High School football scores – Week 8
East Bladen 41 – Fairmont 38
Whiteville 56 – West Bladen 6

Other area games
South Columbus 43 – East Columbus 14
St. Pauls 42 – West Columbus 7
Clinton 34 – East Duplin 9
Midway 50 – James Kenan 20
Wallace-Rose Hill 36 – Goldsboro 14

ACC and other football games of interest today
Georgia Tech at Duke
Florida State at Clemson
Louisville at Wake Forest
Rhode Island at Virginia Tech
Alabama at Texas A&M

UNC has an open date.

NFL action Sunday … Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Bucs in London England. Game time 9:30 a.m. Bladen County time.

NC Grape Festival at Lu Mil from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.

Weather just right, with one exception … we need rain. Best chance is Sunday, 30% chance, less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunny skies today, temp in mid 80s. Tonight, partly cloudy low 61 degrees.

Great day to cut the weeds and trim the grass … watch the leaves come down…

We need Bladen County/Cape Fear Valley Hospital. Huge bucks spent to make repairs following recent hurricanes.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

One of the happiest moments ever is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.

There are 3 solutions to every problem: Accept it, Change it, Leave it. If you can’t accept it, change it. If you can’t change it, leave it.

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1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London.

1740 – English evangelist George Whitefield preaches to 30,000 people in Boston in the US during the ‘Great Awakening”

1859 – Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton issues edict abolishing the US Congress.

1871 – US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan.

1892 – US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day.

1900 – The first modern submarine is commissioned by the US Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer, John Phillip Holland.

1901 – Theodore Roosevelt renames the “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”

1915 – Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactured its 1 millionth automobile at the River Rouge plant in Detroit.

1928 – 1st use of iron lung (Boston’s Children Hospital)

1933 – Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)

1948 – Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager.

1969 – 1st time 5 people in space.

1973 – US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President.

1977 – US Supreme Court heard arguments in “reverse discrimination” case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to University of California Med School.

1988 – George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in their second presidential debate.

1989 – Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players.

1991 – Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN.

1999 – The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

2000 – American destroyer USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.

2017 – Long-lost bust of Napoleon by Auguste Rodin confirmed found in Madison borough hall, New Jersey, worth at least $4m.

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The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in locating Johnny Ray Lewis Jr. Lewis. Lewis is wanted for outstanding warrants in Columbus County for Obtaining Property by False Pretense.

According to the Sheriff’s report Lewis is the owner of JD Remodeling. He is accused of accepting payment to repair a Columbus County residence and not completing the work. The Sheriff’s office stated they have had other complaints on him for similar incidents.

If anyone has any information about Lewis’ whereabouts please call the Sheriff’s office at 910-640-6629.

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By Charlotte Smith

The 13th Annual North Carolina Grape Festival hosted by Lu Mil Vineyard was a success, according to many in attendance.

Miss Dublin Peanut Festival, Alyssa Bell was in attendance along with many others from royal courts. Mrs. North Carolina Queen of Hope, Diane Griffey said, “I had a great time at the Grape Festival.”

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The vendors were plentiful and the fun was had at the beautiful vineyard in Dublin this Saturday from 9 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. There were more than 2,500 people that visited the grounds. Many were enjoying free fishing, grapes, and music.

Vendors said they had much success with their merchandise at this year’s event. There was a pancake sale, a super yard sale, a grape stomp competetion, DJ entertainment, a food truck round up, a petting farm and more.

The Grape Festival is an annual event held in October each year by Lu Mil Vineyard located at 438 Suggs Taylor Road. The fun isn’t over at Lu Mil, the annual Festival of Lights is coming soon! Find out more at lumilvineyard.com.

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You may prefer Carolina Beach Music, Funk, R&B, Top 40 or even some “New and Old Country”, regardless of your taste, what you will get is a variety of all of the above according to the Boost the Boro, Inc.’s announcement.

Friday Night from 7:00-10:00 pm  entertainment will be provided by Steve Owens & The Summertime Band. Then on Saturday Night from 7:00-10:00 pm, Jim Quick & Coastline will entertain the crowd.

There will be Food Court Vendors on Friday night starting at 6:00 PM and All Day on Saturday.

Fun Time Carnival Rides Company will be a main attraction event again this year on both Friday night and all day Saturday.  On Saturday, there will be between 50 and 75 Arts, Crafts and Special Feature vendors in the back lot section of the festival.  The Southeastern Cruisers Classic Car show will also be a featured event this year, as will the Local Talent Show.

There will be a Children’s Halloween Costume Contest for infants through age twelve.  At dusk, a live production Trunk or Treat will be held. There will also be a Haunted Hayride attraction.

Saturday daytime entertainment will begin immediately after the Grand Opening ceremony until 5:00 pm, followed by the Nightly Concerts and Street Dance at 7:00 on both Friday and Saturday nights.

Main Event Sponsors

Cape Fear Valley Bladen Healthcare

Four County EMC – Dan Allen

New Light Church

Smithfield

State Farm – Eddie White

Sykes Paving LLC

Platinum Level Sponsors

Allegiance Industries
Bladen Offroad
Bladen Online.com
Bladenboro Hardware
Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home & Cremation
Callihan & Wells Enterprise, Inc.
Down East Pest Control
Drs. Jenna Bridger Alvey, DDS & Brett Alvey, DDS
First Citizens Bank
Han-Dee Hugo’s
Hickman Utility Contractors
Houston’s Peanuts
Law Office of Cynthia Singletary
Town of Bladenboro
Walane Gas Company

Gold Level Sponsor

Allen Brother’s Outdoors

AmeriGas Cape Fear Propane

Birdsong Peanuts

Bryant’s Gun & Pawn

Dan’s Golf Carts

Devane Builders – Terry Nance

Farm Bureau Insurance-Melissa Singletary & Anne Beyer

Sheriff, Jim McVicker

McDuffie Pest Control

Sweat Mechanical Construction, Inc.

Waste Management

Silver Level Sponsor

Benson Air
Bladen Builders
Cape Fear Farm Credit
Cape Fear Heating & Cooling
China Town of Bladenboro
Eddie’s Produce
First Bank
Fisher’s Women’s & Men’s Apparel
Giorgio’s Pizza Restaurant
Hester Tire Inc.
Johnson & Johnson Attorneys, PLLC
Joseph D. Salon
Medicine Shoppe
Minuteman Food Mart-Campbell Oil
Star Communications
Til & Butler, CPA

Bronze Level Sponsor

Benson Grill

Bladen Community College

Blake Proctor, Bladenboro Town Administrator

Cain-Lockamy Insurance Group

Cape Fear Vineyard

Castle Uniforms

Cox Realty

Diamond Dave’s

Hester, Grady & Hester, PLLC

Leinwand’s

Lolli’s on Main

Pawn South

Peterson Landscape

Peterson Outdoor Storage

S. Preston Douglas & Associates

Thompson, Price, Scott & Adams

Thompson’s Small Engine Repair

Walters Family Farms

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Local handmade decorations are just some of what a new shop in town has to offer. With their slogan, “Bringing handmade inspirations to a lil’ town with a lotta Sass”, The Sassy Chick Boutique owner Shannon Woodell announced the store will have a Grand Opening coming soon.

Mark your calendars to take advantage of the new Boutique’s Grand Opening on October 18th and 19th from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

“We will have fall and Christmas items, a wide variety of wreaths, bows, mailbox covers, children items, handmade items, and jewelry,” Woodell said.

The store’s merchandise is 90% handmade and most of it by local people.

“We will have refreshments and door prizes. Everyone that comes will be entered into 1 door prize give away,” Woodell stated.

Regular store hours are Wednesdays through Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Woodell said until Christmas the store will be open on Saturdays.

The store is located at 129 West Broad Street in the old Fowlers Jewelry building.

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“No one has ever become poor by giving,” a quote by Anne Frank used by Amy Huggins this weekend while thanking the community for coming together to help a local family who lost their home to a fire on Thursday.

The home was located on Elkton Road in Clarkton. The fire was believed to have started in a faulty wire in the exhaust fan over the stove, according to Huggins, a member of a disaster recovery team.

No one was home at the time. The house belongs to Doug Lockamy and Jessica Evers Pait. There are also two children who reside in the home according to Huggins.

“I just left there and took a walk through and it is completely heartbreaking. A total loss from one end to the other,” Huggins said.

“If anyone wants to help in anyway, they may contact me,” she added. Amy Huggins may be found on Facebook and has asked people interested in helping to private message her on through Facebook messenger. You may also call 910-991-6394.

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ELIZABETHTOWN – St. Pauls defeated East Bladen 3-0 on Thursday night in Three Rivers Conference volleyball action by set scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-17.

Freshman Acee Campbell blasted in 15 kills and 2 service points and was credited with 4 digs and an assist for East. Junior Katie Evans racked up 18 assists, 4 digs, 4 kills and 4 service points.

Junior Kayleigh Raynor slammed in 9 kills, 7 service points, 2 aces and had 3 digs for the Lady Eagles. Junior Cheylee Mathis fired in 8 service points, 3 kills, 4 blocks and had 3 digs. Senior Cybil Campbell knocked in 4 kills, a service point and had 3 digs and 2 assists.

Senior Lila McDuffie drilled in 4 service points, 2 aces and a kill for East. Junior Sara Gargala hammered in 2 kills and 3 blocks. Senior Lorna Mendell finished with 3 blocks, and senior Ruth Ward contributed 2 service points and 4 digs. Senior Adrienne Howell collected 3 digs.

East Bladen is now 6-7 in league play and 6-11 overall. The Lady Eagles will travel to East Columbus on Tuesday night.

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ELIZABETHTOWN – East Bladen swept St. Pauls 2-0 on Thursday night in Three Rivers Conference jayvee volleyball action by set scores of 25-15 and 25-17.

Freshman Maegan Burney served out the first set with 5 service points in a row and led the Lady Eagles with 12 service points, an ace, a kill and a dig. Freshman AnnaGrey Heustess poured in 10 service points, 4 aces and 3 kills.

Freshman Karli Priest drilled in 3 aces, 4 service points and had 2 digs for the winners. Sophomore Merritt Martin fired in 4 service points, 2 aces, a kill and had a dig. Anette Munoz knocked in an ace and had 3 digs.

Cydney Campbell pounded in 2 kills and had a dig for East. Cheyanne Merritt smacked in a kill, a ace and had 2 digs. Freshman Emma Turbeville tallied 2 service points and had a dig.

East Bladen’s jayvees improved to 8-5 in league play and 10-6 overall. The Lady Eagles will travel to East Columbus on Tuesday.

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Major League baseball playoffs underway.
National League: St. Louis Cards vs Washington Nationals.
American League: Houston Astros vs New York Yankees.

Game 1 of the World Series set for Tuesday, October 22.

NCAA college football results:
Louisville 62, (19) Wake Forest 59
(2) Clemson 45, Florida State 14
Duke 41, Georgia Tech 23
South Carolina 20, (3) Georgia 17 OT
(1) Alabama 42, (24) Texas A&M 28
Winston Salem State 23, Johnson C Smith 7

Homecomings popular at churches this time of year.
Today at Zion Hill Baptist Church, Bladenboro.
Next Sunday at Wesley’s Chapel UMC, Elizabethtown.

Numerous others over the next couple of weeks.

Think back many years ago, World Series, Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers … Huge rivalry … Watched the games on a small black and white TV on the cooler in the meat market at Hinson’s Super Market in Bladenboro … Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra for the Yanks and Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, and company for the Dodgers.

NFL action today, begins early for the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 9:30 a.m. game being played in London, England.

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” Tim Notke

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” Babe Ruth

“Today, you have 100% of your life left.” Tom Landry

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1775 – First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet.

1892 – “Old Farmers Almanac” is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas.

1860 – 1st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston.

1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

1902 – US President Theodore Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since May 12; this brings the owners to agree to abide by a Commission of Arbitration.

1914 – Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which would later be refined into the gas mask.

1937 – A recorded trace of snow in Central Park, NYC.

1944 – US 1st army begins Battle of Aachen, first German city captured during WWII.

1947 – “Kukla, Fran & Ollie” premieres.

1953 – Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves patented by Samuel Bagno.

1966 – 173 US aircraft bomb North Vietnam.

1978 – US President Jimmy Carter answers callers’ questions on National Public Radio.

1978 – Tiros N, US’s 1st third generation weather satellite, is launched.

1983 – American Mobile Communications (later Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.

1987 – 1st military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)

1989 – Dow Jones down 190.58 points.

1990 – Target Center, a multi-purpose arena in Minneapolis officially opens.

1999 – The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

1999 – Canadian Robert Mundell is named the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Economics.

2018 – Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for alleged sexual abuse of minors.

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1834 – First African-American granted a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter.

1884 – George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.

1892 – Arthur Conan Doyle publishes “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” collection of 12 stories originally published serially in “The Strand Magazine”

1922 – 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens on Third Avenue, NYC.

1922 – 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC.

1926 – A.A. Milne’s book “Winnie the Pooh” released.

1934 – “Lux Radio Theater” premieres.

1943 – US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17s during assault on Schweinfurt.

1947 – Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)

1952 – UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters in New York.

1958 – The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.

1960 – Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy in a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

1962 – US U-2 espionage planes locate missile launchers in Cuba.

1964 – Martin Luther King, Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

1966 – 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam.

1968 – 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)

1976 – Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to American economist Milton Friedman.

1982 – US President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.

1996 – Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards)

2014 – Utah State University receives terrorist threats pertaining to Anita Sarkeesian’s planned lecture the following day.

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ELIZABETHTOWN – The Weekend Warriors and the Troopers won the Boost the Boro softball tournaments that were completed Saturday at Wateree Park.

The Weekend Warriors (pictured above) – a team that featured former West Bladen baseball players – rolled through the men’s tournament undefeated with a perfect 4-0 record. Bladen Off Road finished second in the men’s tourney.

The Troopers won the women’s tournament, losing their first game Friday night to the Luna Chics, but bouncing back Saturday to win 3 games in a row, including two in a row over the Luna Chics in the championship games.

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WILMINGTON – Clarkton native Abby Ward has joined her high school teammate Lacey Suggs as a walk-on on the UNC-Wilmington basketball team.

Ward (pictured, above), a junior point guard, helped Suggs lead East Bladen to a 106-11 record in their four years with the Eagles. In her senior season at East Bladen, the 5-3 guard averaged 9.1 points and 6.6 assists per game. For her career, Ward totaled 730 points and 503 assists.

Suggs (pictured, left) has received preseason All-Colonial Athletic Association honorable mention for the 2019-2020 campaign. The 5-10 senior scored 10.3 points per game to earn Third Team All-CAA honors last season.

The White Lake native was fourth in the CAA in field goal percentage (.469) and 11th in steals with 46. Suggs was honored as the CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 11 after a 29-point performance against Elon.

The Lady Seahawks will host Lenoir-Rhyne in an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 26, before opening the season at Wake Forest on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

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The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday night on proposed rezoning of three properties located along the 300 block of North Main Street. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Bladenboro Town Hall on Ivey Street and is open to the public

The properties at 318, 320 and 322 North Main Street are currently approved form general business. The board is expected to consider changing the parcels to residential.

Here is Monday’s agenda:

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The rain came down last night between 9:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. this morning … about 2 inches at the Curtis Brown Airport, (Elizabethtown, NC) and more is expected over the next 48 hours. Columbus Day’s (today) forecast is for mostly cloudy skies early, gradual clearing and a high of 83. Overnight low of 55. Sunny Tuesday, high upper 70s and more rain expected Tuesday night (90%) and Wednesday (70%). High temps Thursday, mid 60s.

NFL late Sunday night action … Pittsburgh Steelers 24, LA Chargers 17. Tonight, Packers vs Lions.

Talladega NASCAR race was postponed Sunday due to rain, resumes at 2 p.m. today.

So, how was your weekend? I had the pleasure of visiting the church I attended as a youngster (homecoming). … Zion Hill Baptist, north of Bladenboro. Good to see many I had not seen in years, including at least one distant cousin had not seen in … 30 to 40 years, I guess. … Good fellowship, good service and delicious food.

Another homecoming planned for the coming weekend when speakers will be three former youngsters who grew up in the church (Wesley’s Chapel UMC), followed by lunch. All are welcomed.

For those who rise early, still dark at 6 a.m.

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” Anthony Burgess

“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” Phyllis Diller

If you fall, I’ll be there — Floor.

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The Bladen County Board of Elections has their first Absentee meeting scheduled for the municipal election. Valeria Peacock McKoy, Interim Director of the Bladen County Board of Elections sent the agenda of the meeting out on Friday.

The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15. The meeting will take place that the Bladen County Board of Elections office.

View the agenda now: Board of Elections agenda for October 15, 2019

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Harrells Christian Academy will crown a new Homecoming King and Queen as part of their celebration of fifty years! Homecoming King will be crowned during Wednesday evening’s Powder Puff game, and the Queen will be crowned during halftime of the Varsity Football game Friday night, October 18th.

Male representatives are: Jackson Hall, John Litton Clark, Colby Phaneuff, Joshua Barber, Grice Bell, Noah Tart, Jack Barber, Ayden Fussell, and Ethan Spell.

Female representatives are: Mya Sloan, Sterling Evans, Skylar Register, Caitlin Edwards, Natalie Cline, Ann Holland Bell, Katie Johnson, Anna Edwards, ViviAnn Johnson, and McKena Johnston.

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