Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2019
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OAK RIDGE TO CELEBRATE HERITAGE DAY SEPT. 28
Last year’s Heritage Day offered vintage and antique trucks and tractors, re-enactors from the Revolutionary and Civil War, and folks like lifetime Oak Ridge resident Phyllis Anders (shown in photo) dressed in period costume. This year there will be all of that and much, much more, so make time for the fourth annual Heritage Day this Saturday, Sept. 28, at Oak Ridge Town Park and learn about Oak Ridge’s history, when farming was a way of life and “neighbors all helped neighbors.” See article on p. 6 for details.
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IN THIS ISSUE News in brief ....................................2 Your Questions .................................3 Oak Ridge water system update ........7 FOS dedicates clock, mural ...............8 Crime/Incident Report .......................9 Stokesdale celebrates 30 years .......10 Business Notes / Bits & Pieces ........12 Red Dog Farm open house photos...14 Calendar Events ..............................15 NWHS soccer photos .......................16 ‘Vikings Got Game’ ..........................17 High School Football ........................18 Student Profiles ...............................20 NWHS volleyball dominates .............22 Coach Hackett transitions to NWHS ..23 Grins and Gripes ..............................24 Letters/Opinions...............................26 Classifieds.......................................27 Index of Advertisers .........................31
Show me the (water) money Stokesdale Mayor Flynt said his town could use $3.4 million left over from the study of a regional water system to expand and improve its existing municipal water system by CHRIS BURRITT STOKESDALE – Mayor John Flynt said Stokesdale wants the $3.4 million in state funds left over from the study of a proposed regional water system for northwest Guilford County. A report assessing the feasibility of establishing a water system for Stokesdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge and unincorporated areas of northwestern Guilford County cost $175,000. That left unspent about $3.4 million of the $3.6 million appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly for evaluating the possibility of creating a regional water authority, said Jeff Phillips, vice chairman of Guilford County Board of Commissioners. Stokesdale operates its own municipal water system for residents and businesses, making it “crazy” for the town to participate in a regional system, Flynt said last May. Now
he’s eyeing the unspent state appropriation to upgrade and expand the town’s water system.
“If we’re the only town that wants the money, we can certainly use the $3.4 million,” Flynt said in an interview earlier this month. Installing booster pumps to increase water pressure to existing users or extending lines along N.C. 65 to serve residential development would be possible uses for the money, he said. Rockingham County is extending water lines north of Stokesdale, creating the possibility for the town to tap that water supply as a supplement or replacement for water it buys from Winston-Salem, Flynt said. The feasibility study by consultant Timmons Group estimated that constructing a regional water system would cost more than $50 million, or initially $90 per household. That’s roughly double what northwest Guilford homeowners living in
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