Answers to 1D news quiz
Published 12:00 am Saturday, April 12, 2014
1. A. Littleton, owner of Benchwarmers, is considering a small-batch brewery and taproom for the historic firehouse. Meanwhile, he’s also set to begin a $500,000 renovation of his bar at 113 E. Fisher St.
2. C. The eight GOP candidates for Rowan County commissioner are Joe Coladarci, Brandon Cupp, Greg Edds, Jim Greene, Judy Klusman, Johnny Love, David Roueche and Jim Sides.
3. D. La Resistance members are urging registered Democrats to change their registration to unaffiliated so they can vote in the Republican primary for candidates “who are not affiliated with the local Tea Party.”
4. B. The free cup of coffee for veterans is offered from 9-11 Tuesday mornings. The Frontier Coffee Shoppe is located in a section of Thelma’s Down Home Cooking restaurant at West End Plaza. The special coffee shop is only open for those two hours every Tuesday.
5. B. The Rowan County Board of Elections will see its space increase from about 3,000 square feet at 130 W. Innes St. to almost 10,000 square feet at the former mall.
6. D. O2 Energies will rely on a herd of sheep to keep things trim around its new solar farm.
7. D. The Memorial Week Celebration wanted fewer police — a request City Council rejected. Organizers said the high number of officers (11) has kept people from attending the carnival.
8. A. Sheffield and Mee won $5,000 toward their dream wedding. In winning, they received 21,000 votes out of 200,000 votes cast for 400-plus couples nationwide.
9. C. Strait, 61, won the same award at the rival County Music Association Awards five months earlier.
10. A. Commissioners revised the agreement last Monday, striking through 12 changes they said had been made to the mediated settlement reached with the school board.