STUDENT PROFILES ...continued from p. 31
and do your best.” She discovered she “really liked blocking” and found a home at middle blocker, she said. “It just feels really good to block an attack from the other side.” During the recent COVID-shortened season she led the league with 32 blocks. She also had 86 kills and 24 aces, according to Coach Audrey Hoffman. Wooden has also played for the Piedmont Volleyball club team the past three years. She credited the coaches for both her club and high school teams with helping her develop the skills to play at a high level.
SUMMERFIELD ETJ? ...continued from p. 1
field would be establishing an ETJ, if the Guilford County Board of Commissioners approves the town’s request. Council member Teresa Pegram voted against pursuing the plan. “Guilford County allows for much more density” in residential development than Summerfield, Councilman Reece Walker said in an interview earlier this week. “My hope is that we can control density and control how property near Summerfield is developed.” Limiting the density of housing would ease attendance pressure on Summerfield’s schools, Walker said. Construction of fewer houses in subdivisions would also require a smaller number of wells and septic fields, according to a Jan. 7 memo from Chris York, Summerfield’s planning manager, to Town Manager Scott Whitaker. Summerfield doesn’t need to seek permission from property owners to establish an ETJ, Town Attorney Bob Hornik said in an interview. Establishing an ETJ differs from annexation, which allows municipalities to collect property taxes. In North Carolina, municipalities aren’t allowed to annex land without the permission of property owners. Town staff prepared a map showing the proposed ETJ extending one mile and two miles beyond Summerfield’s borders. It contains a mix of neighborhoods, property under residential development and
At Northern, she’s also involved in the Beta Club and National Honor Society. In addition, she volunteers with Reading Buddies, through which she helps Summerfield Elementary students develop reading skills, and Fun Buddies, through which she works with special needs students. Her family shares its 6-acre “mini farm” with an assortment of animals that include alpacas, sheep, chickens, cats and a dog. She loves the animals and has decided she wants to be a veterinarian. Utah State, she said, should be a good place to prepare for that. “It’s a really big agricultural school,” said Wooden, who plans to major in agricultural sciences.
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undeveloped land owned by developers, according to York. AUTOMOTIVE SALES / SERVICE To the north, the area proposed for Beamer Tire & Auto ...........................11 the ETJ abuts Stokesdale’s town limits EuroHaus .................................... 31, 36 and the Rockingham County line. To the Piedmont Truck Tires ......................... 29 east, the area includes Northern Guilford Prestige Car Wash ............................... 6 middle and high schools on SpencerTire Max ............................................ 35 Dixon Road, as well as large tracts of BUILDING / REMODELING undeveloped land around Lake Brandt Disney Construction Company........... 21 and Plainfield roads, Walker said. Don Mills Builders .............................. 18 Northwest Guilford middle and high Friddle & Company, Inc. .................... 23 schools are located on property southwest Johnson & Lee, LLC............................19 of Summerfield in the vicinity of the town’s Naylor Custom Homes ...................... 20 borders with Oak Ridge and Greensboro. R&K Custom Homes ..........................17 The area contains Northwest School, Ray Bullins Construction .....................19 Alcorn, Edgefield and Pleasant Ridge roads R.S. Dezern Construction .................. 22 “where there is a considerable amount of TM Construction Services .................. 38 existing development,” York said. Walraven Signature Homes ............... 22 Walker said he plans to talk to county commissioners Carly Cooke and Justin CHILDCARE Kidz Station ......................................... 2 Conrad to explain why Summerfield would like to create the ETJ. CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES Limiting the density of residential devel- Oak Ridge Chiropractic ....................... 8 opment may reduce how much Guilford COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS County would collect in property taxes, Oak Ridge Historic Preservation ........ 34 a possible objection by county officials, Stand up for Summerfield...................12 Walker said. On the other hand, establishing the ETJ would free the county from the DENTAL SERVICES responsibilities and costs of providing planSummerfield Family Dentistry ............ 30 ning services for the area, he said. FUNERAL SERVICES “Establishing even a one-mile ETJ bufForbis & Dick Funeral Service .............. 9 fer from the town limit adds a substantial area to Summerfield’s planning jurisdiction GROCERIES / SUPPLIES regulating zoning and development,” York Southern Foods ................................. 33 said in his memo. As a result, it “could mean a considerable addition to the PlanThe Northwest Observer • Totally local since 1996 ning Department’s current workload.’’
HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES
BEK Paint Company .......................... 37 Eanes Heating & Air ............................ 3 Old School Home Repair ................... 37 Rymack Storage ................................ 38 Stokesdale Heating & Air....................15 Wilson Septic & Pumping .................. 38
INSURANCE
Carlos Gomez – Insure the Triad ......... 4 Gladwell Insurance Agency................ 32
LEGAL SERVICES
Barbour & Williams Law .................... 32 Scott Tippett, Hagan Barrett Law ...... 24
MEDICAL CARE
Dignity Healthcare ............................ 36 LeBauer HealthCare.......................... 26 Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surg. ..31 Wake Forest Baptist Health ................. 7
ORTHODONTIC CARE
Olmsted Orthodontics ....................... 30
PET SERVICES & PRODUCTS
Bel-Aire Veterinary Hospital ............... 27 King’s Crossing Animal Hospital .......... 2 Northwest Animal Hospital .................15
REAL ESTATE
A New Dawn Realty ............................ 9 James D. Coleman Jr. – Land for Sale..14 Nicole Gillespie, RE/MAX .................. 25 Ramilya Siegel, Keller Williams ...........16 Smith Marketing – Allen Tate .............19
YOUTH SPORTS / CAMPS
National Flag Football ...................... 28 Oak Ridge Youth Association ........... 10
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