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Russell Walker, who represented Orange County in the State Senate from 1975 to 1991 (when it was a two seat district of Orange, Chatham, Moore and Randolph) passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Walker lived in Randolph County.
Funeral arrangements for former Senator Russell Walker who passed away on Wednesday are as follows:
Visitation: Saturday, September 5, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Pugh Funeral Home
437 Sunset Avenue
Asheboro, NC 27204
Memorial Service: Sunday, September 6, 3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
420 West Walker Avenue
Asheboro, NC 27204
Memorials may be made to the RCC Foundation, The Honorable Russell G. Walker, Sr. Scholarship, PO Box 1009, Asheboro, NC 27204 or to The Salvation Army, 345 N. Church Street, PO Box 1366, Asheboro, NC 27204-1366.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to his wife, Ruth, at 1004 Westmont Drive, Asheboro, NC 27203.
http://chccs.k12.nc.us
CHCCS unveils new web presence
Today, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools released a new district
website. We wanted to familarize our staff and listserv subscribers to the new
features as this site is unveiled to the public.
The revisions were made in response to feedback we collected from
staff and listserv subscribers last spring in a communications survey. The new
format seeks to place dynamic content on the homepage, while seeking to preserve
much of the familiar navigation of the old format.
The old webpage had categories of information listed in the middle
of the page. These categories may now be found in a column on the left. The old
webpage had a list of quicklinks down the lefthand column. These can now be
found in a column on the righthand side of the new page, with the addition of
navigation categories for reports and community links. The relocation of these
items frees up the center of the page for news stories and photos.
Last night, I sent the following e-mail to all of the declared candidates in 2009 municipal and school board races:
Hello, candidates. Congratulations on your decision to stand for
election in Orange County this year! In case you are not aware of it,
I'd like to introduce you to the progressive local politics blog OrangePolitics
and ask you to contribute to this online community of people interested
in Orange County issues.
I don’t think anybody in Orange County is happy that we are planning to send our trash over the horizon to a giant landfill in some poor God-forsaken community.
I don’t think our county leadership is happy about becoming beholden to a giant waste corporation that will have us by the short hairs when they want to raise the hauling rates somewhere down the road. And you don’t have to be psychic to know that fuel costs are only going to rise.
The current plans for a transfer station harness us to an unethical and increasingly expensive boondoggle. Our best bet is to avoid getting hooked into this unpredictable system by siting our own landfill in Orange County.
First, we have to adjust our perspective and realize that solid waste represents an economic opportunity. The waste stream provides many materials that have a useful purpose. Plus we’ll save money over the long run by avoiding the inevitable price hikes from waste businesses and fuel cost escalation.
In one of the most transparent website design copy jobs I have ever seen, the Herald-Sun stole basically the entire frontpage format of the online version of the New York Times this week, and as far as I can tell, does not give the NYT any credit as the inspiration for the visual upgrade.
Open the two websites in two browser windows to compare:
New York Times
Durham Herald-Sun
At the top left in light blue, the NYT lists: Jobs, Real Estate, Autos, All Classifieds
At the top left, in light blue, the Herald Sun lists: Jobs, Real Estate, Cars, Classifieds, Obituaries
The NYT has a Most Popular feature with three tabbed rankings for stories that are either Emailed, Blogged, or Searched. The Herald-Sun has a Most Popular feature but its tabs are Recommended, Commented, and Viewed.
The NYT encourages people to Log In at the upper right. The Herald-Sun encourages us to Sign In at the same location.
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