Feb. 26 - March 3, 2016
Longtime clerk/finance officer set to retire Carolyn Joyner’s last day of employment with the Town of Stokesdale is Feb. 29 by PATTI STOKES STOKESDALE – If Carolyn Joyner’s smile seems a little wider this week, it may be because she’s got her sights set on how she’ll spend her extra free time come March 1, and she’s looking forward to getting started. The longtime town clerk, finance officer, water system administrator, familiar face of Town Hall, Budget Committee member
– and so much more – is retiring from the Town of Stokesdale after just over 20 years.
Before being hired by the town in December 1995, Joyner, who holds a degree in business and economics, worked in the banking industry; she had also covered some Stokesdale Town Council meetings for the Madison Messenger. “I felt like people needed to know what was going on in Stokesdale, so I agreed to write several articles and did that for a period of time,” she said. Initially hired as a part-time town clerk,
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Photo by Annette Joyce/NWO
After 20 years and two months, Stokesdale’s town clerk/finance officer, Carolyn Joyner, is retiring. Citizens are invited to a retirement party for Joyner on Monday, Feb. 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Stokesdale Town Hall on Angel Pardue Road.
Parents, school system at odds over crossdressing teacher by PATTI STOKES
Photo by L.A. Logan/NWO
Special Olympic athletes and gold medalists (L-R) Kenny Curry, Timothy Berg, Brody Wheeler, Tavion Southerland and Hannah Boan had fans from both schools on their feet for a standing ovation as they are honored at halftime of the Northwest Guilford varsity boys’ first round playoff matchup against Vance High School on Feb. 23.
NORTHERN GUILFORD – This is an article with many more questions than answers. Those willing to publicly weigh in on the matter are scarce, though discussions about it are taking place throughout the Guilford County Schools’ community of administrators, faculty, parents, students and school board representatives. What few are willing to discuss openly concerns a male
teacher substituting in a sixthgrade classroom at Northern Middle School on Feb. 11 while dressed as a woman. Students were asked by the teacher to preface his last name with “Ms.” rather than “Mr.” Middle school parents who we communicated with said they learned about the matter from their children at the end of the school day.
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