bureau can help support their FFA activities.
"We were more than happy to host this event for the kids, the Farm Bureau has always been a strong supporter of FFA," DeWitt said. "We are exceptionally pleased we finally have a FFA chapter here."
DeWitt said the Farm Bureau and Ford Motor Company both partner together to offer FFA members and the public incentives for participation. The Hamilton County Farm Bureau Association appreciated the blue F-150 FX4 sent over for the evening by Davis Motors of Syracuse to highlight the partnership and support of FFA. Farm Bureau members receive a $500 rebate on any new Ford purchase and Ford offers an FFA-only scholarship to students for college.
DeWitt said this first event would now become an annual event in the future each fall. FFA members will be invited back each year for a meal and discussion of the opportunities between Farm Bureau and the National FFA Organization. Any resident wishing to become a Farm Bureau member may contact the local association office at (620) 384-6935. Anyone wishing to volunteer or support activities of the FFA may contact the school at (620) 384-7872.


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The calendar year has not always started on January 1. There was a time in Christian history when the calendar began on March 25. Nevertheless, when we come to the end of one year and begin the next, most people have a time of celebration and reflection.
For several years now, Creation Moments has brought to listeners each day evidences for design in nature. That design is often wonderful, usually ingenious and certainly places in question any possibility of it all having come about by chance.
Modern criticism of the Bible began in the late 1700s and has continued to this day. The usual claim, often from Bible scholars, has been that the Bible is nothing more than error-filled human writings. Before serious excavation work had begun in the mid-1800s, scholars felt free to consider lack of evidence as proof that people, cities, and even whole nations mentioned in the Bible never existed.
Scientists who believe in creation often point out that when we finally learn the genetics of a creature, that information doesn't match its supposed evolutionary history. There are many examples of this, and a new example was reported in the scientific literature at the end of 1998.
What's left to be discovered? Many people have the idea that scientists have discovered just about everything when it comes to everyday subjects. Sure, scientists are searching for cures for many diseases and making discoveries of new atomic particles. But when it comes to common things, say botany, even many scientists think everything has been discovered.
Climate researchers are developing more complex computer models in an effort to discover the effects of climate changes. One unexpected conclusion is that greenhouse warming of the Earth may not be happening; even if it is, it may not be a bad thing. Researchers have also had to admit that the natural climate changes of the Earth are much wider than originally thought.
Engineers who design vehicles to move through fluids face a quandary. A torpedo-shaped vehicle can move quickly and efficiently through a fluid like water, but it is difficult to maneuver precisely or get to hover. A boxier vehicle can be designed to hover and move with more precision but lacks speed and efficiency.
Mitochondria generate energy inside each of your cells. They have their own DNA, which is passed directly from mother to child. This fact and the known rate at which mitochondrial DNA mutates has led to some conclusions which would be expected by those who accept the biblical history of mankind.
Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years old?
We have all heard or read about a scientist from some university declaring that a certain rock or fossil is millions of years old. But what do these pronouncements do to the Bible's history that begins with creation? Has modern science proven that the Bible's history is inaccurate?
According to evolutionary theory, all matter and energy were the result of a huge explosion called the "Big Bang." The laws that matter and energy must follow are also the result of that same great explosion. As a further result of these beliefs, evolutionists are convinced that things behave the way they do quite accidentally.
If you give a design problem to ten different engineers to solve, chances are you will not get ten different solutions. In fact, you are likely to end up with ten solutions that look very much alike.
What does the Bible's teaching on creation have to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Are these just two separate and unrelated biblical teachings? Christians often ask us, "Shouldn't we just worry about the basics? Why worry about a teaching like creation?" Indeed, we should be concerned with basics.
As Christians, we believe by faith. But did you know that even evolutionary scientists believe by their own kind of faith? Scientists early in the previous century, like scientists today, had no evidence that humans had evolved from ape like creatures.
We often hear people speak of "simple life forms" or the "simple cell." Is there really such a thing as "simple life"? Although we often speak of the "simple cell," there really is no such thing as a simple form of life. Even the single celled creature is a highly complex organism.
Silently, a huge, powerful form slides through the deep, cold, dark depths of the sea. The men aboard the nuclear submarine have seen neither sun nor daylight for months, yet each one knows what day it is. The men know what day and what time it is even without seeing daylight because the sun's movement – like a clock – only measures time; it doesn't create it.
Scientific principles learned in the Bible have led to countless scientific discoveries and saved millions of lives. It's true. Without the Bible, we would never have the blessings of modern science.
God not only is powerful and creative as Master Designer, but He is more. He is the supreme artist.
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and professor at King's College, London, and then at Cambridge University. Albert Einstein said that Maxwell had made a greater contribution to physics than anyone except Isaac Newton. Maxwell developed complex theoretical and mathematical explanations for all the forces in the universe except gravity and nuclear forces.
Accepting that God created man, did He create a non-material part within him we call the soul as well as the familiar material body? Of course, the Bible has a lot to say about man's soul and that following a person's death, the soul of the faithful will be with God in heaven. However, there are others who regard the idea of a soul as nothing more than a superstition.
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Stating the obvious
It seems we are at last accepting that real estate projects no one wants are probably not worth building. We guess this is a good thing.
March 17, 2011 1:06 by Samuel Potter
Kipp is once again thanking its lucky stars for the existence of experts. We always love it when an expert breaks his silence, especially when they do so to say something mind numbingly obvious to even the simplest chicken on the battery farm. Not so long ago – (actually, it was five months ago almost. That's pretty crazy). Anyway, five months ago we reported that 'experts' had made an astounding discovery: expatriates would prefer not to pay tax.
Well now we're back on the expert case, this time doffing our hat at David Le Bail, Director at DTZ. No doubt Le Bail knows plenty about real estate, given that DTZ is a pretty massive real estate adviser. He probably knows much more than us. But Kipp is fairly sure the average man on the street could tell you building a project that no one wants is a bad thing, and should probably be avoided.
"If there is no demand for [a] project… just stop it. Spend the money where it is more useful. There are a large number of small and medium enterprises who don't want Grade A office space and that is the reality… there is a serious need to rethink which projects must go on," said Le Bail during a panel discussion at the third Arab Real Estate and Urban Development Conference.
Man alive. Are we only just realizing this now? Ah well, thinking about it, it probably does need saying; there is no shortage of ambitious developers in this part of the world with dollar signs where their eyeballs should be – it could well be that they need to be cautioned against projects that don't make sense.
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Like human walking, passive dynamic walking—i.e. walking down a slope with no actuation except gravity—is energy efficient by exploiting the natural dynamics. In the animal world, neural oscillators termed central pattern generators (CPGs) provide the basic rhythm for muscular activity in locomotion. We present a CPG model, which automatically tunes into the resonance frequency of the passive dynamics of a bipedal walker, i.e. the CPG model exhibits resonance tuning behavior. Each leg is coupled to its own CPG, controlling the hip moment of force. Resonance tuning above the endogenous frequency of the CPG—i.e. the CPG's eigenfrequency—is achieved by feedback of both limb angles to their corresponding CPG, while integration of the limb angles provides resonance tuning at and below the endogenous frequency of the CPG. Feedback of the angular velocity of both limbs to their corresponding CPG compensates for the time delay in the loop coupling each limb to its CPG. The resonance tuning behavior of the CPG model allows the gait velocity to be controlled by a single parameter, while retaining the energy efficiency of passive dynamic walking.
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It's a sweeping, gorgeous masterwork that draws upon a collage of pop flavors from the last four decades, brightly burning the eternal singer/songwriter flame and touching down for a couple of power pop punches.
A dreamy, layered work that merely ups the rock ante of his perfectly balanced 1998 release, XO -- an exquisite union of wistful acoustic stylings and polished pop.
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An album awash with pretty ambiguities and difficult twists.
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ericJan 28, 2004Probably not favorite of his, but brilliant and utterly unique it's one of the best albums I've ever heard. Delicate poetry wrapped around beautiful sounscapes, Elliot does a whole lot of experimenting on the final record of his lifetime, rocking out on tracks like "L.A. and "Junk Bond Trader" and "Stupidity Tries", trying out new otherwordly piano on "Everything Means Nothing to Me" and "In the Lost and Found". But still manages to deliver a fine supply of good old fashion elliott acoustic ballads including my favorite track "I Better be Quiet Now" First album of Smiths I ever bought and boy am I glad I did. Rest in Peace Elliott. "All I used to be will pass away And then you'll see That all I want now, Is happiness for you and me." (Track 11 "Happiness")… Expand
PaulJan 9, 2006It's difficult to give a CD (or movie, or book...) a 10 on metacritic, because a 10 implies perfection, but I LOVE this album. I LOVE IT! I've had this album for over a year now and I've been listening to it constantly since. This album was my first E. Smith album and it encouraged me to get all his other stuff. I can listen to this whole album and not want to skip a single song. Highlights include the whole album, but the cream of the crop include Son of Sam, Junk Bond Trader, LA, Easy Way Out, Happiness, Pretty Mary K, Can't Make a Sound... Do yourself a favor and GET THIS ALBUM!… Expand
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EvilEdFeb 6, 2009Although not as good as Either/or or X/O its still a good album. If your a music fan you must have this album.
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Oh NICE! Gotta have that Groudon theme! Though I do wish Nintendo would stop making quite so many Mario themes in a row. Maybe Metroid, Kirby, DK or Wario would be nice? Heck I'd even take a PAPER Mario theme just to shake things up if they're gonna continue making Mario themes.
Oh my God Bowser, he's.... he's perfect!
@ILoveYourMom I don't recall anyone asking for your irrelevant and useless opinion.
Power Rangers just needs to die already. Ever since Saban reclaimed it it's been even worse than Disney's efforts, and the games are always crap. Every new series just taints what was a once good show.
Sorry, but that looks really generic and uninspired. Just like all Halloween related crap these days.
@SpookyMeths Maybe you don't, but I do. The game looks terrible now, and it'll continue to look terrible later.
@SpookyMeths Please don't delude yourself into believing that "pre-alpha" means the game will look better post-alpha, because it won't.
@Jim_Purcell There's a reason for that.
@Larryislife Not even remotely the same thing as the Color was released a DECADE after the original GB, whereas this is only 3. Major difference. And Color added color to games (well duh) but this only gives us a CPU upgrade, which will likely not add more than a smoother framerate, larger draw distances and possibly multitasking features.
While this is only confirmed for the UK at present, it would be safe to assume that Nintendo of America and Nintendo Europe are planning similar demos.
Let's be honest - they probably aren't.
I notice the game has been misspelled in the title.
Oooh, Art of Balance, finally!
So.... any secret characters?
At last! Been waiting for this one!
Good to see a dev calling Nintendo out on their lack of quality control, NOW GET UP OFF YOUR BACKSIDE AND FIX IT, NINTENDO.
Crapcom, ladies and gentlemen.
@Pod And I am annoyned that this is added without asking me, and that deleting it will delete general upgrades to my game.
What? It is not YOUR game. You do not have any say in what is or isn't added to it. If you have that much of an issue with it, take it up with Nintendo customer service instead of NLife.
And thank you for pointing out the "empty calendar" logic, Captain Obvious. This is the first time I have ever heard of a company announcing tiny character dlc that releases almost a year later.
@Mega719 I have to admit, I genuinely don't know what they're thinking. I mean this DLC is not on the same level as say, RDR Undead Nightmare, so why is there a 6 month gap between course/character/kart packs? Should be 3 months at most, though I can understand why the 1st is releasing close to Xmas.
Trauma Center HD collection. Make it happen, Atlus!
Mega Slowbro looks really dumb. It's like his expression is saying "how am I supposed to do ANYTHING like this?"
There are far too many titles coming out in 2015, instead of THIS YEAR
@gage_wolf It's like gaming has hit a brick wall as of late and is now devolving instead of evolving,
@HeroOfCybertron The box does say 16, which you in the US know you don't use for game ratings.
Ugh, stick to the iPhone please.
Man I hope they can make this a reality. Hotel Dusk, Last Window and the Another Codes were some of the most enjoyable point and clicks in years. It would also be nice if they could make that planned third Another Code, I was gutted about the way it ended with the sequel hook only for them to go under before they could do anything about it.
Oh come on Nintendo , I think we both know this will hardly be a smash hit in the UK, so why let a niche game like this miss out on vital Xmas sales which could make the difference between success and flop? I believe your so-called "strategic" delay may backfire on you, as I could very much see this as being picked up for Xmas, but since it will now miss it, it may get overlooked. Of all the Xmas games they have lined up, this would've benefitted the most. The others all have plenty of selling power with or without Xmas timing.
@Einherjar As I said above, they won't listen, so give up trying.
@Imagamerboi I don't believe causals read NLife.
@piggie_pie What...? The article is saying exactly the opposite.
@Andyliini Believe me they'll keep blaming Nintendo despite how much other people try to hammer into them that it's TK's game. They'll probably come out with something like "Ohhh, but Miyamoto probably barged into TK's office and told them not to include online co-op."
Sounds like they have a lot of passion for the game. I was a little disappointed by NLife's review because I was really excited for this, but I'm hoping they'll make this into a series and make a better sequel.
Trauma Center please Atlus - it's been far too long.
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Is that trophy real?
Darunia is DA BOSS!!! So maining him.
About time! So glad I didn't cave and buy them digitally.
Nintendo, please enforce some form of quality control. The amount of crap the eshops get is mind boggling.
These pictures just make me realise..... how damn ugly the GBA originals were. I really hated the art direction back then, but the remake looks tons better.
I get the feeling the Pokedex "callback" will be wasted on the youth of today.....
Going by Curtain Call, I expect it to arrive by May/June next year.
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Congratulations to the Artists for their event and their HOSPITALITY.
The young smooth and fusion jazz band on Sunday was incredible. WHO were they and where do we get CD's to play at home?
Did you see the quality of the art, photograpy and jewelry? The exceptional quality was above much of our large craft events and should be brought to the major public events.
Thank you, Artists,
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