CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 17 17654 New Season. New Schedule to Save. It's Time to Follow the Winter Time-of-Use Schedule Beginning November 1, through March 31, PWC's Time-of-Use billing for electricity follows the winter schedule. Winter Peak Hours are during the morning on weekdays from 6:00 am – 10:00 am. To save big on your energy bills: • Conserve all the power you can during Peak Hours. • Adjust your routine to do things like laundry, running your dishwasher, etc. during Off-Peak Hours, when electricity is billed at 35% lower rates! • Keep your heat at the lowest comfortable temperature. To take full advantage of Time-of-Use rates, add a programmable thermostat* to automatically control your heat. Remember, on weekends and PWC-observed holidays, all day is Off-Peak. For conservation tips and information on PWC incentive programs – including an *$80 bill credit for installing an Energy Star® smart thermostat – visit our website. AM Peak Hours Off-Peak Hours 6-10 AM Weekdays Winter Peak Hours (November - March) For PWC Electric Customers C arl Pringle Jr. was born and raised in Washington, D.C. A tough childhood in rough neighborhoods le an impression on his soul. He knew life could be better somewhere, anywhere else. So in 1993, he moved his family to Fayetteville to give his children the chance he never had. "I wanted to give my sons a better life than what I had up there. I have family who lives here. Aer my grandmother passed, they said, 'Why don't you move the boys here, find them a job and see something different than what you saw growing up?'" Pringle moved to Fayetteville and got a job at Goodyear. Years later, he retired from the tire factory and went on disability, and today he enjoys helping raise his grandchildren. He cherishes his role as "Pop Pop" and wears it well. But for many of his friends and neighbors in Fayetteville, he has earned the moniker "Uncle Carl," and he loves that too. During the day, Pringle volunteers at the local elementary school as a "school angel," lending a helping hand to teachers and giving them an extra set of eyes. It also gives him a chance to spread his message of positivity to the students. Aer the last bell rings, Uncle Carl helps teachers with the car rider pick-up line. You might have seen him wave and wish you and your child well. He's the one with a deep, thundering voice and tightly trimmed white beard. Positive change Back when Pringle lived in Washington, he was a part of a nonprofit group called PBMC, or Positive Black Men Coalition. "eir thing was to bring people together by hosting parties for business. I loved the concept of positivity but didn't want to limit myself to just parties. I just wanted to push positive," says Pringle. He brought that vision to Fayetteville with the creation of "Party in the Park." Pringle put his grill skills to good use by feeding his neighbors. He viewed it as a chance to connect the community and bring positive change. He says food always brings people together and gets conversations started. Smoke from his grill is a deep call to the soul to come home. e food brings everyone together.