Bladen County Shriners will be selling fish plates beginning at 11 a.m. today in the Food Lion parking lot in Elizabethtown … delicious fish, slaw, fries and hush puppies … $10 per plate … drive-thru or eat out at the site … Shriners do great work, locally and around the state and nation … They are worthy of our support … and the plate lunches are delicious. See you there…
We heard recently about a new industrial endeavor coming to the area … The announcement was made yesterday at the Curt Brown airport. And it could be a game changer for years to come … Hope you will read Sonny Jones’ article posted late yesterday on BladenOnline … Sovereign Aerospace is coming, no they are already at the Curt Brown airport … Elizabethtown Mayor Sylvia Campbell and Rodney Hester, chairman of the Bladen County Board of Commissioners, officially welcomed them to the area … More later…
Congratulations to Elizabethtown native Vann Newkirk. He was recently named President of Wilberforce University in Ohio … See the article on our news page…
After a time of cooler, wet weather … Mid-April type weather has arrived…
Sunny today, with a high near 79 degrees … perfect weather for my golfing buddies … Clear skies tonight, with a low around 50. Thursday, sunny with a high near 81. A 30% chance of rain Thursday night, increasing to 70% Friday … High temps for the next week or so from the mid 70s to mid 80s. Noooo, I stopped playing golf because of lack of support … My golfing buddies said they did not want to go to the places where I hit the ball…
A reminder, there is a flood warning for some areas of the county…
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“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.” Zero Dean
“Sometimes things fall apart, it’s part of the journey.” Nyesha Arrington
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