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Thank you to the businesses, organizations and individuals who advertise in the Northwest Observer and make it possible to provide this community resource at no charge to our readers. Ruger
Ruger was founded in 1949 by Alexander McCormick Sturm and William B. Ruger in a red barn in Southport, Connecticut. Ruger became a publicly traded company in 1969 and now operates firearms manufacturing facilities in Mayodan, North Carolina, as well as in New Hampshire and Arizona.
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Ruger is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of rugged, reliable firearms for the commercial sporting market. The company offers made-in-America products in almost 800 variations of more than 40 product lines.
With a commitment to the twostep distribution model, Ruger says it has set the gold standard of corporate and community responsibility.
“Our motto, ‘Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens®,’ echoes our commitment to these principles as we work hard to deliver quality and innovative firearms for our industry,” a Ruger spokesperson said.
Ruger is currently hiring for several positions at its manufacturing facility in Mayodan, North Carolina. See ad on p. 5 for more information.
Climb Nutrition
Owners: Susan and Lindsay Laws
Climb Nutrition, a smoothie and juice bar, opened Jan. 30 in the Village Shops, located behind the Quality Mart/Shell station at the corner of N.C. 68 and 150 in Oak Ridge. Owners Susan and Lindsay Laws said they decided to open the business in Oak Ridge after visiting a similar business where they enjoyed the menu and the atmosphere.
Climb Nutrition offers 31 flavors of healthy and great-tasting meal replacement shakes and energy drinks packed with vitamins and energy – and, there are plenty of menu choices for vegetarians and diabetics.
Lindsay and Susan have three children – Christopher, Kelly and Lucy – along with two grandchildren, Madeline and Dalton. The Laws said they are very civic-minded, and in the past have both served on boards within their church and have been involved with Jaycees, Service League and PTO.
When not serving customers at Climb Nutrition, the couple enjoys downtime with family and friends. Lindsay served in the Marines and loves to play the banjo. Susan loves puzzles and Boston terriers (you may get the opportunity to meet their dog Zoe when you visit the shop!).
See ad on p. 4
Scott’s Tractor & Equipment Company
Scott’s Tractor & Equipment Company in Reidsville has been servicing the Piedmont area for over 30 years.
The company is a local authorized service center for John Deere, STIHL, Woods, BOB-CAT®, Briggs & Stratton, Kawasaki engines and Kohler engines.
Scott’s Tractor & Equipment has a large in-stock inventory of lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, chainsaws, commercial lawn equipment, tractors, Gators, trimmers, blowers, edgers, pole saws, brush cutters, tillers, box blades, finishing mowers, scrape blades, tillers, disc harrows, batwing brush cutters, spreaders, aerators, plows, new and used equipment, apparel, hats, toys, clothing, cultivators, and walk-behind blowers, as well as three major aftermarket suppliers for almost any brand you own.
The company is proud of its firstclass service department, which is staffed by certified factory-trained technicians who offer everything from minor tune-ups and maintenance to major overhauls.
Financing programs are available for almost all makes and models of lawn tractors and mowers the company offers, including quality preowned units.
See ad on p. 24
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spirituous liquor and trash bags of empty beer cans,” the agency said.
As a result of the investigation, Penizotto and her son, Stevens and an unidentified minor were charged. These are the specific charges: • Lauren Penizotto, 51, was charged with three counts of aid and abet an underage person and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. • Nathaniel Penizotto, 21, was charged with three counts of aid and abet an underage person, one count of give spirituous liquor to a person under the age of 21, and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. • Stevens, 18, was charged with possession of a fraudulent identification and underage possession of alcoholic beverages.
ALE said a juvenile petition was submitted for two counts of aid and abet another underage person, and two counts of give alcoholic beverage to an underage person.
Stevens already faces numerous charges by the State Highway Patrol which include two counts of felony death by motor vehicle and one count of felony serious injury by motor vehicle.
Customers’ data potentially viewed by unauthorized person, Bank of Oak Ridge says
by CHRIS BURRITT
OAK RIDGE – Bank of Oak Ridge recently informed some of its customers that their names, social security numbers and dates of birth may have been viewed by an unauthorized user on the bank’s computer systems in April.
As part of its investigation of the incident, the bank told potentially impacted customers in a letter last week that “we learned that an unauthorized actor accessed our systems and may have viewed historical data containing certain customer data between April 26 and April 27, 2021.”
The potentially impacted files contained “historical data only and related to certain accounts opened on or before Sept. 30, 2009,” the letter stated. The bank told customers it wasn’t aware of “any misuse of your information as a result of this incident.”
Bank spokeswoman Skylar Mearing reiterated in an interview earlier this week that there’s no evidence that customers’ information has been misused. As a result, the bank doesn’t consider that information was breached because there’s no indication of theft, she said.
“We are providing this notice out of an abundance of caution,” the letter said.
Mearing said the bank mailed the letter only to potentially affected customers. Citing the confidentiality of the bank’s information, she declined to disclose the number of customers to whom the bank mailed letters.
Potentially affected customers were told they could sign up for 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services, and the bank will also offer them “guidance on how to better protect your information.”
The bank said it notified federal law enforcement officials and banking regulators while taking “steps to further enhance and monitor the security of our systems.”
State regulators can’t release information about the incident submitted by Bank of Oak Ridge to the public, said Sally-Ann Gupta, spokesperson for the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks in Raleigh.
Citing state laws, Gupta said in an email earlier this week that records related to the incident “are confidential supervisory information.’’
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