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Snow Biz
While the weather slows some businesses down, others operate in high gear by GERRI HUNT
STOKESDALE – Old Man Winter wreaked havoc in the area the last half of February, shutting down schools, sending drivers slipping and sliding on roads, and causing some businesses to adjust their hours. But many companies step up their games in such situations. At Bi-Rite Galaxy Supermarket in downtown Stokesdale, owner David Wrenn keeps an eye on the weather fore-
cast so he can predict his stock levels in preparation for a storm. “Bread has to be baked seven days ahead, so when people see there’s no bread on the shelves, they think ‘hey, they didn’t order any today,’ but it’s really ordered a week ahead of time,” says Wrenn. “The bread [shelves] were full every day, but as each day wore on, it sold out.” He receives three milk orders a week, so it’s usually not a problem keeping it in stock.
Photo by Gerri Hunt
David Wrenn, owner of BiRite Galaxy Supermarket in Stokesdale, stands in front of shelves stocked with the essentials that bring most people to the store on days like Feb. 25, when the most recent snowstorm approached.
Even with an unexpected snowfall during the early morning hours of Feb. 24,
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IN THIS ISSUE
Houston Summers
From professional baseball player to UNC-Chapel Hill’s student body president, this Summerfield native has only just begun by PATTI STOKES
NW GUILFORD/CHAPEL HILL – For some, preparing to represent over 30,000 students at North Carolina’s largest public university might be a tad daunting. For Houston Summers, however, it’s just another challenge to wholeheartedly dive into. The Summerfield native was 25 when he enrolled at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall of 2012 after playing professional
baseball for six years. On Feb. 18, he was elected to serve as the university’s student body president and will assume that role on April 1. Summers got his first life lesson in courage and perseverance at age 13, after doctors discovered a tumor in his nasal and para nasal sinus cavities; though not malignant, it was life-threatening because of its location. After undergoing surgery and months of rehab, he not only recovered, but from that experience took away the notion that mountains weren’t for standing at the bottom and looking up, or for turning away from to stay on level ground, but for climbing. And he’s been climbing ever since.
Houston Summers
Summers was the starting catcher and relief pitcher all four years that he attended Northwest High School. The school’s athletic director, John Hughes, coached him his first three years there. “As a high school student athlete, he was outstanding and very determined to succeed at everything he did,” said Hughes. “Whether it was academics,
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