JUNE 2014
Inside:
■ Adams Farm celebrates
Military Appreciation Day
■ March Association Meeting Minutes
■ Summer crime prevention tips
■ Soap Lady wins business ethics award
and much more!
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CELEBRATES
10TH
YEAR IN CURRENT LOCATION
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FARM EVOLVES
FROM TOBACCO TO BERRIES
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SOAP LADY
WINS BUSINESS
ETHICS AWARD
June 2014
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March AFCA Minutes
March 18, 2014
Attendees: Troyce Hood, Kathleen Sullivan, R. Scott Jones, Kathy
Baldwin, Joe Friscia, Judy Vogler Mitchell, Harvey Ernest-Property Mgr.
1. Meeting called to order at 7:01 p.m.
2. Adams Farm resident, Paul Brown, presented 2 proposals:
a. Placement of flag poles at both entrances to
Adams Farm, as well as individual flag holders placed
on mail box posts. Board will consider and discuss at
future meeting.
b. Requested that Adams Farm Community sponsor the 15th hole at the 75th anniversary of the
Wyndham Golf Tournament which takes place Aug.
11-17. Board has until May 31 to make commitment.
3. Board approved February minutes
4. Board approved financials as of February 28, 2014
5. Managers report:
a. Winter storm update and tree removal discussed
b. We continue to attempt to trap beavers.
c. Lien update was presented
d. Board voted to leave lights on trees at entrances
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e. Continue to collect candidates for new board members
6. New Business:
a. Board will continue to receive
"Common Ground" magazine
b. Homeplace and AFCA Board of
Directors agreed to allow city easement for city of Greensboro to place
sidewalk along Mackay Rd to the
railroad tracks
c. Isaac Miller resigned from Board
d. Letter sent to residents in
Autumnwoods to avoid parking on
street if possible
Next meeting scheduled for Annual Board Meeting at gazebo on April
25. Movie and announcement of Board Members on agenda Adjourned at 8:16 p.m. Respectively submitted,
Judy Vogler Mitchell
Summer crime
prevention tips
The Guilford County Sheriff's Office has issued these tops to prevent crimes
in the summer months.
Historically during the summer months of the year certain types of crimes
increase. Typically there is an increase in automobile break-ins and thefts of
lawn equipment. These are crimes of opportunity which means that they are
preventable if you follow a few simple tips. Most of the automobile break-ins
occur when the owner leaves the vehicle unlocked and something of value is
left in the vehicle, usually in plain sight. These are preventable by simply locking your vehicle and hiding or removing valuables from your vehicle whether
at home or at the store or gym.
Thefts of lawn equipment increase during the summer months and are also
crimes of opportunity. Most thefts occur while the homeowner is at the residence out working in the yard. The garage door is left open or lawn equipment such as blowers and weed eaters are left out in the driveway. Thieves
will prowl neighborhoods and grab unsecured lawn equipment from driveways, yards or open garages while the unsuspecting homeowner is out working in the yard.
Help stop these thefts by locking your vehicles and removing valuables from
within the vehicle. Keep an outside light on illuminating your driveway and
vehicles at night. Secure your lawn equipment in your garage and keep the
garage shut and your house locked while you are in another area of the yard
working or even when inside your home. By working together, we can reduce
the opportunity for thieves to commit these crimes and make our communities a safer place for everyone.
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YMCA celebrates 10 year
in current location
th
BY NORMA B. DENNIS
STAFF WRITER
The front patio of the Mary Perry
Ragsdale Family YMCA was filled
with activity May 1 as members and
visitors stopped by for the facility’s
10th Birthday Bash.
“Our goal was to have a festive atmosphere and showcase our youth
as being only 10 years old, while still
celebrating our service to the community,” Kevin Bottomley, executive
director, said.
The birthday celebration was filled
with an array of fitness challenges,
kids’ basketball, snacks, music, free
raffles, games and a very popular
photo booth. The occasion celebrated the opening of the state-of-the-art
facility in May of 2004.
What some people may not know,
however, is that the YMCA in Jamestown is really older than the building that houses all those activities for
children and adults alike. It started
long before the building existed.
Members of the Town Council who
wanted a full program to serve citizens
from babies to older adults originated
the idea. hey felt a YMCA would it
the need more than what a parks and
recreation committee might ofer.
he Greensboro YMCA was willing to
work with the town of Jamestown to
establish a Y in this area.
Joe Warwick, CEO and president
of the Greensboro YMCA asked
Kim McKone, executive director of
a YMCA in Winston-Salem to come
to Jamestown to join the grassroots
effort to start an organization here.
McKone, co-worker Terry Matthews
and volunteer Nancy Sherrill began
the job of garnering community support. A Capital Cabinet and Board of
Managers, of which, Kerry Miller was
the first chairman, were established
Guests had fun dressing up for special birthday pictures, and trying their hand at a game or two of corn hole (opposite page).
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Photo by Norma B. Dennis
and the YMCA was on the road too
reality. In 2000, it received a Charter under the name Jamestown Area
YMCA from the board of YMCA-USA.
Even without a facility, the new
YMCA began to conduct a number of
programs including after-school care
at Jamestown Elementary, a senior
exercise group and various craft and
travel opportunities. In 2003, ground
was broken for the new YMCA building on Bonner Drive in Jamestown,
which opened the following year.
Because of a large donation from
Mary Perry Ragsdale before her
death, the building was named in her
honor and became the Mary Perry
Ragsdale Family YMCA.
McKone felt that partnerships with
other community organizations,
including Guilford Technical Community College, Family Services and
High Point Hospital made the Ragsdale YMCA even more special.
In December of 2010, when McKone left to take a newly created position as the director of outreach for
the YMCA of Greensboro, Kevin Bottomley became executive director of
the Ragsdale Y.
Bottomley believes the birthday
bash was but a steppingstone as the
Ragsdale YMCA marches forward
into the future.
Perhaps the Ragsdale YMCA needs
two celebrations – one for its birth in
2000 and one for its adoption in 2004
into the very fiber of the community.
“he Ragsdale Y was started from
scratch by a group of community volunteers and its success is attributed to
all of the hard work of the many volunteers and the members we serve
each day,” Bottomley said. “We should
celebrate these successes every day.”
Ingram's farm evolves
from tobacco to berries
BY NORMA B. DENNIS
STAFF WRITER
Buckets and buckets and more buckets of ripe, red strawberries are brought
from surrounding ields each day and
unloaded through a large window into
a refrigerated room at one end of the
newly built country store. here they are
weighed and put into boxes, ready to be
sold to the many customers who choose
to buy strawberries freshly picked.
Some people, however, prefer to squat
between the neat rows of plants burdened with the sweet luscious berries,
illing their containers – and perhaps
sampling a few as they work.
he site is Ingram’s Strawberry Farm
at 6121 Riverdale Drive, owned and operated by Dean and Rhonda Ingram.
he property has been in Dean’s family
through his maternal grandparents –
the Bryans – for over 150 years.
“A brick in the chimney of the main
Mikaela Ingram holds a box filled with ripe strawberries ready for sale.
Photo by Norma B. Dennis
house has the date 1852 on it,” Dean
said. “My dad remembers a big tree
in the front yard that had horse shoes
nailed to it where soldiers from the Civil
War tied their horses.”
Primarily used to raise tobacco, the
land was eventually divided. In 1960,
Dean’s grandparents closed a store they
owned on Fairield Road, remodeled
the old farmhouse on Riverdale and
went there to live. Dean’s parents, Richard and Kathryn, along with 14-year-old
Dean and his two brothers, moved to
the farm in 1976.
“All of us boys attended N.C. State
University,” Dean said. “After he graduated, my brother Chris worked as an extension agent in Wilson County. When
he saw that strawberries were the up
and coming crop there, he suggested we
plant some. We were tobacco farmers,
but in 1978 we planted about an acre of
strawberries. hirty-six years later, that
is our main crop.”
Dean noted the business has changed
through the years, going from planting
in the ground to “plastic culture” on
raised beds. he typical customer has
changed as well.
“We used to see women come and
pick 100 pounds to preserve,” Dean
said. “Now they might pick a gallon/5
pounds and say I don’t know what I am
going to do with all these.”
Strawberries can be eaten a number of
ways: in salads, cobblers, preserves, ice
cream or simply heaped in a bowl and
sprinkled with a touch of sugar to bring
out the juice hidden within. hey also
can be canned or frozen for future use.
Whether purchasing a large or a small
amount, some customers are consistent
in their visits to the strawberry farm.
Rhonda tells of one lady who always
came to pick on Mother’s Day with her
children. For years after she passed away,
her children continued to come on that
day to pick berries out of respect for her.
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Adams Farm celebrates Military
Appreciation Day
Adams Farm Swim and Tennis Club hosted Military Appreciation Day May
17 from 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. This special event was designed to show pride and
support for the military as well as bring neighbors and friends together. The
celebration coincided with opening day of the pool and included food, music
and games for all ages. All proceeds from the event benefitted the Wounded
Warrior Project.
Joy Myers tackles a game of ping pong against her son, Gavin.
Joan O’Reilly enjoys a quiet
moment by the pool with
her son, Jim.
Nineteen-month-old Jack Swanson enjoys splashing around in the baby pool with Grandpa
David Morrissey. Jack’s father, Jon Swanson, is a U.S. Marine.
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Leya and Tilde Svensson soak up some sun by the pool
Kitina and Wayne Journell get in a friendly game of corn hole.
Hungry folks line up for hamburgers and hot dogs.
Hadleigh Journell, 16 months old, enjoys swinging on the playground.
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Lifeguard Lowie Vandeplancke keeps a careful
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Soap Lady wins
business ethics award
BY CAROL BROOKS
mont academia judged the nominees. he award is sponsored by the
Greensboro Chapter of the Society
Sometimes it’s the little guy or girl
of Financial Service Professionals in
who has the loudest voice.
partnership with Davenport, Marvin,
hat was certainly the case on April
Joyce & Co., LLP and DMJ Wealth Ad29 when Jamestown’s own he Soap
visors, LLC and First Citizens Bank.
Lady was one of four winners of the
“It’s like doing the right thing when
Piedmont Business Ethics Awards
no one’s looking,” Stringer said about
(PBEA).
ethical business practice.
“I’m very honored,” said Soap Lady
Although she doesn’t know who
owner Susan Stringer. “I was thrilled
nominated her, this is the third year
just to be nominated.”
Stringer has been nominated – and
Stringer says she only has a staf of
the irst time she placed in the top 10.
“3.5” but went up against businessShe did not ill out the paperwork the
irst year because she found
the 30-page form overwhelming.
“You don’t usually go
around tooting your own
horn, so it is hard to explain,”
she said of the application
process. “It’s about why people do the things we do.
“I love to do for other people but don’t like when the
spotlight is on me.”
Rather than ill out the
form herself this year, Stringer learned she could take advantage of a team of students
from an area university to do
most of the work for her.
“hey did a phenomenal
job,” she said of the threeperson team from UNC
Greensboro. “It was a challenge to write up such a
small business.
“It wouldn’t have been
possible without the girls
from UNCG.”
Stringer said the students
often just observed the business during the day, seeing
how the staf interacted with
Susan Stringer, The Soap Lady, second from right, invited her student team from UNCG to the awards customers.
presentation April 29 at Starmount Forest Country Club.
Judging criteria included
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es with upwards of 200 employees,
including Flow Automotive, Samet
Corp, Anderson-Moore Builders,
Airsoft R Us Tactical, Duncan Exxon,
Miss Jenny’s Pickles, Planet Fitness
and Spevco. Flow, Samet and Spevco
joined he Soap Lady in accepting
this year’s awards.
he award was established in 2000
to honor companies that demonstrate a irm commitment to ethical
business practices in everyday operations, management philosophies and
responses to crises or challenges. An
independent panel drawn from Pied-
a clear demonstration of the company’s executive commitment to
ethics to employees and customers;
a corporate code of ethics or mission statement which demonstrates
the company’s requirement for honesty, integrity and compliance with
the law; clear means for employees,
customers and others to bring conlicts to the attention of management;
community involvement; and a consistently high quality of products and
services.
Past winners of the Piedmont Business Ethics Award have included
Replacements Ltd., New Garden
Nursery, Kavanagh Homes, Kindermusic, Brown Investments, he Hearing Clinic, VF Corporation and Blue
Ridge Companies.
Now that the local competition is
over, Stringer has volunteered to be a
mentor to business students at UNCG.
“he way they teach business in
school is not how it works,” she said.
“Students need to learn you don’t
have to go into debt (to start a business.)”
Stringer began hand-making soap
in her home in 1998, and opened her
retail location at 116 E. Main St. location in Jamestown a few years later.
She said the nominations speak well
of the ladies who work with her.
She said the award is almost like
winning an Oscar for “being one of
the most ethical companies in 14
counties.”
he next step for Stringer? National
competition for business ethics.
“Wouldn’t that be something (to
win)?” she questioned.
Carol Brooks can be reached at
336-841-4933 or jamestownnews@
northstate.net.
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“We don’t always know our customers’ names, but we know their picking
habits, like what kind of containers
they bring to pick in,” Rhonda said with
a smile. “We are seeing some third and
fourth generations come here.”
In 2000, the Ingrams converted an
old tobacco stick barn into a commercial kitchen so they could sell homemade ice cream. hey added a goat
petting area and opened the barn to
visitors to see baby goats shortly after
they are born, and other animals.
Dean, his wife Rhonda, who he met
when both attended Allen Jay High
School, and their three daughters,
Casie, Mikaela and Lauren, also raise
produce throughout the summer.
“he produce is a secondary thing,
Rhonda said. “It is a backup in case
the strawberries do not have a good
season. his year the berries are doing
well. We have begun freezing some to
sell later in the summer.
he Ingrams also carry free-range
eggs and pork. In addition to prepicked strawberries, the new country
store carries juices, cider, preserves,
pastries and produce, some of which
comes from other vendors.
“Our goal is to represent nothing
but North Carolina products,” Rhonda
said. “It is important to us as growers
and to our customers to know where
the food they buy comes from.
“We are a ‘direct sell’ farm,” she added. “We do not sell wholesale to stores,
but directly to customers.”
Several locations where the Ingrams
sell strawberries and produce include
Peach Tree Market and Davie Hospital in Advance, the Farmers’ Market
in Sandy Ridge, Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem, Cornerstone at the
old Westchester Mall, Advance Home
Health in Jamestown, homasville
and High Point hospitals, as well as
several businesses.
“We are at least two places every day
during strawberry season,” Dean said.
he Ingrams are not sure if the strawberry farm will continue into another
generation. heir daughters were all
homeschooled and have grown up in
the business
“hey have a vested interest in it because they
have worked here almost
from the time they could
walk,” Rhonda said. “hey
are very capable of handling the business for
short periods now, but
I’m not sure if they want
to continue the tradition.
Time will tell. It is here if
they want to.”
Dean and Rhonda, however, are pleased with the
success of their strawberry
business and would not
have had it any other way.
“It is hard work,” Rhonda said. “But what a way to
raise a family.”
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Dean Ingram watches as his wife, Rhonda, fills bins outside the
country store with fresh produce.
Photo by Norma B. Dennis
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