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Cub Scouts | Oak Ridge United Methodist Church at 2424 Oak Ridge Road is host to Cub Scout meetings every Sunday from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Email 130cubmaster@gmail.com or visit oakridge130.mypack.us or for more info. Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church at 2614 Oak Ridge Road also hosts Cub Scout meetings every Tuesday, starting at 7 p.m. Visit pack600rocks.com or call Kathryn Bunthoff, (336) 655-9781, for more info. Cub Scouts are open to boys and girls age K-5. REGISTER TODAY for 5K, 1-mile WALK/RUN

Stop, Drop and Roll | Summerfield Fire District will hold its annual Stop, Drop and Roll 5K walk/run fundraiser and the popular Sparky’s Dash for kids Saturday, Oct. 2. Visit www.jonesracingcompany.com/ stopdropandroll5k to learn more and register by Friday, Oct. 1, at 9 a.m. OCT. 1 & 2

Plant sale | Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden at 215 S. Main St. in Kernersville will hold a fall plant sale Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Oct. 2, 8 to 10 a.m. Limited supplies of herbs, natives and pollinatorfriendly plants are available. Visit cienerbotanicalgarden.org for a list with descriptions, photos and prices. More info: (336) 996-7888.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 2

Golf Fore Kids tournament | Northwest Guilford Kiwanis Club, a non-profit organization that engages in projects to benefit children in our community, will host its 12th annual Golf Fore Kids tournament Oct. 2, starting 8 a.m. at Pine Knolls Golf Club, 1100 Quail Hollow Road in Kernersville. Golfers can enter for $60 per single player or $240 for a four-player team. Participants will receive breakfast biscuits, a fried chicken lunch, goody bags, snack boxes, free drinks and more. All proceeds will benefit local children’s charities. For more info and to enter, contact Mark Masters, (336) 260-1970 or nwgkiwanis@gmail.com. TUESDAY, OCT. 5

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Association, a non-profit organization that promotes awareness of local businesses and seeks ways to serve the community, invites business professionals who live in Summerfield or operate a business in Summerfield to a meeting Oct. 5, 6:30 to 8 p.m., hosted by Greensboro Performing Arts. For more info or to RSVP, email info@summerfieldmerchant.com. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6

Hotdog drive-thru | Gideon Grove United Methodist Church at 2865 Gideon Grove Church Road in Stokesdale will host a free hotdog drive-thru Oct. 6, 5 to 6 p.m. All items will be prepared/packaged following COVID-19 safety guidelines. More info: (336) 643-6042. THURSDAY, OCT. 7

Candidate Meet & Greet | Friends of Stokesdale, a non-partisan, nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing downtown Stokesdale and preserving the town’s history, will host an open house Oct. 7, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., so that Stokesdale residents can meet and talk with the six candidates for Stokesdale Town Council on the Nov. 2 ballot. The open house will be held in council chambers at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road in Stokesdale. Town Council meeting | Oak Ridge Town Council will meet Oct. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Hall, 8315 Linville Road. The meeting will be livestreamed on the town’s YouTube channel and ...continued on p. 18

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Evergreen Lifestyle Center presents the bi-annual Community Festival Sat., Oct. 2, 9am to 1pm

Evergreen Lifestyle Center, 1401 Benjamin Parkway, Greensboro Specialty artisans including jewelry, wreaths, door hangers, soaps, lotions, wooden items, clothing, fairy hair and so much more. Plus, live music, food trucks and sweet treats! Donations of art supplies will be collected for the center.

A Purple Wagon Event

For more information please email purplewagonevents@gmail.com

Bring our pumpkin home ADOPTION 5K

RUN & WALK

and 1-mile fun run

Join us for this fun event to help us cover our final adoption costs and bring our daughter home from India

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Saturday, November 13

Oak Ridge Town Park Register at 4adoption.eventbrite.com 9 am 5K ● 9:30 am fun run

then uploaded to its Facebook page, where it can be viewed at any time. Visit www.oakridgenc.com for a meeting agenda. More info: (336) 644-7009. FRIDAY, OCT. 8

Movie in the Park | Town of Summerfield will host its last free Movie in the Park event of the fall season on Oct. 8 at Summerfield Community Park Amphitheater, 5404 Centerfield Road. Music begins at 6:15 p.m. and dancers from Bella Ballerina Greensboro will perform. The featured movie, Disney’s “Monsters University,” will begin at 7:15 p.m. (dusk). Kona Ice will be onsite selling shaved ice. Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on.

SATURDAY, OCT. 9

Fall extravaganza | Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church invites the community to a fall arts & crafts extravaganza Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2614 Oak Ridge Road. Vendor space is available; visit www.orpc.org to learn more. Music in the Park | The Town of Oak Ridge and the town’s Parks & Recreation Advisory Board invites the community to a Music in the Park event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Park Amphitheater, 6231 Lisa Drive. This month, the Robertson Boys (Americana, gospel and country music) will be performing on Oct. 9. Bring a lawn chair or blanket; food will be available for purchase. No alcohol allowed. The event is free, but donations for the band are appreciated. MONDAY, OCT. 11

Blood drive | Morehead United Methodist Church at 3214 Horse Pen Creek Road in northwest Greensboro will host a blood drive Oct. 11, 2:30 to 7 p.m. All blood types are needed. Appointments can be made, but walk-ins are welcome. Visit redcrossblood.org to sign up, or call (336) 288-9399. Northwest Guilford Woman’s Club | Northwest Guilford Woman’s Club (NGWC) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization whose members include women of all ages and from all walks of life. If you would like to meet other women in the northwest Guilford County community and have a commitment to community service, we’d love to have you join us. The group will hold its next meeting Oct. 11, beginning at 7 p.m. To learn more about NGWC or to attend the meeting as a guest, contact Terri Johnson at (336) 671-8613 or terri.johnson@allentate.com.

TUESDAY, OCT. 12

Storytime in the Garden | Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden at 215 S. Main St. in Kernersville is partnering with the Kernersville Library to bring storytime to the Garden Oct. 12, 10 to 11 a.m. This event featuring stories, songs and activities is free and recommended for kids age 6 and under. More info: (336) 996-7888. Town Council meeting | Summerfield Town Council will meet Oct. 12, beginning 6:30 p.m. at Summerfield Community Center, 5404 Centerfield Road. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Town of Summerfield’s Facebook page. Visit www.summerfieldnc.gov for a meeting agenda. More info: (336) 643-8655. THURSDAY, OCT. 14

Town Council meeting | Stokesdale Town Council will meet Oct. 14, starting 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. Citizens may attend in person, or virtually via Zoom (access a link via the town’s website). The meeting will also be livestreamed on the town’s YouTube channel. Visit www.stokesdale.org for a meeting agenda. More info: (336) 643-4011. TUESDAY, OCT. 19

Candidate Meet & Greet | Northwest Republican Women will hold a Meet & Greet for Summerfield Town Council candidates on Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m. at Summerfield Farms, 3203 Pleasant Ridge Road in Summerfield. RSVP at ncgopgal@gmail.com.

In November 2017, Northwest Observer reported on illegal dumping in this same location after a reader reached out to say they had lived on Water Oak Road for five years and during that time had seen home garbage, deer carcasses and commercial lawn care debris dumped along their road.

“Recently we saw a dead dog dumped on the road!” the reader wrote. “Seeing that dog on the road was heartbreaking.”

“We had a case opened for that property in 2018,” Lorelei Elkins, Guilford County’s environmental enforcement officer, wrote in an email to the Northwest Observer this week. “The debris was cleaned up, but people continue to dump along that road, so now we have a new case opened. We’ve been working with the Sheriff’s Office, the property owner, and the Department of Transportation to come up with a solution to the dumping problem.”

Elkins said “No Dumping” signs have been shot up and then stolen, and a person who leases the land has had his trail cams vandalized.

“One of the options being considered is to close the road and gate so it’s only available to the landowner (there is only one owner for the land on both sides, and the road bisects his property),” she said.

In the most recent incidents, surveillance cameras have captured images of various individuals dumping garbage on Water Oak Road, as well as their vehicles (view the images at Facebook.com/ NorthwestObserver).

“Some of the heaviest dumping is occurring in a stream bed, which is particularly troublesome because that stream runs to the Haw River that supplies water to many communities,” Elkins said. “The dumping can potentially contaminate water and impact wildlife at the site as well as miles downstream. We’ve had dumpsites like this catch fire, causing even more toxic contamination. When the dumpsites catch fire and all that manmade debris burns, it releases cancer-causing dioxins to enter the local air shed.”

Guilford County Environmental Services describes illegal dumping as the disposal of waste in an area not approved for disposal. Illegally dumped wastes such as construction materials (i.e., drywall, lumber, siding, etc.), furniture, household trash and abandoned vehicles, parts and tires are often dumped to avoid either disposal fees or the time and effort required for proper disposal.

Illegal dumping violates county, state, and federal laws and carries harsh fines as well as criminal charges. Violators can be charged up to $1,000 per day until the violation is cleaned up. Also, vehicles used to transport and dump waste illegally can be confiscated.

“The trouble is in finding them,” Elkins said. Of the incidents occurring over the last few months, she added, “We do have leads on several people though, so hopefully that will come to something.” Hardwood Waterproof Laminate

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