1. This local official recently said, “Every time we improve the quality of life here, I see it as economic development.”

A. Salisbury Mayor Paul Woodson

B. Salisbury City Manager Lane Bailey

C. Rowan County Commissioner Craig Pierce

D. RowanWorks Executive Director Robert Van Geons

2. What company did Carol Herndon work for before she became executive director of Food for Thought, an organization providing food for 300 students across 16 different schools in the Rowan-Salisbury system?

A. Food Lion

B. Cheerwine

C. Duke Energy

D. F&M Bank

3. Who’s the new head football coach at North Rowan High School?

A. Scott Maddox

B. Ben Hampton

C. Roger Seacrest

D. Scott Young

4. How much will it cost Catawba College to get rid of bees that have established residence at the school’s community center, which includes Keppel Auditorium?

A. $5,000

B. $15,000

C. $30,000

D. $50,000

5. Why did Tonya German, Karen Anderson and YaKisha Clemmons make the news this past week?

A. They are Rowan County high school students who were named Morehead Scholars

B. They are the first artists to graduate from a new master’s program at Waterworks Visual Arts Center

C. They are high school friends and soldiers who just returned from a tour in Afghanistan

D. They were named new principals at three different Rowan-Salisbury Schools

6. Though retired after 40 years at Performance Fibers, Larry Macon still competes in what demanding sport?

A. Water-skiing

B. Tractor pulls

C. Aerobatics

D. Boxing

7. In Rowan County, 16 fire districts are seeking to increase their district property tax this year. What is the main reason cited by the departments for the requested tax hikes?

A. A decline in revenue because of the recent revaluation

B. The need to purchase new equipment

C. The need to hire more part-time or full-time staff

D. All of the above

8. Over the past 60 years, Roy West of Lexington has become one of the most called-on names in his profession. What does he do?

A. He’s a beekeeper

B. He’s a sign painter

C. He tunes pianos

D. He paints portraits

9. What is the goal of the Salisbury Post’s Impact Summer Reading program?

A. To provide books to all rising kindergarten students in the county

B. To enable each rising sixth- through 12-grader in Rowan-Salisbury Schools to choose a book to own and take it home over the summer

C. To expand the hours of the Rowan Public Library’s bookmobile so it reaches more communities over the summer

D. To pay operational costs for making sure every school library is staffed and open during the summer

10. Dowd Dunn Sr., an 82-year-old Rockwell man, was friends in the Navy with Carl Maxie Brashear, whose story was told in what Hollywood movie?

A. “Men of Honor”

B. “Saving Private Ryan”

C. “A Few Good Men”

D. “Top Gun”

ANSWERS

1. B. Bailey’s proposed budget includes increased funding for the arts and the hiring of a new recreation director, both of which have an impact, he said, on the quality of life for city residents and translates to economic development.
2. A. Herndon is a former chief administrative officer of Food Lion as well as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer for Delhaize America.
3. B. Hampton succeeds Joe Nixon as head football coach at North Rowan High School.
4. C. The cost will be about $30,000. Animal Control Experts expects the removal of the bees to take two to three weeks.
5. D. German is the new principal at Corriher-Lipe Middle School; Anderson, Hurley Elementary School; and Clemmons, Koontz Elementary.
6. C. Macon flies a Pitts Special 2B, and he already has won four aerobatics competitions in this region of the United States this year.
7. D. Lost revenues from revaulation, equipment needs and staffing have all been cited as reasons for the tax increase requests from fire districts.
8. C. West has been tuning pianos since the 1950s.
9. B. Impact Summer Reading has set a goal of raising $76,000 to give a book to each rising sixth- through 12-grader this summer.
10. A. “Men of Honor” told the story behind Brashear’s career as a Navy diver. He and Dunn went to the same diver training school and also were on Naval salvage missions together.