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SRA, town at impasse overathletic park usage feesAssociation has received discounted usage fees since 2012, and town says it is time to treat all organizations equally

by PATTI STOKES

SUMMERFIELD – Summerfield Recreation Association (SRA) and the Town of Summerfield have gone head to head over the last several months over how much SRA should pay to use Summerfield Athletic Park (SAP). Unless an agreement can be worked out between now and when the season starts in mid-

September, SRA says its participants will not be playing ball at the athletic park this fall.

The 29-acre facility, located at 5200 U.S. 220, opened in Sep-tember 2010. It has three baseball/softball fields, a multipurpose field, restroom/concession building, a playground and paved parking.

The town’s published rates for using the athletic park are: $15/hour per field for Summerfield residents, plus $10/hour for lights and $25/hour per field for non-Summerfield residents, plus $10/hour for lights.

At the February 2012 Sum-merfield Town Council meeting,

SRA president Rob Langston asked the council to lower SRA’s fees for using the athletic park. He said the association served about 1,500 children ages 5 to 18, of which 60 to 70 percent lived in Summerfield. Though construction of the athletic park had helped SRA’s programs expand, Langston said the associa-tion’s expenses had also increased.

At that meeting, the town council voted to give SRA a reduced rate of $10/hour per field to use the athletic park, plus waive the $10/hour charge for light usage – for the spring 2012 softball/baseball season. Addition-

Summerfi eld Athletic Park on U.S. 220 was dedicated on Sept. 11 2010. The park, which has one multi-purpose fi eld, three softball/baseball fi elds, a concession building, restroom facilities, playground and paved parking, is rented to non-profi t organizations including Summerfi eld Recreation Association, as well as to for-profi t organizations.

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Owners receive trash violation notice

OAK RIDGE – Oak Ridge Town Manag-er Bruce Oakley says the town has sent owners of property on Oak Ridge Road a notice of violation for trash remaining on their private home site.

Oakley also says the Guilford County Solid Waste Department is continuing to investigate the site of the adjacent com-mercial buildings formerly occupied by

Big Boyz Toyz and B&B Welding (above), but there has been no evidence of recent cleanup activity on the sites. The commercial property is owned by Spen-cer E. Bowman and his father, Spencer G. Bowman, whose court date for chop shop activity and multiple charges of in-surance fraud, initially scheduled for July 30, has been rescheduled to Oct. 1.

Town of Oak Ridge funds offi cers to direct school traffi cOAK RIDGE – After last fall’s traf-fic issues during the first two weeks of school, the Town of Oak Ridge is partnering with Oak Ridge Elementary to help get the new school year off to a smoother start.

The school asked the town for help to avoid the traffic jam on N.C. 150 that occurred at the beginning of last school year when a policy change required par-ents driving their children to school to use the car rider line rather than parking and walking their children to classrooms.

The Town of Oak Ridge has agreed to pay two extra-duty officers to help

direct traffic in the mornings and af-ternoons during the first two weeks of school. The officers will be at the Oak Ridge Road and Linville Road intersec-tion, and at the entrance to the Twelve Oaks neighborhood.

Principal Denise Francisco believes the two-week police presence will allevi-ate any traffic issues.

“In the past, we have seen the traffic reduce after the tenth day of school,” she said.

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I remember reading last spring that the Oak Ridge Elementary School PTO was working on a

project to make the school safer from tragedies like the one that happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. What’s the status of this project, and will it be completed in time for the opening of school on Aug. 25?

A couple of years ago, the school’s PTO started research-ing ideas to correct a design

flaw that allows visitors to bypass the front office when entering the building.

As a solution to this design flaw, the group came up with a plan in which a glass wall will be installed part-way down the main hall, and an additional locked set of double doors will be installed along with a new entry into the office. The gym door which sits just inside the main entrance will remain locked from the outside.

Melissa Stallings, president of the ORES PTO, says the group spent the last few months securing bids for the proj-ect. The initial bids came in at $41,000, which the PTO donated to the ORES capital account, an action required by Guilford County Schools before construc-tion can move forward.

However, the cost of the project increased after the project was re-bid due to design revisions.

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“We’re short roughly $3,000 at this point,” said Stallings.

The PTO contributed the $41,000 by taking a portion from its savings, dona-tions and fundraisers. The group feels confident they will be able to raise the extra money and is continuing to move forward.

A contractor has been selected to complete the project.

“Based on the proposals we have received, we have elected to go with a lo-cal contractor, ICORE Service Company LLC,” said Stallings. “Guilford County Schools has worked with ICORE on many projects and highly recommends this

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Oak Ridge Elementary PTO is just $3,000 short of its goal to fund a school safety project that has been under consideration for the last few years. The project will cost about $44,000 and be completed over the winter break in December. few years. The project will cost about $44,000 and be completed

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company. The bid amount is $44,000 (rounded up).”

While the group had hoped to have the project completed by the begin-ning of the 2014-15 school year, various delays meant that construction would be rushed or would take place while school was in session. Construction, which should take about two weeks, is now scheduled to take place during the holiday break.

“Rushing through the design and per-mits can cause us to pay a premium for materials and may have put us at risk of not being finished prior to school starting back,” said Stallings. “We do not want to have the construction disturb our faculty and students.”

Additionally, Stallings said the archi-

tect is working on minor changes and some permits still need to be obtained from Guilford County. There’s also the matter of raising the additional funds.

“We have been continuously and diligently working on the safety proj-ect this summer,” concluded Stallings. “While I am sad to report that the new doors will not be installed and opera-tional by Aug. 25, I am excited how far the project has come and will be delight-ed to see it come to life in December.”

If you’d like to make a donation to this project, visit www.ORESPTO.com and click “Donate” on the home page. You can also drop off your donation or mail it to the school at 2050 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, N.C. 27310. Checks should be made payable to ORES.

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Construction taking place on East Harrell Road in Oak Ridge is part of a project to make the intersection of this road and N.C. 68 a safer stretch.

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There’s a lot of construction work taking place around East Harrell Road. I remember

reading something in the Northwest Observer about a widening project at the intersection of N.C. 68 and East Harrell Road, but the location of this road work doesn’t really seem to make sense. What’s going on?

In our July 4 issue, we published a News Brief about the widen-ing project and the relocation

of East Harrell Road. The roadwork you see is part of that project and involves

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the town is allocating $2,600 for the two officers, and in addition to direct-ing traffic they will be available to as-sist the school with any other needs.

The bus schedules have been altered this year to ensure students ar-rive at school no earlier than 7:25 a.m. Francisco hopes the later bus rider schedule will encourage more parents to have their children ride the bus.

Francisco would like to remind par-ents who drive their children to school to use the car rider line that begins off of Oak Ridge Road at the entrance to

the Twelve Oaks neighborhood. The principal added that the Caison Road entrance off Linville Road is for non-routine morning arrivals or for students who need to be escorted into the building by a parent.

Students may enter the building at 7:20 a.m., and they need to be in the classroom by 7:45 a.m.

“We are thankful to the Town of Oak Ridge for supporting our school with the two officers,” said Francisco. “We look forward to a wonderful school year.”

Council assesses staff time, dollars spent on annual Founders’ DaySUMMERFIELD – Summerfield bud-gets about $30,000 each year for its an-nual Founders’ Day celebration in May.

The two-day celebration kicks off on a Friday evening with carnival rides, music and food. On Saturday

morning the annual parade, which at one time drew as many as 200 par-ticipants, winds along Summerfield Road.

After the parade, there are live bands, carnival rides, craft vendors, food vendors, petting zoos and kids’ dance performances and band per-formances throughout the day.

Over the years, the annual event has grown in offerings and expense, while the number of volunteers has simultaneously dwindled.

The institution of volunteer policies several years ago, coupled with atti-tudes from some council members at that time which was publicly displayed toward volunteers, disenchanted a volunteer base that had once helped get the event off the ground and con-tributed countless hours each spring to coordinate it.

Now, all seven of the town’s em-ployees are involved in planning and

staffing the event as they work closely with a small group of volunteers.

The town council is assessing how much time those staff members spend on the event in the weeks lead-ing up to and including the two-day period over which it takes place, and whether the event should be scaled back.

At its Aug. 12 meeting, the town council discussed ending the event earlier on Saturday, as well as work-ing to get parade participation closer to the level that it once was several years ago.

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Fees were not discussed with SRA, the only athletic park user which re-ceives discounted rates, again until last March, so by default the reduced fees remained in effect for the fall baseball/softball season in 2012, the spring and fall seasons in 2013, and the spring 2014 season.

According to the town’s annual budget, the athletic park generated $29,850 in revenue last fiscal year. For FY 2014-15, the town budgeted $67,700 for the park’s operating expenses plus $73,100 (salaries and benefits) for a full-time Parks and Recreation manager and a part-time parks attendant; though the manager and attendant’s time is divided between the athletic and community park, Town Manager Scott Whitaker says the athletic park requires signifi-cantly more of their time.

Whitaker also says the athletic park is in high demand, and field rental requests from for-profit and non-profit organizations outnumber field avail-ability.

When beginning work on the annual

sorships and special events, believes sponsor banners are a viable way of off-setting athletic park expenses; however, Garner says he learned in April that the town was considering doing away with sponsor banners at the athletic park.

Barry Wesoly, SRA’s president as of July 1, says the town has stated objec-

tions to banners hanging at the athletic fields based on ap-pearance, and because there is not enough spon-sor interest in the banner program to make it worth the time it takes to orchestrate it.

“If we did it right, there would be a waiting list.

There is a lot of activity there,” Wesoly said, adding that SRA offered to be responsible for getting sponsor banners made, ensuring they were of uniform size and hanging the banners up and taking them down before and after each ball season. In exchange, he said SRA asked to keep a small percentage of the revenue from sponsor banners.

At the Aug. 12 town council meet-ing, the council discussed eliminating the sponsor banner program at the athletic park, though no decision was

budget last February, the town’s finance committee decided to re-assess SRA’s discounted fees for using the athletic park. Committee member Mildred Hoffler-Foushee was asked to review SRA’s 990 (annual financial report for non-profits) to assess its financial status before the committee proposed a new fee schedule.

Hoffler-Foushee says several at-tempts to reach the SRA treasurer by email and by phone were unsuccess-ful, but on March 11 she received an email from Lynne Willams DeVaney, SRA’s 2013-14 presi-dent, saying that SRA would not be disclosing its finan-cials to the town.

“The financial condition of SRA has no bearing on the rates attributed to the field rental fees of the Town of Summer-field,” DeVaney wrote in her email.

The finance committee eventually obtained the 990 from the internet, and ultimately voted to bring SRA’s athletic park non-resident usage fees in line with what other organizations pay, effective with the fall 2014 baseball/softball season.

Glen Garner, SRA’s director of spon-

reached. Over the last few months, SRA has

presented three rate proposals to the town for using the athletic park. While the proposals represent an increase over what SRA has been paying, the town is standing firm on its decision to charge all organizations the same fees.

Earlier this month Garner sent an email on behalf of SRA to the associa-tion’s sponsors. In it, he wrote that the association had 675 girls and boys registered in the spring baseball/softball season and a record 60-plus sponsors. Registration fees had remained com-petitive, he said, but the association was facing some tough challenges, in part due to a 400 percent increase in athletic park usage fees. The increase would necessitate as much as a $50 per player increase in SRA registration fees, he wrote.

“In our estimation, the Town of Summerfield does not understand the community impact SRA has within the city limits and surrounding community,” wrote Garner, who urged SRA support-ers to attend the Tuesday, Sept. 9 town council meeting and speak during the Public Comments section.

In response, Whitaker issued a press release on Aug. 14 which said the town’s finance committee, town council and parks and recreation department had agreed to treat all athletic park

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In our estimation, the Town of Summerfi eld does not understand the

community impact SRA has within the city limits and surrounding community.”

Glen GarnerSRA board member





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Trail extension is a good move for Town of Summerfi eld

I am writing to voice my support for our town to invest in trails.

I purposefully use the term “invest” as opposed to “spend.” Trails will pro-vide three main benefits to our com-munity.

Trails improve property values. All things being equal, a house that has access to a recreational facility will be more attractive to a home buyer than one that does not.

Trails provide a much-needed place for people to safely exercise. As a physical therapist and owner of Cedar Hill Physical Therapy in Summerfield, one of the most common exercises that I prescribe to the people I serve is to simply walk. A wide and well-paved trail is accessible to people of varying levels of physical ability.

Trails provide a means for com-munity members to interact. From a simple salutation as you pass a familiar

face to a place where friends and fam-ily can meet for a safe walk, trails bring people together.

The trail that the people of Sum-merfield are considering is an extension of the Atlantic & Yadkin Greenway. The A&Y Greenway is already well-established and well-travelled. It provides connections to Bur-Mil Park, Battleground Park, Country Park and Battleground Avenue. It currently ex-tends to Markland Drive in Greensboro.

Future plans are for the greenway to extend to downtown Greensboro. The length of this trail would reasonably allow a Summerfield resident to ride a bicycle into downtown Greensboro. Commuting to work by bicycle is an at-tractive option for many.

Simply put, expanding the A&Y Greenway in Summerfield is good for Summerfield.

Paul Weiss, SUMMERFIELD

Police power should have limitsMany people are talking about re-

forming law enforcement because of the police actions in Missouri, New York and elsewhere. I have a lot of good ideas. Here are two.

I think that any police officer who kills someone should be retired from law enforcement. It shouldn’t matter

if the killing was justified, accidental, self-defense or murder. No police officer should have a license to kill. If you dis-agree with me, then please let me know how many people a police officer can kill before losing his/her job.

Another great idea would be to limit all police officers to 10 years on the job.

Police officers belong to a special group of public servants that have the right to take away your life, liberty and property. They can end your pursuit of happiness in a heartbeat. If some public servants are going to have that much power, then it should be limited.

The police are supposed to serve

and protect the people, but it appears that some law enforcement officials consider the people to be suspects, and persons of interest. Citizens should place limits on police power, unless they want to live in a police state.

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Is SRA more equal than other community groups?

George Orwell was right; some people will always want to be treated more equal than others.

I just read a real disturbing letter penned by adult leadership for the IRS non-profit and non-politically organized, Summerfield Recreation Association (SRA).

At the July 2014 council meeting (http://youtu.be/AMGRLuSew_I) the SRA omitted critical facts about the Sum-merfield Town Council’s decision to treat the SRA equally when they passed this year’s budget.

I spoke at the same July council meeting, sharing facts which formed the basis of council’s decision to treat the SRA equally. An SRA rep challenged me personally/directly as to why I brought out

those facts publicly. Why did this rep find what I shared so unsettling? Why does the SRA not want the whole story told?

You Decide:• Of the players on the SRA using the

Summerfield ball fields, only 29 per-cent of those players are Summerfield residents.

• The ball fields cost the Summerfield taxpayers $100,000 per year. That’s $.5 million every five years. That amount doubles when you add in maintenance and operations, staff payroll and benefits. $1 million in the last five years. (See editor’s note)

• The Town of Summerfield chose to treat the SRA equally … fairly … iden-tical to all other organizations which

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GRINS to... The staff of TheraSport Summerfield.

Diana, Mark and Whitney helped me re-cover from my self-inflicted exercise strain. Also, they explained why I had the pain and how to exercise properly. Thanks a million! PS Communications, publisher of the

“Finder,” for the weekly contest. Not only have I learned valuable info about my surrounding communities, but I also got to experience some local small businesses from the generous donations in the gift basket I won! Happy Tails Emergency Veterinary Clinic

for taking such wonderful care of our dog Charlie during a recent emergency. It was a scary event but your entire staff was great. Paul, the bike rider who saved the day

by changing a bike tire on the side of Miller Church Road for Diane and Kim on Satur-day, Aug. 16. Mr. Knight and his produce stand in

Summerfield on U.S. 158. His fresh veggies at an affordable price have helped me in my weight loss plan. Ben Ziegler for calling road assistance

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The lady who would not rent her 3-bed-room house to an unmarried couple. Thank you for standing up for what you believe in. Christians are not commanded to refrain from judgment, but to judge righteously and not hypocritically.

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ald’s two Sundays ago. Your treatment of the young person behind the counter was beyond shameful. Everyone there got a shocking view of your Christianity. Shame on you! Whoever is bringing in a Bojangles.

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want to use our ball fields.• More? Until the Summerfield Council

decided to treat SRA equally, the SRA had the privilege of locking in sched-uled field usage times at their heavily subsidized rate. They never used all this time they reserved, so they sub-let it to other organizations. The SRA was paid for this, not the Town of Sum-merfield.

• The single most expensive direct cost for operating the ball fields are the lights. Until now the SRA has not paid for any lighting. This bill has been paid 100 percent by the taxpayers of Summerfield.

The SRA plans to come rally at the Sept. 9 Summerfield Town Council meeting. Do they act in the interest of our impressionable youth they claim to represent? Rules and laws should apply equally to individuals and organizations. The SRA acts like they are more special, more deserving and more worthy than others.

Dwayne Crawford, SUMMERFIELD

Editor’s Note: The figure of $100,000 for the athletic park’s annual operat-ing expenses, coupled with salaries and benefits for a full-time Parks and Recreation manager and part-time parks attendant – plus other expenses related to the athletic park, to equal about $200,000 annually – has been stated by citizens before; however, those figures do not align with the town’s ap-proved budget.

When asked for a clarification, Town Manager Scott Whitaker confirmed that the town’s approved FY 2014-15 budget includes a line item of $67,700 for SAP operating expenses and $73,100 (sala-ries and benefits) for the full-time Parks and Recreation manager and part-time parks attendant. Though the parks’ employees divide their time between the athletic park and the community park, Whitaker said they spend the majority of their time attending to the athletic park.





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“Aware of the SRA’s special treat-ment and continued request for finan-cial concessions, the Finance Commit-tee requested 990 tax returns during discussions and the SRA refused to provide those by the needed date,” Whitaker wrote in the press release.

“The proposed FY 2014–15 budget included a fee schedule using the same base rental rates, but requiring uniform application to all rental groups,” Whita-ker continued. “While the SRA was aware of the likely impact, it was largely silent publicly and did not petition the town during budget deliberations. Im-mediately following the June budget adoption and as a courtesy, the SRA was made aware of the fee schedule

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approval and expected impact.“Since June, the SRA has made

multiple attempts to negotiate a reduced rate and other differential treatment. A key field allocation consid-eration involves the number of Sum-merfield resident participants and past reduced-rate decisions were based in part on the SRA’s heavy concentra-tion of Summer-field participants (estimated by the SRA in early 2012 to be 60-70 percent). The town has tracked the SRA’s SAP percentages for its Mustang, Bronco and Pony leagues for several seasons and most recently, about 29 percent (76 Summerfield children) of its SAP baseball players were Summerfield residents, based on provided rosters.”

Whitaker continued that the resi-dent/non-resident determination per-centage is 60 percent and said several other organizations which use the ath-letic park have much higher percent-ages of Summerfield participants.

“When we built our program, it didn’t matter (where kids lived). What

mattered was, we were building a pro-gram for the kids to play ball,” says Wesoly in response to the town’s 60 percent rule.

“I think it’s too small-minded to look at that zip code (27358), espe-cially when Sum-merfield Elementary pulls from more than that zip code,”

adds Jeff Roy, SRA’s VP of Baseball for Mustang, Bronco and Pony divisions.

Garner says one of SRA’s goals is to bring community to Summerfield.

Wesoly agreed, “When we go out, we have Summerfield on our T-shirts.”

SRA has transitioned into a “healthy” state, Wesoly says, and the association is willing to pay higher fees to use the athletic park – but the town refuses to give the organization the resident rate ($15 versus $25 per hour per field) for using the athletic park,

and that just isn’t reasonable.

“I gave them three different propos-als starting at $10,000 per year (up from $4,695); the last one was $20,000 per year, and they were guaranteed a customer for 10 months. We weren’t going to be taking up all the fields. We simply asked if we could get the resident rate – and they said no … that hurts,” Wesoly said.

As for the Sept. 9 town council meeting, the SRA president says he thinks a lot of people will plan to attend – but he is still holding hope that a sat-isfactory agreement between SRA and the town can be reached before then.

“If the town has an emergency meeting before that (Sept. 9), SRA will be more than happy to work it out,” Wesoly said. “Our season doesn’t of-ficially start until mid-September. We would like the kids to use the fields.”

want to weigh in?Send your comments to

[email protected], or sharethem on our Facebook page,

www.Facebook.com/northwestobserver (see Aug. 21 post “SRA and town at impasse”). The Summerfield Town

Council will meet again on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m. at the Community

Center, 5604 Centerfield Road.

While the SRAwas aware of the likelyimpact, it was largely

silent publicly and did not petition the town during

budget deliberations.” Scott Whitaker

Summerfield town manager


HOMECARE AVAILABLE

ELDER CARE AVAILABLEExperienced with numerous home care services. References available. Wage & hours negotiable. (336) 707-5245.

EMPLOYMENT

Fast-growing LANDSCAPE COMPANY seeking honest, reliable, self-motivated pro-fessionals willing to work hard. Landscape and hardscape experience preferred. (336) 298-3809.

PT CERTIFIED MATH SPECIALIST po-sition available for after-school program. (336) 338-3384.

PT CERTIFIED READING SPECIALIST position available for after-school program. (336) 338-3384.

SUBWAY OF STOKESDALE is now hiring for part-time daytime positions. Apply at mysubwaycareer.com. Pre-employment drug screen and background check re-quired. EOE. Must be 17 or older.

SAVE THE DATE

BEACH BOOGIE BENEFIT, August 21, 5:30-7:30pm, Spring Arbor of Greensboro. Music by the Part-Time Party-Time Band. Proceeds benefi t the Alzheimer’s Assn.

CUB SCOUT PACK 600 will be having an Open House on Tuesday, August 26, from 6:30-8pm at Oak Ridge Presbyte-rian Church, 2614 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge. We will have displays, food, fun and games. Cub Scouts is for boys 1st thru 5th grades. For more information, search Cub Scout Pack 600 at Oak Ridge Presbyterian on Facebook.

LABOR DAY SIDEWALK / WAREHOUSE SALE, Saturday, August 30, 10am, Artemis and the Scavengers, 106-A College Road, Greensboro (next to Flip Flops Beach Bar).

“ALICE IN WONDERLAND” AUDITIONS, Sept. 2, audition times 4-6pm, Oak Ridge Youth Theatre, youth ages 10-18. Email [email protected].

NEED HELP?Call (336) 644-7035 ext. 10

Mon-Fri • 9am-2pm

Place online at

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Employment ................................ 19

Save the Date .............................19

Yard Sales ................................... 19

Home Services .......................19-21

Misc. Services .............................. 22

Misc. for Sale .............................. 22

Misc. Wanted ............................. 22

Pets/Animals & Services ............... 22

Real Estate .................................. 22

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SAVE THE DATE

Cub Scouts Pack 130 FREE FALL KICK-OFF EVENT, Thursday, August 28, 5:30-6:30pm at Oak Ridge UMC multipurpose room. All boys 1st through 5th grade are invited to come see what Scouting has to offer. Activities for the evening are tie dye T-shirts, s’mores making, soda bottle rocket launch, stuffed animal sling shot. All interested families are welcome to attend. Contact Chris Chipman at [email protected] or visit http://oakridge130.mypack.us/home.

Don’t miss out on a fun-fi lled weekend at the 2nd annual MAYODAN HOMECOMING & ANTIQUES FESTIVAL, September 5 & 6. Visit mayodanantiques.com for more info.

VIKING-NIGHTHAWK GOLF CHALLENGE, Friday, Sept. 5, 10am shotgun start, Bryan Park Golf Center. Registration at 9am, box lunch on the course, 2 players from each school/team, double-bogey match play, prizes, trophy to the winning school award-ed at the Northern/Northwest football game that evening. For more information, see display ad on page 5.

KIDS CONSIGNMENT SALE, Fri., Sept. 5, 9am-8pm; Sat., Sept. 6, 8am-1pm, (some items 50% off on Sat.), St Paul’s Catho-lic Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd., Greensboro, www.stpaulskidssale.com.

KID’S CONSIGNMENT SALE, fall & winter premiere at Encore Kids Consignments, Saturday, Sept. 6. Now accepting fall and winter consignments, 305 W. Mountain St., Kernersville. Call (336) 993-3444.

GOLFERS WANTED! Help support local children by participating in the Northwest Guilford Kiwanis Golf FORE Kids Tourna-ment, Sat., Sept. 27, at 1:30pm at Pine Knolls Golf Course in Kernersville. Great prizes, awards meal, golfer goodie bags and cash prizes for 1st and 2nd places in 2 fl ights. Captain’s Choice. $60 per player, $240 per 4-player team. For more informa-tion, contact Mark Masters at 260-1970 or [email protected].

YARD SALES

MOVING SALE, Sat., August 23, 7am-12n, 5205 Willow Ridge Drive, Summerfi eld. Clothes, shoes, holiday & home items, fi sh-ing gear, lawn chairs, toys & more!

LARGE FAMILY YARD SALE, Saturday, Aug. 23, 7am, 6110 Caison Rd., Oak Ridge.

HOME SERVICES

CLEANING

JASMINE CLEANING SERVICE. Afford-able, experienced, guaranteed. 423-4938.

CastleWorks WINDOW CLEANINGIncludes gutters, pressure washing, chande-liers and other high ladder work. Fully insured and bonded, free estimates. 609-0677. www.castleworkswindowcleaning.com.

MARIA’S CLEANING SERVICE. Free esti-mates, guaranteed service. 432-4483.

Professional custom cleaning for home & office

Weekly / Biweekly / Monthly Move-Out/Move-In • Detail/Deep

Seasonal • Licensed/Bonded/Insured Customized Services

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE

Home Maid, inc.

(336) 441-2047 | [email protected]

A&A PROFESSIONAL HOME CLEANINGStress less and let me take care of the mess. Please call or email for free consul-tation. (336) 686-4005, [email protected].

MAID-2-SHINE. Serving NW area for 10 years. Homes, offi ces, move in/out. Detail oriented, prof, bonded, exc. ref. 338-0223.

CHRISTIAN MOM needs work cleaning houses, running errands. Will clean to fi t your budget. Pet taxi/pet sitting also avail. References. Call Laura Bennett, 231-1838.



HOME SERVICES

WILSON LANDSCAPING, INC. Complete lawn care & landscaping. NC lic. irrigation contractor. 20 years exp. Hardscaping, fer-tilization & weed control. 399-7764.

CAROLINA STUMP & TREE SERVICEComplete tree service, $1 million liability, workman’s comp. Rick & Judy, 643-9332. CarolinaStumpAndTreeService.com.

D & D LANDSCAPING & IRRIGATIONComplete landscaping services. Retaining walls & patios. Member BBB. NC licensed irrigation contractor. 480-4101.

MY GROUNDSKEEPERLandscaping and lawn care, shrubs, mulch, cut low limbs and more. Timothy, 643-5154.

LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS15-year anniversary special. We will beat your current written price by 15% – guaran-teed! Call (336) 601-3796.

AQUA SYSTEMS IRRIGATION. Quality ir-rigation systems. NC Licensed Contractor. We service all systems. Free est. 644-1174.

ONE GUY & A MACHINE LAWN CARE and hardscaping. Maintenance, design, paver patios, block walls, hedges trimmed, beds re-edged, pine needles, mulch, pressure washing, chemical applications, aerating. Li-censed & insured. Free est. Call 382-4767. www.oneguyandamachine.com.

GUZMAN LANDSCAPE & MAINTENANCEPine needles, mulch, leaf removal, tree prun-ing, complete lawn maintenance. 655-6490.

TLC LAWN CARELawn mowing, fertilization and weed con-trol. General cleanup. Affordable all-season lawn maintenance. (336) 681-0097.

AREA STUMP DUMP. Yard waste, con-crete, etc. Fill dirt available. 602-5820.

MULCH, single-ground, $10 per 3-yard scoop. Tandem load delivered, $100 (about 10 yards). Oak Ridge area, 803-2195.

BRAD’S BOBCAT. Landscaping, driveways, patios, sidewalks, concrete work. 362-3647.

HOME SERVICES

MOWING & SEASONAL AERATING Reasonable rates for both. (336) 549-5726.

TRACTOR FOR HIREBush hogging, tilling, fencing, brush/tree re-moval, hauling & more! (336) 207-6632.

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

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COLFAX LAWNCAREComplete lawn care maintenance. Mow-ing, trimming, fertilizing, weed control, pine needles. Res/Comm. Fully insured. (336) 362-5860. Serving the Triad for 25 years.

STEVE NEWMAN TREE SERVICE. Free est. Locally owned and operated. Lic/ins. 30 yrs. exp. Bucket truck & chipper, total cleanup. 24-hr. emergency svc. OR, NC. 643-1119.

TOO MUCH YARD WORK TO HANDLE?I do fall clean up, seeding, fertilizing, aerat-ing, and fall yard work. Honest, reliable & reasonable. (336) 464-5215.

Call Tony - office (336) 215-4531

Mulch & Pine Needles • Tree Cutting Concrete Sidewalks / Driveways

Landscaping • Lot / Land ClearingStump Grinding / Removal

Bobcat & Dump Truck ServicesLeaf Removal • Parking Lot Cleanup

GreenScapes

MASONRY

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

SOUTHERN STYLE concrete & landscapes. It’s summertime! Let us help with your out-door living and entertainment spaces! No better time for a new patio, sidewalk or drive-way. Give us a call at (336) 399-6619 for all your concrete and landscape needs.

HOME SERVICES

SANDRA’S CLEANING SERVICE. Affordable, experienced, guaranteed svc. 423-3196.

I am looking for customers who are inter-ested in HIGH QUALITY HOUSE CLEAN-ING. I have 8 years of experience. Refer-ences provided upon request. Call Kristan at (336) 908-0850.

CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOW CLEANINGGutter cleaning, pressure washing. Fully ins. www.windowcleaningnc.com. 595-2873.

FREE PICK-UP of unwanted mowers, AC’s, batteries, appliances, grills, etc. 689-4167.

ANA’S HOUSECLEANING. Good refer-ences, free est., 25 years exp. 309-0747.

DECORATING

EXPERIENCED INTERIOR DECORATOR & personal furniture shopper will help you with style, color, shopping & furniture place-ment. E-mail [email protected] or call Ann Appenzeller, (336) 314-1411.

FLOORING

MONTERO’S HARDWOOD FLOORING Installation of hardwood, laminate & tile; hardwood sanding & fi nishing. Commercial & residential. Insured, 17 yr. exp. Free es-timates. Monteros-hardwood-fl ooring.com. Call (336) 215-8842 or 445-2002.

CARPET CLEANING Residential & com-mercial. Call today for back to school spe-cials. Lic./insured. 643-5344 or 337-4253.

CARPET REPAIRS & RESTRETCHING Licensed/insured. 643-6500.

GENERAL REPAIR & SERVICES

GREENERTIMES SMALL ENGINESales & service center. 9428 NC 65, Stokesdale. (336) 312-3844 mobile or (336) 548-9286 offi ce.

HOUSE & YARD HOME MAINTENANCE “Anything to improve your home and prop-erty.” Jeff Ziglar, 456-9992 or 643-9609.

HOME SERVICES

GENERAL HOME REPAIR, bathroom re-pair, small/odd jobs. 644-8710, 708-0522.

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Bathroom Remodeler | Additions | Decks

HOME REPAIR, LLCOLD SCHOOL

GRADING / HAULING

ANTHONY’S GRADING & HAULINGExcavating, land clearing, demolition, dirt available. Zane Anthony, 362-4035.

GAULDIN TRUCKING, grading & hauling, bobcat work, lot clearing, driveways, fi ll dirt, gravel, etc. 362-1150.

BRAD’S BOBCAT SVC. Grading, hauling, gravel/dirt, debris removal. 362-3647.

GUTTERS / WINDOWS / SIDING

GUTTER CLEANING & LEAF GUARDS. 5 and 6” seamless gutters. Free estimates. Call Gary the Gutter Guy. (336) 345-6518. www.a1copperroofi ng.com.

VINYL SIDING REPAIRSFacia, siding & gutter repairs. Mays Siding, 215-8775, www.mayssiding.com.

MAYS SIDING & WINDOW CONTRAC-TORS, vinyl railings & siding, replacement windows, gutter cleaning and repair. Please call 215-8775 for a free estimate.

LAWN CARE / LANDSCAPING

ARBOR MASTERS TREE SERVICETotal tree removal, storm damage cleanup, shrub and tree pruning. Bobcat work and more. Free estimates. Licensed & insured. Call Joe at 643-9157.

STUMP GRINDING – FREE ESTIMATESBig or small, we grind them all. 382-3860.


HOME SERVICES

POWER WASHING

POWER WASHING BY MAYSSpecializing in vinyl homes. 215-8775.

A.S.K. PRESSURE WASHING Professional equipment, professional eco-friendly chemicals, professional work. Ref-erences available. Residential or commer-cial. 25% off through August 2014. (336) 451-9566.

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

REMODELING / CONSTRUCTION

KEITH SMITH CONSTRUCTION30 years experience. Specializing in room additions, garages, vinyl siding and win-dows, painting, ceramic tile, laminate, hard-wood and linoleum fl oors, and remodeling of all kinds. No job too small. Free est. Call 644-1943 or cell 362-7469.

Construction Services, INC

BUILDING | RENOVATIONS | ADDITIONS

644-8615 office508-5242 cell

Licensed & insured NC Gen. Contractor #72797

TMScreened porches | Sunrooms | Patios

MOBILE WELDING SERVICEResidential, wrought-iron fence & gates, cus-tom fabrication, stainless aluminium. Chuck, 362-8679, triadmobilewelding.com.

RENOVATION WORKS INC.New construction, remodeling, kitchen and bath, additions, decks & patios. Call (336) 427-7391 or www.myrenovationworks.com.

BELEWS CREEK CONSTRUCTIONKitchens & baths, rotted wood, custom decks, garages, siding, windows, roofi ng specials. Sr. discounts, 35 years exp. 362-6343.

HOME SERVICES

R4 SPECIALTIESRepair, refi nish, reface and remodel. Free estimates. 14 years architectural mill work experience. (336) 339-7552.

TRIPP SMITH CONSTRUCTION, LLC.Licensed General Contractor with college degree in construction management and over 18 years of experience. We special-ize in additions, remodels, garages, decks, sunrooms, new construction, residential & commercial. No job too large or too small. Free Estimates. Call or email, 399-4894, [email protected].

JLB REMODELING, INC.NC GC license #69997. Free estimates. Insured. Custom remodeling & additions. Call 681-2902 or www.jlbremodeling.com.

ON-TARGET

Construction Services, Inc.

Roof Replacements / RepairsSiding & WindowsCustom Decks / PorchesGeneral Home RepairsRemodeling / Painting

ON-TARGETCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.

30 yrs exp • Workmanship guarantee Insurance specialists

FREE EstimatesInsured & Dependable(336) 644-1580

ROOFING

CLINARD & SON ROOFING, LLCResidential roofi ng, rubber fl at roofs, roof coating, metal roofs. 30 years experience. Now accepting all major credit cards. Call 643-8191 or 580-3245.

RED RHINO ROOFING, based in Oak Ridge, NC. Storm damage specialist expe-rienced with all types of roofi ng. BBB ac-credited A and listed with Angie’s List. Call 662-7980, or visit redrhinoroofi ng.com.

A.L. CORMAN ROOFING INC.Res. roofi ng specialist serving Guilford Cty. area since 1983. Member BBB 25+ years w/ A+ rating. cormanroofi nginc.com, 621-6962.

HOME SERVICES

MISC. SERVICES & PRODUCTS

Furniture Kare Co.

(336) [email protected]

20 years experience in repair & restoration

• Refinishing and repair• Antique restoration• In-home services

All types of furniture problems

www.furniturekare.com

LOCAL PICKUP & DELIVERY • FREE ESTIMATES

LOW-COST GARAGE DOORS. Repair & sales. 35 years exp. (336) 215-2800.

Triad Garage Doors SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATIONS

(336) 501-6025www.triadgaragedoors.com

LiftMaster, Amarr, and all other brandsFree estimates • Insured • 10 years experience

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

JUNK REMOVALAppliances, batteries, mowers, electronics, trash removal, etc. Call 549-5726.

ON EAGLE’S WINGS residential home de-sign/drafting. Call Patti, (336) 605-0519.

(336) 643-9963 • 8207 B & G Court, Stokesdale

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

available here

We carry moving & shipping supplies

HOME SERVICES

336/404-1471www.fmbyjh.com

RESTORATION SPECIALISTS DELIVERING AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE

Cabinet Refacing & Enhancement

Your kitchen and bathroom cabinetry can be refaced or re-colored to create a new look for

your home at a fraction of the cost of replacement.

CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

PAINTING & DRYWALL

David & Judy Long, owners

(336) 931-0600BEKPaintCompany.com• References Available • Licensed & Insured • All Work Guaranteed

BEK Paint Co.Residential & Commercial

PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR, 32 years exp. Sheetrock repair. Brad Rogers. Call for free estimate. No job too small. In-sured. Local number, (336) 314-3186.

STILL PERFECTION PAINTINGReliable, skilled, affordable. Painting, pres-sure washing, handyman services. Scott Still, 462-3683 or stillperfectionpainting.com.

PLUMBING

BRANSON PLUMBING & SOLARNo job too small! Experienced, guaranteed. Lic/Ins. Call Mark for savings. 337-7924.

JDB PLUMBING. Repair, remodel, well pump. Lic/Ins. Accepts all major credit cards. Offi ce 656-0019, cell 382-6905.

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. ...continued on p. 22


MISC. SERVICES

BEGINNING PIANO INSTRUCTION in Stokesdale. $15/half-hour lesson. Email [email protected] for more details.

COMPUTER REPAIRS $99.Used computers, website design. Info at ITBASICS.COM – (336) 643-0068. Inside Mailboxes & More, Oak Ridge Commons.

STORAGE SPECIAL! First-time custom-ers, store your boat or RV now until Janu-ary 2015 for $135. Call now! Only 10 spots remaining. Belews Boat & RV Storage LLC, (336) 542-6574.

FREE PICKUP of appliances, batteries, junk mowers, air conditioners, grills, electri-cal items, metal items, etc. 689-4167.

MISC. FOR SALE

VINTAGE PYREX & CORNINGWARE SALE, Aug. 17-24 at Golden Antiques, 4537 U.S. 220, Summerfi eld. Store hours: Mon.-Sat. 10am-6pm; Sun. 12-6pm.

KNIGHTS PRODUCE & PLANTSFresh produce and hanging baskets. 14809 Hwy. 158, Summerfi eld. 708-0485.

WAREHOUSE MALL, INC. NOW OPEN! Antiques, collectibles and so much more! 305 E. Bodenhamer Drive, Kernersville. Consignors needed, $100/mo. for 10’ x 10’ space. Larger spaces available. Please call (336) 992-2469. Hours: Monday-Sat., 10am-7pm, Sunday, 1-6pm.

ALL NEW MATTRESS SETS. Still in plastic, w/ warranty. Twin, $99; Full, $109; Queen, $129; King, $191. Can deliver, layaway available. Mattress Outlet. 992-0025.

MISC. WANTED

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

CASH for riding lawn mower needing repair or free removal if unwanted. Also free pick-up of appliances, AC’s, grills, metal items, computers, gas & electrical items. 689-4167.

PET / ANIMAL SERVICES

ANIMALS AVAILABLE

PARAKEET BABIES, great with kids, very tame, will be ready on August 28. $25 each. Stokesdale, (919) 616-8645.

Ready for a new family member? adoptshelterpets.org

LOST & FOUND

MISSING CAT, gray & white, answers to Rambo. Lost between Stokesdale & Simpson Road. Please call 548-1950 or 456-3050.

PET SITTING / BOARDING

THORNEWOOD FARMS Horse stalls. Full board & pasture board available. Call Dawn at (336) 392-4944.

SPOIL-ME-ROTTEN ANIMAL CAREMotto: love, compassion, respect for your pets. Professional pet sitter for 18 years. Bonded/Insured. Member, Pet Sitters Intl. Provide food, exercise, play, meds/shots, much TLC. 1-3 trips/day. $15/trip (30 min). Call 643-5242. Oak Ridge/Summerfi eld.

PET SITTING. Caring and responsible. $14 per 30-minute visit. (336) 601-2087.

KPS - KELLY’S PET SERVICESProfessional 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 profi ts to animal charities. Call, email, or Facebook message for a free consultation, (336) 706-6706, [email protected], www.facebook.com/kps-pets, www.petsit.com/kps.

REAL ESTATE

HOME FOR RENT

COUNTRY HOME, Summerfi eld area, 1.5BA, carport, screened porch, appliances. No pets. $550/mo. Apply to PO Box 1031, Summerfi eld, NC 27358.

SUMMERFIELD STUDIO APARTMENT, open fl oor plan, 1BR, 1BA, private entry, patio. Partially furnished, all appliances, cable and utilities included. Newly fi nished, private lot. No pets. $800/mo., fi rst payment up front. (336) 508-5232.

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HOMES FOR SALE

HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER, 111 Sad-dlebred Loop in Stokesdale. Newly painted, new carpet and leaving all appliances. 3BR, 2BA ranch. Please call (336) 408-5563.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

VANGUARD REAL ESTATE OPTIONS, LLC. No-fee and low-fee listings. Mike Blackwelder, (336) 644-1476.

HOMES FOR SALE

Ramilya SiegelCRS, GRI, SRES,Chairman’s Circle Award(336) 215.9856 [email protected] www.allentate.com/RamilyaSiegel

8207 Wendy Gayle DriveLike new and lovingly maintained. Amazing screened porch, main-level master, cathedral ceilings, stunning kitchen & much more!

REAL ESTATE

VACATION PROPERTY

CAROLINA MARINA, 214 Pelican Dr. Jet ski lift, boat slip, 40’ covered deck, park model, water front. $99,000. 337-9268.

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HOMES FOR SALE

Bobbie GardnerCRS/GRI/ EcoBrokerRelocation Specialist

(336) 382-5939allentate.com/bobbiegardner

1914 Greenstone PlaceGreat 3BR/2BA, one-story home with tons of upgrades! New roof, new windows and renovated baths! Fenced back yard. Situated on quiet street near Oak Hollow, a great location for easy commute to anywhere in the Triad. Move-in ready! $115,000

Ramilya SiegelCRS, GRI, SRES,Chairman’s Circle Award(336) 215.9856 [email protected] www.allentate.com/RamilyaSiegel

7892 Newhaven DriveExecutive brick home in a premier Historic Oak Ridge community. Enjoy inviting front porch, elegant foyer, gracious formal areas and beautiful kitchen. All bedrooms are a nice size; master bedroom features sitting area and spa-like bath. Expansion possibilities in unfinished basement.

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per week. It would be great per week. It would be great per week. It would be great per week. It would be great to have it continue into to have it continue into to have it continue into to have it continue into to have it continue into

Summerfield!

Thank you for puttingThank you for puttingThank you for puttingthis out there. We really this out there. We really this out there. We really need input from citizens need input from citizens need input from citizens need input from citizens need input from citizens and this is a great way to and this is a great way to and this is a great way to and this is a great way to and this is a great way to

hear from them!hear from them!I am a taxpayerI am a taxpayerI am a taxpayer

and I would like a safe and I would like a safe and I would like a safe place to run in myplace to run in myplace to run in my

own town.own town.My daughterMy daughter

and both I volunteer and both I volunteer at HorsePower.....it has at HorsePower.....it has at HorsePower.....it has at HorsePower.....it has at HorsePower.....it has

been a phenomenal been a phenomenal experience for us.experience for us.experience for us.

Please considerPlease considerPlease considervolunteering. There’svolunteering. There’svolunteering. There’svolunteering. There’s

always something fun to always something fun to always something fun to always something fun to do at HORSEPOWER!do at HORSEPOWER!do at HORSEPOWER!

I just loveI just loveI just lovewatching thosewatching thosewatching thosewatching thosewatching those

kids! They are justkids! They are justkids! They are justamazing!amazing!

whole for years to come!

northwest observer | august 22 - 28, 2014

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