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The Carrboro CiTizen News ThUrSDaY, febrUarY 4, 2010 3
Part of Fordham Boulevard will be closedAnorthboundlaneofU.S.15-501/FordhamBoulevardwill
beclosedintermittentlyforaboutfourmonthsduringthecon-structionofasidewalkontheeastsideofFordhamBoulevardbetweenManningDriveandOldMasonFarmRoad.
Inaddition,theoutsideleftturnlanefromManningDrivetoFordhamBoulevardwillbeclosedduringthesetimes.TrafficwillnotbealteredduringUNChomebasketballgamesandoth-erspecialevents.Crewswillbeworkingontheprojectbetween9a.m.and4p.m.
News offices soldTheNewsandObserverPublishingCo.announcedthesale
ofitsFranklinStreetheadquartersforitsChapel Hill News andDurham NewsnewspaperstoScottMaitland.Maitland,ownerofTopoftheHillrestaurantandbreweryplanstoturntheformerpressroomintoaliquordistillery.
Hepaid$2.15millionforthe0.8-acresite,whichincludesabout10,000squarefeetofofficespaceand10,000squarefeetofwarehousespace.Maitlandwillleaseofficespacetothe N&OforitswesternTrianglenewsandadvertisingstaff.
News Briefs MIDWIFE from page 1
Her first experience camewhile she was a student, withtheAmishcommunity inLan-caster,Pa.,andherjourneyhasnow brought her to practicinghomebirthsonherowninCar-rboroandsurroundingareas.
Homebirthingwithamidwifeisanalternativetowhat99percentofwomenintheU.S.choosetodo–havetheirbabiesinahospital.
“Thewomenthattendtochoosehomebirtharewomenthatarere-allycommittedtochildbirthandfeelforthemselvesthattheirhomewillbetheplacetheyfeelthesafest,”O’Connellsaid,“andforawomaninlabor,that’shuge,becauseitcanreally impede awoman’sprogressinherlaborifshedoesn’tfeelsafe.”
Both Means and Henseysay that trust and relationshipbuilding were primary consid-erationsintheirdecisionstooptforamidwife.
“Oneof thebenefitsofhav-ing a home-birth practice isgetting to know your clients,and they do really need to gettoknowyou,becauseit’ssuchaprofessionallyintimaterelation-ship,”O’Connellsaid.
She said not all women aresuited,mentallyandphysically,forhomebirthing“Ifyou’recommit-tingyourselftoahomebirth,youhavetobecommittingyourselftoanaturalchildbirth,”shesaid.
O’Connell is required tomeetcertainqualificationsandrequire-mentstoensurehomebirthisap-propriate and safe for a woman.Sheisalsorequiredtohavephysi-cianbackup.
Safety concerns keep manywomen from choosing to homebirth: If something goes wrongduringdelivery,theremightnotbeenoughtimetotransferthewomantoahospital.
In fact, this happened whenO’Connell witnessed her firsthome birth. It did not scare heraway.O’Connellhasnowattendedmore than800homebirths, andonly once – during the first onesheeverattended–hassomethinggoneterriblywrong.
“Ifanything,itgavemeastron-ger senseof respect for thebirth-ing process,” O’Connell said ofthatfirstexperience,“andthatbadthingsdohappen,buttheyhappentowomeninhospitalsjustasmuch,ifnotmore.”
Means said she wasn’t com-fortable telling friends and fam-ily about her decision to go with
ahomebirth,outofconcernthatthey’dbescaredforhersafety.
“I knew they’d flip, she said.“Weweregoingtotellthemafter-ward.”
Henseysaidshedidn’thaveanyfears, and her friends and familydidn’teither.
“Onceyouhaveonepregnancy,theysortofknowwhatyouneed,whenyouneedit;soIthinktheytrust the woman to know whensomething is wrong,” she said.“TheonlythingI’mworriedaboutisthatI’llhavethebabybeforeany-bodygetshere,becauseDeblivesinCarrboroandIliveinRaleigh.”
Which helps explain whyO’Connellwillbehardpressedtofindvacationtimeinthenearfu-ture–she’salwaysoncall.It’sabitdifferentthanherdaysinhospitals;butit’sherpassionandhercalling.Vacationswillhavetowait.
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Togetreadyforthestorm,crewsfrom Chapel Hill and Carrboropublic works departments joinedwith Department of Transporta-tioncrewsinlayingdownbrine.
GeorgeSeiz,Carrboro’spublicworksdirector,saidthebrinemix-turehelpsprevent the snow frombinding with road surfaces, mak-ingremovaleasier.
Both towns have adopted astrategyofkeepingmainroadsasclearaspossiblethroughthestormtokeepthempassableforemergen-cyvehicles andanypublic transitthatisstilloperating.
Afterclearingoutthemainarter-ies,crewsfocusonsecondaryroads.ManyofthosethroughoutsouthernOrangeCountydidnotseesubstan-tialclearinguntilTuesday.
Seiz said warmer weather alsomadeacontributiontothework.
“Mother Nature played a keyrole with mild temperatures, andstartedmeltingoffthesnowprettywell,”Seizsaid.
Crewsfrombothtownsworked12-hourshiftstokeepeffortsmov-ingaroundtheclock.
RichardTerrell,ChapelHill’sop-erationsmanagerforpublicworks,saidasofWednesdaytherewerenoserioustroublespots,thoughcrews
werestillspreadingsandandpush-ingslushawayinsomeareas.
“Weworkedaround theclock,including last night,” he said onWednesday.“Asof3:30today,wewentbacktoournormalschedule.”
Askedhowthecrewsheldup,Terrell said there was some ex-pectedwearandtear,anddaysofworking12-hourshifts tooktheirtoll.“Icantellyoutheywerehappytogetbacktotheirregularscheduletoday,”hesaid.
Chapel Hill Mayor MarkKleinschmidtsaidtowncrewsdidagoodjobofgettingthetownbackin shape, especially getting busroutes ready. The town operatedwith a limited schedule over theweekend,butdidrunitsTarHeelExpress routes to UNC’s basket-ballcontestagainstVirginiaattheSmithCenter.
Kleinschmidtsaidhehasnotheardmuch inthewayofcom-plaints about the cleanup androadclearing.
“Theonlyconcernpeoplehaveraised has been about sidewalks,”hesaid.Clearingthewalksisoftenmoredifficult.Andwhileearlyonit was hard on pedestrians, mostsidewalksareinbettershapeasofWednesday,themayorsaid.
Carrborosidewalkswereakeyfocus after the downtown thor-oughfareswerecleared.
Cliff Collins, owner of Cliff’s
Meat Market, said he appreci-atedtheeffortingettingthecentralbusiness-districtsidewalkscleared.
“Theywereout thereworkingreally hard, and I really want tothankthemforthat,”hesaidTues-dayevening.
Withcoldtemperaturesandasprinklingoficepelletscreatingacrustontopofthesnowfall,thestormprovedtobeagodsendforanyone with an interest in sled-ding.
Southern Community ParkandCarrboroHighSchoolwerehotspotsforsledding,whereany-thing from tarps to cardboardtoactual sledswerepressed intoservice.
Despiteheavyenthusiasmandslickconditions,UNCHospitalsonly reportedone sledding-relat-edinjury.Inall,aboutahalf-dozenweather-relatedinjuriesweretreat-edattheEmergencyDepartment,
mostduetofalls.Astheroadscleared,trashand
recyclingcrews returned towork.Commercialtrashhaulersalsore-turnedtothestreets topickupagrowing backlog of trash at areaapartmentcomplexes.
Nowtownofficialsandawarypopulace are keeping an eye onthis weekend’s weather. It mayhavebeenabalmy50degreesonWednesday,but colderweather isheadingthisway.Precipitationisintheforecast;dependingontemper-atures,thatcouldmeanicepellets,rainorsnow.
“We’rewatchingit,”Terrellsaid.“Youhaveto.Inthisarea,youjustneverknow.”
Updates on service schedulesandweatherwarningswillbepost-ed toThe Citizen’sMILLblogatcarrborocitizen.com/mill
KateGriesmanncontributedtothisreport.
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