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Parrish makes history come alive What a delightful experience it was to have Northwest High School teacher, Mr. Ray Parrish, present two seminars recently – one on the Constitution, and one on Guilford County in the American Revolution. History really does come alive with Mr. Parrish as he describes the events which took place 238 years ago in our town of Summer-
field as General Cornwallis pursued General Greene and a young bugler boy tried to defend his country. Thank you, Mr. Parrish. You are a great asset to the students, the school and the community. Anna Heroy SUMMERFIELD
What to do about bad driving? I feel that in Summerfield there are too many awful drivers, and when I was learning how to drive it was super stressful because so many drivers were on their phones while driving. There need to be more deputies patrolling and looking for distracted drivers – or even just stricter driving laws. That would significantly reduce bad driving in Summerfield, which is already bad enough given its large old people population. Ben Richardson, SUMMERFIELD
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Editor’s note: The writer, who is a Scout, wrote that he was submitting this letter as a requirement for one of his merit badges. In my personal opinion he made some good points – but ouch, that statement about the “old people population” hit close to home. As someone who long ago was eligible for senior discounts at Belk on Wednesdays, and who drives back and forth through Summerfield on a daily basis, could he have been talking about me?
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Katie at Lowe’s Hardware in Kernersville, who told me about Delta’s excellent customer service and helped me get a replacement part for a Delta kitchen faucet shipped free, without even having to send a receipt. Lowes Foods’ employees (in Oak Ridge) and EMS personnel who helped my dad, “Poppy,” last week in the store after he had a mild stroke and was confused and disoriented. He’s home and doing fine now! Roundabouts. They never need
Editor’s note: Per the reader’s gripe in our last issue, she followed up to let us know she received her reimbursement check from Republic Services this week for a $300 overpayment she made a
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