Water Words – Holding Discussions about the May 3 Bond Referendum

We’re asking civic clubs, professional associations, homeowners groups and others to schedule presentations about the May 3 bond referendum.

Presentations will be during late March and in April on the clean water bonds. They include $110 million for wastewater facilities that must be built by 2011 and $10 million for open space.

We’ll provide speakers for your meetings or articles for your newsletters outlining the package and answering questions.

To schedule a presentation, call (919) 469-4007 or see Bond Referendum, 2005 in Current Projects at www.townofcary.org.

The ’05 referendum will ask Cary citizens to give the Town permission to use a special type of financing—general obligation bonds. This financing enables governments to borrow money at lower interest rates than with other financing. 

The regional wastewater facilities that the bonds would help pay for are cheaper to build, better for the environment, and preferred by state regulators, Cary is working with Apex, Morrisville, and Holly Springs on the project.  

Preserving open space, helps protect water supplies by allowing more natural filtration of pollutants.

Right of Spring – Enjoying Arts in the Park

Enjoy “the arts in the park” at the 12th annual Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival in Bond Park on Saturday, April 23.

The festival is free and open to all. It’s from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Spring Daze features more than 125 local artists, entertainment in the Sertoma Amphitheatre, a Children’s Village, and festival foods.

We’ll have lists of artists, entertainment, concessions, and participating civic groups by April 1.

For more details, see Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival in the Recreation section of our Web site, www.townofcary.org.

The festival is a chance to bring the community together and showcase the talents of local artists. Bring the entire family for the best Spring Daze festival yet.

  We’ll celebrate Earth Day at Bond Park in conjunction with Spring Daze. Exhibits will focus on the role you can play in preserving our natural resources.

Your family will enjoy the activities and games showing how to make every day Earth Day.

Call (919) 469-4061 for more on Spring Daze. Call (919) 469-4090 for more on Earth Day.

Bike Bonding

The third annual Cary Cycling Celebration will be Sunday, April 17 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Bond Park.

The cycling celebration will feature mountain bike rides, maintenance workshops, the latest in cycling gear, road tours of up to 100 miles, and a bike rodeo from 1 - 5 p.m. for young riders.

For registration information, call Tony Clark at (919) 771-1295.

Bearers of Bluegrass

Six artists from Obninsk , Russia with a passion for bluegrass music move to Nashville to make it on Music Row.  The result?  A record deal, gigs at the Grand Ole Opry, and a Grammy-nomination. 

After being showcased on TV’s 60 Minutes, Bering Strait is taking the nation by storm with its fusion of bluegrass influenced country, pop, and rock.

Bering Strait closes out our Marvelous Music Series with a performance Friday, April 15 at the Herb Young Community Center on Town Hall campus.

Showtime is 7:30 p.m.   Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for children. Call (919) 469-4061 for details.

Bud Bits

The 27th annual Cary Road Race will be Saturday morning, April 9. The race is moving to a new location—Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Regency Park .

See our Recreation section online or call (919) 469-4363.

Our crews have collected 4,282 tons of leaves. It’s the most in the 13 years we’ve kept track of the amount.

Leaf collection by request continues through March. Call (919) 469-4090 to schedule a pickup.

In demonstration of commitment to environmental protection, the Town is a founding partner of the N.C. Clean Water Education Partnership.  Look for the “Rubber Duckie” ads on TV this month. Stop by Town Hall for your free Rainy Day Duck.

Eggs Scramble – A Cary Tradition for Kids at Easter

Children 10 and under are invited to Bond Park on Friday, March 25 for our 14th annual Easter Egg Hunt. It’s free.

The hunt features three areas, each for a different age group. Because of the large crowds and to accommodate those who would rather sleep in, we’ve scheduled afternoon hunts in addition to those in the morning.

The first of the morning hunts is at 10 a.m. The afternoon sessions start at 1:30 .

After scrambling for thousands of candy and toy eggs, kids can enjoy Snuckleby in Bond Park’s Sertoma Amphitheatre for Tales from KudzuLand, a collection of entertaining stories.  They stress important character traits— having a positive attitude, unselfishness, and responding appropriately to peer pressure.

This interactive performance of colorful hand and rod puppets and lively music is definitely the “fun way to grow.”

Bring you own Easter basket and come early for good parking.  To learn more, call (919) 469-4100 or see Seasonal Program Brochure in the Recreation section of www.townofcary.org.

Environmental Protection – A Natural Approach against Crime

To keep our neighborhoods safe, our police officers encourage you to be security conscious at home and at work. 

Don’t provide an opportunity to be victimized.  Crime Prevention through Environmental Design uses natural and mechanical approaches to crime prevention.

Do appearances convey a sense that residents care about their neighborhood?

Is there enough lighting? Are bushes at least 6 inches below the base of windows?

Are all ladders kept secure and away from the building?

In your home or business, do you have light timers or burglar alarms? Do you lock your car and take the keys out, even when it is parked in the garage?

Are you able to lock a window that is partly open? Are you as careful with basement and second floor windows and sliding glass doors?

For more safety tips, call Cary Police at (919) 469-4012 or Officer Jann Champ, Community Services coordinator, at (919) 469-4324.

Keeping Fire Risk Running on Empty

To keep you safe, Cary firefighters have advice for minimizing the risk of fire at gasoline pumps.

Turn off the engine when refueling. Never allow a child to pump gas. Don’t smoke while refueling.

Use only the refueling latch on the gasoline dispenser nozzle, if there is one. Do not jam the latch with an object to hold it open.

If a fire starts while you're refueling, don't remove the nozzle from the vehicle or try to stop the flow of gasoline. Leave the area immediately and call for help.

Avoid getting back in your vehicle while refueling. Static electricity can develop as you slide across the seat. When you reach for the pump, a spark may ignite gasoline vapors.

If you must get into the vehicle during refueling, discharge any static electricity by touching metal on the outside of the vehicle, away from the filling point, before removing the nozzle.

Fires caused by static charges have occurred when people filled portable containers in the back of pick-up trucks, particularly those with plastic bed liners. Removing the container will also prevent a dangerous spill of gasoline.

For more on fire safety, call (919) 469-4056.

When Not to Write

Feel free to send us an e-mail anytime we can be of assistance—anytime, that is, except during an emergency.

Call 911 instead if you need police, firefighters or an ambulance right away.

We pride ourselves on prompt response to e-mail.  But in a true emergency, calling is the way to get help fast.

Falling Back on Fescue

Tempted to reseed or sod your fescue lawn this spring?   Improve its chances of survival by delaying fescue planting until the fall. That gives roots a chance to get well-established before hot, dry weather sets in.

Well-established lawns can survive up to three weeks without water.  Sowing or sodding fescue in the spring reduces the likelihood that newly planted turf will make it through periods of drought and summer heat. 

Save time, money, and precious water, either by seeding with fescue in the fall or with a warm season grass in the late spring or early summer. 

Watch for listings of warm season grass and “water-wise” workshops in Bud and on our Web site. And with fescue seeding, trying falling back to fall.

Conservation Appreciation

Marie Cefalo DelForge, Town of Cary conservation education specialist, has received the Governor's Conservation Award for Municipal Conservationist of the Year from the N.C. Wildlife Federation.

The award’s purpose is to honor those with unwavering commitment to conservation.

Reminder

Town Hall offices will be closed Friday, March 25 for Good Friday.

To get to everyone’s garbage and recycling that week, we’ll skip yard waste collection on Monday, March 21 and pick up garbage and recycling one day earlier than usual—Tuesday’s routes on Monday, Wednesday’s routes on Tuesday, etc.

Call (919) 469-4090 if you have any questions.

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