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“I hardly feel qualified to speak on behalf of our class and provide inspirational advice for the future. I’m still struggling to figure everything out for myself, and none of us had an identical high school experience I can reminisce about,” Northern Guilford senior Alyssa “Aly” Hamilton said as she began her salutatorian speech. Hamilton thanked the teachers and administrators at Northern Guilford, as well as all the students’ families for their support. Touching on some of her favorite moments in high school, Hamilton said she had enjoyed them but hoped the best years of life were not behind.

“High school has taught us so much, not only about academics but about cooperation, compassion and selflessness,” Northwest senior Lauren Howard told 531 classmates in her valedictorian speech June 7 at the Greensboro Coliseum. Howard, graduating with a 4.792 GPA, focused much of her speech on what she had gained through her volunteer experiences in high school, especially working with Alzheimer’s patients. “I had no idea what impact community service would have on my life,” Howard said. “For example, Connections, a club where I volunteered with Alzheimer’s patients, showed me it

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Lauren Howard Valedictorian

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IN THIS ISSUE News in brief................................ 3 Your Questions ............................ 4 Northern Guilford Class of 2019....6 Friend, co-worker donates kidney 8 Chicken bingo ............................ 9 Calendar Events ....................... 10 Crime/Incident Report ..............11 NWHS Class of 2019 ...................12 Heading to All-Stars ..................14 Grins and Gripes .......................16 Classifieds ..................................19 Index of Advertisers ................. 23

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Oak Ridge leaders seeking ideas Town staff wants to hear from for park’s future community as part of creating

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Phase I of Oak Ridge Town Park was completed in 2008. Phase IIA, which was completed in September 2015, included a performance stage, amphitheater, connecting trails and additional restrooms. Phase IIB, completed in 2017, included a paved parking lot beside the picnic shelter off Linville Road and a kiddie playground. The town is taking steps to develop a master park plan to guide it as it explores options for future park features.

OAK RIDGE – Over the next six months, the future of Oak Ridge Town Park is going to morph from suggestions from residents to a formal master plan adopted by the town council. Almost 200 peopled stopped by the town’s booth during Ridgefest June 1 to share ideas with parks and recreation staff. About 40 stated their preference for improvements, with a splash pad and adventure play area topping the wish list. Bas-

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Town’s legal fees in Rotruck lawsuits top $100,000 And they’re still climbing. The town council set aside another $10,000 for this ﬁscal year and budgeted another $85,000 for next year by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – In less than a year, the town’s defense against lawsuits related to former councilman Todd Rotruck’s removal from the council has cost more than $100,000. To be exact, it totals $100,587.37 since July 1 of last year, according to Summerfield Finance Officer Dee Hall. And two decisions by the town council Tuesday, June 11, anticipate legal expenses to keep spiraling upwards. The council voted Tuesday, June 11, to set aside an additional $10,000 for legal expenses through the fiscal year ending June 30. The budget for next fiscal year approved by the council Tuesday contains $85,000 for contract legal services to cover fees charged by Town Attorney Bill Hill and Gray Wilson of Nelson Mullins, hired by the town to handle

the Rotruck litigation. “This number routinely ran much less until the Rotruck-related lawsuits created the need for outside-attorney involvement,” Town Manager Scott Manager said in an email Wednesday. The $10,000 budget amendment covers anticipated work done by Hill and Wilson through the end of the month. “We’re not sure that Gray will do significant work before July 1, but because it’s year-end, it’s better to have the money there than to have to adjust after the fact,” Whitaker said. Rotruck first sued the town in May 2018, after the Guilford County Board of Elections had ruled that he had not established permanent residence in Summerfield, making him ineligible to serve on the council four months after taking office. Town Attorney Bill Hill sided with the board’s ruling, pitting him against Mayor Gail Dunham and council member Teresa Pegram who have supported Rotruck in his attempt to regain his council seat. The council agreed Tuesday to hire Wilson to represent the town in a lawsuit filed by three Summerfield residents May 30 on the condition

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that the town’s insurance policy through the North Carolina League of Municipalities does not cover the town’s legal costs. In their suit, residents Dwayne Crawford, Don Wendelken and Danny Nelson said the town, Mayor Pro Tem Dena Barnes and council members Dianne Laughlin, John O’Day and Reece Walker unlawfully appropriated town funds to pay for Laughlin’s legal defense against a suit filed by Rotruck in January of this year.

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OAK RIDGE – As of June 11, drivers traveling on Bunch Road between Dunham said Tuesday the town is Brookbank Road and Northwest spending hundreds of dollars an hour School Road are being detoured while the road is closed to through traffic for for Wilson and his colleagues “to talk with each another.” O’Day said hiring a bridge between the two roads to be replaced. NCDOT anticipates the road Wilson provides Summerfield with will reopen before school begins on “absolutely the best defense” against Monday, Aug. 26. the latest lawsuit. A portion of the bridge that is being Dunham said the town pays Wilson replaced was washed out during heavy $450 an hour. Finance Officer Hall rains in the aftermath of Hurricane said the hourly rate is actually $400. Michael last October; the bridge was Hill, serving until the town hires his temporarily repaired and reopened replacement, charges $185 an hour. soon afterward. Bobby Norris, district Not all of his legal work for Summerengineer in NCDOT’s District 7 office, field revolves around the Rotruck suits. said at the time that the bridge would Among his duties, he advises town be replaced at the end of the school staff and the council on contracts and year and “everything then will be as provides legal interpretation of state good as new.” statutes. ...continued on p. 11

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A couple of weeks ago you published a Gripe a reader submitted about property on Oak Ridge Road (N.C. 150) in Summerfield, directly across from the entrance to Birkhaven. For a long time (at least about 1 ½ years) the property had been a mess, with piled-up trash in front of the house, which was very visible to passersby, and overgrown vegetation. You responded to the Gripe with an editor’s note saying you would follow up to see where things stood with the property, as more than a year earlier you had been told by the town’s planning director that it was in violation of Summerfield’s nuisance ordinance and the town’s contracted code enforcement officer was working the case.

Just as of the last two weeks, I’ve noticed the property looks like it is finally being cleaned up – were you able to get an update?

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is no evidence that the property has reached that level of destruction,” Bailey wrote in an email to Northwest Observer Editor Patti Stokes on May 30. On June 5 Bailey followed up to let us know the owners of the property on Old Oak Ridge Road are in the process of doing a major renovation

to the home. “I expect to see some mess (as before) for the near future while the renovation is progressing,” Bailey wrote in an email. “I have notified the owners that they will need to clean up the property as well. I will continue to monitor.”

Yes, Bill Bailey, Summerfield’s contracted enforcement officer, emailed back May 30 after we asked for an update on the property and said he was “working on this house” and actively investigating it. Bailey confirmed the property owners had been cited for several issues a while back (late 2017 or early 2018) and the property had been cleaned up last year for a short period of time but had reverted back to a messy state. “Action will probably not include condemnation (as a Northwest Observer reader suggested), as there

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ketball and pickleball courts, a sensory garden and passive green space were among other suggestions. Planning for the park’s future over the next decade or two has become a priority for the town council following the town’s purchase of 58 acres from Frank Whitaker last year. The town also owns the historic Redmon house adjacent to the park on Linville Road and Lisa Drive and both properties are expected to be used to expand parks and recreational activities. “We want to make sure improvements are made in concert with one another,” said Terry Lannon, the town’s parks and recreation director. “We’re going to get as much community input as we can as one of the tools to determine future park development.” Oak Ridge Town Park has grown in popularity since opening a decade ago. The 80-acre park has emerged as the site for Ridgefest, Music in the Park and other events as well as a community gathering place for youth playing sports, runners, walkers, cyclists and dog walkers. The town council voted last month to hire consultant McGill Associates to assist town staff in preparing the master plan for developing Oak Ridge’s parks and recreational facilities and agreed to pay McGill $28,500 for its services. The contracted services include an assessment of the community’s parks and recreational needs based upon feedback from residents, committees and the council, Town Manager Bill Bruce said in an interview earlier this week. Talking to people at Ridgefest was just the start. The town’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board plans to discuss how to reach as many residents as possible with online surveys and possibly a mailer to all taxpayers, Lannon said. Distribution of the surveys is planned for next month, Bruce added. McGill plans to conduct a second community meeting to gather comments and at least two focus groups with town staff and council members and recreation groups, according to the consultant’s proposal.

Suggestions from the meeting during Ridgefest will be “just a drop in the bucket to the overall community input when all is said and done,” Lannon said in an interview. Aside from gathering feedback, McGill will take an inventory of public and private recreational services and facilities in the community and compare Oak Ridge’s resources to nearby municipalities, according to its proposal. It will also plot ways to improve existing facilities and acquire land for expansion. The consultant will compile the information into a strategic plan and formulate a 10-year capital improvement plan to set a priority for improvements and their estimated costs. The council will decide whether to adopt McGill’s plan, with a decision expected in December, Bruce said. Recommending ways to improve security at the park isn’t part of the consultant’s work, he said. The council is addressing that issue, with the state legislature considering legislation to give Oak Ridge $100,000 for security cameras and other equipment. McGill’s plan will include recommendations for use of the Redmon house. In recent months, Oak Ridge Youth Association representatives have asked to use the house as a staging area for tournaments and for equipment storage. While some citizens favor that idea, others, along with most of the town council members, have said the house should be accessible to many groups and they do not want it used primarily for storage. Discussion has also centered on future use of the Whitaker property adjacent to Town Hall. Walking trails, athletic fields and tennis courts have been among the suggested uses, with council member Ann Schneider saying the rural character of the tract needs to be preserved. At last week’s council meeting, Rita Lewandowski urged the council to create trails for people to ride horses on the Whitaker property. She said riders would clean up after their horses and patronize local businesses. “Any idea that people have is going to be considered,” Bruce said. “Everything is on the table. ‘’

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Company nurse offers gift of life to friend, co-worker “I’ve always felt like I was going to be her (kidney) match,” Holly Black said. “I can’t explain it.”

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Oak Ridge resident and company nurse Holly Black (left) donated a kidney to co-worker and friend Martha Kazakewick in January. Both women recovered quickly from surgery and are reportedly doing well.

by MEREDITH BARKLEY Martha Kazakewick had known for years her kidneys were failing. So had friend Holly Black, who ran the onsite medical clinic at Market America on Pleasant Ridge Road where they both work. Black had been running regular tests on Kazakewick and passing the results to Kazakewick’s kidney doctor. Last year Kazakewick, 52, learned she finally needed a new kidney. She began the process at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to be approved for the transplant and went on the list

seeking a donor. Several siblings, a cousin and a couple friends offered one of theirs. None were approved. So Black, a nurse practitioner who

lives in Oak Ridge, stepped up. “I’ve always felt like I was going to be her match,” said Black, 47. “I can’t explain it.” Perhaps, Kazakewick said, it was a “God thing.” “We’re both Christians,” she said. “I never even asked her. She felt that was what she was called to do.” Black started the donor paperwork last September. She learned she was a match a couple weeks later and was approved to donate in December. “I would want someone to do it for me, my husband, or my child,” she said. “It’s more a question of: why wouldn’t you?”

of weird” seeing Black in the hospital and knowing she was carrying around part of her friend. Their company put out the word to fellow employees in a memo, and coworkers checked in on them to see how they were doing and offered prayers and support. “Even though she works as the nurse for the company, she’s more like your family,” Kazakewick said of Black. “Everybody loves her.” Kazakewick was back at work after seven weeks on the mend and her new kidney is functioning well. “I feel pretty good right now,” she said. “I’m not worried about much anymore. They (her doctors) say: ‘In six months you’re really going to feel the difference.’” Does Black have any worries about getting along with just one kidney? “If you look at the numbers, the difference in risk of having only one was so minimal,” she said. “I felt like that was what I was there to do anyway. It wasn’t even a question.” Said Kazakewick: “I’m thankful. She knows I am. I probably make her sick being so gushy. She’ll be part of me forever. She sure will.”

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• Release hormones that help regulate blood pressure • Help regulate red blood cells, and the amount of certain nutrients in the body, such as calcium and potassium

Chicken bingo? It’s all up to the chicken One lucky Oak Ridge resident and several local children’s programs and charities rewarded after Henrietta does her ‘doodie’ during annual Kiwanis fundraiser by ANNETTE JOYCE Todd Harmon showed up at this year’s Ridgefest celebration in Oak Ridge on June 1 in a bright yellow chicken costume, complete with red and white striped socks and a red comb. It wasn’t the first time the big bird had been seen around town. There were a couple of sightings at Lowes Foods in Oak Ridge a few weeks prior, when Harmon and fellow members of the Northwest Guilford Kiwanis club set up shop to sell tickets for the organization’s annual chicken bingo fundraiser.

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Stokesdale resident and northwest Guilford Kiwanis Club member Todd Harmon will do just about anything to help the Kiwanis raise funds for kids’ programs – including dressing up like a chicken at RidgeFest!

With this project, one lucky winner would receive $500 and the club had the opportunity to walk away with as much as $2,000. Prior to and during RidgeFest, members worked to sell 500 numbered tickets for $5 each; the tickets corresponded to

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Henrietta awaits her debut on the chicken bingo board.

randomly placed numbers in squares on a large wooden board, which was covered by a cage. To determine a bingo winner, Henrietta, the well-fed chicken “star” of the game, was placed on the board and it was her “doodie” to select a winning number by … well, doing her doodie. As the time drew close, a small crowd gathered and waited expectantly for Henrietta to perform. Perhaps she was just being modest and didn’t want to do “it” in

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vites kids ages 4 to those who just completed fourth grade to Kids Week, a free, fun and safe week for kids all across the Triad. This year, Kids Week will be offered at all four Mercy Hill campuses, including two in the northwest Guilford area. Register online at www.mercyhillchurch.com/kidsweek. More info: (704) 996-5367 or jjordan@mercyhillgso.com.

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including jewelry and soaps, essential oils – and much more – and food trucks, takes place this summer every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to around 8 p.m. in the parking lot beside the Quality Mart convenience store/gas station on N.C. 68, south of N.C. 150 in Oak Ridge.  Shrek the Musical | Kernersville Little Theatre opens “Shrek the Musical!,” an award-winning fairy tale adventure based on the DreamWorks animation motion picture and the book by William Steig, on June 13 at James Fitzpatrick Auditorium, 512 West Mountain St., Kernersville, 8 to 10 p.m. Other performances will be on June 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. and June 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. Adult tickets are $15, student/ senior tickets $13, and children’s tickets $8. More info: (336) 9936556 or office@kltheatre.com.  Town Council Meeting | Stokesdale Town Council will hold its monthly meeting June 13, 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. There will be a public hearing for citizens to offer comments on the proposed operations and water enterprise budgets for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. More info: (336) 643-4011 or stokesdale@stokesdale.org.

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host a free Music in the Park on June 15, 6:30 to 9 p.m., featuring Eric and the Chill Tones; the event will be held in Summerfield Community Park Amphitheater (5404 Centerfield Road). The band will entertain the crowd with beach music, oldies, cover tunes and much more. PorterHouse Burger and Kona Ice food vendors will be on site. Bring a chair or blanket, and invite your friends and neighbors for a great night. Parking available at Summerfield Community Park or Medearis Street parking lot. More info: (336) 643-8655 or cgore@summerfieldnc.gov.

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THEFT June 6 | A resident of Mackintosh Place in the Trotter Ridge neighborhood in Summerfield reported an unknown suspect entered his work van, which was parked in the driveway of his home, and stole $1,200 in cash. June 9 | A woman in the 8400 block of Stokesdale Street reported being the victim of property theft.

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possession of 23 grams of marijuana and arrested for an OFA*. The man was taken to Greensboro jail where he was held under a $20,000 bond. June 11 | A 45-year-old woman was arrested in the 2900 block of Oak Ridge Road in Oak Ridge for a criminal summons**. * An OFA, or order for arrest, can be issued to law enforcement officers for many reasons, but the most common reason is when a person fails to appear for a court date. ** A criminal summons is an order directing a person accused of a crime or infraction to appear in court and answer the charges brought against them.

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Light at end of A&Y tunnel after sidewalk contractor hired SUMMERFIELD – Summerfield Town Council voted Tuesday, June 11, to pay Bar Construction Co. $128,000 to construct a sidewalk along U.S. 220 connecting Summerfield Road to the tunnel leading to the Atlantic & Yadkin Greenway. Completion of the sidewalk, slated for October, means the tunnel will be opened for cyclists, runners and hikers using the greenway. It’s been a goal of trail proponents since construction of the tunnel underneath U.S. 220 several years ago. It has never been opened. “We’ll have a party,” Jane Doggett, chair of the town’s Trails and Open Space Committee, said after the council’s vote. Construction of the sidewalk and opening of the tunnel will improve safety for people who now must cross U.S. 220 to go to Summerfield.

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The A&Y Greenway begins in Greensboro and dead-ends at the pedestrian tunnel at U.S. 220, just inside the town of Summerfield limits. Doggett said the sidewalk will become the route of the Mountains-toSea Trail, which passes through Summerfield and Oak Ridge in its trek from Clingmans Dome in the North Carolina mountains to Jockey’s Ridge in the Outer Banks. Summerfield will cover $50,000 of the cost with a state downtown development grant, Finance Officer Dee Hall said. Bar Construction of Greensboro was one of three bidders in the third round of bidding for the project. It agreed to reduce its $136,290 bid to $128,000 in negotiations with the town, Town Manager Scott Whitaker said.

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Four of Northwest Guilford’s top senior athletes and one of the school’s coaches have been picked for NC Coaches Association’s East-West All-Star teams this summer.

Bikdash’s coach at Northwest – Jason Allred – has been picked to coach the west soccer team.

Elizabeth Kitley and Cayla King, both signed to play at Virginia Tech, have been tapped for the west team in the girls East-West All-Star Basketball Classic at the Greensboro Coliseum July 15. An ankle injury, though, has forced King to pull out of the game, according to Coach Darlene Joyner. Logan Farrelly, who plans to play at Queens University in Charlotte next year, was picked for the west team in the girls soccer game on July 16, and Rami Bikdash, who expects to play at MIT, was picked for the west team in the boys soccer game, which follows

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“He’s just excited to have that player-coach (experience) one more time and for both of us to represent Northwest at the highest level,” Allred said of Bikdash.

KITLEY and KING Kitley, the Vikings dominating 6’5” center, and King, the team’s versatile 5’11” point guard, were key to the high school’s state championship runs during their sophomore and junior years. Prospectsnation.com ranked King as the No. 60 recruit in the nation in the

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Class of 2019 and Kitley No. 61. “These two are a coach’s dream on and off the court,” said Joyner, who announced her retirement after the season. Kitley, said Joyner, “brings a big presence in the paint. She caused a lot of headaches for opponents because she was a matchup issue for all the teams we played.” Although she was out most of her senior year with an ACL injury, she still collected numerous honors, including

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McDonald’s All American nominee, NC North-South All Star selection and NC Triad All Star selection. She was MVP of the state title game her sophomore year. “She’s a workaholic,” Joyner said. “This is a kid who was really driven to excel in the game.” King is tall for a point guard, has good basketball IQ, sees the court well and is strong both offensively and defensively, Joyner said.

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She, too, was sidelined for lengthy stretches with injuries. She missed much of her junior year and both she and Kitley were out for this year’s state playoffs. The Vikings won the conference again, but lost in the playoffs’ third round. King used her time out during her junior year to work on her shots. When she returned in time for the state playoffs she had transformed into a threat from beyond the three-point line. “The depths of her shots were impressive,” Joyner said. “She was phenomenal both ends of the court.” King, who reached the 1,000-point mark during her Northwest career, also came away with lots of honors this season: Metro 4A player of the year, all conference, District 7 player of the year, all district first team, hsxtra.com all area first time, NCBCA All State second team, McDonalds All American nominee, NC North-South All Star selection and NC Triad All Star selection.

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She also set the tone for a team that finished 10-7-2 this past season and was second in the conference.

A versatile player, Bikdash played midfield and forward for a Viking team this past season that finished 18-2-1 and was the undefeated champion of the Metro 4A Conference. “He can play about anything,” Allred said. “He’s very quick and pacey. Very crafty with the ball, which

Bikdash was named conference offensive player of the year and was named to both the NCSCA all region and all state teams. This season he scored 11 goals and had five assists.

FARRELLY A defensive dynamo who still managed to score seven goals during the season, Farrelly’s work ethic and tenacity made her a role model for the team’s younger players. She’s “the player they look up to the most,” Coach Terry Murphy said. “She’s the footprint for what Northwest soccer will look like from here on out.” Farrelly started the season as defensive center midfielder, but settled in at attacking center midfield where she “found a home,” Murphy said. “She has a motor that won’t stop. Defensively, she’s a bruiser. She wins everything in the air.”

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GRINS to...  Jeff Goard, Town of Summerfield’s parks & recreation manager, for your help with the fifth-grade end-of-year party at the park. We appreciate you!  Van Tanner, ORYA’s first community relations director, for arranging ORYA Appreciation Night at RidgeFest! What a fantastic addition to such a great event. The discounted ride bands really made a difference!

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 The Ruch, Dean and Barker families and to the many who attended and donated to their private event a few weeks ago that was held to raise money for Oak Ridge’s future Veterans Memorial. Thanks for your generosity!  Those organizing and participating in the Oak Ridge Farmer’s Market on Thursday evenings. We enjoy your friendly faces and the wares you have to offer. We support you and we hope others will do the same.  Those who are suggesting changing the name of Oak Ridge to Kudzu Ridge!  Tractor Supply in Oak Ridge. It’s wonderful to be able to take your dog there and be welcomed by all the employees. My border collie loves going there and seeing Christy. These are the types of businesses we need.  The fifth-grade classes at Stokesdale Elementary School for giving their time/effort to raise money that

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provided me a trip on the Honor Flight for veterans. It is an experience I will always remember and cherish forever!  Oak Ridge McDonald’s, Bojangles’ and Wendy’s for donating free coupons/food to our proctors at Oak Ridge Elementary. Also to our PTO staff, Summit Church, Student Council & Dunkin’ Donuts for working together to treat our teachers.  Huntsville Elementary for choosing my daughter, Dixie, for the role in a tear-jerking, heartfelt YouTube video for Rockingham Schools. Thank you for providing her with a once-in-alifetime opportunity! We can’t wait for the Aug. 19 release date.  Rio Grande in Oak Ridge, for installing windows in the former JP Looneys’ building. It should have been a perfect “local,” but a windowless box with blue light televisions and tinny tones always felt like a bloody warehouse.

GRIPES to...  Don Wendelken, Danny Nelson and Dwayne Crawford for bringing yet another frivolous lawsuit and waste of time to the Town of Summerfield.  Those whose goal is to turn Oak Ridge Town Park into a mini sports complex. Instead of burdening taxpayers with your excessive and expensive ball fields, buy your own land and maintain it yourself!  The resident on the corner of

Alcorn and Stafford Mill Road (Oak Ridge). It has been over a year now since the hurricane and your home still looks like a disaster zone. It is an eyesore to the entire community.

raised in storage buildings and purchased online through virtual shopping carts. Adult dogs should not live in cages as “breeders.”  “Swamp” member Dwayne Crawford, and new members Danny Nelson and Don Wendelken, for trying to force Summerfield taxpayers to pay for defending the town against another ridiculous lawsuit. Sickening!

 The three citizens who filed suit against the Town of Summerfield council members. It is so exhausting and disappointing to see this town tarnished further – stop the madness!  The folks who use the corner of Martin Lake Road and N.C. 150 as a used car lot.

 Teresa Pegram for voting “no” on almost everything during Summerfield Town Council meetings without discussing any reasons why. You are an elected official and should state your concerns or step down.

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front of a crowd, but for a while she simply stood in one spot and refused to move. It looked like it was going to be a long wait, until Kiwanis club president Mark Masters began luring her up and down the board with pieces of lettuce. Within a few minutes, Henrietta had chosen number 418, owned by Betsy Bumm of Oak Ridge. When contacted about her win, Bumm, a retired first grade teacher at Colfax Elementary School, thought it was a joke. She was delighted to learn otherwise. For its efforts, the Northwest Guilford Kiwanis netted a profit of nearly $1,800. The money will be used for local children’s non-profits and programs including: Terrific Kids at Oak Ridge, Stokesdale and Summerfield elementary schools, Camp Carefree and Operation Xcel in Stokesdale, the Backpack Ministry at Oak Ridge United Methodist Church and Hope Academy in Greensboro. Besides chicken bingo, the local Kiwanis club hosts an annual golf tournament each fall. The next tournament is scheduled for Saturday,

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Oak Ridge resident Betsy Bumm won $500 for having the winning number in the Northwest Guilford Kiwanis’ chicken bingo fundraiser.

Sept. 21, at Pine Knolls in Kernersville. The club hopes to raise $10,000 this year with these two fundraisers. The Kiwanis meet the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon at Bill’s Pizza Pub off N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge. For more information about joining the club or participating in the golf tournament, contact Mark Masters at (336) 260-1970 or nwgkiwanis@gmail.com.

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...continued from p. 1 doesn’t take much effort to brighten someone’s day. Seeing how excited the residents got at our visits made me realize that our actions had a much greater purpose than filling up a spot on a resume. “I was also touched by the interactions between residents and their families …I hope that going forward, all of you will consider the importance of selflessness. Even when community service isn’t needed for a resume. Even when we are all adults with busy schedules … make the choice to volunteer with someone who is struggling. Brighten their day by sharing your passions and offering your kindness. You’ll come out with more patience and compassion, especially for those with vastly different life experiences than your own. “Help someone in need, do things for the good of others. Work to change the world for the better. Howard said she took her parting advice to classmates from some of the Alzheimer’s patients she met through volunteering, who told her: “Stay focused. Feel free to ask for help if you need it. Do something that you like. And, call your mom and dad often, and not just when you are out of money.” In closing, she encouraged her classmates to “Lead our lives with a purpose that is greater than ourselves.” Howard will attend Duke University in the fall.

In his salutatorian speech, Rami Bikdash, who graduated just behind Howard with a 4.79 GPA, told his classmates they would certainly encounter obstacles and hindrances on their path. “Be like water,” Bikdash said, then shared the philosophy of water and the lessons his classmates could learn from it in carrying forward. Water is an important symbol in many religions, where it is regarded as cleansing, Bikdash said. It has also been associated with motherhood and is nurturing. “In beings and close to death, its expression is honest. It is content with its nature. “Water is patient. It is flexible yet strong. It is strong, yet humble. “As the ocean, you too can command the power to control and the power to shape our futures,” he continued, encouraging his classmates to use wisdom to go around obstacles and pursue their goals relentlessly. “Challenge is inevitable. Do not regard failure as a destruction of yourself or your vision. What is meant is what will come. Our paths may meander as the brooks and the streams but patience will yield an ocean’s bounty,” he said. “Success is about small, consistent efforts,” he said in closing. “Congratulations Class of 2019. Be well, and go with the flow.” Bikdash will attend MIT in the fall.

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...continued from p. 1 “For everything we leave behind, we have even more to look forward to in the years to come,” she said. Hamilton walked through some of the changes in perception from middle school to high school, and encouraged her classmates to “finally relax” and enjoy the accomplishments of their last 13 years of school. She then centered on social media and the opportunities to use it for good versus bad. “It has never been easier to be rude to someone. Unfortunately, too many people have taken advantage of the opportunity to hide behind a screen while they tear a person down.” Cyberbullying has become prevalent, she said. “We need to realize that social media creates an equal opportunity to be kind to others and raise awareness for important issues,” she said. “Leave a positive comment to make someone’s day instead of leaving a rude comment to ruin someone’s day. Both take the same amount of time but they have entirely different impacts. “Start a ripple of friendship instead of hate. “Express your own opinions without insulting someone else’s beliefs. “Respect and listen to each other. “We need to find the positivity and add to it so that others can find it to.” Hamilton will attend UNC-Chapel Hill this fall and major in biology, and then plans to go onto medical school. Northern Guilford valedictorian Elise Duquaine began her speech by saying she would forego the standard protocol for graduation speeches. “We all know our own stories and

experiences. We understand our own failures and setbacks and have grown past them,” she said. “I need not repeat these to you because we all understand our own stories better than anyone else. Instead, Duquaine chose to focus her speech on potential. “Not the potential to be conventionally successful,” she said. “ … I wish to discuss the potential for each of us to achieve our truest form of success in life: happiness. “Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. “We pay for material items thinking that they will provide happiness. But we lose sight of what is most important. Real happiness doesn’t lie in wealth. It lies in experience. It exists in the smallest delights and the largest adventures. It lies in spending time with family and surrounding yourself with friends who truly understand you. Real happiness exists in enthusiasm for life. It’s being so excited at what the next day holds that you can’t get an ounce of sleep. It’s being fearless in pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. “Real happiness lies in becoming an unapologetic version of yourself. It is shaping yourself into the person you desire to be, not what anyone else dictates. It is living only in fear of forgetting what you have accomplished, not what you have missed or is still unknown to you.” In closing, Duquaine shared an excerpt from a letter a mentor had written to her a few years earlier: “What you hold, may you always hold. And what you do, may you always do and never abandon… Go forward securely, joyfully and swiftly on the path of incandescent happiness.”

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ATCHISON LAWN CARE. Dependable. Honest. Local. Call (336) 486-9837.

AQUA SYSTEMS IRRIGATION Quality irrigation systems. NC licensed contractor. We service all systems. Free est. (336) 644-1174

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STEVE NEWMAN TREE SERVICE. Free thinning and cleanup. Large shrubbery jobs, chipping. Oak Ridge, (336) 643-1119.

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

STILL PERFECTION PAINTING. Reliable, skilled, affordable. Painting, pressure washing, handyman services. Scott Still, (336) 462-3683, stillperfectionpainting.com. LAWSON'S PAINTING. Custom decks, pressure washing, boat docks, block fill, wood repair, stain work, textured ceilings, sheetrock repair. Call (336) 253-9089.

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PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE SOFT WASHING, licensed and insured. Free estimates. (919) 931-0856. www.MartinsPressureWashing.com. PRESSURE WASHING, gutter & window cleaning. Fully insured. Crystal Clear, www. windowcleaningnc.com (336) 595-2873.

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ORTIZ REMODELING – Total restoration & home improvement. Drywall, painting, kitchen cabinets, interior trim & more. Free estimates. (336) 280-8981.

KEITH SMITH CONSTRUCTION 30 years experience. Residential shingle & metal roofing. Free est. (336) 362-7469.

ERRANDS AND MORE, LLC. With summer around the corner, we are able to pick up kids from camps, sporting events, or other appointments. House sitting, along with appointment scheduling, waiting for deliveries, repairmen or installation! Senior care services including companionship and transportation. Corporate errands also available. Insured & bonded. Please call us at (336) 202-2420 or email errandsandmore64@gmail.com.

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. 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. 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. JLB REMODELING, INC. Remodeling and additions. Fully insured. NC GC license #69997. Free est. Call (336) 681-2902 or visit www.jlbremodeling.com. BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTION Kitchens/baths, custom decks, garages, dock work, siding, windows, roofing, rotted wood. Sr. disc., 39 years exp. (336) 362-6343. PREMIER CONSTRUCTION for all your remodeling/renovation needs. (336) 430-9507.

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PREMIER ROOFING, LOCALLY OWNED. Catering to all your roofing needs. Call (336) 430-9507 for free assessments. BEST PRICES IN TOWN! Shingle and metal roofing. Top-notch quality. Res./comm., licensed & insured. Financing available. Belews Creek Construction, (336) 362-6343. CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLC. Residential roofing, rubber flat roofs, roof coating, metal roofs. 30 years experience. Call (336) 643-8191 or (336) 580-3245. 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.

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www.nwobserver.com MISC. SERVICES SAM'S AUTO BODY SHOP. Any type of body work. 45 years exp. (336) 347-7470. FAT RABBIT FURNITURE REFURBISHING, LLC. Call us today for ALL of your furniture needs including repairs. Making old new again! (336) 816-3641 or (336) 408-3434. FIVE-ACRE STORAGE LOT. Convenient and clean. RVs, campers, boats, trailers. (336) 486-9837.

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MISC. WANTED FREE PICK-UP of unwanted riding & push mowers, tillers, golf carts, ATVs, generators, power washers, chain saws, mini-bikes, gocarts, and most grills. (336) 689-4167. $$$ – WILL PAY CASH for your junk or wrecked vehicle. For quote, call (336) 552-0328.

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STUDIO APARTMENT, Oak Ridge / Summerfield border, all open, like new, full kitchen, all appliances, Wi-Fi & digital cable TV, electric incl., $750/mo. No pets. Available July 1. (336) 508-5232.

45 +/- ACRES AVAILABLE in southern

CONVENIENT ONE-LEVEL TOWNHOUSE, no stairs, 2BR/1BA, $795, (336) 392-1454.

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HOUSE FOR RENT in Oak Ridge, 3BR, 2BA, avail. 8/1, $1,200/mo. (336) 420-6605. 1-BR APARTMENT APARTMENT, large walk-out basement, $750/mo. includes all utilities & wifi. July 1 move-in. (336) 501-3222.

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ty. Magnificent estate/horse farm site. Call (336) 430-9507 anytime! 1.36-ACRE HOME SITE in Gwynedd, off Bunch Road. $85,000. (336) 643-7071. 79.9 ACRES located in Stoneville, NC, with water and sewer. 56 acres +/- timber. Plenty of road frontage with roads already cut in. $279,000 for total acres or can separate as needed. (336) 549-2158.

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