He’s also a ridiculously nice guy!It appears that Dr. Reckford raised up his son right.
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@mpaer -- did you know Mitch?
Mitch Whichard passed away last week. He was a long-time UNC librarian and huge Carolina fan. He mentored many as they passed through those hallowed halls. He was also a Navy Vet.
Many of the posters here were likely helped out by Mitch, I know that I was.
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This Trump-voting state is now grappling with his terror
Tuesday, Nov. 18, started out the way most other days had of late in the relatively brief life of Triangle-area resident Fernando Vazquez. Like so many children of immigrants who, despite being native-born American citizens, find themselves working alongside their parents at difficult...
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Tuesday, Nov. 18, started out the way most other days had of late in the relatively brief life of Triangle-area resident Fernando Vazquez. Like so many children of immigrants who, despite being native-born American citizens, find themselves working alongside their parents at difficult, low-paying jobs that most of their fellow Americans are unwilling to take on — office cleaners, farmworkers, construction site helpers — 18-year-old Fernando showed up for work at a Cary construction site.
“Where are you from?” one of the masked men demanded of Fernando as they handcuffed him and tossed him into one of the SUVs alongside another sobbing young worker.
Eventually, the masked men dumped Fernando — who was born in Raleigh and was carrying and displaying his North Carolina Real ID — in a parking lot a half mile or so from where they had grabbed him. They threw his wallet and ID cards out the window of the SUV as they sped off.
“I have no idea why they just dropped me off,” Fernando said later. “I kind of felt like I was being kidnapped.”
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This Trump-voting state is now grappling with his terror
Tuesday, Nov. 18, started out the way most other days had of late in the relatively brief life of Triangle-area resident Fernando Vazquez. Like so many children of immigrants who, despite being native-born American citizens, find themselves working alongside their parents at difficult...
Tuesday, Nov. 18, started out the way most other days had of late in the relatively brief life of Triangle-area resident Fernando Vazquez. Like so many children of immigrants who, despite being native-born American citizens, find themselves working alongside their parents at difficult, low-paying jobs that most of their fellow Americans are unwilling to take on — office cleaners, farmworkers, construction site helpers — 18-year-old Fernando showed up for work at a Cary construction site.
“Where are you from?” one of the masked men demanded of Fernando as they handcuffed him and tossed him into one of the SUVs alongside another sobbing young worker.
Eventually, the masked men dumped Fernando — who was born in Raleigh and was carrying and displaying his North Carolina Real ID — in a parking lot a half mile or so from where they had grabbed him. They threw his wallet and ID cards out the window of the SUV as they sped off.
“I have no idea why they just dropped me off,” Fernando said later. “I kind of felt like I was being kidnapped.”
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THE OLD HIPPO: "For 13 years (1982-1995), this full-scale cement sculpture of a hippopotamus was located in the Mill Creek branch off Bolinwood Drive in Chapel Hill. Local children frequently played on it. In June of 1995 the Hippo disappeared suddenly. See controversies for details about the great hippo kidnapping."
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One of the owner's sons (not Jeff but the other guy...never knew his name), Jordy worked a lot of afternoons. Sometimes I'd stop in after classes and have a Tall Boy at the bar in the back and shoot the breeze with him. It was pretty clear that whether he wanted to or not he needed to know all the latest scores in all the sports talked in Jeff's (Confectionery).
Old School Chapel Hill...
The
He had two sons, Aneew “Andrew” and Jordan “Jordy”. Jordy was the younger. The two sons were probably born in ‘59 and ‘60.
They lived at Read Road and Wesley Court in Colonial Heights. I lived on Wesley Drive.
Andrew was decently athletic (or seemed that way; he was 2-3 years older); but, he never played recreation league or school sports.
Jordy was a bit pudgy and would play neighborhood sports; but, he wasn’t athletic at all. Jordy probably did know a lot about sports.
The owner in the late ‘60’s and ‘79’s (and maybe a lot longer) was Jimmy Mousmoulos. He was from Durham and went to Duke.
One of the owner's sons (not Jeff but the other guy...never knew his name), Jordy worked a lot of afternoons. Sometimes I'd stop in after classes and have a Tall Boy at the bar in the back and shoot the breeze with him. It was pretty clear that whether he wanted to or not he needed to know all the latest scores in all the sports talked in Jeff's (Confectionery).
Old School Chapel Hill...
He had two sons, Aneew “Andrew” and Jordan “Jordy”. Jordy was the younger. The two sons were probably born in ‘59 and ‘60.
They lived at Read Road and Wesley Court in Colonial Heights. I lived on Wesley Drive.
Andrew was decently athletic (or seemed that way; he was 2-3 years older); but, he never played recreation league or school sports.
Jordy was a bit pudgy and would play neighborhood sports; but, he wasn’t athletic at all. Jordy probably did know a lot about sports.
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So so many kids I knew that lived in Colonial Heights
Fun place to grow up
It was a fun neighborhood for kids:
- Tons of kids to play with; classic ‘60’s/‘70’s era of kids out until called in for supper and then back out after until dark
- Great hills to ride bikes down
- Umstead Park to explore; especially in a storm when it way overflowed its banks
- The park also had a basketball court and football/soccer field
- A locally owned “5 & Dime” and an A&P in the shopping center at Airport Road and Hillsborough Street (we weren’t allowed to cross Airport when we first moved; but, then they widened Airport Road and put a huge culvert for Bolin Creek and we didn’t have to cross Airport Road - we went under it)
- Easy to get to Horace Williams Airport and it had a vending machine (ice cold Coke in a glass bottle)
- 10 minutes on the bus to Estes Hills Elementary and Phillips Junior High
- Burris Road was dirt the first 5-6-7 years we lived there and an excellent sledding hill; since it was dirt, snow stuck to it sooner than to paved roads
- 10-15 minutes to Campus or the Tennis Club on a bike
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Been a few years-but two of my grandsons learned how build a damn out of rocks at Umstead Park in the creek
We did that. Not sure we were supposed to do so.
We also looked for crawdads, snakes, and gold.
In 1970 or 1969, morning of an ice storm, the Long Meadow Dairyman came down Pritchard Avenue and couldn’t make that last little “curve” before the bridge. He and his truck went right over the tiny “guardrail” and dropped the 15-20 feet into the creek. His truck was still there that afternoon; so, we had to climb down and explore his truck.
Joe Hackney was first elected to the NC House in 1980. Lindy Pindergrass is on the list; he became Sheriff in 1982.Not sure right off of the date on this…
No Carl Fox (1984 was the year Carl was first elected District Attorney - likely the first black DA in the Southeast).
Jon Howes first won the Mayor’s office in 1987; before that he was a town councilman.
I’d guess this list is from the late ‘80’s.
Surprised it’s “Robert Seymour” and not Robert and Pearl Seymour.”