Chapel Hill Information

The 61st Annual Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A All-State
Football Team.

FIRST TEAM:
OFFENSE
Guards – Sam Schomp, Lindale, 6-4, 300, sr., and, andrew Cady,
Rockport-Fulton, 6-0, 245, sr.
Center – Clint Merka, Argyle, 6-2, 290, sr.
Tackles – Greg Brantley, Carthage, 6-7, 310, sr., and Trey
Keenan, Argyle, 6-6, 270, sr.
Wide receivers – Darrion Pollard, Gilmer, 5-9 175, sr., and
(tie) Ed Pope, Carthage, 6-3 ,170, sr., and Trent Schuett,
Bridgeport, 5-10, 175, sr.
Tight end – Chadd Bossow, Argyle, 6-2, 210, sr.
Quarterback – Austin Aune, Argyle, 6-3, 190, sr.
Running backs – Joseph Sadler, Devine, 5-10, 180, sr.; Wayne
Onderdonck, Alvarado, 5-7, 180, sr.; Jordan Barnes, Van Alstyne,
5-10, 160, sr.
Place-kicker – Cole Hedlund, Argyle, 5-9, 160, soph.
Player of the Year – Sadler, Devine, 5-10, 180, sr.
DEFENSE
Linemen – Bo Brady, Henderson, 5-11, 195, jr.; John Striednig,
Shallowater, 6-1, 210, sr.; Brandoyn Bell, Chapel Hill, 5-9, 190,
sr.; Rickey Hatley, Atlanta, 6-4, 280, sr.
Linebackers – Jakob Coker, Lorena, 5-11, 205, sr.; Carston
Bossow, Argyle, 6-2, 215, sr.; Nick Alana, Wimberley, 6-2, 230,
sr.; (tie) Landon Lock, Gonzales, 5-11, 215, sr., and Kevin Garcia,
Chapel Hill, 5-11, 215, sr.
Secondary – LaDarrell McNeil, Wilmer-Hutchins, 6-2, 184, sr.;
Jon Anthony Casares, Gonzales, 5-8, 150, sr.; DaCarlos Renfro, West
Orange-Stark, 5-10, 170, sr.; Patrick Levels, Dallas Roosevelt,
5-10, 180, sr.
Punter – Jacob Burtch, Seminole, 6-2, 204, sr.
Kick returner -Patrick Brown, Henderson, 5-9, 165, sr.
Co-Players of the year – Coker, Lorena, 5-11, 205, sr., and
McNeil, Wilmer-Hutchins, 6-2, 184, sr.
Co-Coaches of the Year – Thomas Sitton, Chapel Hill, and Weldon
Nelms, WImberley
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SECOND TEAM
Guards – Pedro Valdez, Chapel Hill, 5-10, 250, sr., and Anthony
Brister, Henderson, 6-2, 260, sr.
Center – Trenton Merkel, Perryton, 6-0, 242, sr.
Tackles – D.J. Carlson, Devine, 6-1, 275, sr., and Cody Jurek,
Gonzales, 6-4, 290, sr.
Wide receivers – Jarod Adams, Seminole, 5-10, 161, sr., and
Brennen Blakemore, Wimberley, 5-9, 175, sr.
Tight end – Clint Cage, Carthage, 6-3, 210, sr.
Quarterback – Kadarius Baker, Navasota, 5-9, 184, jr.
Running backs – Sherman Gilbert, Coldspring, 5-11, 175, sr.;
Zach Henshaw, Canyon Lake,5-10, 190, sr.; Robert Johnson, Lubbock
Estacado, 5-9, 170, soph.
Place-kicker – Alejandro Mendoza, Monahans, 5-7, 155, jr.
Defense
Linemen – Javonte Magee, SA Sam Houston, 6-6, 265, sr.; Jake
Bauer, Navasota, 5-10, 170, jr.; Chance, andries, Coldspring, 5-10,
225, sr.; (tie) Colton Moorehead, Chapel Hill, 6-2, 250, sr., and
Colton Fonville, Wimberley, 5-10, 185, sr.
Linebackers – Jackson Scharf, Monahans, 5-9, 175, jr.; Will
Imhoff, Navasota, 5-7, 158, jr.; DeRick Castro, Sinton, 5-6, 175,
sr.; and Jaylyin Minor, Navasota, 6-0, 197, jr.
Secondary – Tyler Bates, Alvarado, 5-7, 165, sr.; Tanner Barr,
Gilmer, soph.
Byron Brooks, Farmersville, sr.; Payton Marcum, Monahans, 6-1,
165, sr.
Punter – Chuy Alvarez, Van, jr.
Kick returner – Patrick Levels, Dallas Roosevelt, 5-10, 180, sr.
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THIRD TEAM
Guards – Jose Avila, Brownwood, 5-11, 205, sr., and Tyler
Herzog, Bellville, 6-3, 240, sr.
Center – Josh Kuehne, Lampasas, 5-10, 180, sr.
Tackles – Michael Starts, La Vega, 6-4, 282, sr., and (tie)
Aureliano Silva, Port Isabel, 5-10, 240, sr.; Nick Richardson,
Gilmer, 6-0, 280, sr., and Jake Raulerson, Celina, 6-4, 245, jr.
Wide receivers – Solomon McGinty, Navasota, 6-1, 188, jr., and
(tie) Colby Rucker, Van, 6-1, sr.; and Kendall Sanders, Athens,
6-0, 180, sr.
Tight end – Ernesto Aguilar, Devine, 6-2, sr.
Quarterback – (tie) Javelle Allen, Prosper, 6-1, 205, sr., and
Brady Lambert, Wimberley, 6-1, 195, sr.
Running backs – Karrion Morrisey, Jasper, 5-6, 160, sr.;
Terrence Taylor, Diboll, 6-1 198, sr.; and Pedro Cano, Monahans,
5-8, 175, sr.
Place-kicker – (tie) Eddie Romero, Perryton, 5-10, 165, sr., and
Matthew McCrane, Brownwood, 5-11, 165, jr.
Defense
Linemen – Dustin Clark, Borger, 6-1, 205, sr.; Dequone Shaw,
Dallas Roosevelt, 6-5, 215, soph.; Patrick Beaty, Jasper, 6-2, 210,
sr.; and (tie) Duane Mena, Huffman Hargrave, 6-5, 210, sr., and
Madison Firmin, Bowie, 6-2, 225, sr.
Linebackers – LaDontay Walker, Dallas Roosevelt, 5-11, 240, sr.;
Dalton Santos, Van, 6-3, 252, sr.; Alden Mann, Wimberley, 5-9, 185,
jr.; and (tie) Garrett Kemp, Brownwood, 5-10, 215, sr.; Trent
Jackson, Carthage, 6-0, 200, jr.; and Coleman Stapp, Decatur, 6-3,
195, sr.; and Kendrick Harrison, Coldspring, 6-2, 210, sr.
Secondary – Deaveron Dean, Chapel Hill, 5-10, 185, sr.; Hector
Villarreal, Rio Grande City Grulla, sr.; Ed Pope, Carthage, 6-3,
170, sr.; and (tie) Treylon Johnican, West Columbia, 5-8, 160, sr.;
Austin Williams, Huffman, 6-0, 185, jr.; and Brandon Cheezum, La
Vega, sr.
Punter – Anthony Fuqua, Argyle, 5-8, 165, sr., and Devin
Roberson, Big Spring, Soph.
Kick returner – Brennen Blakemore, Wimberley, 5-9, 175, sr.

Article source: http://www.ketknbc.com/news/chapel-hill-leads-3a-all-state-team

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9:48 a.m. CST, January 26, 2012

Article source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-tsn-aen-ncstate-ncarolina-20120126,0,746280.story

The Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars charter school is a State Board of Education vote away from becoming a reality in Chapel Hill. It’s an outcome the local school board is working to stop.

Named after Chapel Hill’s first and only black mayor and his wife, a career educator, the Lee school is seeking fast-track approval to open in August. According to its application filed with the state, the Lee school said it will focus on minority and low-income students, and close the achievement gap between those groups and white and middle-class/ affluent students. The school also promises to alleviate overcrowding and provide students with a more rigorous college preparatory curriculum.

The school would partner with the for-profit National Heritage Academies of Michigan, which manages 71 charter schools nationwide.

“We would like to offer parents an option, a viable option, for educating their kids, particularly those kids who have underperformed in a traditional school system,” said Angela Lee, who would head the applicant’s board of trustees; Lee is the daughter of Howard Lee, who is advocating for the charter school.

Howard Lee’s political clout makes it difficult for many people to object to the school.

But, there is little evidence that a demand for such a charter school exists in Chapel Hill. And based on performance at other NHA schools, including several in North Carolina, it’s unclear if the Lee school could achieve its lofty goals. Opponents, including the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board, the NAACP and other education advocates, contend that if the Lee school were sited within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district, it would impede the district’s ability to enact reforms that the charter applicants champion.

Opponents are also worried that the Lee school would siphon money away from the traditional schools. Traditional public schools receive state, local and federal money per pupil; when students enroll in a public charter school, that allotment goes with them.

The Lee school would begin with grades K-5 and expand to include all middle school grades by 2015. Estimated initial enrollment is 480 students, which would eventually expand to 723.

That translates to $4.6 million–$7 million in reductions to CHCCS over the next four years—a 3.6 percent–5.5 percent reduction to the overall budget, according to district documents.

Twenty to 40 of the district’s 1,115 teaching jobs would be eliminated because of the funding shortfall, but because students likely would enroll at Lee from schools across the district, teacher cuts alone could not balance the books.

Funds for programs that have already narrowed the achievement gap—Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocates (BRMA)—could be also cut.

AVID’s annual budget is $334,142; BRMA’s $396,450.

CHCCS board member Greg McElveen said that losing those dollars to the Lee school, especially when budgets are tight, is “actually counterproductive to accomplishing the objectives that we all espouse.”

McElveen drafted a letter on behalf of CHCCS opposing the Lee school to the State Board of Education, which will consider the application Feb. 1. In March the education board will vote on whether to grant Lee a charter for up to 10 years with options for renewal.

The charter’s board of directors would include four African-Americans—Angela Lee, Pastor Damien Fields, Danita Mason-Hogans and Stephanie Perry—and one white person, Jeanne Kirschner.

Perry, a lead organizer with Orange Justice United, an interfaith social justice group, said she wishes she would have had a charter school option for her five children. (There are two charters in Orange County, Pace Academy and Orange Charter.)

In a Chapel Hill News guest column in November, published two days after the Lee application was submitted, Perry complained that one of her children, who was enrolled in CHCCS, was recommended for special education because of illegible handwriting. Another of her children was evaluated as “athletic and speaks well,” she wrote, concluding racial stereotypes contribute largely to the achievement gap.

“Part of what’s driving the achievement gap in Chapel Hill is an expectation gap, and there’s stuff going on within the leadership, the structure and the teachers that needs to be addressed,” Perry said during the school’s interview with the N.C. Public Charter School Advisory Council earlier this month.

“It’s not about separation, it’s just about diversity and accepting that sometimes one size does not fit all. We have to come up with creative ways to serve everybody.”

CHCCS test results show that there is still a 36 point gap in the passage rate for End of Grade tests between white and black students. However, that gap has narrowed by 10 points since the 2008–2009 school year.

For Hispanic students in CHCCS, the passage rate has improved by more than 10 points, nearly twice the state average, and the gap is 29.8 points.

McElveen cites 10 initiatives—including adding intervention specialists, teaching assistants, literacy coaches and tutoring in public housing projects and at community centers—as responsible for the progress.

In the Lee school application, which is scant on NHA data, the board stated that it partnered with the company because of Howard Lee’s familiarity with the group while he served on the State Board of Education. It also cited the school’s “moral focus curriculum” and its “data-driven” approach that tests students three times a year to assess progress.

NHA spokesman Joe DiBenedetto said that the curriculum includes four key components: moral, intellectual, performance and social character.

CHCCS school board member James Barrett, who won election in November after campaigning on closing the achievement gap, criticized the amount of testing. He compares NHA to KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), a successful nonprofit charter school creator. School board members recently visited a KIPP school in Gaston.

“KIPP teachers are engaged in deep thinking, challenging all students to just learn. They have test results that show the quality of their education, but clearly they weren’t just teaching things on a surface level for test-taking purposes,” Barrett said. “NHA has a clear focus on testing and ‘we’re going to prepare the kids for the test and use them continuously.’”

NHA said it can address the gap by teaching virtues and tailoring lessons based on the test results.

Natasha Bowen, an associate professor at the UNC School of Social Work and a former board member of KIPP Gaston College Preparatory, said the data doesn’t back up NHA’s claims.

“It’s true that Chapel Hill has had a gap and that’s a big problem,” she said. “I’m all for schools that actually address the gap, but the school that’s proposing to come to Chapel Hill, according to publicly available data from (the N.C. Department of Public Instruction), isn’t the answer to the problem.”

If NHA schools are closing the gap it’s by lowering test scores for white, middle-class or affluent students—not raising scores dramatically for minority or low-income students.

Bowen’s data shows that among the five current NHA charters in North Carolina, two of them serve predominantly white and middle-class/ affluent students.

Only 3 percent–4 percent of students in those schools are Latino; 6 percent–13 percent are low-income. Both populations perform slightly above CHCCS levels, but Bowen said the sample size is too small to validate the success rates.

Meanwhile, white and non-economically disadvantaged students do worse in NHA schools than the state and CHCCS averages. Black students on the whole perform about the same in NHA schools as the state average, but worse than their black counterparts in CHCCS, Bowen found.

“They are right that they are closing the gap a little bit, but that’s not the way we want to do it,” Bowen said.”It’s hard for me to see how they can argue that they are bringing some great solution for African-American kids,” Bowen added. “I came in hoping it was a great thing. … They have had plenty of time to establish a track record, and it’s not a good one.”

The Lee school application also contends it will alleviate overcrowding at CHCCS schools. However, according to state data, NHA’s schools in North Carolina have on average four more students per K–8 classroom—23.8—than presently at CHCCS.

Any overcrowding in the CHCCS district could be alleviated by its 11th elementary school, projected to open in August 2013. The Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, an agreement between the schools and Orange County municipalities, ensures that no new housing developments can be built until new schools are in place to accommodate additional students.

J.C. Huizenga, a powerful Republican donor, founded NHA in 1995. His cousin is Wayne Huizenga, who owns Waste Management Inc. and is a former owner of the Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers and Florida Marlins.

NHA can generate revenue by taking all or part of the per-pupil funding from the charter school. It also can earn money by building a school and then leasing it back to the nonprofit board.

That’s what is planned for Chapel Hill. Under the terms of their agreement, NHA would build a 45,000-square-foot school and the board would then rent it from the company.

However, NHA spokesman DiBenedetto said the company does not expect to profit from the Lee school for at least five years. “For our average school, it will take up to 10 years to recoup that investment. If we eventually do make money, it’s because we have succeeded at doing what we’ve been hired to do, which is educate children.”

“NHA takes a lot of the upfront risk regarding constructing a school,” said Pastor Fields, who will serve on the board of directors at the Lee School if it is approved.

NHA and the board are supposed to jointly hire teachers and administrators, meaning the company can influence those hiring practices. Yet, Fields said, “We still affect policy and governance of that school. We own the charter and we could pull away from NHA if we want.”

However, former board members from Detroit Enterprise Academy, one of 43 NHA-managed schools in Michigan, said that’s not how their arrangement worked.

“Basically it was a horror story,” said the Rev. Sandra Clark-Hinton, who served four and a half years on the board of the Enterprise Academy before she resigned as president.

“I jumped in feeling like I was going to make a difference. The bottom line is you are just a rubber stamp,” she said. “You show up at the board meetings. You sign up on things. You ask questions. You get very little answers. You take on all these fiduciary responsibilities, but yet they take them all from you. You ask for itemized things in the budget, but you never get that.”

Clark-Hinton and Dr. Gary Sands, a retired urban planning professor, say they left the Enterprise board because NHA wouldn’t renegotiate the terms of its lease. According to the contract, the charter pays $960,480 annually to NHA for rent in a former Catholic school with a two-story addition, including a gym. That fee does not include insurance, taxes and maintenance.

“National Heritage put together the application, put together the board and it was very clearly their school,” said Sands.

“If the folks who have set up the board in your community have gone out and interviewed people and decided that National Heritage is the best bet and they’ve got a contractual agreement that’s fair and reasonable to everybody, then I think that’s OK,” Sands said. “National Heritage can do a fine job. The problem that I saw was that they had started the process and provided terms that were very favorable to them and were unwilling to change them.”

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Article source: http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/in-chapel-hill-opposition-builds-against-charter-school/Content?oid=2748993

“If the town doesn’t want us to make that inquiry, then they should just say, ‘We don’t want you to do that.’ “

Town Manager Roger Stancil’s internal review said the raid was “appropriate” based on what police knew at the time. The council sent the report to the Community Policing Advisory Committee.

The committee asked the Town Council on Monday to authorize an outside investigator to help it review the raid and make policy recommendations. Council members referred the request to staff for a recommendation, which is customary, but only after at least five of the nine council members rejected or expressed concern about an investigator.

An investigator could not compel witnesses to testify, and there would be no sanctions for anyone who testified falsely. Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos also said the town could not protect anyone who spoke with the investigator from civil or criminal liability.

Closed session

The council discussed the police raid in closed session for nearly two hours before Monday’s regular meeting. Council members contacted Tuesday said the sessions centered on personnel issues that the state open meetings law permits being discussed in private.

Several council members said Monday night that it’s time to move on, but Bogle says he is concerned by new information, such as one speaker’s remark Monday night that those at the building Nov. 13 were never asked to leave before police moved in to remove them.

“That seems to be an important fact that is never addressed in the (manager’s) report,” he said. “I think there are still facts to be learned about the incident.”

Article source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/25/1804387/chapel-hill-council-puzzles-panel.html

A former University of North Carolina football player and another man are expected to become new owners of He’s Not Here, the well-known Chapel Hill eatery that is perhaps best-known for its beer.

The Daily Tar Heel reported Tuesday that David Kitzmiller, who took over ownership of the West Franklin Street beer garden about a year ago, plans to sell the place and move back to Canada. Kitzmiller left his Nova Scotia home to take over ownership of He’s Not Here, which he had managed previously. At the time, Kitzmiller said he wanted to restore the place as one of the town’s more popular hangouts.

Now, saying he has succeeded in that venture, Kitzmiller wants to return to be with his wife, the Daily Tar Heel says.

The Chapel Hill newspaper says Kitzmiller is prepared to accept an offer from two men, one of whom played football for the Tar Heels in the 1980s. He’s Not Here has been carrying an asking price of $165,000, and real estate ads for the place list the annual revenues as $400,000.

The ownership change is scheduled for Feb. 1, according to the Daily Tar Heel.

The newspaper says Kitzmiller has received between 200 and 250 offers for the place, thanks to publicity on Twitter and Facebook. While He’s Not Here serves food, it is perhaps best known for The Blue Cup, a 32-ounce cup of beer.

Article source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/24/2954661/new-owners-for-chapel-hills-hes.html

A former University of North Carolina football player and another man are expected to become new owners of He’s Not Here, the well-known Chapel Hill eatery that is perhaps best-known for its beer.

The Daily Tar Heel reported Tuesday that David Kitzmiller, who took over ownership of the West Franklin Street beer garden about a year ago, plans to sell the place and move back to Canada. Kitzmiller left his Nova Scotia home to take over ownership of He’s Not Here, which he had managed previously. At the time, Kitzmiller said he wanted to restore the place as one of the town’s more popular hangouts.

Now, saying he has succeeded in that venture, Kitzmiller wants to return to be with his wife, the Daily Tar Heel says.

The Chapel Hill newspaper says Kitzmiller is prepared to accept an offer from two men, one of whom played football for the Tar Heels in the 1980s. He’s Not Here has been carrying an asking price of $165,000, and real estate ads for the place list the annual revenues as $400,000.

The ownership change is scheduled for Feb. 1, according to the Daily Tar Heel.

The newspaper says Kitzmiller has received between 200 and 250 offers for the place, thanks to publicity on Twitter and Facebook. While He’s Not Here serves food, it is perhaps best known for The Blue Cup, a 32-ounce cup of beer.

Article source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/24/2954661/new-owners-for-chapel-hills-hes.html

Karpinos says the council and officials will discuss matters related to personnel of “an attorney client nature” in the session, which is in accordance with the state Open Meetings Law.

During the regular session the council will receive the request from the new Community Policing Advisory Committee, which is seeking the investigator to interview witnesses and compile a factual timeline of events.

In other business tonight the council is scheduled to

– consider whether to allow food truck vending on private property in commercial zoning districts under certain conditions and a budget ordinance revision to account for proposed vending fees.

– receive a report in preparation for its Jan. 26 joint meeting on solid waste with Orange County officials. The report discusses the status of the Rogers Road Small Area Plan, landfill and solid waste issues resulting from the impending closure of the Rogers Road Landfill, and the financial and legal implications of potential changes moving forward.

– consider a development that proposes 134-154 dwelling units,
27,000-40,000 square feet of office space, 18,000-27,000 square feet of specialty retail, and a 5,000 square foot drive-through bank as part of a Planned Development. The 15.7 acre site is located on the west side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard just south of Weaver Dairy Road and is presently located in the Residential-2 (R-2) zoning district.

Article source: http://newsobserver.com/2012/01/23/1800591/chapel-hill-to-consider-yates.html

“He actually worked in the back woods,” Seybert said, and the gift was a care package of goodies that Hiller would not normally be able to get in the rural area. Curry Village is open to visitors only on weekends through March 17, according to the concession’s posted schedule.

Hiller had last been in Chapel Hill about a year ago, Seybert said. He worked as a seasonal ranger for the National Park Service and had recently begun working for the ski patrol at the park, though all ski operations were waiting for snow.

Gediman said Hiller was living in an employee housing community in the tent cabin area near Curry Village. The village, operated by DNC Parks and Resorts, is near the park’s famous Half Dome area. Started in 1899, it has wall tents set up on platforms and equipped with framed wooden doors.

Yosemite was experiencing heavy winds Saturday from a storm that caused flooding in some parts of northern California.

“He was a wonderful park ranger,” and the Park Service was “tremendously upset” by his death, Gediman said.

The park service “just didn’t have enough” full-time ranger positions to hire Hiller, Sey bert said.

He loved the park and wanted to stay in the area, so he found other jobs, his sister, Erica Hiller, said.

Curry Village is operated by a subsidiary of Delaware North Corp., which is the concessionaire for Yosemite. Delaware North is an entertainment and resort company that also operates Boston’s TD Garden and is chaired by the owner of the Boston Bruins NHL hockey team.

The Fresno Bee and The Associated Press contributed to this report

Article source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/23/1799425/chapel-hill-native-killed-during.html

Sunday

Fundraiser Event

A bake/craft sale to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Briar Chapel subdivision clubhouse, 1600 Briar Chapel Parkway. There will be treats, craft items and door prizes. memoryvb@yahoo.com.

Bird Walk

The New Hope Audubon Society will hold a bird walk at 1 p.m. at the Butner Gamelands. The group will meet at the Mardi Gras bowling alley and will carpool. Bring sturdy shoes, water and snacks. spttdrdshnk@yahoo.com. newhopeaudubon.org.

Art Reception

The Carrboro Branch Library will hold a reception or the photography exhibition, “In the Spirit” from 2 to 4:30 p.m.. in the McDougle Schools Media Center, 900 Fayetteville Road. Sheldon Becker and David Otto will be the featured artists. 969-3006.

Volunteer Opportunity

The national 100,000 Homes Campaign is seeking volunteers to participate in creating a registry of homeless people to help reduce chronic homelessness. A mandatory volunteer training session will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the New Hope Fire Station, 4700 N.C. Hwy 86 South. 245-2496, jrohe@co.orange.nc.us.

Concert Event

The William S. Newman Series presents “Songs and Duets by Slavic Composers” at 3 p.m. in Hill Hall auditorium at UNC. Jeanne Fischer, soprano, Melissa Zwicker Martin, soprano and Deborah Hollis, piano, will be featured. 962-1039, music.unc.edu.

Chapel Hill Historical Society Program

The Chapel Hill Historical Society will hold its monthly program at 3 p.m. at 523 E. Franklin St. Steve Davis, associate director of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at UNC will present “The Eagle and the Poor House: Archaeological Investigations on the University of North Carolina Campus.” 929-1793.

Lecture Event

Roger Harris, author of two travel guides to the Amazon, will hold a lecture on “The Amazon Rainforest” at 5 p.m. at the CHICLE Language Institute, 101 E. Weaver St., Carrboro. 933-0398, chi-cle.com.

Monday

Breastfeeding Group

Breastfeeding Cafe, an informal drop-in gathering of breastfeeding moms, is held every Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Red Hen, 201 Weaver St., Carrboro.

Restorative Yoga

Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 5517 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., offers a free Restorative Yoga class for anyone affected by cancer, every Monday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. 401-9333.

Canine Playtime

The Chapel Hill Small Dog Meetup Group will gather on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Southern Village Dog Park, 1000 Dogwood Acres Drive. For dogs under 25 lbs. smalldogmeetup@gmail.com.

Book Club Night

Flyleaf Books will hold Book Club Night from 6 to 8 p.m. at 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Hear recommendations for book club reads. Publisher Random House will be featured. 942-7373, flyleafbooks.com.

Discussion Series

The Writer’s Discussion Series with Gerald Horne will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Stone Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. 962-9001.

Occupy Chapel Hill Support Meeting

An open meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Internationalist Books and Community Center for those who want to strategize with people arrested and detained at and outside of the Yates Building Occupation. There will be a discussion on networking with other sympathetic groups, public education and outreach, media work and fundraising. internationalistbooks.org.

Monday Night Book Group

The Chapel Hill Public Library will hold a Monday night book group meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at University Mall. The book, “Half the Sky” by N.D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will be discussed. 968-2780.

Divorce Support Group

DivorceCare, a seminar and support group offering information in a small-group setting for men and women experiencing divorce, will hold sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday at Orange United Methodist Church. Book fee is $12, scholarships available. 942-2825, mwmcclain@nc.rr.com.

Bird Club Meeting

The Chapel Hill Bird Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. John Dole, professor of horticulture at N.C. State, and Will Cook, a researcher in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, will highlight birds and experiences from a recent birding tour in Colombia. 493-2607.

Gamblers Anonymous

Gamblers Anonymous meets at Amity United Methodist Church, 825 Estes Drive, every Monday at 7:30 p.m. (888) 846-4427.

Thursday

Friends of the Downtown

Friends of the Downtown will meet at 10 a.m. at the Franklin Hotel. Socializing and networking begins at 9:30 a.m. Chapel Hill’s Town Manager, Roger Stancil, will be the guest speaker. A QA session will follow his presentation. franklinstreetusa.com.

Article source: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2012/01/22/69485/day-book.html

CHAPEL HILL – Isaiah Hicks could make Oxford Webb the team to beat in the Carolina 3A Conference, but for now that team remains No. 1 Chapel Hill.

Hicks, a 6-8 University of North Carolina recruit who many regard as one of the nation’s top power forwards, has been ineligible to play for Webb since he transferred back home in October from Raleigh’s Body of Christ Academy. He hoped to have cleared all administrative hurdles and get back on the court for Granville County’s second semester, but that had yet to happen by last Wednesday, when Webb faced Chapel Hill for a game to decide the leader of the Carolina 3A Conference.

The Warriors had to make do with only Hicks’ best wishes from the stands and 20 points from K.J. Rogers. Chapel Hill countered with three players in double figures, led by Denzel Ingram’s 26, in an 80-58 victory for the Tigers.

Anthony Vanhook added 13 and Stephen Himmelberg 12 for Chapel Hill (17-0, 3-0 conference).

Chapel Hill was itself without head coach Tod Morgan, who was with his wife Courtney after she had delivered their first daughter, Talley Grace, shortly after midnight Wednesday. Lason Perkins took over the CHHS lineup and is now 2-0 as an interim head coach.

“With all that was going on, the seniors really stepped up this week and got the team focused on tonight,” Perkins said.

Perkins said the CHHS staff prepared practices with the thought that Hicks would play. Even without him, Webb (9-4, 2-1), had won six straight coming into Chapel Hill. The Warriors came out running and took an early lead, up to 15-6 after a 3-point basket by Becker Seifert. They were still ahead 18-14 after the second of two first-quarter treys by Rogers.

Ingram scored eight points in a span of 4:38 and assisted on two baskets to spark a 12-2 run that gave Chapel Hill the lead for good. Ingram’s baseline jumper with 5:42 left in the first half put the Tigers up 28-22.

“We picked up the tempo after the first quarter,” said Ingram, who finished with six assists. “We started a bit slow, but we got it going.”

Brian Thornton’s consecutive 3-pointers, 50 seconds apart, helped stretch Chapel Hill’s margin to 48-39 in the third quarter.

Webb never again got closer than 50-45 at the start of the fourth quarter.

“Our game plan coming in was to push it and run,” Perkins said. “At halftime, we kept talking about ‘rebound and run … rebound and run. We did that. We got some guys open, and Anthony (Vanhook) and A.G. (Andrew Grant) got them the ball. Credit to them for their unselfishness.”

Ingram applied the coup de grace with three straight transition layups in an 8-0 mini-run, putting Chapel Hill up 64-51 with 4:34 to play. CHHS pulled away with another 12-2 run to end the game.

“Chapel Hill looked pretty good, didn’t they?” Webb coach Leo Brunelli said. “We talked about stopping their transition, but we didn’t do a very good job of that.”

Brunelli said he was hopeful that Hicks will be available Feb. 3 when the Warriors host Chapel Hill. He was declared eligible Friday.

In Wednesday’s girls game in Oxford, Chapel Hill got 14 points apeiece from Lila Scott and Arianne Jacobs to lead the tigers’ balanced scoring in an easy 69-35 win.

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