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Features briefs for July 4
PEMBROKE — Union Elementary School will be sponsoring the “Spirit Riders,” a motorcycle back-to-school run on Aug. 5. Registration will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. and the riders will leave at 2:30 p.m. from the C&P Mini Mart in Pembroke. The cost is $10 per rider or $15 per couple. For information, call Lucinda Callahan at 910-785-3073 or Ruby Oxendine at 910-740-8969. LUMBERTON — The Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County is ...
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Alive After 5 series ends Thursday
LUMBERTON — The Alive After 5 concert series ends Thursday with Jim Quick and Coastline offering up a smorgasbord of styles like country, blues, soul, southern rock and jazz. The event, which is free to the public, will take place on the corner of Third and Chestnut streets from 7 to 9:30 p.m, with the band facing the downtown plaza and the fountain area. There will be a dance floor set up for people to groove to the five-member group spear...
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Unity Quartet members, Lynn Stone, left, Kenny Davis, and Phillip Goins won first place in the Trio Division at the 92nd annual State Singing Convention in Benson on the weekend of June 23. Music groups had to compete both days of the competition and received a score each day. Tim Wright, the fourth member of the quartet, is not in the photo because he was sick. Contributed photo.
Quartet hits high notes
Unity Quartet members, Lynn Stone, left, Kenny Davis, and Phillip Goins won first place in the Trio Division at the 92nd annual State Singing Convention in Benson on the weekend of June 23. Music groups had to compete both days of the competition and received a score each day. Tim Wright, the fourth member of the quartet, is not in the photo because he was sick. Contributed photo.
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Kaya Littleturtle Clark. Photo courtesy of Jordan Portrait Design. All rights reserved.
Robeson County native lands role in outdoor drama
PEMBROKE — Kaya Littleturtle Clark, an 18-year-old Robeson County native, has been cast as the Medicine Man in the outdoor drama “The Lost Colony.” “Robesonians have at least one good reason to attend the 75th anniversary season of ‘The Lost Colony’,” Clark said of the show, which dramatizes the events of vanished colonists more than 400 years ago. “The Lost Colony,” which opened on July 4, 1937, was meant to last only one season, but now...
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Jessica Clark, a member of the Lumbee tribe, uses art to comment on stereotypes. She said, '... that’s what I want — people to understand that Native Americans are different, but that you can still relate to us and our story.' Anne-Claire Siegert | The Robesonian
Native histories
Anne-Claire Siegert Features Editor PEMBROKE — Beneath the layers of paint on Jessica Clark’s creations, stories unfold. Colors billow onto the canvas like a loosened spool of ribbon and weave a commentary on her culture, her people and her identity. “Margaret Cummings Bullard, Lumbee,” is a painting of Clark’s grandmother sleeping in her favorite recliner. Shadows rumple her apron, and lines are etched onto her American Indian hands usin...
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Reunions for July 1
The Hunt Family will hold a reunion on July 8 at 1 p.m. at West Saddletree Baptist Church on Rennert Road. For information, call Cecil Hunt at 910-843-3706. The descendants of Jakie and Sally Locklear will hold their annual family reunion on July 14 at 12:30 p.m. in the fellowship Hall at New Prospect Methodist Church. Everyone is encouraged to attend and bring a covered dish. The Jakie family is host. For questions, contact Flora S...
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What’s Happening for July 1
TODAY Celebration: Fairmont will hold a “Fantastic Fourth Celebration” today from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Fairmont Community Park. The beach band, Too Much Sylvia, will play and fireworks will begin at 9 p.m. Admission is free. Wrestling tournament: The Lumbee Games will be holding a wrestling tournament on Sunday at the Jones Athletic Complex at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Registration is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and t...
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Feature briefs for July 1
ORRUM — Lumber River State Park will host a Lumber River Day on July 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2819 Princess Ann Road. There will be canoe rides and races, booths and exhibits, a fishing contest for children and a wet T-shirt race, as well as food and ice cream. Attendants are welcome to bring a picnic lunch. For information, call Neill Lee at 910-628-4564 or Everett Davis at 910-618-6626. WILMINGTON —The Battleship North Carolina, U....
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St. Pauls Public Library has a unique personality
Every library has a unique personality that develops as a result of the community that it serves. The Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library in St. Pauls is a terrific example. The library is located at 211 W. Broad St. and is open Mondays through Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday afternoons from noon to 5:30 p.m. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. When you visit, you will probably be greeted by library manager, Mary Jane Butle...
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Announcements for July 1
ENGAGEMENT Locklear-Hammonds The late Tony Locklear and Betty Hunt of Pembroke are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nakema Locklear of Shannon, to Michael Hammonds of Red Springs, the son of Mitchell and Cora Faye Hammonds of Baltimore, Md. Locklear is the granddaughter of Fermon and Martha Locklear of Red Springs. Hammonds is the grandson of George and Myrtle Thompson of Baltimore, Md. The wedding ceremony wi...
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Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Allice Monroe to attend Book ‘Em
LUMBERTON — New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe will be the headliner for the Book ‘Em North Carolina event to take place at the Carolina Civic Center next year. Monroe is a resident of coastal South Carolina and an environmental fiction writer who has written more than a dozen novels with themes and parallels to nature. She has also written several non-fiction and children’s books that portray her love of the natural world....
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Kendrix Singletary is the artist in residence at the Carolina Civic Center. He has performed in the national tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar” starring Ted Neely from the original motion picture and “The South’s Grandest Christmas Show” at the Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Winds of change
LUMBERTON — Richard Sceiford looks out from his second story window at the Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater in downtown Lumberton and laments the empty streets. It’s after 5 p.m. and the streetlights signal no one. Apart from a muffled hum of music exuding from the theater’s sound system, downtown Lumberton is one tumble weed short of a ghost town. “The greatest challenge,” says Kendrix Singletary, the center’s first artist in reside...
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Mac Malloy
Small water sources can attract mosquitos
Rain and warmer weather are closely followed by increases in mosquito activity. Most people think of swamps and ponds as the source of the mosquitoes in their yards. However, in most residential areas, the prime mosquito breeding sites are most likely small and inconspicuous water sources. So before planning a chemical assault on your yard, start with the simpler and more long-term approach of eliminating “collectibles.” We don’t mean souve...
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Feature briefs for June 27
WILMINGTON —The Battleship North Carolina, U.S. Cellular and the city of Wilmington will host the 16th annual Battleship Blast Fireworks show on July Fourth at 5 p.m. on Water Street. The fireworks show will begin at 9:05 p.m. from the Battleship North Carolina. Entertainment will provided by L Shaped Lot in Riverfront Park. LUMBERTON — Everything Under The Sky, a store featuring the work of local artists, will host its grand opening on S...
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Holiday Band to perform at Alive After 5 Thursday
LUMBERTON — The Alive After 5 concert series continues Thursday with a performance by the Holiday Band, which will perform a mix of musical styles. The free event, which will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m., has been moved from the corner of Third and Chestnut streets to the parking lot on the corner of Third and Water streets in order to coincide with the opening of Candy Sue’s Downtown. The restaurant will offer an outdoor grilled bar me...
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