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Bypass alternatives leave some with no choice, others still up in the air Decision on route around Stokesdale expected in April, DOT official says By STEVE MANN STOKESDALE – April 2018 will be one of those savethe-date events. That’s when the N.C. Department of Transportation is expected to announce which of the two alternatives has been selected for the U.S. 158 bypass around Stokesdale, according to Karen Reynolds, NCDOT project manager. The 6.5-mile segment would be the

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A DOT official explains to Sue Quate of Stokesdale (right) how the bypass alternatives will affect her property.

Lock your cars – and keep valuables out of sight Seven ‘smash and grab’ incidents recently occurred in one week By PATTI STOKES OAK RIDGE – Until recently, most of the vehicle break-ins we have reported

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on have involved people leaving valuables in unlocked cars. At local town council meetings and online at nextdoor.com, law enforcement has repeatedly reminded citizens to lock their car doors when they are parked at home or away. As visual reminders, they have also posted “Lock it or Lose

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it” signs throughout the area.

A new twist, however, involves several incidents, mostly at Oak Ridge Town Park on Lisa Drive, in which suspects smashed the windows of locked vehicles to gain access to valuables left inside.

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IN THIS ISSUE News in Brief.............................. 3 Your Questions.......................... 4 Proposal ties up council.......... 5 Autumn’s succulent sweets..... 6 Business Notes/Bits & Pieces...11 Pets & Critters............................17 No kill shelter............................18 Pet Adoptions ..........................21 Youth/School News................ 23 Spanish at Pearce................... 29 High School Sports.................. 30 Student Profiles........................ 34 Crime/Incident Report........... 38 Community Calendar............ 39 Grins & Gripes......................... 40 Letters/Opinions...................... 42 Classifieds................................ 43 Index of Advertisers................ 47

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Early voting through Nov. 4, Election Day Nov. 7 GUILFORD COUNTY – Besides the Guilford County Courthouse in downtown Greensboro and High Point, early voting sites will continue to be open at six other locations Thursday, Nov. 2, and Friday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All early voting sites will be open Saturday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In northwest Guilford County, early voting sites are open at the Bur-Mil Club, 5834 Bur-Mil Club Road (off U.S. 220) and Leonard Recreation Center at 6324 Ballinger Road. Registered voters in Guilford County may vote at any early voting site in the county during the early voting period.

Same-day registration is available during the early voting period only. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 7, and on that day voters must vote in their assigned precincts. See our Oct. 13-19, Oct. 20-26 and Oct. 27-Nov. 2 issues online at www.nwobserver.com to learn more about the candidates running for office in Stokesdale, Oak Ridge and Summerfield. Want to view a sample ballot? Visit Guilford County Board of Elections’ website, www.myguilford.com/elections, for a sample ballot and a variety of other information relating to voting and the upcoming election, or call (336) 641-3836.

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Linville Road bridge likely to open on Nov. 3 OAK RIDGE – A segment of Linville Road has been closed since Aug. 7 while a 61-year-old bridge that crosses over the Haw River was dismantled and a new bridge constructed. If paving, road striping, and the installation of pedestrian rails are completed on schedule this week, the bridge will open Friday, Nov. 3. “If there are no hiccups, Friday (Nov. 3) should be the date,” confirmed Bobby Norris, a district engineer with NCDOT. Norris then clarified, “This means they have until Friday midnight.”

And erring on the cautious side, he added, “I do not see any reason it should not be opened by Monday, at the latest.” Smith-Rowe LLC, a contractor out of Mt. Airy, was awarded a $632,000 contract for the bridge construction. The replacement bridge is a singlespan steel and concrete structure that is about 75 feet long. It has wider lanes than the previous bridge and enough room for a future sidewalk on the west side. It will also include pedestrian rails on both sides.

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Several years ago you answered a reader’s question related to concerns about oak trees planted under the power lines at Oak Ridge Town Park. In your response, you said that you had been told the power lines would be buried in the future. Obviously, the aboveground power lines are still there.

Do you know whether they misinformed you or whether there are still plans to bury the power lines in the near future? Oak Ridge Parks & Recreation Director Terry Lannon said burying the power lines was first mentioned before an engineer with Duke Energy had looked at the project and given the Town a ballpark idea of how much it would cost to do so.

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Oak trees planted within 8 to 12 feet of the above-ground power lines bordering Oak Ridge Town Park and Linville Road have begun to encroach on the power lines, but burying the lines is cost prohibitive, the Town says.

12 feet from underneath those lines), they have in fact begun encroaching on them in the over nine years since they were planted. The Town is cur-

“The cost of that project seems rather prohibitive at this point,” Lannon said. “While the oaks weren’t really ‘planted under the power lines’ (they were planted anywhere from 8 to

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rently in the process of thinning and shaping the trees along Linville Road as well as in the Oak Ridge Town Park parking lot.”

We’ve lived on Water Oak Road in Oak Ridge for five years and during that time have seen home garbage, deer carcasses and commercial lawn care debris dumped. Recently we saw a dead dog dumped on the road! What can we do to stop this? “Monitoring and enforcing illegal dumping in a remote location like this is very difficult,” said Bill Bruce, Oak Ridge’s planning director, who also serves as the Town’s enforcement officer. Bruce said signage might help deter the dumping activity and surveillance cameras might also be a possibility in particularly bad and repeated cases, although he admitted it would be difficult and cost prohibitive to install cameras along an entire roadway. “Whenever you see dumping in the roadway, you can either contact Oak Ridge Town Hall or you can contact NCDOT maintenance directly at (336) 668-2464,” Bruce said. “If the dumping is outside the right-of-way, then Solid Waste Enforcement at Guilford County would have jurisdiction (in that case, contact Lorelei Elkins at (336) 641-2082). “If every instance is reported, perhaps a pattern will become evident and pro-active enforcement would be possible,” he added. If you live in the Oak Ridge Town limits and have questions or concerns about illegal dumping, call Bill Bruce at (336) 644-7009 or email him at bbruce@oakridgenc.com.

Proposal for free use of Town Hall ties up Stokesdale council By STEVE MANN STOKESDALE – The original plans for Stokesdale Town Hall show part of the building was intended for community use. The Stokesdale Town Council is trying to decide at what cost that use is to citizens. During the council’s regular monthly Thursday meeting Oct. 12, a discussion of what – if anything – to charge for the rental of the community room, conference room and kitchen was rekindled when council member Frank Bruno made a motion to waive all fees for Stokesdale residents and groups in which at least 50 percent of their members were Stokesdale residents unless the event is a sales or for-profit event. The facilities in the Town Park were not included, and rates for non-residents would not have changed under Bruno’s proposal.

Currently, the Town charges a rental fee, a refundable deposit, a cleaning fee and a setup fee for the community room in Town Hall. The council had discussed rental fees for Town Hall at least four times in the last six months. The subject was highlighted when the Stokesdale Community Choir submitted a request in May to use the community room for practice at no charge starting in August. Town Attorney Katy Gregg, who had previously advised the council against waiving fees, said the council needed to develop a policy outlining the situations under which fees are waived or discounted. The council discussed different approaches – from developing an hourly rate to forming a cultural and public events committee that would include the choir, allowing it to use the community

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The succulent sweets of early autumn by HELEN LEDFORD In late summer and early fall on the farm long ago, it was not just my siblings and I who lingered around the prolific, heavily laden grapevines that climbed on our family’s garden fence; those mellow days of lingering summer and almost-autumn warmth brought bees, yellow jackets, hornets and other greedy winged creatures to savor those last purple clusters of goodness, ripe in the sun. As long as the stinging varmints dined and became inebriated on overripe fallen fruits, they did not

attack. So my siblings and I gathered buckets of the grapevine’s dwindling bounty which Mama turned into jars of tangy grape juice, jams and jellies. September, forerunner of the busy fall season, had been full of hot days, cool nights, and much hustle and bustle, with tobacco crops being harvested and taken to market, in addition to hurried preparations for school’s beginning. Apples and pears hung heavy on fruit trees in our small family orchard. The earlier June apples had long since ended up as applesauce and cobblers.

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Now, as mild October turned into chilly November, remaining fruits were peeled, sliced thin, and dried in the sun, then stored in cloth bags for use in the coming cold months. They would be the delicious innards for Mama’s halfmoon fried pies. Farther down a dusty road, near a neighbor’s old gray log barn, grew wild fox grapevines, climbing over someone’s longforgotten fence. Much smaller than our own Concord variety, these grapes were more tart, but very satisfying as a mouth-watering childhood snack! Also, there were much larger muscadine grapes (also of the wild variety) to be had, growing upward into branches of tall trees in the woods. The vines, thick enough to swing on, offered flavor-filled clusters of thick-skinned, bronze-green orbs. There was nothing like biting into one of these grapes, feeling it “pop” between your teeth, with the cold juice spraying pleasantly down your throat! Definitely a nostalgic autumn recollection…. My siblings and I had access to “store bought” confections, purchased with carefully hoarded nickels and dimes on Saturday afternoon trips to our small town. However, we were extremely fortunate to also avail ourselves of countless natural, healthy treats in abundance on the family acreage. We always had a couple of beehives that yielded pans of golden, rich sweetness. And occasionally, during a trek through the woods, we might stumble on a bee tree loaded

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with wild, fragrant honey. That luscious treasure was somewhat darker in color, with a more intense flavor, but nevertheless, a welcome addition to pipinghot, buttered homemade biscuits! Those autumn months also offered fat, ripe figs, some eagerly eaten right off the bush, but most invariably made into preserves and sealed in jars for winter use. From our fields, we harvested peanuts, which were dried and roasted in the oven – mighty fine fall fare. It was not unheard-of that we ate them freshly pulled from the long plowed rows. Just-picked raw peanuts were wonderful – so crunchy! – and great fun to consume. Too many, unfortunately, might give us belly-aches (not too big a problem, with the path to the outhouse conveniently near!). Sedge nut grass (considered by some to be a weed) was primarily sown for the purpose of feeding cattle. The variety accessible to our foraging childhood hands provided small, brown, nut-like tubers, which, when extracted from the ground and washed, were delightfully crispy morsels, ideal for munching!

In addition, another free-for-thetaking treat for nibbling purposes was the Maypop, which grew along country roads and in close proximity to crop areas. Much sought-after now by serious flower gardeners, the Maypop, or Passionflower vine, is resplendent in midsummer with showy purple and white blooms, which transform to green, egg-shaped fruit. When autumn arrives, the oval-shaped crop of Maypops turns yellow – ready for splitting open and slurping the pleasant-tasting insides. In other months, when the fruit had not matured, it was fun to stomp a few just for fun to hear the loud bursting sound (thus the name, “Maypop!”). Usually in late August or early fall, sweet potatoes were harvested. I so well recall, when the sweet potatoes were plowed and gathered, the ritual of brushing the dirt from one of those plump, orange-y beauties. Then, with a pocket knife, peeling away the new

skin, and eagerly munching away! It was not unheard-of that we might build a fire and have a sweet “tater” roast right there in the field! In anticipation of winter’s colder weather, the bounteous potato crop would then be stored in a cool, dry place where, after some weeks of “seasoning,” they would reach their peak of delicious sweetness. Though farm life was considered to be a tough existence, it had its perks and privileges. Being within walking distance of town, stores and our local movie theatre kept us from isolation. Those small brown bags of sugary orange slices, chocolate-covered peanuts or other sweets purchased from Pope’s five-and-ten-cent store long ago were one of our rewards for hard work. Rural life gave freedom to roam wooded property and meadows, to discover and enjoy all of nature’s gifts from the earth in every season – what an incredible blessing from God!

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“You’d have a brochure and you’d be out there pounding the pavement, and we have not done that,” Braswell said. “We talked about that 6 years ago and we still don’t have a brochure out there on the street.

room for free – but it never formalized a waiver policy as Gregg suggested. The choir eventually worked out an agreement with a local church. Bruno said his motion was meant to spark discussion again.

“My thought is, this is a community building,” he said. “There were rooms designated for Boy Scout troops and community use, and we’ve gotten away from that. “It’s technically owned by our citizens. Why not let them use it, especially during the day?” Bruno said he believes the more people see the possible uses of Town Hall, the better the chance the facility might be booked for other events. Council member Tim Jones said he is concerned about increased costs of cleaning and staff and administrative time since Stokesdale has a tight budget and no property tax. “I am concerned if it’s free that will develop into an ever-increasing use of the facility that will run our costs up,” Jones said, “and then we’ll reach a point where we’ll have to say no to the citizens … or we’ll have to find additional monies to operate it.” He also suggested not allowing free use of the kitchen because of the appliances. Mayor Randy Braswell said he doesn’t think citizens expect to use the facility for free and had hoped the council would establish an hourly rate. He said if the building were privately owned, it would have been ag-

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“If we could have gotten some fliers out there to have brought a better revenue dollar in here to support the facility and add some amenities to it … then we would be able to lower the rates on citizens.”

“This (door-to-door soliciting) is a perfect job for a criminal,” Gudat told the council. “They can put on a suit and tie and politely knock on the door and then rape, rob or assault their victims ... then they can commit more crimes and move on to the next town.”

During the Feb. 1 weekly Wednesday meeting, Town Administrator/Finance Officer Kim Hemric told the council she believed a color trifold brochure would be effective in increasing rentals of facilities at Town Hall and the Town Park. The council then voted 5-0 to seek a minimum of three proposals for designing a professional brochure to advertise.

Also on the council’s agenda is a closed session to “consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee.”

Hemric said she received a few estimates that she presented to the council. She said the feedback from council members was concern over the price for color trifolds. No action was taken, and Hemric said she hopes the new council will revisit the item early next year. Town Hall rentals for fiscal year 2017-18 are projected to be $150 and have surpassed that total only once in the last three years. Bruno amended his motion to waive just the rental fees for the community and conference rooms for Stokesdale residents or groups consisting of at least 50 percent Stokesdale residents unless the event is a sales or for-profit event, remove the kitchen from free use and try the policy for six months and then re-evaluate it.

Council members met Oct. 19 to review 35 resumes from applicants interested in the position of town manager. The town manager position was vacated by longtime manager Bruce Oakley on Sept. 1 after he accepted the position of city manager with the City of Southport. Since Oakley’s departure, Planning Director Bill Bruce and Town Clerk Sandra Smith have served as interim co-managers and last month Ashley Royal was hired as a temporary part-time deputy clerk to assist the two co-managers during the transition period.

The vote was 2-2, with Braswell and Tim Jones voting nay, and Bruno and Vicki White-Lawrence voting aye. Mayor Pro Tem Bill Jones was absent.

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one yet, and she estimates over 3,000 people came to see what 102 artisans had to offer. “We drew people from Stokesdale and all over the place to see our local craftspeople,” Jordahl said.

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offer at the annual Over 3,000 people came to see what 102 vendors had to dale on Oct. 21. craft show organized by Mary Jordahl in downtown Stokes

Attendees found much to like about the local artisans’ offerings, which included handmade jewelry, pet portraits, glass bird feeders, quilts, tie-dyed clothing, jams and jellies and much in between.

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Mary Jordahl, founder of The Original Made by Hands in the Triad, stands in front of a display of tie-dyed sheets that a vendor offered at the annual craft show she organized on Oct. 21 in downtown Stokesdale.

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third and last section of Project R-2577, connecting I-40 Business/U.S. 421 in Forsyth County to U.S. 220 (I-73) in Guilford County. Then the waiting begins again – possibly for as long as 12 years – before construction gets underway. When the final route will be announced was one of the two most-asked questions Oct. 26 during a drop-in public meeting held by the NCDOT at Stokesdale Town Hall. The three-hour event was scheduled to run from 4 to 7 p.m., but people started showing up at 3:20 and a small group remained until about

7:10. Almost 400 people attended, according to DOT officials. The other popular question: How will it affect me? DOT officials helped folks find their property on large maps showing Alternative 2 (the proposed southern bypass) and Alternative 3 (the proposed northern bypass). Many used their cellphones to take pictures of their section of the maps and either nodded their heads in reaction to information from DOT officials or shook them from side to side. Harvey Scales, who lives on U.S. 158 between Anthony Road and Zebedee Lane, gave a thumbs-up to DOT engineer Ed Lewis after Lewis told Scales his property would not be impacted. Scales would, however, have to negotiate one

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of several proposed “superstreets,” where drivers must first turn right and then make a U-turn to return to their desired route. Scales said he had delayed paving his driveway and building a garage until he found out more information. “I can go home and start working on it right now,” he said. Jennifer Dodson was in tears as she pointed out her property bordering U.S. 158 at the other end of the project, close to U.S. 220. “They basically told me they’re going to have to take my house, and my great-grandpa’s 200-year-old farm house is right there, too,” she said. “I always thought I was safe because my great-grandma actually sold land for right-of-way on the other side of the road about 50 years ago.” Others will be impacted no matter which alternative is chosen. It’s just a matter of how much. Sue Quate, who lives on Ellison Road, would fare better with the proposed northern bypass. It wouldn’t take any of her land, but it would bring a four-lane highway with a median close to her property. The proposed southern bypass, however, would cut right through the middle of her land and include a major interchange. “I told (the DOT official), if they come right on me and take part of my property and put a road in the middle of it, I’d just druther they buy the whole thing,” she said. Jacson Gonzalez said one alternative would almost take his house, while the other would just touch a corner of his 4-acre property. “I’m a little upset,” he said. “I’m not sure if they would buy the whole property or not.” The maps will remain in the community room in Town Hall until at least Nov. 10, said Kim Hemric, Stokesdale’s town administrator/finance officer. The 18.8-mile project to improve U.S. 158 consists of three sections, with Section C – beginning at Anthony Road and ending at U.S. 220 – the final piece. Section A begins north of I-40 Business/ U.S. 421 in Forsyth County and ends at

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Belews Creek Road. Section B goes from Belews Creek Road in Forsyth County to Anthony Road in Guilford County. The project’s schedule is based on a 2018-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program. Sections A and B have been funded. Section C has not. Reynolds said funding for rightof-way acquisition would probably be allocated in 2028 at the earliest, with construction possibly starting in 2030. Many at the public meeting said they thought the maps had been “tweaked” since they last saw them at a workshop in Stokesdale in 2012, but Reynolds said that wasn’t entirely true. She explained that in 2012, no design had been done and no environmental studies conducted. What the DOT did have on the map was what she called a “study corridor,” the swath where the environmental studies would be conducted according to federal requirements. “That does not mean we’re going to buy all the land within the corridor,” Reynolds said. “That’s just a study corridor to generate the reports for our documents. … Basically, the project has been designed since then.” In 2015, the four potential bypass alternatives presented at the workshop were whittled down to the remaining two. Reynolds said those two alternatives are about 80- to 90-percent complete. Reynolds said the seven governmental entities involved in the project will meet in March at the latest and make the final decision on which of the two alternatives to go with.

WANT TO COMMENT? The N.C. Department of Transportation is asking for input regarding the proposed project. Written comments are due by Nov. 10 and should be mailed to: N.C. Department of Transportation C/O AECOM Attn: Karen Taylor 701 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 475 Raleigh, N.C. 27607 To see maps showing the two bypass alternatives, visit https://ncdot.gov/ projects/US158ReidsvilleRoad.

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Pursuant the Town of Summerfield FY 2016 – 17, Annual Operating Budget (page 33), we respectfully submit this request to amend Our Summerfield Comprehensive Plan to establish the maximum average residential housing unit density allowed within any new subdivision to be no more than 1 unit per 60,000 square feet (or about 1 unit per 1.3 acres). We base this decision in part on the USGS Aquifer System Study for Guilford County and the interest of protecting & preserving our critical underground water resources. Respectfully, Teresa W Pegram & Dwayne Crawford Co-chairs of The Save Our Summerfield Committee Dear Neighbor,

to return our application fee - which we necessarily rejected to assure Our application remains active. We were advised that the council wanted our fee payment removed from town books and they were going to do that by sending it to the state as “unclaimed property” if we did not accept direct return of our application fee. The council then wasted time by sending the issue to the Planning Board without granting authority to the Planning Board to vote to consider our comp plan amendment request.

This is an election year in Summerfield. Are you among the nearly 2000 residents Our elections are routinely determined by who signed Our petition? Are you a resiless than 1000 votes. If enough of the 2000 dent who did not sign but silently support who signed the Amendment Petition get Our petition to preserve current Summerout and vote this year, WE will determine field’s maximum development density the outcome of this election. Our own Save limits, to better preserve and protect Our Our Summerfield Committee member, Tecommon underground water resources in resa Pegram, is running for Town Council. Our Town? Do you support and trust the Todd Rotruck (Council candidate) and Gail sound logic and science on which the unbiDunham (Mayor candidate) have openased 1997 USGS Aquifer Study for Guilford ly pledged they respect the 1997 USGS County is based? If so, your participation in Survey for Guilford County, and they will this year’s municipal election is critical. bring Our Amendment Request to maintain The most egregious attack on our amend- development density limits in Summerfield Further action is necessary because not ment request comes from Councilman up for a vote. If you support maintaining only has Our current Town Council intenMike Adams. Even though Mr. Adams is our current development density stantionally acted to stall and sidestep Our not a geologist, or a hydrologist, or a medards, to protect Our crucial resources like Comprehensive Plan Amendment request teorologist, or a well driller, or like profeswater supply, please say it with your vote, to limit development density, they’ve acted sional, he has openly declared the basis and vote this year for council members to discount and undermine the US Geolog- of our request – the US Geologic Survey that will respect Our citizens’ request and ic Aquifer System Study for Guilford County Study for Guilford County, produced by real the Town we call Our Home. on which our amendment request is based. engineers and scientists – to be an old and obsolete document. Save Our Summerfield Respectfully, Seven months have passed since we member Teresa Pegram confirmed though submitted Our application to amend Our a phone call to the USGS office in Raleigh Teresa W Pegram & Dwayne Crawford, coComprehensive Plan. The Council has yet that the Study on which Our Amendment chairs of the Save our Summerfield Committee to give an up or down vote to submit Our Request is based remains current and valDanny Nelson, Adrian Williamson, and request to the Town’s Comprehensive Plan id. Nothing about Our dirt or Our bedrock Tony Burris, members Amendment Process. Instead this council, or the precipitation that falls on Our Town led by Councilman Mike Adams, has tried has changed since 1997.

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tice I had managed enough cases and was comfortable enough, but I felt a lot of my pain cases could be doing better. That’s when I came back to the idea of acupuncture,” Westmoreland said. At that point, Westmoreland discovered an online animal acupuncture course through CuraCore, previously affiliated with Colorado State. She completed it over four months and then went to Colorado for the clinical portion of the class and to hone her acupuncture techniques. The practice she worked with didn’t encourage acupuncture, however. “I knew I had to go somewhere where I could do that, so I had to leave,” she said. When she came across Bel-Aire Animal Hospital’s ad for a veterinarian with experience in laser therapy and acupuncture and interests in chronic pain management, she felt it had been written just for her. Westmoreland gets visibly excited when she talks about acupuncture. “I saw it calm down some crazy, anxious sport horses who were high performers,” she said. “And I saw a dog with a serious chronic illness that couldn’t move. After acupuncture treatments he could get up and walk around.” Westmoreland has also seen acupuncture’s positive effects on animals with anxiety, dizziness, pain, arthritis, poor balance, facial nerve paralysis and GI issues. Within her first few days at Bel-Aire, she worked with a senior rescue dog being treated with antibiotics for a serious upper respiratory infection. He was also down and his hind legs barely worked. The antibiotics and other treatments weren’t effective, so she turned to acupuncture. “I needled his face and it (the infection) started pouring out and in a couple of days he got up, started eating and walking,” she said. And then there is the dog that had likely had a stroke, could hardly walk and had been treated with antibiotics, steroids and muscle relaxers, but nothing worked. Again, Westmoreland turned to acupuncture. “At the time the dog sat with her head

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at an angle; then, while the needles were “I try to make it as easy on the people as in, her head began to straighten. She soon it can be and talk through what is going to started walking and was eating within a few happen. Even the hard stuff, you can make it easier,” she said. days,” she said. Since joining Bel-Aire Animal Hospital There are two primary types of acuin August, Westmoreland said she has puncture used on animals, Westmoreland explained. The most prevalent one incorpo- thoroughly enjoyed working with Dr. Julie Packard. rates traditional Chinese medicine, but she opted to learn scientifically backed, medical “She has so much knowledge and is acupuncture. very willing to share it,” she said. “The clientele is really nice, too. They have been “That worked with my brain,” she said, noting that medical acupuncture is done in very welcoming. And the hospital staff has conjunction with other medical treatments. been awesome and taken me in as one of their own.” The frequency and duration of acuOn a personal note: Dr. Westmoreland puncture treatments varies depending upon loves both dogs and cats (she has five cats many factors, including age, the animal’s and two dogs of her own), loves organic overall health and whether the issues are gardening, swimming, NASCAR, and acute or chronic. “There is no concern about it being too aquariums. She thinks of herself as “fairly laid back” but admits that most of the time much as long as the animal doesn’t get her mind is going “100 mph.” sore,” she said. “I like seeing animals come back and enjoy their treatments – I had a short-haired terrier who was shaking during the first treatment – she went home afterward and her owner said she was a different dog. The second time she was completely calm. “It’s nice to be loved and not feared,” she said. When asked what she enjoys most about her work, Westmoreland says it is Dr. Julie Packard, DVM being able to share the knowledge she has Dr. Emily Westmoreland, DVM gained about animal care and help animals and their people. Dr. Julie Packard (336) 665-1286 • Full-service animal hospital “I’ve really come appreciate that Dr.to Emily Westmoreland • Boarding & grooming www.bel-airevet.com human-animal bond,” said. (336)she 665-1286 • Laser therapy & acupuncture www.bel-airevet.com Euthanizing someone’s beloved pet is the NW area since 1991 the hardest part ofServing her job, sheTriad admitted.

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The 10th Annual Colfax Persimmon Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. (Rain date is Nov. 11.) Set on a historic farm with structures dating from the early 1800s or before, the yearly festival celebrates the native American persimmon and historic farming with a wide range of exhibits, demonstrations, arts and crafts, live music and, of course, persimmon pulp and other items for purchase at the Stafford Farm Store. There will be educational demonstrations of crafts such as making molasses and knapping flint, live music throughout the day, a children’s area with vintage toys and games, tours of the 125-year-old Stafford Farm, many arts and crafts vendors, and Revolutionary and Civil War camps. And when you need a break, farm-type food will be available for purchase.

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From games such as Hoops and Sticks (above) to costumed reenactors and demonstrators of historic crafts, there will be something for everyone at the Colfax Persimmon Festival. free. Free parking will be available at Shady Grove Wesleyan Church; shuttle buses will take visitors to the farm. Handicapped parking (with permit) will be available at the farm. For more info about the 10th Annual Colfax Persimmon Festival, visit http://colfaxpersimmonfest.com or call Gene Stafford at (336) 682-5328.

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want to participate? Find out more about competing in the math tournament or donating to the project online at http://thestockyfox.com/math/. The next monthly testing date is Wednesday, Nov. 15, 3:15 p.m. in the Media Center at Summerfield Elementary School.

By YVONNE TRUHON Wednesday, Oct. 25, marked the beginning of the Summerfield Open math tournament at Summerfield Elementary School. Organized by Andrew Van Fossen, who started a similar program at Balboa Elementary when he was living in Los Angeles and running sales operations at Medtronic, the event is a math tournament that entails a once-a-month test until the end of the school year. Any fourth- or fifth-grader from a local school (or home school) is welcome to attend, and Van Fossen is hoping to draw students from the entire northwest and northern areas of Guilford County. “Each student will be given a free scientific calculator,” said Van Fossen, “plus the winners will receive prizes that we are raising in the community.” Van Fossen has been a volunteer at Summerfield Elementary since moving to the area in 2015. He started with weekly accelerated math tutoring for a group of about 10 fourth-graders. “This year,” he said, “I got the SES faculty to agree to the math tourna-

“There’s nothing wrong with showing these kids at an early age that if they do really well at math and science, there is a lot of money waiting for them if that’s what they want,” he said.

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ment. I wanted to create an event that challenged those kids who were good in math and that would really stretch them. Also, I wanted something to celebrate their being awesome at math. We do so much to glorify football and basketball players, but what about those kids who are good at math and science? I wanted to make sure they had their day in the sun.” On Oct. 25, 31 students participated in the event’s first monthly testing day, with Meredith Presnell and Christina Pei tying for first place. The math tournament runs for the entire school year.

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by JOE GAMM Twenty-two second-grade students chanted as they learned. “Sit in a silla. Sit in a silla. Sit in a silla,” they sang while absorbing the Spanish word for “chair.” Children have more of a capacity to learn other languages when they are younger, according to April Vernon, Pearce Elementary School Spanish teacher. Studies have shown that the younger a person is when they begin studying a second language, the faster they pick it up.

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“Doing cheers and chants really helps,” Vernon said. Once a week, each teacher in the school takes their students to Vernon’s mobile unit for 40 minutes of games, chanting and singing. That’s about 750 students. Vernon says remembering their names is challenging, because she not only has to remember them in English, but also in Spanish. As Vernon leads the students in songs and chants, she drills them in movements. Students do things like making a cutting motion when they say the word “tijeras,” which is Spanish for scissors. People essentially have four learning styles, called modalities, she explained. If a student has a visual preference, they will learn best when they see demonstrations. A person with a verbal (or auditory) learning style learns best by listening. Students with kinesthetic preferences

learn by being involved or active. Those with a tactile style learn best when they read and write what they learn. Vernon tries to incorporate all four styles into her classroom. “¿Dónde Está (la) puerta?” she asked the students recently. Or, “Where is the door?” The 22 laughing students raced to touch one of three doors in the room. Guilford County Schools offers five foreign language programs: Spanish, French, Latin, Chinese and Japanese. But several of those are only available at higher grade levels. There are only five elementary schools that have foreign language programs. This is the second year of the Spanish program at Pearce. Oftentimes, parents’ and students’ demand for a particular class, such as Spanish, determines whether a school has that class, according to Jonathan Permar, district director of social studies and interim director for global languages and global education.

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FALL SPORTS ROUNDUP Soccer team wins conference title, sets sights on school record By MARC PRUITT Northwest Guilford (19-2-1) entered this week’s NCHSAA 4-A state soccer tournament with a wave of momentum and plenty of motivation. The Vikings won their first 10 games of the season before suffering their first loss against West Forsyth on Sept. 15. They won the Metro 4-A conference title with a 7-1 record; their lone conference

loss was at Page, 2-1, on Sept. 26. The Vikings have the No. 4 overall seed in the West in the state tournament and received a first-round bye. They will face the winner of the Fayetteville Britt and Lake Norman game in the second round of the playoffs on Nov. 4, and coach Jason Allred said his team is hungry for more.

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NWHS Vikings varsity mens soccer team members celebrate after winning the Metro 4-A conference title Oct. 24. The team will play in the second round of the state playoffs Nov. 4. “Going into the season, we set really high goals for ourselves,” Allred said. “One of those was winning the conference championship. Another one was to break the school record for wins. If we can win two playoff games, we can do just that. But we don’t want to stop there.” The 2011 team set the school record with 20 wins. Allred, in his eighth season with Northwest, said he sees plenty of similarities in the two teams. “First of all, we’ve got great team chemistry,” he said. “We’ve got three or four who can really find the net when we need a goal. We’ve got a chance to do something really special if we keep working. Our three captains have really been a driving force with their leadership and their play. Eric Miller is kind of the engine

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Freshman Sydney Partyka qualifies for state 4-A cross country championship The Northwest Guilford boys and girls cross country teams both finished second in the Metro 4-A conference championships, and freshman Sydney Partyka qualified for the NCHSAA 4-A state championship girls meet on Nov. 4 at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville. Partyka finished 19th at last week’s Midwest 4-A Regional in 20 minutes, 21.42 seconds and was the top finisher for the Vikings. Avery Hurst (seventh), Jason Sanchez (eighth), and Dallin Poole (11th) all turned in top 11 finishes at the conference meet and had strong seasons, but none of the boys team members qualified for the state championship. Rebecca Kefer (fourth), Partyka (seventh), and Rachel Rouse (eighth) all had strong showings at the conference meet as the team finished just three points behind Grimsley.

Vikings’ field hockey team claims Metro 4-A title Northwest’s field hockey team dominated conference play en route to a 12-3

overall record and 6-0 in the conference. The Vikings led the league in goals scored (44 overall, 20 in conference play) and also had a stingy defense, allowing just 11 goals all season. Only one of those goals, made by a Page player, was scored against Northwest in conference play. The Vikings hosted Page once again in the first round of the state playoffs on Nov. 1.

Mahon sisters advance to state 4-A golf tournament Senior Olivia Mahon and her younger sister Maggie both qualified for the NCHSAA 4-A state golf tournament held at Pinehurst No. 1 Oct. 23-24. Little sister Maggie edged big sister Olivia for low score at the state tournament, with Maggie firing rounds of 101-96 to finish 75th. Olivia wasn’t far behind her little sister after rounds of 104-94, finishing one shot behind in difficult scoring conditions over the two days of the event. Olivia was also named to the Metro 4-A All-Conference team as one of the top 10 players based on season scoring averages during conference matches.

Tennis team qualifies for NCHSAA 4-A state tournament The Vikings’ tennis team finished the regular season 10-5 and qualified for the NCHSAA 4-A dual team tennis tournament before falling to R.J. Reynolds in the first round. The doubles team of Madison Williams and Leila Ganim qualified for the 4-A state doubles tournament, but the duo was defeated 6-1, 6-3 by Alba Ecelza and Ruta Petrikis of Ardrey Kell in the first round.

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“We love planning this event and bringing so many businesses and organizations together for one event,” said Cheryl Gore, Town of Summerfield’s event planner. “It is fun watching the children’s faces light up when they see something new, get to push a button, turn a wheel, hang from bars on the Tumblebus, pretend to “go live with Fox8,” or run around in the back of a box truck. EuroHaus brought out an engine with cordless tools which was a big hit this year as well. “Vulcan Materials Company, which helps sponsor the event, always helps us get the construction vehicles that many can only dream of climbing on. It was neat to see the size difference in

construction vehicles they brought, from the wrapped breast cancer awareness mini excavator and Carolina Panthers bobcat to the large WA500 yard loader where children feel they are on top of the world. “Also new this year was the life safety trailer from Summerfield Fire District. Firefighters stayed busy all day giving lessons on what children should do in case of a fire or severe weather. “This year’s Touch-ATruck brought out our largest crowd to date. We had 30 different vehicles and 24 different companies/organizations participating, with several hundred children and parents/grandparents coming out for the event.

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...continued from p. 29 better reading skills because the second language may require a different way of reading a document than English requires; those skills are transferred between languages. “If they struggle in English, maybe their experience in Spanish class will help them,” he said. “And vice versa.” Guilford County Schools prefers very immersive classes, Vernon said. The district would like her to speak Spanish the entire class, but her classes haven’t reached that level yet.

Vernon said Photo by Joe Gamm/NWO she’d like to work Pearce Elementary second-grade students listen as their Span- with the students ish teacher, April Vernon, instructs them to identify items in twice a week, as their classroom. she did at a school she taught at in South Carolina, which helps reinforce that a second language course helps students develop cognitive skills, Permar what they are learning. said. Also, if the students are interested Despite the challenge of holding the in learning a third language down the class only once weekly, students seem to road, their brains are more trained in be retaining what she’s teaching them. how to do so. Vernon regularly emails parents to “It starts (students) off, or is setting keep them informed about what their them up for higher academic achievechildren are working on. ment in the long run,” Permar said. “In “The parents love it,” she said. “I terms of the world getting smaller, one had a kindergarten parent who said she of the things that we see with students can’t believe what her daughter learns learning a foreign language is they tend every week.” to view other cultures differently, and more positively because of that exposure.” Permar said students who learn a second language are likely to develop

Vernon has also worked up a list of apps (including games) available for phones and tablets that can help students learn Spanish even faster.

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NORTHERN GUILFORD Betsy Dean, tennis By MARC PRUITT Facing passing shots, backhand winners and overhead smashes is no match for Betsy Dean on the tennis courts at Northern Guilford. Dean, a senior and two-year player, has endured worse situations. “I got kicked by a cow when I was four years old,” Dean said. “My family had some land when we moved out to California. The cow’s name was Liberty Bell, and I really wanted to milk her. It didn’t work out so well, but I got ice cream before all my siblings that day, so it wasn’t all bad.” Dean was born in New Jersey and lived in Connecticut for four years before moving to California. She arrived in Greensboro about a week before school started last year. She’s still adjusting to the southern charm.

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“I’ve gotten used to the dialect and I’ve discovered sweet tea,” Dean said with a laugh. “But I refuse to say ‘y’all’. My brother has said it a few times and I have to remind him that we’re not from here. It’s just weird, but maybe I’ll get around to saying it one day.”

nis looked interesting and it was fun.” Dean is also involved with Reading Buddies in Mrs. McClure’s second-grade class at Northern Guilford Elementary. She plans to major in agribusiness and minor in animal science in college and is interested in attending Penn State, Texas A&M or Virginia Tech.

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Q: Where would you go on your dream vacation? A: “Scotland”

Despite getting kicked by a cow, Dean is passionate about animals. Her love for them was fostered through her involvement in 4-H, which she has been participating in since she was 5. She attended the state conference in Raleigh over the summer and is headed to the National Congress in Atlanta Nov. 24-28.

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“We take them to show competitions about every weekend,” Dean said. “Every Friday, we have to wash them and shear them to get them ready. It’s a lot of fun.”

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Dean, who plays lacrosse in the spring, was a novice at tennis when she picked the game up before her freshman year of high school. “I ran cross country and track during middle school in California, but I decided that they run way too many miles in cross country in high school,” Dean said. “Ten-

A: “Dr. Sandra Strubinger (AP Chemistry teacher at Northern)” Q: What’s on your bucket list? A: “My best friend and I want to visit an underwater hotel and pay for someone’s groceries in line behind us.”

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middle school days in Rochester, Michigan. And when her family moved to Summerfield towards the end of her eighthgrade year, Doyle was quick to find a club team to join so she could continue to develop her passion. “I made a lot of new friends from playing club volleyball and then school volleyball once I moved down here, for which I am very thankful,” said Doyle, a 5-foot-4 libero and defensive specialist for Northwest. “It was a huge help for me while I was getting adjusted.” Doyle has played for the program all four years of high school, spending her freshman and sophomore years on the junior varsity team. As a sophomore and one of the JV team captains, she was moved up to the varsity team for the state playoffs that season. “My freshman year, I was still developing as a player and still adjusting to my new surroundings,” Doyle said. “I definitely felt a lot more comfortable my sophomore year, and getting to practice with the varsity team towards the end of the year really opened my eyes. Last year we had a young, developing team and a new coach and we definitely got better as the season went on. And this season, winning the conference championship was a great way to finish off my career here.” Doyle is interested in attending college at UNC Chapel Hill or N.C. State. She is in National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Key Club and Science Olympiad. Last summer, she spent a week as a

“It taught me how to look at the glass half-full,” Doyle said. “Those kids, as bad as their situations might have been, always had a smile on their face and they looked at life on the positive side. There were a bunch of 12-year-old children who enlightened me and changed my mind and really put things in perspective.”

On a side note, we asked Kelly Doyle these three questions... Q: What’s on your bucket list? A: “Travel as much as possible, especially to London and some of the bigger cities in Europe.” Q: What are the best books you’ve read? A: “‘The Hunger Games’ series by Suzanne Collins” Q: Who’s the best teacher you’ve had? A: “Mrs. Hyunh-Duc (teaches English at NWHS)”

NORTHWEST GUILFORD Olivia Mahon, golf By MARC PRUITT Olivia Mahon grew up around the game of golf but never took to the sport competitively until her freshman year in high school. Mahon, a senior, is seeing the fruits of her labor this season after qualifying for the NCHSAA 4-A state tournament at Pinehurst No. 1 for the first time in her four-year career. Mahon’s father, Pearse, was the head professional at Pine Knolls Golf Club in Kernersville for several years when Olivia and her younger sister, Maggie – who also qualified for the state tournament this year – were growing up. “We’d usually just go out there and

have fun, chipping, putting, things like that,” Mahon said. “When we played, we might play four or five holes and then we’d get bored. My dad never pushed the sport on us, but I knew I wanted to play once I got to high school because I thought it would be a good fit.” Mahon played recreation soccer and volleyball and picked up sand volleyball during eighth grade, so she didn’t have much time for the junior golf circuit. “I still don’t play in junior golf events,” Mahon said. “I’ll usually just go and practice with my dad if I want to play in the offseason.” Mahon has seen steady improvement for the Vikings since her freshman season. “Freshman year wasn’t the best because I was still a beginner,” she said. “I felt like I did improve a lot from start to finish. The first match I played in, I shot a 55 for nine holes. As a sophomore I missed out on qualifying for the regional by three shots, but I got my swing to a point where I liked it. I qualified for the regional in my junior year but didn’t play too well when I got there, and this year, I made all-conference for the first time and qualified for the state tournament.” Mahon is one of the officers for Science Olympiad and is interested in applying to UNC Chapel Hill, N.C. State, South Carolina, Georgetown, Columbia and Pennsylvania. “I’d eventually like to work in computer science,” she said. “I’ve always envisioned myself working for Google.”

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Q: Who’s the best teacher you’ve had? A: “Mr. Scott Bennett (Civics and Economics teacher)” Q: Do you have any pre-match rituals? A: “I listen to the song ‘You Got It’ by Roy Orbison and then hope for the best on the course.”

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In the last week, Guilford County Sheriff’s Office responded to calls of “smash and grab” incidents at Oak Ridge Town Park on Oct. 25, involving three vehicles, and on Oct. 28, involving four vehicles. In all seven cases, women’s purses and their contents were stolen. “In the last month we have been hit three times with ‘smash-and-grab’ type motor vehicle break-ins at the Oak Ridge Town Park,” Sgt. Tim Popek

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BREAKING AND ENTERING Oct. 24 | Residents of a home in the 6700 block of U.S. 158 in Stokesdale reported that someone entered their home through a side door sometime between 4 and 7 p.m. No items were reported stolen. Oct. 25 | A resident of Belews Creek Road reported her car, which was parked at Oak Ridge Town Park on Lisa Drive, was broken into. The incident occurred sometime between 9:30 and 9:48 a.m. when unknown suspect(s) broke the window out of the woman’s vehicle and stole her purse and contents. Additionally, during the same period, two other victims had their purses stolen from their cars. Cash and debit/credit cards were among the purses’ contents. Oct. 27 | A resident of the 9000 block of U.S. 158 reported someone broke the lock to a side door of his home sometime between 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 27. Once inside, the suspect stole two Ruger

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firearms, ammunition, a scope, gold chains and a Northwest High School class ring. Oct. 28 | The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Oak Ridge Town Park at around 7:50 p.m. after receiving reports that unknown suspects broke the windows out of four vehicles that were parked in the parking lot. In all four cases, the victims’ purses were stolen.

FRAUD Oct. 25 | A resident of Horseshoe Bend Drive in Polo Farms in Summerfield reported an unknown suspect attempted to fraudulently open a credit card account in her name through Capital One. Oct. 27 | A resident of Windswept Drive in Summerfield reported that sometime between Sept. 16 and Oct. 26, an unknown suspect used his personal information to open a fraudulent checking account.

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zz Veterans Day Service | A Veterans Day Service will

be held at Stokesdale Veterans Monument, located at 6826 U.S. 158 East (front lawn of the Vulcan Materials Company property) in Stokesdale on Nov. 11, 2 to 3 p.m. More info: (336) 707-4964 or bmarshall6@triad.rr.com.

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Grins & Gripes are published based on available space and editor’s discretion. Editor’s note to our readers: In light of the election process beginning on Oct. 19 (the first day of Early Voting), Grins and Gripes submitted about candidates for either our Oct. 27 issue or this, our Nov. 3 issue, were not published. We did publish both Grins and Gripes for candidates up to and including our Oct. 20 issue, and we published a record number of endorsement letters in our Oct. 13 and 20 issues (candidates were notified in advance that these would be the two issues in which endorsement letters would appear, and readers were notified of the Monday, Oct. 16, final deadline for submitting endorsement letters in our Oct. 13 issue).

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Additionally, we presented candidate bios in our Oct. 20 issue and candidate questions and answers in our Oct. 27 issue. I felt this gave all candidates an equal and fair opportunity to have their voices heard, as well as the voices of both their supporters and those who oppose them. I am comfortable that we gave citizens an ample amount of information and opinions on which to base their voting decisions as they headed to the polls for Early Voting. We trust our readers to be informed before they vote, and from this point we will let democracy take its course.

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GRINS to... Vulcan Materials Company for your contributions to the TouchA-Truck event in Summerfield. Your crew was great with the kids, and they loved all the heavy equipment and big trucks you brought (they/we loved the hot dogs, too)! Merchants of Oak Ridge and event organizer Dr. Angel Fuller of Kings Crossing Animal Hospital for another great Great Pumpkin Event. So much fun to see all the kids, parents and animals come together for this free community event! The folks at L&T Small Engine for your old-fashioned, no-hassle customer service. Making things right by your customers goes a long way and is unfortunately rare these days. Summerfield Charter Academy eighth-grade teachers and staff for an amazing school trip to Washington, D.C. It was educational, fun and a wonderful bonding experience for our children. You help make our school great! Max Kern for all his tireless work to pull together two great teams of nearly 50 people to serve in Guatemala. You are amazing! Dios te bendiga amigo. Brandy Owen of the Arche Group and Patti Stokes of Northwest Observer for lots of candid Great Pumpkin photos posted on Merchants of Oak Ridge and NWO’s Facebook pages.

GRIPES to... People who fail to yield to pedestrians. McDonald’s in Oak Ridge for fries being way too salty. Ease up on the sodium please, my heart is ready to burst!

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Please, let this election season be over In the past 21 years, never have I experienced a local Town Council race more mean-spirited than the one upon us – and in spite of the added revenue political ads have generated for our newspaper, I’ll be happy to have this election behind me. If you’re a Stokesdale resident, congratulations – it seems your Town’s political race has remained civilized. Neither John Flynt nor Frank Bruno, who are running for the mayor’s seat, are openly hurling cow pies at each other, and neither are Jaycee Spruill, Eric Lowe or Thearon Hooks, who are running for the open council seat. Oak Ridge candidates Jim Kinneman, Mike Stone, Ann Schneider and Patti Paslaru, who are running for two open council seats, have also kept their heads above the rubble for the most part, while showing both their passion with regard to serving their Town as well as their differences. The race in Summerfield, on the other hand, is a different matter, and Gail Dunham and her supporters have pulled out all the stops to win the mayor’s seat. There’s something both ironic and troubling about Gail, who screams for transparency while tucking away a past incident that I think is relevant to her candidacy and petitions she has often referred to. This same candidate started a website to embarrass and sabotage Tim Sessoms when he was running for mayor four years ago and signs appeared over-

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night on telephone poles around town directing people Patti Stokes to the site, where publisher/editor she listed all of his transgressions. Is that the behavior of a fair-minded and dignified leader? That brings me to “Dunham vs. Naperville Township Officers Electoral Board,” which I find at least as troubling as Tim Sessoms’ speeding tickets and other alleged transgressions. In the name of transparency and all that Gail allegedly holds so dear, I’ve had to ask myself, do citizens need to know, or at least have a right to know about this court case? If you’re interested in the story about Dunham allegedly authorizing her administrative assistant, who was also a notary public, to falsify dates on a petition, visit https://www.leagle.com/ decision/1994954640ne2d3141935. But beware: Don Wendelken, Summerfield News Facebook page site administrator, apparently found the court case so disturbing that when someone posted a link to it on his Facebook page, it was quickly removed and the Facebook poster was banned. No surprise, really. After all, Wendelken has openly endorsed Gail Dunham, as well as Todd Rotruck and Teresa Pegram. And what about Todd Rotruck, who is both a Realtor and involved in developing property? I have no problem with him personally, but I’m confused. Rotruck has

spoken out against Planned Development in Summerfield, but last year he and three business associates requested a rezoning of 15.7 acres on Lewiston Road – within a mile of the Summerfield Town limits – for more than 90 singlefamily homes (6 units per acre) – or 145 townhomes (9.2 homes per acre). The Greensboro City Planning Board expressed concerns about the density of the project, but ultimately, Greensboro City staff recommended approval. Doesn’t what happens within a mile of Summerfield Town limits affect our water table, our schools and traffic on the roads that we travel? Does it matter that some No PD supporters have openly and behind-thescenes falsely accused the Northwest Observer of not publishing endorsement letters for the No PD candidates – letters that we never received? One such letter which was eventually produced was dated Oct. 21 – five days after our published deadline for endorsement letters, which we told candidates would be published only in our Oct. 13 and 20 issues. And does it matter that last night, on Halloween, some very vocal no-PD supporters handed out candy to trick-ortreaters – along with a flyer that read, “Halloween is supposed to be scary. Summerfield’s ZONING ORDINANCES

shouldn’t be! Vote for the candidates that have always opposed the PD… Gail Dunham, Todd Rotruck and Teresa Pegram.” The flyer went on to read, “Vote for CHANGE! Help us keep SCARY STUFF out of Summerfield!” You know what’s scary to me? Adults in our community passing out flyers like the above to kids. I don’t expect to sway any votes by writing this – many of you have already voted early and most who haven’t are firm on who you will vote for. But in the last few days before the election there are likely to be even more malicious printouts (such as those with images of Tim Sessoms, Mike Adams and Dianne Laughlin in the pocket of a developer), propaganda, and lies hurled at three decent people. Maybe they’re not who you want to be leading your town, but they don’t deserve to be painted as despicable humans in the back pockets of developers who are chomping at the bit to pave Paradise and put up a parking lot. Far too often we remain silent while witnessing bad behavior – or we make excuses for it because the person/group displaying the behavior aligns with our viewpoints. It would be easier for me to remain silent, because surely I will incur the wrath of many NO PD supporters for standing up and saying this isn’t right and enough is enough – but I had to do it.

Honor and respect for veterans I am saddened that someone would try to exploit the fact that my neighbor, Mr. Powers, is a disabled vet to cloud the facts of his violations. My father is a disabled WWII vet and I honor and appreciate all vets service to our country. The fact remains that we have a full time motor repair business in back of a rented home on Linville Road, in a residentially zoned property. This type of activity is not permitted in this zoning. The property owners and Mr. Powers have been cited twice in the last two years by the Town of Oak Ridge, and the citations continue to go unheeded. This violation is no different than the

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Fogelman Road zoning issue, where the owner leased to someone who used the property for something other than what it was zoned for and the Town stepped in. Zoning is in place to protect our wells from unregulated waste, our property values and the rural charm that we all love in Oak Ridge. As a member of the Planning and Zoning Board, the neighbors have asked me to raise the issue with the Town for resolution. If someone feels that the business is appropriate, there is a rezoning process that needs to be followed. Until such time, our ordinances are in place to protect us all. Patti Paslaru, OAK RIDGE

AUTO SALES & SERVICE

EMPLOYMENT

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2012 FORD FOCUS TITANIUM four-door sedan. Automatic, good condition, chrome wheels, 129,000 miles. $7,065. Call (336) 253-4207.

P/T CHRISTMAS TREE LOT SALES, The Garden Outlet, (336) 643-0898.

Tabitha Ministry’s FALL EXTRAVAGANZA will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, 10am-3pm, at Calvary Church, 1665 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Greensboro, NC. Vendors with crafts, novelties, services, baked goods, jewelry, etc., will be present. Bounce house and games for the kids. Come out for a time of fun and fellowship!

CLASSIC CARS WANTED! Sport Auto in Summerfield will buy your classic car. Contact Steve, (336) 643-9595. 2009 HONDA CRV LX, 86,350 miles, VG condition, silver, $9,500. (336) 816-2796.

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INDEX Auto Sales & Service .................. 43 Employment ............................... 43 Homecare Available ................... 43 Save the Date ............................ 43 Yard/Garage Sales ...................... 44 Home Services ....................... 44-45 Misc. Services.............................. 45 Misc. for Sale ............................. 46 Misc. Wanted ............................. 46 Pets & Animal Services ................ 46 Real Estate ................................. 46

LIGHT AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE L & T Small Engine Service. Brakes, rotors, oil changes, light engine repair. 2013 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, (336) 298-4314. EUROPEAN AUTO SERVICE & REPAIR We specialize in factory-scheduled maintenance and repairs. Mercedes, BMW, Volks wagon, Audi, Volvo, Mini, Porsche, and Lexus. 32 years experience. Knight Import Specialty Service, 4559 US Highway 220, Summerfield (across from Food Lion). (336) 337-0669.

EMPLOYMENT Portable storage rental company is looking for a F/T DRIVER & WAREHOUSE MANAGER. 5+ years heavy commercial truck driving (CDL not required) and large forklift operations experience. Must have general mechanical skills and demonstrate the ability to work independently, be a self-starter, and be highly motivated and demonstrate excellent customer service skills. Job includes lifting, bending, carrying, kneeling, maneuvering, reaching and pushing/pulling requirements of a minimum of 70 pounds. Duties: • Responsible for safely operating the truck and hydraulic lift system to deliver and pick up portable storage containers. • Manage warehouse operations including container layout and placement, utilizing a forklift, and general facility maintenance. • Manage equipment repairs and maintenance, including truck, lift system, forklift and portable storage containers. $15.00 per hour. Contact Dede Roberts at darla@robertsenterprises.us.

Quality Mart #49, located at 1690 Hwy. 68 in Oak Ridge, is seeking experienced, dependable, and customer service-focused FULL/TIME & PART/TIME CASHIERS for 1st & 2nd shifts! Competitive salary and excellent benefits, including 401K and profit sharing! Interested candidates should apply online at www.QOCNC.com. Town of Stokesdale DEPUTY TOWN CLERK / RECEPTIONIST. Responsible for a wide range of clerical and recordkeeping duties, preparing reports, ability to type 30/35 wpm, ability to perform strongly in Microsoft Word, ability to be discreet in processing sensitive information. Work week TBD, approx. 25 hours/week. Must be sworn in to duties of the office according to State Statutes. No benefits. Valid driver’s license required. Submit resume to: Town Administrator, PO Box 465, Stokesdale, NC 27357 or email resume to stokesdale@ stokesdale.org with Resume Deputy Clerk in subject line. HELP NEEDED AT LOCAL HORSE FARM. Part-time work every other Saturday and every Sunday, and some afternoons during the week. Experience with horses a must. If interested, please call (336) 209-4050. BELLA LUNA RISTORANTE of Oak Ridge is now hiring experienced professional waitstaff. Applicants must be positive, team players, and be at least 18. To apply, please fill out an application at 2205 Oak Ridge Road in the Oak Ridge Commons shopping center.

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PALESTINE UMW FALL BAZAAR, Sat., Nov. 4, 8am-12n, 2954 Ellisboro Road, Stokesdale. Breakfast, baked goods, vendors, holiday items, quilt & afghan raffle. Something for everyone! Gideon Grove UMC will hold their ANNUAL FALL BAZAAR on Saturday, November 11, 8am-1pm at the church, 2865 Gideon Grove Church Rd., Stokesdale. Breakfast will be served. There will be baked goods, crafts, a handmade quilt raffle and many other exciting things to see. Contact Laura Harrell at (336) 643-6042 for more info. Something going on? Tell our readers about it with a Save the Date. OAK RIDGE FALL FESTIVAL CRAFT SHOW, Saturday, Nov. 11, 9am-4pm, 6231 Lisa Drive, Oak Ridge (take Linville Road to the new parking area across from Town Hall). 90+ vendors, re-purposed & handmade crafts, music, face painting, food! For more information, please email Mary at showinfomj@gmail.com. FALL BAZAAR, Sat., Nov. 11, 8am-12n, Mt. Zion UMC, 3708 Ellisboro Road, Stokesdale. Homemade canned & baked goods, unique handmade items, Christmas bows, handmade quilt raffle, gently used treasures, UMW Heritage Cookbook, breakfast biscuits and lots more!

HOMECARE AVAILABLE

ARTS & CRAFTS EXTRAVAGANZA and bake sale, Saturday, Nov. 18, 9am-1pm, Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church, 2615 Oak Ridge Road. Please visit ORPC.org or call (336) 643-3452 for more info.

CNA AVAILABLE FOR HOME CARE 17 years exp. References. (336) 456-9377.

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YARD/GARAGE SALES

HOME SERVICES

HUGE GARAGE SALE, Friday & Sat., November 3 & 4, 8am-until, 5809 Autumn Gate Dr., Oak Ridge. Quality furniture, household goods, LEGOs, Harley parts, antiques, collectibles, golf equip., lawn equip., lots of Christmas decor’ & much more!

AMERICAN MAID New to your area. Two years experience. All your basic housecleaning needs. Call for your free estimate. (336) 409-4554.

YARD SALE, Saturday, Nov. 4, 8am-2pm, Piedmont Saddle Club, 8001 Leabourne Road, Colfax. Space available, $10 payable that day, bring own table. Barn, yard, gift & household items. Kitchen open, breakfast & lunch available. FREE CLOTHING GIVEAWAY, Saturday, November 4, 7am-2pm, Liberty Wesleyan Church, 15303 U.S. Highway 158, Summerfield, NC 27358. MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE, Saturday, Nov. 4, 8am-3pm, 8415 W. Harrell Road, Oak Ridge. Christmas items and much more! Everything must go! MOVING SALE, Saturday, November 4, 8am-1pm, 126 Lakewalk Drive, Reidsville (near U.S. Hwy. 158 at Witty Rd). Household items, tools, furniture & more. No early birds please! YARD SALE, Fri., Nov. 3 & Sat., Nov. 4, 8am-5pm, 5410 Willow Ridge Dr., Summerfield, 27358. Downsizing! Clothing, shoes, glassware, antiques, tools, small appliances, furniture, toys, games, dolls, bike, electronics, books, VHS tapes, Christmas décor.

WINDOW GENIE WINDOW CLEANING 3M Window Film - save on your energy bills and enjoy the view. Fully ins. Free est. Greensboro.windowgenie.com, (336) 268-8586.

CastleWorks WINDOW CLEANING Includes gutters, pressure washing, chandeliers and other high ladder work. Fully insured and bonded, free estimates. (336) 609-0677. www.castleworkswindowcleaning.com. MAID-2-SHINE. Excellent service, 15 years exp. Free estimates., excellent references. (336) 338-0223. CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOW CLEANING, gutter cleaning, pressure washing. Fully ins. windowcleaningnc.com. (336) 595-2873.

ELECTRICAL BALEX ELECTRICAL COMPANY, LLC Got Power? Residential, commercial and solar electrical services. (336) 298-4192.

FLOORING

MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE, Saturday, Nov. 4, 7am-12n, 6616 Ashton Park Dr., Oak Ridge. HH items, adult & kid’s clothes/ shoes, toys, sports equipment, and more.

HOME SERVICES

It’s A CARPET thing! Repairs, restretch, replace. (336) 643-6500.

GENERAL REPAIR & SERVICES

MAIDS OF HONOR HOME CLEANING $25 off! Locally owned, bonded staff. 40 years in service. BBB A+ rating. (336) 708-2407. ANA’S HOUSECLEANING. Good references, free est., 25 years exp. (336) 309-0747.

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AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIRS One call fixes it all! A+ rating with BBB! Call (336) 987-0350 for a free estimate. APPLIANCE REPAIR – Call Mr. Appliance. A step above the rest! (336) 609-5707. L & T SMALL ENGINE SERVICE LLP “We get you mowing!” Free pickup and delivery. 2103 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge. (336) 298-4314.

OLD SCHOOL HOME REPAIR/ IMPROVEMENT

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Jerry & Lisa Potkay, Owners • Oak Ridge, NC Accredited A+ Rating, BBB of Central NC

GARY’S HANDYMAN HOME SERVICES “Providing value for the home-ownership experience.” Gary Gellert, serving NC’s Piedmont Triad area. Garygellert@gmail.com, (336) 423-8223.

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GREENERTIMES SMALL ENGINE Sales & Service Center. All types sold and repaired; comm/res. 9428 NC Hwy. 65, Stokesdale. (336) 548-9286 or (336) 312-3844.

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PEARMAN QUARRY HAULING Fill dirt, gravel, sand rock, mulch & more. Joel Richardson, (336) 803-2195. ANTHONY’S GRADING & HAULING Excavating, land clearing, demolition, dirt available. Zane Anthony, (336) 362-4035. BRAD’S BOBCAT & HAULING SVCS. LLC Debris removal, grading, gravel/dirt, driveways, concrete work. (336) 362-3647. GAULDIN TRUCKING, grading & hauling, bobcat work, lot clearing, driveways, fill dirt, gravel, etc. (336) 362-1150. E&W HAULING & GRADING INC. Driveways, fill dirt, topsoil, lot clearing, bobcat work, excavating, mulch, etc. (336) 451-1282.

LAWN CARE / LANDSCAPING AQUA SYSTEMS IRRIGATION. Quality irrigation systems. NC licensed contractor. We service all systems. Free estimates. (336) 644-1174.

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CLEANING

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HOME SERVICES GRADING / HAULING

HOME CLEANING. Afford. rates, ref. avail., 10 years exp. Elizabeth, (336) 453-8592.

MONTERO’S HARDWOOD FLOORING Installation of hardwood, laminate & tile; hardwood sanding & finishing. Commercial & residential. Insured, 17 years experience. Free estimates & excellent references. Visit Monteros-hardwood-flooring.com, or call (336) 215-8842.

HOME SERVICES

GUZMAN LANDSCAPE & MAINTENANCE Pine needles, mulch, leaf removal, tree pruning, complete lawn maint. (336) 655-6490. ALL-SEASON STUMP GRINDING. Owner Alan Winfree. Free est. Call (336) 382-9875. DELIMA LAWNCARE. Licensed and insured. Free estimates. (336) 669-5210. FAY’S LAWNCARE & LANDSCAPING Fall lawn care, seeding & aerating. Tree work. Pine needles & mulch. Reasonable and honest. Call Taylor, (336) 458-6491. WILSON LANDSCAPING, INC. Complete lawn care & landscaping. NC lic. irrigation contractor. 20 years exp. Hardscaping, fertilization & weed control. (336) 399-7764. AREA STUMP DUMP. Yard waste, concrete, etc. Fill dirt avail. (336) 602-5820. BRAD’S BOBCAT. Mulch, landscaping, pine needles and straw. (336) 362-3647.

HOME SERVICES

CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICE Complete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, (336) 6439332, carolinaStumpAndTreeServices.com.

SOUTHERN STYLE concrete & landscapes. How about a new patio or fire pit? We can help with all of your outdoor living and entertainment spaces! Fire pits, driveways & sidewalks, patios and more! Give us a call at (336) 399-6619 for all your concrete and landscape needs.

BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLAR No job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic. & insured. Call Mark, (336) 337-7924.

ROOFING

EXTERIOR GREENSCAPES LLC Lawncare services / aeration & seeding. (336) 682-1456. COLFAX LAWNCARE – Core aeration & seeding. Fertilizing, mowing, trimming, pine needles. Complete lawn care maintenance. Res./comm. Fully insured. Serving the Triad for 28 years. (336) 362-5860.

MISC. SERVICES & PRODUCTS

ORTIZ LANDSCAPING, complete lawn care. Trimming, cleaning, planting & mulch, gutter cleaning, patios & pavers, waterfalls, retaining walls, sidewalks, stonework. Residential and commercial. (336) 280-8981.

PAINTING & DRYWALL

GRILLS, FIRE PITS, tankless water heaters. General home repairs. Call Don Hill, (336) 643-7183.

PRESSURE WASHING PRESSURE WASHING, gutter & window cleaning. Fully insured. Crystal Clear, www. windowcleaningnc.com. (336) 595-2873. WINDOW GENIE PRESSURE WASHING Soft house washing. Window film, window cleaning, gutters. Fully ins. Free est., Greensboro.windowgenie.com, (336) 268-8586.

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STILL PERFECTION PAINTING Reliable, skilled, affordable. Painting, pressure washing, handyman services. Scott Still, (336) 462-3683, stillperfectionpainting.com.

STEVE NEWMAN TREE SERVICE. Free est. Lic./Ins. 30 yrs. exp. Bucket truck/chipper, total cleanup. Selective thinning & lot clearing. 24-hr. ER svc. OR, NC. (336) 643-1119.

REMODELING / CONSTRUCTION

CINDY’S PAINTING – Interior painting, wallpaper removal. References & free estimates available. (336) 708-9155.

PREMIER CONSTRUCTION. Providing all of your home maintenance needs, remodeling and new construction. (336) 430-9507.

TRACTOR FOR HIRE – Bush hogging, grading, brush/tree removal. (336) 207-6632.

BEK Paint Co.

JLB REMODELING, INC. Remodeling and additions. Fully insured. NC GC license #69997. Free est. Call (336) 681-2902 or visit www.jlbremodeling.com.

ARBOR MASTERS TREE SERVICE Total tree removal, storm damage cleanup, shrub and tree pruning. Bobcat work and more. Free estimates. Licensed & insured. Call Joe at (336) 643-9157.

MASONRY MASONRY CONCEPTS, brick, block, stone, concrete & repairs. Free estimates. (336) 988-1022, www.masonryconceptsgso.com.

Outdoor kitchens

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BEKPaintCompany.com • References Available • Licensed & Insured • All Work Guaranteed

PAINTING – INTERIOR & EXTERIOR 32 yrs. exp. Sheetrock repair. No job too small. Insured. Brad Rogers, (336) 314-3186. CARLOS & SON PAINTING, interior & exterior. Free est., lic/ins. (336) 669-5210.

PLUMBING

8605 Triad Dr, Colfax (336) 996-4918 marshallstone.com

WEBSTER & SONS PLUMBING, Inc. (336) 992-2503. Licensed, insured, bonded. 24/7 service. Plumbing, drain cleaning, well pumps. Give us a call, we do it all! Go to www.webstersplumbing.com for more info.

BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTION Kitchens/baths, custom decks, garages, siding, dock work, windows, roofing, rotted wood. Sr. disc., 38 years exp. (336) 362-6343.

RED RHINO ROOFING, based in Oak Ridge, NC. Storm damage specialist experienced with all types of roofing. BBB accredited A and listed with Angie’s List. Call (336) 944-6118, or visit redrhinoroofing.com. PREMIER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION Insurance specialist, free inspections, res./ comm., BBB A rating. (336) 430-9507. A.L. CORMAN ROOFING INC. Res. roofing specialist serving Guilford Cty. area since 1983. BBB 25+ years w/ A+ rating. cormanroofinginc.com, (336) 621-6962. CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLC Residential roofing, rubber flat roofs, roof coating, metal roofs. 30 years experience. Now accepting all major credit cards. Call (336) 643-8191 or (336) 580-3245.

MISC. SERVICES TUTORING for reading, math and writing, grades K through 5, by retired teacher with 32 years experience. Lake Brandt Road. Call (336) 202-6186. ERIE INSURANCE – IN KERNERSVILLE Long Insurance Services, (336) 992-5664.

HAMMERSMITH WOODWORKING INC. Carpentry, custom cabinetry, built-ins, exterior repairs. ASP - Helping Hand. Over 30 years exp.. Call Carlton, (336) 404-3002. RENOVATION WORKS, INC. New construction, remodeling, additions, kitchen, bath and decks. We are a locally owned, full-service design and build company, A+ accredited with the BBB. Visit www.myrenovationworks.com or call (336) 427-7391 to start your next project. ORTIZ REMODELING – Total restoration & home improvement. Drywall, painting, kitchen cabinets, interior trim & more. Free estimates. (336) 280-8981.

locally owned & operated 6705 US Hwy 158, Stokesdale

(336) 643-9963 (affiliated with Stokesdale Storage)

COMPUTER REPAIRS – ITBASICS.COM Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons. (336) 643-0068. SAM’S AUTO BODY SHOP. Any type of body work. 45 years exp. (336) 347-7470.

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MISC. FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

SOLE E95 ELLIPTICAL & Schwinn 130 exercise bike; both in excellent condition. Call (336) 644-8772.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

LAND FOR SALE

It’s a good time to buy or sell. Call me for a free consultation!

PERSIMMON PULP, jam, pudding, and more! (336) 816-3441 or (336) 996-3892. SEASONED FIREWOOD, delivered and stacked, 1/2 cord, $80. Call (336) 686-6373.

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PUMPKINS, MUMS & FRESH PRODUCE. Knight’s Produce, 14809 Highway 158, Summerfield. Call (336) 708-0485. SPLIT & SEASONED FIREWOOD. Delivery available. (336) 643-9332.

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MISC. WANTED

$$$ – WILL PAY CASH up to $200 for your junk or wrecked vehicle. (336) 552-0328.

PETS & ANIMAL SVCS. IN NEED OF A NEW HOME

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2807 Alderman Court, Greensboro

58+ ACRES IN GUILFORD COUNTY Affordable large tract, mostly woods with several branches from Reedy Creek crossing the acreage. Farm, Hunt, or Play! Additional 113 acres adjoining for sale. Offered at $345,000

Completely renovated brick ranch home in the popular Friendly Center area. Renovated kitchen with new cabinets, fixtures, countertop, and appliances. Refinished hardwood floors. All main level living. Oversized windows. New laundry room. New light fixtures. Renovated baths. Charming screened porch. New landscaping. Outside storage building. Walk to neighborhood pool. Located on a cul de sac for privacy. New price $283,000

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FOR SALE BY OWNER, LAKEFRONT

KPS – KELLY’S PET SERVICES Professional in-your-home PET SITTING. Insured & bonded. Member Pet Sitters International. Openings currently available for Oak Ridge only. Call (336) 706-6706, email kpsforyourpets@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/kpspets, or @kpspets on Instagram.

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Nancy J. Hess

www.ANewDawnRealty.com

HOMES FOR SALE

PET SITTING / BOARDING

Classic estate style home in Northern School District on small lake. Cul-de-sac 1.76 acre lot, 3 car-garage and over 7500 SF. Priced well under appraised value at $696,000

(336) 643-4248

BOXADOR DOG for sale, 18 months old, kennel trained, house trained. Goes by Bullet. Black with white patches. Would do best in a home with a stay-at-home friend, or another dog. Sweet tempered. Because of an injury I am no longer able to care for him. Please help our dog find a good home. $150. (317) 910-7474.

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SELLER WANTS IT GONE THIS YEAR

HOMES FOR SALE

FREE PICK-UP of unwanted riding & push mowers, any and all gas items, tillers, gocarts & golf carts, ATVs, generators, power washers, chain saws. (336) 689-4167.

23+ ACRES, STONEVILLE, NC, Grogan Road, wthin minutes of Lowes and Walmart. Up-and-coming growing area, hunting stand, feeders, well, pond, stream running along property, large 30x50’ storage building. Hunting retreat with A/C, mini kitchen, sleeping area, open fields, wooded areas, last perked in 2014. Showings by appointment only. Cash or pre-qualified buyers only. $199K. Call (561) 704-6179.

REAL ESTATE

2,000-sq.-ft. home on 3 acres w/private setting. Half unfin. basement, full attic w/permanent stairs. New whole-house back-up generator, HVAC, water heater, & exterior paint!

Barn & heated greenhouse.

Schools. Rare Oak Ridge find at $275,000!

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Rymack Storage ............................... 45 Southern States ............................Insert Stokesdale Heating & Air .................... 7

AUTOMOTIVE SALES & SERVICE

LEGAL SERVICES

EuroHaus ..........................................31 Prestige Car Wash ............................ 24

Attorney Bill Barbour ........................ 23

MEDICAL CARE / PRODUCTS

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Aetna / Coventry Health Systems ..Insert Carolina Priority Care ........................ 30 Dove Medical Supply .......................... 9 Eagle Family Medicine at Oak Ridge ... 7 Forsyth Pediatrics Oak Ridge ............ 24 LeBauer Healthcare ........................... 2 Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ...10 Northwest Pediatrics ........................... 5 Novant – Northwest Family Medicine 10 Oak Ridge Physical Therapy ............. 25 Physical Medicine of the Carolinas ...... 3 Summerfield Family Eye Care ........... 39 Vision Source Eye Center of the Triad ... 24

TM Construction Services ................. 44 Walraven Signature Homes .............. 33

CANDIDATES / POLITICAL ADS Adams, Laughlin, Sessoms ................15 Ann Schneider, Oak Ridge ................ 35 Dwayne Crawford ..............................16 E. Kutz / Keep Summerfield Rural ......13 Gail Dunham, Summerfield .............. 38 J. Dwyer / Keep Summerfield Rural ...12 Jim Kinneman, Oak Ridge ................ 29 Mike Stone, Oak Ridge ......................14 Patti Paslaru, Oak Ridge ..................... 8 T. Bridges, Summerfield Candidates 26,27

CHURCHES Oak Ridge United Methodist Church .. 6 Summerfield First Baptist Church ...... 38

ORTHODONTIC CARE Olmsted Orthodontics ................ 25, 34

PET SERVICES & PRODUCTS

HAIR CARE

Bel-Aire Veterinary Hospital ...............19 Carolina Value Pet Care .....................21 King’s Crossing Animal Hospital ....... 39 Northwest Animal Hospital ................21 Veterinary Hospital of Oak Ridge....... 39 Westergaard Kennels .........................18

Great Clips ....................................... 25

REAL ESTATE

HEALTH & FITNESS

A New Dawn Realty .......................... 46 Gil Vaughan, Keller Williams ............. 46 Jake Letterman, Berkshire Hathaway ... 46 K.W. Builder by Design ........................ 4 Nancy Hess, Berkshire Hathaway ..... 46

EVENTS Brews & Barrels for Belle ....................11 Tabitha Ministry Holiday Fair .............. 5

Alpha Weight Loss ............................ 40

HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES BEK Paint Company .......................... 45 Carpets by Direct .............................. 22 Elegant Transformations by Marcie ... 39 Haley Hahn Home Solutions ............ 44 House of Stars .................................. 39 Marshall Stone ................................. 45 New Garden Landscape & Nursery .. 40 Old School Home Repair .................. 44 ProStone ............................................. 3 Rainbow Vacuum Sales & Service ......18

RESTAURANTS Bistro 150 / The Oak Ridge Room .... 24 Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant ....... 25

RETAIL Bi-Rite Galaxy Supermarket ...............41 Citrus Unlimited .................................21 Goodwill Industries of North Carolina ...31 Priba Furniture & Interiors ................. 48

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