03/29/2024
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Spring is here…and so are some “crazy” news stories…
I am, for the most part, a positive thinking individual….but some recent news is more than I can comprehend…
In New Bern, a young man kills three youngsters that lived nearby and this morning a man in New Orleans attacks folks in the airport…and in both instances the perpetrator was using a machete type weapon….
It is now the norm…Yesterday I visited my former walking buddy, Janice Johnson, in the Burgaw hospital…More about her condition below…but was thinking as I traveled NC 53….about drivers I met..wonder if they are texting, high on drugs or driving under the influence of alcohol….They are on our roadways…Does that cause you concern?  Unsettling….Build more jails and prisons and let us feed them for a while…….
Now, those are my negative thoughts for today….
Janice is making progress, talked about additional surgery, coming home and family and friends who visit her…She is really amazing, nearly left for dead…The right side of her body is in good shape…the left is making slow progress…was “wigglin” her toes on her left leg and foot…
Janice was involved in a wreck at the NC 41 & 401 intersection near Bladen Community College on September 11, 2014.
We walked from 3 to 5 days a week for 27 years…After my retirement, it was 5 days a week and she was a faithful walking partner….6 a.m.
Check our list of events for today….
A reminder of tickets for the upcoming Bladen We Care Gala….$100 per couple or a reserved table for 4 couples for $500.  the fundraiser is set for The Venue at White Lake on Friday, April 17th.  Let me see how many Board Members I can remember…they all have tickets for sale…Hayes Petteway, Charles DeVane, David Cross, Norgie Hester, Mac Campbell, Jr., Marvin Tatum, Billy Ray Fisher, Wesley Campbell, Ann Warner Nye and Robert G. Hester..Others with information and tickets include Tori Martin at Campbell Oil and at several other locations…
The Annual Golf Tournament is planned for Thursday, April 23 at the newly rebuilt Vineyard Golf Course at White Lake…Call 910-874-4001 for information related to both events…’  Proceeds benefit folks with medical related needs in Bladen County….Bladen We Care has no paid staff…only volunteers….Want to contribute but do not plan to attend either event…mail your contributions to Bladen We Care, PO Box 1569, Elizabethtown, NC 28337….
I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.  Yogi Berra
Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.  Will Rogers
I always like to go to Washington, DC. It gives me a chance to visit my money.  Bob Hope
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