1. Salisbury City Council approved a $40 million budget for 2015-2016 that includes a tax increase. What will be Salisbury’s new property tax rate per $100 valuation?
A. 66 cents
B. 74 cents
C. 88 cents
D. 95 cents

2. Fibrant, the city of Salisbury’s fiber-optic utility, is going to raise its TV rates by 6 to 18 percent. What’s the main reason given for the increase?
A. So Fibrant can expand its service area beyond the city limits
B. So Fibrant can offset the increased costs it is paying to program providers
C. So Fibrant can address a deficit in its budget
D. So Fibrant can offer more programming and compete better with other cable providers

3. Salisbury composer Marc Hoffman was commissioned to write the music and lyrics for a patriotic song, which will be sung June 28 by the Fourth of July Chorus in Faith. What is the title of Hoffman’s song?
A. “In This Land”
B. “Over the Mountain”
C. “A Bridge in Time”
D. “Our Beautiful America”

4. What is the going pay rate for students working in the community as part of summer academies offered by Rowan-Salisbury Schools?
A. $50 a week
B. $100 a week
C. $200 a month
D. They are not paid. It is considered an internship

5. The Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University) baseball team won the national championship in 1955. Who were the three players from Rowan County on that team?
A. Joe Ferebee, Tommy Eaton and Alvin Smith
B. Jim Hurley, Fred Stanback and Julian Robertson
C. Jim DeHart, W.A. Cline and Phil Harbinson
D. Frank McRae, Billy Ray Barnes and Bob Waggoner

6. Members of the Army’s 737th Tank Battalion held their 68th reunion in Rowan County last weekend. What was the battalion’s nickname in World War II?
A. Hogs Against Hitler
B. Armored Justice
C. Patton’s Spearheaders
D. The Moving Company

7. At the end of the school year, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office filled a metal drum containing 300 pounds of these items left behind by students at their schools. What were in that drum?
A. Firearms
B. Knives
C. Medicines
D. Electronic equipment such as cellphones, iPods, headphones and radios.

8. Donald Holshouser, who has been in Scouting for 65 years, could be credited with being the father of what Scout program?
A. Order of the Arrow
B. Camp Barnhardt
C. Tiger Cubs
D. Campmasters

9. Which local company is adding 30 to 50 jobs at its distribution center?
A. Cheerwine
B. Aldi
C. Quality Beverage Brands
D. Food Lion

10. School board members and other local dignitaries gathered this past week to sign the last piece of steel before the beam was set in place on the top of the central school office, now under construction in the 500 block of North Main Street in Salisbury. What is the expected completion date of the Wallace Educational Forum?
A. Late October
B. Late December
C. Early February 2016
D. Early May 2016

 

Answers below:

1. A.  The new Salisbury property tax rate of 66 cents per $100 valuation represents an increase of .31 cents per $100 valuation.

2. B. City officials say the increase in rates for Fibrant’s TV packages is an effort to offset rising costs the city pays to program providers.

3. A. Daisy Bost, a longtime member of the chorus, commissioned Hoffman to write the song, which he titled “In This Land.”

4. B. The summer academies, designed to help students gain real job experiences, pay $100 a week. Each academy is only a week long.

5. D. McRae, Barnes and Waggoner were members of the 1955 Wake Forest team that was the only Atlantic Coast Conference squad to win the baseball national title over a 60-year span.

6. C. The 737th Tank Battalion was part of Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army.

7. C. About 300 pounds of prescription medication, inhalers, Epi-Pens, cold tablets and other medications were collected by the Sheriff’s Office. The medicines were left behind or forgotten by students at the end of the school year.

8. D. In 1975, Holshouser started the Campmaster program at Camp Barnhardt, and it became a model used at other Scout camps in the country.

9. B. Aldi is hiring 30 to 50 people for a second shift at its distribution center on Old Union Church Road. It will hold a job fair at West End Plaza (former Salisbury Mall) Tuesday from 8-11 a.m. and from 4-6:30 p.m.

10. C. The Wallace Educational Forum is on schedule to be completed by early February 2016.