1. Once a month, people are meeting at the Mean Mug coffee shop to discuss racism, poverty and social disparities in Salisbury-Rowan and the ways the community might begin a mission of reconciliation and healing. What is this effort called?

A. All Hands on Deck

B. Coffee and Conversation

C. Peace Circle

D. Truth and Dare

2. The Housing Advocacy Commission has presented Salisbury City Council with the rewrite of an ordinance related to what?

A. Neglected and abandoned residential properties

B. Debris left on front porches

C. Junked cars that become neighborhood nuisances

D. Mobile home districts

3. Chip Hester, former head coach of the Catawba College football team, is now offensive coordinator at what school?

A. Appalachian State University

B. Elon University

C. N.C. A&T

D. High Point University

4. A dome will be built on the Wallace Educational Forum, the new central office for Rowan-Salisbury Schools. To make it possible, the Wallace family donated how much more money?

A. $75,196

B. $183,196

C. $223,196

D. $320,196

5. The N.C. Republican Party, which has called on Mac Butner to resign from the Rowan County Board of Elections, blamed Butner’s recent appointment to the board on what?

A. A computer virus planted by N.C. Democrats

B. A clerical error

C. Miscommunication with the Rowan County GOP

D. A fake resume submitted on Butner’s behalf

6. A reception will be held from 2 to 4 this afternoon at the China Grove Roller Mill for Rowan County cyclist David Freeze, who has completed his 2,400-mile bicycle trek. Who met Freeze in Toronto, the last stop on his trip?

A. A brother, Fred.

B. An uncle, Tim

C. A sister, Tammy

D. A daughter, Amber

7. What former Rowan County basketball player is now coach of the University of South Carolina-Aiken men’s basketball team?

A. Mark Vanderslice

B. Scooter Sherrill

C. Ralph Kitley

D. Junior Hairston

8. One high school in Rowan County already has started its 2015-16 academic year. Which school is it?

A. North Hills Christian School

B. Rowan County Early College

C. Gray Stone Academy

D. Rockwell Christian School

9. While state historic sites such as the N.C. Transportation Museum and Reed’s Gold Mine were left out of a N.C. House proposal for a $2.8 billion bond referendum, what state historic site would be included in the bond package?

A. Tryon Palace in New Bern

B. Fort Dobbs in Statesville

C. Town Creek Indian Mound in Mount Gilead

D. Battleship USS North Carolina in Wilmington

10. Who will be opening a new music conservatory?

A. Salisbury Symphony

B. Piedmont Players

C. Salisbury Academy

D. Livingstone College

ANSWERS

1. C. The Peace Circle meets the first Tuesday of every month at the Mean Mug on South Fulton Street.

2. A. Salisbury City Council will hold a public hearing Aug. 18 on the ordinance related to vacant, neglected and abandoned properties.

3. C. Hester has been elevated to offensive coordinator at N.C. A&T after being receivers coach in 2014.

4. D. The Wallace family provided a $320,196 gift to complete a dome on the Wallace Educational Forum.

5. B. The state GOP has called on Butner to resign and said his appointment was a clerical error, though no explanation was given beyond that. The N.C. Board of Elections will hold a public hearing at its next meeting to consider Butner’s removal.

6. D. One of the things Freeze and his daughter Amber did to celebrate the end of his trip was to visit Niagara Falls.

7. A. Vanderslice, the new USC-Aiken coach, played on the 1997 West Rowan High boys basketball team that won a state championship.

8. B. Rowan County Early College, which has an enrollment of about 235 high school students, had its first day Aug. 5.

9. D. The N.C. House bond proposal included $10.8 million to build a new visitors’ center at the battleship.

10. C. Salisbury Academy’s conservatory will offer private piano, voice and saxophone lessons to students from both Salisbury Academy and the larger community.