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News Observer A Thursday, September 13, 2012 Metro Editor: Thad Ogburn, 919-829-8987, Deputy Metro Editor: Richard Stradling, 919-829-4739, Nights: Deborah Jackson, 919-829-8920, Capitol: Mary Cornatzer, 919-829-4755, Wake, Johnston: Ned Barnett, 919-829-8955, Durham, Orange: Mark Schultz, 919-932-2003, So what does a candidate give a Big Name surrogate who comes to town to campaign for him? How about a crash course on his cam- paign? what Pat campaign is do- ing for New Jer- sey Gov. Chris Christie. Christie, fresh off his star turn as keynoter at the Republican Na- tional Conven- tion, comes to a area Thursday for a pair of events. headline an afternoon rally in Salisbury and attend a Charlotte fundraiser for McCrory that night. According to a draft memo, the McCrory cam- paign wants to make sure Christie knows McCrory: Was longest-serv- ing mayor and build the arena where the Democrats (held) their Was the man who with leaders of both parties to turn Charlotte into an economic power- and wants to reform taxes and reduce regulations to bring jobs.

And that his opponent, Democrat Walter Dalton, believe government is broken (so) how can he be part of the Dalton, according to the memo, raised taxes as a state senator and would raise the sales tax. (Dalton has said he would not include a sales tax increase in his first bud- get, but rule out an eventual increase.) campaign also would offer Christie advice on what to say about tax returns. Dalton has pushed for McCrory to release his. opponent is trying to distract from his record by de- manding Pat release his personal income tax the memo said. only taxes voters are concerned about are the ones Wal- ter Dalton wants to increase on them if Obama opens Orange office The Obama campaign Wednes- day opened its 52nd local office in North Carolina, furthering the dis- parity between his re-election oper- ation and rival Mitt effort.

The latest Obama office is in Hillsborough, the seat of Orange County. campaign has 24 of- fices across the state so far, Repub- lican officials said. John McCain established 40 in his 2008 losing effort. (An Economist article detailing the disparity in 2008 ground oper- ations in North Carolina also noted that offices typically were local GOP headquarters and the same applies to cam- paign this year. unclear how ma- ny Obama offices are in local Demo- cratic headquarters.) Rachel Adams, a Republican spokeswoman, said the ground game is much better this time.

have vastly increased our ground game in the state, knocking on 188 times more doors and mak- ing 23 times more phone calls than at this time in she said in a statement. addition, made nearly 2 million voter con- tacts since been on the Barefoot tries comedy First-time candidate Chad Bare- foot debuted his first television commercial in his state Senate race with a tried-and-true jab at the leg- islative body he wants to join. Barefoot mocks his rival, Demo- cratic incumbent Doug Berger, for sponsoring legislation to regulate the use of barber poles in an ad fea- turing a circus tent and the label Barefoot, who is running in the Raleigh area, worked as an aide to House GOP leader Paul Stam of Wake County, so he knows the legislature is often referred to as a circus and sometimes lawmakers consider random legislation which if elected, he will vote on, too. The ad labels his Democratic ri- val liberal Doug and shoots him out of a cannon. It also dubiously hits Berger for to ban grocery referencing a vote to ban plastic bags at big retail- ers on the Outer Banks, a pet proj- ect of former Senate leader Marc Basnight, who grew tired of them polluting the beaches.

(The bill is Senate Bill 1018, not House Bill 1018, as the ad states.) The spot is airing on broadcast stations in the Raleigh area. STAFF WRITER JOHN FRANK AND CHARLOTTE OBSERVER STAFF WRITER JIM MORRILL Send tips to Chris Christie gets McCrory talking points Under the Dome N.C. POLITICS, GOVERNMENT a Online See our the blog. nando.com/dome TOM GILLESPIE NC ZOO BABY BOMASSA TAKES A BREAK Bomassa, the first of two baby gorillas born at the North Carolina Zoo in August, naps on its arm. Bomassa and a second, yet unnamed, infant can be seen daily at the Asheboro Forest Glade exhibit, weather permitting.

By Lynn Bonner Four adult care homes heard this week they will lose Medicaid funding because they house too many mentally ill people. These four facilities are the first wave of adult care operations to receive notice that the insurance money that helps pay for resi- care is being cut off as part of a federal crackdown. Under federal rules, Medicaid cannot be used to pay for people who live in larger facilities where more than half the res- idents are mentally ill. After the state finishes evaluating adult care homes by the end of November, about 135 homes may lose their Medicaid funding. The residents are enrolled in the federal in- surance program, but adult care homes col- lect the money and use it to pay employees and other operating costs.

Two homes in Yadkin County Pinebrook Residential Centers No. 1 and No. 2 Heri- tage Care in Catawba County and Hunter Vil- lage in Mecklenburg County will lose Medic- aid support on Sept. 17, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. In all, 195 people live in the four facilities.

Seventy-three percent of Pinebrook resi- dents are mentally ill, as are 57 percent of Heritage Care and Hunter Village residents, according to the agency. Amy Hart, administrator at Hunter Vil- lage, said company lawyers are reviewing the cut-off notice, and she sure what would happen next. we get a resolution, going to have some residents that are going to be she said. Adult care industry in flux The adult care industry is grappling with a host of changes. Separate from the federal limit on mental- ly ill residents is last agreement be- tween the state and the U.S.

Department of Justice that could move thousands of men- tally ill residents out of adult care homes and into their own apartments over the next eight years. The state agreed to the housing plan to resolve a complaint that it is violat- ing federal law by confining people to adult care homes who, with help, would be capa- ble of living on their own. In addition, a change in qualifications next year could mean that 10,000 people liv- ing in adult care homes will no longer be able to use Medicaid to pay for help they re- ceive eating, dressing, bathing, or walking. The state budget includes $39.7 million to support adult care homes as they lose Med- icaid money. Adult care homes that have their funding cut off will have 30 days to appeal, DHHS Acting Secretary Al Delia said this week.

Those who can show they have a disproportionate number of mentally ill residents will have their money reinstated, he said. The federal rules will also hit group homes for adults with mental illnesses. Group homes will be among the last facil- ities reviewed, said DHHS spokeswoman Julie Henry. The state is asking the federal govern- ment to take a toward group homes, Henry said, because considered an effective way to provide serv- ices to some people with mental illnesses. Bonner: 919-829-4821 4 N.C.

adult care homes to lose Medicaid Federal rules say they house too many mentally ill patients Online Stay informed: Find more health and science news at nando.com/health. From staff reports CHAPEL HILL The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trust- ees is offering a $25,000 reward through the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers program for infor- mation leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the death of student Faith Danielle Hedgepeth. The Chapel Hill Police Depart- ment has said the case is a homi- cide. They ask anyone with infor- mation to call the tip line at 919-614-6363 or Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential.

The Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, of which Hedgepeth was a mem- ber, and Hawthorne at the View Apartments, where she lived, have also pledged $1,000 each to the Crime Stoppers reward fund. Anyone may contribute to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers program, a nonprofit or- ganization. Tax-deductible contri- butions may be sent to Crime Stoppers, P.O. Box 1076, Carrbo- ro, NC 27510. Donors may request that the contribution be used in the Hedgepeth case.

The $25,000 reward is from the UNC private funds, not state money, according to Susan Hudson of UNC News Services. On Tuesday, police said a judge had ordered 911 record- ings sealed in the case. Sgt. Joshua Mecimore, a po- lice spokesman, said the record- ings and search warrants related to the homicide investigation have been sealed indefinitely to protect evidence. Police also have not released a cause of death pending a Chapel Hill medical report, Mec- imore said.

for accuracy and, right now, for investigative he said. are details relat- ed to the incident that only someone involved or investiga- tors may Friends found Hedgepeth, 19, dead Friday in her apartment at Hawthorne at the View on Old Chapel Hill Road. A junior, Hed- gepeth was a biology major from Warrenton. Hundreds of students, family and friends met Monday night at the Pit, the brick courtyard at UNC-CH where students often gather, to remember Hedgepeth. Many asked how someone could have killed the young woman, who planned to be a pediatrician or teacher in her small tribe of 4,000 members, most of whom live about 90 minutes northeast of Raleigh.

UNC offers $25,000 reward in death Junior Faith Danielle Hedgepeth was found dead Friday Hedgepeth Online Stay informed: Crime and safety stories, nando.com/crime; latest arrests, nando.com/arrests. By Kathleen Purvis We may need to make room for another historical marker up- town: First barbecue restaurant in North Carolina. right, Charlotte a city often maligned for its lack of North Carolina barbecue. But a Charleston culinary historian thinks Charlotte may have been the site of the first docu- mented barbecue restaurant. Robert Moss is a writer for the Charleston City Paper and a culi- nary historian who wrote becue: The History of an Amer- ican (University of Alabama Press, 2010).

This summer, Moss has been writing blog posts about barbecue histo- ry for the Southern Foodways Al- liance. Las week a Charlo tt twirled in the national spotlight, Moss posted a claim about Char- lotte: An ad in the April 1899 edi- tion of The Charlotte Daily Ob- server showed Mrs. Katie Nunn opening a grocery store and bar- becue stand at 13 S. Church with meat cooked by her hus- band, Levi, in a pit behind the store: at the barbecue stand for good barbecued meats, beef, pork and mutton. Well-prepared by the only barbecuer in Char- Moss says he found the ad while searching online archives for a genealogy website.

may be pushing it a little to call it a Moss said Wednesday. certainly the first barbecue stand I can find. so little evidence from back in those Before the 20th century, bar- becue was usually a large, public event. On farms or in rural areas, people gathered for everything from family reunions to political speeches and cooked meat, usu- ally done in a pit in the ground. It until the 1920s or so that commercial barbecue busi- nesses cropped up.

Lexington came later Most North Carolina barbecue histories credit the start of the modern barbecue business at the point when Sid Weaver and Jess Swicegood began selling barbe- cue from tents outside the court- house in Lexington. The business would have pre-dated that by 20 years. The address on South Church Street no longer exists, but would have been on the east side just north of Fourth Street. Another news item noted that it was behind The Charlotte Dai- ly Observer, at 32 S. Tryon St.

Apparently, the busi- ness a big success. By De- cember, another ad showed that 13 S. Church had become the lo- cation of Candy Man- ufacturing. Records show that the couple moved on from Charlotte. The 1910 Census shows Levi and Catherine B.

Nunn in Norfolk, where he was a housing con- tractor. Levi L. and Katie B. Nunn are listed as buried in St. Cemetery in Norfolk.

Moss conceded that barbecue fans will be quick to argue about whether the store could be considered a barbecue restaurant. something about bar- becue that you help stirring up he said, laughing. Purvis: 704-358-5236 First N.C. barbecue stand? In Charlotte, he Culinary historian from S.C. cites 1899 newspaper ad.