Friday grab bag

To follow up on yesterday's post, we received another photo from Sheila Wilkinson, an employee at Cedar Ridge High School, who sent us what appears to be a cell phone photo from a Cedar Ridge teacher about 10 minutes prior to the photo in the prior post.

Given the distance between Cedar Ridge and St. Mary's Road (west to east), my amateur meteorology skills tell me that's the same funnel cloud.

• Anyways, this is on the Web site as well, but in addition to the Bellevue Mill public hearing and an initial budget proposal from Town Manager Eric Peterson, next week's town board meeting also includes the second request in a few months to lower speed limits on residential streets. From the town:

"In a proposed amendment to the ordinance on motor vehicles and traffic, town staff recommend lowering the posted speed limit on four streets in the Kenion Grove and Granview neighborhoods from 35 mph to 25 mph. The affected streets would be:
— Childsberg Way, from Revere Road to Constitution Way
— Regulators Way, from Childsberg Way to Constitution Way
— Constitution Way, from Regulators Way to Cornelius Street
— Summit Drive, from Beckett’s Ridge Drive to its end
Granview shares an entrance point from N.C. 86 South with the Beckett’s Ridge neighborhood, which has a posted speed limit of 25 mph. Lowering the speed limit within Granview and Kenion Grove would bring the two neighborhoods in line with other neighborhoods in town.
Also included in the proposed amendment is a recommendation to install stop signs on three streets in Kenion Grove. The neighborhood has no stop signs installed, which creates a pedestrian and motor vehicle safety hazard. The affected streets would be:
— Constitution Way as it approaches Cornelius Street from the north
— Childsberg Way as it approaches Constitution Way from the north
— Childsberg Way as it approaches Revere Road from the south
— Regulators Way as it approaches Constitution Way from the north
— Regulators Way as it approaches Childsberg Way from the south"

Is 25 mph the right speed for traffic through town (OK, these streets aren't cutting through town like the streets affected by the most recent changes). Should the town impose a standard speed limit throughout town? I'd like to know your thoughts.

• Also, the Town of Hillsborough is still happy to accept applications from residents for volunteer boards. How do I know? Well, there's this.

When you start seeing that image posted on telephone polls around town, you'll know they're really serious.