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Vol 39 No 34 | 1 Section | 12 Pages
TOWNHOMES YeS OR NO?
Jamestown Town Council to consider rezoning issue WANT TO GO? The Town Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. The public is invited to attend.
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Part of the property Gannaway LLC is requesting to be rezoned fronts West Main Street. It the lot with trees just east of Mrs. Winner’s.The property runs Jamestown residents had all the way back to the High Point City Lake boundary. Matthews Lane, the original Main Street of Jamestown, will be closed and is seen just to the right to wait a month to voice their concerns about a proof the mailbox. posed townhome development on West Main Street. Gannaway, LLC, has asked to rezone 720 R1 W. Main St. and 101 Matthews Lane to Conditional Zoning-MulBY CAROL BROOKS At the Council’s meeting, three of the tifamily Residential (CZNEWS FREELANCER amendments were passed, with one of MFR). The public hearing cab1hp@gmail.com the remaining two, Winery, Brewery or was supposed to be at the Distillery (an addition to Article 10.1July Town Council meeting Maybe the third time will be the 6.b), continued until the July 18 meeting, but the company requested charm for the final amendment to James- when it was unanimously approved. a postponement until Aug. town’s Land Development Ordinance to The remaining amendment, Parking of 15. be approved. The Jamestown Planning Oversized/Commercial Vehicles in ResiThe property includes Board will consider changes at its Aug. dentially-Zoned Areas (Article 2.19.11), approximately 4.09 acres 14 meeting. was tabled without discussion to allow currently zoned CZ-MFR In May, the Planning Board reviewed Johnson time to clarify language. The and approximately 1.44 proposed amendments presented by Plan- Council requested the matter return to the acres currently zoned C. ning Director Matthew Johnson. All five Planning Board for further consideration. Gannaway, LLC, plans to amendments passed unanimously before construct 36 townhomes on going before the Town Council in June. the property which backs up See BOARD, PAgE 3
Residential parking, annexation on Town Planning Board agenda
to single family residential homes on Penny Road and Mrs. Winner’s to the west, multifamily residential (Parkview Terrace Apartments) to the east, attorney Ben Farmer’s property to the south and High Point City Lake Park to the north. The Town Council will also hold a public hearing to consider a new annexation agreement with the City of High Point. (See the Planning Board story in this issue for details.) For the third time, the Council will consider an amendment to the town’s Land Development Ordinance regarding parking of oversized or commercial vehicles in areas zoned residential. At its July meeting, the Council tabled the amendment without discussion and requested the Planning Board look at the
changes, which it will do at its Aug. 14 meeting. The Council is expected to schedule a public hearing on the matter Sept. 19. On June 30, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper signed what has come to be known as the “Brunch Bill” into law. It allows restaurants, bars and stores to sell alcoholic beverages beginning at 10 a.m. on Sundays, rather than at noon. Even though it is a state law, local governmental bodies must first approve the change. The Town Council is expected to hold a public hearing on Sept. 19 regarding a “Brunch Ordinance” for Jamestown. The bill reads, in part, “a city may adopt an ordinance allowing for the sale of malt beverages, unfortiSee COUNCIL, PAgE 2
LEADING UP TO THE WYNDHAM
Arnie and the 16th
Sedgefield Country Club BY CAROL BROOKS NEWS FREELANCER cab1hp@gmail.com The Associated Press captured this image of Arnold Palmer blasting out of the creek guarding the 16th hole during the 1972 Greater Greensboro Open. Leading by two going into this hole, Palmer triplebogeyed the par-3 to drop one shot behind the leaders.
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The temperature was in the low 50s and clear on April 2, 1972. The golf professionals in the final day of the Greater Greensboro Open were playing 36 holes at Sedgefield Country Club that day due to a rain cancellation on Friday. As the afternoon was wearing down, Arnold Palmer was leading by two strokes when he came to the tee at the No. 16 hole, now played as No. 7. He had never won in Greensboro and was looking forward to the victory. Palmer could have been considered a hometown favorite as the Pennsylvania-born golfer attended Wake Forest College, now University, but did not graduate. “Arnie’s Army,” as his followers were called, crowded the course every time he played. His tee shot found the creek that surrounds the green on three
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sides. Rather than take a penalty stroke, he elected to try to hack it out of the water. By the time the splashing water had settled back into the creek, Palmer putted out for a triple bogey 6 at the par-3 hole, putting him one stroke behind George Archer and Tommy Aaron. These two men tied at the end of regulation and Archer won in a playoff – ironically at the 16th hole. Archer collected $40,000 for his victory. Palmer, who tied for third with three others, took home $9,750. Palmer died Sept. 25, 2017, at the age of 87. He was never able to claim the Sam Snead Trophy at the GGO as his own, a fact he mentioned several times in his career. He only played the tournament three more times in his career, the last time in 1975, for a total of 13 appearances, but See ARNOLD, PAgE 3