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Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2023 Vol 45 No 48 | 1 Section | 6 Pages
Council hears more about stormwater utility fee
Compiled By Norma B. Dennis and Carol Brooks Water quality maintenance Beginning around Dec. 2-5, Jamestown, surrounding cities and the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority utilities will implement a water quality preventative maintenance program that will involve temporarily using chlorine instead of chloramines to disinfect the drinking water. Jamestown officials are expecting chlorine-treated water to reach Jamestown around Dec. 5. The switch to chlorine is scheduled to end the week of May 5, 2024. This temporary, scheduled change in disinfectant is a standard practice in water treatment, since rotating the two disinfectants periodically helps keep water mains clean and free of potentially harmful bacteria. The rotation process is meant to keep the water safe for drinking while optimizing the quality of the water in the system. During this time, some users might notice water taste or odor differences. Specialized industries such as medical facilities offering kidney dialysis, fish tank and pond owners and some businesses that use water in their production process should take precautions and make the required adjustments to their current filtration and treatment systems. If you have questions, please call the Jamestown Town Hall at 336-454-1138. Choice books and gift baskets for sale The Friends of the Jamestown Library will hold a Choice Book Sale and soft reopening of the Corner Book Shop on Dec. 2 and 9 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Recently published Choice books are $5 each, cash or check only. There also will be a variety of beautiful gift baskets and lots of jigsaw puzzles available. These make great Christmas gifts. All proceeds go to help the library in multiple ways throughout the year. The renovated Corner Book Shop includes 14 new bookcases. Adding more bookcases and filling the shelves with books will be an ongoing project until totally finished. Your patience as this project is completed is appreciated. Christmas parade There is nothing like the excitement of a parade as it makes its way down Main Street, but for those who cannot attend the parade in person, the Jamestown Rotary Christmas Parade will stream live Dec. 3 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8pdIwbY-44. Letters to Santa The Letters to Santa mailbox is in the lobby of Town Hall. All letters are due by Dec. 8. If a return address is on the letter, Santa will reply. Candlelight Tour Mendenhall Homeplace, 603 W. Main St. in Jamestown, will hold the annual Candlelight Tour Dec. 9 from 6-8 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door. Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies at the Madison Lindsay House on the grounds. Live Nativity For more than 10 years, members of Lutheran Church of Our Father have hosted a live drive-through Nativity scene to help the community celebrate the Christmas season. This year the event will be held Dec. 10 at the church at 3301 Groometown Road, Greensboro.
Kayaking as a sport leads to adaptive teaching By NORMA B. DENNIS FREELANCE WRITER ndworddesign@gmail.com For 30 years Bev Paddock and her husband Cliff have enjoyed the sport of kayaking. Looking for something to do after retiring from a 40-year career in diabetic education, the Jamestown resident realized many of the same skills she used then could be used to assess people’s abilities and teach them how to kayak safely. Five years ago she became a L2 kayak instructor with the American Canoe Association. Two years ago, she attended an Endorsement Workshop and began teaching adaptive kayaking. “I love teaching all classes, but working with the adaptive classes is my passion,” she said. “The first year we put 13 people on the water. This year we have had 54 and still have one more event.” Paddock volunteers with GetOutdoors Pedal and
(At left) Will Seeley, owner of GetOutdoors, helps Mark Springfield prepare to launch on the inclusive dock at Lake Higgins in Greensboro. (Below) Bev Paddock, along with safety boaters, provides pre-launch instructions before a rainy-day kayaking session.
Paddle, which provides ACA certified instructors and trained safety boaters for two types of adaptive paddling opportunities. The Adaptive Paddling Experience provides people with all abilities the opportunity to enjoy kayaking, whether doing it for the first time or renewing the experience. Adaptive Paddling Skills Class is an instructive program for people with physical or communication see kayak, page 6
Jamestown Rotary supports Feeding Lisa’s Kids
$103,257. There was a net operating gain of $26,229 for the month. The prior October, there was an operating loss of $9,610. Maintenance expenditures were down this year. Looking at this point in the previous fiscal year, revenue is up $85,593 this year. Expenses are 69 percent less that the previous fiscal year. There are fewer fulltime and more part-time employees this year.
Volunteers from the Feeding Lisa’s Kids program, which was started by Southern Roots owner Lisa Hawley, gather on the first Wednesday of each month to distribute food to those in need in the greater High Point area. November found them making a second distribution — turkeys and all the trimmings — just in time for Thanksgiving. Included among the volunteers were Geoff Swan and Russ Jacks, members of the Jamestown Rotary Club. The two men, along with Swan’s wife Fran, are regular volunteers with the proPhoto submitted gram. The men also used this particular Geoff Swan, left, and Russ Jacks are pictured with other volunteers of morning to present a check for $8,766 Feeding Lisa’s Kids as the men hold a replica of the check presented to the program by the Jamestown Rotary Club. The club raised the funds see rotary, page 2 with its annual Bow Stafford Memorial Golf Classic.
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October was a good month for golf, having only three bad weather days and no days closed. There were 3,366 rounds played compared to 2,864 in October 2022. However, total rounds this fiscal year are down nearly 1,800. Total golf operations revenue for October was $129,486 and operating expenditures were
The Jamestown Town Council had a short agenda for its Nov. 21 meeting, but it still lasted almost one-anda-half hours. The main topic was old business — a public hearing to consider adopting a Stormwater Utility Fee ordinance within Chapter 55 of the Town’s Code of Ordinances. “The purpose of this fee is to help maintain and upgrade stormwater infrastructure and to fund the stormwater management directives which are mandated by State through the Town’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit,” said Town Manager Matthew Johnson. “The fee will be applied to all properties located within the corporate limits through the utility Graphic courtesy Town of Jamestown billing system. The rate will be $5 per The orange lines show an entire commercial property. The green lines month for residential customers and show the 20,000 sq. ft. of impervious surface, or built-up area (BUA). Calculations indicate the owners would pay a monthly $25 stormwater see council, page 2 utility fee.
By NORMA B. DENNIS FREELANCE WRITER ndworddesign@gmail.com
October was a good month for golf By CAROL BROOKS freelance writer cab1hp@gmail.com
By CAROL BROOKS freelance writer cab1hp@gmail.com