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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.

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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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Rate increase takes effect STOKESDALE – Effective with the March bill, Stokesdale municipal water users will see their rate increase from $3 per 1,000 gallons of water used to $5.30 per 1,000 gallons of water used. Town council discovered last year that Stokesdale had not been increasing its customers’ rates to keep them in line with what Winston-Salem charges the town for water. "After holding numerous water system workshops, we reluctantly raised the rates we are charging customers to match what we are paying,” Mayor Pro Tem Frank Bruno told the Northwest

Observer in January. “This was not an easy decision to make, but for the good of the water system, had to be made. This is Step 1 for making the water system operate in the black. Moving forward, our challenge will be to expand the system by adding more customers and putting together a fund for needed system maintenance and repairs."

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Town Finance Officer Carolyn Joyner said, barring any “snafus” in the billing software, monthly water bills will now show separate amounts for customers’ water accessibility fee and water usage charge.

Upcoming council meetings NW GUILFORD COUNTY –Summerfield Town Council will meet on Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. at Summerfield Community Center, 5404 Centerfield Road. The meeting agenda includes the presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to Bob Johnson, who is coming off the Public Safety Committee, and a trails discussion.

Stokesdale Town Council will meet on Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. The meeting agenda includes a public comment period for citizen input on N.C. Department of Transportation’s consideration of allowing trucks with twin trailers to travel on N.C. 68 and a comment period on the water system.

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Last day of school, June 16 GUILFORD COUNTY – After Guilford County Schools closed schools again on Friday, Feb. 27, due to the latest bout of inclement weather, the school system announced it is out of scheduled makeup days and the last day of school will be Tuesday, June 16 (originally to be Thursday, June 11).

Only five of the seven days that students missed in the last two months due to inclement weather have been scheduled for make-up days on Jan. 23, April 10, and June 12, 15 and 16. “With a six-hour instructional day, we have 1,080 instructional hours,” Nora

Murray, who handles media relations for GCS, said. That’s 55 more instructional hours than what the state requires. While the school board plans to discuss make-up days at its March 10 meeting, “there is no proposal on the table to change anything,” said Murray. Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green and Chief of Staff Nora Carr told school board members in a memo on Feb. 20, “While this plan is not ideal educationally … we believe this is the plan preferred by the board based on its actions last year related to making up schools days canceled because of inclement weather.”

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online: nwobserver.com e-mail: questions@nwobserver.com After reading NWO’s article on school report cards (“Regional superintendent responds to As, Bs and Cs,” Feb. 13-19, 2015 issue) and how our traditional public schools were graded, I was curious – do charter schools get graded with an N.C. school report card?

Greensboro Academy received letter grades of Bs, while Summerfield Charter Academy received a C.

Yes, charter schools in North Carolina are given a school report card and letter grade. There are three charter schools in northwest Guilford County: Greensboro Academy and Summerfield Charter Academy serve grades K-8, and N.C. Leadership Academy serves grades K-12.

Growth status was also measured, reportedly based on current and previous student test data to determine whether schools are maintaining or increasing student achievement from

Searching N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Report Card website and selecting the Guilford County school district does not pull up the charter schools. And a basic Google search pulled up information from the 2012-2013 academic year, but not the 2013-2014 report. After reaching out to Diane Dulaney, the N.C. School Report Card state coordinator with NCDPI, we learned that instead of selecting Guilford County from the list of school districts, we needed to select “Charter and Non-Affiliated Schools.” Just like the traditional public schools in the district, our three northwest-area charter schools were assigned a school performance letter grade ranging from A to F.

As for school performance scores, N.C. Leadership Academy scored a 77, Greensboro Academy scored 75, and Summerfield Charter Academy scored 67.

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According to the school report card, N.C. Leadership Academy met its growth, with a score of 81.7, but the other two charter schools did not meet their expected growth (Greensboro Academy scored 69.1 and Summerfield Charter Academy scored 60). On End-of-Grade tests in reading, math and science, N.C. Leadership Academy scored 80, 72 and 72, respectively. Greensboro Academy scored 77 in all three, and Summerfield Charter Academy scored 72, 65 and 70.

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...continued from p. 1 it was business as usual. But the store aisles overflowed with shoppers on the following day, as a bigger snowstorm approached. “We probably had our best day this year,” says Wrenn. “The potato chip aisle was ‘wiped out.’” Other big selling items that day included lamp oil, cat litter (for tire traction), rock salt, windshield washer fluid … and ice cream. “Ice cream is big when it snows, because people are locked in. If the power goes out, they can put it outside. But people put it on their windowsills,” he says. “When you’re sitting there, you want something sweet.” Wrenn does wonder about customers who purchase a couple hundred dollars’ worth of meat. “If the power goes off, I’m not sure what they’re doing, because it’s something you have to cook,” he says. To accommodate the needs of customers, Wrenn and his employees move their schedules around during inclement weather. “It’s tough on my employees,” he says. “You don’t want to push them too much.” But the workload doesn’t necessarily roll on out with the weather system. The staff has to restock the shelves and handle customers who live alone and try to return bread and milk they don’t need. A few miles southwest of Bi-Rite on U.S. 158, septic company Wilson Pumping and Installing works through storms as well. “Some days the weather slows us down, but if it’s an emergency, we take care of it,” says owner Lawrence Wilson. “In snow and ice, I have to stay on the driveway with the truck, and pull out a lot of hose,” he says. And hopefully the customer knows where their septic tank is located. “We have to probe for the tank, and we move the snow out of the way,”

Wilson says. When ice blanketed the roads last year, it didn’t stop Wilson from working. But as he headed to Brown Summit on N.C. 150, a truck in front of him stopped, so he did too. A sheriff’s deputy arriving on the scene directed him to turn around, but Wilson refused. “I would have hit all the cars on the sides of the road,” he says. So he waited for DOT to salt the road before he maneuvered the truck, after which the deputy thanked him for knowing his truck well enough to wait.

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Joyner says they had four technicians working all day Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 21. “We went to one call last Tuesday on Tree Court, where Ray had to walk in because it was down a hill,” says Joyner. “The roads were already slick, especially the back roads, so you have to do a lot more walking to the houses, depending on where they are.”

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Though she gets calls in bad weather from customers requesting a check of their heating systems, Joyner says critical situations take priority. “It’s hard to work on something when it’s snowing and below freezing, but we’ve managed to get heat back on for people who had no heat at all. And that’s the key to it, keeping that done,” says Joyner. “Last week it started calling for the really cold weather, and that’s when people get scared – when temperatures are staying down near 0 or in the teens, and they’re worried about their water and everything, and I understand that. “When you’ve got extreme weather, it causes a lot of problems with a lot of units,” confirms Joyner. “But we’ve been able to get to everybody. We are used to being crazy when it gets like this.”

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Jacob Brandberg (standing, with a Camp Carefree participant), a senior at Northern Guilford High School, has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. This award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered signiﬁcant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of President Barack Obama. The past few summers, Jake has volunteered at Camp Carefree in Stokesdale, a camp for chronically ill children between the ages of 6 and 16. As part of his senior project, he has spent a lot of time researching, constructing and installing bat houses throughout the Camp Carefree property.

Good job, Jacob!

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Showing off some of the items they have collected so far during a book drive are Northwest High School FCCLA members Bailey Ratterree, Anneicia Devaughn, Katherine Durham, Caroline Leach, Ellie Hogan, Maddy Frank, Anne Macrohon, Faith Powell, Lauren Coyle, Hannah Tastet and Lena Nazzal.

After another wintry mix brought several inches of snow to northwest Guilford County on Feb. 25, Briana Milone, Katie and Morgan Sutton put their free time to good use and made this very creative snow lion.

High school students collecting children’s books The Northwest High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Club (FCCLA) is conducting a book drive through the end of March. Throughout this summer, club members will distribute the books to the Summerfield United Methodist Sonshine program (a food and clothing pantry), the Reading Summer Camp at Pearce Elementary, Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Pathways Center for the homeless, and some local

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neighborhoods. The club is accepting new and gently-used children’s books for grades K-12. Books can be dropped off at Northwest High School, or Summerfield, Oak Ridge, Stokesdale, Northern, or Colfax elementary schools. If you know of a program that could benefit from receiving books this summer, or for more information, email NWHS Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Kara Winicki at winickk@gcsnc.com.

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Jennifer Elliott of Summerfield captured this photo of her curious cats trying to make sense of all that strange white stuff.

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says. “We didn’t get the chickens for the eggs. We got them for pets. “They make me laugh all the time. You just can’t be sad around a chicken” Leanne adds. “They’re beautiful and when they run, they’re hysterical. I love the little noises they make and the fact that they follow me around all the time.” The chickens have distinct personalities, Leanne says, and most are named after family and friends. John Paul is named after her father. Another chicken that showed up on their doorstep malnourished and bedraggled ended up being quarantined with John Paul. The two bonded and the hen was named Judy, after Leanne’s mother. Judy has since grown into quite the beauty. Then there are the three Americanas named after Leanne’s sisters, Dina, Tara and Jill, and the five black and white identical Wyandottes. Since they couldn’t tell them apart, the Pizios named them all Janet after a friend.

Dogs walk for a good cause by ANNETTE JOYCE Looking for an evening of fun, entertainment and the opportunity to support a worthwhile cause? Look no further than downtown Greensboro on Saturday, March 7, when the annual Dogs on the Catwalk comes to Triad Stage. A tail-wagging event featuring the antics of some of the area’s most lovable, four-legged models and their owners, Dogs on the Catwalk is the primary fundraiser for Red Dog Farm Animal Rescue Network, a local nonprofit organization that focuses on rescuing and rehabilitating neglected, abused or otherwise unwanted animals. “This event is both a celebration and a fundraiser for us,” confirms Lauren Riehle, Red Dog Farm’s executive director. “We want to showcase animals who have been adopted through our pro-

Leanne says maintaining the flock is not that big of an issue. They feed them just about anything – cereal bits, oatmeal and crackers. When their garden is in full production, the chickens enjoy the leftovers. In the winter, they get cracked corn, which helps to promote body heat.

Last year’s event raised over $25,000 for the group and Riehle is hoping to surpass that figure this year. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and festivities kick off at 7 p.m. with a feast donated by local restaurants and caterers including Marshall Free House, Crafted, Painted Plate and Burger Spot. Wine and beer will also be available. While enjoying delectable goodies, attendees can peruse the huge array of items being offered in the silent auction. This year’s line-up includes: Kentucky Derby tickets, Great Wolf Lodge passes, Behind the Scenes tickets to the Greensboro Science Center and a signed Wake Forest basketball. I Love North Carolina, Pie versus Cake, Bird Lovers and Creepy Crawly Insects are only a sample of the theme baskets being auctioned. The main event of the night features canine models that have been adopted from Red Dog Farm and a few dogs that are currently available for adoption. But this is no simple walk down the catwalk. The owners go out of their way to make sure they and their furry friends make an unforgettable fashion statement while hosts Riehle and WGHP’s Emily Byrd provide commentary on each dog’s journey to their forever home.

“The biggest thing is cleaning the (chicken) coop, which is not fun,” admits Leanne. One concern regarding chickens – especially free-range chickens – is keeping an eye out for predators. In this case, it’s hawks. Fortunately, John Paul is skilled at alerting Leanne when a hawk is nearby.

“The whole event is a lot of fun and sure to delight,” says Riehle. “We’re looking forward to it.”

“Roosters make a noise to warn that there are big birds around,” says Leanne. “I’m home all the time and I listen. If I hear (John Paul), I’ll run out and turn on my car alarm, which works pretty well.” Leanne also mentions that a flock of crows which has taken up residence nearby are quite adept at chasing hawks away. She says that on several occasions, she’s seen 20 to 30 crows “dogging” a hawk until it flies away from the area. If that’s what it takes to keep her chickens safe, that’s perfectly fine with Leanne.

gram, as well as raise the funds needed to help even more animals this year.”

want to go? Dogs on the Catwalk Saturday, March 7 Triad Stage, Greensboro Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Photo provided by Red Dog Farm Animal Rescue Network

Sporting their team colors, Reagan and her new owner prepare to walk the runway at last year’s Dogs on the Catwalk event.

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Northern Guilford boys varsity basketball (17-9, 13-3) Northern boys varsity basketball head coach Bill Chambers admitted to being apprehensive about the 3A NCHSAA first-round playoff game against No. 22 Fike on Feb. 28, but despite the challenges of snow and ice limiting the team’s practice time, the No. 11 seed Nighthawks defeated Fike 76-68. “We handled their pressure well and didn’t fold when they made their run in the fourth quarter,” said Chambers. “Andy Pack had an excellent season for us, always playing solid defense, re-

bounding well and handling the ball. “It was great to see Andy have a breakout game offensively against Fike with 17 points. We had truly balanced scoring with five players in double figures.” Following the team’s win against Fike, Northern boys ended their postseason play on March 2 after losing to No. 6 seed Hunt 59-44 in the second round of playoffs. Forward Sam Hildreth scored 11 points in the contest at Hunt.

Northern Guilford girls varsity basketball (21-5, 14-2) In the first-round of the 3A NCHSAA playoffs on Feb. 28, the Northern girls varsity basketball team defeated Carson 72-52. Freshman Kassie Robakiewicz led the team with 23 points and forward Kasey Johnson had 18 points. “The game was sloppy, as we expected,” said Furlough. “We hadn’t played since Feb. 10, and have had very little practice ...The layoff (due to snow) has helped with getting injuries healed, but that’s been the only good thing. It’s been hard mentally and physically. We were winded, but I thought the girls played hard and tried to play through it.”

Robakiewicz scored 14 points in a second-round playoff victory over Forestview, 65-29, on March 2. “It’s a state playoff victory, we’ll take it,” said Northern head girls basketball coach Kim Furlough. “We have (No. 1 seed) Hickory tomorrow. They are really good. We just have to stay composed and give them a good game.”

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Northern girls ended their postseason play after losing to Hickory 77-51 on March 3

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Northwest Guilford girls basketball (26-0, 10-0) The Northwest Guilford girls varsity basketball team found their rhythm early in the 4A NCHSAA first-round playoff game against No. 31 seed TC Roberson on Feb. 28, dismantling the Rams 68-28. “The whole state was in the same situation,” said Joyner. “We’ve worked so hard to get in shape … my concern was losing our game legs. I encouraged them (the players) to find a gym to keep themselves in some type of shape.” Guards Savannah Neas and Toni Tucker each scored 15 points against Roberson. On March 2, the team ran No. 16 seed Charlotte Catholic out of the gym

in the final two minutes of action. Only ahead 42-40 with three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of the second-round matchup, the Vikings closed out the game on a 12-3 run, winning 5143 and advancing to the Sweet 16. Guards Hayley Barber led Northwest with 18 points and Toni Tucker had 14 points. “Hayley got a couple of steals on the inbounds pass off of pure hustle points,” said Northwest head girls basketball coach Darlene Joyner. “She scored 13 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter, going 5-6 on the free throw line and driving gaps to shoot layups under the wings of their bigs.”

Northwest Guilford boys varsity basketball (23-3, 8-2) Guard Jalen Spicer finished with a game-high 14 points on Feb. 28 as Northwest blew past No. 22 seed Ragsdale 87-52 in the 4A NCHSAA first-round playoffs. The Vikings stretched their lead to 22 points after a Gore steal and layup in the second quarter.

Guard Jaylen Gore’s 19 points led five Northwest players in double figures. Forward Reggie Davis added 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks.

“We competed every possession,” said Reavis. “Coming off a break like that we had to substitute more liberally to keep guys fresh. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win.” The No. 11 seed Northwest clinched a spot in the Sweet 16 by defeating No. 6 seed Watauga 83-48 on March 2 in Boone. The Vikings extended an eight-point halftime lead to 20 points after forcing the Pioneers into a series of miscues, Northwest head coach Lee Reavis said. “We applied constant pressure to a good Watauga team on our way to an impressive victory,” said Reavis.

UPDATE:

Northwest boys lost to No. 3 seed West Charlotte 78-62 on March 3; Northwest girls defeated No. 8 seed Alexander Central 44-30 on March 3.

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The “chief” – a man of music, faith and vision (and a big dose of persistence) by ANNETTE JOYCE Chief Daryl Duff, 50, sees opportunities where others only see obstacles, and he seizes those opportunities with enthusiasm and a will to succeed. As Oak Ridge Military Academy’s music director, Duff, who retired from the Navy Band Sea Chanters in 2013, is tackling the task of building the school’s music program almost from scratch. For his classroom, Duff was given part of the ancient space which adjoins the academy’s former barber shop. On a tour of the space, you’ll see the outdated music books, stacks of vinyl records, antiquated film strips and instruments. But Duff will also point to the dozens of refurbished instruments waiting for students to claim. And he’ll take you upstairs to the spacious room where he sometimes practices with the academy’s drum line. His goal is to renovate this space into practice rooms and fill it with young musicians eager to develop their musical abilities. More than a need for modern teaching tools, Duff is plagued by a much bigger issue, however – a lack of student musicians. “We don’t have a feeder program,” he says, explaining there are no music students from an elementary level consistently entering the academy. He hopes to correct this by attracting homeschoolers who need an outlet for their musical energies. He currently has a chorus consisting of four vocalists and a pianist. There’s also the drum line. Through music education classes, Duff seeks to not only expose his students to musical history and diversity, but give them an appreciation for what has become a foundation of his own life. His face lights up as he talks about a group of middle school students who have developed a fascination for opera.

Duff’s love of music dates back to his youth, when he spent a lot of time plugged into a transistor radio and learned to play the trombone. As a music education major at Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri), Duff entered as a trombone player. But when his natural singing ability came to light, his professors encouraged him to change his focus from instrumental to vocal. With a young wife and a baby on the way, Duff set his sights on joining the Navy Band as a vocalist and planned to audition while still in college. His hopes were derailed, however, after the discovery of an eye disease disqualified him from enlisting. A second attempt also failed. Discouraged, Duff admits he slipped into depression.

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Duff retired from the Navy in 2013; most of his performances these days occur at events on the academy’s campus, at his church, Oak Ridge First Baptist, and at community events. Occasionally, during Friday night karaoke at JP Looney’s in Oak Ridge, he’ll treat lucky patrons to his rendition of the 1970s pop song “Brandy.”

When the Navy Band Sea Chanters come to Oak Ridge on March 11, Duff looks forward to being reunited with many of his colleagues whom he sang with before retiring, and to performing a patriotic Gospel number. He’s also extremely excited about being able to bring one of the finest vocal groups in the nation to the community he now calls home. “This is the kind of event that if you miss it, you’ll really be sorry when everyone else is talking about it,” he says.

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“That summer I existed on a diet of potato chips, Kool-Aid and television,” he says. Still, he persisted, and after making it as far as boot camp, received yet a third rejection. After intervention from a high-ranking admiral, Duff was finally allowed to enlist. An avid Christian and ordained minister, he credits God with the miracle that finally gave him access. “If I didn’t have Jesus Christ, I wouldn’t be where I am,” he says. In January 1990, Duff embarked on a career with the Navy Band Sea Chanters, the official chorus of the United States Navy. As part of that elite group, he performed at the 2009 presidential inauguration, and provided music for the interment of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the funerals of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan. He also performed with musical stars including Lionel Richie, Lee Greenwood, Natalie Cole and Kenny Rogers.

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ASSAULT Feb. 26 | A resident of Four Oaks Court in Summerfield was charged with assault on a female following a domestic disturbance.

BURGLARY Feb. 28 | A resident of Warner Road in Kernersville reported that on Dec. 10, 2014, someone entered his garage and stole three Stihl chainsaws and two Stihl weed eaters valued at $1,630.

DRUGS Feb. 23 | A NWHS student was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and suspended from school after a search of his vehicle, which was in the school parking lot.

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to a Green Dot bank in the Philippines. Feb. 27 | A resident of Daltonshire Drive in Oak Ridge reported that someone used the victim’s credit card information to make an unauthorized purchase of $56.99 in Mexico.

PROPERTY DAMAGE March 1 | A teenage resident of Lewiston Road in northwest Greensboro was arrested and charged with damage to real property, damage to county property, and resist, delay and obstruct. After being placed in a patrol car by deputies responding to a reported domestic disturbance at the home, the teen allegedly kicked a radar antenna and the blue lights in the back of the car.

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Feb. 26 | A resident of Kinsey Drive in Summerfield reported a tax return was filed using her and her husband’s personal and financial information. A $4,316 refund was wired

March 2 | A resident of Coldwater Road in Stokesdale reported that a UPS package appeared to have been cut open and resealed after $50 worth of items were removed before it was delivered.

Greensboro Police recently issued a warning to parents, students and the community to be aware of suspicious activity around bus stops. Since mid-December, four 12- to 13-year-old girls have been approached at their bus stops by adult males. Two incidents were in High Point, on North Manor Drive and on Paramount Street. The other two incidents were in Greensboro on Adams Farm Parkway near Hilltop Road and Vandalia Road at Pepperstone Drive. In each instance, the students refused the offer and the drivers left the area without incident. The first three suspicious drivers offered the girls a ride. In the Vandalia Road incident on Feb. 25, the driver of a burgundy cargo van honked, made a U-turn and stopped

beside the girl. She said he rolled down the window and offered her candy, and she fled. “Those girls did the right thing and ran, and went to get trusted adult help from parents, friends or family, and didn’t even acknowledge the presence of those guys. They just took off,” said Capt. Richard Whisenant with the Greensboro Police Department. “That’s the best thing they could have done.” Based on the descriptions of the vehicles and the operators, police do not believe the four occurrences are related. Police are working with Guilford County School officials as they investigate the reports. “We hope parents will take this opportunity to talk with their children about not accepting rides from strangers,” said Capt. Whisenant.

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GRINS to...  Doug Geiger and the rest of the staff at Oak Ridge Physical Therapy. Doug is a great physical therapist and a very caring person

who has helped me tremendously over the last year.  Good neighbors who help each other dig their vehicles out of the snow and slush and who spread rock salt on everyone’s walkways, not just their own.  The earth angels who stopped to help me on Feb. 19 at 5 a.m. on Warner Road. I had fallen and broken my ankle and could not get up. You saved my life!  Stokesdale Fire Department and the neighbors who came to our aid on Feb. 23 on Hunting Court. What an awesome neighborhood we moved into!

GRINS to Kevin Pusch, our neighbor in Henson Farms (Summerfield), who plowed

 Dr. Angel Fuller and staff at Kings Crossing Animal Hospital in Stokesdale. Saying goodbye to our 14-year-old lab was very sad for our family, and your compassion, kindness and understanding was especially appreciated.

 Our Summerfield UPS driver for N.C. 150 West, who went the extra mile on Feb. 20 to get my package delivered. Exceptional service/attitude.

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 The Jumping Bean in Summerfield, off of U.S. 220. As a coffee lover and a taste bud critic, it has the best tasting coffee I’ve ever had – and I’ve been all around the world. Good people working there also!  Lowes Foods, for being well-stocked and well-staffed on Wednesday, Feb. 25, before the big snowfall hit. I went in there around 4:45 p.m. and expected a zoo – instead, I encountered friendly, courteous and calm staff and relatively short checkout lines.

 Lowes Foods for offering discounts on poultry and meat ... and for offering local and organic fruits and vegetables!  NCDOT for doing such a great job clearing the roads during and after the recent snow. I think they were passable far sooner than anyone expected. (I also have a gripe, though … more on that in the Gripes section).  The two men from Best Friends Bed & Biscuit on Spencer Dixon Road. They plowed driveways in our community and when I asked how much they wanted, they said, “We’re neighbors, and neighbors help each other.”

 NC Department of Transportation for keeping the roads in tip-top shape considering the frequency, unexpectedness and amount of snow last week. Excellent job!  Our neighbor in Summerfield who cleared our roads in Henson Farms on Thursday, Feb 26. Not sure I would have been able to get up Snow Hill without you!  The snow plows on Thursday, Feb. 26. Our neighborhood (Ashton Park Drive in Oak Ridge) rarely ever sees plows, but this year they came – and when there was still snow on the ground! Thanks so much.

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 Our awesome neighbors on Bronco Lane in Summerfield who always build amazing snow creations. We look forward to your newest masterpiece each snowfall!

 Michael Page and Theresa Pegram for taking care of the snow on this old lady’s driveway and sidewalk – you guys are the best! And Lauren, for bringing me my paper and mail – you rock!  The teller at Bank of Oak Ridge who went out of her way for the sucker colors my grandson wanted. Also, to the gentleman who gave him a dollar for his piggy bank. He thought he’d won a million!  Jake Strauss, the Northwest High School senior running his first marathon to raise money for children in a Guatemalan village, and for recognizing a need in that community well after his mission trip there last summer.  Gail and Joe Yoder of Summerfield for all of your love, support and hard work helping me with my move to North Carolina!

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about blew a gasket when I heard this! The language of our country is English.  NCDOT for taking out my mailbox, along with numerous others, while plowing N.C. 150. I can understand a few here and there, but a whole stretch? Are they extra points?

 Grocery chain stores that always run out of their weekly specials. Waiting for a raincheck is no consolation.  Drivers who don’t signal before they turn (especially in wintery weather). Car manufacturers can add blinking arrows to the side mirrors of new vehicle designs, but if a driver doesn’t use them ....

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 NCDOT for flashing the Alcorn Road and N.C. 68 light. It’s hazardous to everyone crossing over and turning onto 68.

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room and on the baseball field.

sports, or anything else, he always did it with 100 percent.

“He was one of the most respectful and polite students in the school. I’m proud that he has turned into the leader that he is,” Kitley said.

“He started out as an outstanding high school catcher, switching positions as a professional to pitcher, then completely changes sports to track and field when he is done playing baseball and makes the track team at an ACC school. Only a truly elite athlete and determined competitor would be able to do so many different things well,” Hughes continued.

“He’s a player I wish I could have coached more than one year,” said Sonny Gann, Summers’ baseball coach in his senior year of high school. “He was always goal-driven. As his senior year progressed and he had interest from (professional baseball) scouts, he continued to work hard to put himself in position to be a draftable player.”

NWHS’s principal, Ralph Kitley, also remembers Summers as being very focused on his success in both the class-

In 2005, Summers, then a high school senior, was named North Carolina Scholastic Athlete of the Year. That was the

same year – at age 17 – that he became the youngest American-born drafted player in Arizona Diamondbacks history.

with Chapel Hill rental property owners and elected officials to find ways to make student housing more affordable.

He played through the minors as a catcher for four years and a pitcher for two years before being pulled up to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010, where he pitched relief for one season. Retiring from professional baseball after spring training in 2011, he took a year off to teach baseball and Bible study, and to travel, before enrolling at UNC Chapel Hill.

In preparing for his upcoming role as student body president, Summers said he’ll draw on many of his previous life experiences.

Not one to coast along, Summers soon filled his schedule with classes, studying, student leadership roles – and track and field. In fact, though he wasn’t fast enough to compete as a sprinter, the university’s track and field coach noticed his “above-average” arm and put a javelin in it. According to GoHeels.com, Summers has since qualified for two straight NCAA East Prelims in the javelin and earned All-ACC honors for taking second in the javelin at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships last year. He has also earned All-ACC Academic honors and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors each year he has competed and was named to the Capital One Division I Academic All-District track and field/cross country teams.

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So with an already more-than-full schedule and a long list of accomplishments, just what motivated Summers to run for student body president? “So many people had a negative idea of what Carolina was. I felt angered by that,” he said. “It’s such a great university and it’s the last public university with a balance of an extremely high level of academics and athletics … I didn’t want to see it so tainted.” Summers’ campaign platform focused on student unity, athletic reform and college affordability. He’s already got firm ideas about how to honor diversity while breaking down stereotypes, to create a summer bridge program aimed at supporting incoming athletes as they learn to balance the rigors of coursework and sports training, and to work

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“I draw from my playing career – every at bat is a new at bat and every day is a new day. You learn from the past and keep moving forward.” And then there are those memorable words from Coach Gann. “We were in the locker room and Coach Gann told the players something I won’t ever forget: ‘We’ve got someone in here who has been offered a Division 1 scholarship to play baseball and is probably going to be drafted to play baseball professionally … and if that kid doesn’t work hard, I don’t care, I’ll cut him, too.’ “That stuck with me always,” Summers said. Gann has no doubt that Summers will have many more successes in life because whatever he sets his mind to doing, whether it be a doctor, as he has aspired to be since he had personal experience with a serious illness, or a politician or an educator, he’ll prepare and work hard, just as he did as a teenager on his high school baseball team. Of his hometown of Summerfield, Summers said, “I feel like Summerfield is a town where people work hard and want to help each other out. For me, it’s kind of the ideal small town … no matter where I’ve been, it feels comfortable there. I can drive down to Shorty’s gas station and find a place where people want to help. I’ve taken that with me wherever I’ve gone – I’m my neighbor’s keeper.” Among Summers’ many fans are his mother and father, Laurie and Harold, and younger sister and brother, Holly and Hayden Summers of Summerfield.

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BUZZ CUTS LAWN & LANDSCAPE INC. Buzzer-beater specials through April 15! Pine needles, mulch, weed control, fertilization & mowing. Annual service agreement discount! Buzz, (336) 509-6464. TOO MUCH YARD WORK TO HANDLE? I do leaf clean up, pruning & tree trimming, bed & yard work, odd jobs. Honest, reliable & reasonable. (336) 464-5215. TLC LAWN CARE Affordable mowing, seeding, aeration, fertilization and weed control. (336) 681-0097.

GreenScapes Mulch & Pine Needles • Tree Cutting Concrete Sidewalks / Driveways Landscaping • Lot / Land Clearing Stump Grinding / Removal Bobcat & Dump Truck Services Leaf Removal • Parking Lot Cleanup

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MY GROUNDSKEEPER Landscaping and lawn care, shrubs, mulch, cut low limbs and more. Timothy, 643-5154.

TRU-GREEN TURF & LANDSCAPE Management. Free estimates. (336) 362-6181.

STUMP GRINDING – FREE ESTIMATES Big or small, we grind them all. 382-3860.

concrete & repairs. Free estimates. (336)

HOUSE & YARD HOME MAINTENANCE “Anything to improve your home and property.” Jeff Ziglar, 456-9992 / 643-9609.

STEVE NEWMAN TREE SERVICE. Free est. Lic/Ins. 30 yrs. exp. Bucket truck & chipper, total cleanup. Selective thinning & lot clearing. 24-hr. ER svc. OR, NC. 643-1119.

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BOWMAN’S LAWN SERVICE Serving the Triad for over 25 years. Trusted, professional lawn care. Free est. 749-1307. TRU-GREEN TURF & LANDSCAPE Management. Turf care, landscape maintenance, plant and shrub installation, pinestraw and mulch, mosquito control. Free estimates. (336) 362-6181. BRAD’S BOBCAT. Snow removal! Mulching, landscaping, concrete work. 362-3647. GUZMAN LANDSCAPE & MAINTENANCE Pine needles, mulch, leaf removal, tree pruning, complete lawn maintenance. 655-6490. CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICE Complete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, 643-9332. CarolinaStumpAndTreeService.com.

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BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLAR No job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic/Ins. Call Mark for savings. 337-7924.

PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR, 32 years exp. Sheetrock repair. No job too small. Insured. Call Brad Rogers, 314-3186.

CINDY’S PAINTING. Interior painting, wallpaper removal. References & free estimates avail. (336) 708-9155.

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ROOFING PREMIER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION Insurance specialist, free inspections, residential & commercial. 545-3277 anytime. A.L. CORMAN ROOFING INC. Res. roofing specialist serving Guilford Cty. area since 1983. Member BBB 25+ years w/ A+ rating. cormanroofinginc.com, 621-6962. CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLC Residential roofing, rubber flat roofs, roof coating, metal roofs. 30 years experience. Now accepting all major credit cards. Call 643-8191 or 580-3245.

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COMPUTER REPAIRS $99.

SEASONED FIREWOOD, $80/half cord, delivered and stacked. Call 686-6373.

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