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Kim Crawford said moving south to Burlington has been a learning experience.

“I got here in January and one of the first days, they’re closing everything,” Crawford said, “It’s one o’clock. I ask ‘What’s going on?’ They say, ‘Haven’t you heard? It’s supposed to snow at 6 (p.m.)’ ”

Then Crawford chuckled. Residents of Burlington, she said, react differently to the forecast of a little winter weather than do people in Duluth, Minn., her previous residence.

Crawford, 51, is the new executive director of Allied Churches of Alamance County. She replaced the Rev. Harold “...