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‘Loafers’ live up to their name Retirees ponder life while congregating at Summerfield Feed Mill by STEVE HUFFMAN SUMMERFIELD – Arlene Neal lays out a warning right off the bat. “Don’t believe anything you hear out there,” she said. “It’s all lies.” Maybe so, but they’re goodnatured fibs. Welcome to Summerfield Feed Mill and a daily gathering of the “loafers,” named for the old-timers who make up the assemblage.
Members come together for conversation, camaraderie and stabs at solving the world’s problems. They’re successful at two of the three. “It’s a great place to come, tell your troubles, tell what happened last year, 20 years ago,” said William Guthrie Brown, a former employee of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. “We tell some lies, but we don’t argue,” chimed in Eugene
Adkins, retired from Lorillard Tobacco Co. Weather permitting, participants gather about 9:30 most mornings on the loading dock of Summerfield Feed Mill, a business almost 100 years in the making. In inclement weather, the loafers – anywhere from five to 12 are included on a typical morning – take their conversation inside. Regardless, quitting time
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Photo by Steve Huffman/NWO
The “loafers” congregate at Summerfield Feed Mill most days from about 9:30 a.m. until “punching-out time.”
Too many unknowns about property plans, say neighbors A PD-R rezoning request for 80 homes on 82.75 acres prompts concern over private trail, road connection and water supply by PATTI STOKES
This is all very stressful, as we feel we were sold one thing and now we actually have something different.” Dawn Treacy, Linville Oaks resident
OAK RIDGE – Truth be told, property owner Kevin Harvick and local developer Kevan Combs probably anticipated at least some resistance from neighbors when they submitted two separate applications to rezone land off Haw River Road that is owned by Harvick, and on which his home is located. A public hearing to consider Harvick’s
request to rezone two properties totaling about 133 acres will be held during the Oak Ridge Planning and Zoning Board on Thursday, April 24. The board will make a recommendation on whether to approve the requests, and a second public hearing will be held during the town council meeting on Thursday, May 1, after which the council will make a final decision.
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