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Walker’s request for new Summerfield election denied Newcomers Hamilton and Clay will be sworn in Dec. 12 after the county’s Board of Elections determined ‘nothing proven’ in the councilman’s allegations by CHRIS BURRITT GREENSBORO/SUMMERFIELD – Guilford County’s Board of Elections rejected Summerfield councilman Reece Walker’s petition for a new election last week after concluding he failed to prove that Gail Dunham’s behavior may have violated state campaign rules. At a hearing before the board on Dec. 1, Walker and several polling chiefs in Summerfield testified that
IN THIS ISSUE ORTC meeting preview; Blust, Bardsley file..............................2 Rezoning sought for U.S. 220 property.. 3 Your Questions......................................4
Stokesdale Christmas Parade, Dec. 9....................12
Pets & Critters.......................................13 Rescuing farm animals......................14 Adoptable Pets....................................16 Canine upper respiratory infection.....16 NWO Kids’ Korner................................19 Crime/Incident Report.......................22 Community Calendar.......................24 Congrats NWMS Twelve, ORYA Angels..27 Oak Ridge Light Up the Night........... 31 Grins and Gripes.................................32 Unexpected blessings of cancer.......34 Summerfield Tree Lighting.................. 35 Classifieds............................................36 Index of Advertisers............................39 NWO On The Go..................................40
Summerfield councilman Reece Walker is sworn in to testify by court reporter Dona Overby prior to a hearing before the county’s Board of Elections in downtown Greensboro on Dec. 1. While acknowledging that Summerfield citizen Gail Dunham’s behavior at a polling site on Election Day was irregular, the board voted 5-0 to reject Walker’s claim that it violated state campaign rules.
Dunham distributed boxes of candy to election workers and escorted at least two voters into the polling place at Summerfield First Baptist Church. But in a 5-0 vote after the hearing, the board concluded those findings didn’t prove that Dunham’s actions swayed enough voters to change the outcome of the Nov. 7 election. Photo by Chris Burritt/NWO
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Christmas traditions, cherished memories Each holiday season we enjoy a tradition of our own, which is to ask our readers about their Christmas traditions and most memorable Christmases. As always, we thank those who obliged us with some amusing, touching and inspiring responses.
compiled by ANNETTE JOYCE Denise Sacks’s favorite Christmas memories come from her elementary school days when her family lived in Charlotte. “We had a tradition of going to McAdenville, North Carolina, known as ‘Christmas Town USA,’ to see the entire community decorated with lights and singing Christmas carols as we drove through,” said Sacks, who lives in Oak Ridge.
Thirteen-year-old Jordan Smith, who lives in Stokesdale, has vivid memories of last year’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, when temperatures were “freezing cold.” “There was an Arctic blast,” she said. “I was the coldest I’ve ever been in my life.”
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