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Grant writing workshop scheduled
LUMBERTON — Got a community project that needs money? The North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program’s grant applications for Robeson County arts organizations will be due to the Carolina Civic Center Foundation by 5 p.m. June 17. Those who need help with the applications are welcome at the council’s grantwriting workshop on May 13 at 5:30 p.m. on the first floor of Lumberton City Hall at 500 N. Cedar St. in downtown Lumberton. The w...
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What's happening 3/22
Sunday Assembly: On March 24 at 10 a.m. at Rosenwald Elementary School, an assembly will be held called The Ned Show. It is designed to help improve test scores and improve student behavior. Reunion: The Cummings family reunion will be held March 22 at Maletty Bullard’s home. For information, call (910) 844-4288. Tuesday Volunteers: Southeastern Hospice will hold its monthly meeting for volunteers on March 23 at 7 p.m. at 2002 N. Cedar St., ...
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Ballet Dancers twirl in Pembroke
GPAC’s stage looked like a broom with cone-shaped bristles when all of the ballerinas from the Russian National Ballet Theater appeared on stage. The ballerinas donned candy-colored tutus and squeezed their feet into tapered, reinforced shoes, while the men slid on man-tights and the royal family strutted in plush costumes in the March 10 performance of “The Sleeping Beauty.” You know the story — a princess pricks her finger on a spindle and s...
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Hunt family fiddles at CCC
Staff Report LUMBERTON — A world-renowned step-dancing group is kicking and jumping its way to the Carolina Civic Center on Friday. The Hunt Family Fiddlers, a musical family and champion fiddlers and Irish dancers, will bring a step-dancing family of nine to Lumberton. Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 8 p.m. The group performs all kinds of music, including Celtic, bluegrass, inspirational, popular and original tunes. Parents Clint and...
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What's happening 3/18
Sunday Assembly: On March 24 at 10 a.m. at Rosenwald Elementary School, an assembly will be held called The Ned Show. The Ned Show is designed to help improve test scores and improve student behavior. Reunion: The Cummings family reunion will be held March 22 at Maletty Bullard’s home. For information, call (910) 844-4288. Tuesday Volunteers: Southeastern Hospice will hold its monthly meeting for volunteers on March 23 at 7 p.m. at 2002 N. C...
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Eating healthy isn't expensive
Recently, I saw a story on the news about eating healthy for a dollar a day. Also, a friend of mine told me about a new diet that’s making its way around the country. Both of them got me thinking about nutrition, which is perfect because March is National Nutrition Month. First, the news story simply dealt with the myth that you cannot eat healthy without spending a lot of money. Rebecca Currie, from North Carolina, simply bought healthy food ...
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What's Happening
Tuesday The Executive Committee of Robeson County Partnership for Children will meet on Tuesday, March 17 at noon at the Partnership building located at 210 E. Second St. For information about Smart Start or this meeting, call (910) 738-6767. Mixer: Black Water Grille is hosting a St. Patrick’s day mixer March 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday Staff showcase: Selected members of the UNCP faculty will speak on March 18 at 10:15 a.m. at the Mary...
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Natural Impressions
PEMBROKE — The oil on Janette Hopper’s paintings rises off the canvas like a choppy river bloated following a heavy storm. The ripples paint the beauty in nature as Hopper sees it. Those who want to enjoy Hopper’s creations can do so by visiting the A.D. Gallery at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, which will host Hopper’s latest works beginning Wednesday at 4 p.m. The exhibition, titled “Last Wild Places,” will include a talk by H...
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Chili cook-off made me feel at home
I can’t tell you how welcome my children and I feel since we have moved here to Lumberton. Within a week of moving here, my older boy auditioned and got the part of Grandpa Joe in the North Carolina Children’s Theatre production of “Willy Wonka.” Allen immediately started making friends. Coincidentally enough, the younger boy who plays Charlie in the play is my younger son’s best friend. I have to thank Michael and Deborah Jaenicke of the N.C...
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Peays move to next round
Staff report A musical group with strong ties to Robeson County survived an elimination ruond last week and is among the top three contestants in the Singing Family Face Off on “The Early Show” on CBS. The Peay family will move onto the next round of the competition, which is next week. The event pits musical families competing against each other with the winner getting a recording contract with CBS Records. The Peays beat the Lorentzens afte...
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A Civil War milestone has come and gone
A noteworthy local event came and went six days ago, but very few, if any, in Lumberton know about it. That’s because there are no historical markers to tell of it, nor is there any mention of it at the Robeson County History Museum. On March 9, 1865, a portion of William Tecumseh Sherman’s massive Yankee army had crossed into North Carolina on its way north from its famous March to the Sea. Its goal was to reach Goldsboro for supplies but, be...
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The cocoa-seeking Oompa Loompas are key characters in the North Carolina Children’s Theatre’s production of “Willy Wonka Jr.”
'Willy Wonka Jr.' delivers delicious musical theater
LUMBERTON — For the candy lover in all of us, a classic story about sweets will hit the stage in Lumberton this week. The North Carolina Children’s Theatre will deliver sweet sensations when it stages “Willy Wonka Jr.” on Friday and Saturday at the Carolina Civic Center. The troupe’s 70 performers will sing and tap-dance through 23 songs that are framed around Ronald Dahl’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Dahl’s psychedelic pink cand...
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Shut up and run
As one of the 500 runners at the Rumba on the Lumber, I spent my first mile behind a guy whose shirt read, “Shut up and Run.” I turned off my inner monologue and his shirt helped me settle into a brisk pace behind a few kids who may have been 11-year-olds. The adults around me looked like they were about the same size and shape as I am, so I figured I was running at the right pace. Now, I realize that was not the right call. As we passed the f...
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Bradley Smith
DAR honors outstanding students
LUMBERTON — The Colonel Thomas Robeson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Lumberton, honored two students at its annual February George Washington Tea. Jonathan Mauldin, a seventh-grader at Lumberton Junior High School and the son of Cynthia and Randy Mauldin, won for his essay entitled “The Ideals of the Gettysburg Address.” He was presented a pin and a certificate. The 2009 DAR Good Citizen is Bradley Neil Smith, a senior at ...
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The Catalinas
Beach music shuffles to UNCP
PEMBROKE — Friday’s last performance in the Nostalgia Concert Series at Givens Performing Arts Center will feature two old hats in beach music. The Catalinas and the Fantastic Shakers will perform at GPAC Friday beginning at 8 p.m. The Catalinas has been a popular regional group that was formed in Charlotte in 1957. It has performed its hit songs, “You Haven’t the Right,” “Facts of Love” and “Summertime’s Calling Me,” at the Myrtle Beach Pavil...
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