Oct. 18 - 24, 2013 IN THIS ISSUE News in brief............................... 3 Your Questions ........................... 4 Summerfield Town Council ....... 6 Bits & Pieces ............................. 12 High School Football ............... 14 Student Profiles ........................ 15 Community Calendar............. 20 Crime/Incident Report ............ 23 Letters/Opinions ..................... 24 Grins & Gripes .......................... 25 Classifieds ................................ 27 Index of Advertisers ................ 31 NWO On The Go! ..................... 32 ...continued on p. 16 bringing the local news home to northwest Guilford County since 1996 nwobserver.com • by ANNETTE JOYCE SUMMERFIELD – It wasn’t that many years ago that the roads of northwest Guilford County were lined with stalks of lush green tobacco in fields that stretched as far as you could see. These days, however, the sight of even a single tobacco field is a rarity. Many have been replaced with neighborhoods and shopping centers, and most of the log tobacco barns used for curing have since crumbled or been torn down. Although the landscape has drastical- ly changed, tobacco farming will always have its place in our area’s rich history. For that reason, the Summerfield Histori- cal Committee has put together a display that illustrates the process of bringing in a tobacco crop and showcases some of the area’s farm families who once relied on tobacco for their livelihood. Housed on the first floor of the Summerfield Town Hall, the display focuses on the less modern means of harvesting tobacco that were prevalent in the days before tractors, electric stringers and bulk barns. With little out- side hired help, families and neighbors worked together to harvest the season’s crop and ready it for the market. As an introduction to the display, Linda Southard, the committee’s chair- person, has put together a book that shows how a tobacco crop progressed. Along with enlarged photos of area to- bacco farmers, there are tools such as a hand planter, buck stringer and tobacco sticks. There’s also a miniature replica of a wood-burning tobacco barn that was handcrafted by the father of Scott Whitaker, Sum- merfield’s town manager. The photos, many of which were furnished by local historian and Summerfield resident, Gladys Scarlette, show area residents perform- Town’s historical committee creates display illustrating history of the tobacco crop When tobacco was ‘king’ Children on tobacco farms learned the value of hard work at an early age. Front row: Jim Beeson, David Bolling and Mike Southard. Back row: Elwood Boggs, Jimmy Bolling and Jimmy Beeson. Carolyn Yow, wife of the late Bob Yow, former Northwest High School math teacher, soccer, football, track and women’s basket- ball coach; Laura Malcolm, held by her mother Kristi Yow Malcolm (Coach Yow’s daughter), Christopher Malcolm and Abigail Malcolm (standing). The family was honored at a ceremony on Oct. 10 in which the high school’s soccer field was officially named the “Coach Bob Yow Field.” Coach Yow died in May 2012 at age 60. Photo by Laura Pullins/NWO Photo courtesy of Summerfield Historical Committee
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IN THIS ISSUENews in brief ...............................3Your Questions ...........................4Summerfi eld Town Council .......6Bits & Pieces ............................. 12High School Football ............... 14Student Profi les ........................ 15Community Calendar .............20Crime/Incident Report ............23Letters/Opinions .....................24Grins & Gripes ..........................25Classifi eds ................................27Index of Advertisers ................ 31NWO On The Go! .....................32
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by ANNETTE JOYCE
SUMMERFIELD – It wasn’t that many years ago that the roads of northwest Guilford County were lined with stalks of lush green tobacco in fields that stretched as far as you could see. These days, however, the sight of even a single tobacco field is a rarity. Many have been replaced with neighborhoods and shopping centers, and most of the log tobacco barns used for curing have since crumbled or been torn down.
Although the landscape has drastical-ly changed, tobacco farming will always have its place in our area’s rich history. For that reason, the Summerfield Histori-cal Committee has put together a display that illustrates the process of bringing in a tobacco crop and showcases some of the area’s farm families who once relied on tobacco for their livelihood.
Housed on the first floor of the Summerfield Town Hall, the display focuses on the less modern means of
harvesting tobacco that were prevalent in the days before tractors, electric stringers and bulk barns. With little out-side hired help, families and neighbors worked together to harvest the season’s crop and ready it for the market.
As an introduction to the display, Linda Southard, the committee’s chair-person, has put together a book that shows how a tobacco crop progressed. Along with enlarged photos of area to-bacco farmers, there are tools such as a hand planter, buck stringer and tobacco sticks. There’s also a miniature replica of a wood-burning tobacco barn that was handcrafted by the father of Scott Whitaker, Sum-merfield’s town manager.
The photos, many of which were furnished by local historian and Summerfield resident, Gladys Scarlette, show area residents perform-
Town’s historical committee creates display illustrating history of the tobacco crop
When tobacco was ‘king’
Children on tobacco farms learned the value of hard work at an early age. Front row: Jim Beeson, David Bolling and Mike Southard. Back row: Elwood Boggs, Jimmy Bolling and Jimmy Beeson.
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worked together to harvest the season’s
When tobacco was ‘king’
Children on tobacco farms learned the value of hard work at an early age. Front row: Jim Beeson, David Bolling and Mike Southard. Back row: Elwood Boggs, Jimmy Bolling and Jimmy Beeson.
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Carolyn Yow, wife of the late Bob Yow, former Northwest High School math teacher, soccer, football, track and women’s basket-
ball coach; Laura Malcolm, held by her mother Kristi Yow Malcolm (Coach Yow’s daughter), Christopher Malcolm and Abigail Malcolm
(standing). The family was honored at a ceremony on Oct. 10 in which the high school’s soccer fi eld was offi cially named the “Coach
Bob Yow Field.” Coach Yow died in May 2012 at age 60.Photo by Laura Pullins/NWO
Photo courtesy of Summerfi eld Historical Committee
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Oops, how embarrassing! OAK RIDGE/THE WORLD – Though our mistake in last week’s paper wasn’t on quite the same scale as that of the Vatican’s, we humbly apologize for adding an extra “d” to council member George McClellan’s last name, which appeared near the end of our Oak Ridge Town Council coverage. And thanks to McClellan for being an avid reader of our paper and detecting the mistake before the ink was even dry on the paper.
As for the Vatican’s mistake, mis-spelling the name “Jesus” may be even more embarrassing. To com-memorate Pope Francis’ first year
as pope, the Vatican issued a medal engraved with a Latin phrase that the pope says inspired him to become a priest (translated in English, the phrase means, “Jesus therefore sees the tax collector, and since he sees by having mercy and choosing, he says to him, ‘follow me’”).
Unfortunately, Italy’s state mint pressed 6,200 medals before dis-covering the name “Jesus” had been spelled “Lesus.”
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Over the last few years several neighbors and I have seen a mountain lion in the
Spotswood Road area of Summerfield. Rumor has it that a private individual has a tagged breeding pair that is either let loose or gets loose on occasion. There is also a rumor about a tagged black bear in the area and red wolves that have been relocated to the area. Is there any truth to these rumors?
As the District 5 biologist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Jason Allen has
heard all sorts of rumors – especially about mountain lions. He covers 11 N.C. counties including Guilford and has yet to see any evidence of mountain lions in the area. In fact, mountain lions are classified as an extinct species in our state.
Still, Allen gets reports of mountain lion sightings on a regular basis.
“Anything’s possible, but I can assure you if there was a pair of mountain lions (in the Summerfield area) and they got loose, someone would have called us,” says Allen.
Guilford County’s Animal Ordinance makes it illegal for individuals to have dangerous wild animals such as moun-tain lions as pets.
As for the rumor concerning tagged black bears and red wolves being relo-
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cated to the area, that’s not true unless someone has done it illegally, Allen says.
He points out that the commission does not have the resources for such relocations. “We don’t have enough personnel or enough land to trap every problem animal in the state and take it to an area where it wouldn’t be a prob-lem,” says Allen. “Only in very special circumstances would we relocate one … If there is a black bear in the area, we advise people to leave it alone.”
Allen also says an area as densely populated as Summerfield would not be a place where a tagged animal would be let loose. “We wouldn’t take a black bear from one location and move it to Summerfield,” he says. “That would be like someone taking a snake from inside their house and relocating it to the garage.”
Unlike a few black bears which have wandered into the surrounding area over the past few years, Allen has no
Mountain lions such as the one above are classifi ed as extinct in North Carolina, and it is illegal to keep such animals as pets.
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knowledge of any red wolves making an appearance. The only known red wolves in the state are located on the coast and are part of a federal project to re-establish the species. These animals are tagged and collared.
Has the suspect arrested in the church fire at Gideon Grove been to trial? There has been
nothing published about the status or the outcome in the newspaper or online.
Harley Kendall Fulp was arrested on April 12, 2013. The Stokesdale resident, who was
18 at the time of his arrest, was charged with the felonious burning of a church or other religious building in connection with the fire at Gideon Grove United Method-ist Church on Dec. 22, 2012.
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Harley Kendall Fulp was arrested for the Dec. 22, 2012, burning of Gideon Grove Church. The church has since formed a Building Committee and is working with an architect on the design of a new sanctuary to replace the one that burned. In the meantime, Gideon Grove continues to hold services at Palestine United Methodist Church on Ellisboro Road in Stokesdale, where Wanda Lancaster is also the minister.
secured bond. His next court date is Dec. 5, 2013.
When asked about any further up-
dates on the case, Bridge says that she’s unable to make any comments because this is a pending case.
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SUMMERFIELD town councilas reported by PATTI STOKES
Mayor Mark Brown called the Oct. 8 council meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The meeting agenda and minutes from the Sept. 10 meeting were approved.
CITIZEN COMMENTS �� Jane Wilson, John O’Day, Mike
Adams and Rich Lipinski are all candi-dates for town council and spoke of their backgrounds and qualifications, as did Tim Sessoms and Dwayne Crawford, both candidates for mayor. �� Karen Knight, a resident of Elmhurst
Estates, announced a Meet & Greet the Candidates would be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., at Community Lutheran Church in Summerfield. “Come and ask your own questions,” Knight encouraged. �� Gail Dunham said with $8.3 million
in reserves, Summerfield should not have levied a tax in the previous few years. As for the recent open house she
had attended for the commercial rezon-ing request on N.C. 150 and Deboe Road, Dunham said citizens had been presented with a “Thomas Kincade-like watercolor rendering” of a proposed shopping center and had not had their questions answered.
COMMITTEE REPORTSFinance. Finance Officer Katrina Whitt said the committee would meet again on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Historical. Linda Southard encouraged everyone to stop by Town Hall and see the display that the committee has set up to educate people about the role the tobacco crop played in the town’s history. The committee meets again on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. Trails and Open Space. Paul Lambrecht said the committee continues prepara-tions for its presentation to council at
the Nov. 12 meeting. Town Manager Scott Whitaker said
the Sept. 14 Music in the Park event, which included an Open Mic session and a concert by Back Porch Orchestra, had gone well and another Music in the Park would be planned for the spring.
PUBLIC HEARINGRezoning, RS-60 to CU-GB. 34.28 acres consisting of three parcels bounded on the northwest by the future I-73, on the east by Deboe Road and on the south by Khaki Drive. Interim Town Planner Julie Reid gave an overview of the rezoning request and highlighted several key issues for council to consider when making a decision as to whether to approve it, which included the Northwest Area Plan, the scenic corridor, the town’s compre-hensive plan which was adopted in 2010, and traffic improvements.
The petitioner wishes to develop the land as a walkable, village-type shop-ping center. Reid explained the rezoning hearing was to determine if a general business zone, which accommodates a wide variety of uses, would be appropri-ate at this location.
“Adequate water supply may very well be the limiting factor in this devel-opment,” Reid stated. “Sprinkler systems will require much water.” Other factors to consider included wastewater dis-posal, the historic Saunders Inn pres-ently located on the property, and tree removal (a tree conservation plan will be submitted with the master/site plan).
COUNCIL QUESTIONS�� Elizabeth McClellan asked about
new conditions placed on the rezoning and Alicia Flowers asked if nearby prop-erty owners had been given a list of all permitted uses in the general business zoning when they were notified of the rezoning request (she was told no, this wasn’t legally required, but they received a list of the conditions/exceptions placed on the rezoning request).
Proponents�� Charlie Melvin, an attorney in
Greensboro, spoke on behalf of Paul Milam, owner of the property, and David Couch, who wished to purchase and develop it. Melvin explained that an adjoining 45-acre parcel was rezoned for commercial use in 2004/2005 but had never been developed “due to various circumstances.” Combining that parcel with this 35-acre parcel made sense, Melvin said, and offered the town a “much better opportunity for this property to be developed the way that Summerfield has indicated it wants that property to be developed.”
With the coming of I-73 and an on/off ramp in this area, single family homes would not be well-suited for this location, Melvin said. “There is every reason not to leave this property zoned as RS-40 to be developed for single family detached residences.”
�� John Davenport, a traffic consultant hired by Couch, said his company would work very closely with N.C. Department of Transportation on this project. “They are very serious about their roadways … and adjacent to a future interstate, they will be even more serious,” Davenport said.
With the future widening of N.C. 150 and the construction of a four-lane bridge, the vehicle capacity at this location would increase significantly, Davenport said. Noise mitigation would be essential.
Flowers asked how long the four-lane section of N.C. 150 would be and Dav-enport responded it would be enough to take care of the interstate on/off ramp. When pressed for more details, Davenport said he could not be more specific because this project will be a “design-build,” which gives DOT liberty to modify the plan along the way.
�� Chuck Truby, owner of CPT Engi-neering, said incorporating this addi-tional back parcel of land would make it much more conducive to creating a village-type shopping center, which would benefit the town. “If you (town council) don’t rezone this (second
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With no municipal water system, water supply will be a big hoop to jump through, Truby said, explaining the re-quired process for drilling test wells, per-forming drawdown tests and monitoring any impact on nearby wells. “If our wells show a drop in the water level in an adjacent well, the state won’t let us draw down that much water,” he said. The shopping center’s water system must provide for domestic water demand and sprinkler systems. If onsite wells would not supply enough water, the project would become smaller, Truby said.
Stormwater runoff and sewage treat-ment were also big issues the developer will have to deal with, with many tests performed in the process of approval, Truby added.
Flowers asked what would happen if residents’ wells in Henson Forest and on Deboe Road were affected and Truby said the state would require proof that no other wells were affected by wells at the shopping center.
�� Milam said his family had devel-oped several communities in and near Summerfield, including Henson Forest, Henson Farms and Autumn Lake. “We have always tried to set a standard that is beyond the ordinance … that’s why we have chosen to work with David Couch and the Blue Ridge Companies. We know David has a long-term invest-ment in Summerfield, he is a man of his word, has great experience in the commercial world, and he has also as-sembled a very good team for this site,” Milam said.
�� Couch, CEO of The Blue Ridge Companies, owns Summerfield Farms on Pleasant Ridge Road and has been in property development for 28 years. “If I have made anything in development I think I have spent it on the farm. I love
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Summerfield and I love that farm,” he said.
“It may seem like an odd statement, but if I had my personal druthers I would love to see that interstate disappear,” Couch said, adding he always stood by his word, put together very good teams, and would be personally and 100 per-cent responsible for what the shopping center “looks and smells like.”
A detailed master plan and traffic analysis would be provided at the next stage as required, Couch assured the council. Meetings will be held for citizen input and the shopping center would target businesses missing from the exist-ing marketplace.
Flowers asked if a master/site plan would be brought before the council for approval and Bill Hill, the town attorney, advised her that the process requires the plan be approved by the zoning board and the town’s ordinance does not re-quire it come before the council.
Couch emphasized he had no interest in developing a strip shopping center. “That type of development has a place, but it’s not something I can be proud of.”
�� Troy Standliff lives near Summerfield Farms on Pleasant Ridge Road and spoke to David’s integrity as a person and a neighbor who consistently sought assurance that the farm operations were not negatively affecting those around him. Also, he said David Couch and Paul Milam had helped the Summerfield Fire Department pay for a needed water tanker.
�� Sam Angel, a Deboe Road and lifetime Summerfield resident, said he lived on his family farm. “I’ve been here since Day 1 and I would go back to 700 people in Summerfield if I could. All of you transplants, leave. You all have created rezoning and now you want to stop growth. I don’t particularly want a shopping center across the road, but I don’t want a bunch of houses either. You can’t stop growth.”
Angel said his biggest concerns
about the proposed shopping center were regarding the sewage system it would require. “I don’t want to smell sewage … He (Couch) has given me a letter and has assured me there would be no smell.” Angel said two wells had already been dug on the property and “… they looked like geysers, so I do know there is some water over there.”
Given that the highway was coming – like it or not – and food and gas were necessities, Angel said Couch’s plan was the most responsible way to develop this property.
�� Scott Phillips and his family have lived on Summerfield Farms for 13 years and he said the working farm embodied what the town wants and is all about. “There is a team at Summerfield Farms and David Couch is at the center of it,” Phillips said. He described Couch as being very attentive to detail and a man of integrity.
�� John Van Kemp said the town did not currently have a “rallying point” where it could channel a sense of community and pride, and a village-type shopping center would be a positive for the com-munity. “I would be excited if I were in your shoes,” he told the council.
�� Billy Tesh, Jeff Lewis, Mickey Cook, Dail Perry, Linda Southard and Randy Elliott all spoke highly of Couch’s char-acter, and said they tired of having to drive to Greensboro and other places to get the services they needed, or to go to a nice restaurant; a development such as what Couch proposed would be the best use of the property.
Opponents�� Cheri Pickett urged council to post-
pone a decision and allow more time for citizen input. “The proposal for this village doesn’t seem to be in line with preserving rural character,” she said, voicing concerns about water and sewer.
�� Ken Dunham said 80 acres of com-mercial development didn’t support rural character, and council’s decision wasn’t about David Couch or his character, rather about permitted uses. He said
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the town’s protection would only come by placing conditions on water conser-vation, underground septic, building heights and design. Those conditions must be in writing, because the property could be sold at any time and the rezon-ing stayed with the property.
�� Cindy Harvey, a Henson Forest resident, said the proposed shopping center wasn’t the same as Summerfield Farms – unlike the farm operations, if a gas station and McDonald’s were included in the center they might be open 24 hours a day. Water pressure in her neighborhood already was a problem if adjacent neighbors irrigated their lawns at the same time, she said. The shopping center could make that even worse.
�� Peggy McPartland, a Summerfield Road resident, said she was 100 percent opposed to the commercial develop-ment of this property. As a member of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee (CPSC), she said the group had worked diligently to devise a plan that preserved the town’s rural character – strip malls, fast food restaurants and chain stores were not consistent with that goal.
�� Mia Malesovas, also one of 20 citi-zens who served on the CPSC, said the plan suggested that commercial areas should be kept separate from residen-tial areas. Also, the illustration of the
village-style shopping center presented by Couch looked more like a town, she said, adding that there was already under used retail space in Summerfield.
�� Shirley Jennings said she was shocked when the town’s zoning board passed this rezoning request onto the council with a recommendation to ap-prove it, then pointedly asked who on the council had voted to approve the ini-tial 45-acre parcel of land in 2004/2005 for commercial development. Jennings spoke of the town’s history, and said she didn’t think making it a place for people to get off the interstate and get gas and food was wanted.
�� Gail Dunham said the town had not followed proper legal procedures in notifying nearby property owners about the rezoning request, and the rezoning had nothing to do with David Couch. “Anyone in the world can buy that land,” Dunham pointed out. “Once this has been rezoned, this could become a larger complex.”
�� Fran Craven said Deboe Road had been a dirt road when she and her family moved there several years ago. “We were fortunate enough to buy three acres of land and it was the most beautiful place in the world to me. There isn’t a thing we can do about the interstate, but it’s a thorn in my side and everyone’s side.” Craven said if this com-mercial rezoning were approved it could
pave the way for adjacent property own-ers to sell their property for commercial development.
�� Dwayne Crawford, who had also served on the comprehensive plan com-mittee, said the people who moved to the area before the town experienced such rapid growth through annexation, which began around 2000, knew they had to drive into Greensboro for ser-vices. “Summerfield has been promoted as ‘close to Greensboro’ – have we changed that much?” he asked. Craw-ford said a big issue for him was water supply.
REBUTTAL, Proponents�� Couch said state standards for
community wells in towns such as Summerfield, which requires large lot densities of 60,000 sq. ft., with people irrigating those lots, needed to be updated. Couch addressed concerns about a Sheetz gas station and fast food restaurant operating 24 hours a day, and said this shopping center would be developed in such a way that he could
be proud of it. Discussion ensued about this area being identified by the town as a commercial node, and the permit-ted uses in a general use business area as well as those uses which Couch had conditioned out.
“Whether you zone this acreage or don’t zone it, you have a very challeng-ing and difficult piece of property that anybody can develop without creativity … I would love to expand that offering,” Couch said.
Speaking to an earlier citizen’s state-ment that the area surrounding this property could become like Wendover Avenue, Truby pointed out the City of Greensboro has municipal water and sewer but Summerfield does not, so com-mercial growth would never be close to what Greensboro has experienced.
Couch said Summerfield encom-passed over 27 miles and as a devel-oper, his job was to locate commercial centers in the right place for the market.
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He planned to do that with community involvement.
�� McClellan asked if Couch would delete a convenience store and gas sta-tion from the list of permitted uses and he said he was reluctant to delete other permitted uses without having more time to think about that.
�� Flowers expressed concerns about how Henson Forest’s water aquifer might be impacted, and about the re-zoning for the adjoining 45-acre parcel several years ago.
McClellan said there were too many
permitted uses in the general business zoning that she couldn’t support at this location, such as gas stations and pawn shops. “At the end of the day, the uses are what we live with,” she said.
REBUTTAL, Opponents�� Gail Dunham said an interstate
exchange could be developed without a Sheetz gas station (Couch had not spe-cifically mentioned a Sheetz gas station, but a gas station would be among the permitted uses), and the town shouldn’t be at the whim of the state’s water requirements. �� McPartland said she had lived in
other areas that had beautiful interstate exchanges. “Don’t succumb to the exaggerated horrors of what it (the I-73
exchange) is going to do to Summer-field,” she said.
After just over 2 ½ hours, the public hearing was closed.
COUNCIL COMMENTS�� McClellan said she struggled to rec-
oncile the comprehensive plan with the commercial development that was being proposed at this location.
�� Flowers said she had served on the comprehensive plan committee and knew what the committee’s intent was. “I have always been a proponent of people being allowed to do what they want to do on their own property. But, we don’t live in a vacuum … I come from a place where there is lots of traffic and lots of people. I knew where I was moving when I came to Sum-merfield. There was no Harris Teeter or anything else … for me to consider that someone is tired of driving into Greensboro as a reason to rezone that property, I just can’t do that in good conscience.”
�� John Wray said the commercial needs assessment that was completed in 2003 identified areas for commercial nodes. “The people in Summerfield, we owe it to them to provide a place where they can go for shopping … In 2000 Mr. Couch wanted to rezone the farm and I think I was the only one against it. He said then what he was going to do. I thought, ‘He is just like the other de-velopers.’ I was wrong and I apologized to him later. I found out that Mr. Couch does what he says he is going to do. I will support this (rezoning).”
Flowers asked Wray what part of the comprehensive plan he was basing his decision on and he referred back to the commercial needs assessment.
�� Brown, who as mayor does not have a vote (except in a tie), said he agreed with Wray about this area being suited for a commercial node and voiced his support for the rezoning request.
McClellan argued that the permitted uses apparently hadn’t been read when
the adjoining 45-acre parcel of land was developed several years ago. “Once we approve this rezoning, everything that is on that list goes with this rezoning. I don’t question Mr. Couch’s integrity, but things change and the zoning stays with the property.”
�� Dianne Laughlin said the opportunity for citizen input had been given and an equal amount of citizens had voiced their support for versus against this rezoning.
Wray motioned to approve the rezon-ing and Flowers made a substitute mo-tion to remand the zoning back to the zoning board for further discussion and to remove additional permitted uses.
�� Dena Barnes said the planning board had already given its recommendation and it was the council’s job to make a decision on it.
3 2 Council voted 3-2 to ap-prove the rezoning request, with McClel-lan and Flowers against.
TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT Scott Whitaker announced the
Christmas tree lighting will be held on Dec. 7. Exterior town hall improvements are underway and staff recruitment continues. Whitaker said the profession-al development conference he attended last month in Boston was very valuable.
Regarding the noise wall that DOT is proposing at the entrance to Elmhurst Estates, Whitaker said DOT has offered up what is very similar to what was on the table before. “What if residents don’t want the wall anymore?” asked McClellan. Whitaker said the wall must be provided if there is a property owner there who wants it, which there is.
5 0 Council voted unanimously to accept the town attorney’s recom-mendation to unseal closed session minutes from several previous meetings, some dating back to 2007 and several of which had redactions.
Following a closed session lasting about 40 minutes, the meeting ad-journed at 11:10 p.m.
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ladies golf team won the Mid-State 3A Tournament Championship on Oct.14 at Deep Springs Country Club by 37 shots. Guided by Coach Chris Jones, the Lady Nighthawks also won their 4th con-secutive conference championship by a record margin of 265 shots. The team
was undefeated in conference play and champion of the Kathleen Bryan Invita-tional, which is the equivalent to the city/county championship.
Garnering all-conference honors were seniors Alex Berg & Bryce Huntoon, junior Madison Cobb and sophomore Kendall Dobbins. Dobbins was recog-
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nized as Mid-State 3A Player of the Year by having the lowest scoring average.
Juniors Perri Todora & Alexis Lewis as well as freshman Alana Lewis were also vital contributors to the team’s success.
The team moves to the Regional Championship on Monday, Oct. 21 at Meadowlands in Wallburg and to the state finals on Oct. 28-29 at Foxfire in Pinehurst.
Northern hosts Project Unify gameNorthern High will host its second
annual Project Unify basketball game on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. Each team will consist of six special Olympians and six Northern basketball players. The pep band will be performing in the stands and cheer-
leaders will be cheering the fans on also.
Northern’s Sports Marketing 1 & 2 classes will be having a bake sale and collecting donations for Special Olym-pics. There will also be a half-court shot at half time. Admission is free.
Brews and Barrels for BelleThe inaugural “Brews & Barrels for
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“Brews & Barrels for Belle” is a beer, wine and food tasting event organized to raise money for the non-profit Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Carolinas Chapter.
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Our prediction | The Vikings will have their hands full on defense, but if they find success throwing the ball and eliminate turnovers, they should be able to defeat High Point Central. Northwest was able to throw the ball with success
against Grimsley, and they’ll need to be able to do the same against the Bisons, Woodruff said. “Whoever wins this game has a significant leg up in the confer-ence,” Woodruff said, adding that “a lot can happen on Friday night.”
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NORTHWEST GUILFORD VIKINGS (6-1, 1-0 in 4A)vs. High Point Central Bisons (5-2, 1-0 in 4A)
Friday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. at HOME
Series history | Northwest has a 3-5 record against High Point Central dating back to 2005, losing last year’s match-up, 20-14.
Meaningful stats | Northwest primarily has depended on its running game for most of the season, running for an aver-age 305.9 yards per game – that’s nearly double the Bisons’ 157.9 yards per game. Vikings senior running back Christian Dix gained 202 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries last week.
The Bisons have a solid air attack. Quarterback Jameel Mack averages 229.1 passing yards per game, while the Vikings’ Josh Homol averages 48.9 yards per game. “They have a quarterback that can run and make some plays, and
they have three very good receivers,” said Vikings head coach Joe Woodruff. “They like to spread the field out.”
Looking back | The Vikings notched their first conference win of the season against Ragsdale on Oct. 11. Northwest seniors Anthony Harding and Dix carried the bulk of the offense, with Harding scoring three times. The Bisons are com-ing off of an upset win over East Forsyth.
Looking ahead | Continuing through the conference, the Vikings face three very tough matchups, beginning with Glenn on Oct. 25. Woodruff said Glenn isn’t the pushover people are making the team out to be. “I think (Glenn) is going to be a challenge,” he said.
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Friday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. at HOME
Series history | Northern has won every matchup against Eastern Guilford since 2009, winning last year’s game with a 32-0 shutout.
Meaningful stats | Nighthawks running back C.J. Freeman continues to be the go-to guy on the ground, averaging 110.1 yards per game, while junior receiver Mook Reynolds scored his eighth touch-down of the season last week and has accumulated 373 receiving yards. Junior receiver Cam Harris isn’t too far behind with 323 yards and four touchdowns. The Wildcats’ offense is similar to the Night-hawks, said Northern head coach Brian Thomas. “They run the ball very effi-ciently, and they have some good targets to throw to,” he said.
Looking back | C.J. Freeman had a big game against Rockingham on Oct. 11, scoring three touchdowns and tallying 106 yards as the team marched to a 35-0 win. Quarterback Austin Coltrane also had a big game, throwing for 135 yards and
connecting with receivers on six of his 13 pass attempts. The Wildcats are coming off of their first loss of the season against Williams, losing 19-6. “We have to hold on to the football and make plays when the opportunity arises,” Thomas said.
Looking ahead | The Nighthawks will continue their trek through the confer-ence on Oct. 25 with a matchup against Northeast Guilford.
Our prediction | This weekend’s game may prove to be the best one of the sea-son. The Nighthawks and Wildcats are battling for first place in the 3A-Midsouth Conference, and the team that wins most likely will finish out the season on top. The Nighthawks have found great success on the ground, giving them the ball-pos-session advantage that helped Williams defeat Eastern Guilford last week. If the Nighthawks can keep possession of the ball, they should pull out the win. “Friday night is the biggest game of the year right now,” Thomas said.
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NORTHWEST BandMAX DAVIS, senior
Hometown: Oak RidgeToughest class: AP BC CalculusExtracurricular activities: piano, church youth group, marching bandFavorite food: Granola barsFavorite band: The Elton John BandFavorite movie: Kung Fu PandaSiblings: One older sisterBest vacation ever: Trip to the BahamasYears in the Northwest area: 17 Dream job: EngineerInteresting fact about yourself: I listen to a lot of Christian rapNickname: “Max”Role in the band: keyboard/synthe-sizer player; section leader of the front ensemblePre-performance rituals: Warming my handsBand director Brian McMath’s com-ments: “Max is an extremely talented young man on multiple instruments. His character is the epitome of what a
young man should be and he has been more than a joy to teach.”
NORTHWEST SoccerBOBBY ROSS, senior
Hometown: Greensboro Toughest class: AP Psychology Extracurricular activities: Club soccer, working out, hanging out with friendsFavorite food: SteakFavorite band: Jay ZFavorite movie: The Dark Knight RisesSiblings: One older sisterBest vacation ever: ColoradoYears in the Northwest area: 7 Dream job: CEO of a companyInteresting fact about yourself: I like carsNickname: “Bobba B”Position on the team: Left backCoach Jason Allred’s comments: “Bobby is a very hard-working player who has overcome adversity to become a very solid defender.”
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Student Profi les
NORTHERN VolleyballALANA NOTTAGE, junior
Hometown: SummerfieldToughest class: AP ChemistryExtracurricular activities: Varsity vol-leyball, Beta Club, Habitat for Humanity ClubFavorite food: Lisa Cude’s cookingFavorite artist: “Olly” MursFavorite movie: The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesSiblings: Alexis, 17, and Nicholas, 14Best vacation ever: Sailing around the British Virgin IslandsYears in Northern area: Entire lifeDream job: Elementary school teacherInteresting fact about yourself: When I was little, I was extremely terrified of dogsNickname: “Lil’ Wayne”Position on the team: Outside hitterCoach Sharon Parks’ comments: “Ala-na is our leader at the net. She’s a very good all-around player with potential to become a dominating player. She is also a great student and truly embodies our school’s emphasis on character and in-tegrity on and off the court. She inspires younger players on the team and as a coach, I appreciate her dedication.”
NORTHERN Cross CountryKAITLIN PHILLIPS, senior
Hometown: Rock Hill, S.C.Toughest class: AP Literature and Com-positionExtracurricular activities: National Honor Society, Beta Club, Cross Country / TrackFavorite food: Ice creamFavorite band: Montgomery GentryFavorite movie: Think Like a ManBest vacation ever: Riviera Maya, MexicoYears in Northern area: 12Dream job: NurseInteresting fact about yourself: I was born two months earlyPosition on the team: Senior captainPre-meet rituals: Listening to pump up musicCoach Thanh Ngo’s comments: “Kaitlin entered the season coming off of stress fractures in her legs. Using much of the first half of this season to build a base, she has a short window to get training in. Her perseverance, dedication, and desire to succeed have been extraordi-nary. As last year’s Team MVP and Con-ference MVP, Kaitlin will be back to top form soon and will help lead the team to another successful season.”
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ing the various jobs required to put in a barn of tobacco and get it to market.
Jimmy Beeson, 75, is one of those people. Beeson grew up on a tobacco farm, and vividly remembers what it took to produce a profitable crop. Long days of dirty, sweat-producing, back-breaking work were a given. The cooperation of the weather wasn’t. Too little or too much rain would impact the crop and a hail storm could destroy it completely.
Back then, producing a crop was extremely labor intensive. Expensive tobacco seeds were scattered in ‘plant beds.’ When they reached the proper size, the plants were pulled and taken to the fields for replanting.
Entire fields were planted by hand. One person would carry the ‘planter’ made heavy with water. Another person walked alongside and dropped a single plant into the funnel of the planter which deposited the plant into the ground.
As it grew, the tobacco had to be hoed and suckered. When ripe, tobacco leaves were primed, or hand-picked from the stalk. Next, the leaves were hand-tied to a tobacco stick and housed in a barn to be cured.
Tobacco barns had several levels of log poles that were about four feet apart. Men climbed up into the barn and strad-dled the parallel poles while another person handed them a stick of tobacco which was positioned between the poles. Depending on the size
of the barn, it usually took 350 to 500 sticks to fill a barn. Once the barn was full, the tobacco would be cured using wood as fuel.
After the tobacco was cured, the sticks were removed from the barn and the leaves were unstrung. Beeson remembers taking the cured leaves, bind-ing them together and putting them back on sticks that were then taken to market. As a youngster, going to the market was one of the best parts of growing up on a tobacco farm, says Beeson.
“We used to get out of school just to go to the market.”
The market wasn’t the only thing affecting school attendance back then, though. Beeson says the start of school was sometimes delayed or some chil-dren would remain home because they were still needed to help with tobacco.
“Me and my brother were out of school for a month one time because the tobacco was late,” says Beeson. “We didn’t have people to work in to-bacco back then. The family did it all.”
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There is no federal funding for CF research, so private endeavors like “Brews & Barrels for Belle” are critical to advancing the science related to extending lives and finding a cure.
The median life expectancy is 37 years, but hope is on the horizon as new medications make their way through the CF Foundation’s drug development pipeline.
“We hope this community event can help raise CF awareness and get us clos-er to a cure while allowing people to have a fun night out,” said Jessica Hanson.
Gears and Steers Ride for HospiceThe Gears and Steers Ride for Hos-
pice will take place on Sunday, Oct. 27. The bike ride will begin at Summerfield Farms, 3203 Pleasant Ridge Rd. in Sum-merfield, and wind along paved, country roads and rolling hills. The Gears and Steers Ride for Hospice has 25- and 50-mile options. Each distance is fully sup-ported with mechanics and well stocked aid stations.
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and well-stocked aid stations on the route and access to the post-ride celebration which includes lunch, 1 beer (after the ride), and music. There will be a limited number of lunches and beer available for purchase (all proceeds go to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro) and T-shirts and swag-bags will be limited for ride-day registrants (get there early!). Healing Hands Chiropractic will be on site providing complementary Active Release Therapy (ART). Healing Hands Massage Therapy will also be providing comple-mentary post-ride massages.
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Annabelle Hanson, 2, continues her battle against the life-threatening genetic disease that attacks her lungs and digestive system.
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N.C. 150 W., will have a harvest celebration on Oct. 19 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy food, a bake sale, crafts, fall decorations, and more. More info: 643-3519, or email [email protected].
Rabies Clinic | FCAP will hold a rabies clinic on Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Stokesdale Fire Department, 8401 U.S. Hwy. 158. A one-year vaccine is $5 and a three-year vaccine is $10. AKC micro-chips are available for $25/pet. Cats must be in a carrier and dogs must be on a leash. Proceeds will support FCAP’s TNR program for feral cats. More info: 548-3844 or [email protected].
Pugs & Pals Picnic | Pro Plan Rally to Rescue invites you to join them at Camp Carefree, 275 Care-free Lane in Stokesdale, on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Families can enjoy contests, games, food, and more or meet the many pets available for adoption. More info: 312-2983 or [email protected].
Open House/Flag Retirement | Northwest Triad Detachment 1314 Marine Corps League invites you to celebrate an open house and flag retirement at their new meeting location in downtown Stokesdale. Come by the ROADS building, 8428 U.S. Hwy. 158, on Oct. 19 from 3 to 7 p.m. for free refreshments and to meet the members of your local Marine Corps league. More info: [email protected] or 669-9432.
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SUNDAY, OCT. 20 CROP Hunger Walk/Run | Help us raise money
to fight world hunger on Oct. 20 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the CROP Hunger walk and run. The 5K community event will begin at the NewBridge Bank Ballpark, 408 Bellemeade St., in downtown Greensboro. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds will go to Greensboro Urban Ministries’ community kitchen, and the remaining 75 percent will benefit the Church World Service. More info: Visit www.greatergreensborocropwalk.org.
TUESDAY, OCT. 22 Meet & Greet | The Elmhurst Estates HOA and
the Stop Light & Noise Barrier Committee are proud to sponsor a Meet & Greet for Summerfield Town Council and mayoral candidates on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Summerfield Community Lutheran Church, 4960 U.S. Hwy. 220 N. There will be a period for questions and answers. More info: Call 362-7899 or email [email protected].
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The Summerfi eld Town Council and Guilford County staff held a Recycle/E-cycle event at the Laughlin Professional Development Center on Oct. 12, col-lecting various recyclable household and electronic items from the 192 vehicles that passed through the donation line. Above, county employee Lee Hill loads tires into the truck for disposal. From tractor tires to vehicle tires, a whopping 1,820 tires were collected.
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Northern Guilford High School PTSA held a “Harvest 5K” on Saturday, Oct. 12. The family-friendly 5K run/walk took place on a paved and grass course through the high school and middle school property. All proceeds from the event went to the high school’s PTSA. See photo album from this event at facebook.com/northwestobserver.
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RECOVERED PROPERTYOct. 8 | A driver traveling near the in-tersection of Bunch Road and Windsor Farm Road in Oak Ridge reported find-ing a crate with a business name on it in the middle of the road; the crate contained $830 in cash. After locat-ing the owner, who said the crate must have fallen off the back of his pickup truck, the money was returned.
RUNAWAYOct. 8 | Oak Ridge Military Academy reported a 17-year-old student ran away from the campus, with the inten-tion of walking home to Durham. The student was located on N.C. 68 near the Old Mill and returned to the school, where his parents later picked him up.
ASSAULT/DOMESTICOct. 8 | A resident of Leabourne Road in Colfax reported being assaulted out-side her home shortly after 11 p.m. The victim was outside smoking a cigarette when she suffered a blow to the head. Responding officers believe she was hit with a shovel.
Oct. 9 | A resident of Leabourne Road in Colfax reported being assaulted at her home again (see Oct. 8 incident report). No arrests were made.
Oct. 12 | A resident of Strawberry Road in Summerfield reported a domestic dispute between his wife and daughter, in which the daughter elbowed the mom. No charges were filed.
Oct. 12 | A resident of Eversfield Road in Stokesdale reported being assaulted by her boyfriend and his friend. The dispute resulted in the victim being
The District 1 Sheriff’s Offi cehas recently responded to the following incidentsin northwest Guilford County.
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thrown down to the ground. No charg-es were filed.
BREAKING & ENTERINGOct. 8 | A resident of Sutter Road in northwest Greensboro reported an unknown person broke into her home through an unlocked door and stole a TV and some jewelry.
Oct. 9 | A resident of Brisbane Drive in Summerfield reported a person broke into her home through a side garage door and stole two TVs and a laptop.
DRUGSOct. 13 | An officer was leaving a traffic stop on Pleasant Ridge Road in northwest Greensboro when she observed a driver doing donuts at the stop light. When the officer approached the car, she detected a strong odor of drugs and conducted a search. Mari-juana and paraphernalia were discov-ered, and the driver was cited for care-less and reckless driving and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
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Mr. Couch, please don’t disappoint usMy family and I are residents of one of
the neighborhoods near the large com-mercial project planned for Hwy. 150 near Henson Farms/Henson Forest. We have been let down by Paul Milam and the officials of Summerfield. Mr. Couch, I am asking that you not disappoint us as others have.
Mr. Milam sold residents of his de-velopments a vision of rolling hills, trees and quiet communities. However, when it suited him he changed his tune, touting commercial expansion for his financial gain. He even went so far as to imply that if the town council didn’t rezone his land, he would build a big box store.
Long before the most recent vote, the current mayor and a few coun-cil members at the time (with several absent) sealed our fate by allowing Mr. Milam to rezone his land and commer-cially develop Hwy. 150 in the heart of Summerfield virtually unrestricted. The majority of our leaders value taxes and business over the sanctity of our peace-ful town.
Now, with the addition of more
commercially-zoned acreage, we have been told we face gas stations, fast food, traffic and stop lights. The entrance to our neighborhood on 150 will likely be directly across from an asphalt jungle. So much for maintaining our title as one of Money magazine’s best small towns.
We invested our dreams in Summer-field, desiring to live and retire in a quiet neighborhood. I am worried constantly about the area around Henson Farms/Henson Forest. What will become of Summerfield, these beautiful develop-ments, our property value, and my safety?
And so, Mr. Couch, I turn to you. I know you need to consider finances. But in doing so, please do what others have not. Please do not allow Summerfield to become a busy interstate off ramp for strangers to fill up. Please consider placing obtrusive gas stations and fast food away from the entrances to our developments. Convenience of strangers and urban sprawl are not more important than the residents who invest their daily lives here. Thank you.
Jolinda Babcock, SUMMERFIELD
Shelter employee unnecessarily rudeMy mother and I attempted to adopt
a kitten at the Guilford County Animal Shelter on Sept. 30. After picking out a kitten, we hung around in the office area bonding, and handed in our application. When Mom tried to provide her photo ID, she was told it was unacceptable because it was from out of state. We were told to
go to the DMV and get an N.C. photo ID. We went, but couldn’t secure one that day.
We returned figuring that I would adopt the kitten, but we were told by the same worker that “our kitten” had been adopted. I told her I didn’t mind, there were two other kittens from the litter still in the cage. I was told I could not adopt
any kittens there even though I com-pleted the application and had photo identification.
I’m a 51-year-old mother of three. When I questioned her, she told me I couldn’t adopt because they wouldn’t know where it was living, then she left the room to confer with her manager.
I was surprised by her rude de-meanor and asked if I could adopt in a month, a year, or ever, and she told me “No.” I asked if I was “blacklisted” and she answered “Yes.” I asked if she preferred to keep the animals locked in cages and she also answered “Yes.”
Now, I understand the rules and poli-cies of the animal shelter, but to not let people adopt on good faith is probably not what their mission is or should be about. I was truly offended by the clerk’s unacceptable treatment. Other patrons in the office heard this exchange also. I’m sure the manager wouldn’t have agreed with the service given.
To the person at the shelter, I realize you work with animals, but you don’t need to act like one. I will pray for those animals and hope that they get better treatment than I did.
Diane Johnson, SUMMERFIELD
Goodbye to our paradise The rural character of Summerfield
will change forever. I attended the Sum-merfield Town council meeting Oct. 8 and heard so much hunger for change. Now we get to see what an interstate and commercial development will get for Summerfield.
I grew up on N. Holden Road in Greensboro and in 1955 it was a two-lane road, much like N.C. 150. Look at it today.
In 1981 we wanted to get out of the city and live in the country. We heard about land for sale on Deboe Road. We found a perfect place, but it was a two-lane dirt road. I told my husband if they had a grocery and drug store close by I’d move.
Several months after moving here on a fall Saturday morning we heard the loudest noise. Right before our eyes were horses with riders in red coats and dogs barking and we watched in amazement at our first fox hunt!
It was awful driving back and forth into Greensboro. Bryan Boulevard was being discussed – a new road and faster way to get in and out of town.
Look at it today.
Horse Pen Creek Road was two lanes that intersected with Jefferson-Pilot Country Club. Look at it today.
Battleground Avenue was two lanes from New Garden Road north, and the only stop light from there was at 220 and 150. Look at it today.
The people who showed up on Oct. 8 and want this are happy because money will be made hand over fist.
For those of us who tried to make our town council reconsider due to the conditions, thank you. My heart is broken knowing the paradise we’ve been so fortunate to have these past 30 years will no longer be. The peace and quiet surrounded by nature will no longer be. On to our new destination along the water’s edge. A two-lane road surrounded by God’s beauty.
I can’t wait to see who will be chomping at the bit to be surrounded by all this progress and how much all this is worth. Hold on folks, because it’s going to be loud and congested around here!
Fran Cabe, SUMMERFIELD
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GRINS to...�� Vietnamese Garden for your honesty
in returning my $1,000 check that was carelessly left in a booth at their restau-rant. Lovely restaurant.
�� St Matt’s (St. Matthews Episcopal
Church) in Kernersville for the great Pet Blessing Event this past Saturday! If you did not attend, mark your calendar for next year! �� The two young ladies who offered
their help and support when I was in a car accident on Alcorn Road in front of Northwest Baptist Daycare. You were both such a blessing! �� The Northwest Observer for having a
Grins and Gripes section. My daughter and I fight over who gets to read it first each week. Reading the gripes can be quite entertaining. �� The Summerfield Fire Department
for doing an awesome job of teaching the Summerfield kindergarteners about fire safety. Also, thanks to all the patient commuters who waited while our little ones crossed the street.
�� Summerfield Town Council members Alicia Flowers and Elizabeth McClellan for
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voting according to the Comprehensive Plan and for what the majority of people want. I guess a developer needs his own gas station if he doesn’t support Wilson’s Grocery gas!�� Those in our community who seek
the center and reject the seduction of extreme positions (left or right). We can accomplish more by finding common ground than we can by attacking those with whom we disagree.�� Andy Cook and his well-organized
Summit Church Big Serve work group that recently helped out at the Oak Ridge Town Park! Your community service makes all the difference and is greatly appreciated!�� Donna at the Summerfield Post Of-
fice for letting me and my friend in after hours to send our transcripts for college that were due in two days!�� Sue Lukens, who continues with her
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�� Kevin at StokeRidge Tavern for the wonderful lunch you provided for the staff at Stokesdale Elementary on our recent Friday early release day. You make us feel so special!
�� Northern Guilford High School’s cross country team. Everyone, JV or Varsity, is doing an amazing job. Thank you espe-cially to Coach Ngo and Coach Downing. Good luck everyone running in confer-ence and hopefully in states!
GRIPES to...�� JP Looneys Oak Ridge for posting “no
firearms” on the doors. Why don’t you post “Rob us, we are unarmed” while you’re at it. It’s your right, but you’ve got my last dime.
�� The mother who was texting while driv-ing with her baby in the car. You almost
rear-ended the car in front of you at a stoplight! Watching your baby fly up into the ceiling while in its car seat was horrific!
�� The News & Record for its biased reporting of the news. The editorial page has become a propaganda arm for the Obama administration by publishing dishonest editorials from columnists like Leonard Pitts, Kathleen Parker, Maureen Dowd, Petula Dvorak, etc.
�� Michael Tatum, candidate for Stokes-dale mayor. If you want to lead, you should learn proper grammar and not criticize those (NWO Editor Patti Stokes) who, as a service to you, take time to edit your sloppy submissions before publica-tion.
�� People who believe the additional cost of performing 3D mammograms should be absorbed by the doctors. This pro-cedural upgrade isn’t subsidized by the government, so why expect the service to be “free” without an additional charge? Please be rational.
�� Mrs. Lukens (writer of editorial in Oct. 11-17 issue). While I appreciate your
enthusiasm, our current fellows haven’t gotten it done. They can complain all they want that it was the mayor, we need a new guy at the helm and not a current member.
�� The Guilford County School system for failing to have Parent Assistant or the new PowerSchool Parent/Student Portal up and running. It’s difficult for parents to be involved in their child’s academic performance when the system for moni-toring grades is non-operational.
�� Those who are now voting for Mr. Ta-tum (candidate for mayor of Stokesdale) only because they didn’t like what some-one else said about him. That is pathetic and juvenile. Spiteful much?
�� Three Summerfield Town Council members who voted for a huge com-mercial development in our town. We can always count on you to support the few well “connected” people to the detriment of the rest of us!
�� Mrs. Stokes (NWO Editor) for expand-ing on her unprofessionalism in last week’s editorial and trying to justify it
as if that is the correct thing to do. Mrs. Stokes, it makes you look worse.
�� Gov. Pat McCrory for spending $230,000 on bathroom renovations at the governor’s mansion, while at the same time my unemployment benefits are being cut again. With all the financial cutbacks in this state recently, this really seems ridiculous!
�� Political Correctness. It looks like PC has risen to a new level of absurdity. Americans need to put on big boy pants and deal with more pressing issues, like federal debt and unfunded liabilities, not NFL team names.
�� Mrs. Lukens (writer of editorial in Oct. 11-17 issue). Your bias doesn’t help the ROADS Organization as their VP. It also shows how little you do know – the coun-cil members didn’t serve on any commit-tees until they were in the election... sad.
�� Mrs. Stokes (NWO Editor). I can’t believe the tone of the editor in chief, regardless of the discussions you and Mr. Tatum have, it is unprofessional to expand on it... you just lost a reader.
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EMPLOYMENTDRIVERS: OTR & regional. Great pay & excellent benefi ts. 401K + bonuses. Miles & guaranteed home time! CDL-A 6 mos. OTR exp. req. (877) 704-3773.
CNA NEEDED, same-day pay, $10/hour, non-smoker, must be dependable with ref-erences. (336) 285-5994, leave message.
Local company needs EXPERIENCED GUTTER INSTALLER. Call 643-0531.
PART-TIME BUS DRIVER and mainte-nance position available in Rockingham County. Must have Class B CDL with P and S endorsement and pocket card. Send re-sume to 4016-H Battleground Ave. #165, Greensboro, NC 27410.
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SAVE THE DATE
FALL & HALLOWEEN PORTRAITS, pets welcome! Sat., Oct. 19, 12n-until, Tractor Supply in Oak Ridge. Packages start at $30. For more info, call or text 669-8569 or visit facebook.com/portraitsbyHeatherKellam.
It’s time again for the fall Keep It Local ART & POTTERY SHOW, Saturday, October 26 (rain date Oct. 27) from 10am-4pm, 2409 Oak Ridge Rd. Come and join us for a won-derful day full of pottery, jewelry, painting, fabric art, metal works, sculpture and more! Bring 6 cans of food for the Art Hunt and you can search for your own special piece of art and donate to our local food bank. We can’t wait to see you there!
6th Annual Oak Ridge Military Academy CLASSIC CAR & TRUCK CRUISE-IN, Saturday, Oct. 26, 11am-2:30pm. For more info, call Mike Stone, 402-0144.
POLITICAL MEET & GREET, Sat., Oct. 26, 11am-1pm, Golden Antiques, 4537 Hwy. 220, Summerfi eld.
SAVE THE DATE
BRUNSWICK STEW, Saturday, Oct. 26, Stokesdale Christian Church, 8607 Stokes-dale St., Stokesdale. $5/quart. Pick up be-tween 8-10am. Call 643-3111 to reserve.
FALL BAZAAR at Moravia Moravian Church, Saturday, Oct. 26, 7:30am-2:30pm, 2920 Oak Ridge Rd. Breakfast & lunch. Crafts, canned & baked goods, Dewey pas-tries, Moravian stars, chicken pies, Boston butts, stew and more!
FIGHTIN’ BACK EVENT! Yard/bake sale, door prizes/raffl es! All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Soci-ety! Sat., October 26, 9am-2pm, Belews Landing Neighborhood, 170 Starboard Ct, Stokesdale. Do this for your loved one who has battled cancer!
FALL FESTIVAL, Central Baptist Church, Saturday, October 26, 2:30-5:30pm, 1715 NC Hwy. 68N, Oak Ridge. See display ad on page 21 or visit www.oakridgecbc.org for details.
BREWS & BARRELS FOR BELLE, a fundraiser to help fi nd a cure for cystic fi brosis, Friday, Nov. 1, 6-9pm, Paul J. Ciener Botanical Gardens, 215 S. Main Street, Kernersville. Enjoy beer, wine and food samples from over 20 local vendors! For more info and tickets, visit itrulycare.com/events/brews-barrels-for-belle or call Jessica Hanson, 423-8585. Please help us fi nd a cure!
TRUNK OR TREAT at Summerfi eld First Baptist Church, Thursday, October 31, 6-7:30pm. See display ad on page 21 for more information.
YARD SALESYARD SALE, Sat., October 19, 7am, 8206 Wendy Gayle Dr., Stokesdale. Tools, kids videos, freezer, exercise & fi shing equip. Much more!
ORUMC Scout Troop 139 YARD SALE, Saturday, Oct. 26, 7:30am to 1:30pm, Hwy. 150, in front of Tractor Supply, Oak Ridge. Pumpkin patch lot.
YARD SALESHenson Farms NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE, Saturday, Oct. 19, (rain date 10/26), 8am-12n, 7086 Brookbank Rd, Summerfi eld, Henson Farms clubhouse. Furniture, decor, toys, housewares, tools, children’s clothing, jewelry, sports & much more.
COMMUNITY YARD SALE, Sat., Oct. 26, 8am-1pm, Oak Ridge Town Park. Vendors wanted: $10/space. For info, call 644-7009 or email [email protected].
YOUTH SPORTS
WINTER BOX LACROSSE! Online reg-istration at www.TriadEliteLax.com.
BASKETBALL REGISTRATION now open for Stokesdale Parks & Rec. Assessments Sat., Nov. 2. Visit stokesdaleparksandrec.com for application.
HOME SERVICES
CLEANING
CARPET / UPHOLSTERY / FLOORS 298-7374
FLOORS STRIPPED & WAXED
summerfield
JASMINE CLEANING SERVICE. 12 years exp. (336) 423-4938 or 298-7669.
CastleWorks WINDOW CLEANINGIncludes gutters, pressure washing, chande-liers and other high ladder work. Fully insured and bonded, free estimates. 609-0677. www.castleworkswindowcleaning.com.
ALL-SEASON STUMP GRINDING. Owner Alan Winfree. Free est. Call 382-9875.
LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS13-year anniversary special. We will beat your current written price by 15% – guaran-teed! Call (336) 601-3796.
AREA STUMP DUMP. Yard waste, con-crete, etc. Fill dirt available. 602-5820.
ASPHALT MILLINGS, perfect for farm roads and wash-out areas. Half the cost of gravel. Fill dirt also available. 602-5820.
BUZZ CUTS LAWN & LANDSCAPE INC. Annual service agreements. Buzz, 509-6464.
TLC LAWN CARELawn mowing, fertilization and weed con-trol. General cleanup. Affordable all-season lawn maintenance. (336) 681-0097.
AFFORDABLE LANDSCAPING, fall aer-ation, leaf removal, irrigation installation & repair, and other landscaping services. J. Gibson Landscaping, (336) 419-7236. American owned & operated.
COLFAX LAWNCAREComplete lawn care maintenance. Mow-ing, trimming, plugging, seeding, fertilizing. Weed control, pine needles. Res/Comm. Fully insured. $25 gift card to Lowes Home Improvement for each referral. 362-5860. Serving the Triad for 24 years.
CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICEComplete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, 643-9332. CarolinaStumpAndTreeServiceNC.com.
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HOME SERVICESAERATION, SEEDING, FERTILIZATION. Call (336) 543-4066.
STUMP GRINDING - FREE ESTIMATESBig or small, we grind them all. 382-3860.
LITTLE DAVE’S Landscape Management Inc. We will create a solution to fi x your problem or maintain your existing land-scape! Call for a free lawn evaluation! Sign up with our Lawn Solution program and mention this ad and you will save 10% off your fi rst month’s service. Good people, competitive pricing. Insured and licensed. Call today! (336) 362-6181.
ARBOR MASTERS TREE SERVICETotal tree removal, storm damage cleanup, shrub and tree pruning. Bobcat work and more. Free estimates. Licensed & insured. Call Joe at 643-9157.
WILSON LANDSCAPING, INC. Complete lawn care & landscaping. NC lic. irrigation contractor. 20 years exp. Hardscaping, fertilization & weed control. 399-7764.
AQUA SYSTEMS. Quality irrigation sys-tems. NC Licensed Contractor. We service all systems. Free est. 644-1174.
STEVE NEWMAN TREE SERVICE. Free est. Locally owned and operated. Lic/ins. 30 yrs. exp. Bucket truck & chipper, total cleanup. 24-hr. emergency svc. OR, NC. 643-1119.
ONE GUY & A MACHINE LAWN CARE and hardscaping. Maintenance, design, paver patios, block walls, hedges trimmed, beds re-edged, pine needles, mulch, pres-sure washing, chemical applications, aer-ating. Licensed & insured. Free est. Call 382-4767. www.oneguyandamachine.com.
• Refinishing and repair• Antique restoration• In-home services
Specializing in chair repairs
www.furniturekare.com
LOCAL PICKUP & DELIVERY • FREE ESTIMATES
GAS LOGS, WOOD STOVES & INSERTS, fi replaces, sold, serviced and repaired. Call Don Hill, (336) 643-7183.
JUNK REMOVAL – appliances, batteries, mowers, cars, electronics, trash removal, etc. Call about free junk removal, 423-3006.
HOME SERVICES
PAINTING & DRYWALL
CARLOS PAINTING. Res/comm., licensed & insured, free estimates. (336) 669-5210.
STILL PERFECTION PAINTINGReliable, skilled, affordable. Painting, pres-sure washing, handyman services. Scott Still, 462-3683 or stillperfectionpainting.com.
PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR, 32 years experience. Avg. size bedroom walls, $100. Sheetrock repair. Call Brad Rogers for your free estimate. (Local #) 314-3186.
PLUMBING
BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLARNo job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic/Ins. Call Mark for savings. 337-7924.
JDB PLUMBING. Repair, remodel, well pump. Lic/Ins. Accepts all major credit cards. Offi ce 656-0019, cell 382-6905.
KEITH SMITH CONSTRUCTION26 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.
JLB REMODELING INC.Licensed and insured. Free estimates. Remodeling, additions and home repairs. 681-2902, www.jlbremodeling.com.
RENOVATION WORKS INC.New construction, remodeling, kitchen and bath, additions, decks & patios. Call (336) 427-7391 or www.myrenovationworks.com.
BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTIONKitchens & baths, rotted wood, decks, siding, windows, fall roofi ng specialist. Sr. discounts, 35 years exp. 362-6343.
TRIPP SMITH CONSTRUCTIONLicensed General Contractor with college degree in Construction Management with 18 years of experience. Specialize in decks, garages, additions, remodels, new con-struction, residential & commercial. No job too large or too small. Free est.. (336) 399-4894, [email protected].
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ROOFING
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.
CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLC.Residential 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.
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MISC. SERVICESSPANISH TUTOR AVAILABLE. NC-cer-tifi ed Spanish teacher wanting to tutor. 13 years teaching experience. Experience with high school but able to tutor all ages. Call Mary, (336) 209-1511.
(336) 643-9963 • 8207 B & G Court, Stokesdale
LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED
available here
We carry moving & shipping supplies
POWERS TOTAL FITNESS for Women. NASM-certifi ed personal trainer. 30-minute sessions, private gym in Oak Ridge. Con-tact Jennifer Powers, 451-9467.
small group fitness personal training
RealRyder® indoor cycle TRX training
Cathy Gold (336) 549-64604446 US Hwy 220 N, Summerfield
www.goldstandard4fitness.com
FREE PICKUP of appliances, batteries, junk mowers, air conditioners, grills, electri-cal items, metal items, etc. 689-4167.
T T Nails
(336) 644-8888Located in Gunter’s Crossing
(5820-C N Church St, Greensboro)
Appointments or Walk-ins • GIFT CERTIFICATES
OPEN Mon - Sat, 9am - 7pm • Sun 1 - 5pm
Acrylic nails • Tip overlay • Pink & white Gel manicures • Liquid gels
Nail designs • Spa pedicure • Waxing
MISC. SERVICESCOMPUTER REPAIRS $99.Used computers, website design. Info at ITBASICS.COM - (336) 643-0068. Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons.
MISC. FOR SALE
FIREWOOD, seasoned hard wood, no pine. Pick up or delivery. 253-7615, 643-5744.
ALL NEW MATTRESS SETS. Still in plastic, w/ warranty. Twin, $99; Full, $109; Queen, $129; King, $191. Can deliver, lay-away available. Mattress Outlet. 992-0025.
GRACO CARSEAT & STROLLER, great condition. $60/both. 669-1077.
Locally produced PERSIMMON PULP & PRODUCTS. 816-3441 or 996-3892.
SEASONED FIREWOOD, all hardwood, free delivery. Wood splitting avail. 543-3664.
Honda EB11000 COMMERCIAL GEN-ERATOR, electric start, on wheels, used less than 6 hours total. $2,800. Call (336) 906-4191.
PUMPKINS & GOURDS of all shapes, siz-es and colors, seasonal produce. Knight’s Pumpkin Patch, 14809 Hwy. 158, Sum-merfi eld. Open 12n-7pm Sunday-Friday; 9am-7pm Saturdays. (336) 708-0485.
MISC. WANTED
WILL PAY CASH for riding lawn mower needing repair or free removal if unwanted. Also free pick-up of appliances, batteries, air conditioners, grills, metal items, comput-ers, gas & electrical items. 689-4167.
$$$ – WILL PAY CASH up to $200 for your junk or wrecked vehicle. 552-0328.
Share your NWO On The Go photos with our readers! Email to
GROOMZ 2 GO MOBILE PET GROOMING, www.groomz2go.com, (336) 362-9822.
PET SITTING & BOARDING
PET SITTING. Caring and responsible. $14 per 30-minute visit. 601-2087.
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.
REAL ESTATE
HOMES FOR RENT
STOKESDALE AREA, 3BR, 1BA brick home, 1 mile from Carolina Marina on Ellis-boro Rd. $850/month. Call (336) 423-6400. Thank you.
STOKESDALE, 2BR, 1BA, carport, central H&A/C, $575/mo + $575 dep. Near P&M Truckstop on Hwy. 220. 904-446-6913.
LAND FOR SALE
APPROX. 10 ACRES of land for sale, 7450 Strader Road, Summerfi eld. 1,000 ft. road frontage, which includes a 5-acre working vineyard, all vineyard equipment, waterfall, lake front. $399,000. Call Greg, 337-4542. Perfect location for boutique winery.
NW GUILFORD, 1.34-acre lot on Mt. Car-mel Rd., close to lake, ready to build, deed restrictions require minimum 1,500 sq. ft. house. $41,498. 643-6078 evenings.
HOMES FOR SALE
KERNERSVILLE, remodeled 1,576 sq. ft. brick house for sale, 2610 Bethel Church Road. 3BR, 1.5BA. (336) 669-5120 or (336) 643-4827.
eventsCentral Baptist Church Fall Festival......21First Baptist Church Trunk or Treat.......21The Great Pumpkin Event....................18
funerAl serviCesForbis & Dick - Brooke Chapel.............11
Home produCts & serviCesBEK Paint Company ............................. 6ProStone Inc ........................................ 9Southern States ............................. Insert
legAl serviCesAttorney Bill Barbour .......................... 23
mediCAl / pt / t / t eye CAreCentral Carolina Surgery, PA ................ 3Cornerstone Health Systems................10Eagle Family Medicine at Brassfield .....19LeBauer HealthCare............................16
pet serviCesCountry Kennel .................................. 20Northwest Animal Hospital..................21Spoil-Me-Rotten Animal Care, Inc. ..... 20Stokesdale Veterinary Hospital.............11Westergaard Kennels...........................21
reAl estAstAst teAteAA New Dawn Realty ............................11Angie Wilkie Team / Allen Tate............14Berkshire Hathaway Home Services ..... 7Bobbie Gardner / Allen Tate ............... 20Nancy Hess / Prudential Yost & Little.. 30Smith Marketing, Inc. ........................ 25
retAetAet ilBiRite Food Center ........................11, 17Goodwill Industries ...........................13The UPS Store at Gunter’s Crossing... 5
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