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Driver of the silver Kia Forte waiting for food from Bojangles’ drive-through Sunday evening. Our whole family saw you offer your umbrella to the young lady getting soaked while running food out to waiting customers. Kudos to you! Starbucks coming to Oak Ridge. Excited at the possibility of having it close by (but I’d prefer it be in Kings Crossing in Stokesdale). Always wanted to ride my bike to the coffee shop or stop on the way to work. Door Dashers/GrubHub drivers in the Oak Ridge area, and to businesses that offer that option. During this pandemic you have been a blessing! Jennifer and staff at Bistro 150 for great food and service for my 50th birthday party. Fourteen of us plus your regular Saturday night crowd and it went smoothly. Awesome job! Brian, assistant store manager at Summerfield Food Lion. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you put into our store and our team. We will miss you very much! #1355 Drivers who when approaching someone on a bicycle slow down and give a wide berth. Powell Shelton, Jr. for looking after the Stokesdale Veterans Monument on Memorial Day, Veterans Day and throughout the year. The flags put out at each holiday are a special touch! Prestige Car Wash in Oak Ridge Commons for allowing us to use their car wash facility for our adoption fundraiser on Saturday, June 19. The lessening of the COVID crisis and reappearance of the “On the Go” section in the Northwest Observer. Editor’s note: We enjoy seeing where our readers take their Northwest Observer (or Northwest FINDER or any of our other special-focus publications). Now that people are on the move and socializing again, we encourage you to take us with you wherever you go, capture a photo of yourself, your friends and/or family with one of our PS Communications’ publications and then, follow through and email the photo to photos@nwobserver.com so we can share it on our back cover! (P.S. Be sure to tell us about where you were when the photo was taken and who is in the picture). Oak Ridge McDonald’s employees who are trying their best to feed us on the run. They are short-handed, working hard and trying their best. Thank you for working! IDEAL Comfort in Burlington. They service our heating/AC systems twice each year for two units and are so reasonable on their price, professional, thorough, take their time and explain everything. Best company we have ever had!
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to others to make fun or gossip. It may not be illegal, but it sure makes you a creep. Summerfield Mayor BJ Barnes. When you were sheriff, you didn’t rest until you had a new jail, which wasn’t needed. Now it’s a town hall. The unemployed individual complaining about “starving” vs. living wage. What is a living wage? What skills do you possess to earn that wage? Guessing not an economics or business degree? So please respond with your “living wage” and skills possessed. Summerfield Square Shopping Center owners who are forcing The Jumping Bean in Summerfield to move! Boo! My family loves going there, and the hot chocolate is always so good! Town of Oak Ridge for considering another commercialized business. Focus on small town, small business. There are Starbucks everywhere. You don’t need to add additional congestion to N.C. 68. The person complaining about the cat at Lowes Foods in Oak Ridge – petty, much? Especially after the year we’ve all had! He is neutered, well fed and brings joy to many! The man who chose to get loud on the porch Sunday morning at Humphreys Ridge. Maybe your wife will fix you breakfast from now on. We enjoy eating there without having to listen to mouths like yours. Drivers who make little or no effort to allow room for bicyclists. Your inattention makes an accident more likely. Rednecks with trucks that can be heard three counties from here. Get a life. The customers who are making our local McDonald’s employees cry. They are short-handed and have a lot of new employees. They can’t help that people won’t work and can make more money at home. Be kind!
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WOMENS TENNIS
Northern steps up to 4A next year to face a tough all-Guilford County conference.
“Change is always good,” said Harty, the conference coach of the year. But, he said, the “first order of business is finish up this year strong.”
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Northern, with eyes fixed on a state title, finished the regular season undefeated and now stands 15-0 after opening the state playoffs with a 10-0 defeat of 16th-seeded Cape Fear (11-4). They’ll take on ninth-seeded Northern of Durham (12-2) in the second round on June 16.
Northwest, a No. 5-seed, defeated 12th-seeded Hopewell (9-5) 12-6 on June 15 in the first round. The Vikings NEW Location in Kernersville Quick Lube no appointment needed for oil changes & state inspections Hometown Auto (12-3) meet fourth-seeded Hough (15-0) on June 17 in the second round.
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Northern (7-1) won the COVIDdepleted conference this season and is sending a singles player and two doubles teams to the regionals on June 18.
Carmen Wallace advanced to the regionals on the strength of her record, and the doubles teams of Samantha Townes/Mallory Parr and Sophia Davis/ Cassie Townes will also advance.
Northwest (5-7, 3-5) finished tied for third in the Metro 4A Conference with Ragsdale.
Olivia Gleeson, a sophomore, advances to Friday’s regionals. This year’s 17-player squad had two seniors, one junior and the rest were freshmen and sophomores.
Bill Davidson, who has coached tennis at Northwest the past four years, will be stepping down after this season.
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