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Latest section of I-73 close to opening Ofﬁcials hope the section of highway between N.C. 68 and Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard will open within the next week by JOE GAMM NW GUILFORD – North Carolina Department of Transportation officials want to set a firm opening date for the segment

of I- 73 that continues the highway from Pleasant Ridge Road to Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard. As of Wednesday, June 28, they wanted to, but couldn’t – yet.

Photo by Joe Gamm/NWO

The opening of a little more than 2 miles of I-73, connecting the highway between N.C. 68 and Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard, is imminent, NCDOT ofﬁcials said. In this photo taken on June 28, some of the signs are in place over southbound lanes, but the stripes have not been painted on the road. The segment of interstate is part of a $176.6 million highway construction project.

Too many little questions remained, according to Mike Mills, NCDOT Division 7 engineer. “I’ve not heard of a big opening date yet,” Mills said. “It’s close. It probably won’t

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Retired firefighter evolves into cornhole champ In the American Cornhole League rankings, Roger Brooks is fifth in North Carolina by JOE GAMM Roger Brooks demonstrates his championship form for tossing cornhole bags. The retired firefighter estimates he has won between 125 and 150 tournaments.  Photo by Joe Gamm/NWO |

OAK RIDGE – Cornhole tournaments happen just about any day of the week. And they happen in some unusual places. Roger Brooks has played on the deck of an aircraft carrier, with wind blowing hard enough to blow a beanbag right off a cornhole board.

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IN THIS ISSUE News in Brief ................................3 Your Questions ............................4 Beeson Road resident ................5 Summerfield Town Council ........6

Neighboring homeowners experience unexplained drop in water pressure All is well for now, but homeowners puzzled by dramatic decrease in static water levels by STEVE MANN STOKESDALE – For more than a week, John McKenzie

and two of his neighbors in the Oak Creek subdivision lived the nightmare feared by homeowners with a well – the possibility of no water. McKenzie told the Stokesdale Town Council at its weekly June 21 meet-

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Youth sync ...................................8

Crime/Incident Report ............. 14

NWHS hires new football coach .. 9

Community Calendar .............. 15

Hydraulic fluid spill ................... 11

Grins & Gripes ........................... 17

Business Notes .......................... 12

Classifieds ................................. 19

Bits & Pieces .............................. 13

Index of Advertisers .................23

NEWS in brief

In memory of 'Doc'

and meetings; meeting conduct; complaints against committee members; and grounds for removing committee members. The ad-hoc committee made up of “representative community stakeholders” will be charged with rewriting and finalizing updates to Summerfield’s existing development ordinance, which has been in a state of revision for almost five years. The committee’s ultimate goal is to adopt a citizen-supported UDO that is better aligned with the comprehensive plan adopted in 2010.

Longtime Summerfield resident William Henry “Doc” Long died in his home on June 11. He was 93. Services for Long were held on June 18. Long is remembered for starting several businesses in northwest Guilford County. He loved to recount the story of how the Bible an aunt gave him before he went off to fight in World War II saved his life. Watch for an article about Long in next week’s Northwest Observer.

Photo courtesy of Patty Long Hill | Doc Long

UDO Review Committee formed SUMMERFIELD – Thirteen Summerfield residents with varying levels of civic engagement and experience were recently selected by Summerfield Town Council to serve as members of a newly formed UDO (Unified Development Ordinance) Review Committee. When the council first discussed forming the committee in May, it agreed it would look at citizen applicants' length of time lived in the town, previous experience with land use and other community issues, commitment to remaining objective, and “strong dedication” to

meeting twice a month for the next several months. Summerfield Town Councilman Mike Adams was one of two council members who served with staff on a subcommittee that wrote a UDO Review Committee Ordinance prior to seeking applicants. That ordinance addresses several issues, including the purpose of the committee; membership size and composition; responsibilities of committee members; ethics and conflicts of interest; organization, rules, records

Summerfield Councilman Mike Adams, who will serve as a non-voting council representative on the UDO Review

Committee, said some citizens who applied to serve on the committee seemed drawn to it because of their strong feelings about a proposed text amendment to create a Planned Development (PD) zoning district. The proposed amendment, which surfaced last fall, prompted a fierce outcry from citizens who said PDs would be detrimental to the long-term health of the community. “There were some applicants who really felt this committee is built all around the PD,” Adams said. “I consciously did not use the word PD when I was talking about the UDO Committee because it

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As a follow-up to a question in last week’s issue regarding NCDOT doing more to encourage drivers of tractortrailers to use I-73, one of our readers emailed to share this perspective: “I live within 250 feet of the (U.S. 220/N.C. 68) Connector/I-73, about a mile north of N.C. 68. I can tell your subscribers that there are hundreds of trucks using the connector on a daily basis. I also use N.C. 68 to go to Oak Ridge and the traffic on N.C. 68 is dramatically lighter since the opening.” And this week we received a similar question about tractor trailer traffic using our local two-lane highways, so we’ve repeated some of what we wrote last week and offered some additional information about the rules truck drivers must follow. This week, I passed a large overturned truck on N.C. 150, just outside Oak Ridge. I’ve noticed an increase in the number of large trucks on N.C. 150/Oak Ridge Road.

North Carolina truck network map which can be found at www.connect. ncdot.gov/business/trucking/Pages/ Truck-Network-and-Restrictions.aspx. If you go to this website you’ll see the routes available to all tractor trailers, restricted routes for tandem trucks and twin trailers, and routes for which some tandem trucks and twin trailers may travel if the trucking firm has received a variance from NCDOT (unless a variance has been granted, tandem trucks or twin trailers are only allowed on interstate and U.S. highways, not state highways). As for single-trailer trucks traveling on two-lane state-maintained highways, there is no law that prohibits it as long as the trailer is less than or equal to 53 feet – and of course, drivers of single-trailer trucks on state highways must follow the

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As we stated in last week’s issue, the volume of tractor trailers using the new segment of I-73 that opened May 19 is increasing each week, as more drivers become informed about the new interstate. Expect the volume of tractor trailer traffic on the new interstate to further increase when the northern end of the N.C. 68/U.S. 220 Connector (I-73) in Rockingham County opens later this fall and when a section of I-73 that runs from the Bryan Boulevard/Airport Parkway interchange, near Piedmont Triad International Airport, to N.C. 68 opens within the next week. And also as we stated last week, sometimes it will still make sense for drivers of single-trailer trucks to use two-lane state highways to travel to their local destinations.

Are there any laws prohibiting or limiting tractor trailers, semis, tandem trucks and the like on main twolane roads in the Summerfield and Oak Ridge areas? In answer to this question, NCDOT division engineer Bobby Norris shared a link to a

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Neighbors, passersby question elderly woman’s motives for requesting money by JOE GAMM

or maybe a grandson.

OAK RIDGE – Beeson Road neighbors and passersby are concerned about an elderly woman who has been flagging down drivers and asking them for money.

Regardless, the woman told us the man wasn’t available to talk to us.

After receiving phone calls and emails questioning the woman’s well-being, the Northwest Observer went to the woman’s residence to investigate. As the reporter neared her home she waved at him – not with a “hello” wave, rather a two-handed “come here” wave. The 88-year-old woman’s dog, an aging black Labrador retriever named “Soulsa,” barked and carried on as the reporter parked in her driveway and got out of his car. After reassuring the reporter the dog wouldn’t bite, the woman boldly asked him for $5; she claimed the money was for her son, who was inside the home asleep. He suffers from numerous maladies – cancer, gall bladder issues and a hernia – she said. We have since confirmed the Beeson Road resident does not have a son. It’s more likely the man inside the home is a nephew, acquaintances say,

Neighbors wonder whether the man who lives with the elderly woman is aware of her begging for money – and if so, perhaps he even encourages it. Cheryl Millmore, a supervisor for Guilford County Aging and Adult Services, said the agency must have three criteria before investigating the wellbeing of an elderly person. First, there must be a suspicion of abuse, neglect or exploitation. Second, the elderly person must be disabled in some way. And third, there must be an indication that the person is in need of protection. Millmore confirmed her agency has received reports about the woman in the past, but has no plans to investigate the incident further. She said the agency will, however, send someone out to be certain the woman receives any services she needs. The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office has also been contacted about the woman. Detective C.A. Rogers said her

department has been in direct contact with the woman and her family and let them know others are concerned. Beyond that, there’s little more the sheriff’s office can do. “She’s not impeding traffic,” Rogers said. “She waves at people going by. When people call and complain, they are concerned.” As she sat on her porch watching deer frolicking in a field across the road, something she said she does every day, the woman said her neighbors on Beeson Road are just too nosey. This summer, she has some ground tilled up for a garden, but nothing’s growing there. The deer ate her “40 ’mater plants plum down to the ground,” she said. The woman has lived in her home on Beeson Road for about 65 years. Her late husband, who served in the Korean War, died in January 2016. Neighbors and acquaintances who contacted our newspaper told us the woman’s requests for money are nothing new. While her husband was alive, they said she used to ask neighbors for money

She’s not impeding traffic… She waves at people going by. When people call and complain, they are concerned.” Detective Charlotte Rogers, Sheriff’s District 1 Office

on the promise of paying it back; that never happened, until her husband found out about the “loans” and repaid them. Susan Robertson said she grew up in the Beeson Road area and has known the woman all her life. The man who lives with the woman is Robertson’s grandson, she said, and she’s not aware of him having any health issues. Robertson fears the woman is being encouraged to ask strangers for money. “I feel sorry for her,” Robertson said, adding that for many years the woman used to bake pies and sell them at a farmers’ market in Kernersville. “It breaks my heart to see her beside the road begging like that. For the newcomers, she’s just a crazy lady standing out there. For us natives, knowing that that’s (the woman) who used to bake those pies, it breaks your heart,” Robertson said.

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SUMMERFIELD town council

June 13 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTS (continued from our June 23 issue) as reported by PATTI STOKES

PUBLIC HEARING  Rezoning Case RZ-10-17, CU-OSRD (Conditional Use – Open Space Residential District) to CU-OSRD with a condition change; the property consists of 30.24 acres located along Strader Road.  Town Planning Director Carrie Spencer explained this rezoning was before the council again because the developer, Bill Yearns of WY Acquisitions LLC, wished to change one of the 12 conditions he proposed as part of his initial rezoning request which was approved last September. That condition states that “all dwellings shall have at least two side-loaded garages” and Yearns wishes to change this to “all dwellings shall have at least two side-loaded garages except for lots along Strader Road.” Proponents. Bill Yearns told the council he needed its help in correcting a mistake. “It became obvious that I should have allowed front-loading garages in some areas… I’m trying to remove this one condition, and we are ready to go

with all the other conditions,” he said, adding that most of the houses will not be very visible from Strader Road, so this would be an inconspicuous change. Opponents. Jane Jackson of Strader Road said none of the existing houses in the neighborhood have front-facing garages and that Yearns’ new subdivision was changing the whole character of Strader Road. She questioned whether this subdivision was consistent with the Town’s comprehensive plan and said she and other neighbors were concerned that Yearns would make more change requests in the future. Council discussion. During council and staff discussion, Yearns emphasized that front-loading garages on some of the homes in the subdivision would give him needed flexibility, require less impervious surface because of how the homes could be orientated, and the homes would be barely visible from Strader Road.

 5  0 to remove the condition

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TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT

Public Record Requests. Councilman Mike Adams motioned that an accurate accounting be made of all staff time, legal counsel time, mailing and any other associated costs relating to public record requests. Additionally, he suggested the name of the person making the public record requests be disclosed.

SAP Parking Lot. Town Manager Scott Whitaker explained a temporary roadway was needed to protect park users and the existing paving and infrastructure at Summerfield Athletic Park on U.S. 220 while a second parking lot was being constructed. The area proposed for the temporary road access is off Winfree Road and the property owner has agreed to a sum of $1,000 for a construction easement. “It is worth keeping heavy equipment off our park pavement and messing up things in the park,” Whitaker advised.

 5  0 to approve the construction easement for $1,000. Bid Award. Five companies bid on constructing the northern parking lot at Summerfield Athletic Park, with bids ranging from $524,999 to $659,712. Whitaker said the Town has positive experience working with the low bidder, P&S Grading, and recommended they be awarded the project. WithersRavenal, the engineer firm overseeing the project, has checked P&S Grading’s references.

Mayor Brown said he felt this action was “well-needed.” “A lot of times we don’t know every request that you get and I think that would help us know what staff is doing,” Councilwoman Dena Barnes said to Whitaker. “It also might give us the opportunity to educate members of the public who don’t know how that process works,” Town Attorney Bill Hill responded, adding, “I do feel you have an inordinate amount of these requests.”  Councilman John O’Day said he would like more information about the volume of public record requests and would like the public to have that information as well.

 5  0 to award the parking lot

“The public record requests that come from one citizen cost this town thousands of dollars,” Whitaker said, adding,

Master plan. Whitaker said last month the council instructed him to enter into negotiations with WithersRavenal to design a master plan for the Summerfield Road and Oak Ridge Road intersection. The project’s scope will include a master concept plan for the Town’s properties at each corner of the intersection, transportation planning and addressing future increased parking needs. The plan will also include use recommendations for the 13+ acre tract the Town owns northeast of the intersection. WithersRavenal has agreed to coordinate its master plan to some extent with the architect of the Gordon Hardware building. The firm’s proposed contract is for $45,000.

“We have requests that come in like rapid fire machine guns and it takes time. I see it in the attorney’s time to review them and it goes across the whole gamut of staff. A lot of clerk’s time, my time, the financial officer’s time, and at times it goes to Parks and Recreation. It is a considerable amount of requests and the majority (of requests) comes from a few. I think it’s worth looking at closely and making the public aware of it.”

project to P&S Grading at a price of $524,999.

 5  0 to contract with WithersRavenal for $45,000, with terms and

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 5  0 to create an accurate ac-

counting of the costs associated with responding to public record requests, which will include staff and attorney time, mailing costs and names of those making the requests, dating back to Jan. 1, 2017. Water feasibility study. Whitaker gave an overview of what had transpired since last July, when the council held a special called meeting to discuss the potential need of water for fire protection as well as a regional water supply source for long-term planning. At the conclusion of that meeting, the council agreed to explore water options at a regional level. A series of events and discussions since then has led Summerfield to join Stokesdale, Oak Ridge and Guilford County in developing a Memorandum of Understanding to undergo a water feasibility study. After an RFQ process, the Timmons Group was selected to perform the study at a contract price of $175,000. “This is not a full-scale design of a water system,” Whitaker emphasized. “We are looking at all feasible water sources and the possible formation of a water authority to ultimately manage such a system if we were to move in that direction." The municipalities of Stokesdale, Oak Ridge and Guilford County recently

voted to move forward with the water feasibility study.

 5  0 to approve the multi-judicial contract with the Timmons Group to conduct a water feasibility study at a contract price of $175,000. The study will be funded by money already allocated in the state budget. UDO Review Committee. Adams said that after listening to citizens, the council had recently taken steps to finalize development ordinance revisions. “It (citizen input) was terrific from a council’s perspective,” he said, explaining that interest in the UDO (Unified Development Ordinance) as a whole prompted the council on April 11 to form a citizen advisory board which would review the entire UDO. On May 9 the council approved an ordinance developed by Adams, council member John O’Day and staff, and a subcommittee was subsequently asked to look carefully at all things associated with the UDO Review Committee ordinance. Adams proceeded to read the ordinance that was initially proposed, with suggested changes that had been proposed in the last month.

 5  0 to adopt recommended

changes to the UDO Review Committee Ordinance (see News Briefs for details).

 5  0 to approve a contract with Piedmont Triad Regional Council, in the amount of $9,995, to provide staff and

share UDO Review Committee facilitation duties with Bill McNeill Planning Solutions (MPS).

Gant is qualified to perform those duties so he requested she be designated as deputy clerk.

UDO Review Committee appointments. Council discussed the process that had been used to seek and interview UDO Committee applicants before arriving at a list of 13 recommended committee members.

“This is a temporary response to a situation,” Whitaker said.

 5  0 in separate votes, to approve

the subcommittee’s 13 recommended citizens to serve on the UDO Review Committee.

 5  0 to appoint Andrew Broom, "a citizen who has not been engaged with town committees or other government activities before," as UDO Review Committee chairman, pending his acceptance of the chairmanship role.  Dwayne Crawford suggested that applicants not selected to serve on the committee be encouraged to attend committee meetings so if/when a vacancy occurs they would be up to speed. Council agreed to send all UDO Review Committee applicants a letter encouraging them to attend committee meetings. Deputy clerk. Whitaker said Mary Gant has been filling in for Town Clerk Valarie Halvorsen, who has been out on requested sick leave for the last several weeks. There is a statutory provision that allows a town to designate a temporary clerk, he explained, and said

 5  0 to appoint Mary Gant as deputy clerk. REPORTS, UPDATES  Whitaker said the contractor who was to pave the gravel lot and driveway near the Vandergrift property is busy and cannot undertake the project by June 30, the end of the current fiscal year, as hoped, so he suggested hiring P&S Grading; the company is available and has agreed to complete the project for the agreed upon price. Seasonal worker. A seasonal position for Parks and Recreation has been filled, Whitaker reported, noting that with several big tournaments at the athletic park there is definitely a need for the second parking lot that will get underway next month.

CLOSED SESSION  Council went into a closed session at 8:56 p.m. to “address the amount of compensation and other terms of an employment contract and to consider the qualifications, competence, etc. of initial employment of an employee.” After the council reconvened at 9:15 p.m., the meeting was adjourned.

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Dylan Bailey Smith of Troop 316 and Venture Crew 316 recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Dylan, 17, is a rising senior at Northern Guilford High School and resident of Summerfield. For his Eagle Scout leadership service project, Dylan created a children’s library for the Spears YMCA on Horse Pen Creek Road in northwest Greensboro. His efforts included collecting 1,100 children’s books and constructing five bookcases. Those who donated books were from Northern Guilford High School, Troop 316 and Venture Crew 316. “I would like to thank my mentor at the

YMCA, Nick Zamboni,” Dylan said. “I would also like to thank David Hoggard, Erich ThompDylan Smith son, and Pete Williams for providing me the location and tools for the construction of the bookcases; Bill Ricketts and Tom Franklin for their advice, knowledge and the physical help they provided me; and my parents, Brent and Michelle Smith, my sister Kayla Smith and my Uncle Barry Smith for their continual encouragement, support and help throughout this experience.”

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filled up each year the town offered it. Children ranging in ages from 6 to 12 came from Greensboro, Oak Ridge, Stokesdale and Summerfield for the event. One even came from West Virginia, according to Cheryl Gore, Summerfield’s assistant town manager and events coordinator. Children fished off the fishing pier in the 4.6-acre lake or off the shore. “They caught some pretty large fish this year,” Gore said. As part of National Fishing and Boating Week, every year before the derby

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NWHS hires new football coach After being introduced to players on June 26, Kevin Wallace said he is ‘excited to get going’ by MARC PRUITT Soon after being introduced as Northwest High School’s new head football coach on Monday, June 26, Kevin Wallace hit the ground running with his first team work-out and about 55 players. It was the first time Wallace had been back to R.L. Billings Stadium since Friday, Oct. 20, when as offensive coordinator he called the game-winning touchdown play for Glenn High School in the final seconds of a 47-45 win against Northwest in a Piedmont-Triad 4-A Conference game. Glenn’s tight end caught a touchdown pass in the back of the end zone to cap the win. Wallace said he took some good-natured ribbing on Monday from one of the Vikings who hadn’t forgotten about the play. “Tre’ Turner came up to me (Monday) and said, ‘You know he was out of bounds, right?’ “I said, ‘I’ve watched the film a few more times and he was in.’ We had a good laugh about it.” Then on a more serious note Wallace said, “But the first thing I told the kids who were there was that I knew the last two weeks had been really hard on them. I told them the past doesn’t matter anymore. I don’t care what happened last week, last year or two weeks ago. We need to concentrate on moving forward and not so much about worrying what’s in the past.” Wallace replaces Jared Rolfes, who resigned earlier this month to become head football coach at Page High School in Greensboro.

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This will be Wallace’s first head coaching job, but he brings with him eight Kevin Wallace years of coaching experience at the high school and college levels. He was the offensive coordinator at Glenn High School in Kernersville for the last two seasons and had recently taken the same position at West Forsyth before accepting the job at Northwest Guilford. Wallace served in several roles at Greensboro College from 2012-2015, including offensive coordinator, strength coach and offensive line coach. Before Greensboro College he had coaching stops at Apprentice School (Newport News, Virginia), Frostburg State (Frostburg, Maryland), and LaSalle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), where he also played offensive line for the Explorers before graduating in 2008. Wallace is credited with helping rejuvenate Glenn’s offense the last two seasons, as the Bobcats averaged more than 35 points and 375 yards per game. “We’re not set completely on everything we’ll do at this point,” he said of his game plan for the Vikings. “What I’ve tried to do with calling plays the last five years is identify who our playmakers and our best athletes are, and we adapt to their talents and abilities. Everyone thinks we threw the ball all the time the last two years at Glenn, but if you look back at our stats, we ran it 51 percent of the time and threw it 49 percent. We threw for more yardage and had more explosive plays because of the talent we had at those spots. “I know we have a good returning crew and they’ve done some spread stuff here, so we’ll find out what our talents are,” he continued. “It’s a quick learning process. You know who the big-name kids

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...continued from p. 8 the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission stocks the lake with 500 catfish. Volunteers from Community Lutheran Church helped the successful fisher-people measure their catch. The largest fish caught was a 12 ¾ -inch catfish. Stormwater SMART, which was created by the Piedmont Triad Regional Council to assist local governments to meet and exceed stormwater outreach and education, also participated in the event. “They really teach what you can do to protect the environment,” Gore said. “They brought microscopes so the kids could look closely at what is in the lake.” The organization also shared information that helped the children identify what they found in the water.

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We can’t preach to these kids about handling adversity if I’m not able to do it myself because I got hired a little later than normal.” Kevin Wallace, new head football coach at NWHS

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the offense through spring workouts, will play at Northwest on Sept. 29, and Page, under Rolfes, will play at Northwest on Oct. 13.

Accepting his new job was one of two major life changes for Wallace. Saturday will mark three weeks since he got married. He interviewed for the Northwest coaching job three days after his wedding, went home, finished packing his bags, and hopped on a plane to Spain to celebrate his honeymoon for 12 days. While out of the country he remained in contact with Northwest’s athletic director, John Hughes, and principal, Ralph Kitley, via email before Kitley sent him a message offering him the job.

“Funny how that all lined up for us, isn’t it?” Wallace said with a laugh.

“Playing against Northwest the last two years and knowing about the program, the school, the area – it was always a job that was appealing to me,” Wallace said. “I always thought this would be a great place to build a program and now I get that chance," Wallace said. In a strange twist of fate, the schedule this season will offer Wallace some interesting match-ups. Northwest will play at arch-rival Northern Guilford on Sept. 8. Northern’s head football coach, Erik Westberg, is one of Wallace’s best friends and was a groomsman in his wedding. “Erik and I go way back to when we coached together at Apprentice High School and then again at Greensboro College,” Wallace said. “My wife is already telling me we need to be sure and beat them, and I told her I just want to get through today before we start talking about that.” West Forsyth, where Wallace had led

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As for being a head coach for the first time, he said he is ready. “I’ve made lot of good connections the last few years,” he said. “I won’t hesitate to call somebody to find out how to do things better. I’m a life-long learner, and this game is so cyclical with what it does. “I’ve made a lot of friends the last few years who have won a lot of football games in this state – Adrian Snow (West Forsyth), Josh McGee (Reagan), Mark Holcomb (former coach at North Davidson and now the coach at Oak Grove) – they’ve been through a lot of situations. I’ve talked to Jared (Rolfes) a little bit too, and he’s been great during the transition. I’ll continue to build relationships with everyone, knowing the buck stops with me now. My job is to get everyone on board with knowing what their role is – from players, to parents, to assistant coaches, to administrators – and having them understand how important they are to our success. “I want what’s best for these kids, and this is a prime example of how to handle adversity because of the timing of the transition. We can’t preach to these kids about handling adversity if I’m not able to do it myself because I got hired a little later than normal. We’ll get going and concentrate on the process of getting better every day. I’m very excited to get going.”

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A broken hose on a Republic Services truck led to a hydraulic ﬂuid spill in Huntcliff subdivision

clean up the spill, but Beal said although the cleaners “tried to tackle it,” a great deal of residue remained in the road several hours later. Dennis Moriarty, a general manager with Republic Services, confirmed in an emailed statement that a rupture in a hydraulic line on the side-load collection vehicle allowed hydraulic fluid to escape onto the road in the Huntcliff neighborhood. According to Moriarty, the driver followed procedures to prevent further release of fluid and deployed a “spill kit” to contain the spill.

by JOE GAMM STOKESDALE – Equipment failure on a Republic Services garbage truck on Friday, June 23, resulted in hydraulic fluid spilling onto the road. The spill happened about 8:30 a.m. at Chestershire Road and Perthshire Drive, residents said. “I’m pretty upset,” said Ed Beal, whose home sits at the intersection. “I talked to the guy on the garbage truck. He said they’d send in a crew to clean it up.” Republic Services did send a crew to

In a follow-up email, Moriarty stated the spill was only eight to 10 gallons and did not leave the roadway, so the company was not required to notify any regulatory agency.

Ed Beal stands alongside the road outside his home in the Huntcliff neighborhood on Monday, June 26. Beal said a hydraulic line broke on a Republic Services truck the previous Friday morning and it wasn’t until several hours later that all the ﬂuid was cleaned up off the roadway.

Mike Bullock, a neighborhood resident who said he saw the spill early in the morning as he headed out to work, believes the spill was much more than eight to 10 gallons. “It was leaking fluid everywhere,” Bullock said. “The driver said he had somebody on the way out there and I left.”

When he returned home from work several hours later, Bullock said the fluid was still all over the road and a crew was trying to clean it up. He called the Environmental Protection Agency and the fire department. The Stokesdale Fire Department

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mittee will get to that and issues like it.

Adams looked back to 2014, when the Town “spent a fair amount of money” and hired a firm out of Raleigh to rewrite its development ordinance.

“But it is probably not going to be considered like the amendment we were trying to put through (earlier this year) – we’ll let the committee discern that,” he said. Some of the UDO Review Committee members have served on committees in Summerfield, some have served in other communities, and some have specifically dealt with town planning issues.

“We still had a lot of lingering things within our ordinances that went all the way back to 1996 (when the Town of Summerfield incorporated), which we had borrowed from Greensboro and they didn’t fit everything we were planning on doing in our town,” he said. To what extent the rewrites have taken place, Adams said he can’t say. That’s one of the things he and committee members will have a better feel for after they begin digging into the ordinance. “At times the UDO Committee will be going through things fairly quickly and at other times it may feel like a snail’s pace … they will be going through things that really need to be thought through,” he said. “At times we will have to tear it apart and make sure it fits well with the comprehensive plan. We’ll probably have to hash and rehash.” As for the PD, Adams said the com-

All have this in common, Adams said: “By nature, they have this very detailed gene in their body – because this is going to be a detailed task of getting into the weeds of the words of our ordinances.” The committee members also seem intent on ensuring the Town’s comprehensive plan is adhered to when property owners make plans to develop land and that the wording is in alignment with what residents want for the town, Adams said.

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There are currently over 65 adults in Guilford County waiting for literacy instruction. Reading Connections, the largest community-based adult literacy agency in North Carolina, is looking for volunteers who are able to spend two to four hours a week working with adult students on reading, writing, English language, math and technology skills.

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CRIME / INCIDENT report Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, District 1 has recently responded to the following incidents in northwest Guilford County.

ASSAULT June 23 | The resident of a mobile home in the 6900 block of Summerfield Road in Summerfield reported a known subject punched the trailer, causing a dent, ripped a wooden railing from the staircase and spat on a person at the home. Total damage to the property was estimated at $200. June 23 | One person pulled a gun on another person during an alleged road rage incident at 6:10 p.m. in the 200 block of East Bunker Hill Road in Colfax. The incident began on I-40 and continued after the drivers pulled off the highway in Colfax. Both parties reported being the victims; neither filed charges. June 23 | Two men who got into an argument at 11:45 p.m. in the 7700 block of Newhaven Drive in Oak Ridge each reported being assaulted by the other. According to a sheriff’s deputy, the men argued over a trespassing incident. After being advised of their right to pursue warrants, the men were separated.

BURGLARY June 19 | An unknown person broke

into the Ridgewood Swim and Tennis Club through a third-floor window sometime between 2 and 3:16 a.m. Once inside the club, located off James Doak Parkway in Summerfield, the suspect stole several cans of soda, a bag of bread rolls and a container of Nutella spread, with a total value of about $11. A Dell flat-panel monitor was damaged in the incident.

DRUGS June 20-21 | Members of the Guilford County Vice and Criminal Interdiction Unit seized about 10 pounds of marijuana in the vicinity of the FedEx Ship Center in the 6000 block of Old Oak Ridge Road in northwest Greensboro. June 20 | A Guilford County sheriff’s deputy seized a Seattle Seahawks helmet that had been modified for use as a marijuana pipe and contained marijuana residue from two female suspects; the incident occurred at 6:28 p.m. in a parking lot in the 7300 block of Goodwill Church Road in Kernersville. The suspects were cited with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

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June 23 | A known female offender was pulled over in the 6500 block of U.S. 158 in Stokesdale on a speeding violation at 7:15 p.m. The woman was found to be in possession of three-quarters of an ounce of marijuana and subsequently cited for possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

FRAUD June 23 | A resident of Shoreline Drive in Summerfield reported her son was the victim of credit card fraud which had occurred over the past year. The fraud involved about $14,000 in unauthorized charges to the son’s debit card, according to an incident report. The complainant is in the process of producing supporting documentation. June 21 | A resident of Cedar Chase Drive in northern Greensboro reported being notified his identity had been used to apply for a loan and also used during a traffic stop in Virginia.

THEFT June 21 | An unknown person reportedly took a wallet containing $400 and a debit card from a victim at the Henson Forest pool in the 7500 block of Henson Forest Drive in Summerfield shortly before midnight. The debit card was later used to buy a meal at a Cook Out restaurant in Greensboro. The theft was reported on June 23. June 21 | A Summerfield man was arrested for shoplifting at the Dollar General

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on U.S. 220 in Summerfield. An employee of the store reported that at 3:30 p.m. June 21 a known man took two Red Bull energy drinks and two bottles of overthe-counter sleep aids without paying for them. The suspect was arrested nearby with the stolen items in his possession; he was released after signing a promise to appear in court on misdemeanor larceny and possession of stolen property charges. June 22 | A resident of the 8500 block of Haw River Road in Oak Ridge reported that between 10:30 p.m. June 21 and 8 a.m. June 22, an unknown person entered his unlocked Chevrolet Avalanche and took a bag containing his wallet. The wallet contained a Social Security card, a credit card and a driver’s license. June 22 | A resident of Mount Carmel Road in Stokesdale reported an unknown person took his Wilderness kayak valued at $1,200 from his carport sometime around 3:34 p.m. June 23 | An unknown suspect stole a 70-inch and a 32-inch Samsung TV from a home in the 7100 block of Ellison Road in Stokesdale sometime between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5  Senior Program & Lunch | Oak Ridge United Methodist Church, 2424 Oak Ridge Road in Oak Ridge, will host a program and catered lunch for area residents 60 and older on July 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. RSVP to Rural Outreach Coordinator Amanda Clark at (336) 373-4816 or ruraloutreach@ senior-resources-guilford.org.  Town Council Meeting | Stokesdale Town Council holds afternoon meetings every Wednesday (unless advance notification of cancellation is posted on the Town’s website at www.stokesdale.org); the meetings are held at 4 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. A meeting agenda is not provided in advance. More info: Stokesdale@stokesdale.org or (336) 643-401.

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 Town Council Meeting | Stokesdale Town Council will hold its monthly meeting July 13, 7 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall, 8325 Angel Pardue Road. More info and meeting agenda (when available) at www.stokesdale.org.

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FRIDAY, JULY 14  Community Movie Night | The Summit Church will host a free showing of the movie “Sing” July 14 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Park, 6231 Lisa Drive. There will be free activities, drinks and popcorn before the movie begins at dark; food vendors will also be available. More info: call (336) 298-4194 or email amy.loflin@thesummitchurch.net.

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 Town Council Meeting | Oak Ridge Town Council will meet July 6, 7 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Hall, 8315 Linville Road. More info and meeting agenda at www.oakridgenc.com.

 Senior Program & Lunch | Stokesdale United Methodist Church, 8305 Loyola Drive in Stokesdale, will host a program and catered lunch for area residents 60 and older on July 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. RSVP to Rural Outreach Coordinator Amanda Clark at ruraloutreach@senior-resources-guilford.org or (336) 373-4816.

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“I played on the USS Yorktown in Charleston (South Carolina), the 65-year-old Oak Ridge man said. “The wind was blowing so hard, it would blow your bag clear off the boat. It was the most fun I’ve had playing cornhole.” Those bags by regulation are 6-inchby-6-inch squares. One side is slick while the other is “sticky.” They can be filled with feed corn or plastic pellets and must weigh between 14 and 16 ounces. The slick side allows a player to toss his bag a little short and let it slide into the hole. If the player is good, he or she can land the bag sticky-side down and block potential shots for other players. However, the good players can “air mail” their shots and land them in the hole almost every time, Brooks said. The boards have to meet specified sizes and must be placed either 21 or 30 feet apart, depending on the style of play (adult or junior). A contestant gets three points for

making a shot in the hole and one for landing a bag on the board. The low competitor’s score is subtracted from the higher score and the high scorer gets the remaining points for the round. So, if they each throw four bags and the first player sinks two and keeps one on the board, that’s seven points. If the second competitor sinks two and keeps two on the board, that’s eight points. The second competitor receives a total of one point. The first to 21 wins the game. It’s serious work, Brooks said. During tournaments, he said, judges will weigh and measure the bags to be certain nobody is trying to gain an unfair advantage. And well they should. Prizes won during tournaments can be pretty sweet. Brooks recently won $1,600. He’s brought home cash, gift certificates and even electric guitars. He won the big jackpot during a “money shot” game, in which a jackpot

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He’ll start walking about 6:30 or 7:30 a.m., and sometimes doesn’t stop until about 10:30 a.m.

Brooks, a former captain in the Greensboro Fire Department, picked up the game about six years ago, when he retired.

Although he said he wasn’t overweight to begin with, Brooks has lost 20 pounds since his surgery.

“I won my first tournament that I played,” he said. “That got me hooked.”

As he recovered from the surgery, he began to practice again.

Brooks played and played – sometimes entering as many as eight tournaments in a week. He got really good. But about a year and a half ago, he felt some unusual tooth and jaw pain. Having been an Emergency Medical Technician, he recognized early signs of heart problems. He went to a doctor, hoping to have a simple procedure, but ended up needing a triple bypass. That January 2016 operation laid him up. He had to sleep in a recliner for about 10 weeks. Determined to recover, he started walking. And walking. And walking. Brooks now walks 10 miles every day. A Fitbit he wears on his hip keeps track.

“My game picked back up,” Brooks said. “I started winning a bunch of tournaments.” Brooks now practices and plays cornhole while his wife of 46 years continues to teach In the American Cornhole League rankings, he’s fifth in North Carolina. He’s ninth in the country and intends to compete in a $50,000 tournament in Cherokee in July. After winning between 125 and 150 tournaments over the years, Brooks said he still enjoys the competition. “When it ceases being fun,” he said, “that’s when I quit playing.” Check out our short video of Brooks demonstrating his cornhole talent online at facebook.com/NorthwestObserver.

NEWEST SECTION OF I-73 be this Friday (June 30). It will probably be later this weekend or early next week.” NCDOT engineers and representatives of FlatironConstruction/Blythe Development Company met late in the morning to discuss what remained to be done, he said. The company had yet to paint stripes on the remaining couple of miles to be opened. It also had to place some signs along the highway. “Can it be opened safely?” Mills asked on June 28. “Not today. Not tomorrow.

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“Sometimes, I’ll go over that,” he admitted. “The other day, I walked 16 miles.

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interstate. About 6 miles of the interstate opened on May 19, connecting U.S. 220 and N.C. 68 at Pleasant Ridge Road. The state held a ribbon-cutting for the highway on June 9. NCDOT will do whatever it can to safely speed up opening the latest section of I-73, Mills said. “If there’s some signage that’s not in place that we can handle with a message board, we’ll do that,” he said. But, he reiterated that NCDOT would not rush to open the highway if it were unsafe to do so. “We’re going to look at exactly what’s left and see if they can get the road opened,” Mills said. “If we don’t feel confident (it’s safe), we’ll wait.”

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GRINS to...  Northern Middle School’s Regional leadership for recognizing that student learning and faculty performance depend on a positive, safe culture reinforced by a strong leader. Thanks for hearing and taking immediate action on the myriad of student, parent and staff concerns.  Everyone at Stokesdale Veterinary Hospital, especially Dr. Mindy Wesely. Those who work at the practice are always very caring and loving in their advice, treatment and follow-up.  Those who leave fireworks to the professionals this Fourth. For the sake of combat veterans and pets, remember most don’t want loud, unexpected explosions around their homes. Patriotism is about your attitude, not your entertainment. Have a safe, respectful Fourth.  Baity’s Discount Tire Sales in Greensboro for its hometown feel, knowledge of automobiles and some of the best technicians around. It’s a bit of a drive, but they’re worth every mile.  Morris and Rick. I found your ad in the NWO. Picked up my mower for free and returned it to me good as new. Also, thank you for your service, and God bless!

GRIPES to...  Summerfield Post Office. When will they hire people who actually do their jobs? Carrier marks packages as picked up on her computer; meanwhile they’re still on my porch. This happened three times in one week!  Trump voters – you have been conned. President Trump has yet to deliver on promises he made to you in the cam-

paign. No wall, no coal jobs, no repeal, no Muslim ban, no legislation. You’ve been had.  All the people who move in from out-of-state but never register their cars/ trucks or pay taxes on these automobiles after becoming North Carolina residents. Why is this not enforced? Look around – it is rampant!  The people who have griped about Stokesdale’s town administrator. Come to a council meeting or business meeting before you pass judgment and spread misinformed gossip.  NGMS parents unaware of (and presumptuous about) the reasons parents “griped.” Underreporting of crime, increased bullying, fighting, theft, drug presence, threats of sexual violence, unhappy staff, glaringly poor leadership. Principals may move for many reasons, but they “get moved” for few.  People who run along N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge. It is dangerous. Use common sense and avoid running along highways, please. Treadmills, parks or neighborhoods are all great places to run safely.  CVS in Oak Ridge for the trash and weeds in the parking lot. It’s such an embarrassing eyesore in our beautiful community. “It’s the landlord’s job?” Why can’t a CVS employee pull weeds or pick up trash?  People who come in your small business talking about how they buy products at other stores cheaper. Get the owner there to fix stuff for you, they may do that cheaper too!  Those who would decimate health care for North Carolina nursing home residents, sick children, and the poor.

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was dispatched to the neighborhood at 5:20 p.m. and firefighters arrived about a minute later, Fire Chief Todd Gauldin said, reading from a call report. By that time, what was left of the hydraulic fluid had apparently dried or soaked into the road, he said. The fire department asked for a Greensboro hazardous materials team, but the team said that if the fluid had dried or soaked in, the team would not be able to help. “There’s not a whole lot you can do when it’s dried up,” Gauldin said. “If it isn’t running anywhere, you contain it and try to clean it up.” Bullock also called Guilford County Environmental Health to the scene. Joe Johnson, manager of the department, said staff assessed the spill to see if any of the fluid was “recoverable,” or had pooled somewhere off the roadway and could have reasonably been extracted, but it hadn’t. The Oil Pollution Control Act, which is most often referenced during large oil spills, doesn’t have a minimum amount to which it must be applied, he said, noting Environmental Health should be notified when even small amounts of petroleum are spilled. Johnson said he has never had any complaints about Republic Services. “But certainly, they should have called and reported it,” he said. Mostly, he deals with City of Greensboro trucks. “They are good about reporting,”

Johnson said. “They call immediately when they have (a hydraulic line break).” Since much of the fluid soaked into the asphalt, it’s hard to determine how much was actually spilled, Johnson said. The Republic Services statement said the contractor arrived on the scene by 1 p.m. after being notified of the spill, and remained until about 6:30 to 7 p.m. that evening for initial clean-up. Gauldin said fire department personnel spoke with the cleanup contractor and were satisfied with the containment and cleanup efforts. On June 26, Republic Services Division Manager Bobby Needham went to Beal’s home to apologize. “We felt it was appropriate to apologize to the resident for any inconvenience this may have caused while the contractor worked to clean up the spill,” a Republic Services communications person wrote in the statement. According to its website, North Carolina's environmental health agency must be notified when petroleum is discharged or spilled if the quantity is 25 gallons or more, if it causes a sheen on nearby surface water, or if the spill is within 100 feet of a body of water. The agency has an 800 number for reporting spills – (800) 858-0368. “As much cleanup as can be done has been done,” Johnson confirmed. “We called the state and are trying to get guidance from folks who are knowledgeable about and understand these things.”

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ing the static water level in his well had dropped the previous week from 40 feet to 148 feet. The pump, set at about 148 feet in the 250-foot well, began sucking air and shut off. A new pump was installed and dropped about 100 feet deeper. McKenzie said he was getting about 3 gallons a minute, a far cry from the 60 gallons a minute when the well was drilled. The recovery rate was about 3.3 gallons a minute. McKenzie said the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services told him there was no other place on his property to drill and advised him to drill the existing well deeper. The average rate for drillers is $11 to $13 a foot. McKenzie, who lives about a mile from the nearest connection point to the Town’s water system, asked the council if there were plans to extend waterlines to his area. Mayor Randy Braswell said there were no such plans. Braswell said he heard an engineer use the figure of $88 a foot as the cost to extend the waterline. But a day after the council meeting, McKenzie and one of his neighbors received some good news from the county health department. Their static water levels had almost returned to normal. “I’m feeling much better,” he said. His well problem was just the beginning of the horror story. The same day the plumber worked on McKenzie’s well, another was working on his neighbor’s well. When they checked with each other, the plumbers discovered they were tackling the same problem, according to Laura Honeycutt, a senior environmental health specialist with the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services. Another neighbor also experienced a dramatic decrease in water pressure, the third well in two days. When the subdivision was developed, Honeycutt said, the well-driller hired by the builder tried several spots and couldn’t get water. The developer then picked a lot and the driller hit water. When the house McKenzie now owns was built in 2002, water was piped in

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from the other lot, Honeycutt said. The developer failed to record the proper documentation, however, and the county compounded the problem by releasing the certificate of occupation for the house, she said, admitting, "That’s where it fell through the cracks on our end." The house went into foreclosure with a VA bankruptcy, Honeycutt said, and the house on the lot where the well had been drilled changed hands. The new owners were working in the backyard when they found the well, which confused them because they thought their well was in the front yard. The county and new owners researched an easement and found there wasn’t any. The owners sent a letter informing the VA there was a second well on the property and they were going to take ownership of it. Honeycutt said she also informed the VA that the house in foreclosure now needed a well. Someone purchased the house with plans to flip it, Honeycutt said, and drilled in several spots without getting water, including a 1,100-foot well in the front yard. The house was eventually sold. The new owners brought a geologist in, who found a spot in a utilities easement. The county worked with the new owners to get the proper permits, Honeycutt said, and in July 2013 the well came in at 250 feet delivering 60 gallons a minute with a clean sample. About two years ago, McKenzie purchased the house and had no water problems until two weeks ago. Honeycutt said it isn’t clear what happened. She had called the nearby Vulcan quarry to see if it was pumping more water than usual from the pit and was told no. The supervisor said Vulcan monitors the wells around the pit, and none of the static levels fluctuated. Honeycutt said she knew of no other drilling in the area at the time, and said the three wells were kind of in a line. “It could have been the same vein, just different depths,” she said.

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GREENERTIMES SMALL ENGINE Sales & Service Center. All types sold and repaired; comm/res. 9428 NC Hwy. 65, Stokesdale. (336) 548-9286 or (336) 312-3844.

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E&W HAULING & GRADING INC. Driveways, fill dirt, topsoil, lot clearing, bobcat work, excavating, mulch, etc. (336) 451-1282. PEARMAN QUARRY HAULING Fill dirt, gravel, sand rock, mulch & more. Joel Richardson, (336) 803-2195. BRAD’S BOBCAT & HAULING SVCS. LLC Debris removal, grading, gravel/dirt, driveways, concrete work. (336) 362-3647. ANTHONY’S GRADING & HAULING Excavating, land clearing, demolition, dirt available. Zane Anthony, (336) 362-4035.

WILSON LANDSCAPING, INC. Complete lawn care & landscaping. NC lic. irrigation contractor. 20 years exp. Hardscaping, fertilization & weed control. (336) 399-7764. CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICE Complete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, (336) 6439332, carolinaStumpAndTreeServices.com.

GAULDIN TRUCKING, grading & hauling, bobcat work, lot clearing, driveways, fill dirt, gravel, etc. (336) 362-1150.

COLFAX LAWNCARE Complete lawn care maintenance. Spring fertilizing, mowing, trimming, pine needles. Res./comm., HOA & annual agreements. Fully insured. Serving the Triad for 28 years. (336) 362-5860.

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ARBOR MASTERS TREE SERVICE Total tree removal, storm damage cleanup, shrub and tree pruning. Bobcat work and more. Free estimates. Licensed & insured. Call Joe at (336) 643-9157. BRAD’S BOBCAT. Mulch, landscaping, pine needles and straw. (336) 362-3647. TLC LAWNCARE. Mowing, fertilization, weed control. Providing quality, affordable lawn service for 7+ years. (336) 681-0097. ORTIZ LANDSCAPING, complete lawn care. Trimming, cleaning, planting & mulch, gutter cleaning, patios & pavers, waterfalls, retaining walls, sidewalks, stonework. Residential and commercial. (336) 280-8981.

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. (336) 643-1119. CUTTING EDGE LAWNCARE. Affordable. Dependable. Mowing, aeration, leaf removal and more! Please call anytime for free estimate, (336) 706-0103. FAY’S LAWNCARE & LANDSCAPING Spring lawn care & general yard clean up. Pine needles and mulch. Reasonable and honest. Call Taylor, (336) 464-5215. TRACTOR FOR HIRE – Bush hogging, grading, brush/tree removal. (336) 207-6632.

AREA STUMP DUMP. Yard waste, concrete, etc. Fill dirt avail. (336) 602-5820. GUZMAN LANDSCAPE & MAINTENANCE Pine needles, mulch, leaf removal, tree pruning, complete lawn maint. (336) 655-6490. AQUA SYSTEMS IRRIGATION. Quality irrigation systems. NC licensed contractor. We service all systems. Free estimates. (336) 644-1174.

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PLUMBING WEBSTER & SONS PLUMBING, Inc. (336) 992-2503. Licensed, insured, bonded. 24/7 service. Plumbing, drain cleaning, well pumps. Give us a call, we do it all! Go to www.webstersplumbing.com for more info. BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLAR No job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic. & insured. Call Mark, (336) 337-7924.

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PREMIER CONSTRUCTION. Providing all of your home maintenance needs, remodeling and new construction. (336) 430-9507. RENOVATION WORKS, INC. New construction, remodeling, additions, kitchen, bath and decks. We are a locally owned, full-service design and build company, A+ accredited with the BBB. Visit www.myrenovationworks.com or call (336) 427-7391 to start your next project. JLB REMODELING, INC. Remodeling and additions. Fully insured. NC GC license #69997. Free est. Call (336) 681-2902 or visit www.jlbremodeling.com.

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ROOFING A.L. CORMAN ROOFING INC. Res. roofing specialist serving Guilford Cty. area since 1983. BBB 25+ years w/ A+ rating. cormanroofinginc.com, (336) 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 (336) 643-8191 or (336) 580-3245. PREMIER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION Insurance specialist, free inspections, res/ comm., BBB A rating. (336) 430-9507. RED RHINO ROOFING, based in Oak Ridge, NC. Storm damage specialist experienced with all types of roofing. BBB accredited A and listed with Angie’s List. Call (336) 9446118, or visit redrhinoroofing.com.

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TUTOR AVAILABLE. M. Ed. in Specialized Ed., B.S. in Elementary Ed. All subjects K-8 & math up to Algebra II. (336) 430-6738. ACT/SAT SUMMER PREP CLASS at NWHS. Starts 7/17. Area HS students can get info/register at NWHSPTSO.org. COMPUTER REPAIRS – ITBASICS.COM Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons. (336) 643-0068. Do you have a service you’d like our readers to know about? Tell them here! Call (336) 644-7035, ext. 10. SAM’S AUTO BODY SHOP. Any type of body work. 45 years exp. (336) 347-7470. WELDING REPAIRS. Pickup and delivery. Trailers, chairs, mowers and more. Call Tim, (336) 588-5270.

MISC. FOR SALE TRAILER FOR SALE at Smith Mountain Lake. Nice gated community. Drive time one hour, 30 minutes from Summerfield. Trailer, 2005 pontoon boat, carport. $38,000. Call (336) 362-0039. JAZZY MOBILITY SCOOTER, $250/obo. Like new. (336) 427-6198.

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BELEWS LAKE VILLA – loft, large deck, electric lift, W/D, includes furniture. $149,000, lot 115. Call (336) 899-6556.

FOR SALE – permanent site camper w/ sunroom in Pirate Land Campground, Myrtle Beach, SC. Rented lot, paid annually. $16,000, rent paid through Feb., 2018. (336) 681-5550.

PEACHES, FRESH PRODUCE, flowers, vegetable plants. Knight’s Produce, 14809 Hwy. 158, Summerfield. (336) 708-0485. BASS FISHING BOAT, 19.5’, 150 Mercury outboard motor, w/ trailer. Asking $3,000. (336) 427-3487.

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No Money Down! Interest Free Financing Available! No Credit Check Financing Available! 0 Years Celebrating 4 You ! of Serving

SUPERSTORE Call 336-427-5413

Since 1977

DELIVER DISPOSAL AY AND VAILABLE

MIDTOWN FURNITURE

& MATTRESS CENTER

BUS 220

Eden Mayodan

SUPERSTORE Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:00 am-6:00 pm or by appt. Plenty of Parking • Large Showroom

Hwy. 220 Business, 727 N. Highway Street, Madison, NC 27025 www.midtownfurniture.com

Martinsville

135

704

Midtown Furniture

Madison BYP 220

Reidsville

311

704

Winston-Salem Greensboro

Sale does not apply to previous purchases. All prices are after all available discounts. See store for complete ﬁnancing details. We reserve the right to replace products advertised if they become unavailable.