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SRMC Family Fun Mile promotes healthy living
Southeastern Regional Medical Center and Community Health Services’ Project H.E.A.L.T.H. — Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Tomorrow’s Health — offer plenty of opportunities for eating healthy, being active and having fun. SRMC is the sponsor for the Family Fun Mile, held in conjunction with the Chevy to the Levee event next Saturday. In an effort to Go Green, registration will be the day of race only and parents are asked to be pre...
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Local Briefs
LUMBERTON — Purple Door Productions and Blackwater Grille will hold dinner and a show from Thursday to Saturday. Actors from Purple Door Productions, a newly opened production company in downtown Lumberton, will be performing “All that Jazz,” a re-creation of sequences from Bob Fosse’s award-winning shows, including “Chicago,” “Cabaret,” “Fosse” and “Sweet Charity.” Thursday’s show is at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday’s shows will be held ...
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Adult clubs offered
My name is Lisa Matthews and I work at the Robeson County Public Library as the special projects coordinator and adult programmer. As the interests and needs of the users of the library change, we try to find ways to fill those needs in creative and fulfilling ways. Part of what I do as special projects coordinator is contact authors and publishers all over the world and request donations from them. I contact them via e-mai,l explaining o...
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Betty C. Wynn and daughter Makleigh Wynn look at the more than 200 photos of veterans and active duty soldiers posted on the walls of the Saddletree Community Center. A dedication ceremony will be held for the wall at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Service and Sacrifice
SADDLETREE — Twenty-seven-year-old Edwin Canady traveled the world as a motor machinist’s mate in the U.S. Navy during World War II — but was never able to return to his home in Saddletree. He received a Purple Heart after he died when the submarine he was aboard, the USS Flier, was sunk by a mine near Mantangule Island in 1944. His discharge papers declared him missing in action or buried at sea. Canady’s photo — depicting a fair-skinned...
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Rep. Charles Graham, left, presents Catherine Locklear with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine for her late husband, Curt Locklear Sr.
Local man receives state’s highest honor
PEMBROKE — One of Pembroke’s most prominent businessmen recently received the state’s highest award for a civilian — five months after his death. The family of the late Curt Locklear Sr. was recently presented with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine for his service in the community. “We were blessed to have a father that was a very humble person,” said Curt Locklear Jr., his son. “In life, he would’ve never wanted anything like this.” “His...
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Pecan trees are a symbol of North Carolina
The pecan tree is a true symbol of Southeast North Carolina. Not too long ago, pecans were grown as part of a means of survival. Today, many enjoy the extra income and aesthetic quality they bring to a property. Pecans are a long-term commitment, with many people planting in hopes their children will one day benefit. Others have inherited orchards that are half a century old, and are only now trying to figure out how to care for the trees. No...
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Features briefs for Aug. 31
LUMBERTON — Purple Door Productions and Blackwater Grille will host a dinner and a show from Sept. 8 to Sept. 10. Actors from Purple Door Productions, a newly opened production company in downtown Lumberton, will be performing “All that Jazz,” a re-creation of sequences from Bob Fosse’s award-winning shows including “Chicago,” “Cabaret,” “Fosse” and “Sweet Charity.” The Sept. 8 show is at 7:30 p.m. , and the Sept. 9 and Sept. 10 shows will ...
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Mary Florian, a Lumberton resident, is shown riding through Monument Valley in Utah during the Race Across America. Florian and her teammate Nancy Guth finished the race in nine days, 13 hours, and 37 minutes, making them the only over-age-60 women's duo to attempt or complete the race. | Contributed photo
Cross-country cruise
LUMBERTON — Mary Florian came back from a recent bike ride telling stories of the gusty winds of Kansas, the sweltering heat of the Mojave Desert and the breathtaking views from the perch of the Rocky Mountains. This particular ride was no leisurely spin —lasting nine days, it covered more than 3,000 miles. Florian, a 62-year-old Lumberton resident, was competing in the Race Across America, an annual race that starts in Oceanside, Calif.,...
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Bumpy road to wedding bliss
My first wedding is over. And yes, I plan to do it again. I recently had my first gig as a bridesmaid — a nomination that all at once made me feel loved and severely stressed out. Maggie, whom I met in college and who now lives in Eau Claire, Wis., finally tied the knot with long-time boyfriend Michael. And she wanted me to be one of her bridesmaids, along with my best friend Lesley and a whole bunch of folks I met the day before the nu...
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Tubbs
Club glad to be beneficiary of Chevy to the Levee
In 1995, Dr. William S. Tuck, former pastor of the Lumberton First Baptist Church, noticed there was no local organization to enable our young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. He gathered together other community leaders to correct that problem. They decided that the goals of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to provide a safe place to learn and grow, o...
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Puppy love
Rosie Diaz, left, Jasmine Locklear, back, Haley Musselwhite and Kyle Chavis recently joined other St. Pauls FFA officers walking and washing dogs, painting, and cleaning kennels at the Robeson County Humane Society. Others who participated were C.J. Braden, Jackson Smith, Thomas Barnes, Morgan Jackson, Jacqueline Cuneo, Marco Mora, Keri Kinlaw and Rosie Diaz.
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Community support made Summer Reading a success
Hello all, it’s Bill with the Robeson County Public Library to talk about all things library related. I still have not finalized my Summer Reading Statistic because although Summer Reading is officially over, I am still giving out prizes for the kids who are still reading. The absolute final day to collect prizes for Summer Reading is Wednesday. I will be sure to share with you my numbers when everyone is done. I really don’t know the best ...
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Catching catfish
The Lumber River chapter of Wildlife Action recently took several children on a catfish shocking excursion on the Cape Fear River. The group meets every fourth Monday at the East Lumberton Resource Center at 1608 E. Fifth St. in Lumberton.
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Beautiful babe
Ava Kaye Rogers, shown with her mother Alisha Gore of Willow Springs, recently won Fuquay-Varina Independent’s Cutest Kid Contest in the Infant category. Ava is the great-granddaughter of Horace and Liza Turner and Homer and Elizabeth Hooks. She is also related to Mike and Mitch Turner of Turner Fence Co. and Linda Cox of Lumberton.
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<p>Photo courtesy of R.D. Locklear</p>
A look back — 1963
Fannie L. Lowery, fourth from left, celebrated her 67th birthday at home in the Union Chapel Community on Aug. 10, 1963. She is shown with her children, Annie Ruth Locklear, left, Josephine Wilkins, Vernie Mae Locklear, Horace Lowery and Barbara Locklear. Her husband, Allen Lowery, died in 1932 from a gas training accident in World War I.
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