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Horror on Hudson-James Road Council endorses proposed Homeowners are water system as ‘prudent’ seeking answers after their pets were killed and mauled in a nighttime attack last month by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – One Saturday night in August, Angel Neas’ puppy started barking in her backyard. The next morning, she understood why. Neas discovered a massacre behind her house on Hudson-James Road. Four Photo by Chris Burritt/NWO of her 10 rabbits were dead, These rabbit cages were damaged by an animal along with two of the four that owner Angel Neas believes may have been a chickens belonging to Joann mountain lion. Lowdermilk, her aunt who ing them in trash bags and wondering lives next door. what animal or animals had gone on the The survivors were huddled in the killing spree. back of cages that had been ripped open “I was crying like a baby,” Neas said, and knocked over. The carcasses were uneaten, leaving Neas the task of collect-
IN THIS ISSUE Zoning Board makes recommendation . 2 Your Questions .................................... 4 News in brief ....................................... 5 Oak Ridge Town Council ...................... 8 Mom fights against childhood cancer ..10 Business Notes ..................................12
Despite concerns over possible costs to taxpayers, the council voted 4-1 to amend the wording of an ordinance as a step toward the possible establishment of a municipal water system by CHRIS BURRITT
OAK RIDGE – Oak Ridge Town Council voted 4-1 last Thursday to amend regulations that would govern a proposed municipal water system. The decision advances a plan that supporters said would serve new subdivisions as well as existing homeowners nearby. Councilman Doug Nodine voted nay, joining critics of a proposed water system who spoke during the council’s Sept. 5 meeting and questioned
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After closing in early June for construction of a new bridge, Bunch Road, between Brookbank Road and Northwest School Road, reopened to through traffic Sept. 8. One person showed their appreciation for the road opening by placing a “Thank You Jesus” sign near the newly constructed bridge’s entrance. Another person wrote on the Northwest Observer’s Facebook page, “I really appreciate that they repaired the bridge over the summer. Yes, it was inconvenient and the first two weeks of school were insane, but it’s fixed! The new bridge looks like it will hold up to all the water in that creek during bad storms.”
Starting your own business is an achievement, but successfully running and growing your business for over 40 years is something else entirely. Greg Johns, owner and founder of Johns Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, has done just that. Starting with only himself and a truck doing just plumbing, the company now has a fleet of over 40 vehicles and over 60 employees performing plumbing, heating and air, water purification and electrical services. After 40 plus years of running the business and overseeing the day-to-day operations, Greg has decided to finally slow down a bit and look forward to what may be next for him. He and his wife of 32 years, Terry Christian, are looking forward to the next phase of life, whatever that may be. While Greg isn’t done yet and has no intentions of selling the family-owned business, he is looking to step back some and let his executive team continue running the day-to-day operations. This executive team is a mixture of employees who have a great deal of knowledge and experience with the company. The current president and CEO, David Murphy II, joined the company in late 2014, but only recently stepped into his current role. David has a B.S. in Accounting from Greensboro College and an MBA from UNC-Greensboro. He started his career in public accounting working with a variety of clients and industries before moving into private industry. David brings a renewed outlook to the business overall, grounded in strong family values with the intent of building upon the great foundation set in place by Greg. David and his wife Kendall are Greensboro natives and recently welcomed twins, a boy and girl, into their home. The executive team combined has over 100 combined years of experience. Eddie Braddock, who has been with the company for over 38 years, and Daniel Schaeffer, who has been with the company for 14 years, oversee and direct the plumbing department. Bobbie Marsh, who has been with the company over 25 years, and Brent Guthrie, who has been with the company for 10 years, oversee and direct the Heating and Air Department. Daley McCann, who has been with the company 6 years, assists David with directing general business and accounting operations, and Anne Christian Wall, Greg and Terry’s daughter who has been with the company for 4 years, completes the executive team by overseeing and directing the marketing and advertising side of the business. Greg is staying involved with the company as the acting chairman of the board but does not plan to be visiting the office every day as he once did. With a great customer base who we treat like family, and employees who are second to none, we look forward to seeing what the future holds for the company. Johns Plumbing, Heating and Air has been serving the Triad and surrounding areas for the last 40 plus years and we plan to be here for the next 40 years taking care of our customers’ needs. PO Box 8496 Greensboro, NC 27419 GSO. (336)294-2301| WS. (336)722-1448 | FAX. (336)852-5941 www.gojohns.com
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Board votes to recommend prohibiting new houses on smaller lots along Summerfield Road by CHRIS BURRITT
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SUMMERFIELD – Summerfield’s Zoning Board is recommending construction of two houses per acre be prohibited along a 1.7-mile stretch of Summerfield Road. At the recommendation of Chairman Dick Feulner, the board voted 4-0 during its meeting Monday, Sept. 9, to exclude what’s known as the town core residential district from areas where the town wants to encourage moderately priced housing. If adopted by the Town Council, the board’s recommendation would prevent developers from buying and demolishing houses in the district and combining lots for construction of smaller houses, Feulner said. The town core district is bounded by Auburn Road on the south and Summer Haven Drive on the north. It encompasses the town’s historic district on Summerfield Road between Medaris Street and N.C. 150. Discussion of the Summerfield Road corridor arose during the board’s review of the draft of the town’s unified development ordinance (UDO), a set of regulations that will dictate commercial and residential development in Summerfield. Board members have discussed various options for providing moderately priced housing in Summerfield, including the possible creation of a district along Summerfield Road where higher-density development
In an interview after Monday’s meeting, Feulner said when voting to recommend preventing construction of houses on smaller lots along Summerfield Road, he factored in concerns raised by Priscilla Olinick, a lifetime Summerfield resident who is a candidate for a council seat in the Nov. 5 election.
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Allowing builders to demolish existing houses along Summerfield Road to construct new houses on smaller lots would threaten Summerfield’s “small town character,” said Olinick, citing the town’s comprehensive plan that recommends retaining the “rural character and small town atmosphere” of Summerfield.
“We need to protect what makes our town core unique,” Olinick said in an interview after the board’s meeting. After the Zoning Board completes its review of the UDO and gathers residents’ feedback during a public hearing, it will pass along its final recommendations to the Town Council. The council will then consider the board’s recommendations and hold another public hearing as part of its review and revision of the ordinance. A vote by the council is required for adoption of the ordinance.
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Happytail Puppies, the dog retailer at 2911 Oak Ridge Road (N.C. 150) in Oak Ridge. Did officers remove any dogs? lot of
We stopped by Happytail Puppies as the two vehicles you noticed were preparing to leave and talked to the two Animal Control employees as well as an inspector with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture before they drove off. They departed without any animals in the truck. The state agency was beginning an inspection of Happytail, the inspector stated, describing her visit as “normal business.” The Animal Control officers, who declined to provide their names, referred questions to Jorge Ortega, director of Guilford County Animal Services; Ortega didn’t return a voicemail earlier this week seeking comment. We also talked to Sonya Mackovic, owner of Happytail Puppies, earlier this week. She explained the Department of Agriculture was starting an investigation of the business as part of her application for a state license. She said she’s also applied for a U.S. Department of Agriculture license. “We are not getting our dogs taken away,” Mackovic confirmed. The state inspector and two county officers did a “preliminary walkthrough” of Happytail as part of Mackovic’s application for a state license regulating
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Concerned after seeing a Guilford County Animal Control truck parked at the Happytail Puppies’ dog retail center on N.C. 150 in Oak Ridge last week, a reader asked if dogs were being removed because of violations. The Northwest Observer was told county and state officers were conducting a routine inspection of the operation because owner Sonya Mackovic has applied for state and federal licenses. the operations, she explained. Happytail is licensed by Guilford County Animal Control, requiring inspections to verify the facility is clean and
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Town leaders to tackle traffic at Summerfield Elementary by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – A complaint by parent Kay Fyler about traffic congestion during the drop-off of students at Summerfield Elementary School prompted Summerfield Town Council to address the concerns. “Every morning has been an issue and every year it has gotten worse with traffic and safety at the school,” Fyler told the council during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 10. In response, the council instructed Town Manager Scott Whitaker to organize an informal group consisting of town and school staff, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the
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A half hour before the start of classes at Summerfield Elementary School on Sept. 11, parents back up in traffic at Pleasant Ridge Road and Greenlawn Drive. Some drivers grow impatient and drive into the oncoming lane of Pleasant Ridge Road to skirt the line, according to one parent who spoke at Summerfield Town Council’s Sept. 10 meeting. Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. Whitaker invited Fyler to meet with him to discuss her concerns and possible solutions. “We really have safety questions here,” Mayor Gail Dunham said. As she drops off her twins at school in the morning, Fyler said she’s used her phone to record motorists who cross into
the oncoming lane of traffic on Pleasant Ridge Road and Greenlawn Drive to skirt the long line of traffic. By 7:15 a.m., 30 minutes before the start of classes, traffic is backed up as far away from the school as near Dove Medical Supply on Summerfield Road. Deputies plan to ticket drivers who pass unlawfully, said 1st Lt. Jeremy
Fuller, deputy commander of the sheriff’s District 1 office. Speaking at the council’s meeting, he urged parents to “leave a little bit early, take their time and know there is going to be a traffic problem while people are trying to get their kids in and out of the school here in Summerfield.”
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supply the needs of the area, according to Schneider.
whether the town could establish a water system without putting tax dollars at risk for unanticipated operational and repair costs.
“We’ve got our own rivers underground,” she said, countering Cooke’s assertion that the town needs to secure a new source of water. “It is a plentiful resource and a reliable one except in a few areas.”
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“Why does the town of Oak Ridge want to get into the water business?” said Jerry Cooke, developer of Oak Ridge Commons shopping center. He said he doubts the town could operate a system better than Aqua North Carolina or Envirolink Inc., private utilities that operate community wells in many Oak Ridge subdivisions. The town’s proposal wouldn’t produce a new supply of water, a major drawback, according to Cooke. Instead, Oak Ridge should try to tap a new source of water, possibly buying from a nearby municipality such as Kernersville, he said. “We have a water problem, but this is not the solution,” Cooke said. “The solution is to find a source.”
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Homeowners and businesses in Oak Ridge are served by private and community wells, raising concerns that residential and commercial development may threaten the supply of groundwater and its quality. Previous efforts to establish a regional or municipal water system have failed.
Mayor Spencer Sullivan countered that Oak Ridge needs an alternative to the network of private and community wells serving houses, subdivisions and businesses. Mayor Pro Tem Jim Kinneman and council members George McClellan and Ann Schneider concurred, as did several residents who spoke during the meeting.
In recent months, leaders in Oak Ridge, Summerfield and Stokesdale have said they don’t support the proposed regional system, citing construction costs exceeding $50 million.
“This is a very modest, small start, but it’s prudent and reasonable,” Sullivan said. “Leaving water in the hands of a private company or individuals is not a long-term option for Oak Ridge. The town needs to begin to assume corporate responsibility for this asset if this town is going to continue to flourish.”
With Envirolink’s help, the council is evaluating financial, legal, operational and other considerations before deciding whether to establish a municipal water system. It voted last week to amend the wording of the town’s regulations to accommodate the establishment of the proposed system.
“It is our obligation to look to the future,” added Kinneman, who said he’s among the Oak Ridge residents who may never be served by a municipal water system.
“It is a great beginning,” said former Mayor Roger Howerton, who’s among town leaders who have discussed and unsuccessfully pursued options for the establishment of a municipal water system since Oak Ridge’s incorporation 21 years ago.
A year ago, a study assessing the feasibility of a regional water system for northwest Guilford County found that the supply of groundwater was ample to
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Sullivan proposed in May that Oak Ridge establish a municipal water system based on a requirement that developers of new neighborhoods with 30 or more lots deed community wells to Oak Ridge. In turn, the town would hire a utility company to operate the system, making it responsible for duties from adding chemicals to water to billing customers.
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Several years ago, Oak Ridge and Aqua planned a full-blown municipal water system, but negotiations fell through, Sullivan said.
We’ll continue this article in our Sept. 19, 2019 issue.
NEWS in brief
YOUR QUESTIONS
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Preview: Sept. 12 Stokesdale Town Council meeting STOKESDALE – Stokesdale Town Council will meet Thursday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. Agenda items include consideration of closing Friddlewood Road; before moving forward with this road closure request, the council will set a public hearing date for citizens’ input. A budget amendment to increase attorney fees by $25,000 will also be discussed, as will the release of closed session meeting minutes from March 8 and March 13, 2018. In those sessions the council discussed the mayor and mayor pro tem’s removal of confidential personnel files and consulted with its attorney regarding qualifications of a prospective employee. Council also plans to continue its discussion of an amendment to Republic Services’ franchise agreement, and will vote on whether to revise the March 14 meeting minutes. Amending the town attorney access policy will likely be the most debated agenda item. Councilman Tim Jones claims he has been unfairly and unconstitutionally targeted by a policy the council approved 3-1 at its
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July 11 meeting. Jones fiercely opposed the policy, which requires council members to go through the mayor, mayor pro tem, or if neither are available, the town clerk to access the town attorney directly. “Our thoughts are, rather than have five people approach you, go through one person,” Mayor John Flynt told newly hired town attorney Tom Medlin when the council adopted the policy. Medlin charges the town $300 per hour for his services. In an email to the Northwest Observer dated July 13, Jones wrote, “Unfortunately and sadly I believe this policy is no more than a political action taken by Thearon Hooks, Frank Bruno and John Flynt directed at restricting my ability to serve the Citizens of Stokesdale that elected me. For some reason they seem to think every Council member should agree with them. I vote first during every vote taken and I don’t turn around and try to restrict their access to the Town Attorney just because they don’t always vote the same way that I do.”
in Ohio and North Carolina who provide miniature dogs to Happytail are licensed at the state and federal level and she wants the same levels of licensing for her company. “Sometimes we hear the ‘puppy mill’ word and that’s the stigma we want to overcome,” Mackovic said. “It just shows the public that we are being proactive, not reactive. It shows we do have accountability and are taking proper steps in what we do. We are not hiding anything.” Happytail sells most of its dogs online at happytailpuppies.com. Once customers place orders, breeders ship the dogs to the Oak Ridge Road location, where they’re housed until customers inspect them and take them home. No breeding takes place in the Oak Ridge operation, she said. Mackovic said she expects approval of the state and federal licenses over the next few months and plans to post the licenses on Happytail’s website. In addition, she plans to provide copies of the licenses to Oak Ridge Town Hall to keep on record in case residents ask about the business. Sean Taylor, the town’s planning director, said he’s received phone calls about Happytail from concerned citizens, but the business isn’t in violation of any Town ordinances.
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Sept. 5 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTS as reported by CHRIS BURRITT Mayor Spencer Sullivan called the monthly meeting to order, with Mayor Pro Tem Jim Kinneman and council members George McClellan, Doug Nodine and Ann Schneider present. Rev. Susan Mitchell, a pastor at Oak Ridge United Methodist Church, offered the invocation.
Fire Department. Chief Steve Simmons reported Oak Ridge Fire Department responded to 79 calls in Oak Ridge last month; of those, 38 were medical in nature while 41 were fire- or service-related. Firefighters obtained 221 hours of training.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Rezoning. The council voted 5-0 to approve two rezoning requests by Oak Ridge Military Academy to prevent the demolition of historic buildings on campus. No one spoke in opposition to the rezoning applications. The requests followed the council’s decision in April to rezone 1.9 acres on the south side of N.C. 150 so that
Sheriff’s Office. Capt. George Moore with the sheriff’s District 1 office reported the office responded to 64 calls in Oak Ridge in August. Burglar alarms accounted for more than a third of the calls. In response to an uptick in thefts from vehicles, Moore urged motorists to lock their doors and protect belongings when leaving their cars unattended.
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WHAT they voted on, and HOW they voted: (Mayor Spencer Sullivan, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Kinneman and council members George McClellan, Doug Nodine and Ann Schneider voted on the following issues at the Sept. 5 meeting.)
5 0: Approve meeting agenda and minutes from the Aug. 1 regular meeting
5 0: Approve two rezoning requests by Oak Ridge Military Academy to prevent the demolition of historic buildings on campus
4 1: Approve (Nodine opposed) changes to ordinance to accommodate establishment of a proposed municipal water system
4 0: Approve rezoning of 52.6 acres on N.C. 150 west of East Harrell Road. (Sullivan recused himself from voting because he is one of the property owners.)
5 0: Approve appointments and reappointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Planning and Zoning Board
5 0: Approve renewal of the town’s contract for municipal fire protection and rescue services
5 0: Approve two resolutions adding three streets to the state’s road maintenance system
5 0: Approve a resolution authorizing the sale of surplus equipment owned by the town
ORMA could lease the old armory building to the Wright Stuff Flight Simulation Center. That rezoning imposed a condition requiring the school to grant a historic preservation easement to Preservation Greensboro, a nonprofit organization, to protect structures located on academy property from demolition at any point in the future. The easement hinged on the approval of ORMA graduate Rob
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Negotiations with Holcomb are still underway, according to Sean Taylor, the town’s planning director. As a result, the rezoning request approved by the council last week eliminated the requirement for the historic preservation easement,
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Holcomb, who had loaned money to the school years ago. If he weren’t willing to subordinate his lien, or legal claims to school assets, the easement wouldn’t be granted and the rezoning would be void, Sullivan said in May.
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allowing the Wright Stuff to proceed with opening in the former armory. The easement covers eight buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Properties. The buildings, including Alumni Hall and Linville Chapel, are located on the south and north sides of N.C. 150, leading ORMA to seek the rezoning of an additional 69.9 acres on both sides of campus.
Text amendment. The council voted 4-1 to amend an ordinance to accommodate the establishment of a proposed municipal water system. Nodine voted no, saying he’s concerned that projections for revenue generated by the system may be too optimistic, saddling taxpayers with unanticipated costs for the system. (See related article on front cover.)
OLD BUSINESS Rezoning. By a 4-0 vote, the council approved the rezoning of 52.6 acres on N.C. 150 west of East Harrell Road from agricultural to RS-40 (residential, minimum lot sizes of 40,000 square feet) for a subdivision. The property is owned by Mayor Sullivan, his wife, Linda, and three of her relatives. Sullivan recused himself from voting to avoid a conflict of interest. No one spoke against the rezoning request.
A vote on the request last month didn’t stand because the “yes” votes didn’t represent at least two-thirds of the five council members, as required for the first hearing of a rezoning request. (Sullivan had recused himself from voting and Schneider was absent.)
MANAGER’S REPORT Appointments. At the recommendation of Town Manager Bill Bruce, the council voted 5-0 to reappoint Phyllis Anders to the town’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. It also reappointed Patti Paslaru to the Planning and Zoning Board while placing Jason Streck on the board as a full voting member after he had served as an alternate. Maureena Shepherd was appointed as an alternate. Fire and Rescue. The council voted 5-0 to renew the town’s contract for municipal fire protection and rescue services with the Oak Ridge Fire and Rescue Co., previously the Oak Ridge Fire Department.
approved by a 5-0 vote a resolution authorizing the town to sell surplus equipment such as computers, phones and electronics cords worth less than $30,000.
FINANCE REPORT
Finance Officer Sam Anders reported the town collected $34,073 in property tax receipts and $23,480 in sales tax receipts in August, the biggest contributors to revenue that totaled $70,434 in the month.
COMMUNITY UPDATES Special Events. Chair Patti Dmuchowski reported the committee has lined up sponsors for the holi-
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day parade Nov. 23. Separately, the committee has raised $4,255 for a proposed veterans’ memorial at Town Park, she said.
Oak Ridge Youth Association. Van Tanner, community relations director for ORYA, said the association and town staff are discussing the possibility of creating a Halloween Spooky Trail at Town Park. Parks and Recreation. Vice Chair Phyllis Anders reminded people that Heritage Day is planned for Sept. 28 at Town Park. Planning and Zoning. Board member
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‘More needs to be done,’ mom says after losing her son to bone cancer at age 11 Since her son’s death a little over a year ago, Casey Crossan of Oak Ridge has made it her mission to fight back against childhood cancer by ANNETTE JOYCE Fluffy gold bows are popping up in neighborhoods all around the area – at last count, Summerfield’s Birkhaven neighborhood had over 45 bows lining its streets. You’ll also find them at businesses – CrossFit in Oak Ridge has one on its mailbox and bows are attached to the five lampposts that mark the entrances at Forbis and Dick’s Stokesdale Chapel. At Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge resident Casey Crossan is fighting back against childhood cancer. Crossan’s determination to raise awareness that childhood cancer exists and more needs to be done to not only help children and their families deal with this disease, but one day completely eradicate it. Crossan, an Oak Ridge resident, knows firsthand what kids go through when dealing with cancer. Her son, Conner, fought a two-year Photo by Annette Joyce/NWO battle with osteosarcoma, Elementary School, the bows are scata bone cancer that took his young life tered throughout the offices and halls. a little over a year ago at the age of 11. She’s passionate about keeping ConThese bows are a result of Casey
ner’s legacy alive while helping other children who have been dealt a similar hand. Since September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Crossan decided to help raise money to fight childhood cancer. But more importantly, she wanted to help people realize how many kids and families are being affected and how little is being done. She cites various statistics to support her claims. “A child is diagnosed every two minutes with cancer worldwide and approximately one in 285 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer before their 20th birthday,” she said. “Just within Oak Ridge and Summerfield, I know of five kids who have fought or are fighting cancer right now. And there are many others I don’t know about.”
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Todd Harmon straightens one of the five bows that line the parking lot of Forbis and Dick’s Stokesdale Chapel in downtown Stokesdale. A key problem with childhood cancer is the lack of funding for research. According to Crossan, only 4 percent of federal government cancer research funding goes to pediatric cancer research. While the pharmaceutical companies fund 60 percent of adult cancer drug development, these companies allocate little, if anything, for childhood cancers. Crossan cited her son’s treatment as an example. “Treatment for childhood cancer is dated. Conner’s treatment plan for osteosarcoma was the same as if he had been diagnosed 40 years ago.” Why isn’t there more funding? “Pediatric cancer doesn’t get as much attention as other cancers,” Cros-
san said. “You see childhood cancer commercials and you might think ‘that’s awful,’ but we fix those children so it’s okay. It’s not like that at all. It’s horrific. It breaks families apart and if the kids survive, they have life-long health issues.” To bring greater awareness to childhood cancer, Crossan came up with the idea for the mailbox bows campaign.
She said it originated with something her neighbors did for her family.
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“When Conner was in the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio for what we were hoping was going to be a quick surgery, we got bad news and Conner returned home under the care of Hospice,” Crossan said. “Driving into our neighborhood, we saw that all the mailboxes had gold, mesh ribbons shaped into the cancer awareness symbol. The support was incredible. I felt like I was being hugged.”
Jason Streck said the board heard two subdivision cases during its meeting last month.
Crossan supplied the materials for the mailbox bows campaign and her friends, their children and members of Northwest Guilford High School’s Key Club helped her make the bows that feature a Childhood Cancer Awareness tag. Each bow sells for $20 and so far, the campaign has raised over $5,000. The bows will be available through the
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Blissful Studios & Gallery John Berg, owner Blissful Studios & Gallery has been in business for three years. The gallery began in downtown Winston-Salem, but after losing its lease the Berg family decided Summerfield was an excellent place to relocate. “We started after my two daughters, Melissa Berg and Emily Clark, who are both artists, wanted to start a new and progressive gallery for local artists to show their work,” owner John Berg said of the family-owned and operated studio/gallery. Blissful Studios & Gallery offers fine
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SUMMERFIELD – Center Grove Grill, located at 998 N.C. 150 West in Summerfield, invites area residents to “dine out for a good cause” Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ten percent of all the restaurant’s sales on this day will be donated to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for research and aid, in honor of Aaron Plaster of Oak Ridge. Plaster was diagnosed with ALL (Acute LymphoCourtesy photo blastic Leukemia) Feb. 9, Oak Ridge resident Aaron Plaster (far right) was diag2017, at age 30. With a nosed in February 2017 with leukemia at age 30, just 3-month-old daughter, three months after his daughter was born. To show suphis life was turned upside port for Plaster, who is growing stronger and healthier after a stem cell transplant and treatments, and others down. Thanks to a nonaffected by leukemia, Center Grove Grill in Summerfield related donor from the invites area residents to “dine out for a good cause” state of Washington, Sept. 23; 10% of all restaurant sales that day will be dohe received a lifesavnated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. ing stem cell transplant, which was followed by and Plaster will be walking at Triad chemotherapy and radiation. Light the Night on Oct. 5 in Greensboro Because of LLS, new treatments to help raise money for others batwere found that put Plaster into remistling cancer to get the treatments they sion before his stem cell transplant. need. To support “TeamAllInForAaron” After 1 1/2 years, he continues to get and others with leukemia, go to better and stronger. www.Lightthenight.org and donate or register to walk with the team. This year, “Team AllInForAaron”
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Community forum planned for Sept. 16 Guilford County Sheriff’s Office will conduct the first in a series of community forums on safety in churches and other places of worship on Monday, Sept. 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Lawndale Baptist Church, 3505 Lawndale Drive in Greensboro. These forums, motivated by recent mass shootings, will train
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District 1 Sheriff’s Office has recently responded to the following incidents in northwest Guilford County ... ASSAULT Sept. 2 | A 38-year-old and 16-year-old female were both reportedly assaulted Aug. 20 in the 8100 block of Gray Leigh Drive in Oak Ridge (off Stafford Mill Road) by a known suspect. Sept. 7 | A 36-year-old male was arrested at 1:05 p.m. in the 1000 block of Ted Johnson Parkway in Greensboro (near Piedmont Triad International Airport) for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Sept. 8 | Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call at 1:15 a.m. that a resident of the 8100 block of Mabe Marshall Road in Summerfield (off Scalesville Road) had assaulted his wife; the woman denied sustaining any injuries. The husband claimed three known suspects assaulted him and damaged his property. He sustained minor injuries, while the damage to his vehicle was estimated at $3,000.
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Sept. 3 | The owner of Naylor Custom Homes reported that his business and Toledo Painting were burglarized sometime between Aug. 31 and the morning of Sept. 3. When returning to the job site after the Labor Day weekend, the victims discovered an unknown suspect had forced open a back door of a residence under construction in the 8800 block of Belews Ridge Road in Stokesdale and stolen $645 worth of items including three silver ladders in different sizes, three 5-gallon paint cans and a white door and frame. Sept. 5 | A resident of the 6100 block of Four Oaks Court in Summerfield (off Hamburg Mill Road) reported an
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unknown suspect entered his unlocked vehicle between Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 7 a.m. and stole various items with a total value of $6,134. The stolen items included Beretta and SIG SAUER firearms, several Hoyt Archery products, a Dell laptop, a camouflage Mossy Oak laptop case, Badlands sports equipment and clothes, a gray Tract Toric Riflescope, a green Vortex hunting camera, a tree stand harness of unknown make and some smaller items. Sept. 5 | Another resident of the 6100 block of Four Oaks Court in Summerfield reported an unknown suspect entered his unlocked outbuilding between Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 8:05 a.m. and stole several power tools with a total value of $900. The stolen items included an orange/ white Stihl, yellow/black DeWalt, green/ black Hitachi and yellow/black Bosch.
DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED Sept. 6 | A 53-year-old male was arrested at 8:29 p.m. for driving while impaired in the 900 block of N.C. 150 W/ Lake Brandt Road in Summerfield. Sept. 9 | A 29-year-old male was arrested at 7:13 a.m. for driving while impaired in the 7900 block of N.C. 68 N in Stokesdale.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 Marine Corps League | Marine Corps League
Detachment 1314 invites active, reserve and veteran Marines to its next meeting Sept. 12 at the Moose Lodge, 1250 E. Mountain St. in Kernersville. Social hour is from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a business meeting. More info: Mark Brennan, (336) 393-0505, or joevodenichar@yahoo.com. Learn more at nwt1314.com/DoNC.html.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 Town Council | Stokesdale Town Council will hold
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 Summer-Cycle | Guilford County Environmental Services and the Town of Summerfield will co-host a free recycle/e-cycle event Sept. 14, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Laughlin Professional Development Center, 7911 Summerfield Road. Materials accepted: tires, large appliances, electronics and personal documents (up to five boxes). No business waste will be accepted. More info: Cheryl Gore, (336) 643-8655, or cgore@summerfieldnc.gov.
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and the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) to share them on Sept. 15, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Old Mill, 1340 N.C. 68. The DAR will compile everyone’s stories about the Mill and the people who worked for, volunteered at, or frequented the Mill into a book. The gathering will take place in the tobacco barn on the Old Mill property, and refreshments will be served. Can’t make it? Send your stories or learn more by emailing info@oldmillofguilford.com.
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Northwest coach Kevin Wallace knew Southeast would be looking for revenge after its loss to the Vikings last season and prepared his team well. Northwest jumped ahead 21-7 in the first quarter and led at halftime, then went scoreless in the third quarter
before scoring seven points in the final quarter; Southeast scored 21 points in the second half. “We knew it was going to be a fourquarter game,’’ Wallace said. “We fell one quarter short.’’ The Vikings travel to Northern Guilford this Friday at 7:30 p.m. “We’ve got to be able to throw and catch and tackle a little bit better – the fundamental things,’’ Wallace said. “We are still young. We are growing more.”
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Northern Guilford Nighthawks charge the field just before the start of their first home game Sept. 6. The Nighthawks scored all 24 of their points in the first half to defeat Ragsdale, 24-14.
by CHRIS BURRITT Northern Guilford racked up all 24 points in the first half of last Friday’s game, cruising past Ragsdale 24-14. The Nighthawks scored eight points in the opening quarter and another 16 before halftime. Ragsdale went scoreless for three quarters before tacking on 14 points in the final quarter. “We came out with a lot of energy
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NORTHERN GUILFORD JD Livaudais, soccer JD Livaudais has found time for two of his passions: soccer and kids with chronic illnesses. Livaudais, a Northern Guilford senior who has played soccer since age 3, is center back for the high school’s team and was an All Mid State 3A Conference athlete last year.
“I love that it’s not just the physicality of the game,” he said. “It’s how you play smart and the strategy of the game.” That’s a trait coach Aaron King can appreciate. “JD is really smart on and off the field,” King said. “He picks up on stuff I don’t see.” The coach also likes Livaudais’ work ethic, saying Livaudais may have upped his game more since his freshman year than anyone else on the team. “He really worked hard to improve and get better,” King said. “He’s just an awesome young man.”
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Livaudais takes a break from soccer for three weeks during the summer when he’s at Camp Carefree in Stokesdale. There he spends his days living with and caring for special needs kids battling cancer, epilepsy and other debilitating conditions. “You have to do everything for them: get them up, help them shower, get them to activities, help them get their meals,” Livaudais said. A big payoff for him is the reactions he gets from the kids. “I just love how the kids can have fun for a week,” he said. “It makes you feel good, like you’re really doing something.”
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Carly Herndon, cheerleading It was gymnastics that helped Carly Herndon prepare for cheerleading when she became a fourth-grader, and she’s been leading cheers ever since. Now a senior Northern Guilford varsity cheerleader, she often relies on those early gymnastics skills for tumbling routines.
Livaudais expects to head to his parents’ alma mater, Auburn University, next year to study aerospace engineering.
“I’ve pretty much been doing it all my life, it seems,” Herndon said of cheerleading. “I like the community aspect of it. It’s a great way for me to be together with my friends.”
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“It’s a really good way for me to stay connected with my friends from middle school,” she said. “It’s been a really big part of my life.” So much so that she’s now coaching cheerleading for Northern Guilford Youth Football, for which she once cheered. In recent years she’s developed another interest: summer mission trips to Central America through Youth for Christ. On trips to Honduras, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua over the past four summers, she has been part of teams that poured concrete floors for homes, conducted a sports camp for children and did other such work with the poor. “I’ve developed a passion for helping people and giving back, and also a passion for Spanish,” Herndon said. “It has helped me learn more of the language.” She especially enjoyed the sports camp her team conducted. “We got to introduce the kids to sports they weren’t too familiar with,” she said of basketball and volleyball. “We also got to play soccer with them. They knew quite a bit about soccer, so they were teaching us some new stuff.” Her favorite sports figure: Sam Coffer, who played basketball at Northern, then at Elon. Although Coffer was much older, the two developed a close friendship and Coffer was a source of encouragement. “She’s a great person, very kind and caring to others,” Herndon said. “Even though I was much younger she kept up with me to see how I was doing. She got me into watching sports and connecting with my dad more and developing a love for sports.”
NORTHWEST GUILFORD Celeste Kidd-O’Brien, unified track team Besides running cross country for Northwest Guilford, Celeste Kidd-O’Brien participates later in the year with the high school’s unified track team. She said it inspires and uplifts her. The unified team, separate from the high school’s track and field teams, pairs track athletes with the school’s special needs athletes of similar abilities, she explained. As they train together, they learn from each other. “If my main goal had been competing, I’d have run on the Northwest track and field team,” Kidd-O’Brien, a senior, said. “But I got much more out of this.” She had worked with special needs people for a while through a horseback riding school in Rockingham County. “I know how much horseback riding has helped me,” Kidd-O’Brien said. “It’s really beneficial for people struggling with disabilities. From there I branched out into track because I have a passion for running.” Her work with special needs people has made her realize “a need to build bridges” to that community, she said, adding, “I think there’s a lack of understanding.” Coach Paul Egleston commended Kidd-O’Brien for volunteering “an enormous number of hours throughout the year,” as well as for her leadership on the cross country team. “I gave her a nickname,” Egleston said. “I call her ‘Celeste the best.’”
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James Road. She’s one of seven children in a farm family that always kept big dogs around to protect their livestock, including a mule named Old Bob, from bears and other wild animals.
In The attack that recent killed Marshmallow, months, Oreo and two other Lowdermilk bunnies occurred on has noticed the night of Saturday, the deer Aug. 24. Neas and population Lowdermilk are still has virtulooking for answers. ally disapThey’re going round peared Photo by Chris Burritt/NWO from the and round in their minds, searching the area. Joann Lowdermilk with Ebony, one of her chickens that survived a killing spree last internet and calling “I’m month she believes was caused by a mountain going to authorities for help identifying the preda- lion. give you a tors, based on their theory,” she photographs of paw prints in the mud said, speculating that coyotes, not deer, and scratch marks and other damage to are now the target of the big cat she cages. believes killed their rabbits and chickens. Since last month’s attack, she said, A private wildlife removal specialist “they’ve been back – the coyotes and surveyed the scene and concluded the the cat.” predator may have been a mountain They spotted a pair of tracks, poslion, based on paw prints, according to Lowdermilk. As further evidence, she said sibly a mother and her young, walking side by side down the driveway, Neas the predator climbed over a fence to get to her chickens, a skill that coyotes lack – said. In other areas, a mix of prints indicated more than one species of wild and chewed though two layers of wire. animals were stalking their pets. As a precaution, Neas and Knight “Here I slept with my won’t go outside alone. poor chickens going through Also known as cougars, mature adult mountain lions measure as long as this,” Lowdermilk said. 8 feet from their nose to the end of their “They were probably going tail and weigh 150 to 200 pounds. crazy.” “If a mountain lion were to come running at you, you’d never be able to The morning after the attack, stop it,” said Neas, who’s been keepCynthia Knight, Lowdermilk’s daughter, ing her rabbits inside her home. “We found her shepherd dog in the woods fear for our safety and everybody else’s near her house. It had deep puncture safety.” wounds that required treatment by an On three occasions, Knight’s camera emergency veterinarian. caught the images of coyotes during the Lowdermilk, 80, grew up on Hudson- night. It also captured the end of a tail
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belonging to an animal that had already passed out of sight before the camera took the picture. When enlarged, the tip of the tail is darker than the rest of the tail, resembling the tails of mountain lions.
“My opinion is that it is a mountain lion tail,” Neas said. Her view, however, is challenged by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. “As far as all the evidence shows, the eastern cougar has been extinct for around a century,” the staff of the commission’s help desk wrote in an email earlier this week. The commission notes “it is not impossible” for cougars in the western U.S. to migrate to North Carolina, though reported sightings have turned out to be bobcats, domestic cats and dogs and coyotes. After reviewing photos of the paw prints and damage to the rabbit cages on Hudson-James Road, the commission concluded the attacker was probably a domestic dog or a coyote. “The fact that a coyote was caught on the homeowner’s trail camera would make that animal more likely the culprit,” it said. The tracks showed nail marks, which are not typically present in tracks of felines, including mountain lions, because they have retractable claws, the commission said. Nail marks are generally made by some species of canine, such as a dog or coyote, it said. Two local hunters who looked at photos of the paw prints and damage to the rabbit cages speculated the attackers were a coyote or big cat. “With the first set of tracks, I would
guess coyotes,” said James Hunter, a hunter and tracker in Greensboro. Judging by the widespread destruction of the rabbit cages, he added, the attackers “acted like a pack of dogs.” “Mountain lion tracks look very similar” to Knight’s photograph of prints in mud, said Wayne Andrews, a hunter who lives in Stokesdale. “I’ve seen a lot of cat tracks out West and they are much bigger than coyote tracks,” he said. The commission estimated the track in one of the photos was about three inches in size, typical of coyotes and dogs. By contrast, the tracks of gray and red foxes are smaller and the tracks of bears measure five to eight inches, and they have five toes.
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“Even if there were no nail marks in the tracks to rule out a feline, cougar tracks are typically around 4 inches or more in size and bobcats have smaller tracks, around 1 3/8 inches in size,” the commission said. “The animal that left these tracks would have to be either a domestic dog or coyote.” In the case of the attack on Knight’s dog, the commission said “the mauling sounds like domestic dog behavior, but a coyote could not be ruled out.”
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N.C. Court of Appeals judges who affirmed the Board of Elections’ and two judges’ decisions in former Councilman Todd Rotruck’s case. The mayor and her cronies will be gone soon, and may wiser heads prevail in November elections. Do your research! Summerfield’s voters who vote carefully and are well-informed. After the chaos of the last three years and the discord on our Town Council, please protect our good town by reading interviews and doing due diligence on the candidates. Fellow late ‘90s NWHS graduates Priscilla Olinick (Summerfield) and Derek Foy (Stokesdale). Great to see you running for your respective town councils. I have fond memories of both being positive individuals. This generation needs a voice in town government.
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Todd Rotruck for the fiasco he has created. The Town of Summerfield needs to sue him to recoup its legal fees! The person who said all businesses should pay employees $15/hour. As a business owner paying the $15 minimum, who is going to guarantee that my income is also $15/hour – especially since I work more than 40 hours a week? The new color of the Stokesdale water tower. It’s absolutely atrocious! It looks like a giant blueberry and sticks out like a sore thumb. I feel like there were plenty of other options! The sober, sensible motorists who “are ignoring the speed limit of 35 mph” on N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge (NWO’s Sept. 5 issue). Somehow 45 mph was perfectly safe, but has magically become dangerous and frightening! Oak Ridge Town Council is a joke. A Town Council candidate who reads one set of inaccurate minutes to determine his facts. Bill Jones’ editorial was accurate. A good council member will look for the truth. “No” votes are not bad on no bid-contracts. Stokesdale Town Council member Thearon Hooks for posting a disgraceful post comparing liberals to being handicapped. This is unbecoming of an elected official, and not what we need in Stokesdale. You should resign. Editor’s note: We did not see Councilman Thearon Hooks’ post, but we asked him about it after receiving this Gripe. Hooks responded that the quote was referencing the movie “Major Payne,” and was meant in humor – however, after we emailed him he said he removed it from his Facebook page.
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CHILDHOOD CANCER ...continued from p. 11 end of September. Crossan has another fundraiser planned for Sunday, Sept. 29. The second annual “Shopping 4 Hope” event takes place at the Riverside Clubhouse from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Entry fee is $10, payable before the contest. Contestants must write their names on the bottom of the pie pans and deliver their entries to the market between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Judging starts at 7 p.m., with the winner collecting prize money of about $100, Brackett said.
Brackett has lined up three judges – Renea Myers of Culinary U of the Triad, Julian Vicard of French Artisan Bread Co. and Oak Ridge Town Council member Ann Schneider. (Mayor Pro Billed as a “charity event to change childhood cancer,” Shopping 4 Hope will feature a line-up of local vendors including: Finley’s Fizzies Bathbombs, It’s A Cake Walk, Usborne Books and Cards and more. A local band, Decades, will provide live music and there will be face painting for the kids, mini chair massages, wine, food and whatever else Crossan can line up between now and then. She hopes to exceed proceeds of over $2,500 from last year’s event. Proceeds from both fundraisers will go to MIB Agents, an organization that seeks to “Make It Better” for kids with cancer by providing items of comfort and entertainment during treatment and long hospital stays, offering peer-to-peer support for kids and their families and arranging end-of-life wishes for kids when treatment options are no longer available.
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Stokesdale 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Saturday, Sept. 21, 1-6pm, Stokesdale Town Park (rain date Sept. 28). Vendors, music, food, games, bounce house and more. See display ad on page 6 in this week's issue for more details. DINE OUT FOR A GOOD CAUSE, Monday, Sept. 23, 10am-8pm at Center Grove Grill, 998 N.C. Hwy. 150 West in Summer Summerfield. 10% of all sales will be donated to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for research and aid in honor of Aaron Plaster of Oak Ridge. Aaron was diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) Feb. 9, 2017, at age 30. With a 3-monthold daughter, his life was turned upside down. Thanks to a non-related donor from the state of Washington, Aaron received a lifesaving stem cell transplant, which was followed by chemotherapy and radiation. After 1 1/2 years, Aaron continues to get better and stronger. Because of LLS, new treatments were found that put him into remission before his stem cell transplant. This year, Aaron and “Team AllInForAaron” will be walking at Triad Light the Night on Oct. 5 in Greensboro to help raise money for others battling cancer to get the treatments they need. Come on out and give Aaron and his team your support or go to www.Lightthenight.org and donate or register to walk with us.
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