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Academy’s board of trustees changes course on property sale The board put almost 2.5 acres and six buildings, including the old armory, up for sale for nearly $1.2 million in late December. The property recently came off the market. by CHRIS BURRITT
OAK RIDGE – Less than three months after a 2.5-acre tract along N.C. 150 in Oak Ridge’s historic district went on the market, Oak Ridge Military Academy’s board of trustees has reversed its decision. The tract, which includes six historic buildings, is located on the south side of N.C. 150, across from the school’s main campus. It was listed late December with CBRE Triad, a Greensboro-based commercial real estate firm, for $1.17 million.
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Oak Ridge Military Academy’s armory building on N.C. 150 is getting a new tenant, Wright Stuff Flight Simulation Center, which is relocating from Kernersville.
NWHS band director leading Regional water system vote-getter in statewide not ‘viable option’ School Heroes’ contest at current costs With a March 31 voting deadline, Brian McMath is thus far the top vote-getter in NC Education Lottery’s School Heroes’ contest by PATTI STOKES NW GUILFORD – “How can you ever thank someone who gave you your son back?” Anna-Liv Deardorff asked when writing about Northwest High School band director Brian McMath. Deardorff, parent of Northwest senior Dominic Deardorff, recently nominated McMath for NC School Heroes, a statewide program sponsored by the North Carolina Education Lottery.
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NWHS band director Brian McMath is so far top vote-getter in School Heroes’ contest.
Summerfield town manager tells council he and officials of Oak Ridge, Stokesdale and Guilford County are seeking more conservative projections from consultant Timmons Group by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – Northwest Guilford officials asked consultant Timmons Group
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Gary Brown, chair of Summerfield’s Historical Committee, took issue Tuesday with an email Mayor Gail Dunham circulated in which she said the committee is “now working for restoration of the Saunders Inn’’ on N.C. 150 at Deboe Road. “That statement is incorrect,’’ Brown told council members at their regular monthly meeting on March 12. He said he’s actually pulling together research supporting that the inn is historically significant but its “distressed condition’’ may make it unsalvageable. After completing his research, Brown said he plans to present the summary to the council and David Couch, owner of the inn and the property it rests on.
Town council set to meet March 14 STOKESDALE – Stokesdale Town Council is scheduled to meet March 14, 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall. Meeting agenda items include discussion of park maintenance and improvements; installation of a town clock on Stokesdale Fire Department property in downtown; training and rules of procedure for Planning Board members; a water meter tampering policy drafted by the town attorney; setting a public hearing date to gain citizen input on closing the portion of Loyola Drive that runs north of its
southern intersection with Stokesdale Street; a proposal from Charlie McGougan with MBD Consulting Engineers for project oversight and a proposal from engineering consultant S&ME for painting and refurbishing the town’s 15-year-old water tank; and the town’s bank account with SunTrust. For more details, visit www. stokesdale.org. Look for meeting coverage in next week’s Northwest Observer.
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Town improves public hearing notification process OAK RIDGE – Measuring at only 14 x 22 inches, signs alerting Oak Ridge citizens to upcoming public hearings for property rezoning requests have been difficult to read, especially when passing by at 35 mph or more. That’s something the Town of Oak Ridge has taken steps to correct. At Oak Ridge Town Council’s March 7 meeting, Planning Director Sean Taylor told the council new public hearing notification signs have been
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Notification signs such as the one above, left, used by the Town of Oak Ridge to alert citizens of upcoming public hearings for rezoning requests are currently 14 x 22 inches. The smaller signs will soon be replaced by signs such as the one above, which measures 2 feet by 3 feet.
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required by mail and posting on the town’s website. Previously, the ordinance required adjacent property owners to be notified at least 10 days before but not more than 25 days before the date of the council’s public hearing on rezoning requests. The amendment followed complaints by some residents that they hadn’t gotten enough notice of public hearings, Planning Director Sean Taylor told council members. Adjacent property owners will now receive two letters – the first at least 21 days before public hearings on rezoning requests heard by the town’s Planning and Zoning Board and the second at least 21 days before public hearings at town council meetings, he said.
Fuller said deputies are using their radar speed devices as they step up Mailing two letters helps “property patrols on a stretch of N.C. 68 near owners understand that it is a twoN.C. 150, where the speed limit was stage process, that each rezoning reduced in December from 45 mph to case goes before Planning and Zoning 35 mph. 8004 Linville Road, Suite E-3, Oak Ridge Board on one date and (then) it goes Fire Department. Chief Steve Simbefore town council,” council member mons reported the Oak Ridge Fire Schneider said. barbourwilliams.com Department responded to 68 calls (A vote by the P&Z Board on a in February; 40 of the calls were rezoning case is a recommendation to medical-related and the rest were the council, with the council making fire- and service-related. Firefighters the final decision on the request.) obtained 283 hours of training during During the period of the public the month. hearing designated for citizen comments, no citizens spoke for or against PUBLIC HEARING the proposed amendment to the Notification of public hearings. The town’s development ordinance. council approved an amendment to
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In response to two P&Z Board members telling the council in January that the old public hearing notification signs were too small and hard for passing motorists to read, Taylor also told the council that staff had ordered new, bigger signs for notifying resi-
dents of upcoming public hearings on rezoning cases. Separately, Diane Paige commended the council and staff for hosting a public meeting at Town Hall March 5 for the North Carolina Department of Public Transportation (NCDOT) to explain options for slowing traffic and improving safety on Highways 68 and 150. (See related article in the March 7-13 issue.) Council members Nodine and Schneider said they were pleased with the turnout for the meeting and thanked residents for sharing their opinions with NCDOT officials.
to appoint Minako Partyka to serve as an alternate on the town’s Parks & Recreation Commission was approved.
members, including one seat dedicated for the president of Oak Ridge Youth Association.
Deer archery season. The council voted to renew its participation in the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission’s Urban Archery season Jan. 11 – Feb. 16, 2020. Hunters who want to shoot deer with bows and arrows in Oak Ridge must arrange to hunt on private land since there is no public hunting land in the town, Bruce noted.
The changes required amending the town’s Parks and Recreation Commission ordinance.
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Commission name change. The council voted to change the name of the town’s Parks and Recreation Commission to Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Bruce noted the change reflected the board’s advisory role, since the town also has a Parks and Recreation Department, directed by Terry Lannon, that’s responsible for parks and recreational activities.
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The council also approved expanding the Parks and Rec board by two
“When we began that meeting, one of the engineers said that it was by far the biggest turnout they had ever seen at any of their open houses,” Mayor Sullivan said.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail. The council passed a resolution expressing the town’s commitment to the development of the MST. Bruce explained adoption of the resolution was required as part of the town’s application for a North Carolina Recreational Trails Grant. The $50,000 grant would help pay for construction of a section of the trail from Linville Road to Pepper Road and a trailhead parking lot with a kiosk. The town would be required to
pay 25 percent of the project’s cost.
Voluntary annexation applications. Bruce reported the town has received 25 applications for voluntary annexation and is accepting annexation applications through April 1 from property owners in the extraterritorial jurisdiction north of County Line Road and west to Forsyth County.
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Oak Ridge Military Academy. Steve Wilson, chairman of ORMA’s board of trustees, said Rep. John Faircloth (R-District 62) is working on legislation that would give each of North Carolina’s legislative districts “the opportunity to assign and provide a scholarship for a student to attend the academy.” Enactment of the legislation could boost the school’s enrollment by about 150 students, said Wilson, who didn’t elaborate on details of the bill such as how scholarships would be funded. The school is renovating dorms, partly in anticipation of rising enrollment due to the legislation, he said. Separately, the planned closing of St. John’s Military School in Salina, Kansas, at the end of the school year gives ORMA an opportunity to recruit some of those students, Wilson said. He also told the council ORMA has rented its old armory building on N.C. 150 to the Wright Stuff Flight Simulation Center. (See related article on front cover.) Finance Committee. Chair John Jenkins said the committee continues to work on the budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Co-chair Bill Royal said volunteers are planning a May 3 dedication and ribbon cutting for the recently completed section of the MST from the Cascades Preserve, a park owned by Guilford County, to Haw River Road. Construction of a second section from Pepper Road to Linville Road is underway, he said.
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be used toward the student’s college expenses in the fall semester. The application deadline is 4 p.m. March 29, Schneider said. Forms are available in the NWHS guidance office or online at www. merchantsofoakridge.com.
Historic Preservation Commission. Vice chair Caroline Ruch encouraged owners of historic properties to apply for historic heritage grants by the deadline of 4 p.m. March 25. Application forms are available online at www.oakridgenc.com or at Town Hall. Special Events Committee. Chair Patti Dmuchowski said planning is underway for two projects this year – a veterans’ memorial and a holiday parade in November. The committee wants to explore whether the memorial could possibly be located on the town’s park property, she said. Oak Ridge Youth Association. ORYA President Tom Collins said registration for spring sports, which include soccer, softball, baseball and boys and girls lacrosse, drew 761 youth players on 69 teams and 119 volunteers.
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Mayor Pro Tem Kinneman said the Oak Ridge Lions Club will hold a golf tournament at Greensboro National Golf Club May 3 as the primary fundraiser for its annual $1,000 scholarship to a northwest Guilford student. Following comments by other council members, the meeting was adjourned at 8:01 p.m.
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“The goal is to preserve the historic integrity of the property while reenergizing buildings that have been vacant,” David Hagan, senior vice president for CBRE Triad, stated in an article published in the Northwest Observer in January. “We listed it to generate some income for the school,” Steve Wilson, chairman of the school’s board of trustees, said in an interview for the same article. Wilson also serves on the town’s Planning and Zoning Board,
which hears requests to rezone property before the town council makes final rezoning decisions. “It’s land that we’re not using,” said Wilson, a 1964 ORMA graduate. “We’re not housing any students there. It didn’t make sense not to try to sell it.” Hagan and Joe Stanley, the CBRE Triad brokers who had listed the property late last year, didn’t return phone calls last week seeking comment on the board’s abrupt change of course. Wilson also declined to comment
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The armory building has 1,296 square feet, more space than in the Wright Stuff’s location at 121 Pineville Drive in Kernersville, Matthews said. “It’s a great traffic location,” he said of the building, located behind the CVS/pharmacy on N.C. 150 across from ORMA’s main campus. He said he expects cadets from the school to patronize the business after he remodels the space and sets up the flight simulation stations where customers sit at the controls in make-believe cockpits of fighter planes. “Learn the basics of flight while trying to down your opponents in an aerial dogfight,” the Wright Stuff said on its website, which claims its virtual reality station allows users to “tour the solar system in a spacecraft you control.”
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Northwest Guilford will meet March 19, 12 p.m. at Bill’s Pizza, 1431 N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge. More info: (336) 260-1970.
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MONDAY, MARCH 18 Opioid & Vaping Parent Meeting | The Northern Guilford High School PTSA is hosting an informative meeting about opioids, vaping/e-cig and substance abuse which will be presented by a panel of area experts on March 18, 6 to 7:45 p.m. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at Northern High School, 7101 Spencer Dixon Road, Greensboro. There will also be a med-toss event in the front parking lot for those who want to dispose of any unwanted medications, thanks to the assistance of the Healthy Guilford Coalition and Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. More info:
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Town Council will meet March 19, 6:30 p.m. at Summerfield Town Hall, 4117 Oak Ridge Road in Summerfield to conduct a budget planning session. More info: summerfieldnc.gov.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting | The Oak Ridge Historic Preservation Commission will meet March 20, 7 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Hall, 8315 Linville Road, Oak Ridge. More info: oakridgenc.com.
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field Founders’ Day Committee will meet March 21, 1 p.m. at Summerfield Town Hall, 4117 Oak Ridge Road in Summerfield. More info: summerfieldnc.gov. Lions Club Meeting | The Oak Ridge Lions
Club will meet March 21, 6:30 p.m. at Bill’s Pizza, 1431 N.C. 68, Oak Ridge. More info: Danny Yanusz, (336) 643-6424.
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NORTHWEST GUILFORD Riley Edwards, wrestling by STEWART MCCLINTOCK Sophomore Riley Edwards has been wrestling for the last seven years and has been on Northwest Guilford’s varsity wrestling team last year and this year. In his freshman year he had a record of 40 wins and just seven losses. This year, he went 50-3, finished second in regionals and fourth at the
state championships. Edwards, who wrestled this year in the 113-pound weight class, is also given credit for contributing to Northwest going undefeated as a team this year and for the team winning the state championship. Of the sport of wrestling, Edwards told the Northwest Observer, “I think it’s the toughest sport there is. It beats you up mentally and physically. I was battling an injury going into the state tournament. You can’t limit yourself, especially at states. If you lose once and it destroys you mentally, it could totally take you off your game from finishing the best you can. You’ve just got to treat it like any other tournament and go out and do your very best
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every match. I think I could have won it all this year. I’m going into Nationals this month and my goal is to earn AllAmerican honors, and then come back next year and win states.” After graduating from Northwest, Edwards hopes to continue wrestling at a Division 1 university and plans to pursue a sports- or nutrition-related major. From there, he wants to see how far he can go wrestling at the international level. And once his wrestling career is over, he would like to coach wrestling in college or open his own private wrestling training facility.
On a side note… Q: What is your favorite food? A: “I like all food!” Q: Favorite movie? A: “Rocky IV” Q: Favorite professional athlete? A: “Kyle Dake, wrestler for Team USA, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.”
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Q: Favorite celebrity? A: “Michael B. Jordan.” Q: Do you have a role model? A: “Will Bradley, owner of Will Bradley Sports Performance. He’s my strength and speed coach. He’s really successful at what he does, but he doesn’t limit himself to just what he does. Even in agility drills, he’s teaching us about life lessons.” Q: Do you have any pets? A: “I have two dogs, a greyhound named Rhonda, and Annie, a terrier and Australian cattle dog mix.” Q: If you could interview one person, living or dead, who would it be? A: “Sylvester Stallone – he’s the actor in my favorite movie, ‘Rocky IV.’ He’s been doing it for years and he’s still going!” Q: Where would you go on a dream vacation? A: “Any warm island. I like being surrounded by the ocean and seeing all
the wild animals around it.” Q: What do you like about living in North Carolina? A: “I like how we have the beach on one side and the mountains on the other. It’s not super hot, and it’s not super cold.” Q: What is one thing we all could do to make the world a better place? A: “Stop driving cars. We all could walk, run or ride bikes.” Q: What’s something unique about you that not many people know? A: “I like to collect wrestling shoes. I have seven pairs right now.”
Q: How do you enjoy spending your free time? A: “Wrestling or working out.” Q: Do you go to any training facilities outside of school? A: “Yes, Will Bradley Sports Performance in Greensboro and Combat Athletics in Mocksville.” Q: Is there anything else about yourself that you want our readers to know? A: “People don’t see how much effort I put into wrestling. Even in the summer, I’m lifting and wrestling five to six days a week.”
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The program invites people to nominate their K-12 public education “hero” for the chance to win $10,000 for the hero’s school, $10,000 for the hero, and $1,000 for the person submitting the nomination. Supporters are then encouraged to vote online for their hero (voting can be done daily). In May, a committee will select 10 “heroes” from the top 200 vote-getters to be awarded the funds. That’s music to the ears of McMath, Deardorff, and everyone involved with Northwest’s band program. The program receives no funding from the school system, rather relies on its numerous fundraising events held throughout the year and on corporate sponsors. Of the Heroes’ program, McMath said he first heard about it on the radio a few months ago while driving to school one morning. “All I heard was that the lottery has this thing where you can win $10,000 for your school,” McMath said. “And I thought, ‘What can I do to help my program win this money?’” After learning he would need a nomination, McMath reached out to Dierdorff. “She had written another recommendation for me and I knew she already had that,” McMath said. “So I called her and asked if she could research what the
hero nomination entailed and see if we could do this for our kids.” Dierdorff, who credits McMath for helping her son through an extremely difficult time after his arm was crushed in an UTV accident almost two years ago, wasted no time. “Mr. McMath was the one teacher who made it his mission to help our son fight through the darkness and come out on the other side a stronger kid and even better musician,” an excerpt from Dierforff’s nomination reads. “McMath taught him to use music as therapy to manage his pain while healing. Mr. McMath’s jazz program inspired our son to keep playing the jazz he loved with gigs out in the community.” After uploading her nomination narrative to the lottery’s website, Dierdorff told McMath, “You know, if the school wins it ($10,000), so do you.” “That was a surprise, because I had thought it was only for the school!” McMath said. As of March 13, McMath, with 13,739 votes, is the top vote-getter in the state. With a March 31 voting deadline, supporters are encouraged to push hard to the finish line – and vote daily.
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NCDOT for presenting roundabouts as an option for improving traffic flow in Oak Ridge. No electricity used and no time wasted sitting at a traffic light idling your engine and burning gas.
Stokesdale Parks and Recreation’s Rockets basketball team, sponsored by the Northwest Observer and led by Coach Joe. The boys worked extremely hard this season and earned a championship win by demonstrating excellent teamwork and sportsmanship. Congratulations, champs!
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were okay and offered a place to stay if needed. Good to have neighbors who care. Roundabouts. If you miss your turn, you’ll soon get a do-over. “Sped through a roundabout and smashed into a semi,” said no one ever. And, there’s room in the middle for a statue folks can topple in 100 years. Roundabouts. We’ve used them in New England, Maryland, the UK and other places in Europe. They’re an efficient and attractive way to move traffic.
GRIPES to... The powers that be in Oak Ridge for contemplating not just one traffic circle, but three practically in a row! What in the world are you thinking? I’m all for slowing down traffic, but this is not a good idea. The person who griped about my dog on Ellison Road having no shelter (see last week’s Gripes section). You
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Those who walk their dogs in the park and don’t clean up after them. Please don’t leave the droppings behind for someone else to step in or a playing child to fall in. You’re not that entitled. The suggestion of roundabouts in Oak Ridge. Seriously? Traffic that bad – where? If we are planning for the future, N.C. 68 needs to become four lanes and restrictions need to be placed on semi-trailers. Foolish people who believe that spending millions to turn Oak Ridge into a congestion black spot and bottleneck will create “a village feel.” No... it will create a parking lot.
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tap into a regional water system and how much water they would use. “We asked Timmons to sharpen their pencil,” Summerfield Town Manager Scott Whitaker told the town council Tuesday. A work session last Friday, March 8, sought to bear down on how much northwest Guilford County residents would pay for water if they used less than projected initially by Timmons. In attendance were Timmons’ representatives and leaders of Summerfield, Oak Ridge, Stokesdale and unincorporated areas of northwest Guilford County, the four stakeholders in a water feasibility study Timmons presented last September. The study, which drew a skeptical response from local leaders, projects a regional water system would cost more than $50 million, or initially $90 a month for homeowners. That’s roughly double what residential customers of Stokesdale’s water system pay, Mayor John Flynt said. As proposed, the regional system wouldn’t supply water to Stokesdale in its first five years of operation. “There is nothing in it for the Town of Stokesdale,” Flynt said in an interview Wednesday. A regional water system “is still a work in progress, to say the least.” Timmons’ presentation in September culminated a $175,000 study by the consultant assessing the feasibility of building wells and elevated storage tanks connected by water lines to homeowners and businesses currently served by private wells. The legislature allocated Guilford County $3.9 million to be used for a regional water authority or water system; that amount includes covering the cost of a water authority/system feasibility study. A deadline of June 2020 was given for spending or encumbering the funds. “There is a lot of concern about the costs presented back in September,” Whitaker told Summerfield council members Tuesday. In last week’s work session,
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leaders tried to “fine tune the proposal and decide how to massage what has been presented into something that is even a viable option for further discussion,” he said. When presenting the study last September, Timmons offered two scenarios for supplying water to northwest Guilford. The first envisions pumping water from the ground. A second option would combine groundwater and purchases of treated water, possibly from the City of Reidsville, to supply customers. Building a system to deliver groundwater only would cost an estimated $52.5 million over the first five years, according to Timmons’ presentation. Extending piping to Reidsville’s water system would tack on another $5.8 million. In the first year, homeowners would pay an average of $90.51 a month for a system supplied by groundwater only, Timmons said. The cost would be $110.72 a month for water from under the ground and Reidsville. Whitaker told Summerfield council members Tuesday that officials are pursuing financial assistance from the North Carolina legislature on the prospect that “considerable, substantial state funding” would make a regional water system more affordable for northwest Guilford users. State grants typically are awarded to low- and moderate-income communities, hurting northwest Guilford’s chances for securing money for a water system, Flynt said. At some point, officials will probably schedule another public meeting similar to the meeting last September that brought together residents and representatives of Summerfield, Oak Ridge, Stokesdale and the county, Whitaker said. More than 70 people attended that meeting. “There are all of these variables,” said Summerfield Mayor Gail Dunham, who attended last week’s work session. “The most important thing is to take this slowly to make sure that we have the most information to work with.”
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AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIRS. One call fixes all! A+ with BBB. For a free estimate, call (336) 643-1184 or (336) 987-0350. L & T SMALL ENGINE SERVICE "We get you mowing!" Comm./res., all models. 2103 Oak Ridge Rd., Oak Ridge. Call (336) 298-4314, landtsmallengineservice.com. APPLIANCE REPAIR – Call Mr. Appliance A step above the rest! (336) 609-5707.
GRADING / HAULING BRAD'S BOBCAT & HAULING SVCS. LLC Debris removal, grading, gravel/dirt, driveways, concrete work. (336) 362-3647. PEARMAN QUARRY HAULING Fill dirt, gravel, sand rock, mulch & more. Joel Richardson, (336) 803-2195.
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GAULDIN TRUCKING, grading & hauling, bobcat work, lot clearing, driveways, fill dirt, gravel, etc. (336) 362-1150. ANTHONY’S GRADING & HAULING Excavating, land clearing, demolition, dirt. available. Zane Anthony, (336) 362-4035. E&W HAULING & GRADING INC. Driveways, fill dirt, demolition, lot clearing, excavating, bobcat work, etc. (336) 451-1282.
LAWNCARE / LANDSCAPING SOUTHERN CUTS LAWN CARE, complete lawn maintenance services. 13 years experience. Nathan Adkins, (336) 500-1898. STEVE NEWMAN TREE SERVICE. Free est. Lic/Ins. 40 yrs. exp. Lots & natural area thinning and cleanup. Large shrubbery jobs, chipping. Oak Ridge, (336) 643-1119. LAWN MOWING. Dependable, professional lawn mowing service. Call (336) 264-9082. NC FORESTRY MULCHING. Environmentally friendly clearing without disrupting the soil! 5-star reviews. Call (336) 362-6181 or visit ncforestrymulching.com. ORTIZ LANDSCAPING, complete lawn care. Trimming, cleaning, planting & mulch, gutter cleaning, patios & pavers, waterfalls, retaining walls, sidewalks, stonework. Residential and commercial. (336) 280-8981.
FAY'S LAWNCARE & LANDSCAPING Complete landscape maintenance & hardscaping. Tree work. Reasonable & honest. Call Taylor, (336) 458-6491. CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICE Complete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, (336) 643-9332. www.carolinaStumpAndTreeServices.com. WILSON LANDSCAPING, INC. Lawn maint, landscaping. Irrigation/ landscape contractor. Hardscaping & landscape lighting. 26 years exp. (336) 399-7764.
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PLUMBING BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLAR No job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic. & insured. Call Mark, (336) 337-7924.
REMODELING / CONSTRUCTION ORTIZ REMODELING – Total restoration & home improvement. Drywall, painting, kitchen cabinets, interior trim & more. Free estimates. (336) 280-8981. KEITH SMITH CONSTRUCTION 30 years experience. Specializing in room additions, kitchens & baths, garages, vinyl siding and windows, painting, ceramic tile, laminate, hardwood and linoleum floors, and remodeling of all kinds. No job too small. Free est. Call (336) 362-7469. BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTION Kitchens/baths, custom decks, garages, dock work, siding, windows, roofing, rotted wood. Sr. disc., 39 years exp. (336) 362-6343. DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING, LLC. Custom Builder, sunrooms, garages, additions, kitchens baths. Licensed & Insured, BBB A+ accredited. Free est. Visit www.douglascr.com or call (336) 413-5050. JLB REMODELING, INC. Remodeling and additions. Fully insured. NC GC license #69997. Free est. Call (336) 681-2902 or visit www.jlbremodeling.com.
ROOFING 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. KEITH SMITH CONSTRUCTION 30 years experience. Residential shingle & metal roofing. Free est. (336) 362-7469. ROOFING. Best prices in town! Shingle and metal roofing. Top-notch quality. Res./comm., licensed & insured. Financing available. Belews Creek Construction, (336) 362-6343.
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Otey Construction offers this versatile floor plan w/ 3,600+ sq. ft. well situated on approximately 1 acre. Main level impresses w/ 10’ ceilings & conveniently includes master bedroom suite, second BR w/ full bath and office. Large greatroom w/ fireplace, covered porch w/ grilling deck. Two more BR, second office and large bonus space on second floor. Add’l storage in unfinished basement. 3-car attached garage with people door to back yard.
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