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Council to hold Q&A session for proposed PD district The Q&A is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9, and a second public hearing will be held one week later, on Feb. 16 by PATTI STOKES STOKESDALE/SUMMERFIELD – In response to citizen questions and concerns about a proposed text amendment which would add a Planned Development zoning district to the town’s development ordinance, Sum-
merfield Town Council has scheduled a Q&A session on Thursday, Feb. 9. Following two months of discussion by the town’s Planning and Zoning Board, Town Planning Director Carrie Spencer gave about a 45-minute presentation on a proposed PD zoning district at the Dec. 13 town council meeting. The first of two public hearings was subsequently scheduled for the Planning and Zoning Board’s monthly meeting on Jan. 23. Prior to the start
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The U.S. 220/N.C. 68 Connector, one of two sections of the 9.4-mile, four lane I-73 project, will be open to traffic by mid-April, NCDOT Construction Engineer Patty Eason said recently. Shown above is the future I-73 interchange at N.C. 150 in Summerfield, which will open simultaneously with an interchange at N.C. 68.
A reunion of champions, Part 2 The second of a two-part story about Northwest High School’s 1966-67 men’s varsity basketball team, which captured the only state basketball championship in the school’s history. The championship team will be honored in a ceremony on Friday, Feb. 10, during halftime of the varsity men’s last basketball game of the regular season.
by MARC PRUITT Championship seeds were planted during 1965-66 season. When asked if he had a feeling that his 1966-67 team had a chance to be special, former Northwest High School basketball coach Roger Nelson quickly replied “Oh, yes.” “I had coached long enough to realize about what it took to win. I had been to the state playoffs three times before already in 1963, 1964 and 1966.” The 1965-66 team had lost in the
2A state championship game the year before by one point – in double overtime. Ron Shelton, a junior who played on the championship team the following year, said practicing against the previous year’s team had been beneficial. “We didn’t realize it at the time, but we were getting better while we were doing it,” Shelton said. “We were kind of in the making the year before and we didn’t even know it.” David Hunter, a senior post player
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Town considers hiring consultant to protect ‘best interests and assets’ by STEVE MANN STOKESDALE – At its Feb. 1 weekly meeting, Stokesdale Town Council discussed hiring a consultant to protect the town’s “best interests and assets” during the process of a feasibility study for the development of a proposed regional water authority. In an earlier email to council members, Kim Hemric, town administrator/finance officer, expressed support for Oak Ridge Town Manager Bruce Oakley to be the primary contact between Stokesdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge and Guilford County, the four municipalities participating in the feasibility study, and the engineers. She also recommended hiring a consultant or adviser to protect “the Town of Stokesdale’s best interests and assets.” “Understanding this doesn’t revolve around Stokesdale, but the region as a whole, yet we do have $4.5 million of infrastructure in the ground and the water system will be running in the black shortly,” Hemric noted. One of the items under new business on the Feb. 9 monthly meeting meeting is “Water System RFQ: Discussion regarding ‘Request for Engineering Qualfications’ to evaluate Town of Stokesdale’s current, and potential water customers ‘Best Value’ water supply options and water system ‘Best Management Practices (BMP)’ said evaluation to be performed for exclusive benefit of the Town of Stokesdale only.” The Feb. 9 meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. Earlier this week, Guilford County Manager Marty Lawing said he had
hoped to have the final version of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for engineering firms to perform the feasibility study posted on the county’s website by Tuesday afternoon, but Stokesdale requested he hold off until Friday. “I sent it out to all the partners last Tuesday and asked if there were any changes or questions,” Lawing said. “I didn’t hear anything, so I sent out another note this week. Most said ‘we’re good,’ but Stokesdale wanted to discuss it at their meeting (Wednesday).” Lawing said he plans to send the RFQ to eight national/regional firms, and was also working on a list of local firms. Stokesdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge and Guilford County approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in early January to participate in a feasibility study. The MOU had been written by Lawing.
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Are Stokesdale Town Council’s weekly “business” meetings on Wednesdays considered “regular” council meetings or “special” meetings under North Carolina statutes? Also, is the town attorney present at these weekly meetings when council members are conducting business and voting on issues? And finally, since most people aren’t available to attend these weekly council meetings because they are held during the workday, is it legal for the council to regularly conduct business out of the public eye? We’ve received several questions about the council’s weekly meetings, and the first one was even posed by council member
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Tim Jones to his fellow council members during the Jan. 25 weekly meeting. According to North Carolina General Statute 143-318.10(d), the Wednesday meetings are “official meetings” since a majority of the town council meets “for the purpose of conducting hearings, participating in deliberations, or voting upon or otherwise transacting the public business with the jurisdiction, real or apparent, of the public body.” “Regular” meetings essentially cover all meetings of the council except “special” or “emergency” meetings. What makes them “regular,” according to Frayda Bluestein of the UNC School of Government, is they are part of a regular schedule of meetings, whether they are called workshops or business meetings. The Wednesday meetings are posted on the town’s website – in accordance with G.S. 143-318.12(d) – and meeting notices also are posted in the window to the left of the town hall’s front door.
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The town attorney is not present at the council’s Wednesday meetings, which normally begin at 4 p.m. There are no statutes that limit the actions or subjects that may be taken up at a “regular” meeting, according to Bluestein, and items on the agenda can be added and deleted the day of the meeting. A public body may also hold “special” meetings, which are meetings not listed on the regular schedule and not “emergency” meetings. Notice of a “special” meeting must be given at least 48 hours before the meeting. At a “special” or “emergency” meeting, only business connected with the stated purpose of the meeting may be conducted.
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Mayor Randy Braswell has said on several occasions that Stokesdale Town Council’s Wednesday meetings are necessary because the town’s form of government is mayor-council; since there is not a town manager, the mayor and council, acting together, make decisions. Decisions relating to the town’s water system can’t wait a month between meetings, Braswell has said. “This is an enterprise, this is proprietary,” he said during the Jan. 12 monthly council meeting. “Now, if we’re going to talk about building buildings, then that needs to come before the people.”
than most places. “That’s why I think it’s a little bit hard for someone to say, ‘We discourage you even having these meetings’ because I don’t know how you let everything wait a month in between.” Town Attorney Katy Gregg has advised the council to start delegating authority to the town administrator, which would allow her “to conduct business on behalf of the town within certain realms.”
Bill Jones, mayor pro tem, said during the Jan. 25 weekly meeting all the decisions that must be made on the water system have put the town council “a little further behind the eight ball
The town council has not yet finalized Hemric’s new job description nor formally expanded her decision-making authority since her promotion almost six months ago.
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Kim Hemric, who was hired as town clerk in February 2016 and promoted to town administrator/finance officer five months later, said during the Jan. 25 weekly meeting she hopes the Wednesday meetings “will become less frequent and you’ll give me parameters to make decisions.”
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of that public hearing, Spencer spent about an hour answering citizens’ questions, many of which centered on the impact of the proposed mixed-use district on traffic, water and schools, what, if any limits there would be on density in a PD, if apartment complexes would be permitted in a PD, and the level of scrutiny and citizen input a PD application would have before it could be approved. Following the question and answer period, 48 citizens voiced their opinions about the PD district during the scheduled public hearing, with roughly half speaking in favor of it and the other half in opposition to it. The board ultimately voted 4-1 to recommend approving the addition of the PD district to the town’s zoning options; the final decision will rest with the town council, which will hold a second public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 16 (originally scheduled for Feb. 15).
The addition of a separate Q&A session one week prior to the Feb. 16 public hearing is in response to an influx of emails and phone calls that council and staff members have received over the last few weeks.
want to go? A Q&A session will be held Thursday, Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Summerfield First Baptist Church, 2300 Scalesville Road; the council will not be making any decisions, nor will there be a public hearing on the PD zoning district at this session. On Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m., a second public hearing for the proposed PD zoning district will be held during the town council’s monthly meeting; due to the anticipated crowd, the council meeting will also be held at Summerfield First Baptist Church. After closing the public hearing at this meeting, the council is expected to vote on whether to approve the proposed PD zoning district.
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Planned Development (PD) text amendment: upcoming meetings
Summerfield is considering a Development Ordinance amendment pertaining to planned developments. Following several public meetings since October, the Zoning Board recommended approval. Two upcoming meetings are scheduled:
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Special called Town Council meeting: Thursday, February 9, 6:30pm, Summerfield First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall (2300 Scalesville Road). This will be a Question-and-Answer session about PDs.
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Monthly Town Council meeting: Thursday, February 16, 6:30pm, Summerfield First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. A formal public hearing will be held, followed by Council consideration of the PD text amendment.
For more information about the amendment, visit the “Town News & Notices” section at www.summerfieldgov.com and the “Planned Development (PD) Text Amendment Info” link.
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Questions you have asked about Summerfield’s proposed PD
zoning district Has there been a proposed location announced for the Planned Development in Summerfield that I’ve been hearing and reading about? No, the Planned Development zoning district is being discussed, but the zoning option has not been approved; until or unless it is approved, property owners cannot apply for PD zoning. What the Planning and Zoning Board voted on after it closed the public hearing at its Jan. 23 meeting was a proposed text amendment that would create a Planned Development zoning district as an additional zoning option. If the PD zoning district is approved, property owners with undeveloped tracts of 75 acres or larger may voluntarily apply for PD zoning, which would accommodate a variety of housing types, sizes and price ranges along with neighborhood businesses – or they can continue to apply for the existing traditional RS-40 zoning, which accommodates single-family houses on average lot sizes of 1.37 acres. I keep hearing people say the proposed Planned Development would allow apartment complexes and if so, I’m totally opposed to that. Would apartment complexes be allowed in the proposed PD?
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Summerfield Town Planning Director Carrie Spencer says a few apartments could be an option in select locations – i.e., over a business, or in between two buildings that house neighborhood businesses – but apartment complex-type buildings would not be allowed in a PD because that would not be consistent with several policies in the town’s comprehensive plan – for example, Policy Area 3, “Common Objective for Appropriate Housing and Residential Development,” states “…To accommodate housing for younger families and senior citizens while promoting and protecting rural character, the inclusion in residential development of smaller single family detached homes shall be encouraged over twin and other multiunit residential buildings.” Spencer also cites Policy 3:11, Policy Area 5, Policy 5:10, Policy 6:1, Policy 6:7, Policy Area 8 and Policy Area 11 as reasons why apartment complex-type buildings would not be consistent with the town’s comprehensive plan. Have a question about the proposed PD zoning district? Send it to editor@nwobserver.com and we’ll do our best to provide an answer in an upcoming issue. Also, Summerfield Town Council will host a Q&A session on Thursday, Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. at Summerfield First Baptist Church, 2300 Scalesville Road.
February 2017
Wilson (right) and Buddy, two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels owned by Stokesdale residents Wayne and Kathy Frazier, had fun playing in the recent snow. Buddy was born completely blind, but Kathy says it doesn’t stop this happy little one from enjoying life to the fullest.
Bear, an 11-month-old Labradoodle owned by Oak Ridge resident Jerry Hutchinson, was very excited to play in the January snow.
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Reader Kristen Law sent in this photo of Astro, her 1-year-old Boykin Spaniel, playing in the snow with a look of pure excitement.
Dexter the Celebrity Cat, owned by Lisa Pegram of Stokesdale, experienced his first snow this January. Dexter seemed utterly baffled about all the chilly white powder on the ground.
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Thatcher and Solo, owned by Beverly Royals of Oak Ridge, enjoyed a rather comical romp through their snow-covered yard.
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Summerfield’s Austin Jones has his sights set on becoming a Professional Bull Riders World Champion.
A Summerfield resident and a senior at Northern Guilford High School, Jones is well on his way to achieving that goal. In his first year of competition, he finished 10th overall in the Senior Bulls division at the 2016 National Junior Bullriders Association Finals held Oct. 22-24 in Amarillo, Texas. But for Jones, it’s about more than just winning a competition. At 18, this local cowboy has an uncommon amount of determination and ambition and his maturity level is higher than many people twice his age. While he goes to school and works two jobs, he focuses the rest of his time on bull riding and what he can do to become better at it.
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While he admits to still getting nervous right before a ride, Jones believes that’s a good thing because it keeps him mentally prepared. Whenever he gets on a bull, he has one thing on his mind – to hang on for eight seconds, which is what it takes to get a score. Nothing less will do. “You’re either going to be a hero or a zero,” Jones said. It took Jones three tries to reach that magical number. He stayed on two seconds his first ride and five seconds on the next ride. These days making it the full eight seconds happens more often than not. But, staying on the bull is just part of the equation. Jones explained that while riders are scored on their riding ability, that’s only 50 percent of the to-
middle of bull riding country. When he’s not busy with school, he’ll be able to practice and continue competing. Along with Fallin, Jones credits a number of other folks in helping him do what he loves to do, with his mom, Leigh Boyer, being at the top of the list.
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“One of the reasons (some people) don’t make it in bull riding is because they don’t consider themselves athletes,” he said. “You have to take care of your body. Every single time you get on, there’s an 1,800-pound bull trying to ruin (your body).”
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Board approves 2017-18 calendar The Guilford County Board of Education met Jan. 26 and approved the 201718 traditional school year calendar after considering three options and input from the 30-day public comment period. For schools on a traditional academic calendar, the first day of the 2017-18 school year will be Monday, Aug. 28; the last day will be Friday, June 8, 2018 – or as late as Friday, June 15, depending upon needed makeup days.
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Regional swim meets will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, for Northwest Guilford (4A Central) and Northern Guilford (3A Central). Both events will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The following swimmers from Northwest Guilford have qualified for the 4A regional: Phoebe Martin (200 free), Heather Sigmon (200 free, 100 back), Anna Blake (200 IM, 100 breast), Ella Murphy (200 IM, 100 breast), Ben Riggs (200 IM, 100 fly), Jordan Hillard (50 free, 100 free), Eric Muire (50 free, 100 free), Lindsey Mann (diving), Noah Zawadzki (diving), and Phoebe Martin (500 free). The following swimmers from Northern Guilford have qualified for the 3A regional: Rebecca Glebus (200 free), Preston Forst (200 free), Yash Singh (200 free), Rachel Graham (200 IM, 100 back), Valerie Kluepfel (200 IM, 100 back), Hannah Koh (200 IM, 100 breast), Abby Schoppa (200 IM), Jeremy Lalumondier (200 IM), Caroline Daly (50 free, 100 free), Madelaine Rountree (50 free, 100 back), Anna Rule (50 free, 100 breast), Ella Wachendorfer (50 free, 500 free),
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Wrestling Congratulations to Northwest Guilford wrestling coach Ron Bare, who picked up his 400th career win recently in a Piedmont-Triad 4A match against East Forsyth. The Vikings went undefeated in the conference and finished 26-2 during the regular season, securing a No. 1 seed for the NCHSAA 4-A dual team state tournament that began Jan. 31.
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music to communicate things I just can’t put into words. I can also use my movement to move other people.”
Mattie Boone, dance by JONATHAN WILLIAMS Northern senior Mattie Boone loves to tell stories – but not through the traditional storytelling method of using words. Rather, her stories are told through dance. “Dancers have the ability to show you far better than tell you something,” Boone said. “My heart opens up through dance, and I can use the movement and
Boone loves to use this nonverbal communication to build understanding between her and others; one of the ways she has developed these dancing conversations is at UNCG’s Dancers Connect community dance program. She is also part of a dance community in a local studio and is a member of Northern’s National Honor Society for Dance Arts. As she looks beyond high school, Boone is eager to travel outside her local community to experience what dance can communicate in different cultures.
If she is able to travel abroad, Africa is her first choice. Although she is sometimes reminded she speaks no African languages, she points out that dance provides a universal understanding and language of its own. “Mattie is very creative and a passionate performer,” Northern dance teacher Kerrie-Jean King said. “She has dedicated multiple hours both in and outside of school working on her craft. She is currently working on figuring out how to keep dance in her life once she leaves Northern.” Boone plans to attend Liberty University next fall and major in public relations. She hopes to combine both verbal and nonverbal communications practices into a communications position with a dance company.
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NORTHWEST GUILFORD Naudia Thompson, track and field by MARC PRUITT Naudia Thompson gave up somersaults, back flips, balance beams, uneven bars and vaults when she was 13 to take up track and field. A sophomore, she now prefers a different kind of vault than the one she performed in her gymnastics days – the pole vault. “I just started doing the pole vault this year during indoor season,” Naudia said. “It’s a lot of fun. Every time I do it, I keep going higher and getting better.”
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How does one willingly agree to sprint down a runway with a long pole in her hands, plant the pole in a pit and hurl herself vertically over a bar that sits several feet in the air? “The first time I was about to try it, I was terrified,” Naudia admitted. “The place where I work out has two runways, and right before I was going to attempt it for the first time, someone on the other runway took a tumble and broke the pole. So, that did scare me a little bit.” But she pushed through anyway, doing several practice runs without a bar to jump over so she could practice the run and the pole plant to hoist her skyward. “I eventually cleared the bar later that day when it was at 5 feet, and got all the way up to 8 feet before I left,” she said. “My goal now is to get to 9 feet.” Coach Marla Lindsay introduced Naudia to pole vaulting on a visit to an area coaching clinic. “As soon as they taught me the movement to get over the bar, it sounded a lot like the ‘Tsuk’ vault I did when I was in gymnastics,” Naudia said. “It was basically the same movement.” The Tsukahara vault is named after Japanese gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara. In a “Tsuk,” the gymnast jumps off the springboard and performs a quarter turn onto the horse, then pushes off their hands and does a back flip. “I’m getting better and better at it (pole vault),” she said. “It’s definitely something I want to keep doing because of the challenge of it.” Naudia, who is one of the team captains, also runs the 55 and 4x200 relay during indoor season and the 100, 200 (which is her favorite event), 4x100 and 4x200 during outdoor season. She is also in the school choir. “I’ve been singing in the school choir since elementary school,” she said. “My dad’s side of the family has always been very musically oriented, and that has inspired me.”
NORTHWEST GUILFORD Jake Urquhart, music by JONATHAN WILLIAMS Some musicians take years to develop their skills with a musical instrument. Northwest Guilford senior Jake Urquhart had only two and a half weeks. Though a born music lover, Urquhart officially began his musical career in sixth grade with the alto saxophone. He quickly transitioned to the instrument he now plays, the bassoon, after his band teacher at the time gave him the school’s bassoon before winter break and told him to bring it back knowing how to play it. No small task for any musician, let alone a sixth-grader just introduced to the saxophone. “I was told as long as I was able to make a sound out of the reed, I would have succeeded,” Urquhart said. “I was the only one, so it was difficult because I really didn’t have anyone to compare my bassoon skills with. Though I started off being self-taught, I was able to connect with students and a professor at UNCG who helped me go more in-depth.”
In the six years since that winter break, Urquhart has continued developing his skills as a bassoon player. In addition to being a member of the Greensboro Youth Symphony Orchestra, he plays in the Northwest Guilford High School band, participates in musical competitions at all levels, and plays with college students and professors at UNCG. “Jake is an extremely strong musician, especially when you consider he’s on a very difficult double-reed instrument, the bassoon,” band director Brian McMath said. “He has represented Northwest at the county, district and state level of bands. He just does his job as a musician extremely well.” Urquhart has college musical auditions for Vanderbilt, Appalachian State and Southern California University on the near horizon. Though he is not sure where he will end up or what he will be doing, his goal is to play alongside members of the great orchestras. If anyone can do it, it’s a kid who can pick up playing a bassoon over winter break.
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McGregor on its team. McGregor went on to play at Wake Forest and later in the NBA.
on the championship team, said he still has some lingering guilt from the ’66 title game.
Sandy Gann, in his first season as an assistant coach for the Vikings, got an assist in preparing for how to play McGregor.
“I always felt like it was my fault we lost that game,” he said. “I remember getting the ball on our last possession and throwing a pass a little behind Ronnie Collins. I feel like if I could have gotten it to him a little more out in front where he could have caught it to set up his shot, we would have won that game.” John Dixon, the only starter on the ‘65-66 team who returned for the ’66-67 championship run, said losing in double overtime that year gave him added motivation. “Not a day went by during my senior year when I didn’t think about that game we lost in double overtime,” Dixon said. “I knew with who we had coming back, we were capable of going all the way, even though we moved up to the 3A classification.”
“I had a friend working at the Raleigh newspaper who sent me a few clippings about them (Hoke County) and their great big man,” Gann said. “We were a running team, so we were fast-breaking them to death. And I think we wore him out, because at some point in the game, he just grabbed our point guard and picked him up for his fifth foul. Some of us thought he might have fouled out on purpose so he didn’t have to run anymore.” Nelson said McGregor always seemed to be on the wrong end of the court “because we were running all over them. On the first play of the game, he dunked one up to his elbow and I thought ‘goodness’. But we were able to beat them and move on.”
ably were going to press us,” Nelson said. “We were kind of keeping up with them and not pulling away, so I called a timeout and told the team to forget about all those X’s and O’s and just get the ball to our point guard (Steve Morgan) and get out of his way. Once we did that, he got down the court fairly easily and we shot layup after layup and pulled away.” In the championship game against Durham Jordan, Northwest faced Stuart Yarbrough, who went on to play at Duke. “I think he had scored at least 40 points in each of the first two games, and he probably scored 40 points on us, too,” Gann recalled. “But we were able to contain the rest of the team and pull away.” Dixon said he thought the game against Pisgah was the most difficult game of the three, and believed it was Northwest’s overall strength that made the difference.
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The next night, Northwest matched up against Pisgah, which Nelson said was a much bigger and stronger team than Hoke.
“Two of those teams had their one individual star player, and we had five stars,” Dixon said. “We always had five guys who could score out on the court.”
Northwest’s first of three games in the three-day state tournament was against Hoke County, which had Gil
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Staying in a hotel in Durham for several nights during the state tournament led to some hijinks as well.
“I’ll always remember that team for its camaraderie,” Sam Daniels, a key reserve on the team, said. “But we had a bunch of pranksters on that team. Before the final game, someone called my room and told me to come down to the lobby because the house detective needed to see me. I had no idea why, but I went down there anyway and when I got there, they were all laughing because they knew they had pulled one on me.” When playing against Hoke, Dixon took an elbow to the mouth from McGregor and had to be taken to the hospital after the game was over. “I played the rest of that game with gauze pads or cotton balls in my mouth,” Dixon said. “I ended up passing out in the hallway afterwards from all the blood I swallowed, so we had to go to the hospital. But I was ready for the next game. The day of the state championship game, Coach Nelson took all of us to see one of those Clint Eastwood “spaghetti western” movies to help us get our minds off the game.”
Memories of Coach Nelson Dixon transferred to Northwest for his junior year after his parents moved to Summerfield. He had met Shelton and another teammate, Rick Wilson, playing
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pickup games at area basketball courts the summer before his junior year. “I’m about 6 feet, 5 inches, and the first day of school, I’m walking down the hall and I see this man staring at me,” Dixon said. “He walked up to me and said ‘Hi, I’m Roger Nelson. Are you John Dixon?’ I said, ‘Yes sir.’ And he looked at me and said ‘I expected you to be taller than that’ and then just walked away. So I think Ronnie (Shelton) and Ricky (Wilson) may have exaggerated to him how tall I was.” Morgan cites the work ethic that Nelson instilled in the team as one of the things he appreciated the most about his former coach. “Coach Nelson worked us hard in practice,” Morgan said. “He didn’t put up with any nonsense or goofing off. At the end of practice, if a player had a dry inch anywhere he hadn’t met Coach’s expectations. Every player wants to win, but Coach Nelson instilled in us a will to win, a confidence and an attitude that when we stepped on that court before a game, we knew we were going to win. We felt like we had worked harder, were better prepared, and better coached than any team we played.” Hunter recalled a few lighter moments during practices. “One time he (Coach Nelson) came to practice and didn’t feel like we had been hustling or getting on the floor for loose balls good enough to his liking in our last game,” Hunter said. “So, he lined us all up around the free throw lane like we were going to practice foul shots, and he’d roll the ball down the middle of the lane and you’d have to dive on the floor for the ball. He wanted to see which one of us was going to come up with it. There was another time where he felt like we were missing too many layups and he started jumping at us to try to throw us off. Well, we were all taller than he was and we were sort of abusing him. And
I think he saw one of us smirk about it, so he left the gym and came back with a broom and things got serious then. He started smacking the backboards with it and swiping at us. And if you missed your layup, you had to run a suicide. We were always more scared of him than we were the other team.” Shelton recalled a moment during halftime of a game that Northwest was leading 30-4. “Coach Nelson came in at halftime and jumped on John Dixon like you wouldn’t believe,” Shelton said. “I’m sitting there wondering what in the world is going on. We had this big lead and he’s all over John Dixon. I found out later that it was Dixon’s man who scored the four points in the first half of the game, and that’s why Coach was mad… I had a great experience and have great memories. It’s nice to be able to share that with Coach Nelson and all the other guys. It’s something that we’ll have for the rest of our lives.”
The Last Word “That team was self-motivated,” Nelson said of his 1966-67 championship team. “I didn’t have to do too much. That’s the thing that stood out about them. They came to play and wanted to win. You didn’t have to motivate those guys with any pep talks before the games. We had a great time and forged some great relationships. They loved basketball and they still do. I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of faces that I haven’t seen in a while. Some of them have moved away, but we will always have the memory of that team and that season.”
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NW GUILFORD – Gisela Hood retired from Guilford County Schools, where she taught German at Northwest High School and worked as a world languages consultant, but she did not retire from public service. An Oak Ridge resident since 1984, Hood is an active community volunteer and philanthropist. For the last several years she and her husband Dan have supported Operation Smile, an international medical non-profit that places medical volunteers to provide surgeries in countries where children born with cleft lip and palate deformities lack the resources for surgical repair. Dancing with the Carolina Stars is an annual ballroom dancing competition that raises donations for Operation Smile. Hood was the co-chair of the gala when Operation Smile celebrated its 25th anniversary and decided to compete in this year’s event, which showcases 11 dancers trying to raise at least $10,000 each through online donations, ticket sales and competition votes at the event. “It is the first time that I am competing and I really got out of my comfort zone,” Hood admitted.
To prepare for the dance competition, Hood is taking ballroom dancing lessons at Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Greensboro, which is partnering with Operation Gisela Hood Smile Carolinas to provide professional dance partners and five free lessons for Hood and the other competitors. She is also receiving a free rental costume worth $250 from Rhythmic Rentals, which helped her select a dress for her rumba to the song “Save the last Dance for Me.”
want to go/ support Hood? The ninth annual Dancing with the Carolina Stars 2017 gala will take place Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Empire Room in downtown Greensboro. Find the donation link for Gisela Hood by visiting www.operationsmile.org/dancing and scrolling among the competitors; donations can be made online until Feb. 10 at 4 p.m. You can also visit the website to purchase tickets to the event, which includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, the dance competition, open dancing and the opportunity to vote for contestants with vote donations.
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Papa’s Violin by HELEN LEDFORD Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Tyler, Charlie Chaplin, Woodrow Wilson, Patrick Henry and Albert Einstein are some well-knowns in history who, in addition to their claim to fame, all played the violin. A few current and well-known celebrities who can make a fiddle’s strings sing a sweet melody are actresses Meryl Streep, Robin Givens and country singer Reba McEntire. My father, William Edwin Farthing, a hard-working farmer, owned a violin, but to my knowledge, never laid a bow across it ... Living on a small 13-acre farm in the ‘40s and ‘50s, we children had little access to musical instruments. However, my older brother Roy did have a guitar which he played while sitting on the front porch after work in the fields was over for the day. We listened to the radio, singing along with all the current pop and show tunes. We drummed on the kitchen table with our fingers, pretending it was a piano. In the summer, we made primitive flutes out of sturdy hollow stalks from squash plants. A favorite pastime was lining up water glasses, filling them with graduated amounts of water, and creating our own
xylophone sounds. And I don’t know anybody of my era who did not know how to place a piece of tissue paper on a comb and hum – and voilà, a makeshift kazoo! And then there was Papa’s violin that always hung on the wall by a door in the upstairs of our homey little farmhouse. Papa passed away when I was only 4. He was not, from all reports, a musical man. However, his German-made Hopf instrument must have been one of his prized possessions. My siblings and I cautiously slipped it from its perch at times and plunked on the strings. Sometimes I “snuck” and held the lovely golden-brown relic, along with the bow, placing it under my chin while pretending to be a concert musician. It made me feel close to Papa, whom I had known only for such a short time. The story of the violin’s acquisition came to me by word of mouth from family members, since it took place probably before I was born. Our farm property was in close proximity to the County Home, a facility which housed sick and unfortunates who had no place to live or anyone to care for them. All
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lin, but two. Terminally ill with cancer, he gifted Papa with the one of lesser value. There are no known photos of Sebastian or written accounts of his remaining days on earth. Public records indicate that today, he lies peacefully resting in a cemetery in Danville. But alas, a mystery remains as to the whereabouts of the second violin. Passing of time occasionally brought rumors to our family of some seeking to claim and return Papa’s instrument to the Phillips family. Those of our generation who are left have felt little inclination to respond to these inquiries, for though it may be of insignificant monetary value, it is considered to be a sacred family possession. Sometime in the ‘50s my brother Bill (William Edwin ll) found the once-perfect Hopf in a state of disrepair. He emancipated the family treasure from a gaggle of clutter and castoffs in the farmhouse’s upstairs attic. A gifted craftsman, Bill mePhoto courtesy ofBill Farthing Outdoor Photography ticulously restored the beloved antique instrument, which had lost a of our family befriended, for decades, portion of its once-glorious and gleammany of these folks, providing garden ing body. In doing so, he has honored vegetables and eggs during lean times the memory of the violin, Sebastian and when county budgets were somewhat my Papa by including, in a portfolio of meager. It’s said that Papa, during the his most popular photos, an image of ‘30s, established a close camaraderie with one Sebastian Phillips, a resident at the beloved instrument. the facility. In retrospect, no one remembers how the subject of this piece became Phillips is reported to have been sadly broken. It has been suggested from a “pickin’ and grinnin’” dynasty that, through child’s play, it might have of music makers. I’m told that a couple become the victim of a vigorous sibling of his kin, during the Depression, often “tug-of-war.” My guess is that it became journeyed to Milton, North Carolina, to splintered by the bashing of someone catch the train and travel to Danville, over the head (being raised in a family Virginia (a distance of about 25 miles). Upon boarding, carrying various musical of 10, this is highly probable!). instruments, the vagabond entertainers And so, though a note was never provided their own brand of countryplayed on the long-silent Hopf by any style enjoyment for local travelers. family member, it will forever be embedSources report they also netted quite a ded in hearts and minds as “Papa’s bit of pocket change that way! violin” – and a tangible token of two gentlemen’s special friendship from Much later, it was learned that Sebastian Phillips had owned not one vio- long, long ago.
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NWHS Class of ’67 | Members of Northwest High School’s Class of 1967 are invited to a Meet and Greet on Feb. 10, 6 p.m. in the high school’s cafeteria to laugh, talk and reunite with old friends as well as to begin planning the class’s 50th reunion celebration this fall. After the Meet and Greet, during halftime of the school’s varsity boys’ basketball game against East Forsyth, the NWHS 1967 3A state men’s basketball championship team will be honored with a ceremony. To RSVP to the Meet and Greet, contact Bill North at (336) 207-4226 or wlnorthjr77@gmail.com.
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Senior Program and Lunch | Senior Resources of Guilford will host a free program and luncheon for seniors over 60 at 10 a.m. on Feb. 9 at Stokesdale United Methodist Church, 8305 Loyola Drive, Stokesdale. Please RSVP to Amanda Clark at 336-373-4816, ext. 265, or ruraloutreach@senior-resources-guilford.org. Q&A Session | Summerfield Town Council will hold a special meeting on Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Summerfield First Baptist Church, 2300 Scalesville Road. The purpose of the meeting is to give citizens an opportunity to ask questions about a proposed text amendment that would add a Planned Development zoning district to the Town’s development ordinance.
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CRIME / INCIDENT report Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, District 1 has recently responded to the following incidents in northwest Guilford County. The District 1 office, one of three district offices in Guilford County, encompasses Oak Ridge, Summerfield, Stokesdale, Colfax and northwest and northern Greensboro. It is bounded by Rockingham County on the north, runs east along U.S. 29 South, west along Forsyth County and south along the Greensboro City limits.
Beware of delivery thefts Sgt. Tim Popek with Guilford County Sheriff’s Office reports that during the Christmas season a Foosball table was stolen after FedEx delivered it to a home in a neighborhood off Carlson Dairy Road. “There were only a few houses completed in that neighborhood, so there were no witnesses and the item never
showed up in our pawn system,” Popek said. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, a new complete set of Ping golf clubs valued at over $4,000 was stolen from the Henson Forest neighborhood in Summerfield after it was delivered by UPS. “Please remember to have expensive items delivered to your place of em-
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Jan. 29 | A resident of Front Nine Drive in Stokesdale reported a known offender hit him multiple times with a closed fist and a shoe around 8 p.m. at his home. The victim refused medical treatment, and the offender was arrested for simple assault.
Jan. 27 | A resident of Poplar Forest Drive in Summerfield reported one or more unknown suspects stole a set of golf clubs and a golf bag left at a side door from a UPS delivery sometime between 12:15 and 1:15 p.m. on Jan. 25. The items were valued at $4,304.65.
FRAUD Jan. 23 | An Oak Ridge resident, who is a known offender, entered CVS on N.C. 150 in Oak Ridge around 9 a.m. and altered a prescription label in an attempt to obtain a Schedule II controlled substance. The offender was later arrested at his residence. Jan. 27 | A resident of Thomas Road in Stokesdale reported a known suspect of the same address stole his debit card while he was asleep between 10 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 3 a.m. on Jan. 27. The suspect, who used the card to withdraw $160 from a Stokesdale ATM, later received warrants for financial card theft and obtaining property by false pretense. Jan. 28 | A Stokesdale resident of Shedan Road reported an unknown suspect used his credit card to purchase $119.62 worth of items at a Greensboro Walmart on Jan. 27 around 9 p.m.
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Jan. 28 | Known suspects shoplifted various items valued at $15.96 from Dollar General on U.S. 220 in Summerfield at 7:34 p.m. and were arrested for misdemeanor larceny.
VANDALISM Jan. 23 | A resident of Pleasant Ridge Road in Summerfield reported an unknown suspect drove a gray Toyota Corolla across his front yard around 7:30 a.m. and caused $250 in landscaping damage.
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gether to save our beloved town from the devastating effects of the proposed PD. Old Glory flying proud above Summerfield Post Office. Thanks for the new flag! Jeff Davis for standing up for what most of Summerfield families want in our family-friendly area; bringing lowerincome housing and commercial development is only bringing problems. No thank you, let’s keep Summerfield great! Editor’s note: Although “low-income” housing and “lower-income” housing are terms some have linked to the proposed Planned Development zoning district, “moderately priced” housing is the term used in Summerfield’s comprehensive plan, and the one used by the Town’s planning director and Planning and Zoning Board when referring to alternative housing options in the proposed PD zoning district. Real estate professionals we’ve spoken with consider “moderately priced” houses in northwest Guilford County to typically be those in the $175,000 to $300,000 price range. Summerfield Fire Department for putting out the fire on our property on New Year’s Eve. We were sorry to lose our outbuilding but realize it could have been so much worse and we are grateful! Todd Payne with Renovation Works for replacing our poorly-done, one-yearold staircase with a beautiful new one! The builder could take a few lessons from you and your crew! The Summerfield taxpaying residents against the proposed PD zoning district who stood for four hours at last week’s (Jan. 23) meeting while being grossly disrespected by those in favor of the amendment to our development ordinances. I applaud you. The high school history teacher who assigned the “mosaic” project to my daughter. She embraced the project and learned some cool things. Jeff Davis for making the right decision for our community with your vote. We love Summerfield as the small, family town we know and love!
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GRIPES to... People who drive with their bright lights on with no regard for other drivers. It is blinding and dangerous. Also, your brights are not a backup for your regular lights burning out. Stop being lazy and replace them. The person complaining about the fire department’s lights. Why wouldn’t the lights of public service workers such as fire, police and EMS be on? They’re there for you 24/7. Makes sense, doesn’t it? The person who dumped a Christmas tree on Twin Leaf Drive in Henson Forest. Really? Hauled it out of your house, loaded it in your car and drove to where you tossed it. That’s your plan for disposal? A president who tells blatant lies and those who’d rather blame the media than hold him accountable. The resident in our Stokesdale neighborhood who has been burning brush every weekend for almost two months now. You can’t even walk outside because of the smell and smoke – and it lingers in my house for days. Town of Summerfield for not posting PD document at least 24 hours prior to the Zoning Board hearing. Trump voters who ignored his obvious narcissism and utter lack of governance experience in a democratic environment versus his multi-corporation dictatorship. They swung a monstrous wrecking ball at thoughtful competence in American leadership and international relations. Attendees at Summerfield’s PD zoning hearing who implied people in a lower income category would bring increased crime and a decline in educational quality. The elitist attitude has reared its ugly head in Summerfield. President Trump for weakening the country with an executive order to close the door to legal immigrants. U.S.A. is not a slammer. Diversity is our strength. Summerfield Planning Director Carrie Spencer. If she gets her way on this (PD) zoning issue, Summerfield will look like Wendover Avenue.
PD zoning district makes sense
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Trump’s temporary ban on travelers is justified President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning emigration from seven known terrorist-laden countries should be applauded. A few months ago I read a book written by Glenn Beck titled “It is about Islam.” The contents revealed the complexity and goal of the Muslim religion. Beck went into detail and referenced the Quran numerous times to validate his claims. The Quran, Hadith and the Sira are to Muslims what the Bible is to Christians. The information in Beck’s book was so alarming to me that I purchased a copy of the Quran to verify the claims that he made. All the information in Beck’s book is verifiable in the Quran. Unbelievable. Three things stood out to me as major concerns. First, the Muslim religion’s goal is world dominance and to bring about the end of time. Second, the Muslim religion condones killing nonbelievers. Third – and most bothersome – is they are allowed and encouraged to deceive for the good of Islam; called
taqqiya, they will say or do anything to advance their cause. This is 2017 and there are very dangerous people in this world. Does it not behoove America to take pause and attempt to find out who we are bringing to this country? Charles Isennock SUMMERFIELD Editor’s note: It is not my intention to either defend or condemn the Islamic faith, only to point out that many Muslims as well as non-Muslim scholars and theologians argue there is a wide range of interpretation when it comes to some of the Quran’s passages, just as there is with some of the Bible’s passages, and that a large number of Muslims claim they do not condone violence as a way of furthering their religion. It is true, however, that radicals and Islamic terrorists often cite specific passages in the Quran to justify their violent jihads. It is also true that interviews with at least some terrorists have found them to be ignorant about the teachings of their proclaimed faith.
I attended the Summerfield Planning and Zoning Board public hearing on Jan. 23 to learn more about the text amendment for a proposed Planned Development zoning district. Town Planner Carrie Spencer did an excellent job of explaining to the large group gathered what would be and not be permissible under the proposed ordinance addition to the existing zoning classifications. One thing I learned is Summerfield needs to build a town hall sooner rather than later to accommodate such large crowds and so that people can be seated and hear what others are saying. It is embarrassing that the town has to meet in such a small facility or use a school or church for meetings when both Oak Ridge and Stokesdale have new town halls that provide that meeting space as well as offices for staff all contained on one site. After hearing from the speakers from the floor, I heard more support for the PD designation than against. Some of those who strongly oppose the PD designation are providing misleading information in an effort to sway public opinion. I strongly support the Planning
and Zoning Board’s vote to recommend approval of the PD zoning district and to take that recommendation to town council at the second public hearing on Feb. 16. PD zoning will allow smaller footprint homes, townhouses and other housing options and the higher density developments will require and preserve a larger percentage of the green space that we all enjoy. The PD zoning will also provide an option for those who want to remain in Summerfield upon retirement, provide a more affordable option for the younger generation who want to raise a family here and live in a walkable neighborhood, and provide more housing options for our teachers, fire, law enforcement, EMS personnel, and others who work in our community but cannot afford to live here. Those who worry about a higher tax rate seem to overlook the fact that those who live or work in the PD will increase the tax base. Growth is inevitable – doesn’t it make sense to plan and manage this growth responsibly? Steve Sumner SUMMERFIELD
PD zoning district would change our way of life On Jan. 23, Summerfield’s Planning and Zoning Board voted 4-1 to recommend adding a proposed Planned Development zoning district to the town’s housing regulations. This was after an extensive public comment session in which, even after it became apparent the developers had stacked the speakers’ list, the speakers for and against were evenly split. As one of those at the meeting accused of being a “snob and elitist” for being against the zoning
district, I offer the following … It seems a couple developers have been acquiring land knowing what the current rules are while unhappy with the amount of money they will make by having to build according to those specifications. They have successfully lobbied Summerfield’s town council to consider amending the rules so they can build high-density housing on
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75-acre tracts minimum. These same rules have served our community well and made it highly sought after as a safe and hospitable place to live. Now the powers that be want to change our way of life. Instead of the current one-and-a-half acres per house standard, we will see 100 or more houses crammed into 75-acre tracts. Imagine Pleasant Ridge Road with multiple planned developments being built side by side, one after another. Town councils change and town planners and managers move on. Their assurances of measured growth are meaningless. Also, with the passage of the PD zoning district and plans for a water system, we will certainly see the unchecked growth that our town council and town planner are promising
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us won’t happen. The result will be the crowding of our schools, not to mention more traffic on our already overburdened roads and increased crime. Do you have a 75-acre lot next to where you live? To its credit, Summerfield Town Council has planned another Q&A session at First Baptist Church, 2300 Scalesville Road, on Feb. 9. The council’s rescheduled public hearing for this PD zoning district will be held at the same address on Feb. 16; both meetings start at 6:30 p.m. For those interested in Summerfield’s future, I suggest you attend both meetings to learn as much as you can and let your council know how you feel. Lee Haywood SUMMERFIELD
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With life comes change We have moved on from 2016 and are a month into 2017, leaving behind a tumultuous year of change for another year of change. There have been several not-so-good changes – such as Chili’s not carrying fish tacos anymore. Baker Creek Heirloom seeds do not have Dixie golden giant tomato seeds this year (best yellow tomato seed ever). I finally found a source on eBay that has them, plus several other heirloom varieties. On a more serious note, even though the loss of fish tacos was harsh, Beansboro coffee shop closed the day before Christmas. Kyle roasted his own beans in the shop; his Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is (was) the best coffee ever. This is not to say you cannot get a good cup of Joe anywhere in the Triad, it’s just harder. The Jumping Bean in Summerfield makes a good cup (I don’t know how he does it in that little 4-by-8
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box he operates out of). The Mad Bean in downtown Madison makes some really good coffee, the atmosphere is great and the baristas know what I want when I come in. Plus it’s in an old store and it’s really cool the way the old wooden floor squeaks. There are good places in WinstonSalem as well. Just stay away from the swill that is Starbucks – remember, friends don’t let friends drink corporate coffee. More changes are on the horizon for all of us. Some will be good, some will be hard. We have yet to see what our country’s and our state’s new leaders will do. Yet change comes to all, and remember, “change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.” Jason Richardson STOKESDALE
Just say ‘no’ to PD zoning district in Summerfield If passed, the proposed PD zoning district will irrevocably change Summerfield, negatively impacting our peaceful, rural way of life. The new zoning presents a host of problems: 1. The zoning permits apartments (*see editor’s note), condos and high-density housing, in direct contradiction to the tenets of our Comprehensive Plan, which favors single-family detached houses (*). 2.The CP mandates limits on commercialization. PD zoning includes commercial property despite the fact that we have a massive shopping district already planned for N.C. 150 near I-73. 3. The high-density PD zoning conflicts with the main defined goal of Summerfield to honor rural, small town heritage. As stated in our CP, our Town is exemplified by neighborhoods set among expanses of open space, woodlands and pastures... not crowded apartment complexes (*) and gas stations. 4. There are no limits on the number or size of PD zoning areas, potentially leading to thousands of new residents. No concrete studies have been done on the impact to school facilities, classroom size and emergency services. 5. High-density housing will negatively affect our environment, air quality, rural aesthetic, traffic and utilities. No recent studies determine if our water table can support such massive projects. 6.PD communities may be built anywhere, including next to existing houses and neighborhoods, even if the PD area devalues current homes and is inconsistent with surrounding communities (*). 7. There are very few concrete, absolute requirements and regulations in the
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PD zoning proposal, leaving far too much latitude for developers and future leaders to interpret PD zoning in ways that promote commercialization and unattractive, congested development. 8.The board and council have not presented the public with other zoning alternatives that might offer housing options without severely detracting from our Town through more commercialization, apartments and crowded lots. Along with my fellow residents, I ask the Summerfield Town Council to listen to the taxpayers and voters, not developers and outsiders. We, the residents, cast our votes for you. You weren’t elected by a handful of developers. For more information on voting no to PD, please visit www.facebook.com/ keepsummerfieldrural. Jolinda Babcock SUMMERFIELD Editor’s note: Town Planner Carrie Spencer has said that a small number of apartments located in the same building as or between neighborhood businesses could be an option in a PD zoning district, which allows a mixture of commercial and residential uses, but she insists that apartment complexes would not be allowed in the proposed zoning district. And while recognizing this issue can be subjective, Spencer has also said that planned developments must follow the same guidelines as single-family developments, in that they must be deemed to be in harmony with surrounding neighborhoods. With regard to housing options, Policy 6:1 of the comprehensive plan states, “Residential development in Summerfield should remain mostly low
density, single-family detached housing. Appropriate instances for other housing forms, such as small attached and accessory housing should also be fostered to meet a variety of housing needs” and Policy 6.2 states, “a variety of housing types and sizes should be provided within the general bounds of large developments.” Policy 6:10 goes on to state, “Mixed use development, meaning a combination of commercial and compatible institutional (e.g.,
assisted living facilities) and residential development, may be encouraged at appropriate locations to reduce automobile dependency and provide for housing alternatives, and to accommodate an aging population.”
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PD zoning could provide needed housing options I was unable to attend the Zoning Board’s public hearing on Jan. 23 due to having had major surgery on Jan. 10, but I am very interested in the proposed PD zoning district.
Retired people could choose to stay in Summerfield rather than be forced to find smaller homes in another city or invest more of their capital in unneeded space in large homes.
For some time I have been aware of the need for additional housing choices in Summerfield. It is true that our town has many beautiful housing developments; however, the choices for housing for young people and retired people who want to downsize are limited.
Young people could have an opportunity to build equity by buying a quality home without having to spend $400,000 or more.
The proposed zoning district is designed to address this problem. It is not designed to be “low-cost” housing as some residents fear, rather to provide quality homes in a controlled setting that will allow people to buy into a smaller home on a small lot in an area with walking trails, green spaces and opportunities for restaurants, doctor’s offices and other small commercial establishments. Access would be limited in order to reduce traffic. This type of development would benefit Summerfield in many ways:
I understand some people’s concerns that this type of development might be detrimental to the resale value of existing larger homes, but I ask these people to have confidence in the professional training and dedication of our zoning board and town council. With the proper planning and control over the location and design of these developments, there should be no reduction in values of existing or future developments with larger homes. Summerfield can remain a very desirable place for young or older people to choose to live as well as a “bedroom community” for upper-income executives. Elizabeth Ingram SUMMERFIELD
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CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICE Complete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, (336) 6439332, carolinaStumpAndTreeServices.com.
PAINTING – INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
GAS LOGS, WOOD STOVES, INSERTS, fireplaces, sold, serviced and repaired. Call Don Hill, (336) 643-7183.
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CINDY’S PAINTING – Interior painting, wallpaper removal. References & free estimates available. (336) 708-9155.
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PLUMBING BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLAR No job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic. & insured. Call Mark, (336) 337-7924. WEBSTER & SONS PLUMBING, Inc. (336) 992-2503. Licensed, insured, bonded. 24/7 service. Plumbing, drain cleaning, well
ORTIZ LANDSCAPING, complete lawn care. Trimming, cleaning, planting & mulch, gutter cleaning, patios & pavers, waterfalls, retaining walls, sidewalks, stonework. Residential and commercial. (336) 280-8981.
pumps. Give us a call, we do it all! Go to
FAY’S LAWNCARE & LANDSCAPING Snow plowing, tree pruning, general yard clean up. Pine needles & mulch. Reasonable and honest. Call Taylor, (336) 464-5215.
cleaning. Fully insured. Crystal Clear, www.
www.webstersplumbing.com for more info.
POWER WASHING PRESSURE WASHING, gutter & window windowcleaningnc.com. (336) 595-2873.
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MISC. SERVICES
REMODELING / CONSTRUCTION JLB REMODELING, INC. Remodeling and additions. Fully insured. NC GC license #69997. Free est. Call (336) 681-2902 or visit www.jlbremodeling.com. BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTION Kitchens/baths, custom decks, garages, siding, dock work, windows, roofing, rotted wood. Sr. disc., 35 years exp. (336) 362-6343. PREMIER CONSTRUCTION. Providing all of your home maintenance needs, remodeling and new construction. (336) 430-9507. RENOVATION WORKS, INC. New construction, remodeling, additions, kitchen, bath and decks. We are a locally owned, full-service design and build company, A+ accredited with the BBB. Visit www.myrenovationworks.com or call (336) 427-7391 to start your next project. ORTIZ REMODELING – Total restoration & home improvement. Drywall, painting, kitchen cabinets, interior trim & more. Free estimates. (336) 280-8981.
Your business should be here! Call (336) 644-7035, ext 10 for info.
ROOFING RED RHINO ROOFING, based in Oak Ridge, NC. Storm damage specialist experienced with all types of roofing. BBB accredited A and listed with Angie’s List. Call (336) 944-6118, or visit redrhinoroofing.com. A.L. CORMAN ROOFING INC. Res. roofing specialist serving Guilford Cty. area since 1983. BBB 25+ years w/ A+ rating. cormanroofinginc.com, (336) 621-6962. PREMIER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION Insurance specialist, free inspections, res./ comm., BBB A rating. (336) 430-9507. CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLC Residential roofing, rubber flat roofs, roof coating, metal roofs. 30 years experience. Now accepting all major credit cards. Call (336) 643-8191 or (336) 580-3245.
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(336) 643-9963 • 8207 B & G Court, Stokesdale COMPUTER REPAIRS – ITBASICS.COM Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons. (336) 643-0068. ERIE INSURANCE – IN KERNERSVILLE Long Insurance Services, (336) 992-5664. SAM’S AUTO BODY SHOP. Any type of body work. 45 years exp. (336) 347-7470.
MISC. FOR SALE FIREWOOD FOR SALE, oak & hickory. Pick up or delivery. (336) 643-9332. SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD, $80/pickup load, delivered & stacked. (336) 253-7615.
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REAL ESTATE
GOLDEN ANTIQUES & TREASURES in Stokesdale is always seeking vendors who have antiques, vintage, repurposed and collectible items. Booth spaces are 10 x 12 feet and are $200 per month, plus 10% commission. Come check us out and reserve your spot! (336) 949-4958.
OAK RIDGE, Class A office space for lease, 8006 Linville Road, 2,990-sq.-foot office suite, includes 5 offices, conference room, two bathrooms, kitchen/break area and filing room. $2,990/mo., serious inquiries only. Please call (336) 643-0555.
PETS & ANIMAL SVCS. PET SITTING / BOARDING KPS – KELLY’S PET SERVICES Professional in-home pet sitting. Bonded & insured. Member Pet Sitters International. Pet sitting while you are away, daily walks or runs, play, pet taxi, and more! KPS gives a portion of profits to animal charities. Call, email, or Facebook message for a free consultation: (336) 706-6706, kpsforyourpets@ gmail.com, www.facebook.com/kpspets, or kpspets on Instagram.
LOST & FOUND PETS Found a pet and need help finding its owner? Let us know – we’ll be glad to help!
OAK RIDGE, Class A office space for lease, 8006 Linville Road, 2,990-square-feet office suite, includes 5 offices, conference room, two bathrooms, kitchen/break area and filing room. $2,990/mo., serious inquiries only. Please call (336) 643-0555.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
We Help Everyone! SELLERS & BUYERS
(336) 643-4248
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KIRBY AVALIR w/ all attachments, including shampoo system for all surfaces, used twice. Paid $1,000, asking $700. (336) 643-5421.
Call me for professional buyer and seller services!
ALL NEW MATTRESS SETS. Still in plastic, w/ warranty. Twin, $99; Full, $109; Queen, $129; King, $191. Can deliver, layaway available. Mattress Outlet. (336) 992-0025.
Gil Vaughan
SEASONED FIREWOOD, delivered and stacked, 1/2 cord, $80. Call (336) 686-6373
MISC. WANTED FREE PICK-UP of unwanted riding & push mowers, any and all gas items, tillers, gocarts, ATVs, generators, power washers, grills, chain saws, metal and electrical items, most appliances, etc. (336) 689-4167. $$$ – WILL PAY CASH up to $200 for your junk or wrecked vehicle. (336) 552-0328.
Realtor ®/Broker
(336) 337-4780 FOUND CAT – This beautiful female grey kitty has wandered away from home. She was found on Ridge Oaks Court in River Oaks, Oak Ridge. If you are her owner, please call (336) 644-1588.
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Gail H. Kerber REALTOR®/BROKER
(336) 327-1165
kerbappeals@gmail.com
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE in Oak Ridge. Mini suites available; 100 to 450 sq. ft. For more info, call (336) 643-7577.
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HOMES FOR RENT
Olmsted Orthodontics ........................17
NEW 2BR, 1BA DUPLEX, $700/mo., appliances, no pets. (336) 706-1887.
A/C & HEATING Stokesdale Heating & Air.....................19
SNAP Fitness ......................................24 YMCA of Greensboro .........................14
MOBILE HOME in clean, quiet setting. Newly remodeled 2BR, 2BA. Near 158/220. $550/mo. (336) 908-6553.
ACCOUNTING
HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES
HOMES FOR SALE
By the Book Accounting .....................21 Carlotta Lytton, CPA, PA ....................21 Samuel Anders, CPA, MSA, PC ...........21
ART & DANCE Destination Arts ..................................17
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES Piedmont Truck Tires, Inc. ....................5 Prestige Car Wash ..............................17
Guardian Ad Litem Program ..............20
Popular neighborhood in Northern schools. 4 bedrooms plus bonus. Incredible kitchen and family room combination. Hardwood floors. 2-car garage, private back lot and screened porch. Don’t wait on this one! A must-see. $354,900
Jake Letterman (336) 338-0136
CHURCH First Baptist Church, Summerfield ....... 11
EVENT Town of Summerfield PD Sessions ........6
HAIR CARE Great Clips ......................................... 17
HEALTH & FITNESS Alpha Weight Loss ................................4
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INSURANCE Gladwell Insurance Agency .................13
CHILDREN’S SERVICES 2204 Cedar Waxwing Court
BEK Paint Company ............................29 Carpets By Direct ..................................3 Furniture Medic ...................................29 Haley Hahn Home Solutions ..............29 House of Stars ....................................21 New Garden Select ............................22 Old School Home Repair .....................29 ProStone..............................................15 Stokesdale Storage .............................30
LEGAL SERVICES Attorney Bill Barbour ..........................19 Law Office of Susan Greeson .............13 Scott Tippett Law ...............................22
MEDICAL CARE, EYE CARE, PT Bethany Medical Center .....................18 LeBauer Healthcare ...........................15 Novant - Forsyth Pediatrics .................16 Novant - Northwest Family Medicine .. 11 Oak Ridge Physical Therapy ...............16 Summerfield Family Eye Care .............21
PET SERVICES & PRODUCTS Bel-Aire Veterinary Hospital ................10 Best 4K9 ............................................10 Critter Company ...................................8 King’s Crossing Animal Hospital ...........9 Northwest Animal Hospital ...................9 Oak Ridge Animal Hospital ................10 Veterinary Hospital at Oak Ridge.........21 Westergaard Kennels ............................8
REAL ESTATE A New Dawn Realty ............................30 Angie Wilkie, Allen Tate ........................6 Bobbie Gardner, Keller Williams ..........21 Gil Vaughan, Keller Williams ...............30 Jake Letterman, BHHS Yost & Little ...31 KERBAPPEALS – Gail Kerber .............30 Nancy Hess, BHHS Yost & Little .........31
RESTAURANTS Elizabeth’s Italian Restaurant ..............16 Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant .........16
RETAIL BiRite Food Center ...............................2 Goodwill Industries .............................12 Priba Furniture & Interiors ...................32
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