Board of Directors. When Anne died in 2016, she left the remainder of her property – about 211 acres which borders the camp – in a trust. The majority of the property – about 192 acres – was listed last year. With road frontage on U.S. 220, that tract is currently zoned for agricultural use but has commercial potential. It’s listed for $1 million. The new Realtor signs you’ve seen are for the remaining acreage which includes Anne’s home, an additional farmhouse and a pool. Located at 381 Carefree Lane, the houses and land are listed for $260,000. Both properties are being marketed by Phillip Stone of A New Dawn Realty. Profits from the sale will go to Anne’s four heirs. To provide a buffer from any development that might take place on the adjacent property and to ensure access to its pond, the camp purchased 15 acres of property from the trust in 2017. The purchase was made possible by the
community and other camp supporters who donated $45,000 and an anonymous donor who matched that amount. The camp relies completely on these types of donations to continue its operations. As the camp prepares for the 2018 season, volunteers are being sought to provide evening meals. Until recent years, churches, clubs and civic organizations held cook-outs on Wednesday evenings and brought pizza to the camp on Thursday nights. Because of the popularity among participating groups and the fact that it helps defray costs, the camp decided last year to allow outside groups to host all of its evening meals. “We’re not asking for groups to take on the responsibility of an entire week, just to provide a meal for one night,” said Carol Wright, board secretary. “This year, we’ve also opened up Saturday breakfast and Sunday dinner.” Anyone interested in providing a meal is asked to call Wright at (336) 613-3564.
NEWS in brief
Photo by Patti Stokes/NWO
‘What happened to the wall? It looks nothing like it was supposed to… it is failing and it looks horrendous,’ Elmhurst Estates resident Karen Knight told the Summerfield Town Council at its meeting on Tuesday, April 10. Later in the meeting Town Manager Scott Whitaker said NCDOT is aware the sound barrier panels installed on either side of Elmhurst Estates’ entrance off U.S. 220 started bubbling up within months of when they were installed in the fall of 2016. ‘When this started happening last year,’ Whitaker said, ‘I had a conversation with DOT and was told, ‘Yes, we agree. We are not satisfied. We are not accepting it and we will be working with Tetra Tech (the contractor on the U.S. 220 widening project) and Paragon (manufacturer of the sound barrier panels) on a solution.’ Read more about the failing sound barrier panels in next week’s issue.
Friends, family and members of the community are invited to attend a
Celebration of Life for Conner James Crossan
The family-friendly event will be held at
Oak Ridge Elementary
Sunday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. Memorial donations can be made in Conner's name to: MIB Agents, The Conner Crossan Osteosarcoma Research Fund, at
donorbox.org/conner or
Ruff Love Rescue’s “Emergency Services” at
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