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<p>Janice Gardner, a Parkton resident, will be selling her homemade baskets at the Leapin&#8217; Lizards craft fair, which will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday and 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Lumberton. | Contributed photo</p>
Craft fair to return Thursday and Friday
LUMBERTON — Leapin’ Lizards has grown by leaps and bounds, and will be including more than crafts this year. “That’s the difference in the Country Store this year, we’ve got a lot of crafts but we also have things that are not homemade,” said Katherine Hewitt Kinlaw, who helps organize the event. The seventh annual craft fair and Country Store will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday and 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday at First Presbyterian Church...
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A look back — 1940
Lumberton Mayor Ervin Mosby ‘E.M.’ Johnson, left, talks with North Carolina Gov. Clyde R. Hoey during the March 21, 1940, dedication service for the Lumberton Armory, which is now the Bill Sapp Recreation Center. The cost of the project was $100,000.
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Library offers wealth of information
What do you think about when you think of the library? Is it a place where you can browse for a book or somewhere you turn to find information? If you answered yes, you’re right. But the library is also so much more. The Robeson County Public Library provides free computer and Internet access. At the library, not only can you use the computers and go online, we have knowledgeable staff members to give you a little help when it’s needed. Tec...
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Features briefs for Oct. 9
LUMBERTON — Studio One Lab Series of the Public Schools of Robeson County will open its fall season with “Rapunzel, a Musical Fable,” Thursday through Sunday. The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Lumberton High School auditorium. Admission is $10 for adults, and $5 for students and children. They can be purchased at the school before the show. Admission is free for anyone who we...
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Hypnotist will perform at Civic Center
LUMBERTON — If hypnotist Alan Sands’ show at the fair was a little too tame for you, he will take it up a notch Sunday at the Civic Center. At 5 p.m., Sands will wrap up his visit to Robeson County with a two-hour comedy show — a 35-minute comedy magic act, followed by hypnosis routines too racy for the kids. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Advance tickets are for sale at the fair or by calling (800) 892-2287. The show is for...
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Civil War Voices, a show that tells the story of the Civil War through five perspectives, will be at the Givens Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. | Contributed photo
Replaying history
PEMBROKE — Givens Performing Arts Center’s latest offering will demonstrate what it might be like if a history book could talk. “Civil War Voices,” a show that tells the story of the Civil War through those who lived it, will be performed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the center. It features five characters — a cotton planter, a slave, a Confederate soldier and his wife, and a college professor — and quotes directly from letters and other accou...
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<p>George Fisk, left, Mitchell Lowry, and Dale Thomas were installed as officers at the 50th anniversary banquet celebration for Pembroke Kiwanis Tuesday night.</p>
Pembroke Kiwanis celebrates birthday
PEMBROKE — Pembroke Kiwanis celebrated a birthday at this year’s annual banquet Tuesday night. The club, which was started by Lumberton Kiwanis, has been a civic organization for 50 years. “It speaks to the fact that it must be doing some good in the county if it’s been around this long,” said George Fisk, the club’s treasurer. Officers were installed as well, including Mitchell Lowry as president for his fourth term, Fisk for his secon...
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Extension connects community to university research
I am always asked about my job as an Extension agent. People don’t really understand what exactly I do and we do as an office. A quick answer is just about everything. From raising children, cooking healthy, to starting a 4-H club, raising livestock, growing corn, or keeping your azaleas alive, we cover it. This column is a great way to market Extension and educate everyone about what’s going on. We are often called the best-kept secret in ...
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Pageant to kick off Farmers Festival
FAIRMONT — Next weekend’s Fairmont Farmers Festival will be kicked off Saturday with a show of pageantry. The Fairmont Farmers Festival Pageant will crown six queens and three ambassadors. “I believe that the pageant is a outstanding addition to the festival activities,” said Charles Kemp, the mayor of Fairmont. “It’s not a parade and it’s not a car show — it adds a different kind of excitement to our festival . It gives young ladies the ...
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Senior program offered
ST. PAULS - A senior citizen activity program will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Dexter A. McLean-Rex Community Center. Seniors 55 and up are welcome. For information, call (910) 865-9899 or (910)843-1243.
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Extra helpings
LUMBERTON — The grumbling stomachs of some needy children will soon be quieted, thanks to a new program that will keep them fed during the weekend. BakPak Pals, a partnership between Communities in Schools of Robeson County and Southeastern Regional Medical Center, will provide bags of food for low-income children to take home during the school year. “We have children in our school system today that go hungry,” said Joann Anderson, the CEO o...
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This garden on the banks of Lumber River beside what once was the American Legion Building in the 1920s was created under the leadership of Kate Britt Biggs. Many of the plants were rooted by Kate Biggs in her home garden on Sixth Street. Members of the American Legion and its auxiliary landscaped the garden and elsewhere in downtown Lumberton in the 1920s.
Kate Britt Biggs: family lines, county growth
Robeson County, N.C., has long been well populated by people with surnames of Britt and Biggs, and Kate Britt Biggs gathered information about both families with vigor and careful research during more than five decades. She became a skilled historian of the county, and her voluminous research has served many people searching for genealogical information. In fact, she often personally helped families find their histories. Helen Catharine “...
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Outgoing president Kyle Chavis, right, hands the gavel over to Joe Terranova, who was named the new president of the Kiwanis Club of Robeson-Lumberton Thursday night.
Kiwanis club names new president
LUMBERTON — The Kiwanis Club of Robeson-Lumberton has a new leader. The club named Joe Terranova the new president at its annual banquet Thursday night at Pinecrest Country Club. He takes over for Kyle Chavis. “Joe’s a great leader,” Chavis said. “He’s very charismatic, he’s got a lot of energy. As a matter of fact, during his turn as golf tournament chair this past year, he set the record for fundraising. He cares about he kids of Robeso...
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Echoes of Faith has been nominated for a Native American Music Award in the category of Best Gospel/Inspiration Recording.
Band nominated for NAMMY
LUMBERTON — Laurinburg band Echoes of Faith’s song “God is With You” was recently nominated for a Native American Music Award in the category of Best Gospel/Inspiration Recording. The winners will be announced on Friday in Niagra Falls, N.Y. “We feel humbled,” said Daniel Locklear, the music director and a singer. “It’s overwhelming and exciting.” The group is made up of manager and drummer Chris Chavis; booking agent Nakia Locklear; le...
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Saying goodbye
Linda Metzger, left, Lynda Parlett, Rose Avant, Don Metzger and Abe Marshall recently attended the Rotary Social to bid farewell to Parlett, the Rotary present who is taking a position at Western Carolina. She has worked at Robeson Community College.
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