IN THIS ISSUE News in brief.................................... 3 Your Questions................................ 4 Emma conquering Chiari ............ 6 Summerfield Town Council .......... 8 Business Notes .............................. 14 Bits & Pieces .................................. 14 Northern Graduation Photos.......................... 16 Northwest Graduation Photos .......................... 17 Lessons taught, lessons learned 18 Northwest Guilford Kiwanis ......... 20 Community Calendar................. 21 Crime/Incident Report ................ 22 Letters/Opinions .......................... 24 Grins & Gripes ............................... 24 Classifieds ..................................... 27 Index of Advertisers ..................... 31 June 20 - 26, 2014 ...continued on p. 26 ...continued on p. 26 bringing the local news home to northwest Guilford County since 1996 www.nwobserver.com Northern Guilford High School by LAURA PULLINS It was a memorable day for 324 Northern Guilford High School seniors as they walked across the stage of the Greensboro Coliseum’s Special Events Center on the afternoon of June 13 in their caps and gowns, high school diplomas in hand. Northern’s graduation coach, Wade Billeisen, proudly introduced Karleigh Smith, the Class of 2014’s salutatorian. “Truly the halls seem brighter when she walks through them. The classes perform at higher levels and teams strive because of her leadership,” Billeisen said. Smith, who graduated with a 5.28 GPA, plans to attend Wake Forest Univer- sity in the fall where she’ll study mathematics. As someone passionate about math, it seemed only natural for Smith’s speech to touch on variables and how it is life’s unknowns that determine who we are. “There are no guarantees and tomorrow isn’t a given,” Smith reflected. “But we’ll always have this … we’ll always be the class of 2014.” Following the salutato- Northwest Guilford High School by PATTI STOKES Supporters filled the Greensboro Coliseum’s Spe- cial Events Center on the evening of June 13 to honor 456 graduates of North- west High School’s Class of 2014. On a solemn note, the graduation ceremony began with a moment of silence for Eric Ahmed and Timmy Johnson, two 17-year-old seniors who died after an automobile accident on Oct. 28. Western Region school superintendent Angelo Kidd recognized the Top 26 academic students in the graduating class. Guilford County Schools Superintendent “Mo” Green recognized Kyle Schlanger, salutatorian, who graduated with a GPA of 5.39, and Erin Brown, valedictorian, who graduated with a GPA of 5.41. “Today is a very impor- tant day,” said Brown as she began her valedictorian speech. “Today is the 164th day of the year; today is the inspiration behind a success- ful franchise of scary movies; and most importantly, today is Flag Day eve. Oh yeah, and today is the day we finally get to graduate from Congratulations, class of 2014! Annie Sauer , valedictorian, will attend Auburn University Karleigh Smith, salutatorian, will attend Wake Forest University Erin Brown, valedictorian, will attend University of South Carolina. Kyle Schlanger , salutatorian, will attend Middlebury College.
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IN THIS ISSUENews in brief .................................... 3Your Questions ................................ 4Emma conquering Chiari ............ 6Summerfi eld Town Council .......... 8Business Notes .............................. 14Bits & Pieces .................................. 14
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Northern Guilford High Schoolby LAURA PULLINS
It was a memorable day for 324 Northern Guilford High School seniors as they walked across the stage of the Greensboro Coliseum’s Special Events Center on the afternoon of June 13 in their caps and gowns, high school diplomas in hand.
Northern’s graduation coach, Wade Billeisen, proudly introduced Karleigh Smith, the Class of 2014’s salutatorian.
“Truly the halls seem brighter when she walks through them. The classes perform at higher levels and teams strive because of her
leadership,” Billeisen said.
Smith, who graduated with a 5.28 GPA, plans to attend Wake Forest Univer-sity in the fall where she’ll study mathematics.
As someone passionate about math, it seemed only natural for Smith’s speech to touch on variables and how it is life’s unknowns that determine who we are.
“There are no guarantees and tomorrow isn’t a given,” Smith reflected. “But we’ll always have this … we’ll always be the class of 2014.”
Following the salutato-
Northwest Guilford High Schoolby PATTI STOKES
Supporters filled the Greensboro Coliseum’s Spe-cial Events Center on the evening of June 13 to honor 456 graduates of North-west High School’s Class of 2014. On a solemn note, the graduation ceremony began with a moment of silence for Eric Ahmed and Timmy Johnson, two 17-year-old seniors who died after an automobile accident on Oct. 28.
Western Region school superintendent Angelo Kidd recognized the Top 26 academic students in the graduating class.
Guilford County Schools Superintendent “Mo” Green recognized Kyle Schlanger, salutatorian, who graduated with a GPA of 5.39, and Erin Brown, valedictorian, who graduated with a GPA of 5.41.
“Today is a very impor-tant day,” said Brown as she began her valedictorian speech. “Today is the 164th day of the year; today is the inspiration behind a success-ful franchise of scary movies; and most importantly, today is Flag Day eve. Oh yeah, and today is the day we finally get to graduate from
Congratulations, class of 2014!
Annie Sauer,valedictorian, will attend Auburn University
Karleigh Smith,salutatorian, will attend Wake Forest University
Erin Brown,valedictorian, will attendUniversity of South Carolina.
Kyle Schlanger,salutatorian, will attend Middlebury College.
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Start content here if using a new section barConstruction on I-73 to get underwayGUILFORD/ROCKINGHAM COUNTY – Crews will soon begin installing signs and moving dirt as construction of the U.S. 220/N.C. 68 Connector (future I-73) gets underway.
In April, the N.C. Department of Transportation awarded a $176.6-mil-lion contract to the design-build team of Flatiron Constructors, Inc./Blythe Devel-opment Company. Construction is sched-uled to get underway late this month, with a completion date of April 25, 2017.
The 9.4-mile, four-lane future inter-state will extend from Bryan Boulevard to just south of U.S. 220 near the Haw River. A separate project already under construction will complete the connection to U.S. 220 in Rockingham County.
The project will include interchanges at N.C. 68 and N.C. 150, as well as bridges over Reedy Fork Creek. It will also
include construction of a taxiway bridge at Piedmont Triad International Airport that crosses the future I-73.
In the planning stages since the mid-1990s, this project was originally scheduled to begin construction in 2016, but NCDOT worked with Greensboro’s Metropolitan Planning Organization and local and state elected officials to speed construction of the taxiway and a section of the connector. Construction on the taxiway bridge is expected to begin in November and is scheduled to be com-pleted by August 2016.
For real-time travel information at any time, call 511, visit the NCDOT traffic website or follow NCDOT on Twitter. An-other option is NCDOT Mobile, a phone-friendly version of the NCDOT website. To access it, type “m.ncdot.gov” into the browser of your smartphone.
Mayor challenges developersOAK RIDGE – At the Oak Ridge Town Council meeting on June 5, two de-velopment plans and a rezoning were approved which will bring over 200 new homes to the community, all priced at about $400,000 or more. That prompted Mayor Ray Combs to ask the developers in the room to stay after their plans were approved.
Later in the meeting Combs re-counted a “nasty email” he received a while back from a woman who was upset because Goodwill had opened a new retail store in the Oak Ridge Commons shopping center. The woman said she didn’t want “those people” (the clientele that the Goodwill store would attract) in Oak Ridge, the mayor said.
Combs said he was incensed at the sentiment expressed by the woman; however, he did not respond at the time, and had since regretted it.
“‘Those people’” are teachers, fire-men, and law enforcement officers who want to live in Oak Ridge, but developers keep building houses that cost more than $400,000 and that middle class resi-dents cannot afford,” Combs said.
“The quiet secret message is this: ‘We want you to serve us, but we don’t want you to live amongst us,’” Combs continued.
While saying he understood the economics of land prices and the need to make a profit, the mayor challenged the developers before him (and others) to come up with a way to provide housing for those who serve the community.
The mayor noted that Oak Ridge has not had a new house built for less than $380,000 in the last several years, and options for downsizing and remaining in
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I enjoyed your recent article on the local butterfly farm. According to the article, the
farm ships butterflies for various occasions. I was just curious as to how live butterflies are shipped.
Nora Cammer, co-owner of All-A-Flutter Butterfly Farm, says it’s not as difficult as
you might imagine to ship these delicate creatures which are grown on their farm near Colfax. She explains that when the temperature is lowered to about 55 degrees, the butterflies naturally fall asleep, which makes shipping an easy process.
“After they are fed and exercised, the butterflies are put in individual
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“The butterflies are kept cool and in a restful state inside the envelopes,” she explains. “While in transit, they are in a reduced metabolic state and are not stressed at all. It does not hurt the butterflies or harm them in any way.”
I am traveling north on U.S. 220 and want to turn right (go east) onto U.S. 158. At
the new stoplight (on top of the bridge), there is one lane that goes straight and a right-hand lane that is the old “off ramp,” which now serves as a small two-way road. If the stop-light is red, do I stop in the “turn” lane, yield, or just keep going? I am afraid to go if the light is red, and afraid to stop on the “ramp” because I might get rear-ended. Can you help clear up this question?
Darrell Ferguson, district engineer with the Depart-ment of Transportation, says
motorists traveling north on U.S. 220
envelopes and carefully packaged with styrofoam peanuts for cushion-ing during the shipping process,” says Cammer. “An ice pack is taped to the bottom of the container and covered with a false bottom. The coolness from the ice pack keeps the butterflies asleep.”
For those who worry about the welfare of the butterflies, Cammer as-sured us there is little to be concerned about.
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who want to access U.S. 158 should use the right turn lane at the tempo-rary traffic signal. This lane is under the control of the signal and motorists should stop if they have a red signal. If the light is green, they may proceed without stopping. The southbound traffic is also using this as a temporary access to U.S. 158 and will be making a left turn at this signal.
I’ve received several requests for donations through the mail and by telephone from
the Vietnam Veterans of America. The requests say that the organization will be on my street on a particular day and that I should leave donations outside my home. Is this a legitimate organiza-tion? If so, what items are needed?
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is a national service organization that serves the
needs of all veterans. As a fundraising project, the orga-
nization accepts clothing, accessories, shoes, baby items, household goods, glassware, books, toys, bicycles, small furniture, rugs, tools, small appliances, bedding, draperies, curtains, kitch-enware, jewelry, stereos, radios and portable TVs.
Rather than owning and operating its own retail outlets, the VVA makes its money by selling the donations through a bidding process to qualified retailers.
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Start content here if using a new section bar After being diagnosed with Chiari, a brain abnormality, middle school student Emma Acree courageously battled through headaches, surgery and weeks of recovery.
by CINDY BULLARDEmma Acree loves to sing, and plays
several instruments. She is learning to play guitar, is teaching herself how to play the ukulele, and she played the violin at Northwest Middle School, where she just completed eighth grade. Emma is also an athlete, playing lacrosse for LB3 Lacrosse Club in Greensboro, and field hockey for the Greensboro Mustangs.
About a year ago, many of Emma’s activities temporarily came to a halt, however, when a blow to the head with a lacrosse stick during a game last May led to symptoms that continued through
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Laurie also credits Emma’s youth group at Summit Church in Oak Ridge for their support of her daughter.
“We’ve had the banner up since Emma’s surgery in January,” says Laurie, gesturing to a large banner covered with signatures, beautiful notes, and some pret-ty good artwork. “The youth group was a main source of support while Emma was going through her diagnosis and surgery.
“The biggest thing I want the commu-nity to know is how much we appreciated everyone’s support while we went through this,” Laurie emphasizes. “Our church prepared meals and sent us a goodie bag for the hospital stay. Many prayed continu-ously, constantly checking on things, and our neighbors brought meals and cards.”
Laurie also is grateful to Emma’s friends, who came the night before sur-gery to share good luck hugs and launch sky lanterns. And she reflects on the early stages of determining the source of Emma’s headaches, as Emma’s medi-cines and diet were being altered. When Emma was switched to a gluten-free diet, a neighbor delivered gluten-free pancakes to the Acree home. And one day when Emma was craving cantaloupe, within an hour another neighbor brought over a fruit bowl loaded with cantaloupe.
And then there is Stokesdale Elemen-tary, which Laurie says still reaches out to Emma even though it has been three years since she attended school there. The
school’s Kids Care Club prepared a care package filled with handmade items from kindergarten through fifth-grade students.
“The love in this gift made by caring kids will last a lifetime,” Laurie wrote on Emma’s Facebook page. The family was also deeply touched when the Stokesdale Parks & Recreation League basketball and softball programs, in which Emma partici-pated several years ago, donated funds to help meet Emma’s medical expenses.
Emma’s long-term prognosis is good, and she has been cleared for normal activity.
“Now that her cerebral spinal fluid flow is back to normal, moving forward, her risks of head injuries are reduced to a more normal level,” says Lee.
The rising high school freshman plans to resume lacrosse, field hockey, and “normal Emma stuff,” says Laurie. And, looking further ahead, Emma also expresses interests in photography and sports journalism.
want to help?Emma’s family is co-sponsoring a one-mile
Chiari awareness walk on June 27 at Oak Ridge Town Park. Registration
begins at 6 p.m.; the walk will be at 7:30. For more info, call (336) 848-0322, visit www.unitenight.kintera.org/OakRidge, or
the summer; Emma was later diagnosed with post concussive syndrome. She had suffered with migraines since elementary school, and her headaches escalated as she was healing from her concussion.
The concussion symptoms tapered off in late July, and in early August Emma was released to participate in sports. However, when the new school year got underway, her headaches returned with increas-ing frequency. In mid-September, Emma experienced a migraine that lasted until April of this year.
It was during this episode that Emma visited The Headache Center in Kerners-ville, where she was referred to Dr. James Love, a Greensboro neurologist. Love or-dered an MRI, which ultimately confirmed that Emma had Chiari, a brain abnormal-ity that causes the cerebellum to protrude into spinal cord space.
“The base of the skull is like a fun-nel,” explains Emma’s father, Lee. “With Chiari, the brain starts to protrude into the base of the skull; it’s like stuffing a rag in a funnel, and fluid won’t flow through it properly anymore.”
More MRI scans confirmed Emma was a candidate for decompression surgery, which was performed on Jan. 15. Lee explains if Emma hadn’t had the concussion – which eventually led to an early diagnosis of Chiari – she may have experienced permanent damage from the up-until-then undiagnosed abnormality.
“She’s kind of in the perfect age win-dow for being able to have less permanent damage, and a better recovery,” says Lee.
Three weeks after surgery, Emma returned to school on a full-time schedule.
Emma’s mother, Laurie, says her daughter’s teachers “were amazing.”
“They checked on her, and worked with her on making up her schoolwork. They were very compassionate. Mr. Adair was awesome. We are very grateful for their graciousness to Emma,” Laurie says.
Emma’s hard work paid off, and she finished the school year on the A honor roll.
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June 10 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTSas reported by PATTI STOKES
Mayor Tim Sessoms called the monthly council meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and an opening prayer was led by Rev. Mark Walker.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Town Manager Scott Whitaker an-
nounced there will be a fishing derby on June 28 in the community park for up to 50 kids, ages 6 to 12. Also, a Music in the Park event will be held that same evening, with Part-Time Party-Time Band performing from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
The town closed on the Gordon property earlier in the day (June 10), and Whitaker said about 11 cats were left behind in the former mobile home park on the property; anyone interest-ed in adopting a cat (or cats) is asked to email [email protected], or call (336) 643-8655 ASAP.
Town Attorney Bill Hill said pro-posed revisions to the town’s develop-ment ordinance have been reviewed
house on the property is in disrepair and the town didn’t need to become a landlord, she added. Last, she asked what the total square footage of the Gordon Hardware building is and Whitaker responded it was about 3,360 square feet.
Shirley Jennings spoke in support of Phil Berger Jr., who will face Mark Walker in a runoff election for the Sixth District U.S. Congressional seat on July 15. Jennings said she agrees with Berger’s stance on immigration and amnesty and his experience in law enforcement would help him under-stand how these issues affect citizens.
Kathleen Flanigan said she has a consignment booth at Golden An-tiques, which would be sponsoring a story hour on June 24, July 15 and Aug. 5, from 10:15 to 11 a.m.; Mayor Sessoms accepted her invitation to be a guest reader. Flanigan also offered to distribute fliers at Golden Antiques for upcoming town-sponsored events, and gave Whitaker contact informa-tion for the chairperson of Animal Rescue to help him find homes for the cats living on the Gordon property.
In closing, Flanigan encouraged everyone to vote in the runoff election on July 15.
Dwayne Crawford said he was ap-plying to serve on the Finance Com-mittee so that he could be a citizen’s advocate and “ask questions I don’t hear being asked and raise concerns I don’t hear being raised,” then gave an overview of his qualifications.
Mark Walker, a candidate for the 6th District U.S. Congressional seat, thanked the town council members for their service and offered a quote from Chuck Swindoll: “No true leaders are without criticism.”
Walker said he arrived in the Triad in 1991 and went to work for an auto dealership, first in sales and later in management. At age 27 he went back to school for three years and got a degree in Biblical studies, then went into the ministry. He is married and has three children.
“Two or three years ago I became concerned about where our country was headed,” Walker said. “I believed there was a way to share our conser-vative principles without all the vitriol, negativity and name calling.” Walker referenced former President Ronald Reagan, who he said led with principle and passion, and he said he believes leaders can still do that.
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by Whitaker and himself and were in the process of being “streamlined” because they were a “little bit bulky.”
PUBLIC COMMENTS Gail Dunham accused Whitaker
of “talking down” to a handicapped person in a response email which she was copied on. Whitaker invited Dunham to read the email out loud and describe how he had been rude to the citizen (which she declined to do). Dunham then said some Finance Committee members have exceeded their term limits, yet she had not seen attempts to seek new members. Also, she criticized the town for not giving its citizens enough time to review the final draft of the proposed budget.
A breakdown of employee salaries and benefits had not yet been pro-vided as requested, Dunham con-tinued, and the expense and liability of removing deserted trailers on the Gordon property should not have been absorbed by the town, she said. The
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concerns: tax reform, entitlement reform and taking a stand against amnesty, then pointed out that his campaign had not taken any special interest money, and he was the only candidate to be endorsed by sheriffs, others in law enforcement and former candidates for the 6th District Congres-sional seat.
Debbie Stafford said she and her husband Bill, who own property in the path of the proposed trail route, had not heard how council members feel about eminent domain.
“I am deeply concerned and I can’t read you … I want to know your heart,” Stafford said, imploring council members to be honest with her about whether they would take private prop-erty for a public trail.
Stafford was assured by the mayor and council members that they were op-posed to taking private property for public use; the mayor also told Stafford the con-cerns she and others had raised impacted the town’s plans for how to move forward with the trail (for more on this discussion, see page 1 of our June 13-19 issue online at www.nwobserver.com).
Addressing Gail Dunham, Sessoms then said he had read the email she referenced earlier in the meeting and in no way found Whitaker’s response to be condescending toward another citizen.
“Also, regarding our budget pro-cess, I’m going to guess that every budget process is flawed to some degree, but I can assure you that we did better this year and we hope to do better again next year,” Sessoms said.
Kelly O’Day said she wanted to speak on a positive note, from the perspective of someone who uses trails in and connecting to the community year-round.
“We recognize the changes that
are coming and are concerned about that,” O’Day said of herself and her husband, “but we also want to em-brace the opportunities that come with change.”
Offering statistics on the town’s population and number of families (42 percent of which have children un-der 18), O’Day said there were many existing and potential trail users in the community.
“I can assure you that my husband (John O’Day, who serves on the town’s Trails and Open Space Committee) would want me to say that eminent domain would not be a consideration,” O’Day contnued. “I believe people want to feel heard and respected and I think that will happen with the people we have working together as a com-munity. No one should be vilified for wanting their privacy – at the same time, if we have to have funds to make the trails go around (the proposed trail route), so be it …”
COMMITTEESThe Finance Committee was sched-
uled to meet on June 16, the Historical Committee will meet on June 26 at7 p.m. (at the town hall), and the Public Safety Committee is not scheduled to meet again until Sept. 17.
The Trails and Open Space Com-mittee monthly meeting day has been changed to the fourth Wednesday of each month, at 6 p.m. at the town hall.
PUBLIC HEARINGFY 2014-2015 draft budget.
Opponents (no proponents spoke).
Cheri Pikett said she was neither for nor against the budget, but had questions, one of which regarded a statement in the draft budget about “pressure for more commercial devel-opment.”
“Is there a lot of pressure from the community to have more commercial development – because I personally would not be in favor of that,” Pikett said. She also asked about the “need for more parkland and open spaces.”
“Is that something we’re going to be looking at?” Pikett asked. “Because all of these require more money.” In concluding, she voiced opposition to ever taking someone’s private property “just to give someone else a place to walk.”
Town council member Alicia Flow-ers asked Whitaker to respond to Pik-ett’s question regarding commercial development. He said the statement in the budget that Pikett referred to was a generic one; as a basis for it, he referenced the property on N.C. 150 that was zoned for commercial use last year.
“That (rezoning) was certainly highly debatable and contentious … We have different interests in Sum-merfield and some of that is for com-mercial development, and that is what that statement referred to,” Whitaker explained.
Dwayne Crawford referenced a sentence in the draft budget which read, “As a council member memora-bly described it, ‘Summerfield is like a teenager,’ still maturing and finding its way.” Crawford said the people who voluntarily moved to Summerfield since the town incorporated in 1996 “moved here knowing what we were, and where they had to go to get their cheeseburgers, their gas and their gro-ceries. And they moved here knowing there weren’t trails here. People moved here voluntarily for what we are, not what they wanted to turn us into … that’s what makes Summerfield differ-ent and we could lose that …
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teenager’ and regressing to something even worse,” Crawford concluded. “Between 1996 and 2000 we were adults, and we’ve been fighting ever since …”
Gail Dunham congratulated the town on “another inflated budget,” voiced objections to projected expens-es of $253,000 for improvements at the athletic park on U.S. 220, and said the final draft budget had not been posted by June 1 as promised.
REBUTTAL TO OPPONENTS Kathy Flanigan said she thought the
town was doing a wonderful job. With over 10,000 people in Summerfield, if a lot of them were unhappy with the way the town was being managed, there would have been more at the meeting voicing their opinions, she said.
Kelly O’Day said council and com-mittee members deserved respect. “It’s fine to have constructive criticism, but people need to be cordial … The northwest area is wonderful because of families and children and growth … without infrastructure, you will have problems,” she said.
Patti Stokes addressed the criti-cism about inadequate opportunity to review the budget, saying Summerfield had done more than any town she knew to provide a calendar early in the year with several publicized budget meetings, and make a very detailed, 32-page draft budget available to its citizens for review before two public budget hearings were held.
REBUTTAL TO PROPONENTS Dwayne Crawford said presuming
the town knew how people felt about the budget one way or the other was foolish.
Gail Dunham said having things (such as the budget) done on time is critical, commercial development within the town should be limited, and landscaping around the town hall needed some “tending to.”
Whitaker presented highlightsof the draft budget and answered questions from the council members (read about these in News Briefs onpage 12).
4 1 to approve the draft budget as presented (Flowers op-posed).
TOWN MANAGER BUSINESSCommittee appointments. Whitaker said several committee members’ terms were expiring and they were will-ing to be re-appointed, and one new person applied to serve on the Histori-cal Committee.
Attorney Bill Hill requested that two of the committee members who were willing to serve another term be held “in the bank” because they would be exceeding the stated term limits if re-appointed. “We can bring those two back if necessary,” Hill said.
Flowers asked about the term limit of Finance Committee members and Hill said it would eventually be limited to three two-year terms, with the op-tion of extending that if there were no other applicants.
5 0 to re-appoint Mildred Hoffler-Foushee, Dail Perry and Jane Wilson to the Finance Committee; to re-appoint Linda Southard, Mary Jane Gordon and Patricia Juszczak to the Historical Committee; and to re-appoint Roxanne Gilgallon and Bob Johnson to the Public Safety Commit-tee. Also, John Plybon was appointed to the Historical Committee as a new member.
Demolition. Whitaker discussed the upcoming demolition of the dilapi-
dated “flag building” on the Gordon property and the former blacksmith shop, which stands behind the Gordon Hardware building. He said the flag building is very much a safety hazard, and some citizens had expressed inter-est in repurposing the wood and mate-rials. Read more about this discussion in next week’s issue.
COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS Councilman Mike Adams asked
Hill for a target date as to when the revised ordinances would come back to council for review and Hill said it would be within the next 30 days. Adams also asked if it was correct that there was a fixed dollar amount for the attorney to review the ordinances, and Hill said yes.
Council member Elizabeth McClel-lan asked fellow council member Dena Barnes, who had attended an MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) meeting recently, if Barnes would provide a report of that meeting next month and Barnes said yes.
Whitaker said he and Town Planner Julie Reid were exploring options for code enforcement.
Regarding the mobile homes on the Gordon property, Whitaker said the homes that had been left behind by tenants of the mobile home park had been looted, and the property seller had been required to clean up and secure the gates to the property before the real estate closing earlier that day.
“Just to be clear, it is not a free-for-all out there,” Whitaker stated.
CLOSED SESSION After recessing for a closed session
to discuss Whitaker’s employment con-tract, the council reconvened at 9:58 p.m. and adjourned the meeting.
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Oak Ridge were very limited.
In addition, not one pastor of an Oak Ridge church owns property in the town, Combs claimed.
“This council, the P and Z (Planning and Zoning Board), and the developers need to work on finding a way to provide housing for ‘those people.’”
One of the developers present re-sponded that the ability to provide lower-cost housing would require the town to cooperate and allow zoning for higher-density neighborhoods. Additionally, the lack of municipal water and sewer makes
it difficult to provide lower-cost housing due to the minimum lot size require-ments of 40,000 square feet (just less than an acre).
While acknowledging those points were valid, Combs said he felt the de-velopment community could come up with a way to provide housing for “those people who serve us and serve us well.”
“The comment’s been made several times, ‘We moved to Oak Ridge because we love Oak Ridge.’ Well you know, people who can’t afford a $400,000 house love Oak Ridge too.”
Budget approved with 4-1 voteSUMMERFIELD – An operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was approved by the Summerfield Town Council on June 10, but not without some objections from citizens and a thumb’s down from council member
Alicia Flowers. After a budget process that began on Jan. 30 and included several opportunities for citizen input at special-called budget meetings and town council meetings, the council voted 4-1 to pass the budget as it was presented,
with Flowers casting the dissenting vote. The $1,476,607-budget is $692,782
less than this year’s “project-heavy” budget, Town Manager Scott Whitaker pointed out. It also reflects a reduction in the property tax rate from 3.5 cents per $100 of property value to 2.75 cents.
Not good enough, said budget opponents Gail Dunham and Dwayne Crawford, who have criticized the town for building up over $8 million in reserves while continuing to tax its citizens.
When addressing the town council on June 10, Crawford said the town had grown significantly since it incorporated in 1996, which was a result of people vol-untarily moving into the community while knowing where they had to go to get their “cheeseburgers, their gas and their groceries.” And, they knew there weren’t trails in the town, he added.
Gail Dunham said the town continued to approve inflated budgets, and had not provided citizens ample opportunity to review the final draft budget before the June 10 public hearing. The initial draft
budget was made available on March 31; it underwent a few revisions after a spe-cial-called town council meeting on May 27. The revised and final draft budget was posted on the town’s website on June 6.
The draft budget, which totaled 30 pages, included more than six pages of line-item details (in small print).
Next fiscal year’s budget includes $553,000 for three capital projects: $50,000 for improvements to the recently purchased Gordon property (removal of abandoned mobile homes and two struc-tures, and barn repair); $250,000 for development of a trail route that would extend the A&Y Greenway to the com-munity park; and $253,000 for improve-ments to the Summerfield Athletic Park on U.S. 220 (adding a second entrance off U.S. 220, paving the gravel parking lot/access areas, a batting cage and fencing/gates).
The town plans to transfer $423,357 from its undesignated fund balance to cover expenses that it anticipates will exceed next fiscal year’s revenue.
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Peekaboo makes last rounds
Peekaboo, a 7-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is retiring from pet therapy after five years of bringing much joy to local children, hospital patients, library patrons and retirement commu-nity residents.
Peekaboo enjoyed visiting with the kindergarten students at Oak Ridge Elementary every Monday morning, and Photo courtesy of Kathy Frazier
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“She absolutely loved going to school,” says Kathy Frazier, Peeka-boo’s owner. “She would prance down the hallways with her tail wagging the whole time. She listened to the children who were practicing their reading and encouraged them with a wag and a lick. At the library, beginner readers signed up to read to Peekaboo for 15 minutes. After the kids read to Peekaboo, they got a bookmark with her picture.”
Peekaboo also visited the adult psychiatric unit at Baptist Hospital, where patients enjoyed watching her perform her tricks – their favorite trick was “Say your Prayers,” says Frazier. She also loved to visit Countryside Manor in Stokesdale, and always had plenty of
kisses to give out.
During her tenure as a pet therapist, Peekaboo achieved 250 volunteer pet therapy visits, and brought many smiles to those she visited. Though she is enjoying relaxing at home, she will miss the many friends she made over the last five years.
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Calling all band members, past and present
Northwest High School band direc-tor Brian McMath is inviting all band members, alumni, parents, grandpar-ents, siblings, and anyone else involved with the band to join him in playing and marching in Greensboro’s July 4th parade on Friday, July 4. For more infor-
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Congratulations Summerfi eld Elementary PTA
Congratulations to Summerfield Elementary PTA for being recognized as an exemplary PTA for the 2013-2014 school year. Thanks to the ex-ceptional staff and parent volunteers, Summerfield Elementary won 5 of 12 possible Guilford County PTA awards this year.
The awards won at the county PTA level were:
• Honor unit award – a point system award based on activities provided by the Guilford County PTA
• Communication award – school newspaper, the Bugler, and school email, Mail Chimp; Bethany Chavis, committee chair and Stacie Warner, vice president
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The NGHS Symphonic Band and Vocal Chorus performed during the graduation ceremony.
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Candy Wright (center) sharedthis photo, taken after her son Trevor Gamache (right) received his diploma on June 13. Katelyn Gamache, Trevor’s sister and NGHS class of 2010, joinedin the celebratory snapshot.
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Graduates throw their caps high in the air after Principal Ralph Kitley offi cially closed the graduation ceremony.
Graduates gave family and friendsa big smile after walking off the
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Lessons taught, lessons learnedRetiring northwest Guilford County educators share advice, future plans and fond farewells
by CINDY BULLARD
In this issue we wrap up our feature on retiring educators in northwest Guil-ford County, and thank each of them for taking the time to share the price-less memories and pearls of wisdom they gained during their educational careers.
Angel Zales, kindergarten teacher assistant at Northern Elementary, celebrates 29 years of working with kindergart-ners through third graders during her career.
Q: What are some of your most memo-rable teaching moments?
A: Working with students one-on-one or in a small group, and seeing the excitement on their faces when they
master a skill.
Q: What is the silliest thing you have done for your students?
A: Once, for an Earth Day project, the whole class, including myself, had to make a costume using only recycled materials. I dressed up as a chicken nugget. The students loved it!
Q: What do you plan to do upon retire-ment?
A: Enjoy life at the beach!
Roberta A. Donnell, kindergarten teacher assis-tant, Northern Elementary, has worked in the educational field for 15 years.
Q: How many different grades/subjects have you served as a
teaching assistant?
A: Kindergarten and first grade.
Q: What are some of your most memo-rable teaching moments?
A: Seeing the excitement on a child’s face when they read a book to you for the first time.
Q: What are some lessons you have learned during your career?
A: That patience is truly a virtue.
Q: What advice would you give to teaching assistants just beginning their careers?
A: My advice is to be patient, kind, and have love for all children. Always have the understanding that each child is different and they should be treated accordingly. Another word of advice is to be very flexible. Being
a teacher assistant is not a position where you are confined to one duty and you have to wear many, many hats.
Pamela Harper, academically gifted teacher at Northern Elementary School, has served children and their families for 37 years. Ms. Harper has taught math
and academically gifted students at four different grade levels.
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Q: What are some of your most memo-rable teaching moments?
A: The feeling that one gets when teaching a child who is struggling to grasp a concept, and suddenly the light goes off in their brain. The gleam in a child’s eye, the smile on their face, and the recognition that they finally understand and own the concept is priceless. These are the most precious moments that a teacher adores and it’s what keeps one in the profession.
Q: Would you share a memory of an interaction with a former student, years after you’ve taught them?
A: The event happened at my for-mer school. I was out in my cabin working with my AG students when someone knocked on my door. I remember opening it to see a hand-some young man and what looked like his lovely girlfriend or possibly his wife. Immediately the young man said, “I have been looking for you for a long time. I didn’t real-ize that you got married so I was looking under your maiden name.” He then asked me whether I knew who he was. Well, there are stu-dents that you never forget in your life and Steven Parker was one of those students. As soon as I saw his beautiful dimples, his smile and the twinkle that always appeared in his eyes when he was happy, I knew it was just a bigger version of Steven.
Steven visited with me and when my students asked him, “Do you really like Mrs. Harper?” he smiled and said, “She was the best teacher I have ever had and I wanted to thank her.”
I hope that Steven Parker reads this article and contacts me via email
at [email protected] so that I may visit with him. I would love to take him to lunch and tell him just how much he touched my life.
Nancy Horton,
career technical education teacher, North-ern Middle. Congratulations, Ms. Horton, on 18 years of service to over 1,800 students in grades seven through 12.
Q: What are some of your most memo-rable teaching moments?
A: When a student states, “I enjoy your class because you challenge me every day.”
Q: Would you share a memory of an interaction with a former student, years after you’ve taught them?
A: I have students who come back to school to let me know how they are doing. Several young men came to me and wanted to speak to my class about how important the business classes are and how they had helped them throughout their education. These students were in college at the University of Notre Dame.
Q: What is the silliest thing you have done for your students?
A: I would act as if I was crying because my students failed to do their home-work.
Q: Do you have any other memories you’d like to share?
A: I have worked at several schools, and enjoyed all of them. Teaching is a great career!
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You’ve probably seen the stickers plastered on the back of vehicles that read “I’m the Proud Parent of a Terrific Kid.” If it’s a local vehicle, chances are the Northwest Guilford Kiwanis club helped put it there.
The local Kiwanis club came about 10 years ago when a trio of Greensboro members rounded up 38 people in the northwest area who were interested in being part of this international organi-zation dedicated exclusively to helping children.
One of those people, Todd Harmon of Stokesdale, claims he never actually volunteered to become a member.
“The day they visited the funeral home, I was off,” recalls Harmon, who is
the funeral director at Forbis and Dick Brooke Chapel. “When I returned to the office the next day, my staff informed me that I was a charter member of a newly forming Kiwanis club. I was totally cool with that because I knew Kiwanis clubs did pan-cake breakfasts! Well, 10 years later, our club has not flipped the first pancake!”
Harmon has held several leadership roles in the club, includ-ing president and lieutenant governor. This fall, he will serve his second term as club president.
Terrific Kids, a major project for the Kiwanis clubs worldwide, is a huge focus for the local club as well. This program promotes character development, self-
the funeral director at Forbis and Dick Brooke Chapel. “When I returned
leadership roles in the club, includ-ing president and lieutenant governor. This fall, he will serve his second term as
Northwest Guilford Kiwanis A decade of serving the community’s children
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esteem and perseverance in children in grades K-5.
The Northwest Guilford club oversees programs in Oak Ridge, Summerfield and Pearce Elementary schools in which teachers and sometimes fellow students from each class select a child for that period’s Terrific Kids.
Kids are recognized in a special ceremony and awarded certificates, pencils and bumper stickers supplied by the Kiwanis club. Additionally, Elizabeth’s
Pizza, Rio Grande and Wendy’s in Oak Ridge have donated gift certificates.
The club is also a longtime supporter of Hope Academy, a non-profit, private school with a vision of giving underprivi-leged children a chance at a better life.
“Hope Academy targets children in the Glenwood neighborhood of Greens-boro in an effort to break the cycle of poverty,” Harmon explains. “Children have to apply, be accepted, and then prove they really want to be there.”
The school, which functions com-pletely on donations, relies on creative teachers and innovative methods of get-ting children interested in education and
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FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Brigadoon | Kernersville Little Theatre presents Briga-
doon, a whimsical tale of time travel and true love. Open-ing night is June 20 at 8 p.m., Kernersville Elementary, 512 W. Mountain St. Tickets available at the door for $16 (adults), $14 (students) and $8 (children). See additional performance dates and times at www.kltheatre.com.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Eat More Custard | Mention Oak Ridge Elementary
when you place your order at The Meadows in Oak Ridge Commons shopping center on June 21 and the school’s PTO will receive 10 percent of the profit from your order.
MONDAY – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 – 25 Youth Baseball Clinic | The Link Jarrett Youth baseball
clinic will be held June 23-25 at the UNCG baseball facil-ity. Children ages 7 to 12 will participate in drills, group practices and games. Cost is $225 in advance or $250 for day-of-camp registration. Register online at [email protected].
Football Camp | The ORYA football camp will be held June 23-25 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Oak Ridge Elementary, 2050 Oak Ridge Road. Players ages 5 to 15 will learn foot-ball fundamentals, techniques and proper form. Cost is $50, which includes a Colts T-shirt. More info: www.orya.org.
TUESDAY, JUNE 24 Sonshine Room | The food pantry and clothing bank
sponsored by Summerfield United Methodist Church, 2334 Scalesville Road, will be open on June 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. Those in need can come for food, clothing, baby items and more. More info: call 643-5126.
Candidates’ Forum | Mark Walker, Phil Berger Jr. (6th Congressional District ) and Vince Coakley (12th Congressional District) have been invited to participate in a town hall forum hosted by the Greater Greensboro Republican Women’s Club on June 24, 11 a.m. at Star-mount Country Club, 1 Sam Snead Drive in Greensboro. RSVP to Joanne Wittenborn, [email protected].
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Preservation Oak Ridge | Preservation Oak Ridge, a non-
profit group committed to preserving the town’s historic struc-tures, will meet on June 25 at 5:15 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Hall, 8315 Linville Road. More info: call Doug, 209-1999.
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dence and stole a grandfather clock valued at $2,000.
MISCELLANEOUSJune 10 | Aqua North Carolina re-ported that an unknown suspect or suspects broke a well cover and well head installed near Cedar View Drive in Summerfield and caused about $650 in damage.
June 11 | Combs Inc. reported a trash dumping occurred at the company’s office property at 8536 Linville Road, when a known suspect dumped a large amount of tree debris and brush on the property. Warrants are outstand-ing against Calvin Locklear (of Calvin’s
Tree Service) for felony littering. In separate incidents, the sheriff’s depart-ment reports that Locklear also has an outstanding warrant for assault on a female and an order for arrest.
ASSAULTJune 11 | For the second week in a row, a resident of Alley Road in Sum-merfield reported being assaulted by a known suspect. The victim chose not to prosecute and the case was closed.
BURGLARYJUNE 11 | A resident of Witty Road in Summerfield reported an unknown person forced open the back door to the home and removed several items; the loss was estimated at $500.
JUNE 14 | A resident of U.S. 158 in Stokesdale reported an unknown person kicked in the back door of her mother’s home, removing two cabinets
with various items inside; the loss was estimated at $1,000.
FRAUDJune 10 | A resident of Warner Road in Stokesdale reported she was the victim of a fraud that occurred when an unknown suspect took $4,000 worth of Green Dot cards. The fraud occurred by means of a telephone scam in which the suspect claimed a family member of the victim was being held in jail and needed bond money.
THEFTJUNE 12 | A property owner on Oak Forest Court in Summerfield reported an unknown person entered the resi-
The District 1 Sheriff’s Offi cehas recently responded to the following incidentsin northwest Guilford County.
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focused on their futures.
Camp Carefree in Stokesdale is anoth-er organization the club supports finan-cially as well as through hosting a pizza night for the summer campers and staff.
For Mark Masters, being involved with Camp Carefree is a favorite club activity. “I really enjoy the pizza night,” says the Colfax resident. “It’s great to see the im-mediate impact in the faces of the kids.”
Over the years, the local Kiwanis club has also donated to Oak Ridge Military Academy, Malachi Boys Home and other local organizations, and members have been involved in the Oak Ridge Elemen-tary School spring festival, cleaning and beautifying the landscaping at the Oak Ridge welcome sign on Linville Road and organizing the Stokesdale Holiday Parade.
The largest and most successful of the club’s fundraisers is its annual golf tournament, Golf Fore Kids, which has netted the club approximately $35,000.
Masters has organized the event since its creation seven years ago and says it’s his way of helping the club achieve its goal of helping children in our community.
Along with its local activities, the
club is currently involved with a Kiwanis international project.
“Clubs around the world are work-ing to rid the world of maternal, neo-natal tetanus,” says Harmon. “Kiwanis is the fund-raising side of the equation, and UNICEF is the delivery side. Every Kiwanis club in the world is currently raising money to support this effort.”
The Northwest Guilford Kiwanis club welcomes new members and invites anyone interested to attend one of its meetings.
“Being in our club is easy,” assures Harmon. “We have no attendance requirements, are very affordable, and meet at Bill’s Pizza in Oak Ridge.”
“It’s a great way to give back to the community, which will also make you a better person,” adds Masters. “Plus, we have the best members.”
want to attend or learn more?
For more info, email Todd Harmon at [email protected]. North-west Guilford Kiwanis meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 12 noon at Bill’s Pizza in Oak Ridge.
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• Elementary group male involvement award – Team Dad events, Jack Berg-man
• Service to Students award – this is the highest award given in the county, and it recognizes our total PTA program and how it serves students, families,
staff and our local community. This is the second year in a row Summerfield Elementary has received this award.
In addition to these awards, Anita Alday, Summerfield Elementary’s school nurse, received a nurse’s award from the North Carolina PTA, and the school’s PTA received the Distinguished PTA award, a point system award based on activities provided by the NCPTA.
Scouts create reading garden
COLFAX – For their Bronze Award project, Girl Scout Troop 40177 designed and planted a reading garden for Colfax Elementary as a way to give back to the school for allowing the troop to hold its meetings there. The reading garden is an outside area that was designed to con-nect many classrooms and is used pri-marily for lessons and pleasure reading.
The Scouts would like to thank Cindy Jones from Oak Ridge Shrubbery for working with them in their research,
design and planning of the reading gar-den. Besides using money raised from cookie sales, the troop also received donations and discounts from Home Depot off Battleground Avenue, Costco and Lowe’s Home Improvement in Kernersville, Oak Ridge Shrubbery and Spivey’s Nursery.
The girls did a terrific job in plant-ing and mulching and would also like to thank all the parents who helped with this project.
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Photo courtesy of Amy Pagano/Colfax Elementary
(Back row, L to R) Maggie Shue, Macey Moore, Myrrhan Sanchez, Anna Gwyn; (Middle row, L to R) Emily Saliga, Madeline Mai, Brooke Woodcock, Emma Fulp; (Front row, L to R) Beka Schick, Olivia Steadman, Christen Thompson, Katherine Brown, Olivia Sylvia; (not pictured) Jessica Burger, Quinn Migliaccio, Troop Leader Melisa Saliga.
Four ORYA lacrosse teams garner championships
Congratulations to the Oak Ridge Youth Association for a successful 2014 lacrosse season. The Oak Ridge Colts U9, U11 Red, and U15 boys teams are the 2014 PCLA league champions and the U13 Red are the 2014 Hammer-head Frenzy champions.
The ORYA teams had a 78 percent combined win record, with the U13 Red and the U15 teams going undefeated in their regular seasons.
Congratulations is also well de-served to the up and coming U11
White and U13 White boys teams for a hard-fought and well-played season. We are so proud of all of our players’ accomplishments; each one of our teams showed tremendous sportsman-ship and effort and gave their best to our organization.
ORYA continues to make their mark as the top organization in the Triad area for youth lacrosse. We appreciate all of the support from the parents and the hard work and dedication from the players and coaches.
Photo and article courtesy of Angela Holland
Oak Ridge Colts U11 Red team was one of four ORYA lacrosse teams to win a champi-onship this season.
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GRINS to... The Town of Stokes-
dale for all the sup-port you have given to Stokesdale Parks & Recreation Asso-ciation over the past year! You truly care about the kids in the community.
Crossroads Pharmacy in Stokesdale for personal and very friendly service.
April is so helpful, and we love having a pharmacy where they smile, speak to you and treat you like a friend.
The two women on the Greenway who helped me get my copperhead-bitten dog to my car last week. Jessie is doing fine and owes you a lick in the face!
The kids on the Dodgers’ and Cardinals’ teams at the SRA baseball game on Thursday, June 12, for not being immature and poor sports like some of the adults in the stands.
Patrick at Dollar General in Stokesdale for seamlessly handling my return on June 13. And by the way, the store’s floors were pristine, the aisles were clear, and I give them a customer service rating of greater than 100 percent.
The kid who found my wallet at Oak Ridge Park on June 14 and turned it in to Officer Keene from the Guilford County sheriff’s department. Officer Keene worked diligently to find me and return the wallet.
The beautiful young lady who paid for my pedicure at A&Y Nails in Oak Ridge on my 80th birthday.
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Thanks to Summerfi eld Town Council for far-sighted purchase
I want to take a moment to thank the present and former Summerfield town councils for their far-sighted pur-chase of the Gordon property, consist-ing of 16.1 acres laying adjacent to the present Summerfield town hall.
This purchase accomplished two important goals. First, several years ago, as the council looked forward 20 to 40 years, it felt the town needed to purchase around 20 acres of property for town use. The council wanted the property to be as close to the crossroads of Oak Ridge Road and Summerfield Road as possible to make it near the town center.
Second, this purchase is set to save the Gordon Hardware building as a part of the town’s living history and commu-nity of Summerfield.
There is a great possibility that had the town not bought the property, over the next 20 years we would have wit-nessed the Gordon Hardware building become an unsightly pile of bricks and rotten wood – just like the “flag build-ing” that lies in ruins beside it now, and just like the old Bank of Summerfield that used to stand at the intersection of Pleasant Ridge Road and Summerfield Road.
I fully expect the Gordon Hardware building to be converted into a thriving, vibrant part of the everyday life of the community for another 100 years or more, just like the current town hall.
Thank you, Town Council of Sum-merfield.
Mark E. Brown,SUMMERFIELD
Stiffer gun control laws will not solve mental illness
This time it was a 14-year-old youth from Troutdale, Oregon, who went berserk and on a killing spree. The common factor is not always a gun – just a few weeks ago another teen stabbed his victims with a kitchen knife. Yet, Obama is again calling for stiffer gun control laws!
Most all these perpetrators share one common trait – a mental disorder that can be defined, identified and
dealt with. We should realize that re-stricting guns and ammo will not solve this problem, just as prohibition of alcohol did not solve the problem it at-tempted to address in the late 1920s.
We must devise ways to compel our system to deal with the mentally ill who continue to commit these heinous acts.
Ramon Bell,STOKESDALE
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radio tower in Stokes-dale off of U.S. 220/N.C. 68. They’ve boosted their power so much you can’t get radio reception from any major station without getting mostly static. This doesn’t clear until halfway to Oak Ridge.
The dog owner in Weatherstone subdivision for allowing your pit bull mix (white w/brown shoulders) to roam the neighborhood. I’m afraid your dog is going to get killed by a car – please have more concern for your animal.
Oak Ridge Park groundskeeper for not using an eco-friendly weed killer. Whatever you are using, the smell is horrible and it makes using the park undesirable. Also, kids are playing on those toxic fields and it turns the walks blue.
Editor’s note: We contacted Terry Lannon, Oak Ridge’s Parks and Recreation director, about the weed killer that is being used at the park. We appreciate him taking the time to respond, and in such detail – below is what he had to say …
“We apologize for any inconve-nience this has caused,” Lannon said. “We are using a product with 2, 4-D dimethylamine salt to manage a wide range of broadleaf weeds. Despite its safety, we are still very cautious about how we apply it. It’s done during the earlier part of the day when traffic at the park is light. It is also done on days when the wind is at an accept-able rate to prevent drift. The product is safe to walk on once it has dried, and since we don’t spray when the ground is wet, it dries quickly. Some areas, such as the playground and dog park, are even posted and closed when we do them.
“We have tried a couple ‘natural’
products that were rather ineffective. We have recently begun using a new ‘green’ product that will allow us to go half-rate on anything else we put out there. We’ll know the effectiveness of this test program by the middle of this fall.
“The blue you see out there is only a tracker we use. It is nothing more than a type of “food-coloring” that helps show us where we’ve already done. The products we use dry so quickly that once you turn around to make another pass you can’t see where you’ve already been. The colorant al-lows us to line up our passes to more efficiently use the product we’re putting out by not overlapping. It is usually washed away in a couple days.”
To the family on N.C. 150 near Ashton Park in Oak Ridge who keep their small dog tied up in the front yard day and night through heat and thunderstorms, even when no one is home. Why have pets and not care for them?
The Stokesdale tacky police. If you would like to contribute about $1,000 for a very tasteful display of U.S. flags along Main Street, it can be arranged. Criticizing the efforts of others without helping is the epitome of tackiness!
Those who think outrage over the terrorists that Obama swapped for Bergdahl is a distraction. The terror-ists/prisoners he released are a serious threat to the U.S. and the Middle East.
(Now that school is out, a retroac-tive gripe to …) Selfish parents who kept their children out of school during the make-up days of spring break. You are not a good role model for teaching priorities and integrity.
People who do not have the cour-age to speak directly to those they are griping about. It is by far more mean-spirited than helpful. If you do not like something, find a way to improve it!
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rian’s address, the vocal ensemble and women’s chorus sang For Good.
Valedictorian Annie Sauer graduated with a 5.43 GPA; she took 14 advance placement courses, served as Student Council president, completed over 215 hours of volunteer service, and partici-pated in an array of other activities.
Sauer applied to and was accepted by several universities, and chose to at-tend Auburn University in the fall.
In her valedictorian speech, she reflected on the ways in which her class had grown together as a Northern
community.
“We’ve won together and we’ve lost together,” said Sauer. “But every interaction – good, bad, big or small, has shaped the person I am.”
And what better way to preserve this special day for Sauer and so many others than to take a quick selfie, capturing herself and her classmates in their gowns and glory? So Sauer did just that, closing her speech with a quick snapshot of herself and the rest of the Class of 2014. (See the photo on page 16).
high school!”
Brown thanked family and faculty for their support, and recapped some high-lights of high school years, from “scouring local Goodwills for the best Spirit Week outfits” to “learning history in Guilford County’s finest trailer park” (referring to the mobile units on the school’s campus).”
Shifting to a serious tone, Brown asked her classmates if they were aware they were expected to be the next ‘great-est generation,’ following in the footsteps of the generation that endured both the Great Depression and World War II.
“You might ask, ‘How could we, a generation known to be narcissistic, lazy, materialistic, self-entitled ... How could we be the next greatest generation?”
Mixing humorous examples of pioneer-ing new fashion styles, dance moves, and a new language, she credited her genera-tion for its innovation and its passion.
Brown closed her speech with a chal-
lenge to her classmates.
“Class of 2014, we have a pretty big reputation to uphold. What you do in your life will not just affect you – you are part of something much bigger than yourself. There are two options we each have … Will you choose to be some-one who validates the fears that some people have for our generation? Or will you choose to give life to the hopes that many people have for us?
“It’s up to you to prove to the world that we’re not just a bunch of Netflix, Twitter addicts … we are a generation of true depth. Soon, we’re going to be the ones calling the shots and facing some tough issues, not just in our own personal lives but on a global scale. Prove that this generation – the next ‘greatest generation’— is able to face the many challenges ahead.”
Salutatorian Kyle Schlanger spoke of challenging classes, persevering during
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NORTHWEST GRADUATES ...continued from p. 1
Connor Lenzewill attend NC State University
Elaine Indermaurwill attend NC State University
Noah Berkelhammer will attend UNC Chapel Hill
Daniel Streeterwill attend NCState University
Manal Ahmidouchwill attend Wake Forest University
Matthew Garnerwill attend NC State University
Megan Andersonwill attend UNC Chapel Hill
Cyrus Fitzpatrickwill attend UNC Chapel Hill
David Meyerwill attend Marist University
Jyoshitha Tellawill attend UNC Chapel Hill
Katherine Beckwill attend Wake Forest University
Hayden Lawrencewill attend NC State University
Austin Hazlettwill attend Penn State University
David Lovatowill attend NC State University
Abigail Stephanwill attend Clem-son University
Samuel Pool will attend U.S. Military Academy-West Point
REMAINING TOP 10 NORTHERN GRADUATES(Annie Sauer, valedictorian, and Karleigh Smith, salutatorian, pictured on front cover)
REMAINING TOP 10 NORTHWEST GRADUATES(Erin Brown, valedictorian, and Kyle Schlanger, salutatorian, pictured on front cover)
difficult times, laughter and friendships.
“We have succeeded and failed … yes, failed,” Schlanger said. “But failure is not defining unless you allow it to be. Thomas Edison said, when inventing the light bulb, ‘I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.’
“As seniors graduating high school,
we’re just starting to make our way up the hill of life,” Schlanger continued. “We have our whole lives ahead of us, throughout which we will all fail and suc-ceed many times. Cherish your success-es and accept your failures, but do so with a positive attitude as failure offers a mechanism for growth.”
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SUMMER SACRED ARTS CAMP, August 11-14, 9am-12n for rising K-5th graders, Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church. Explore the Bible in different mediums of the arts, including music, visual arts, drama and the natural world. $35/camper. Call Rich for more info or to register, (336) 324-0497.
STAGELIGHTS THEATER COMPANY is gearing up for summer camp! Join us at Ridgewood Swim and Tennis for theater fun + swimming option. Seuss, Robin Hood, Disney and more. 1st week, 6/16/14. Pric-es from $155; www.stagelightstheater.com, email [email protected].
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JDB PLUMBING. Repair, remodel, well pump. Lic/Ins. Accepts all major credit cards. Offi ce 656-0019, cell 382-6905.
POWER WASHING
A.S.K. PRESSURE WASHING Professional equipment, professional eco-friendly chemicals, professional work. Refer-ences available. Residential or commercial. 25% off through July, 2014. (336) 451-9566.
KEITH SMITH CONSTRUCTION.26 years experience. Specializing in room additions, garages, vinyl siding and win-dows, painting, ceramic tile, laminate, hard-wood and linoleum fl oors, and remodeling of all kinds. No job too small. Free est. Call 644-1943 or cell 362-7469.
BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTIONKitchens & baths, rotted wood, custom decks, garages, siding, windows, roofi ng specials. Sr. discounts, 35 years exp. 362-6343.
HOME SERVICES
RENOVATION WORKS INC.New construction, remodeling, kitchen and bath, additions, decks & patios. Call (336) 427-7391 or www.myrenovationworks.com.
R4 SPECIALTIESRepair, refi nish, reface and remodel. Free estimates. 14 years architectural mill work experience. (336) 339-7552.
Construction Services, INC
BUILDING | RENOVATIONS | ADDITIONS
644-8615 office508-5242 cell
Licensed & insured NC Gen. Contractor #72797
TMScreened porches | Sunrooms | Patios
TRIPP SMITH CONSTRUCTION, LLC.Licensed General Contractor with college degree in construction management and over 18 years of experience. We special-ize in additions, remodels, garages, decks, sunrooms, new construction, residential & commercial. No job too large or too small. Free Estimates. Call or email, 399-4894, [email protected].
(336) 931-0600BEKPaintCompany.com• References Available • Licensed & Insured • All Work Guaranteed
BEK Paint Co.Residential & Commercial
PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR, 32 years exp. Sheetrock repair. Brad Rogers. Call for free estimate. Local 314-3186.
STILL PERFECTION PAINTINGReliable, skilled, affordable. Painting, pres-sure washing, handyman services. Scott Still, 462-3683 or stillperfectionpainting.com.
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RIDDLE PAINTING
Specializing in interior painting, we take pride in our quality work
and personalized service
Residential InteriorsPressure Washing
Free estimates References available
(336) 402-4603Serving the Triad since 1998
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ROOFING
CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLCResidential roofi ng, rubber fl at roofs, roof coating, metal roofs. 30 years experience. Now accepting all major credit cards. Call 643-8191 or 580-3245.
RED RHINO ROOFING, based in Oak Ridge, NC. Storm damage specialist expe-rienced with all types of roofi ng. BBB ac-credited A and listed with Angie’s List. Call 662-7980, or visit redrhinoroofi ng.com.
A.L. CORMAN ROOFING INC.Res. roofi ng specialist serving Guilford Cty. area since 1983. Member BBB 25+ years w/ A+ rating. cormanroofi nginc.com, 621-6962.
MISC. SERVICES
COMPUTER REPAIRS $99.Used computers, website design. Info at ITBASICS.COM – (336) 643-0068. Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons.
FREE PICKUP of appliances, batteries, junk mowers, air conditioners, grills, electri-cal items, metal items, etc. 689-4167.
MISC. FOR SALE
WAREHOUSE MALL, INC. NOW OPEN! Antiques, collectibles and so much more! 305 E. Bodenhamer Drive, Kernersville. Consignors needed, $100/mo. for 10’ x 10’ space. Larger spaces available. Please call (336) 992-2469. Hours: Monday-Sat., 10am-7pm, Sunday, 1-6pm.
ALL NEW MATTRESS SETS. Still in plastic, w/ warranty. Twin, $99; Full, $109; Queen, $129; King, $191. Can deliver, layaway available. Mattress Outlet. 992-0025.
WURLITZER PIANO, 1996 model, cherry, perfect condition, appraised at $1,200, will sell for $500. (336) 643-7882.
KNIGHTS PRODUCE & PLANTSVegetable plants and hanging baskets. 14809 Hwy. 158, Summerfi eld. 708-0485.
MISC. WANTED
CASH for riding lawn mower needing repair or free removal if unwanted. Also free pick-up of appliances, AC’s, grills, metal items, computers, gas & electrical items. 689-4167.
$$$ – WILL PAY CASH up to $200 for your junk or wrecked vehicle. 552-0328.
COWBOY is a nearly 2-year-old Pit Bull Ter-rier that was dropped off at Bel-Aire Veteri-nary Hospital this past December. We have contacted multiple rescue groups and used social media in an effort to fi nd this boy a home, but to no avail. He is a friendly, ener-getic boy that will be good with other dogs. He is curious about cats. He has not shown any aggression towards pets or people. Because he has been restricted to smaller spaces at the clinic and has not received as much exercise as he needs or would get in a home, he is VERY excited when he meets new people or pets. Please contact us if you are interested in providing a much-needed home for this boy. (336) 665-1286.
Guilford County Animal Shelter www.adoptshelterpets.org
PET / ANIMAL SERVICES
LOST & FOUND
LOST CAT. On May 23, my cat disap-peared and I believe someone has claimed her as their own. There was no evidence that she was hit by a car – she would go out at night and return the following morning. However, on May 23, she never returned. She is a brown and caramel striped cat with a black and white striped tail. She has tags that identify her as “Molly” and provide her address/phone. Someone posted a miss-ing cat several months ago that was identi-cal to my cat, only they called their cat “Mel-vin.” She is terribly missed and I would like her back. Please call with any information! I am heartbroken at her disappearance. (336) 430-7009.
PET SITTING / BOARDING
SPOIL-ME-ROTTEN ANIMAL CAREMotto: love, compassion, respect for your pets. Professional pet sitter for 18 years. Bonded/Insured. Member, Pet Sitters Intl. Provide food, exercise, play, meds/shots, much TLC. 1-3 trips/day. $15/trip (30 min). Call 643-5242. Oak Ridge/Summerfi eld.
PET SITTING. Caring and responsible. $14 per 30-minute visit. (336) 601-2087.
REAL ESTATE
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
STOKESDALE, 8604 Hwy. 158. 2 offi ces, 30’ x 40’ building, central air/heat, front lot and rear fenced lot. $1,000/mo. 643-4431.
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
VANGUARD REAL ESTATE OPTIONS, LLC. No-fee and low-fee listings. Mike Blackwelder, (336) 644-1476.
VACATION PROPERTY
CAROLINA MARINA, 214 Pelican Dr. Jet ski lift, boat slip, 40’ covered deck, park model, water front. $112,000. 337-9268.
REAL ESTATE
HOMES FOR SALE
DeDe CunninghamRealtor®/ BrokerNC Licensed ContractorChairman’s Circle Award
(336) 509-1923allentate.com/DedeCunningham
8231 Stafford Mill RoadText T124342 to 85377 for info. The discerning buyer needs look no further! Immaculate and totally updated, this 4 BR/4.5 BA home boasts a 7-car garage and room for a pool in rear yard. Privacy assured! $7,000 in closing costs paid by seller. Possible in-law suite. $690,000
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391 Crows Nest DriveExceptional estate home on serene Belews Lake. Situated on a 1+ acre wooded lot in private, gated community of Belews Landing, this “lifestyle” home offers room for everyone. Custom-built with beautiful molding, two kitchens, game room and two offices! A must-see home. $1,490,000
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HOMES FOR SALE
8404 Oak Meadow Drive
Lakefront 3BR/2.5BA/3-car, all-brick home with 3-room master suite. Northwest High School district. Partial walkout unfinished basement. Space for additional bedroom. $356,900
OPEN HOUSE: Sun, June 22 • 2-4pm
GIL VAUGHANRealtor®/Broker • (336) 337-4780
7009 Mustang Court
Prestigious Polo Farms! All the house your family will ever need! Stately, custom brick home with full finished basement on level 1.6-acre landscaped site. Swim, tennis, clubhouse and gym. Close to town for services but far from town for tranquility! Mid-$700’s.
NANCY HESS, Realtor®
(336) 215-1820
REAL ESTATE
HOMES FOR SALE
2921 Highway 220 N14.18 AC zoned Highway Business. Public water across highway. Public sewer force main not accessible. 80’ driveway access to property at highway crossover. 12 AC cleared. 1 AC leased for 5 years. Property access from Hwy 220 and Harned Farm Rd, 715 feet of road frontage is on Hwy 220. $495,000
Bob Brodie, ABR(336) 643-8110 • bobbrodie.com
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