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Library book sale is this week
Fall is finally here and, along with some cooler temperatures, it has brought new opportunities as well. I am very pleased to be on board as the new director of the Robeson County Public Library. My name is Catie Roche and last week was my first on the job. I feel very privileged to have this opportunity to reach out to the community so early in my new role. It’s very obvious to me that Robeson County values its libraries. My predecessor, M...
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Features briefs for Sept. 25
RALEIGH — Keirsten Lanette Hopkins of St. Pauls was recently crowned Miss North Carolina American Sweetheart 2011 in Raleigh. She also won Best Smile, Best Hair, Best Personality, Best Model and Academic Achievement awards. She will compete for the national title of Miss American Sweetheart in November in Orlando, Fla. The pageant is based on natural beauty, academic achievement and volunteer service. She is the 9-year-old daughter of Kat...
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Susie Swenson, a member of the Sidney Lanier Book Club, Rose Johnson, a member of the Borderbelt Museum, and Carol Ann Lewis, the president of the book club, are shown with Jack Mitchell, the nephew of Joseph Mitchell, who is featured in the photograph behind them. Joseph Mitchell, a Fairmont native, wrote for the New Yorker for more than 50 years.
Reporter remembered
FAIRMONT — A person strolling the streets of New York City in the 1960s might have inadvertently caught a glimpse of a Robeson County native. At that time, Joseph Mitchell, who was born in Fairmont, was furiously writing stories for The New York Herald Tribune, and his face and byline were plastered on the sides of delivery trucks for the newspaper. “It would say, ‘Check out Joseph Mitchell’s byline today in the New York Herald,’” s...
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Tools and tips to parenting success
Elizabeth Pantley, the author of “Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging, and Pleading, and Let Kids Cooperate” said, “There is no perfect parent. We need to give ourselves permission to be human and understand that if, overall, we have a good parenting plan and we’re using skills and tools, that our long-term relationship with our children will benefit, and we will be raising responsible, capable people.” This week’s column provides...
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McCorkle
Lumberton author to present awards
WINSTON-SALEM — Lumberton native Jill McCorkle, the author of nine books, will present awards for the Wade Edwards Short Fiction Contest at Wake Forest University on Sept. 30. The awards, given annually to three North Carolina high school juniors who submit original short fiction, will be presented from noon to 1:30 p.m. Prizes to the winners and the winner’s English Departments add up to $10,000. The first place winner is Rachel Rhee...
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Feature Briefs
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Farmers Festival will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 15 in Fairmont. The parade begins at 10 a.m., followed by a car show, crafts, food, music, a helicopter display and activities for children throughout the afternoon until 3 p.m. There will also be a free concert by the Summer Daze Band at the Pavilion in the Pines stage from 5 to 9 p.m. For information, call Jan Tedder-Rogers at (910) 774-4200. LUMBERTON — The annu...
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Floyd Townsend, left, Gilbert Townsend, right in red, and Daniel Townsend placed a Confederate Iron Cross at the grave of their grandfather William Townsend in St. Pauls.
Confederate connections
LUMBERTON — Gilbert P. Townsend knows the battles, bloodshed, dates and stories of the Civil War. But most of all, he knows the names. “I found eight more of my relatives in the last two months,” Townsend said. “They kid me all the time, saying ‘He’s found another relative.’ They think I’m kin to every Confederate soldier in the country.” Townsend, a Dillon, S.C., resident who grew up in Rowland, has made it his duty — borderline obsessi...
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Woodmen of the World donated the Flag of Honor, which is made of the names of all those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, to East Lumberton Baptist Church.
Woodmen present commemorative flag
LUMBERTON — Woodmen of the World Lodge 125 recently donated a Flag of Honor to East Lumberton Baptist Church to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. “… It serves as a reminder of all the lives that were lost on that horrible day 10 years ago,” said Tre Smith, a field representative for Woodmen of the World. “The stripes are made up of all the names that perished from the planes, crash site in Pennsylvania, Pentagon and the fall of ...
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A look back — early 1970s
Billy Ray “Dollar Bill” Oxendine is shown in the early 1970s pumping gas at his father’s Log Cabin Service Station in Pembroke. At the time, a gallon of gas was 31 cents, and a pack of cigarettes was 25 cents.
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Features briefs for Sept. 18
MAXTON — Navaeh Mary-Magalene Locklear, of Maxton, was recently named the 2011 Baby Doll Miss North Carolina at the Little Miss & Teen Miss North Carolina LLC State pageant in Lenoir. Locklear is the 2-year-old daughter of Brad and Sasha Locklear of Maxton. LUMBERTON — Weed & Seed will be offering basic and advanced computer classes, and piano and percussion classes continuously throughout the school year. The basic classes are $25 fo...
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Schedule for Preschool Storytimes was released
Vacationing and reading — does it get any better than that? I just got back from a little vacation in Conway/Myrtle Beach and it was fantastic. Now I’m not an ocean person because it is my firm belief that once you enter the ocean, you are no longer on top of the food chain, where I prefer to stay. Did I not also mention that as a child my parents took me to see “Jaws” while vacationing at the beach? I love getting up early and combing th...
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Pam Chaudhuri shows her woodburning work, which will be shown during her art exhibition at the Carolina Civic Center. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, and the art will stay up until Dec. 23.
Picture perfect
LUMBERTON — Pam Chaudhuri’s life experiences are as varied as her artistic endeavors. Chaudhuri, a Lumberton resident, has worked as a graphic designer, a magazine art editor, a T-shirt designer, and most recently, a teacher. While it’s not her day job anymore, Chaudhuri continues to create — and plans to showcase her work at the Carolina Civic Center for the next few months. “I think it’s important to expose her art to the broader commun...
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<p>The Robeson County Extension master gardener volunteers recently cleaned up the landscape at the Robeson County Fairgrounds in preparation for the fair.</p>
Fairgrounds got a facelift
The Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair is just a few weeks away! Greasy fair food, livestock shows, cooking contests, talent performances, commercial vendors, and hundreds more activities await you at the gate to the Robeson County Fairgrounds. For many years, the Robeson County Extension master gardener volunteers have participated at the fair with a sizeable exhibit. This year shall be no different. The Robeson County Extension master gar...
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Special gift
Terrence T. Hill, second from left, a Red Springs resident, recently presented a three-dimensional leather drawing to Congressman John Lewis. The artwork depicts Lewis with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and is titled ‘Carry on My Brother.’ Chris Rey, left, a candidate for mayor in Spring Lake, held the artwork during the presentation.
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Features briefs for Sept. 14
LUMBERTON — City Councilman Leon Maynor and Hector Miray of Berea Baptist Church will kiss a pig on Friday as part of a fund-raiser for Smart Start. The event, which is from 11 a.m. to noon, will be held at 210 E. Second St.. Maynor and Miray garnered the most votes in the Kiss the Pig fundraiser sponsored by the Robeson County Partnership for Children., which administers Smart Start. Refreshments will be served, so spectators are asked t...
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