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Brown earns rank of Eagle Scout ‘It’s the year of the pencil’ Players, coaches cope with the uncertainty and challenges of participating in high school sports in the midst of a pandemic by MEREDITH BARKLEY
Photo courtesy of BSA Troop 600
For his Eagle Scout project, Jeb Brown, 18, constructed this raised-bed garden at First Baptist Church of Kernersville; the garden will provide church members with the opportunity to grow their own vegetables on small plots. mulched pathway. All garden beds are OAK RIDGE – Jeb Brown, a senior at constructed with treated lumber. Northwest Guilford High School and a member of Scout Troop 600, recently Fourteen volunteers spent more than achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Brown 130 hours on the garden project. Max is the son of Catherine Ann Gardner served as Brown’s and Bill Brown of Oak Ridge, project mentor and Brown’s and the first member of his uncle, Alfred Waters, also profamily to earn the rank of vided guidance. Donations for Eagle Scout. the project came from church For his Eagle Scout members. project, Brown constructed “I chose this project a raised-bed garden at his because my church has been church, First Baptist Church of an important part of my life, Kernersville. and I wanted to give back,” Jeb Brown “The garden serves as a Brown said. “Also, my grandplace for church members to grow their father was a farmer all his life, and his own vegetables on small plots and is also love for nature has inspired my scouting part of community outreach,” Brown journey. I hope my garden brings the explained. “The garden is named First same joy to others that farming brought Fruits, and each bed is named after a to him.” fruit of the spirit.” For more information about Scouts The garden features eight 4-foot x BSA Troop 600, visit www.scoutdude.com. 4-foot traditional beds and two easy-toTroop 600 meets Monday evenings at access standing 4-foot-high beds with a Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church.
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In a year when high school sports have endured uncertainty, delayed and shortened seasons, canceled games, wearing face masks during competitions, frequent temperature checks and few spectators, Northwest Guilford and Northern Guilford have fared pretty well. It hasn’t come without challenges, though, as players and coaches have scrambled to deal with a worsening coronavirus pandemic. Northwest’s volleyball team (16-2) has 704-251-4501
been among the standouts so far, making it to the third round of the state playoffs before losing a close 3-2 match to Providence of Charlotte (17-0) last Saturday. “I’m just happy we were playing,” said Northwest’s Coach Nancy Everett. Her team held its senior night early in the season “because I really thought it (the season) would be canceled.” Among the safety precautions her team had to follow: taking their own balls for warmups at away games and changing out game balls regularly so they could be sanitized. Northern’s cross country teams have also had successful seasons, winning the conference, placing third in the regionals and heading to the state championships. All seven boys’ and girls’ runners won allconference honors, Coach Thanh Ngo wrote in an email. Senior Jack Dingman
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