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Civil War quiz gets competitive
At the North Carolina Museum of the Cape Fear, it’s not just the campfires that are heating up. The eighth annual Civil War Quiz bowl will take place in Fayetteville Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. The event tests knowledge of people and events of the battle between the states. It will also host a living history exhibit on the grounds starting Jan. 25. This year, the contestants will be split into two categories and a prize will be offered to the winner of ...
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Five steps to finishing a 5K race
You know it is time to begin running when ... — You try to do a few pushups and discover that certain body parts refuse to leave the floor. — Your children look through your wedding album and want to know who Dad’s first wife was. — You come to the conclusion that, if God really wanted you to touch your toes each morning, He would have put them somewhere around your knees. — You step on a talking scale and it says, “Come back when you are alon...
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Max and Ruby hop into Lumberton
Two lovable bunnies named Max and Ruby hop to the Givens Performing Arts Center on Thursday at 10 a.m. to perform a new musical based on the series of books by Rosemary Wells and the television program on Nick Jr. Max is a three-year-old rabbit, who always gets into mischief. Ruby is his older sister, a seven-year-old. Together, they want to put on a play for their grandma, but they can’t do it alone and call the Bunny Scouts to help them put ...
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What's Happening
Thursday Theater: “Strange Snow,” a story about a Vietnam vet who meets up with war buddies after returning home, starts showing in Rockingham at the Richmond Community Theater Jan. 15 to 25. For information call (910) 997-3765. Writer’s Rally: The Friends of the Robeson County Library are preparing to launch their third year of author visits with mystery and suspense writer David Shaffer, who will appear at the Osterneck Auditorium on Thurs...
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Ruben Studdard, an 'American Idol' winner, performs in 'Ain't Misbehavin'.'
Fats Waller comes to town
LUMBERTON — Under the light of an antique chandelier fitted with red bulbs, the Carolina Civic Center hosted an event on Thursday evening designed to court volunteers to help with its first season of shows. The center will produce a variety of performances over the next five months. In addition, it will host acts that will rent the space and produce their own performances. Next month, the Carolina Civic Center will spring to life, starting its...
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Movie Review
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” I think Hollywood has made some New Year’s resolutions. I think it finally heard our cries, heard our rants and our raves, and felt the buttered popcorn that we hurled with abhorrence at the screen. Friends and fellow movie-goers, I believe Hollywood has seen the fading cinematic light and vowed to make it burn bright again. With films like “Gran Torino,” “Valkyrie,” “The Reader,” “Revolutionary Road,” an...
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The chandelier in the theater was lit with a ring of red lights.
Carolina Civic Center shows off its progress
LUMBERTON — Under the light of an antique chandelier fitted with red bulbs, the Carolina Civic Center hosted an event on Thursday evening designed to court volunteers to help with its first season of shows. The center will produce a variety of performances over the next five months. In addition, it will host acts that will rent the space and produce their own performances. Next month, the Carolina Civic Center will spring to life, starting its...
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Bob Fisher's column Jan. 11
The “Writers’ Rally in Robeson!” starts a new season Thursday. David Shaffer will lead off the 2009 series. After a career in the computer software business, and 10 years in California as a private detective, he moved to North Carolina in 2001. He continues his career as a private detective but is also a partner in Alabaster Book Publishing Company. He has published four novels and will talk about his latest book at the Osterneck Auditorium on...
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What's Happening for Jan. 11
Monday Shag lessons: The Lumberton Recreation Department will sponsor shag classes on Monday, and also Jan. 19 and 26. The classes will be located in the south end of the Pine Street Activity Center at the corner of 8th Street and Pine Street. Beginners classes start at 7 p.m. Intermediate classes start at 8 p.m. The fee is $30 per person. For information, call (910) 671-3869. Tuesday Ain’t Misbehavin’: The 30th Anniversary Tour of the Fats W...
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Author David Shaffer is a private investigator who has also written and published four books based on a private investigator.
Meet David Shaffer
LUMBERTON — Meet Harry Caine, P.I., a transplanted Californian who ends up in Miami investigating and solving crimes in a series of books by author David Shaffer. Meet David Shaffer, also a P.I., and a transplanted Californian who grew up in Miami, but today lives in Kernersville writing and publishing books. Shaffer is the guest speaker at this month’s Writers’ Rally, which the Friends of Library will hold on Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Osternec...
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Bone disease affects men
In a past article I wrote about osteoporosis in women, and I ended the article by stating a very sobering fact: Twenty percent of those who suffer hip fractures (one of the main bones to fracture due to osteoporosis) will die within a year of that injury. Unfortunately, I was guilty of characterizing something in that article — and a lot of people make the same mistake. I de-emphasized the fact that osteoporosis is a man’s disease as well. A r...
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Let's raise money for war memorial
There is a photograph of a parade in my office called “Lumberton’s Beauties 1926.” The beauties appear to be standing in the bed of a truck. I can’t identify the truck because it is wrapped in cloth and flags. Behind them are some men who are walking with a banner that reads “Spanish American War Veterans 1898-99.” The garden behind the library was dedicated as a World War I Memorial Part by the city of Lumberton. The Daffy Dills maintained i...
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On My Soap Box
“I can’t believe it!! You actually wrote an article without mentioning your wife or grandchild ... wow, there IS a world outisde of YOUR life ...” Some people proudly show photographs of their family. Some people wear T-shirts with the names of their children and grandchildren on them. Some people aren’t ever seen without their spouse by their side. I write about my family. It doesn’t matter who the author is attached to the above comment...
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In the House of Joy Fellowship Hall, an oil painting, completed in 1979, hangs portraying Dr. Johnson in his late 50s.
Robeson Remembers: Joy Johnson left his mark on Robeson county and state
Dr. Joy Joseph Johnson (1921-1996) was a dynamic and energetic man, both as a Christian minister and also as a public servant in Fairmont, in Robeson County and in North Carolina. He was called to the ministry at age 18, and at 29, he accepted the position as pastor of the First Baptist Church on North Main Street in Fairmont. This was in 1951, the beginning of an important religious and political career that helped to shape the town, Robeson ...
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What's Happening for Jan. 4
Monday Shag lessons: The Lumberton Recreation Department will sponsor shag lessons starting Jan. 5, with additional classes on Jan. 12, 19 and 26. The classes will be located in the south end of the Pine Street Activity Center at the corner of 8th Street and Pine Street. Beginners classes start at 7 p.m. Intermediate classes start at 8 p.m. The fee is $30 per person. For information, call (910) 671-3869. Tuesday Terrific Tuesday: The Gibson C...
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