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Prepare for back to school
Getting off to a good start at the beginning of the school year can motivate your child to do the best he or she can. However, each school year is an adjustment for all family members. Changes may include bedtime; friendships; activity levels; expectations, in terms of academics, social life and athletics; activities like TV, homework, school meetings and functions; and diet. Many children will attend school for the first time and the who...
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The lead singer of the local indie-rock group Dark Water Rising, Charly Lowry, orchestrated 'Peace in the Park,' a free music series intended to raise awareness about the performance arts and positive thinking.
Music to change your tune
LUMBERTON — It’s music that has Charly Lowry singing a hopeful tune. She credits music with broadening her horizons and showing her a world outside of Robeson County, which she says has a history that is stuck on repeat. “When something bad happens here, people just say, ‘Well, it’s Robeson County. What do you expect?’” Lowry said. “I want that to change.” Lowry, who is the lead singer of Dark Water Rising, a local indie rock group, bel...
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What’s Happening
MONDAY Sidewalk sale: The town of Fairmont will hold a Labor Day Sidewalk Sale in the historic downtown Fairmont on Monday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Undecided Band will play from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and there will be a cash prize drawing at noon. WEDNESDAY Meeting: The Robeson Tourism Development Association will meet Wednesday at noon at the Cooperative Extension Center in the O. P. Owens Agriculture Center at 11 a.m. Lun...
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Feature Briefs
LUMBERTON — The Studio One Lab of the Public Schools of Robeson County will hold auditions for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for seventh through 12th graders at the Purple Door Studio building at 209 N. Elm St. on Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 p.m. each day and Saturday at 3 p.m. No stage experience is necessary. For information, call Studio One at 910-224-4000. LUMBERTON — Purple Door Studios will hold an open house offering the opportunity...
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Local library, fluent in knowledge
Robeson County Public Library has acquired Pronunciator, an Internet-based language-learning application, which is available for free to anyone who has a library card. Pronunciator has courses for 60 of the world’s most popular languages, as well as ESL courses in 50 languages. With five levels of instruction, the coursework includes interactive online drills, quizzes, and downloadable audio lessons. The audio lessons can be stored on your ...
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Club News
ROWLAND — June Nygaard of Rowland, past regent of the Col. Thomas Robeson Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, was installed as district director of District VII at the annual meeting and workshop in Rockingham on Aug. 24. District VII includes chapters in Lumberton; Fayetteville; Albemarle; Dunn; Pinehurst; Rockingham; Sanford; Southern Pines and Wadesboro. Other officers installed at the meeting were District VII Vice Director...
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Reunions
The descendants of Julius and Annie Fulmore will hold a family reunion on Friday to Sunday at Myrtle Beach, S.C. For information, call Patricia Blue at 910-618-6517. The descendants of Wiley, Moses and Julie Mae Oxendine and Annabelle Strickland will hold a family reunion on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Union Chapel. For information, call Beckie Oxendine at 910-521-1527. The descendants of Briston and Lele Locklear will hold a family r...
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Military News
LUMBERTON — Army National Guard Pfc. Taylor A. Mabe graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. During training, which lasted nine months, Mabe studied the Army mission, history, tradition, core values and physical fitness. He received instruction and practice in basic combat skills such as military weapons; chemical warfare and bayonet training; drill and ceremony; marching; rifle marksmanship; armed and unarmed ...
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Gene Jones, the author of 'Arrested Potential' said he wrote the book to 'assist young black males in finding constructive ways to succeed in life.' 'Arrested Potential' describes the details of Jones' life from public housing to eventual success.
A dream deferred
LUMBERTON — Since he was a child growing up in government housing, Gene Jones was told that life was a struggle. He watched as his father, who was black, struggled to fulfill his dreams because of his skin color, but from inside his home on Briarcliff Road, Jones argues that there is value in overcoming obstacles. “I see that youth today want success in two or three days, but it doesn’t work like that,” he said. Jones, who spent 20 year...
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Tahnea Locklear
Travel terminology explored
As Community and Rural Development agent with Cooperative Extension, my duties cover tourism, local foods and sustainable local economy. I believe that it’s important for people to understand the words and concepts associated with my job in order for me to be fully successful in my position. Tourism involves traveling to, or staying in, places outside of one’s usual location for leisure, recreation, business or education. In Robeson County ...
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Travel terminology explored
PEMBROKE — There will be a Bike Run to benefit Michael Sampson, who is battling cancer, on Sept. 23 starting at the C & P Mini Mart on Union Chapel Road. Registration will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for a single rider and $15 for a couple. For information, call Lacy Cummings at 910-827-1211, Elwood Deese at 910-734-4663 or Steve Sampson at 910-280-6575. LUMBERTON — The River Roots Arts Guild is accepting submissions ...
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Stop the presses
It often comes as a shock to new authors that they are required to spend at least as much time on promoting their books as they do writing them. At the next Book ‘Em North Carolina event on Feb. 23, we’ll have one of this country’s premier book promoters coming all the way from California, Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Carolyn is the award-winning author of numerous books, including “The Frugal Book Promoter,” named the best business book by USA ...
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'Chippy' the cat, a pet entered in the Cutest Pets contest, likes to play peekaboo. Contributed photo.
Pet contest still fishing for submissions
LUMBERTON — So far no giraffes have been entered in the Cutest Pet contest, but that hasn’t stopped the competition from being neck-and-neck. From pouty puppies to kooky cats, The Robesonian’s contest is chock-full of characters — Jack Russell Terrier-Basset Hound mixes, Yorkies and Great Pyrenees. The contest is free to enter for owners of all pets, regardless of leg count, and the person with the cutest creature will have something else...
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Reunions for Aug. 26, 2012
The descendants of Archie and Carrie Mae Smith will hold a reunion at the Saddletree Church of God on Saturday at 11 a.m. Attendants are asked to bring a covered dish. For information, call Glenn Hammonds at 910-734-0041 or Rosie Oxendine at 910-740-1241. The descendants of the Pate-Pait families will hold a reunion at the Fellowship Hall of Center Road Baptist Church at 2485 Center Road on Sunday. All friends and family members are...
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Short story contest seeks the right words
The Robeson County Public Library will host the Book ‘Em North Carolina 2013 Short Story Contest. The contest is open to all youths in Robeson County and begins on Oct. 1. The deadline for short story submissions is Dec. 7. The theme is “The Power of Inspiration.” Youths may write a short story that includes an element of inspiration or describes what personally inspires them. Any genre is acceptable — as long as it’s prose, not poetry — an...
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