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Ordinance enforcement will come at a cost Subdivision neighbors hope town council will do what’s necessary to address public nuisance

by STEVE MANN STOKESDALE – Striking a delicate balance with a nuisance ordinance is tricky business.

The Stokesdale Ordinance Review Committee has walked the fine line of preserving people’s rights while rewriting – with the help of Town Attorney Katy Gregg – Ordinance 67, which covers public nuisances on private property.

Adopted in 2007, the ordinance surfaced this year when a formal complaint was filed about property in the Dorsett Downs subdivision. Neighbors said the home had been vacant the better part of four years and the owner had moved to Kentucky.

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Tim Jones, a Stokesdale Town Council member, recently mowed the grass (and cut up and removed fallen trees) at 8011 Dorsett Downs after receiving permission from the property owner. Jones said he was not representing the Town, rather acting as a private citizen.

The yard at 8011 Dorsett Downs was overgrown; there were missing or broken fence boards; and an in-ground swimming pool in the backyard was filled with brown water and remnants of what used to be a pool cover.

Also, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department had responded at least twice

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Tetra Tech crews raise manholes and water valves on a 3-mile stretch of U.S. 220 while preparing to install the final layer of asphalt. This portion of the U.S. 220 widening project is scheduled for completion by the first day of school on Aug. 28, with the entire 13.2mile widening project to be completed in November. See News Briefs on p. 3 for details.

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In this issue we continue an article from our Aug. 4-10 issue on public records requests

its job in making information public that should be public.

IN THIS ISSUE

“PRRs are a necessity in Summerfield because so much information that could easily be public record is withheld from the people,” Dunham said.

by PATTI STOKES

Dunham, who is running for mayor this November, said if elected she will not be critical of citizens for filing PRRs, “but look to those requests as a way to improve public disclosure and answer questions and concerns.

News in Brief ...........................3 Your Questions .......................4 Summerfield Town Council ...5 NWO Real Estate .................. 11 History influences present....12 Real Estate Transactions .....14 Real Estate Q&A, Briefs .......18 Community Calendar .........23 Bits & Pieces .........................24 Business Notes .....................24 Grins & Gripes ......................25 Crime/Incident Report ........26 Letters/Opinions ..................26 Classifieds ............................27 Index of Advertisers ............31

NW GUILFORD – Summerfield resident Gail Dunham has filed countless public records requests with the Town of Summerfield over the years. That’s not her fault, she said in an email to the Northwest Observer. Rather, she said the Town simply doesn’t do

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NEWS in brief

Town invites citizen input on water authority STOKESDALE – The Town of Stokesdale is putting together a group of citizens and council members to help identify key issues related to a proposed regional water authority.

Mayor Randy Braswell said that within a few weeks, the Timmons Group – which was selected to conduct the $175,000 feasibility study for Stokesdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge and Guilford County – will meet with representatives of each

town. Braswell said the engineering firm will go over the specific needs or requests of each town and discuss how the feasibility study would specifically apply to it.

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“This group, our town, needs to gather our own questions and be ready,” Braswell said.

WANT TO PARTICIPATE? Interested citizens should call Stokesdale Town Hall at (336) 643-4011 or email stokesdale@ stokesdale.org for more information.

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Three-mile stretch of U.S. 220 widening project nears completion NW GUILFORD – You may have noticed the new bumps in the road on a portion of U.S. 220 where crews are preparing to put down the final layer of asphalt.

field Road in Summerfield by the first day of school on Aug. 28 so school-related traffic will be less affected by road construction.

Workers with Tetra Tech, the contractor hired in March 2012 to widen U.S. 220 through Summerfield, have raised manholes and water valves to their final grade for paving along a 3-mile stretch of the highway. The manholes are wrapped in a small ring of asphalt to allow vehicles to cross over them.

Crews are working day and night to complete the section, workers said.

Tetra Tech hopes to complete the portion of the project that spans from the intersection of Battleground Avenue and Horse Pen Creek Road in Greensboro to the southern end of Summer-

Patty Eason, N.C. Department of Transportation construction engineer, said the final layer of pavement will hopefully begin going down before Friday, Aug. 18. She added the section (of U.S. 220) at the southern end has to be done at night.

The entire 13.2-mile widening project is expected to be completed in November, almost one year behind the original projected completion date.

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Citizen input sought on two U.S. 158 bypass alternatives STOKESDALE – N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting for citizen input on the proposed U.S. 158 bypass this fall.

The drop-in event, scheduled for Oct. 26, will be held 4-7 p.m. in Stokesdale Town Hall’s community room, with

no more than 100 people at a time.

The Oct. 26 meeting is one of several being held for all sections of the U.S. 158 improvements project R-2577 in Forsyth and Guilford counties. The

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The 1.3-mile natural surface trail, which stretches between Brass Eagle Loop and Lewiston Road, has been part of Greensboro Parks and Recreation’s trail system since volunteers built it for pedestrians in 2000, according to Madeleine Carey, the City of Greensboro’s trails planner.

“The city was never in favor of building that trail in the first place,” Carey said. “But a volunteer group took it on and said they’d take care of it.”

According to the City’s Parks and

Recreation webpage, the trail “follows a hillside bluff through stands of beech trees overlooking a wetland ecosystem that provides habitat to a variety of amphibian, reptile, mammal and migratory bird species.”

Although volunteers did maintain the trail for several years, many of them have simply grown too old to continue doing so, Carey said. It also wasn’t built for long-term sustainability, she added.

Many sections are routed straight up or down hills rather than serpentine to mitigate runoff, causing significant erosion problems. And it passes through a wetland that needs a 120-foot-long bridge to traverse.

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“It is not within our budget or staff to maintain,” she added.

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trail’s permanent closure.

“Right now, it’s not anywhere near our standards,” Carey said. “It was never built right. It doesn’t have a very good entrance. At this time the trail opening is not an option.”

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...continued from p. 3 $110 million project will widen 18.8 miles of U.S. 158 to multiple lanes from U.S. 421/I-40 Business in Winston-Salem to U.S. 220 in Stokesdale.

According to NCDOT, U.S. 158 has a high percentage of truck traffic and a high crash rate. As many as 23,000 vehicles travel on this section of the highway each day, and that number is projected to increase to as many as 57,000 vehicles per day by 2035. The road was not originally designed to accommodate such high traffic levels, NCDOT says.

The U.S. 158 widening project is divided into sections A, B and C. Section C is 6.5 miles long, beginning at Anthony Road and ending at U.S. 220. It will be a four-lane, median-divided bypass around Stokesdale, since NCDOT cannot widen U.S. 158 through the Town without it having a significant impact on the historic downtown business district.

NCDOT initially proposed four alternative bypass routes; they were whittled down to two in 2015 – Alternative 2, south of existing U.S. 158 in Stokesdale, and Alternative 3, north of existing U.S. 158 in Stokesdale.

SUMMERFIELD town council

Aug. 8 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTS as reported by STEVE MANN Mayor Mark Brown called the monthly meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Present were council members Dianne Laughlin, Mike Adams, Dena Barnes, John O’Day and Reece Walker; Town Manager Scott Whitaker; Finance Officer Dee Hall; Deputy Clerk Mary Gant; Planning Director Carrie Spencer; Town Attorney William Hill; and about 22 members of the public. The invocation was given by Linda Southard and followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Before council introductions, Brown recognized Summerfield resident Lee Dingman, retired U.S. Army, who had been awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Brown read from a prepared statement explaining that extra security has been arranged for council meetings until after the election because of a cartoon on social media depicting what he called a “death threat” to two council members running for re-election and a candidate for mayor (see article in Aug. 11-17 edi-

tion of the Northwest Observer).

Whitaker said the next free Music in the Park concert will be Aug. 26, 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Summerfield Community Park, featuring singer/songwriter Patrick Rock.

PUBLIC COMMENTS  Elizabeth McClellan said the town attorney was not present at the July council meeting when a public hearing was held for a rezoning request. It is important for the attorney to be present at a rezoning hearing, she said, particularly for those who will be affected by the decision. She also said the town planner gave incorrect legal advice during the public hearing and encouraged the council to follow proper procedure.

amendment where the outcome of the matter being considered is reasonably likely to have a direct, substantial, and readily identifiable financial impact on the member.”

McClellan expressed concern that many of the UDO Review Committee members have conflicts of interest.  Adrian Williamson of Lewiston Road said it bothers him to see short-time Summerfield residents telling others “what we’re going to do with this town.”

He said he has lived in Summerfield most of his life and “it gets on your emotions” to see the way things are going. Summerfield incorporated in 1996 because it didn’t want to be Greensboro, he said.

Additionally, McClellan said she attended a recent Unified Development Ordinance Review Committee meeting, when Section 3-12.4 (B) 5 of the Town’s development ordinance was read.

The section says, in part: “Members of appointed boards providing advice to the city council shall not vote on recommendations regarding any zoning text

“We didn’t want all these problems.”

Williamson said he hopes those who remain on the council “think long and hard about what this town really needs to be and what the people who lived here their entire lives really wanted this town to be.”  Teresa Pegram of Greenlawn Drive said as a candidate for town council she wants to “get Summerfield back to its roots, back to the vision of low-tax and limited-services government, which was the reason the citizens worked so hard to incorporate as a town 21 years ago.”

Pegram, co-chair of the Save Our Summerfield Committee, said the orga-

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to reports of suspicious activity.

After examining Ordinance 67, Gregg determined it was “unenforceable” and subsequently drafted a rewrite. The ORC has been meeting weekly while fine-tuning Gregg’s draft.

Finalizing the ordinance re-write is just the first step, said Patrick Sullivan, a former chairman of the Town’s Planning & Zoning Board who assumed a leadership role in the subdivision.

“If it’s approved, it’s still going to be an active ordinance that needs to be

enforced,” he said.

Since Stokesdale has no arrangement for enforcement services, finding a solution rests on the council’s shoulders.

It won’t come without a cost.

Summerfield contracts with N-Focus Planning & Design for code enforcement services, said Town Manager Scott Whitaker. The Town pays $1,162 a month, for an average of 27 hours a month, plus mileage.

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Bill Bruce’s annual salary is $66,000, plus benefits. Oakley said any required legal work is usually covered through the town attorney’s monthly retainer fees.

numbers, addresses and email addresses supplied by the neighbors, to no avail.

Efforts by the Northwest Observer to contact the owner also were unsuccessful.

Although Stokesdale contracts with Guilford County for planning services, animal control services and fire inspections and investigations, and with a private law firm for legal services, it does not contract with any entity to enforce the Town’s ordinances or even the county’s minimum housing ordinance adopted in 2014, said J. Leslie Bell, the county’s planning and development director.

“Our only angle at this point is the pool and mosquitoes,” said Joe Johnson, environmental health manager for water quality for the county’s health department.

While some believe the county would enforce Stokesdale’s ordinances if they mirrored the county’s, Bell said that “isn’t an automatic ‘yes.’”

“The county would have to decide whether to enter into an agreement and what the terms would be,” he said. “The county will only operate within whatever authority a municipality grants to us.”

At the Aug. 10 town council meeting, which was attended by about 14 Dorsett Downs’ residents, Gregg and Mayor Randy Braswell seemed to think an interlocal agreement with the county makes sense.

Some have argued that Stokesdale should get rid of its ordinances if it isn’t going to enforce them. Gregg said that’s not practical.

“If you take ordinances away, it could actually harm the citizens,” she told the ORC in July. “Right now, they have this (ordinance) as a recourse.”

The county’s Department of Health and Human Services – which has jurisdiction even in incorporated municipalities such as Stokesdale – has been the most responsive to complaints about 8011 Dorsett Downs. The department treated the pool for mosquitoes several times in the last few years, and the county sent the owner notices of violation on Jan. 23 by first-class and registered mail. Both were returned.

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Johnson said he will discuss the property’s potential health hazards with the county attorney to determine the next step.

Sullivan said the neighbors have been “waiting on (the owner) to have a change of heart, but that won’t happen.”

“We’re looking at new options,” he said.

He and the seven property owners closest to 8011 Dorsett Downs are exploring legal options against the owner.

After reviewing two restrictive covenants filed with the county’s Register of Deeds, one in 1988 and the second in 1989, the attorney believes the second covenant can be pursued in court.

There’s also talk of creating a homeowners association with authority to act if a property is abandoned or neglected.

Efforts to start a HOA 10 to 12 years ago failed, Sullivan said.

Council member Tim Jones said he understands the neighbors’ plight, but while nuisance ordinances are always well-intentioned, they are often misapplied.

“I’m looking for something that works for the rich, the poor, the folks who got here yesterday and those who have been here for five generations,” he said.

Sullivan said he hopes the council has the backbone to do what’s necessary.

“If Stokesdale’s going to be an active community, they need to have council members who sometimes do things that aren’t always popular,” he said.

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“More work must be done about disclosing the total cost to build and maintain every project,” she added. “When people show an interest in the Town finances or workings they deserve a prompt response.”

Summerfield Town Manager Scott Whitaker said when he began working for the Town five years ago he walked into a backlog of PRRs. “It was a similar group of requests as we are getting right now. I had a lot of requests from Gail (Dunham) – very laborious requests that had been piling up. We gradually worked through them and got the requests caught up to where it was manageable and we were doing a pretty good job of responding to them.”

One of the things that makes PRRs “manageable” is when they are

specific, Whitaker said – such as, “I would like the emails between Employee A and Council member A, for a specific date.”

so broad and we don’t know … that’s when we get stuck on a request for a really long time. That’s the big issue.”

“What is hard is these all-encompassing, broad requests such as, ‘I want all the emails between all staff and council and any external properties related to water since 2012,’” he said. “To pull all that together and deliver it up to a citizen is a monster…

We get those kinds of requests from a few – primarily from Gail Dunham.”

Dwayne Crawford, who is also running for Summerfield mayor this November, questions how Town staff can track time spent on fulfilling PRRs (as directed to do by the town council last month), yet can’t track time spent working on the annual Founders’ Day event, which he requested be done a few years ago.

Whitaker said a very sizable PRR related to the proposed Planned Development text amendment was submitted last month from another citizen and her attorney.

Crawford added that the value the public receives from the information requested is priceless, “Not just from the information learned that is not otherwise available to the public but also from being able to verify statements and decisions made are accurate and complete.”

“Those kinds (of requests) are so disruptive to us and often the broadness is what makes it hard. If someone would just say, “This is what I’m really looking for,” we could easily give it to them. When the request is

As for expenses related to the town attorney reviewing every PRR submitted in Summerfield, Dunham said the Town’s existing policy for every PRR to first be reviewed by the town attorney is unnecessary.

On this note, Dunham and Whitaker are in full agreement.

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“It’s something I would like to address with council,” Whitaker said.

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Dunham also said council members and staff should pay more attention to the “Subject” line in emails so that requested communication about particular subjects can be more easily compiled.

Crawford has suggested the Town record all committee and council meetings and upload those recordings to its website.

“This will allow citizens access to that info without having to submit PRRs,” he said.

That’s something the Town of Stokesdale has discussed and “It would be nice for the citizens who cannot attend the meetings to be able to listen to them from home,” Kim Hemric, town administrator, agreed.

As for PRRs, Hemric estimates she received about 130 of them last fiscal year and said she keeps them in two separate folders, one for those requested by citizens and one for those requested by council members.

Most of those requested by citizens, such as meeting minutes from weekly council meetings, can be fulfilled within 24 to 48 hours and rarely require legal review, Hemric said.

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Area’s history influences present-day communities, housing markets

by JOE GAMM NW GUILFORD – “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots,” said Marcus Garvey, a publisher born in the late 1800s.

In keeping with this concept, many history lovers of northwest Guilford County have taken steps over the last few decades to identify and pay honor to historic sites located within their communities’ boundaries. Not only individual sites, but entire districts have been designated as a way of paying tribute to the past.

A historic district designation may make properties within the district eligible for grants or tax breaks. It may also restrict development that doesn’t comply with a community’s aesthetics. And it certainly improves surrounding property values and can be a revenue-generator, according to Benjamin Briggs, executive director of Preservation Greensboro.

“An old adage in real estate is ‘They don’t make land anymore,’” Briggs said. “You could narrow that to historic preservation: They’re really not building houses that are 100 years old anymore.”

The very old buildings that remain today certainly lend themselves to the community’s historic character, Briggs said.

“Smaller communities in Guilford County are cultivating a sense of place,” he said. “In doing that, they define themselves differently than other

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communities. People are drawn to that unique sense of place.”

This is particularly so with young people, he noted.

“They want to live in a place that has authenticity. They are not inspired by a cookie-cutter subdivision as much. They want to live in and near these places that are different,” Briggs said.

Ann Schneider, chair of Oak Ridge’s Historic Preservation Commission, said that while having a historic district positively affects livability, it also increases property values – and that’s backed up by multiple studies.

In 2007, Jonathan Mabry, a Tucson, Arizona, researcher, performed 15 such studies. The data he looked at were gathered from multiple states across the country, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and New York.

Mabry found that property values in some cases increased significantly after receiving a historic district designation. For instance, about 16 years after being placed on the National Register of Historic Places, property values in Galveston, Texas, increased anywhere from 85 to 360 percent.

In 23 years, property values in Savannah, Georgia, increased up to 588 percent. Most property values in other areas that Mabry studied increased 10 to 30 percent.

Mabry also found that in places like Memphis, Tennessee, values for new properties within historic districts appreciated.

People living in historic districts tend to participate more in neighborhood associations and are less likely to move away than those who live in other parts of the community, Mabry also noted.

To showcase the Town of Oak

Ridge’s history, the Historic Preservation Commission is planning a special event, Explore Historic Oak Ridge, on Sept. 16, when residents will be invited to tour 16 historic sites in and just outside the Town’s historic district.

Schneider said she expects a lot of public interest for the event, which will highlight the Old Mill of Guilford, Oak Ridge Military Academy, St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charles Benbow House, Donnell “rock house,” Oakhurst and 10 other historic sites.

Some of the architectural details evident in the historic structures are indigenous to the area, according to Briggs.

“You see brick being used in construction because our soil is made of red clay,” he said. “Brick is plentiful. You see porches on houses because it’s warm here and the porches are cooler.”

The variety in the architecture reflects the affluence of the community, he noted.

“For a small town, Oak Ridge has a remarkable diversity of architectural styles, ranging from Oakhurst, which is arguably the grandest Queen Annestyle house in Guilford County, to more humble architectural styles such as those found in the Benbow House,” Briggs said.

The Town of Summerfield also has its hold on history, as is evident in its downtown corridor, Briggs noted.

As of late 2015, the Town owns all four corners at the intersection of Oak Ridge and Summerfield roads. Three red brick buildings still stand in the intersection. One, the former Brittain store, was built in the late 1800s and rests on the square’s northwest corner. Noted for its elaborate brickwork, the two-story building was donated to the Town of Summerfield in 1998 after years of standing vacant and falling into disrepair; thanks to a small group of dedicated volunteers and local businesses who donated time and materials, it was fully restored and became the Town Hall two years later.

Once home to several retail stores, Summerfield was very much a market

town, Briggs said.

Linda Southard, chairwoman of the Town’s Historical Committee, remembers walking to the stores to buy groceries.

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“The store where the Town Hall is now – there was always a bunch of bananas hanging in there,” she said.

“You could go in and just break one off for yourself.”

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On the southeast corner stands the Gordon Hardware building, with an architectural style and brickwork design mirroring that of the Town Hall.

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And across the street from the Town Hall is the Alexander Strong Martin House, a two-story brick Greek Revivalstyle house built about 1835. The town purchased the home from Southard, who lives in a nearby historic home on Oak Ridge Road. Her home’s beam construction is still revealed inside some upstairs rooms, and eight-foot-tall doors face the street.

The properties, an eclectic mix of residential and commercial, span from before the Civil War to after World War II. Fliers inside Summerfield Town Hall promote the Town’s past and invite visitors to stop and read the plaques placed outside significant historic sites and homes.

As he walked through the Martin House with Southard, Summerfield Town Planner Sean Taylor said the building clearly reflects the period in which it was built. Both exterior and interior walls are made up of double rows of bricks, he pointed out – a type of construction known as “solid brick.”

“Seeing it come to new life sparks interest in people who want to find out what’s going on,” Taylor said. “Especially if you’re in a community in which this has been a part of your history.”

Historic properties not only take long-time residents back to their roots, but for new residents, they provide “anchors,” Taylor added. “If you’re new, it all starts tying you back into the history of the place.”

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OAK RIDGE 2102 Beeson Road $252,500

5204 Saddle Brook Road (Dapple Gray Run) $310,000 6900 River Gate Court (River Gate) $342,500 4904 Gold Crest Drive (Golden Acres) $350,000 704 Number Ten Way (New Chartwell) $358,000 5204 Red Fox Drive (Foxbury Meadows) $375,000 8404 Crichton Court (River Oaks) $375,000

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7003 Taunton Drive (Hidden Oaks) $160,000

6756 Brookbank Road $430,000

1915B Fleming Road (Fleming Woods) $162,000

3000 Crosby Court (Lochmere II) $472,000

1915D Fleming Road (Fleming Woods) $162,000

7024 Denison Road (Vineyards at Summerfield) $550,000

1915E Fleming Road (Fleming Woods) $166,000

7016 Marseilles Court (Tuscany at Henson Meadows) $580,000 7071 Toscana Trace (Vineyards at Summerfield) $590,000 7006 Blacksmith Court (Polo Farms) $654,000 7035 Toscana Trace (Vineyards at Summerfield) $942,500 8110 Witty Road $1,125,000

1915C Fleming Road (Fleming Woods) $170,000 4704 Eagle Rock Road (Pleasant Ridge) $180,000 1915F Fleming Road (Fleming Woods) $208,000 1915A Fleming Road (Fleming Woods) $210,000 1935 Fleming Road $220,000 4 Tanner Woods Lane (Tanner Woods) $222,000

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7303 Lanvall Drive (Knights Landing) $530,000

8253 Coldwater Road (Coldwater Acres) $224,000

4700 Hanberry Drive (Montibello) $240,000

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9075 Mt. Carmel Road $250,000

6501 Birkdale Drive (The Cardinal) $347,000

7681 Deboe Road $195,000

8515 Belews Creek Road (Oak Ridge Township) $320,000

6096 Pleasant Field Drive (Ridgewood) $362,500

7666 Deboe Road $190,000 5203 Willow Ridge Drive (Highland Grove) $217,000

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2704 Lunsford Road (Lochmere) $410,000

8504 Blackstone Drive (Kamden of Sandy Ridge) $320,000

4700 Merlot Way (Montibello) $222,500

5804 Autumn Gate Drive (Twelve Oaks) $494,000

5205 Willow Ridge Drive (Highland Grove) $230,000

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2502 Kinsey Drive (Lochmere) $410,000

6214 Windcrest Drive (Windcrest Acres) $321,000 1105 Appaloosa Court (Stable Ridge) $335,000 6007 Chukker Court (Polo Farms) $370,000 1089 NC Hwy. 150 W. $379,000

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7900 Eversfield Road $345,000 7803 Front Nine Drive (Dawn Acres) $424,000 7300 Lambert Lake Court (Old Moores Mill) $445,000

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8303 Lakedale Circle (Valley Dale Acres) $163,000 5101 Harness Lane (Saddlebrook) $163,500 8739 Bame Road $250,000

7753 Sutter Road (Scott’s Grant) $485,000

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8893 Bakersfield Drive (Bakersfield) $402,000 4396 Williston Court (Bakersfield) $405,000 8802 Sawtooth Court (Ridgecrest) $437,000 4013 Ridgeline Drive (Ridgecrest) $448,500

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What is OSRD? I get confused by the different zoning options for residential development in Summerfield (RR, RS-40, etc.). For example, recently a developer was approved to rezone property from AG to OSRD. What is OSRD?

lot size allowed in the development; however, the overall average lot size in Summerfield’s RS-40 new developments must be 60,000 square feet, which is 0.73 units per acre or less – or, an overall average of one house per 1.3 acres.

RS-40 is the most common zoning district that applies to new residential development in Summerfield – RS stands for residential and 40 stands for 40,000 square feet (just less than an acre), which is the minimum

The OSRD (Open Space Residential District) is also a residential zoning district in Summerfield; according to the Town’s development ordinance, it “is primarily intended to accommodate rural developments designed to preserve rural char-

acter, significant man-made features, and environmentally sensitive areas. The district permits open space, recreational, agricultural and residential uses that are part of a unified design.”

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border Strawberry and Scalesville roads in Summerfield and is located across the street from the Farm at Lake Brandt.

It was rezoned from AG to OSRD (Open Space Residential District) in July to accommodate up to 45 houses. They are expected to sell in the $400,000 to $500,000 price range.

The Farm at Lake Brandt (near intersection of Lake Brandt and Scalesville roads) – Buddy Lyons, a partner in LD Equity, said presale activity for this neighborhood has been very high.

Summerfield Ridge – Located near the intersection of N.C. 150 and Eversfield Road, this development which recently broke ground will have 20 houses priced in the mid-$300,000s.

“The first two sales in the neighborhood were right around $800,000,” Lyons said. “I think it has turned into the highest price point for new communities in the northern and northwest area.”

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be built on lots as small as 15,000 square feet in exchange for at least 50 percent of the property remaining as undeveloped.

Even though houses can be buit closer together in an ORSD, it’s important to note that the overall average density cannot be more than in other residential districts in Summerfield – and again, that is an overall average of 0.73 units per acre or less.

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Canter Cove (off of Gumwood Road) – Eighteen lots are planned for this new home development off Bunch Road, with houses selling in the high $400,000 to low $500,000 price range. Construction on the first two spec houses is underway.

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Henson Farms $1,495,000 MLS 798373 Kay Chesnutt 336-202-9687

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nization submitted a request in March to amend Summerfield’s comprehensive plan to establish a maximum residential density to be an average of no more than one unit per 60,000 square feet in new subdivisions. The request is based on a 1997 U.S. Geological Survey study on groundwater recharge for Guilford County. She said more than 1,900 Summerfield residents have signed a petition requesting the amendment, and it seems the citizens are being ignored.

“We will continue up the ladder until we are heard,” Pegram told the council.  Gail Dunham of Snowhill Drive said she is a candidate for mayor because she wants to “maintain the (Town’s) rural character.” She said while living in the Napierville-Aurora, Illinois area, she served on the school board and her husband, Ken, served on the city’s zon-

Referring to a recent article in the Northwest Observer about public records requests, Dunham said she was shocked at “negative” comments from town officials and at the amount of money the Town spends to “support the flawed policy.” She said she worked on a public records policy for two years at the Citizens Advocacy Center. If Summerfield put more public records online “promptly and accurately,” requests would be reduced by 50 percent, she said, adding that Town employees should be trusted with most requests without requiring a review from the town attorney as is the policy now.  Jaison Shepherd of Draper Drive said he attended a UDO Review Committee meeting and heard that a water study had not been conducted since 1997.

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updated study. Shepherd said getting water from other areas also was discussed – after news of contamination in Greensboro water, that should be a concern, he said.

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 Melissa Feinstein of Meadow Pond Court said she applied for the UDO Review Committee and wasn’t selected, but she views the meetings online. She said it was previously suggested that all applicants should remain active in the process so they would be able to contribute if asked to fill in. She said she liked the suggestion and hoped the council would consider it (see Spencer’s comments under Committee Reports).

UDO Review. Spencer said the committee, which meets next on Aug. 17, is identifying key issues of concern, such as development density, water protection and commercial growth, and will compare them to citizen concerns that surfaced during discussions about a proposed Planned Development text amendment. The committee will also be reviewing the Town’s comprehensive plan and Unified Development Ordinance.

 Dwayne Crawford of N.C. Highway 150 West, a candidate for mayor, announced the formation of Save Our Summerfield Political Action Committee.

He said the purpose of the PAC is “to continue to build on the foundation and interests” of the Save Our Summerfield Committee. He said anyone interested in contributing or getting involved should write the committee at P.O. Box 331, Summerfield, NC 27358.

Spencer encouraged applicants not initially selected to serve on the committee to attend meetings so they will be up to speed in case they are needed to fill a committee member’s seat; if needed, replacements will be chosen from the pool of original applicants.

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When property values go up, so do taxes, Shepherd said, and that hurts a lot of lifelong Summerfield citizens on fixed incomes. He also said not everybody wants to be connected and not everybody wants to sell their houses and land.

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Dick Feulner, Planning and Zoning Board chairman, was nominated to be the board’s UDO Review Committee liaison.

EMERGENCY SERVICES Fire District. Whitaker said Summerfield Fire District responded to 31 fire-related calls, 54 EMS-related calls, and 17 other calls in July, installed 32 car seats and reached more than 400 children and 250 adults through its fire prevention and community outreach programs.

During October, which is Fire Prevention Month, citizens are invited to call Capt.

Jenna Daniels to schedule visits and field trips to Summerfield Fire Station No. 9.

Guilford County ES. On behalf of Emergency Services, Whitaker reported the department ran 67 calls in Summerfield last month. Guilford County Emergency Management will host a meeting on Sept. 13 for elected and appointed officials in the cities and towns of Guilford County.

Information on GEANI (Guilford Emergency Alert Notification Information system) was included on tax bills to encourage people to register for alerts.

TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT Christmas tree lighting. Whitaker said the staff recommended Nov. 18 for the Town’s Christmas tree lighting in keeping with the previous three years when the event was held before Thanksgiving. The council approved the date 5-0.

Council liaison. Whitaker said one seat for a council member and one for a P&Z

Board member was allocated on the UDO Review Committee; both are nonvoting positions. He suggested two council members rotate on the council seat.

 5  0 to appoint Adams as a council liaison on the committee, with O’Day serving as alternate or backup. Adams said it’s important there be some kind of communication system that would allow committee members to participate in a meeting from remote when necessary.

Policy revision. Whitaker recommended revising a purchasing policy to give him more discretion to get credit cards for staff and adjust the necessary limits so the Town is not sending checks for purchases and having to wait 10 days for the checks to clear.

Hall explained the Town’s credit limit wouldn’t need to be raised, just the limits on each card; Whitaker said the current credit limits are $1,000, $1,500 and $2,000 and if there are other charges on the card, there sometimes isn’t enough available credit at the time a charge needs to be made.

The current policy limits the cards to full-time employees, but some part-time employees researching items need to have cards to make necessary purchases, Whitaker said.

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Public hearing. Brown said the council would set a date for a public hearing about revising rule No. 5 of the Town’s parks ordinance as it relates to firearms. The rule states, “It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a firearm, sling-shot, archery equipment or similar device within any park, even if a person is in possession of a permit such as a concealed-carry permit that would normally allow such possession.”

Brown said it seemed the council had come to some consensus about removing restrictions on firearms and asked Hill to provide a revision of rule No. 5 at the September meeting and schedule a public hearing. Hill was also asked to email the revised rule to council members in time for them to review it before the Sept. 12 meeting.

Well done. Adams praised staff, Whitaker and Cheryl Gore, events coordinator and assistant to the town manager, for the annual fishing derby and two Music in the Park events held in June and July, which he said were well-planned, wellattended and well under budget.

Architectural plans. Whitaker said discussions about the Gordon building architectural plans are going well and the Town has received initial traffic counts that will help with the intersection master planning.

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 Bee Friendly to Bees Day | Guilford County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers and Guilford County Beekeepers invite you to Bee Friendly to Bees Day on Aug. 19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the N.C. Cooperative Extension Demonstration Garden, 3309 Burlington Road in Greensboro.

See a bee hive, taste honey, build a bee hotel and much more at this free event. More info: (336) 641-2400.  Community Splash | Northwest Baptist Church, 3605 Edgefield Road in northwest Greensboro, invites everyone to a Community Splash event on Aug. 19.

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Fire departments awarded $574,217 to increase staff, improve safety STOKESDALE/SUMMERFIELD – Summerfield Fire District has been awarded $300,637 and Stokesdale Fire District has been awarded $273,580 in Homeland Security grants, Congressman Mark Walker announced in a press release on July 29.

The grants were awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, which seeks to help fire departments maintain 24-hour staffing and to assure that communities have adequate protection from fire-related hazards.

“We are proud that Summerfield and Stokesdale have been awarded this competitive grant,” Congressman Walker

said. “It’s a testament to the commitment to excellence and service of each department. We look forward to each using these awards to better their superior performance in serving our community.”

Summerfield Fire Chief Chris Johnson said the grant funds are dispersed over a three-year period and must be used to increase staffing.

“For Summerfield, that means hiring three people, one per 24-hour shift,” Johnson said. “With decreased volunteer numbers and availability, the additional paid staff members are critical to ensuring effective coverage for the growing area’s population. This grant will help fund those needed people while gradually working them into the budget.”

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Elegant Transformations by marcie, LLC Channeling her passion and hobby into a business, Marcie Metzger-Koch is celebrating this year’s opening of Elegant Transformations by Marcie, LLC. The company provides space planning, interior decorating and Metzger-Koch design for indoor and outdoor home spaces, office space, special events, holidays, and preparing residential property for listing.

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“Our slogan is ‘Transforming spaces into elegant places.’ ” Metzger-Koch and her husband live in Oak Ridge, as do her parents. She and her husband have four children between them, and two grandsons.

“Growing up in Oak Ridge makes this business special as we get to serve the northwest Guilford County area,” Metzger-Koch says. “The growth over the years has made it possible for entrepreneurs and small businesses to accommodate the needs of such a special community right here at home.”

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GRINS and GRIPES Delighted or dismayed by something in your community?

 The lady who called me “Beautiful” after noticing me tearing up over an upsetting day. I appreciate it more then you know!

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 The two ladies at BJ’s Grill in Stokesdale who cooked and served delicious food for 14 of us for my daughter’s birthday. And congrats to BJ and Missy for 20 years of serving great food!

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 Mayor Mark Brown and responsible Summerfield Town Council members who decided to bring sheriff’s deputies to council meetings as added security after an editorial cartoon posted to a Facebook page was used to intimidate some town council candidates.

 Helen Ledford’s articles in the NWO, which prompt many childhood memories at my grandparents’ Nebraska farm. A mulberry tree, asparagus, baby peas, that wonderful collie, Brownie, and two outhouses. My tiny grandmother finally got indoor plumbing, just for one bathroom!  Stokesdale Veterinary Hospital for the kindness and caring shown to our pets.

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issue) and said “Firetrucks need to slow down and move over!” I’ll bet you wouldn’t say that if your house was on fire or your loved one was injured! Unbelievable that you even said that!  Summerfield mayor and attorney for identifying a cartoon as a death threat.

Give me a break! If you bothered looking at the cartoon, you would see the words “hanging chad” in reference to the noose. Your actions were politically motivated!  The lacrosse spectators on the west side of Oak Ridge Town Park last Saturday. Your chairs and coolers were blocking the walking trail. Please be considerate of others.

 Summerfield “News” (opinion) Facebook page and those who defended the “death threats” posted on it. When your anger and hate causes our deputies to have to protect council rather than protect us, your “opinions” have gone too far. Try Christianity, please!  The local grocery store that replaced the July expiration date on the 10-pound bags of Tyson fresh chicken leg quarters with a new date of Aug. 10 – which I saw on Aug. 12. You have permanently lost my trust and business.  Customers who shop at Target and aren’t nice to the employees who are there to help you.

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ASSAULT Aug. 8 | A woman living in the 8500 block of Hudson James Road in Summerfield reported her boyfriend head-butted her in the face; she refused medical treatment. The boyfriend was arrested for assault on a female.

DRUGS Aug. 8 | After a sheriff’s deputy pulled a woman over in the 8500 block of Hudson James Road in Summerfield at 1:13 p.m. for driving with a revoked license, a small amount of marijuana was seized and the driver was charged with possession of a controlled substance. She was released on a written promise to appear in court and given a court date of Sept. 12. Her car was impounded.

FRAUD Aug. 7 | The resident of a home on Horseshoe Bend Trail in Summerfield reported that at about 11 a.m. an unknown person tried to make a $20 purchase on the victim’s credit card at PeopleSmart.com. According to the site, PeopleSmart is a search engine used to find names, numbers, email addresses or mailing addresses.

THEFT Aug. 2 | Sometime between 11 p.m. Aug. 1 and 7:45 a.m. Aug. 2 an unknown person broke into a car in the 7500 block of Bethel View Court in Kernersville, just outside Oak

Ridge, and stole a gold-colored ring.

Aug. 7 | A resident in the 2100 block of Beeson Road in Oak Ridge reported that between July 22 and Aug. 7, a known suspect stole multiple items from the home, which included a digital converter box, pink pump-action pellet gun with a scope, pink bicycle, king-size memory foam mattress topper, battery-operated Black and Decker weed eater with charger, Sony CD player, tablet computer and window air conditioner.

The value of the stolen items was estimated at $720.

Aug. 9 | A resident of a home in the 9100 block of U.S. 158 in Stokesdale reported the theft of a 55-inch TV, valued at $300. The resident told investigators a known suspect sold the TV at a pawn shop in Kernersville.

Aug. 9 | Three apple cider presses were reportedly stolen from an unlocked barn in the 500 block of North Bunker Hill Road in Colfax. The presses, two of which had been refinished, were valued at $3,250.

Aug. 11 | A resident in the 8600 block of Rocky Lane in Stokesdale reported that guests staying at the home stole prescribed Oxycodone valued at $94.

VANDALISM Aug. 12 | Money slots in two Coca-Cola vending machines were damaged about 4 a.m. at the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market, 2914 Sandy Ridge Road in Colfax. The estimated loss was $500.

e-mail : editor@nwobserver.com mail: Opinions, PO Box 268, Oak Ridge, NC 27310 Include your name, a daytime phone number where you can be reached and name of community in which you live.

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Berger needs to go I just got off the phone with Sen. Phil Berger’s office to talk about the upcoming school year’s funding, since it is now official that fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms will have up to 30 students per class to comply with the new inadequately funded state law limiting K-3 classrooms to 23 students.

Sen. Berger’s spokespeople stated they were not aware of any additional funding coming our way. That was unsurprising. Look at Phil Berger’s recent record; he has led the charge to eliminate the earned income tax credit in North Carolina which would have reduced the amount of taxes owed by lowand moderate-income employees.

In addition, Phil Berger led the effort to drastically reduce unemployment benefits so that as of 2016, according to indyweek.com, North Carolina ranks 49th out of 50 states with regard to providing unemployment benefits.

Phil Berger has refused to raise the state minimum wage, and even went so far as

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to make it illegal for municipalities to raise it in their own jurisdictions. So when the MillerCoors brewery closed in his own district and, according to his quote in the Triad Business Journal, “more than 500 people lost their jobs,” they entered a system of Phil Berger’s creation of low minimum wage, terrible unemployment benefits, and no earned income tax credit.

And that’s not even mentioning the disastrous effects of Phil Berger’s decision to not expand Medicaid in North Carolina, which has wreaked havoc on low-income people as well as rural hospitals, as evidenced by Morehead Hospital filing bankruptcy – again, in his own district.

I recognize we live in a polarized society, but I hope one thing all compassionate and Bible-believing people can agree on is Phil Berger has no regard for “the least of these” in our society, has been a travesty for North Carolina and needs to be voted out of office.

Brian Middleton, OAK RIDGE

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EMPLOYMENT

HOME CARE AVAILABLE

YARD/GARAGE SALES

FINANCE DIRECTOR – Town of Madison: population 2,246. Full-time regular employee. Position plans and directs all accounting services and expenditures. Supervises budget preparation, collections and utility billing and payroll. Prepares annual audit by preparing documents and maintaining all general ledger accounts. Minimum requirements include a degree from an accredited college in Accounting, Finance, Business or Public Administration, and five years management experience. Competitive benefits.

For additional description/requirements, visit www.townofmadison.org, or submit resume with references and salary requirements to Town Manager, 120 N. Market St., Madison, NC 27025 or bscott@townofmadison.org.

TWO KIND, LOVING CAREGIVERS are

HUGE MOVING SALE, Friday & Saturday, August 18 & 19 and August 25 & 26, 9amuntil, 8509 Croft Drive, Stokesdale. Entire contents of two houses. If you need it, we have it! (336) 404-5863.

Ruger is hiring an experienced TOOLMAKER/FABRICATOR to work 2nd shift in Mayodan, NC. Must have experience using a Bridgeport/Prototrak. Email resume to mmpittman@ruger.com.

Thursday, August 24, at 6pm, Countryside

OPERATION XCEL, a local after-school tutoring program, is hiring 2 part-time tutors, 1 part-time tutor assistant, and 1 part-time math specialist (elementary). For complete job descriptions, visit guilfordnonprofits.org/ jobs and search Operation Xcel or email jobs@operationxcel.org.

Sept.1-3, 305 W. Mountain Street, K’ville,

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE: Well-established marketing service company is looking for Call Center Customer Service Representative to join our staff. Both part-time and full-time positions available. Experience preferred. Interested candidates please submit resume to info@ rsvpcomm.com.

BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTION seeks a skilled carpenter with experience in remodeling. Transportation/DL a must. Pay commensurate w/skill set. (336) 362-6343.

F/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT position for insurance adjusting firm. Proficiency in Word & Excel required. Seeking fastpaced and professional individual who fits our existing team. Please send resume to: sadjusters@triad.rr.com.

now available for F/T or P/T position. Ref References avail. Call Gerri, (336) 690-3999, or Carolyn, (336) 441-2315.

CNA AVAILABLE FOR HOME CARE, 17 years exp. References. (336) 456-9377.

EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER AVAILABLE. Days, evenings or overnights.

Excellent

references. Call Susan, (336) 880-2594.

SAVE THE DATE “HEALTHY BRAIN, HEALTHY LIVING” Join us for a free workshop on memory loss and how you can improve your memory.

Village, 7700 U.S. Hwy. 158, Stokesdale.

Please RSVP to (336) 643-6301 by Aug. 22.

Encore Kids Consignment FALL/WINTER PREMIERE WEEKEND, Fri., Sat. & Sun., (336) 993-3444. Bring this ad in during weekend premiere & receive $10 off your purchase of $100 or more.

KIDS CONSIGNMENT SALE, Fri., Sept. 8, 9am-8pm; Saturday, Sept. 9, 8am-1pm (some items 50% off on Sat.), St. Paul’s Catholic Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road, GSO. www.stpaulskidssale.com.

OAK RIDGE YOUTH THEATER will have auditions for youth ages 10-19 in August.

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MOVING SALE, Sat., August 19, 8am-12n, 7549 Haw Meadows Drive, Arbor Run. Furniture, sports equipment, lawn equipment, artwork, household, misc.

COMMUNITY YARD SALE, Saturday, August 19, 7am, Golden Antiques & Treasures. Vendor space available for $10; bring your own table. Register by Fri., August 18, by stopping by the store, 341 Ram Loop, Stokesdale, or call (336) 949-4958.

MOVING TO ASSISTED LIVING SALE, Sat., Aug. 19, 8am-12n. 4010 Sassafras Ct., GSO, 27410. Furniture, lamps, dishes, small appliances. Everything must go!

Lennox Woods NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE, Saturday, August 19, 7am-12n, 8255 William Wallace Dr., located in Northern Guilford County.

It’s YARD SALE season!

To place your Yard Sale ad, visit www.nwobserver.com and click on Place a Classified.

The deadline is Monday!

HOME SERVICES CLEANING CastleWorks WINDOW CLEANING Includes gutters, pressure washing, chandeliers and other high ladder work. Fully insured and bonded, free estimates. (336) 609-0677. www.castleworkswindowcleaning.com.

MAID-2-SHINE. Excellent service, 15 years exp. Free estimates., excellent references.

(336) 338-0223.

CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOW CLEANING, gutter cleaning, pressure washing. Fully ins. windowcleaningnc.com. (336) 595-2873.

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THE CLEANING TECHNICIAN INC. Schedule your detailed cleaning now! Licensed & insured. Call for your free quote!

Lisa, (336) 207-0770.

APPLIANCE REPAIR – Call Mr. Appliance.

A step above the rest! (336) 609-5707.

$25 OFF CLEANING SPECIAL Maids of Honor. Bonded staff. 40 years in service. Call (336) 708-2407.

ANA’S HOUSECLEANING. Good references, free est., 25 years exp. (336) 309-0747.

CARPET CLEANING. We clean the dirt out of your carpet, not the money out of your pockets! Member BBB. Call David, The Cleaning Solutions, (336) 989-4318, or visit thecleaningsolutions.org.

OLD SCHOOL HOME REPAIR/ IMPROVEMENT

(336) 669-7252

Home Repairs & Improvements • Painting Wood Rot Repairs • Bathroom Remodeling Decks and much more! • Insured

SMALL ENGINE & MOWER REPAIR. Any type mower, weld and repair mower decks.

GARY’S HANDYMAN HOME SERVICES

BALEX ELECTRICAL COMPANY, LLC Residential, commercial & solar electrical services. (336) 298-4192.

FLOORING It’s A CARPET thing!

Repairs, restretch, replace. (336) 643-6500.

GENERAL REPAIR & SERVICES L & T SMALL ENGINE SERVICE LLP “We get you mowing!” Free pickup and delivery. 2103 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge.

(336) 298-4314.

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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(336) 643-0531 haleyhahn.com Licensed & insured

Accredited A+ Rating, oldschoolsjhr@triad.rr.com BBB of Central NC

ANA’S HOUSECLEANING. Good references, free est., 25 years exp. (336) 309-0747.

ELECTRICAL

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Free pickup and delivery. Call or text Morris,

EXPERIENCED INTERIOR DECORATOR & personal furniture shopper will help you with style, color, shopping & furniture placement. E-mail appeninc@gmail.com or call Ann Appenzeller, (336) 314-1411.

Decks | Sun & Screened Porches Roofing | Windows | Gutters

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HOME CLEANING. Afford. rates, ref. avail., 10 years exp. Elizabeth, (336) 453-8592.

DECORATING

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(336) 880-7498 or Rick, (336) 501-8681.

“Providing value for the home-ownership experience.” Gary Gellert, serving NC’s Piedmont Triad area. Garygellert@gmail.com, (336) 423-8223.

GRADING / HAULING

HOME SERVICES LDL GRADING & HAULING Insured and licensed. Site grading, driveway gravel, driveway construction, waterproofing. 20 years experience, competitive pricing! (336) 362-6181.

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

E&W HAULING & GRADING INC. Driveways, fill dirt, topsoil, lot clearing, bobcat work, excavating, mulch, etc. (336) 451-1282

ANTHONY’S GRADING & HAULING Excavating, land clearing, demolition, dirt available. Zane Anthony, (336) 362-4035.

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.

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LAWN CARE / LANDSCAPING ORTIZ LANDSCAPING, complete lawn care. Trimming, cleaning, planting & mulch, gutter cleaning, patios & pavers, waterfalls, retaining walls, sidewalks, stonework. Residential and commercial. (336) 280-8981.

GUZMAN LANDSCAPE & MAINTENANCE Pine needles, mulch, leaf removal, tree pruning, complete lawn maint. (336) 655-6490.

CUTTING EDGE LAWNCARE. Affordable.

Dependable. Mowing, aeration, leaf removal and more! Please call anytime for free estimate, (336) 706-0103.

AQUA SYSTEMS IRRIGATION. Quality irrigation systems. NC licensed contractor. We service all systems. Free estimates. (336) 644-1174.

FAY’S LAWNCARE & LANDSCAPING Spring lawn care & general yard clean up.

Pine needles and mulch. Reasonable and honest. Call Taylor, (336) 458-6491.

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DELIMA LAWNCARE. Licensed and insured. Free estimates. (336) 669-5210.

SOUTHERN STYLE concrete & landscapes.

WILSON LANDSCAPING, INC. Complete lawn care & landscaping. NC lic. irrigation contractor. 20 years exp. Hardscaping, fertilization & weed control. (336) 399-7764.

AREA STUMP DUMP. Yard waste, concrete, etc. Fill dirt avail. (336) 602-5820.

How about a new patio or fire pit? We can help with all of your outdoor living and entertainment spaces! Fire pits, driveways & sidewalks, patios and more! Give us a call at (336) 399-6619 for all your concrete and landscape needs.

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SITE LINES LANDSCAPE DESIGN, LLC Professional planting, hardscape, and outdoor living design. 20+ years exp. Check us out on Facebook. (336) 601-5981.

BRAD’S BOBCAT. Mulch, landscaping, pine needles and straw. (336) 362-3647.

CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICE Complete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, (336) 6439332, carolinaStumpAndTreeServices.com.

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.

TRACTOR FOR HIRE – Bush hogging, grading, brush/tree removal. (336) 207-6632.

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.

MASONRY MASONRY CONCEPTS, brick, block, stone, concrete & repairs. Free estimates. (336) 988-1022, www.masonryconceptsgso.com.

HOME SERVICES

BEK Paint Co. Residential & Commercial David & Judy Long, owners

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BEKPaintCompany.com • References Available • Licensed & Insured • All Work Guaranteed

PAINTING – INTERIOR & EXTERIOR 32 yrs. exp. Sheetrock repair. No job too small. Insured. Brad Rogers, (336) 314-3186 8605 Triad Dr, Colfax (336) 996-4918 marshallstone.com

MISC. SERVICES & PRODUCTS

PLUMBING BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLAR No job too small! Experienced, guaranteed.

Lic. & insured. Call Mark, (336) 337-7924.

WEBSTER & SONS PLUMBING, Inc.

ALL-SEASON STUMP GRINDING. Owner Alan Winfree. Free est. Call (336) 382-9875.

COLFAX LAWNCARE Complete lawn care maintenance. Fertilizing, mowing, trimming, pine needles. Res./ comm., HOA & annual agreements. Fully insured. Serving the Triad for 28 years.

(336) 362-5860.

HOME SERVICES

(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.

PRESSURE WASHING

336/404-1471 www.fmtriad.com

GRILLS, FIRE PITS, tankless water heaters. General home repairs. Call Don Hill, (336) 643-7183.

PAINTING & DRYWALL CINDY’S PAINTING – Interior painting, wallpaper removal. References & free estimates available. (336) 708-9155.

CARLOS & SON PAINTING, interior & exterior. Free est., lic/ins. (336) 669-5210.

STILL PERFECTION PAINTING Reliable, skilled, affordable. Painting, pressure washing, handyman services. Scott Still, (336) 462-3683, stillperfectionpainting.com.

JLB REMODELING, INC. Remodeling and additions. Fully insured.

NC GC license #69997. Free est. Call (336) 681-2902 or visit www.jlbremodeling.com.

BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTION Kitchens/baths, custom decks, garages, siding, dock work, windows, roofing, rotted wood.

Sr. disc., 38 years exp. (336) 362-6343.

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.

ORTIZ REMODELING – Total restoration & home improvement. Drywall, painting, kitchen cabinets, interior trim & more. Free estimates. (336) 280-8981.

PREMIER CONSTRUCTION. Providing all of your home maintenance needs, remodeling and new construction. (336) 430-9507.

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ROOFING

PRESSURE WASHING, gutter & window cleaning. Fully insured. Crystal Clear, www. windowcleaningnc.com. (336) 595-2873.

CUTTING EDGE PRESSURE WASHING Affordable. Dependable. Please call anytime for free estimate, (336) 706-0103.

REMODELING / CONSTRUCTION

Services TM Construction , INC

BUILDING | RENOVATIONS | ADDITIONS

Screened porches | Sunrooms | Patios

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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.

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) 944-6118, or visit redrhinoroofing.com.

PREMIER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION Insurance specialist, free inspections, res./ comm., BBB A rating. (336) 430-9507.

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.

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MISC. SERVICES

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

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We carry moving & shipping supplies

(336) 643-9963 • 8207 B & G Court, Stokesdale COMPUTER REPAIRS – ITBASICS.COM Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons. (336) 643-0068.

MELDA CRUM, formerly of Melda’s Hair Designs in Summerfield, is now serving new and existing clients at Unique Kutz150 in Summerfield.

Call (336) 202-3131 to

schedule your appointment.

ERIE INSURANCE – IN KERNERSVILLE Long Insurance Services, (336) 992-5664.

SAM’S AUTO BODY SHOP. Any type of body work. 45 years exp. (336) 347-7470.

Tell our readers how you can help!

MISC. FOR SALE GUILFORD MEMORIAL PARK section 17, four plots, monument rights, $6,900/all four.

(336) 668-7335.

PEACHES, FRESH PRODUCE. Knight’s Produce, 14809 Highway 158, Summerfield. (336) 708-0485.

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REAL ESTATE

$$$ – WILL PAY CASH up to $200 for your junk or wrecked vehicle. (336) 552-0328.

HOMES FOR RENT

FREE PICK-UP of unwanted riding & push mowers, any and all gas items, tillers, gocarts & golf carts, ATVs, generators, power washers, chain saws. (336) 689-4167.

Food Lion. $725/mo., $725 dep. No pets.

CLASSIC CARS WANTED! Sport Auto in Summerfield will buy your classic car. Contact Steve, (336) 643-9595.

FABRIC NEEDED for Sew to Sow Ministry to make dresses for girls in Kenya. Cotton fabrics work best, any amount. Also need gently used, usable sewing machines, buttons, ribbon, lace trimming, elastic and thread. Call Beth, (336) 644-8155.

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OAK RIDGE, 3BR, 2BA, office/den, deck, large yard. (336) 644-8710 or 708-0522.

OAK RIDGE, 3BR, 3 full baths, finished bonus room. $2,200/mo. (336) 362-6269.

(336) 643-4248

www.ANewDawnRealty.com HOMES FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE 1.17-ACRE LOT, Chandler Glen SD, Stokesdale, priced at tax value, $30,000.

Owner/broker, (336) 687-6019.

23+ ACRES, STONEVILLE, NC, Grogan Road, within minutes of Lowes and Walmart.

Up-and-coming growing area,

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PETS & ANIMAL SVCS.

areas, last perked in 2014. Showings by

ANIMALS AVAILABLE

buyers only. $199K. Call (561) 704-6179.

KUNEKUNE PIGLETS! Pets or homesteading. $250, or $500 with papers. (336) 663-1567.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

appointment only.

Call me for professional buyer and seller services!

PET SITTING / BOARDING HORSE STALLS AVAILABLE Close to Hwy. 220 and 158 in Summerfield.

Three pastures with run-ins, riding ring, round pen, tack room. (336) 298-7621.

KPS – KELLY’S PET SERVICES Professional in-home pet sitting. Bonded & insured. Member Pet Sitters International.

Pet sitting while you are away, daily walks or runs, play, pet taxi, and more! KPS gives a portion of profits to animal charities. Call, email, or Facebook message for a free consultation: (336) 706-6706, kpsforyourpets@ gmail.com, www.facebook.com/kpspets, or kpspets on Instagram.

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index of DISPLAY ADVERTISERS ACCOUNTING Carlotta Lytton, CPA, PA .....................23 Kimberly Thacker Accounting..............32 Samuel Anders, CPA, MSA, PC ...........23

ARTS / DANCE / KARATE Northern Arts Studio .............................4

AUTOMOTIVE SALES & SERVICE Foreign Cars Italia .................................2 Piedmont Truck Tires, Inc. ...................31

Brian Disney Homes ............................17 Brian Thompson Homes......................16 Builders MD......................................... 11 Disney Custom Homes ........................15 Don Mills Builders ................................16 Johnson & Lee.....................................16 Kickin’ Clouds......................................12

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Triad Baptist Church ............................25

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Borden Dentistry..................................21 DeVaney Dentistry .................................8

EVENTS

Greensboro DOT .................................12 Summerfield Music in the Park ..............5

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MEDICAL SERVICES

Forbis & Dick – Brooke Chapel ............32

HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES BEK Paint Company ............................29 Carpets by Direct .................................14 Elegant Transformations by Marcie......23 Furniture Medic ...................................29 Haley Hahn Home Solutions ...............28 House of Stars .....................................23 Marshall Stone ....................................29 New Garden Landscaping & Nursery ... 20 New Garden Select .............................18 Old School Home Repair .....................28 Pest Management Systems....................3 ProStone..............................................21 Stokesdale Heating & Air.....................25 Stokesdale Storage ..............................30

LEGAL SERVICES Attorney Bill Barbour ...........................24 Law Office of Susan Greeson ..............20 Scott Tippett Law ................................10

Carolina Priority Care ............................3 Dove Medical Supply ......................... 6-7 LeBauer Healthcare ..............................9 Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 24 Novant – Northwest Family Medicine ... 10

PET SERVICES & PRODUCTS

Bel-Aire Veterinary Hospital ...................5 Northwest Animal Hospital ..................23 Stokesdale Veterinary Hospital.............32 Veterinary Hospital of Oak Ridge.........23 Westergaard Kennels...........................23

REAL ESTATE

A New Dawn Realty ............................30 Berkshire Hathaway Yost & Little .........19 Bobbie Maynard Team, Allen Tate.......13 Gil Vaughan, Keller Williams ................30 Jason Smith, Smith Marketing .............16 Tanya Hill, Realty One .........................23

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