July 26 - Aug. 1, 2013
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Six more candidates file before deadline Citizens will elect 7 town council candidates from a pool of 16
IN THIS ISSUE News in Brief ................................................................3 LCID Landfill Hearing Continued...............................4 Community Calendar................................................8 Business Notes • Bits & Pieces ...................................9 Stokesdale Town Council ........................................ 12 Letters/Opinions ...................................................... 14 Crime/Incident Report ............................................. 16 Grins & Gripes ........................................................... 17 Classifieds ................................................................. 18 Index of Advertisers .................................................23 NWO On The Go! ......................................................24
Feltis takes on Ironman for a cause Former NWHS band member sets sights on fi rst full Ironman Left to right: Summerfield Town Council candidates Rich Lipinski and John O’Day (Jane Wilson not pictured); Stokesdale Town Council candidates Vicki White-Lawrence and Eric Lowe; (Summerfield Town Council mayoral candidate Dwayne Crawford not pictured).
by PATTI STOKES and MIKE SHAW NW GUILFORD COUNTY – When the candidate filing deadline closed at noon on July 19, seventeen local citizens had filed for town council seats in Oak Ridge, Stokesdale and Summerfield, though one has since withdrawn his name. In Oak Ridge, Jim Kinneman, Danny yanusz and Mike Stone will vie for two open council seats (Kinneman and Stone were featured in our July
12-18 issue and yanusz was featured in our July 19-25 issue). The two council members elected in November will join council members Ray Combs, Spencer Sullivan and george McClellan, who each has two remaining years to serve in their four-year term. The mayor in Oak Ridge is elected every two years by fellow council members. Joining Tim Sessoms (featured in our July 12-18 issue) in the Summerfield mayoral race
is former councilman Dwayne Crawford, who filed for office just before the deadline on July 19. Crawford did not provide personal or professional information to include in this issue. Bill North also filed for Summerfield mayor on July 19, but dropped out of the race five days later, saying he had re-evaluated the time commitment needed to serve the community well in the mayor’s
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Photo courtesy of Jenn Feltis
Jenn Feltis shows off her medal for finishing her first 1/2 Ironman.
by ANNETTE JOYCE Jenn Feltis is about to do something only a handful of people would even consider attempting. On Aug. 25, this spunky Northwest High School graduate will compete in her first Ironman in louisville, Ky.
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