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<br /> .ind . John Henry Cate , 72 ,
<br /> Links his grandfather first the Cates maintained the house CC ,
<br /> �vned the large parcel of land , and land for their own use . John . . • Id rather see apark here tha72 Zoo h0z
<br /> hich has been carved up by suc- Henry Cate , a champion shot on with t2U0 CaYS each g'0272g' Z�� aid d02vn this
<br /> :eding generations . an Army rifle team , would go
<br /> " I ' ve been here all my life . That skeet shooting , and Roderick road.
<br /> )use was built in 1929 , the . year I Cate would take his son Travis ' s
<br /> as born , " he said , gesturing to Boy Scout troop camping . John Henry Ca
<br /> ie white farmhouse that will " I really enjoyed living on the Orange County land c
<br /> imam standing on the property land , " Roderick Cate said . " In
<br /> .ter it transfers to the county. some ways , it felt like I was sign-
<br /> Phe story goes that it wasn ' t fin- ing my life away when I signed
<br /> hed yet when I came , so for six the contract with the county . the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City fields and , because the site i
<br /> .onths I lived with my grandpar- " But maybe they can do it prop - Schools . The area is in the coup- adjacent to a residential are (,
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<br /> erly and watch over it, " he said . ty ' s jurisdiction but in Carrboro ' s fields could be lighted .
<br /> " It needs painting and a little The point was driven home as transition zone . Richard Kinney , director (
<br /> ork, but it' s still sturdy . " Roderick walked through the " We recognize that there is Carrboro Recreation and I
<br /> County officials say the house , woods and found a fire ring built another side to it , in that it is a Department , said area resit
<br /> dairy barn and a cabin Stancil next to the pond and dangerously large piece of property not avail- have clamored for more
<br /> >timates may have been built in close to some bushes . A beer bot- able for commercial development fields and trails for a long
<br /> ie 19th century could be used as tle , caps and knife lay on the or residential development and and the county ' s purcha :
<br /> farm exhibit, perhaps demon- ground nearby . " It ' s a full-time not adding to our tax base , " said more than double the town ' :
<br /> rating how small dairies used to job to keep it up . And I ' d rather Carrboro Alderman Diana rent park holdings .
<br /> )erate . look out the door and see a park McDuffee . " That ' s a flip side . " We ' re glad to see the cc
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<br /> " The opportunities are almost rather than a developer • " However , we ' ve always said we take an interest in setting
<br /> mitless here , " Stancil said, tick- Roderick Cate said developers need active recreation , and we land for a district park , " Ki
<br /> ig off a list of possible uses that often came calling with pie- in- identified that area for a district said. " There ' s no doubt we
<br /> icludes nature trails , ball fields , the - sky proposals for a mini- Park . Overall , the pluses out - it . "
<br /> icnic areas and greenways . Southern Village , combining weigh negatives . " Commissioner Mar
<br /> John Henry Cate kept up his retail and office space with tight- McDuffee has been closely Brown has long been inv�
<br /> �rriily' s dairy operation until the ly packed condos and homes . involved with the county ' s Soccer with the Intergovernmental
<br /> � 70s , until dairy farming and Now the proposals are running Symposium Task Force , which Work Group , which is made
<br /> orking as an equipment opera- more along the lines of a mini- has drawn attention to the lack of county and town elected off
<br /> )r for the Forest Service became soccer complex to be shared by all regulation - size soccer fields in and parks representatives ,
<br /> the county . Stancil said the park envisions a connecting net
<br /> io much to handle . county residents and an elemen- ,
<br /> After the dairy closed down , tary- middle school campus for area could support up to 10 soccer of greenways for bikers and
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