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Features Briefs for June 2
LUMBERTON — The Lumberton Recreation Department will sponsor shag lessons starting Monday and continuing on June 14, June 21 and June 28. All classes will be held at the south end of Pine Street Activity Center, corner of Eight and Pine streets. No partner is required. Beginners classes will begin at 7 p.m. Intermediate classes start at 8 p.m. There will be a fee of $30 a person. Registration is at the first class. For information, call Tonya ...
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Mark Roberts and the Breeze will start off the sixth annual Alive After 5 concert series Thursday in Lumberton. | Photo courtesy of MarkRobertsandBreeze.com
Mark Roberts and Breeze begin 2010 Alive After 5 series
LUMBERTON — Lumberton’s sixth annual concert series Alive After 5 kicks off Thursday with music by Mark Roberts and Breeze from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the corner of Third and Water streets. It continues with the Craig Woolard Band on June 3, followed by the Fantastic Shakers on June 10, the Band of Oz on June 17 and Jim Quick and the Coastline on June 24. Started in 2005, city officials strive to “bring awareness and people back into downtown ar...
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Deadline for Grassroots Arts Program is June 11
LUMBERTON — Robeson County art organizations seeking grant money will have until June 11 to submit an application for the 2010-11 North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program to the Carolina Civic Center. The money is available to all nonprofit arts organizations in Robeson County for projects completed between July 1 and June 30, 2011. Grants typically range from $2,000 to $5,000. Grant applications must be sent by mail to the Carolina...
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Features briefs for May 30
ORRUM — The rangers of Lumber River State Park will offer two free canoe programs and a nature hike this weekend. One canoe trip starts at 10 a.m. Friday at Chalk Banks. The other begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Princess Ann access area. Participants must be able to swim. To make a reservation, call the park office at (910) 628-4564. A nature hike will commence at 1 p.m. Sunday from the Princess Ann access area. LUMBERTON — Mrs. Stacie wi...
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Sweet tooth contractors get set to build gingerbread houses
LUMBERTON — Doris and Charles Paul are thinking about windows and architecture as December draws closer. Edible windows, that is, perhaps constructed from a semi-translucent candy and popped into the gingerbread walls of their houses. As contestants in gingerbread house contest at Biggs Park Mall, they talk often about complying with the all-edible-parts rule and get ideas from candies they encounter. “We’ll be in the grocery store and just g...
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Reunions for June 29
The Pembroke High School class of 1959 will hold its 50-year reunion at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sheff’s Seafood restaurant in Pembroke. For information, call (910) 521-2242, (910) 521-4608 or (910) 738-2663. The Orrum High School class of 1973 will hold its 36-year reunion Friday and Saturday at Robeson Community College in Lumberton. For information, call Larry Robinson at (910) 374-4867 or e-mail, Lrplarry191@aol.com or Shirley Richardson Ba...
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Tuscarora Nation of Maxton hosts American Indian Festival, Pow Wow
MAXTON — American Indians from across the country will join the Tuscarora Nation as it celebrates its 29th annual Cultural Festival and Pow Wow on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Tuscarora Nation Territory Tribal Grounds at 288 Tuscarora Nation Road in Maxton. This three-day event is a family gathering and the public is invited to attend. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children, and free for senior citizens. Tuscarora Nation event groun...
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Four singers to perform at Civic Center on Saturday
LUMBERTON — The Carolina Civic Center will host four emerging singer/songwriters who will showcase classics from artists such as Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Smoky Robinson on Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for students. The four featured performers are: — Chinua Hawk, who has performed with Celine Dion in front of a crowd of 30,000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He’s also written songs with...
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Writer reexamines the Lost Colony
LUMBERTON — William V. Pate, a resident of Hope Mills and author of “The Survival of the Lost Colony: The Untold Story,” will speak at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Robeson County Historical and Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting in Lumberton. Pate will speak about the suppositions given for the disappearance of members of Sir Walter Raleigh’s colony on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in 1587. His book about the subject provides verbatim tra...
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'Biggest Loser' can help you win
I’ve often used the television program “The Biggest Loser” as a topic for my columns, and last week’s episode sparked another idea for this week. NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is a reality show in which obese men and women compete against each other to lose the most weight. Now since it’s a reality show, you have to see past the silly challenges, strategies and alliances to see the true importance of the show. The contestants are average people w...
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Family Ties
LUMBERTON — How far can you trace your family’s history? There’s a column’s worth of Townsends in the Robeson County phonebook. People with that last name have been in Robeson County since before the Revolution, according to Daniel Townsend, but he goes much deeper than that in tracing his lineage. Townsend’s book, “In Search of Thomas,” is a genealogical and historical exploration of the patriarch of the American side of the Townsend family,...
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Armchair reading is relaxing again
I read a lot. I read all day, every day at work. I read emails, pieces of paper that people scribble on and drop off at the office and fuzzy faxes. When I get home, I read the New York Times, the Washington Post and The Onion online. My bookshelf at home is stocked with a few books — most of which I've read already. I have a collection of Freud's writing, the Federalist papers, a book of short stories by Woody Allen and a bunch of cookbooks. B...
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St. Andrews teacher wins Horsewoman of the Year
LAURINBURG — An equestrian coach with strong ties to Robeson County has been named the Professional Horsewoman of the Year by the American Quarter Horse Association — an international breed association. Carla Wennburg, who lives in Robeson County for almost a decade, teaches riding classes at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg and leads its competition team. The American Quarter Horse Association chose to honor Wennburg for her work over the ye...
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Show featuring the music of Billy Joel comes to GPAC
PEMBROKE — Billy Joel fans will want to see “Movin’ Out,” a Tony Award winning musical, at the Givens Performing Arts Center on Monday at 8 p.m. The show — which is based on 24 classic songs by Joel, including the song that inspired the musical’s title — was choreographed by Twyla Tharp. It is the story of lifelong friends who share their lives over two decades. Characters are taken directly from the lyrics in Joel’s songs like Brenda and Edd...
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What's Happening
Theater: Robeson Little Theatre will present “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” April 26 at the Carolina Civic Center. Showtime is 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $5 for students and children. Volunteers: Southeastern Hospice will hold its monthly meeting for volunteers on April 27 at 7 p.m. at 2002 N. Cedar St., Lumberton. The public is invited to attend the meeting and learn more about Southeastern Hospice...
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