TCB Oct. 1, 2020 — The 2020 City Salary Guide

Greensboro / Winston-Salem / High Point Oct. 1-7, 2020

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

They’re closer than you think

“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.”

­—President Donald J. Trump, Sept. 29, 2020 Did anybody truth, against our democratic process and else get a chill against simple human decency. down their spine But his call to the Proud Boys is the on Tuesday night’s thing. debate, when Trump’s own FBI warned last week that President Trump “racially motivated violent extremism”

by Brian Clarey gave a shout out from white supremacist groups is the to the Proud Boys? Anyone else flash greatest terrorism threat facing our nation. back to the chaos in Charlottesville, the Yet Trump refused to condemn this whitemayhem in Chapel Hill, the hatred on supremacist militia that, along with other display in Graham? similarly oriented groups, has infected this Anyone else get a sinking feeling about country like a foot fungus spread upwards. the future of our republic?

He pivoted immediately to an attack The Proud Boys are more than just an against antifa — which all reasonable and idea in North Carolina. We have our own honest people recognize as, like Joe Biden chapter — its president, Charles Donahoe, said, “an idea, not an organization” — and lives in Winston-Salem. They were in furthered the myth of violent protests Fayetteville last month, about 40 of them, from the left. The Washington Post has for a Qanon Save the Children March. receipts on this — out of thousands of An NC House candidate, Heather protests through the summer, 93 percent Holmes (District 44), and state Senate were peaceful and without any property candidate Sev Palacios (District 21), spoke destruction. at this event.

But forget about the facts. The only And why not? The president himself fact that matters is that Trump has, on called them “fine people” after Charlotnational television, given marching orders tesville. to the Proud Boys.

At the debate, Trump committed a And they’re closer than you think. hundred sins — against decorum, against

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

I’m always surprised when I’m able to keep something alive.

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CITY LIFE Oct. 1-4

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THURSDAY Oct. 1

The Drive Thru @ Winston-Salem Fairgrounds & Annex (W-S) 11 a.m.

Creative Writing Class @ Mental Health Greensboro (GSO) 11a.m.

WE’RE EXAMINING: emotional and physical reactions to memories of stressful or traumatic experiences.

YOU MUST BE: •Age 18 or older •Able to read and write in English THE BASICS: •5 visits to our lab within 2 weeks •$150 total compensation

WHAT YOU’LL DO: •Interviews and questionnaires (3 hour visit)

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with Dr. Blair Wisco at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

by Michaela Ratliff

•Monitor your bodily reactions while you think of past experiences (2 hour visit) •Wear a cardiac monitor and answer questions on a tablet computer on 3 days (30 min set-up per day)

WANT TO SEE IF YOU’RE ELIGIBLE? Writing benefits mental health by helping the writer understand their thoughts and feelings more clearly. By visiting this free creative writing class, you might be surprised by what you find out about yourself. Get registered on the event page.

Traditional fairs this year may be cancelled, but the fairgrounds found a way to keep the fun going! Enjoy your favorite fair foods in this drive-thru experience. Admission is free with a suggested 5 can donation to go to the Crisis Control Ministry. To learn more, visit the event page. (See Nikki Miller-Ka’s story on page XX) Pop-Up Wine Tasting @ Wine Merchants & Vin205 Wine Bar (W-S) 5 p.m.

Join Caleb and Gwendolyn for this free wine wasting event.

Weather permitting, it will be held on the patio. Masks are required and social distancing guidelines will be enforced.

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock N Roll @ the Ramkat (W-S) 6:30 p.m.

The Ramkat in partnership with A/perture cinema presents a drive-in screening of this new documentary about the granddaddy of rock and roll. Tickets are $30 and a portion of ticket sales will benefit the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society. To purchase tickets, visit a/perture’s website.

SATURDAY Oct. 3

Fit Hustlers Fit Camp @ Gibson Park (HP) 9 a.m.

Join Fit Hustlers for this full-body, high-energy workout for only $10! Only 25 spots are available so CashApp $FitHustlers365 to reserve yours.

Form/Texture/Light/Shadow @ Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts (W-S) 9 a.m.

Stop by the Arboreal Gallery to view this joint exhibition between jewelry designer Nannette Gatti Davis and photographer Jasmine Huff, described by both as a “photographic narrative that showcased not only how the jewelry was to be worn, but how each piece transforms its wearer.” To learn more, visit the event page.

CONTACT US TO GET STARTED! You will be asked to complete screening questions online and over the phone.

Email or call us to get more information and be directed to the online survey.

Or, scan the QR code to take you straight there.

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Ghostlight Concert: Reliably Bad & the Wright Avenue @ Carolina Theatre (GSO) 8 p.m.

FRIDAY Oct. 2

Book Drive & Book Swap @ Elsewhere (GSO) 6 p.m.

April Parker and Elsewhere Museum in collaboration with BABY, Books and Black Youth: Uncaged Youth Reading Project, aims to bring new or gently used books to incarcerated youth in Greensboro. Join them outside the museum to donate a book or even take one home.

Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light @ Reynolda House Museum of American Art (W-S) 9:30 a.m.

Reynolda House Museum is reopening at limited capacity as part of its Weekend of Gratitude. The Tiffany glass exhibit, organized by the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in Queens, NY, serves as an educational experience by offering a brief history lesson of Tiffany glass and how it’s designed. The exhibit will open to the public on Oct. 6. To purchase tickets, visit the event page.

Carolina Theatre is pleased to announce the ghostlight will be replaced with live musical performances as part of the Ghostlight Concerts Series. Seating will be limited to 25 guests. To purchase tickets and view the upcoming lineup, visit the event page.

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SUNDAY Oct. 4

The Next Station @ the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem (W-S) 7 p.m.

The final show in this year’s 10-Minute Play Festival is The Next Station, a comedy set in London about a woman who falls in love with a stranger she rides the subway with despite never speaking to him. The play will be broadcast from the LTWS Facebook page where it and the plays from earlier this week will remain.

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Hocus Pocus @ Marketplace Cinemas Drive-In (W-S) 7:30 p.m.

Coronavirus in the Triad:

(as of Wednesday, Sept. 30, compared to last week)

Documented COVID-19 diagnoses NC

205,703 (+9,202)

Forsyth

7,097 (+211)

Guilford County

8,736 (+492)

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Marketplace Cinemas wants to bring in Halloween the right way by showing Hocus Pocus, the hilarious tale of three witches accidentally resurrected on Halloween night, on the big screen. To purchase tickets, visit the drive-in’s website.

NC

3,539 (+217)

Forsyth

103 (+7)

Guilford

185 (+6)

Documented recoveries NC

184,422 (+8,000)

Forsyth

6,492 (+202)

Guilford

5,111 (+273)

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956 (+44)

Forsyth

17 (-7)

Guilford

675 (+24)

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to allow the city maintain competitiveness with rival city governments.

In contrast, Garrity said the only increases in Winston-Salem beyond the minimum-wage bump planned for January is a 1 percent pay hike to police and firefighters, also scheduled to take effect in January.

The High Point budget allocates funds for a 1 percent mid-year cost-of-living adjustment for employees across the board.

In keeping with its austere budget, compensation for the top talent in the city of Winston-Salem organization reflects little to no change. Garrity’s salary remains flat compared to 2019, at $212,487.

Greensboro City Council approved a 6 percent raise for Parrish in October 2019, prior to the pandemic, boosting his pay from $204,552 to $217,150.

In High Point, Randy McCaslin’s battlefield promo-

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the most valuable resource we have is our talented and committed workforce.”

Garrity, Parrish’s counterpart in Winston-Salem, noted a $13.4 million gap, writing, “To balance the 2020-21 budget in these tough economic times, strategies are employed to decrease expenditures, such as, position vacancy deletions, hiring freezes (excluding those deemed essential or critical) deferral of all employee pay increases (i.e. merit, public safety supplemental pay), and capital equipment replacement deferrals (except for a limited number of the most critical replacement needs, primarily in public safety).”

The adopted Greensboro budget includes a 1.5 percent of cost-of-living increase for all eligible employees, funds for pay increases to sworn police and fire personnel through the Public Safety Step Program, and adjustments to general and executive pay by 2 percent

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by Jordan Green The city of Greensboro can boast about having the most favorable wages for workers at the bottom rungs of the wage ladder among the three largest cities of the Triad.

The budget adopted by Greensboro City Council in June expands the $15-per-hour minimum wage to all roster and seasonal employees, completing an effort to improve wages for the bottom tier of employees that was initiated in 2015. Roster employees are part-time, hourly workers who don’t receive benefits. The $15 minimum wage annualizes to $32,000 per year — the compensation floor set by the city for all full-time workers in 2018.

In contrast, the city of Winston-Salem is maintaining a $13-per-hour minimum wage, with plans to bump it up to $14 beginning in January.

Garbage-truck drivers, custodians and parking enforcement officers in Greensboro are all guaranteed starting pay at $32,100, while their counterparts in Winston-Salem and High Point lag behind, with starting salaries ranging from $24,776 to $30,116 for the same jobs.

That’s not to say that Greensboro leads starting pay in all job classifications. While landfill techs in Greensboro receive the $31,200 minimum, starting pay for their counterparts in High Point is $34,862. Meter readers in Winston-Salem receive slightly more — $31,851.

And parks and rec technicians in Winston-Salem start at $34,081, compared to parks and rec crew members in Greensboro at $31,200. But starting pay for groundskeepers in High Point is still at $24,776 and dead animal control workers in Winston-Salem start at $29,767.

All three cities adopted budgets roughly three months into the pandemic, with revenues taking a gut-punch due to canceled events, shutdowns and business failures.

Greensboro City Manager David Parrish acknowledged in his May 19 budget message to the city council that the pandemic “created a great deal of uncertainty about our city revenues and budget.” Winston-Salem City Manager Lee Garrity called it “one of the most challenging budgets in recent city history.” The unsigned budget message submitted to High Point City Council roughly a week after City Manager Greg Demko’s abrupt resignation described the budget as “tremendously difficult to draft,” citing “so much uncertainty about revenues, including sales tax, property tax collection rates, registered motor vehicle taxes, utility collections and other sources that it makes it extremely difficult to budget expenditures.”

The budget documents for Greensboro and WinstonSalem display markedly different philosophical approaches to expenditures for personnel.

“The recommended budget continues progress toward council’s desire to protect and provide for our employees,” Parrish wrote in the forward to Greensboro’s budget. “Despite the financial challenges, this budget does not include any position eliminations, as

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tion from deputy city manager to interim city manager translated into a raise from $186,125 to $227,782. McCaslin is now the most-highly compensated city executive in the Triad, although he still makes slightly less than the $230,308 earned by Demko when he stepped down.

The highest paid city attorney in the Triad remains Greensboro’s Chuck Watts, and in December 2019, Greensboro City Council voted to give him a 10 percent raise, catapulting him from $190,000 to $209,000. (The city attorney and the city manager are the only two employees whose salaries are set by city council.) Winston-Salem City Attorney Angela Carmon’s pay increased from $179,467 in July 2019 to $188,557 at the beginning of the new 2020-21 fiscal year.

While the differential looks like a 5.1 percent raise, much of it reflects a retroactive raise approved by city council for the 2017-18 fiscal year that was delayed by two years.

The highest compensated city employee in all three cities remains Matt Brown, who is in a league of his own as director of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Brown’s pay has increased from $340,725 to $361,169, thanks to a 6 percent raise authorized by City Manager David Parrish.

Winston-Salem Deputy City Attorney Al Andrews also received a hefty raise when he jumped over to the same position at the city of Greensboro, with his salary rising from $128,235 to $153,941.

While it can seem that compensation for top city leadership reflects a steady climb, the numbers can go in the opposite direction when high-profile retirements take place. Greensboro and High Point both got new police chiefs who work for significantly less than their predecessors. Brian James came in as the new chief in Greensboro, earning a salary of $150,000, compared to the $171,957 earned by predecessor Wayne Scott. And Chief Jonathan Stroud in High Point earns $122,283, compared to former Chief Ken Schultz’s salary of $154,421.

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Coliseum Director Matt Brown, Greensboro — $361,169 Deputy Coliseum Director Scott E. Johnson, Greensboro — $158,333 Theatre Director David Briggs, High Point — $112,963 Coliseum Maintenance Supervisor Michael R. Perdue, Greensboro — $107,815 Aquatic Center Manager Susan N. Braman, Greensboro — $102,075

Executive

Interim City Manager Randy McCaslin, High Point — $227,782 City Manager David Parrish, Greensboro — $217,150 City Manager Lee Garrity, WinstonSalem — $212,487 Assistant City Manager Latasha Logan Ford, Winston-Salem — $177,045 Assistant City Manager Christian Wilson, Greensboro — $157,356 Assistant City Manager Eric Olmedo, High Point — $155,101 Assistant City Manager Gregory H. Ferguson, High Point — $154,542 Assistant City Manager Larry Davis, Greensboro — $153,941 Assistant City Manager Trey Davis, Greensboro — $149,249 Assistant City Manager Kimberly J. Sowell, Greensboro – $149,249 Assistant City Manager Ben Rowe, Winston-Salem — $147,516 Assistant City Manager Damon Dequenne, Winston-Salem — $142,882 Assistant City Manager Evan Raleigh, Winston-Salem — $142,882 Internal Audit Manager Len Lucas, Greensboro — $104,487

Legal

City Attorney Chuck Watts, Greensboro — $209,000 City Attorney Angela Carmon, Winston-Salem — $188,557 City Attorney JoAnne Carlyle, High Point — $181,938 Deputy City Attorney Al Andrews, Greensboro — $153,941 Deputy City Attorney Terri A. Jones, Greensboro — $136,633 Deputy City Attorney James

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A. Dickens Jr., Greensboro — $133,367 Police Attorney Brian T. Beasley, High Point — $120,933 Assistant City Attorney Meghan Maguire, High Point — $120,777 Senior Assistant City Manager Anthony J. Baker, Greensboro — $120,000 Deputy City Attorney Jerry Kontos, Winston-Salem — $112,470 Assistant City Attorney Andrea D. Harrell, Greensboro — $110,897 Assistant City Attorney Rosetta Davis, Greensboro — $110,897 Public Safety Attorney Lori Sykes, Winston-Salem — $110,781 Assistant City Attorney Jasmine Pressa, Greensboro — $100,000

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Police

Chief Catrina Thompson, WinstonSalem — $176,816 Assistant Chief Wilson Weaver II, Winston-Salem — $154,788 Chief Brian James, Greensboro — $150,000 Chief Jonathan Stroud, High Point — $122,283 Deputy Chief Mike Richey, Greensboro — $115,727 Assistant Chief Natoshia Miles, Winston-Salem — $109,677 Deputy Chief Renae Sigmon, Greensboro — $109,191 Assistant Chief James E. McNeill, High Point — $106,692 Capt. Christopher Lowder, Winston-Salem — $104,562 Deputy Chief John W. Thompson, Greensboro — $104,390 Capt. Michael D. Weaver, WinstonSalem — $104,330 Capt. Richard J. Newnum, Winston-Salem — $103,296 Lt. Christopher P. Fish, WinstonSalem — $103,224 Deputy Chief Michael G. Terry, Greensboro — $102,122 Assistant Chief William H. Penn, Winston-Salem — $101,501

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Utilities

Electric Utilities Director Garey S. Edwards, High Point — $170,527 Assistant Electric Utilities Director Tyler Berrier, High Point — $134,536 Director Courtney Driver, WinstonSalem/Forsyth County — $129,390 Electric System Supervisor Dereck Breedlove, High Point — $111,800 Senior Electrical Engineer Philip Hiatt, High Point — $111,469 Electrical Engineering Manager William A. Ball, High Point — $109,901 Deputy Director Michael J. Kovisto, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County — $105,642 Electric System Operator Jerry W. Everhart, High Point — $102,232 Senior Electrical Engineer Michael S. Foster, High Point — $102,101

Economic development

Economic Development Director Loren Hill, High Point — $169,085 Economic Development Administrator Sandra Dunbeck, High Point — $118,346 Economic Development & Business Support Manager Kathi K. Dubel, Greensboro — $109,271

Fire

Chief Trey Mayo, Winston-Salem — $168,178 Chief Marion T. Reid, High Point — $163,016 Chief Bobby W. Nugent, Greensboro — $162,260 Deputy Chief Richard T. Wright, High Point — $128,708 Deputy Chief Brian Evans, High Point — $123,706 Deputy Chief Graham J. Robinson III, Greensboro — $123,461 Deputy Chief Ronald M. Swails, Greensboro — $123,461 Deputy Chief Dwayne S. Church, Greensboro — $119,690 Assistant Chief Michael Levins, High Point — $117,632 Assistant Chief Kenneth M. Steele, High Point — $114,110 Assistant Chief Harry J. Brown, Winston-Salem — $111,617 Assistant Chief Jerry Hardison, Winston-Salem — $110,000 Fire Marshal Timothy R. Henshaw,

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Chief Information Officer Thomas L. Kureczka, Winston-Salem — $160,723 IT Services Director Steven Lingerfelt, High Point — $147,701 Chief Information Officer Jane R. Nickles, Greensboro — $138,124 Senior Information Technology Manager Chryste A. Hofer, Greensboro — $131,445 Assistant IT Director Eric Xavier, High Point — $130,000 Assistant Public Services Director Robby D. Stone, High Point — $127,799 Senior Information Technology Manager Rodney T. Roberts, Greensboro — $115,276 IT Network Manager Ivan L. Spencer, High Point — $112,518 Public Safety Information Services Manager Julia B. Conley, WinstonSalem — $108,459 Applications & Databases Coordinator Tracy Simmons, WinstonSalem — $107,769 Information Services Project Coordinator Sherri Gaither, WinstonSalem — $107,614 Systems & Applications Development Manager David Pither-Patterson, Greensboro — $105,079 IT Cybersecurity Engineer Kenneth S. White, High Point — $104,828 IT Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Manager Allen D. Eudy, High Point — $103,289 IT Systems Analyst Kyle R. Stone, High Point — $103,039 IT Systems Analyst Claire C. Robinson, High Point — $102,169 Telecommunications Manager Gerrad Biffle, Greensboro — $101,211 Database Administrator Pranab Mishra, High Point — $100,355

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Finance

Director Rick Lusk, Greensboro — $156,174 Chief Financial Officer Lisa M. Saunders, Winston-Salem — $154,555 Senior Financial Services Manager Marlene Druga, Greensboro — $140,177 Financial Services Director Bobby D. Fitzjohn, High Point — $129,605 Senior Administrative Services Manager Chris S. Payne, Greensboro — $123,729 Accounting Manager Anita B. Wilson, Greensboro — $117,602 Assistant Financial Services Director Heather L. Forrest, High Point — $107,001 Assistant Finance Officer Angie S. Fisher, Winston-Salem — $102,375

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Transportation

Director Mark McDonald, High Point — $151,235 Director Hanna Cockburn, Greensboro — $135,000 Director Toneq’ McCullough, Winston-Salem — $120,721 Engineering Manager Chris R. Spencer, Greensboro — $107,063 Assistant Director for Traffic Field Operations Lance Covington, Winston-Salem — $105,516 Planning Manager Tyler R. Meyer, Greensboro — $103,155 Public Transit Manager Bruce D. Adams, Greensboro — $97,340 Transit Manager Angela W. Wynes, High Point — $87,823

Planning

Planning & Development Director Lee Burnette — $150,095 Planning Director Suzanna Smotherman, Greensboro — $139,954 Planning Development Services Director Aaron E. King, Winston-

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Operations Director Johnnie F. Taylor, Winston-Salem — $146,901 Fleet Services Director Gary L. Smith, High Point — $120,197 Field Operations Director Keith Huff, Winston-Salem — $120,194 Senior Solid Waste Manager Chris R. Marriott, Greensboro — $120,108 Street Maintenance Operations Manager Mike A. Mabe, Greensboro — $116,880 Public Services Assistant Director Derrick Q. Boone, High Point — $116,733 Assistant Director for Solid Waste Janis D. McHargue, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County — $116,597 Wastewater Plant Superintendent James F. Crump, Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County — $108,620 Water & Sewer Mains Superintendent Greg Hall, High Point — $105,433 Solid Waste Collections Manager Julio E. Delgado, Greensboro — $104,566 Solid Waste Engineering Supervisor Charles G. Dively, Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County — $102,661 Public Services Manager Trevor S. Spencer, High Point — $101,429

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Greensboro — $107,803 Assistant Chief Craig B. Smith, Greensboro — $103,396 Assistant Chief Brent P. Gerald, Greensboro — $103,396 Assistant Chief James K. Boggs, Greensboro — $103,149 Assistant Chief Brad A. Smith, Greensboro — $103,149 Assistant Chief Patrick A. Henley, Greensboro — $103,149 Fire Marshal Christopher Weir, High Point — $93,517

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Engineering & inspections

Engineering & Inspections Director Kenney McDowell III, Greensboro — $148,843 City Engineer Robert Prestwood, Winston-Salem — $138,747 Building Construction Specialist James Mitchell, Winston-Salem — $126,119 Business Center Manager Ute Munro, Greensboro — $110,098 Engineering Manager Jason Geary, Greensboro — $109,000 Civil Engineer Terry A. Kuneff, High Point — $107,515 Development Services Manager Michael E. Lewis Jr., Greensboro — $105,575 Civil Engineering Design Manager Andrea Keyser, Winston-Salem — $105,338

Human resources

Director Angela Kirkwood, High Point — $147,383 Director Jamiah K. Waterman, Greensboro — $140,491 Director Marquis Barnett, WinstonSalem — $134,568 Senior Human Resources Director Tiffany B. Shelton, Greensboro — $119,894 Senior Human Resources Manager Matt W. Schweitzer, Greensboro — $112,684 Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Karen R. Wilkinson, Greensboro — $107,848

Facilities

Facilities Services Director Timothy McKinney, High Point — $147,118 Facilities Manager Darrell W. Shumate, Greensboro — $118,573 Facilities Director Nicholas A. Geis, Winston-Salem — $102,624 Real Estate Supervisor Kirk Bjorling, Winston-Salem — $100,562

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Director Brigitte H. Blanton, Greensboro — $140,312 Director Mary M. Sizemore, High

Point — $125,734 * The libraries in Winston-Salem are operated by Forsyth County, and are therefore not included in this review.

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Water

Water Resources Director Mike M. Borchers, Greensboro — $139,000 Senior Water Resources Manager Kristine W. Williams, Greensboro — $124,800 Water Resources Customer Services Manager Jeffrey S. Kimel, Greensboro — $113,035 Water Resources Operations Manager Adam L. Conn, Greensboro — $111,745 Water Reclamation Manager Elijah Williams, Greensboro — $105,366 Stormwater Manager David J. Phlegar, Greensboro — $104,389 Water Treatment Plant Supervisor William C. Brewer, Winston-Salem — $104,061 Water Resources Engineering Manager Virginia V. Spillman, Greensboro — $103,372 Water Plant Superintendent Robert W. Pickett, High Point — $101,912 Water Supply Manager Dell Harney, Greensboro — $100,546

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Community Development Director Mike McNair, High Point — $136,978 Community Development Director Marla Y. Newman, Winston-Salem — $128,966 Neighborhood Development Director Stanley E. Wilson, Greensboro — $124,696 Inspection Services Director Reggie L. Hucks, High Point — $116,823 Senior Project Supervisor Mellin Parker, Winston-Salem — $112,718

Parks

Parks & Recreation Director Nasha S. McCray, Greensboro — $136,633 Parks & Recreation Director Phillip L. Tillery, High Point — $126,562 Recreation & Parks Director William L. Royston, Winston-Salem — $103,978

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Guilford Metro 911 Director Melanie A. Neal — $134,954 Guilford Metro 911 Technical Services Manager Lewis H. Cheatham Jr. — $106,345 Emergency Management Director August M. Vernon, Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County — $102,000

Communications/ marketing/public affairs

Community & Public Engagement Director Jeron Hollis — $125,852 Communications Director Carla Banks, Greensboro — $123,948 Marketing & Communications Director Eddie McNeal, WinstonSalem — $112,716

Human relations

Director Wanda Allen-Abraha, Winston-Salem — $122,022 Director Love C. Jones, Greensboro — $116,365 Diversity & Inclusion Officer Maria Hicks-Few, Greensboro — $96,098 Human Relations Manager Jelani O. Biggs, High Point — $68,640

Budget

Budget & Evaluation Director Jon S. Decker, Greensboro — $118,320 Budget & Evaluation Director Patrice Toney, Winston-Salem — $106,877

Workforce development

Director Chris M. Rivera, Guilford County — $118,320

Legislative

Director Linda J. Barnes (Office of the Mayor), Winston-Salem — $108,964 City Clerk Lisa Vierling, High Point — $101,851 City Clerk Angela R. Lord, Greensboro — $94,379 City Clerk Sandra R. Keeney, Winston-Salem — $65,161

Purchasing

Director Jerry J. Bates, WinstonSalem/Forsyth County — $105,868

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Arts and culture

Chief Creative Officer Ryan Deal, Greensboro — $103,491 Greensboro Historical Museum Manager Carol G. Hart — $86,230 High Point Museum Manager Edith Brady — $62,186

STARTING SALARIES Firefighter

• Winston-Salem — $,39,470 (2019) • High Point — $36,606 • Greensboro — $35,995 (The public records request provided by Winston-Salem did not include any information about starting pay for firefighters for 2020)

Police officer

• Winston-Salem — $41,443 (2019) • High Point — $40,357 • Greensboro — $38,222 (The public records request provided by Winston-Salem did not include any information about starting pay for police officers for 2020)

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High Point (technician) — $38,427 Greensboro (investigator) — $35,995 Winston-Salem (police evidence specialist) — $34,081

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Greensboro — $31,200 Winston-Salem — $27,040 High Point — $24,776

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Winston-Salem — $44,673 Greensboro — $35,995 High Point — $30,116

Landfill mechanic/tech

High Point (mechanic) — $34,862 Greensboro (tech) — $31,200

Meter reader

Winston-Salem — $31,851 Greensboro — $31,200 High Point — $26,015

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Winston-Salem — $47,800 Greensboro — $44,507 High Point — $42,377

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Winston-Salem — $36,606 High Point — $34,862

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Greensboro — $23,711 High Point — $14,400 Winston-Salem — Did not respond to public records request in time for publication

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Greensboro — $23,711 High Point — $14,400 Winston-Salem — Did not respond to public records request in time for publication

Winston-Salem (field zoning inspector) — $39,019 Greensboro — $38,514 High Point — $38,437

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Putting pieces in place to rig an election

This is a warning. This is an alarm. This state senator (District 27). is us, jumping up and down and waving Dig through our archives and you’ll find our arms to get everybody’s attention. numerous examples of Wade working Because when the NC GOP — long to manipulate election results, mostly by known for chicanery that includes drawing illegal redistricting schemes in the city illegal districts, suppressing voters and and county. She lost her seat in 2018 after other crimes against free and fair elections running on fears of the “migrant caravan” — starts making big moves this close to supposedly heading to our border.

Election Day — early voting starts in two Hewing to Trump’s party line didn’t help weeks! — something is afoot. her out against Michael Garrett, but she’s People need to know that the two still on the team and is about to be named Republican members of the NC Board of to the board of elections in a purple state Elections resigned after a just a couple weeks before settlement — which they voting begins. signed off on in a unaniWe’ve been around long mous vote — over a lawsuit We already know enough to remember, on mail-in voting. what Trump plans too, when Wade lost her The details are imporcounty commission seat in to do on election tant, but that’s not the 2004 to John Parks. She point here. night. How many in immediately filed a lawsuit House Speaker Tim against the results, and Moore and other members NC are planning on refused to vacate her seat of Republican leadership for months. the same thing? decried this settlement We already know that’s immediately. The board what Trump plans to do on members, Ken Raymond and David Black, election night. How many candidates in resigned after a phone call from state our state elections are planning on doing GOP lawyers. the same thing?

Two names for their replacements And how will Trudy Wade try to help surfaced immediately. Nominated for them?

Raymond’s seat is Donald van Der Vaart, Wade has already attempted several an oil executive who was once the state times to make a mockery of our electoral environmental quality secretary. process. By nominating her for this posiThe other is Dr. Trudy Wade. She is tion, the state GOP has revealed its plan one of ours — former Guilford County to contest the results of the 2020 election. commissioner, former Greensboro City And about the only thing they won’t be Council member (District 5) and former able to argue with is a landslide.

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outdoor festivals.

Every year as long as I can remember, my mom and I have made a trio of lists of the food we are going to get at the fair. There are three lists: food to try, food to eat and food to buy or take home. This year I have my eye on a pork-chop sandwich, walking tacos and roasted corn topped with hot sauce and Cheetos, along with a red-velvet funnel cake, deep-fried cheesecake and, of course, a candy apple. Fair food is the only reason why some people go to the annual event at all and the new Carolina Classic Fair understands that. In late July, the city of Winston-Salem, which runs the fair, cancelled the event originally scheduled for Oct. 2-11.

The newly scheduled event, Carolina Classic DriveThru runs from Oct. 1-4, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

Favorite fair foods will be available for purchase from a dozen past fair vendors. The food, a few drive-thru activities, and an interactive game have been organized where participants will remain in their vehicles at all times. Cars will enter through Gate 9 off 27th Street and drive through the fairgrounds. There are no restrooms, no walk-ups and no cash.

DJ Hargrave, event and branding manager for Winston-Salem Fairgrounds is the face of the new Carolina Classic Fair videos posted on social media. He COURTESY IMAGE In previous years, the Carolina Classic Fair took over the entire fairgrounds. This year features a and his team came up with the plans and idea to bring drive-thru food hall and drive-in movies. a new, exciting element of the event for all of the area to enjoy. continued. “The most challenging part is estimating the here.”

“Our immediate thought was, What can we do to amount of food to prepare for it. Now that we have this The fairgrounds cover 80 acres and there will be some bring something good to the community to provide that four-day event, I feel like I’m shooting in the dark.” stoppage, but staff want to provide entertainment for same fair experience but with social distancing?” says Wendy and Reggie Barrett, a husband and wife team, customers. While patrons sit in their cars, videos will Hargrave. own Tropical Delights. They’re known for their Dole be published every hour on Facebook featuring preTwo of the select participating vendors, Turkey Tree Whip-inspired desserts and recorded videos from mayor of Winston-Salem Allen BBQ of Greensboro and Tropifruit smoothies.

Joines, city council members, other local influencers cal Delights of Durham will “This going to be our sixth and entertainers. The entertainment aspect is the most both be at the Carolina Classic The fair is open from Oct. 1-4 from year [at the Winston-Salem unique part of the event.

Fair for the first time.

Fairgrounds],” says Wendy.

A separate ticketed event, the Drive, is a partnership 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

Visit “We love the fairs,” says “They couldn’t approve with Winston-Salem Fairgrounds to bring fair-themed carolinaclassicfair.com for more Mike Neal of Turkey Tree BBQ. everybody, so they picked movies to a big outdoor screen. On Oct. 2 and 3, the “It’s amazing that the first information about the drive-thru, our smoothies over our Dole fairgrounds will host drive-in movies on the midway, year we participate at the Whip. We’re happy to be as it has during the past few months. Four movies are menus and the movies.

Carolina Classic, we have to inside the doors so we’re gobeing offered each night and between each showing on do some kind of modification.” ing to move forward with our Friday and Saturday night, a fireworks display will cap Neal jumped at the oppormainstay which is our frozen off the evening. Tickets must be purchased online. tunity and was determined to fruit smoothies and cored out pineapples.”

With the menu and my debit card in-hand, my perdo something cool for his first time.

Tropical Delights has been participating in the drivesonal fair-going plan is in place. My mom is in charge “We are doing the crack and cheese and the stuffed thru at the NC State fairgrounds so they have a small of driving while I am in charge of ordering from our turkey leg,” he says, “which won Best New Food at the idea of what it may look like in Winston-Salem. extensive list. We’re ready to drive, ride and enjoy our NC State Fair and the turkey BBQ sandwich with fries “It’s been amazing,” Wendy says. “We’ve been fortutime together during this inaugural event. While it’s not and slaw. nate to have been selected to participate and we’ve had the same as experiencing the fair in-person, it’s the next “I think we’re building an airplane in mid-air,” he tremendous response so we hope that transfer over to best thing. I’ll see you in line.

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eally, it’s about the food.

Sure, the rides are fun, the people-watching is top tier and the agricultural exhibits are interesting, but when the midway lights and the screams from the Scrambler die down, it’s the food that sets the annual fair apart from other

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atifa Aboeid takes after her mother.

The 21-year-old spends much of her time tucked into Green Door Garden, a little plant shop in the Westover Gallery shopping center in Greensboro, carefully tending to the myriad of pots that overflow with viny tendrils and new, tiny shoots. Her love of greenery comes directly from her mother, Mona Abdelgadir, with whom Aboeid runs the shop.

“We always grew up gardening,” Aboeid says. “It was like a whole family deal, on the weekends and after school. We have a huge garden, and then she got into houseplants and kind of dragged us all with her — it’s a houseplant obsession.”

Abdelgadir immigrated to Greensboro from Sudan 25 years ago with her husband after he won a visa lottery. Since then, she has had nine kids, including Aboeid.

“That was my dream,” Abdelgadir says about opening a plant shop. “I really love plants. I really wanted to do it for a long time, and then my dream came true and I did it.”

Like her daughter, Abdelgadir says she grew up around greenery in Sudan because her father was a farmer. She recalls how her family used to pick hibiscus flowers from trees in their garden and dry them for tea. The farm-to-table tradition is one she’s passed onto her children as well, who also help her run a food stall — aptly named the Mom and Daughter Shop — at the Corner Farmer’s Market. It’s been open since 2018.

Green Door Garden started online in October 2019 and opened its brick-andmortar location in January. The store closed temporarily in March because of the pandemic and has been open again since June. Easy-care plants like pothos, snake plants and spider plants are their specialty.

Amidst the pandemic, the duo say that online sales have increased.

“I think people have time,” Abdelgadir says. “They stay home; they don’t have anything to do and they looked for their favorite thing they want to do.”

“Also taking care of something, having some autonomy in a weird time when a lot of that was taken away from you,” Aboeid says.

Abdelgadir says her favorite part about plant care is waking up in the morning and being surrounded by a sea of green.

Aboeid says she loves watching the plants grow and seeing new leaves sprout.

“I’m always surprised when I’m able to keep something alive,” she says.

Both Green Door Garden and the Mom and Daughter Shop combine Abdelgadir’s passion for growing, cultivating and sharing plants and food. Operating both has deepened her relationships with her daughters, who help out in each endeavor.

“It is really nice,” Abdelgadir says about working with her daughters.

“It’s definitely brought us closer,” says Aboeid.

Abdelgadir uses Sudanese family recipes passed down to her from her mother and grandmother including ones for hummus, baba ghanouj, chickpea salad and chai SAYAKA MATSUOKA Mona and Latifa Aboeid, the mother and daughter behind Green Door Garden. tea to create goods for the farmer’s market.

She also makes snacks Sudan, it was her first time leaving her home country and she that she enjoys like chia seed pudding, guacamole and pico de didn’t know anyone here. She says she and her husband were gallo. Aboeid makes baklava. They also make a hibiscus tea, one of the few Sudanese families in the city. Now, Abdelgadir although not one made from dried flowers from their garden says she feels at home in Greensboro and has carved out her like back in Sudan, though they do use mint from their Greensown community here. She cooks meals every night using proboro garden. In order to ensure freshness, Abdelgadir makes duce from the family garden, and her daughter has taken to everything the day before the Saturday market. sharing their love of cooking with the next generation. Aboeid Both the mother and daughter, who wear similarly wrapped says she makes muffins and cookheadscarves died in pastel tints, say ies with her niece, Rayan. Eventurunning the businesses has helped ally, the two hope to open a second them feel more tapped into the comGreen Door Garden is located at Green Door Garden in the city. munity.

“I’m so proud of her because she 1420 Westover Terrace Suite D in Aboeid, who was born and raised in is a really hard worker,” Abdelgadir Greensboro. Learn more at Greensboro, says meeting the cussays about Aboeid. “She takes care tomers who visit Green Door Garden greendoorgarden.com. The Mom of the whole store by herself; I just is her favorite part about running the help her sometimes.” and Daughter Shop operates out of business.

Aboeid says watching Abdelgadir the Corner Farmer’s Market every “I feel like I was disconnected from chase her dreams, manage the two the Greensboro community before,” Saturday morning in Greensboro. businesses and work her full-time Aboeid says. “But the farmer’s job at a daycare has deepened her market, there’s a lot of people there relationship with her mother. and everyone’s so friendly. And then “I realized how hard she works and the store, there’s a lot of overlap between people I meet at how much effort she puts in raising a family, working full time, the farmer’s market and people I meet here. There’s also new running the store and running the farmer’s market,” she says. people. Probably the most rewarding part is meeting people “It makes you appreciate everything a little more.” and becoming more integrated into the community.”

Abdelgadir says she felt similarly when she came to the United States in 1995. When she moved to Greensboro from

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“When you see [jewelry] on a person, you see it changes how people even stand,” she says.

She approached Huff, whose photography she loved, and asked her to photograph the jewelry, to which Huff agreed.

During the project, Huff gained a new appreciation for Davis’ craft, as she not only got to see the jewelry created firsthand, but she also discovered pieces she’d never heard of, including a back necklace.

“What I love about Nann in particular is that there’s a specific purpose with which she makes work,” Huff says. “She would say, ‘I have a back necklace,’ and I’d never seen a back necklace and couldn’t imagine what that looked like.”

Yegon models the gold back necklace decoMICHAELA RATLIFF Jewelry by Nannette Gatti Davis and photos by Jasmine Huff make up this rated with a waterfall exhibition at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. of chains, each thread interrupted by squares of hanging on the wall with a description to its right. The photos various sizes. The stones at the bottom of each segment move

by Huff featuring the jewelry are displayed on the wall behind with the wearer, cascading and creating the illusion that the or next to the jewelry on 24-by-36 bespoke wallpaper. The jewelry is a part of them. jewelry alone is beautiful, as the clear box allows the viewer Huff also believes Davis’ work displays the right balance of to see the craftsmanship of the stone placements and shapes making a bold statement, but gently. created with wire from all angles, but when the earthy tones “It feels both kind of heavy, almost like armor, while simulof gold and silver accented by stones are worn, they create a taneously being delicate and I would sense of confidence in the model. Emuse ‘feminine’ in a traditional way,” ily Ortiz Badalamente, an art theraHuff says. pist who modeled for the project, The exhibit will be on display until The exhibition was scheduled was photographed in a pair of silver to debut earlier this year but was Oct. 15 in the Arboreal Gallery in chandelier earrings, adorned with postponed until Aug. 15 due to the the Milton Rhodes Center. glass pearls and Swarovski crystals. coronavirus. Curator Lindsay Piper “I started off being really self-conPotter-Figueiredo, believes everything There will be a virtual Q&A with scious, but the energy and excitement still fell into place regardless of the of the shoot made the nerves go away the artists, models and curator obstacles the group faced. fairly quickly,” says Badalamente. on Friday. Find out more at the “The process of curating this exThe title of the exhibition was chohibition happened nearly seamlessly Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts sen because it represents important and was about as harmonious as it elements to consider in both jewelry Facebook page. could be, despite a global pandemic,” designing and photography. she says.

“Part of the reason we picked the To Potter-Figueredo, the two arttitle is because it’s interplay of our ists’ work speaks for itself. two mediums,” Huff says.

“When we arrived to install the exhibition, Jasmine had a “I like the fact that the two of us, five if you include the clear vision of how she wanted the exhibition to be representmodels, were able to cross different experiences of mediums. ed,” she says. “Nannette and I came in, masks on and had the Everyone was able to add something to it.” entire exhibition installed within a matter of hours.”

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ewelry designer Nannette Gatti Davis doesn’t consider diamonds to be her best friend.

“I don’t do a lot of stonework,” says Davis, who sometimes goes by “Nann”. “I can do it; I have done it. I just don’t enjoy it.”

The metal designs instructor at Sawtooth School for Visual Art prefers copper, silver and brass as her media of choice when she’s making jewelry, drawing inspiration from nature. Pieces from her most recent collections are currently on display as part of a joint exhibition in the Arboreal Gallery at Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts.

The exhibition, FORM/TEXTURE/ LIGHT/SHADOW, is a collaborative effort with photographer and filmmaker Jasmine Huff, who earned her MFA in documentary media at Northwestern University. The goal of the exhibition was to capture not only the craft of jewelry-making, but the ways in which jewelry changes the wearer.

Huff says the exhibition is defined by its underlying intersectional feminism — the overlapping of different women’s experiences with oppression and discrimination. She was delighted to see a Black model, Jerotich Yegon, embody royalty when she photographed Yegon wearing Davis’ 14-karat gold wire headband with Swarovski crystals, pearls and semi-precious stones.

“There’s a couple pieces of Jerotich that kind of take my breath away because it’s cool to see a Black woman in that way,” Huff says. “Just seeing someone that’s not just there to be looked at or to be made into a spectacle, and it means something when you see her both powerful and royal.”

Thanks to Winston-Salem Fashion Week organizer Nikita Wallace, Davis’ pieces in the exhibition were featured in WSFW 2018, when she provided custom accessories for designer Puja Arora’s clothing line. Arora made her way to New York Fashion Week in 2019, taking Davis’ jewelry with her. Davis specifically designed each accessory to match its paired garment.

“I design the jewelry to be an asset or an elevation piece instead of trying to compete with the work,” Davis says.

As Davis was designing the jewelry, she was satisfied with taking pictures of the pieces alone until she realized photographing them on bodies would elevate her handiwork.

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1 ___ Bator (Mongolia’s capital) 5 Part of a war plane 11 Italian or Swiss summit 14 Fantasy sports option 15 Qatar’s leaned 16 ___ Paulo (Brazil’s most populous city) 17 Bathrooms brimming with lawn clippings?

19 Fashion world star Anna 20 Words prior to “touche” or “tureen” 21 Obvious disdain 23 Wheat bread Pitt took in 2020 26 Appomattox initials 29 Country musician Axetone 30 Just ___, skip and jump away 31 Scandinavian fans of Wiggum’s kid ©2014, 2020 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) (in Simpsons-iana)?

34 Quantity of bricks?

35 Two from Tijuana 36 Stir (up) 37 British artist William with a 1745 portrait of him and his pug dog 39 Hands out 43 Bangkok bankroll Answers from last issue 44 Utmost ordinal 45 Wood that flavors bourbon 12 Hill who sang “Doo Wop (That Tee-heeing)” 46 Thousand-dollar bills that fly and roost?

13 Toepieces of discussion 50 1052, to Tacitus 18 “___ Gang” (film shorts with kid “Rascals”) 51 Last half of a tiny food contaminant 22 Potful at cook-offs (first half is, um, you know ...)

23 “Right hand on holy book” situation 52 “Two Virgins” musician Yoko 24 “Buzz off, fly!”

53 Folks who Owen Meany films, say 25 Capitol Hill gp.

54 Pang or misgiving 27 Took a jump 56 Military turndown 28 Bad guys pursuing peace, man 59 Big poet for java 31 Latvian-born artist Marek 60 Location of what you’ll ditch from all long 32 Mila’s “That ‘70s Show” costar (now husband) solutions (and from Across and Down 33 Code and sea-lemon, for two listings) for this all to work 35 Transylvanian count, informally 66 Yahoo’s was in 1996, for short 38 Bubbling, in a way 67 Start to unite?

40 Pro tour sport 68 Pinocchio, notoriously 41 Unworldly sort 69 Brand Ides 42 Things worn to go downhill fast 70 “Grande” Arizona attraction 46 Fined without fault 71 Vigorous 47 Hour for a British cuppa, traditionally 48 Gaucho’s grasslands Down 49 How you might wax nostalgic 1 It usually starts with “wee wee wee” 50 Works of art on walls 2 Hawaii’s Mauna ___ 53 Auction node 3 Off-road transport, for short 55 Meanly, in nouns (abbr.)

4 “Ixnay” (or a conundrum in a tube?)

57 City full of fjords 5 POTUS known for his feat 58 Prompt jaws to drop 6 Jason’s mythical craft 61 UFC fighting classification, for short 7 Road tripe quorum 62 Holm of filmdom 8 “I dunno,” in day books 63 Quick shot of brandy 9 ___ for “igloo” 64 Williams with a “Mortal City” album 10 Mama of 1960s pop 65 Cook bacon, in a way 11 Part of ASAP

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