Dec. 16, 2016 - Jan. 5, 2017
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Town awarded $3.4 million for trail project Project funding comes as welcome surprise by PATTI STOKES SUMMERFIELD – The Town of Summerfield received an early – and unexpected – Christmas present on Dec. 13 when NCDOT released results from its Prioritization 4.0 assessment process. Included on the project priority list was Summerfield’s A&Y Greenway (South) project, which has been allocated
$3,429,000 for NCDOT’s 2018–2027 project cycle. “The notification came as a joyous surprise, especially given that the project hasn’t ranked well in the past,” Town Manager Scott Whitaker said after learning about the funding. “The Trails and Open Space Committee, Town Council, area MPO, Stewart (design/engineer firm), and citizens have put immense effort into this project – this news shines a floodlight on the value of collaboration and keeping
noses to the grindstone.” Jane Doggett, who chairs Summerfield’s Trails and Open Space Committee which was formed in 2013, said she was nearly speechless when she heard funding had been awarded for the greenway project.
Treasured memories of the season: Part II by ANNETTE JOYCE Last week we shared some of our readers’ treasured memories and traditions associated with the Christmas season, and we continue in this issue. To all of our readers, we wish you a season full of new memories to treasure for years to come. Lori Yager of Summerfield remembers her parents’ love and excitement for the Christmas season. “My parents were always so excited
they could never wait until Christmas,” Yager says. “Every Christmas Eve we would all load in the car to drive downtown to Indianapolis to look at the Christmas lights. “We were all loaded in the car, and always one of my parents had to go back in the house ‘to go to the restroom’ or ‘because they forgot something’ – and yippee, when we came back from our drive Santa had been there! We would stay up all night playing with our gifts.”
One year, Stallings and her cousin decided to add a little excitement to the festivities. “Being the mischievous type, we began to have a sword fight with our lit candles. It was very funny to us – until the paper ring around my candle caught fire and I dropped the candle out of instinct,” Stallings says.
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“My grandmother looks over and begins to scream at us. Lots of feet stomping and chaos, but the fire was put out. She never made the family go to church again for Christmas Eve service.”
Melissa Stallings of Oak Ridge says her grandmother required the family to attend the Christmas Eve church service every year.
Roseann Staaf, who lives just outside of Stokesdale, remembers one special Christmas filled with joyous music.
“We all had to dress up and pretend
Doggett, whose husband and adult children are avid runners and trail enthusiasts, has been a faithful supporter of the town extending the greenway for over 20 years,
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to be civilized,” Stallings jokes.
Readers share more of their favorite memories from past holiday seasons and traditions that remain today
“The community supports the trail, but to have the state come in and support it with money is just phenomenal,” she said.
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