Week in review: Test your nose for local news
Published 12:00 am Sunday, May 3, 2015
1. Where does Rowan County’s unemployment figure stand, as of the last state report?
A. 5.6 percent
B. 7.1 percent
C. 8.6 percent
D. 11 percent
2. Seven of these were unveiled Friday night in downtown Salisbury, and they will be available for use over the next five months. What are they?
A. Prayer kiosks
B. Pianos
C. Book and clothing drop-off boxes
D. Produce stands
3. What’s the theme for this year’s 10-Minute Play Festival at Lee Street Theatre?
A. Hotel lobbies
B. Airport terminals
C. Food trucks
D. Yard sales
4. The Community Care Clinic recently celebrated the graduation of six people from what class?
A. The Yes, I Can Lose 100 Pounds Class
B. The Eating Right Class
C. Freedom from Smoking Class
D. The 10,000 Steps a Day Class
5. How many families in the vicinity of Duke Energy’s Buck Steam Station have now received letters from the state advising them not to drink their well water?
A. 12
B. 22
C. 32
D. 52
6. The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education has approved new starting times for schools for the 2015-16 school year. At what time will the high school day begin?
A. 7:15 a.m.
B. 7:45 a.m.
C. 8 a.m.
D. 8:30 a.m.
7. South Salisbury Fire Department broke ground this past week on what?
A. A new fire station
B. An expansion of its existing fire station
C. An acre-sized pond to hold water in reserve
D. An outside obstacle course and tower for training
8. Retired F&M Bank executive Dan Williams recently found a letter written to him by an Army friend in 1970. What historical event did the letter discuss at length?
A. The first moon landing
B. The shooting of student protesters at Kent State University
C. The Vietnam War’s escalation into Cambodia
D. Bob Hope’s last USO appearance
9. Why is Granite Quarry native Kalyne Reid in Nepal, where a devastating earthquake struck April 25?
A. She’s part of a rescue team from the United States
B. She had hoped to climb Mount Everest for the first time later this week
C. She has been on a Peace Corps assignment there since December 2014
D. She is part of a Christian missionary group visiting the country
10. Gov. Pat McCrory was in Salisbury Thursday, touting a $3 billion bond package for the state. What would Rowan County derive from this proposal, if approved?
A. Nothing
B. $88 million for a new Interstate 85 interchange at Mount Hope Church Road
C. $15 million for the N.C. Transportation History Museum
D. $97 million for a new Old Beatty Ford interchange along I-85
Answers appear below:
1. A. Rowan County’s unemployment rate saw a slight decrease in the month of March to 5.6 percent.
2. B. A partnership between the Salisbury Symphony and Rowan County’s seven high schools has provided the creatively decorated downtown pianos available to anyone to play and enjoy.
3. D. Yard sale is the theme for the six 10-minute plays that will be offered at Lee Street Theatre Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 each night.
4. C. Six people have graduated from the clinic’s first smoking cessation class. Community Care Clinic is one of three in the state and 14 nationwide that used a CVS grant to provide the eight-week class.
5. C. The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has sent do-not-drink-the-water letters to 32 families near Buck Steam Station.
6. D. Rowan-Salisbury high schools will have a starting time of 8:30 a.m. in the new school year.
7. B. South Salisbury Fire Department has embarked on a $1.3 million expansion of its fire station off Old Concord Road.
8. B. The 1970 letter to Williams was from an Army buddy in Ohio, who was going to be assigned to the same Ohio National Guard unit that fired into the student protesters at Kent State.
9. D. Reid is in Nepal as part of a Christian mission group based out of Harrisburg, Pa.
10. C. The $15 million for the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer would be used for completing the second phase of the Power Building’s renovations and constructing an outdoor events space, offices, children’s exhibit, playground and floor replacements.