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‘Golden era’ coming to a close Golden Antiques to vacate Summerfield shopping center April 20 by GERRI HUNT SUMMERFIELD – On the morning of Friday, March 27, Golden Antiques & Treasures was bustling as usual. Kevin Golden, who owns the business with his wife Wendy, paused from a conversation to greet visitors stepping through the entrance. Sellers busily set up tables at the front of the store with merchandise. Booth vendors fluffed Photos by L.A. Logan/NWO
pillows and rearranged glassware. Shoppers stepped aside in the aisles to swap places with others exiting booths.
double and the lease would be on a month-to-month basis. The store’s last day in Summerfield will be Monday, April 20.
But a closer look at Kevin revealed something was very wrong. Gripping a coffee mug with his name splashed all over it, he was both wide-eyed and teary-eyed.
On Friday morning, Don Hebner loaded crates with whimsical wooden ducks in green and yellow. But he was bringing them into his wife Toni’s booth, not packing them up to leave.
“It’s just now hitting me,” he said. After five years, Golden Antiques is preparing to relocate after a representative of the shopping center’s new owner notified the Goldens last month that the store’s rent would more than
Toni was the very first vendor to set up shop when Golden Antiques opened. She sells new furniture and home décor. “It has been a true joy to be
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Photo by Gerri Hunt/NWO
Ironically, as Don Hebner (shown) and his wife Toni prepare to transition with Golden Antiques to a new location, the bench Don is bringing into Toni’s vendor booth says “stay.”
NAHS hosts 3rd annual art show Northern Guilford High School’s National Art Honor Society seeks to bring awareness of the arts in schools to the community. On April 1, the society hosted its third annual art show, which featured art from students in the public schools that feed into the high school. Members of the NAHS raised money for the art awards that were given, made and distributed posters around the school and the Northern community, and set up and took down all of the artwork on the day of the show. Shown at left, Northern Guilford student Kate Hoyle stands beside one of her art pieces, which received first place at the show. (Right) Northern Guilford’s band director, Ed Kimbrough (aka “Soul Man”), and the school’s jazz band performed during the show. See more photos at Facebook.com/ NorthwestObserver (posted April 2).
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