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<br /> Orange High g School's Comics, page A10
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<br /> northern Chatham County .Locally owned stores at Obituaries,page B2
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<br /> New recreation sites and position for a recreation and parks Jones will take on the new title of range of about $37,400 to $45,400 soccer field will be the design spe- along with an expanded Cedar
<br /> management director,with a salary parks services director. per year. The county projects the cialist's first assignment. Grove Park on land behind the
<br /> plans for more prompt range between$45,400 and$72,000: In a related action,the county has position will cost about $58,000 a The Little River Regional Park Northern Human Services Center
<br /> shuffle of parks positions County Manager John Link projects been recruiting for another new year with benefits. and Natural Area would be the next on N.C.86 North,and a trail and pos-
<br /> it likely would take the county until position—open space design spe- A look at the county's most recent facility to open, in the spring of sibly primitive campsites in the y
<br /> By ®� ������� July to fill the position,which means cialist — that the Orange County timetable for new parks shows 2003.The 391-acre Little River Park Seven-Mile Creek Preserve in cen- L
<br /> the first cost will come in the coup Commissioners approved last yeat what's prompting the personnel is a joint project by Orange and ti'al Orange COMM south of Hills-
<br /> chWherald-sumcom;732-6397 ty's 2002-03 budget. The commissioners agreed to cre- moves. Durham counties, and it will be borough and Efland off Mt.Willing
<br /> HILLSBGROUGH — With the Factoring in benefits, the county ate the position as part of the 2001- This fall, the county expects to designed for low-impact recreation Road.
<br /> number of county-operated parks puts the expected cost for the posi 02 budget,but with an effective date open a loop trail at its 63-acre like hiking and mountain biking, The next phase of Fairview Park
<br /> set to increase dramatically over tion at about$70,000 a year. of January 2002. McGowan Creek Preserve along rather than activities like soccer. in Hillsborough and the first phase
<br /> the next three years,Orange County The county already has a recre- The person the county hires for U.S.70 west of Hillsborough,and a The county's timetable shows the of the Chapel Hill Township
<br /> plans xt hire a new parks manager ation and parks director — Bob ' the design position likely will be a new soccer field on a patch of land second phase of the Efland-Cheeks Park(Educational Campus, along
<br /> 86 N.C. and Eubanks Road,
<br /> this summer. Jones. But with the creation of the landscape architect, and he or she that Mapleview Farm owner Robert Park near Efland-Cheeks Elemen- Old d,
<br /> The county has created a full-time management director position, will have a salary somewhere in the Nutter is providing. Designing the tary opening in the fall of 2004,
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<br /> tasks like identifying and acquiring late 70s as a volunteer coach with im$3.5 million for the Ho*nestead `
<br /> PARKS sites through the Lands Legacy pro- the newly created Recreation and Park Aquatic Center in Chapel HU
<br /> FROM PAGE 1 gram, as well as working on initial Parks Department, and he became ®$2 million for a "Soccer Super-
<br /> concept plans for the sites. director in 1995. fund" to build soccer fields around
<br /> But the management director will "I'm looking forward to it,"Jones the count,
<br /> wouldn't open until the spring of be in charge of overseeing the con- said Thursday. "As far as manage- ®$2 million for Southern Park.
<br /> 2005. struction of park facilities as well as ment of the entire department,I feel m$1.2 million for the Chapel Hill,
<br /> The county also has bought the park programming, operation and hike maybe some new folks should Township Park/Educational Cam-
<br /> 152-acre Blackwood farm along maintenance. be coming in.. pus.
<br /> New Hope Church Road for a future As park services director, Jones "I'm really excited about the coun-
<br /> park, although a possible opening will give up many administrative ty going the way it's going,"he said. $1.2 million for the Cedar Grove
<br /> Park
<br /> date isn't on the county's timetable. duties he had as a department head "It's been a long time coming."
<br /> The recreation and parks manage- and will focus more on supervising The $20 million for parks, recre- ®p1n5 million for joint space,such as greenways.
<br /> ment director will be the new head work ranging from materials pro- ation and open space that voters ty open nwa
<br /> of the county's Recreation and Parks curement to park mowing and trail approved in November as part of the Ex$850,000 for Fairview Park
<br /> Department maintenance. $75 million bond package includes: ® $250,000 for Efland-Cheeks
<br /> As it has previously, the county's Jones,55,said he's embracing the ®$7 million for land acquisitions Park. ,
<br /> Environment and Resource Conser- changes as a good move both for him around the county for future parks ® $250,000 for Smith Middle
<br /> vation Department still will handle and the county.Jones started in the and natural areas. School Park.
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