Grins and Gripes

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 All the folks with Hall Well Drilling. They were prompt, knowledgeable and did a great job getting my water running again.  The Stokesdale Dollar General employee who brightens the day of shoppers with his cheerful demeanor.  The new(ish) principal at Revolution Academy, Michele Harris. We have seen

It’s good to know there are still people who respect our veterans for their sacrifices. Thanks also to Sam at Lowes Foods!  Northern Guilford Elementary staff and students for preparing “Blessing Boxes” for residents of Weaver House, Greensboro Urban Ministry’s shelter for single men and women.  Stokesdale’s Terri Johnson with Good Samaritan Ministries for the many, many hours she pours into coordinating the Angel Tree program each year so that children in a big turnaround and can feel such a positive attitude and energy now. We’re need will have Christmas gifts. Grins also to those who cover children’s wish lists. so proud of what RA has become!  Town of Summerfield for the Christmas  The man in Summerfield who found Tree lighting on Nov. 19. My family my wallet in a plaza on Battleground always looks forward to this commuAvenue and returned it to our house in Stokesdale. It’s so heartwarming to know Providing care for adults and children for over 10 yearsnity gathering, and the student performances, S’mores by the bonfire, music, there are still good people around!  Brad from Oak Ridge for generously honoring my husband on Veterans Day. refreshments and Santa and Mrs. Claus helped ignite our Christmas spirit.  Revolution Academy teachers, staff and parent volunteers. You all are doing wonderful things for our children and school community. GRIPES to...

CORRECTION: In our Nov. 17-30 issue, an editor’s note referenced a conversation with Luis Martinez, permitting chief with the Guilford County Planning Department. Thanks to the attentive reader who pointed out that Luis’s last name is Jimenez.  Summerfield Town Council for spending taxpayers’ money without asking constituents. However, you will not lower your tax rates to balance the ...continued on p. 34

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who also chairs the town’s Special Events Committee.

Foy offered special thanks to this year’s record number of parade sponsors, his fellow Special Events Committee members, all the parade participants, Stokesdale United Methodist Church, Stokesdale Fire Department and the town clerk and deputy clerks for their efforts to make sure this year’s parade is the best one yet.

Then he added, “This is a community event – the town just happens to put it on.” See the ad on p. 5 of this issue and be sure to check out “Our State” magazine’s December holiday issue, which features the annual Stokesdale Christmas parade as one of several small-town parades that bring their communities together.

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disparity between previous property assessments and inflated property tax assessments. Spend less and give taxpayers a break.  The responder about Summit Church being loud as serving the community. Church is designed to reach your neighbors, not annoy them. Blessed are the peacemakers, not the noisemakers.  Northwest principal Ashley Young for saying the homecoming line was gone by 8:15 p.m. My daughter has photo proof/timestamp of still being in the freezing cold line outside at 8:45 p.m., and they were admitted earlier than most other students.  The primary care staff who told me I would have to wait four hours to be seen. While waiting, the receptionist told several people with sick children they couldn’t be seen. Can a physician’s office refuse to see sick patients?  NWHS principal Ashley Young, for her response in last issue’s editor’s note. My daughter and her friends got to the homecoming dance at 8:30 p.m., stood in line for over 30 minutes, and still didn’t get in.  Greensboro Science Center for taking the reason for this season out of their Winter Wonderlights show, especially when another religion is represented.  Aqua Carolina for coming to my house on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, to cut my water off and fix a leak. It’s been leaking for three weeks and you come the day before a major holiday – really!!?  NWHS administrators for not admitting that kids couldn’t get into the homecoming dance. I picked up six kids who didn’t get in after waiting in line over an hour, and there was still a long line. Hundreds of $ wasted.

Outside the …

The following reader-submitted GRINS and GRIPES express opinions about state and/or national topics, and have been separated from the other Grins and Gripes as a courtesy to those who do not want to read others’ opinions on state and/or national political and other non-local topics in a local newspaper. GRINS to...

 The Chinese people, who still possess enough self-respect to protest against their government’s totalitarian COVID laws and lockdowns. We Americans could learn from them.

GRIPES to...

 Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, whose claims are described as “disgracefully misleading” by Britain’s pharmaceutical watchdog (PMCPA – Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority). The truth about the vaccine “clot shots” is coming out, slowly but surely.

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