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olmstedorthodontics.com We are OPEN and accepting new patients conference. She had 14 threes through the first five games. She loves “hearing the net swish” when she scores, she said. “It’s just something about the feeling I get.” Haynes, who has played basketball since age 3, has been playing for varsity teams since her freshman year of high school. She played her first two years of high school for Mid State 3A Conference rival Rockingham County’s Cougars. She’s been a Nighthawk since her family moved to Summerfield before her junior year, and has worn No. 22 on her jersey for both teams. Haynes has verbally committed to play at the University of Mt. Olive, a NCAA Division II school in Mt. Olive, North Carolina. “It’s very exciting,” she said. “It’s like I finally made it. It’s a big accomplishment for me and my family.” She credits her parents for supporting her “all the way.” Her father was one of her early coaches. Haynes expects to study chemistry, with the goal of becoming a pharmacist focused on researching and developing new drugs. Her favorite classroom subjects are math and chemistry. Of math, she said: “It just comes easy for me.” In the community, she has volunteered at Camp R.E.A.C.H., which serves children and young adults with severe language challenges. The smiles on their faces, she said, bring “so much joy to me.”
Congrats, Ethan Hartman and Sullivan Trahan The two local youth recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout
COLFAX – Ethan Hartman, a 17-year-old junior at Northwest Guilford High School, recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Ethan is the son of Kale and Kathy Hartman of Colfax and a member of Ethan Hartman Scout Troop 600, which meets at Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church. He is the first member of his family to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle Scout project, Ethan designed and led the construction of two 8-foot by 12-foot wooden planter boxes, four 2-foot by 4-foot wooden planter boxes and a balance beam for Trinity Covenant Preschool, a Montessori-inspired preschool in Greensboro where young children learn through hands-on activities. Nine volunteers worked for three workdays to complete the project. “My grandmother is a member of
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For his Eagle Scout project, Ethan Hartman, 17, led the construction of six wooden planter boxes and a balance beam for Trinity Covenant Preschool on W. Friendly Avenue in Greensboro.
Trinity Church, and she was the one who told me about how the preschool wanted to expand their outside play area,” said Ethan, a 17-year-old junior at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro. “While the planters give preschoolers a chance to plant bulbs and watch them grow, the balance beam is a fun way for them to work on gross motor skills.” “Being outdoors is such a big part of Scouting,” added Ethan,
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who especially enjoys camping and backpacking with his troop. “Helping others enjoy nature while giving back to my grandmother’s church made this project a great fit for me.” “I really appreciate how much my family supported my project,” he said. “I especially want to thank all my grandparents for donating materials.” Ethan was recently elected to serve as senior patrol leader for Troop 600,
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