June 21 - 27, 2018
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Owen States Valedictorian
IN THIS ISSUE Apologize offered.......................3
by MARC PRUITT
by MARC PRUITT
Your Questions.............................4
A diverse group of 338 seniors from Northern Guilford walked across the stage of the Greensboro Coliseum last Saturday to receive their high school diplomas and become members of the Class of 2018.
Northwest Guilford’s Class of 2018 has plenty to be proud of.
News Briefs...................................5
Four hundred fifty-one graduates walked across the stage to receive their diplomas last Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum. Their next chapters await.
Northern Guilford grads..............8
No more senioritis. No more SAT or ACT prep courses or exams. No more rushing to class to avoid the tardy bell.
Capri D’Souza Valedictorian
This year’s graduating class earned $8,377,095 in grants and scholarships and contributed 29,339 service-learning hours to their community.
A whole new world awaits them now. For Owen States, the valedictorian and a member of the cross country and track and field teams, the moment was bittersweet. Annika Preheim Salutatorian
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Capri D’Souza, a recipient of the Morehead-Cain scholarship to UNC Chapel Hill, was the class valedictorian. Kyle Tharringon Salutatorian
Council, staff endure long, heated meeting Tensions high and agenda packed after two-month break by PATTI STOKES SUMMERFIELD – After cancelling its regular monthly meeting scheduled for May 10, Summerfield Town Council convened on June 12 with a jampacked agenda and a meeting room overflowing with citizens. Todd Rotruck, the council member whose seat was
declared vacant when the Board of Elections unanimously voted on April 17 that he is not eligible to vote in Summerfield, was conspicuously absent from the council table. Rotruck hopes to regain his council seat after an appeal he has filed to the BOE’s decision is heard sometime in July. Mayor Gail Dunham called the meeting to order about 6:35 p.m. after asking that more chairs be set up for about 25 people who stood
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Dry tap fees among topics of special meeting June 21 by STEVE MANN
STOKESDALE – A special meeting to discuss topics involving Stokesdale’s water system, including dry tap fees, will be held June 21, 7 p.m., at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel-Pardue Road. Alisa Houk, interim town clerk, said the main purpose of the meeting is to discuss the contract with Yates Construction Co., the town’s utility contractor, and the current contract with engineering firm McGill Associates.
Other items on the agenda include a discussion of passing the costs of plan review and inspection fees to the developer, water tank maintenance and painting, and how to estimate flushing amount for water billing to the town. The council also will go into closed session to discuss several citizens’ past due water bills. Some citizens, including Mayor John Flynt, have been vocal about
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