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Earlier alcohol sales on Sunday passes By CAROL BROOKS NEWS FREELANCER cab1hp@gmail.com
On June 30, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper signed what has come to be known as the “Brunch Bill” –SL 2017-87 (S155) – into law. It allows ABC-permitted restaurants, bars and stores to sell alcoholic beverages beginning at 10 a.m. on Sundays, two hours earlier than the previous regula-
tion. Even though it is a state law, local governmental bodies must first approve the change. Jamestown Planning Director Matthew Johnson brought the matter before the Town Council on Sept. 19 for approval. The bill reads, in part, “a city may adopt an ordinance allowing for the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and mixed beverages beginning at 10 a.m. on Sunday pursuant to
the licensed premises’ permit.” Johnson stated that since 1963, cities and counties have had the option of extending the hours of this prohibition from noon on Sunday until 7 a.m. the following Monday morning (GS 18A-1004(d); SL 1963-426, s. 9). Only two other states in the country have not passed such an ordinance. During the public hearing on
the bill on Sept. 19, no audience members spoke either for or against the bill and there were no comments from the Town Council before the unanimous vote. Businesses in Jamestown that will benefit from the Brunch Bill include The Deck, Gabel’s, Potent Potables, Full Moon Oyster Bar, Southern Roots, Food Lion, Dollar General, Penny’s Restaurant, the Shell convenience store and Sheetz.
The new ordinance complements the recent amendment to the town’s Land Development Ordinance pertaining to winery, brewery or distillery operation, passed in July by the Town Council. The complete “Brunch Bill” ordinance, which became effective immediately, is available at Town Hall.
Guilford Tech selects “Hidden Figures” for annual All-College read
Margot Lee Shetterly Author Visit: Margot Lee Shetterly What: Meet Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the New York Times best seller “Hidden Figures.” She is also founder of The Human Computer Project, an endeavor to recover the names and accomplishments of all the women who worked as computers, mathematicians, scientists and engineers at the NACA and NASA from the 1930s through the 1980s. Shetterly grew up in Hampton Virginia where she knew many of the women in “Hidden Figures.” She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation of the Humanities grant for her research into the history of women in computing. The author visit is sponsored by: the Greensboro Public Library, the Greensboro Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Greensboro Public Library and GTCC. This event is free and open to the public. When: Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 at noon Where: Joseph S. Koury Auditorium, GTCC Jamestown Campus, 601 E. Main St., Jamestown, N.C.
Photo Courtesy Gannaway LLC
Gannaway, LLC, offered this photo as a probable design look for the 36-unit townhome units.
Council cleans up past agenda items By CAROL BROOKS NEWS FREELANCER cab1hp@gmail.com It took four appearances on the Jamestown Town Council’s agenda before the final amendment to the town’s Land Development Ordinance passed. First heard by the Planning Board in March, the amended ordinance – Article 2.19-11 and Article 12 Section 12.9 – which was passed unanimously by the Town Council on Sept. 19, relates to parking of oversized/commercial vehicles in residentially-zoned areas. The matter has been going back and forth between the Planning Board and Town Council since March. The town staff has received numerous complaints over the years regarding these vehicles. Since the Land Development Ordinance did not specifically address the problem,
Planning Director Matthew Johnson submitted the update to the Planning Board in March. “The proposed LDO update would clarify what is meant by ‘oversized’ vehicles and additionally prohibit them from parking in residential areas,” Johnson told the Council. The Planning Board had recommended a gross vehicle weight rating limit of 13,000 lbs. or less with school, church and emergency vehicles exempt. However, the Council believed a limit of 19,500 lbs. GVWR was more appropriate. Recreational vehicles, watercraft and accessories and towing trailers should not be parked or stored on the street in residential districts but may be stored on private property. The complete ordinance, which became effective immediately, is available at Town Hall. The second agenda item finally heard was the request from Gan-
JBA to host Community Movie Night By NORMA B. DENNIS FREELANCE WRITER Norma@normabdennis.com Jamestown Business Association members stepped outside the box Sept. 18 to hold their monthly meeting. Not only did they move the date forward, but they also moved the time back from the usual noon gathering. The group opted for an afterhour’s event at Potent Potables on a Monday evening to take advantage of Trivia Night at that business. Items on the agenda included a brief discussion of the upcoming Christmas parade, which will be held along Main Street in Jamestown on Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. JBA will be working with the Jamestown Rotary Club to produce the 2017 parade. see JBA, page 2
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Caitlin Antwine and Kristen Steiner, left to right, listen as Kathleen Kelly brainstorms answers to the first trivia question.
naway, LLC, to rezone 720 R1 W. Main St. and 101 Matthews Lane to Conditional Zoning-Multifamily Residential (CZ-MFR). The public hearing was supposed to be at the July Town Council meeting but the company requested a postponement until Aug. 15, then again requested a postponement until the September meeting. The property includes approximately 4.09 acres currently zoned CZ-MFR and approximately 1.44 acres currently zoned C. Gannaway, LLC, plans to construct 36 townhomes on the property which backs up 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. Approxisee COUNCIL, page 2
Braswell is Hall of Famer By CAROL BROOKS NEWS FREELANCER cab1hp@gmail.com
Ragsdale High School Soccer Coach Brien Braswell was inducted into the 2017 Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 17. Braswell learned to play soccer while his parents were serving as missionaries in Tehran, Iran. Upon the family’s return to the United States, he continued playing soccer in high school and was the goalkeeper of the state champions at Raleigh Ravenscroft, where he won All-State and National Soccer Coaches Association of America AllSouth recognition.
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Guilford Technical Community College’s faculty has selected “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race” for its annual All-College Read. The New York Times best-seller will influence a number of academic and student activities, including a visit by its author, Margot Lee Shetterly, on Sept. 28. “GTCC’s All-College Read is an annual tradition and serves to strengthen students’ awareness of their education beyond the classroom,” said Amanda Fields, GTCC English Department Chair. “This year’s selection of ‘Hidden Figures’ also aligns with the Greensboro Public Library’s One City, One Book program, which we have proudly supported since 2002.” The Greensboro Public Library’s One City, One Book program encourages the entire community to read the same book. In addition to “Hidden Figures” being required reading for all GTCC English 111 classes, the novel’s themes will influence other educational and student life activities. There will be a number of events throughout the 2017-2018 academic year to promote discussion of the book’s themes as part of the All-College Read series. Books for the annual AllCollege Read are selected for readability, engagement with thematic content and accessibility to an author visit. These criteria guide the selection of a college-wide text.
The 1987 Guilford College graduate has been the coach of the Ragsdale High School boys and girls teams since 1989. He has lead Ragsdale to seven state soccer titles – the boys in 1991, 1993 and 1995 and the girls in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2005. He is the only soccer coach in NCHSAA history to twice win the boys and girls state championships in the same academic year (1993-4 and 1996-7). Braswell’s successes include being named the NSCAA All-South Region Coach of the Year in 2005 and twice named NSCAA High School Coach of the Year (1993, 2005). He was inducted into the N.C. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2014.