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Another week has come and is nearly gone…

Checking the weather … High Thursday was 88 degrees … same as several other days earlier this week … No rain over the past few hours … Overnight lows Thursday night in the mid-60s…

Today (Friday), sunny with a high near 89. Friday night … Mostly clear with a low around 68.

Saturday, mostly sunny with a high near 89 … Sunday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny with a high near 90 and a 50% chance of rain.

NASCAR action this weekend in Brooklyn, Michigan … Main event is the Firekeepers Casino 400 Sunday…

Men’s PGA event … FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, TN … The 2025 schedule was announced recently … ’bout the same as the current year.

Tonight (Friday), high school football scrimmage … West Bladen vs. Hobbton in Sampson County Jamboree at Midway High school … 6 p.m…
Saturday … East Bladen at West Brunswick (scrimmage), 8 p.m.

MacKenzie Gore is scheduled to be the starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals’ game today vs. Phillies … Game time is 6:05. Gore, a Whiteville, NC native, has a 7-10 record going into the game…

Another Columbus County native, Brooks Baldwin, is an infielder for the Chicago White Sox … called up from minors a few weeks ago … The 24-year-old is batting in the low .200 range … Just needs a little time … Their next game is today in Houston.

Labor Day weekend is upcoming in a couple of weeks…

Enjoy your weekend…

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” Helen Keller

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.” Regina Brett

“Some of the best memories are made in flip-flops.” Kellie Elmore

robert g hester
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