It was great to see the media finally covering this important issue. All media who attended were genuinely interested and wrote or reported very balanced coverage. Thanks to all who came to share in our town’s story and report on our concerns.
One story however was, well, as laughable as it was petty and trifling.
Protesters filled the school lobby and parked a station wagon outside the entrance with a sign reading “Butner Hearse” and showing a Grim Reaper figure rising from a coffin.
Just inside, a group of children sang “We don’t want your germy lab” and a youthful string ensemble played patriotic songs. The main opposition group, the Granville Non-Violent Action Team, or GNAT, was enlisting support and selling protest T-shirts and ribbons. Signs, including some with misspellings, hung along the walls:
“Outsource the NBAF to China.”
“No to Bio-Disease Factory.”
“NBAF Would Make Buter the Most Dangerous Town in America.”
Garland Walker, a 33-year Butner resident, stood in the lobby wearing a “No Biolab” button.
“I’m very much opposed,” he said. “I hope they got the message.”
I don’t guess it dawned on the ”boy genius” that the children who were singing “we don’t what your germy lab” might have help make the signs. I know I misspell things on a reggular basis.
Your point is ? 
Um, I know, I know too bad the opposition didn’t use SPELL CHECK for their signs, because uh duh, now I just don’t get the point of their message?
But I’m not going to be that petty just because someone’s reporting dosen’t pass the smell test. 
“I feel sorry for people who only know one way to spell a word.” Mark Twain
