A new week begins … Thanks for checking in…
I guess we all have noticed, less daylight hours … Sunrise this morning at 6:31 a.m. and sunset today at 7:53 p.m., now when do temps begin to drop?
Yesterday’s high was 94 degrees … recorded near 5 p.m.
Today, patchy fog early … Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 96 … heat values as high as 103. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Tuesday, mostly sunny, with a high near 98, heat index as high as 105…
Looking ahead … Highs…
Wednesday … near 91…
Thursday … near 90…
Friday … a little warmer … near 94…
95 Saturday and Sunday … Plan accordingly … No rain in the forecast…
BMW PGA event … played in Chicago … 25-year-old Victor Hovland made 7 birdies on the back nine, firing a sizzling 9-under 61 to win … Top prize … $3.6 million … Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick tied for 2nd at minus 17 … each pocketing $1.78 million…
Top 30 in yesterday’s match move on to the PGA Tour Championship next week, begins Thursday … The winner is declared the FedEx Cup champion and takes home the first place prize of $18 million in bonus money … Runner-up gets $6.5 million … 3rd place earns $5 million … all the way down to 30th place, which is good for $500,000.
How ’bout that sports fans?
William Byron was the NASCAR winner of the Watkins Glen International yesterday. He drives for Hendrick MotorSports.
Next likely start for Whiteville native MacKenzie Gore is Wednesday … Nationals vs NY Yankees … 7:05 p.m.
Bladen County Commissioners meet … regular session 6:30 p.m. today in the Bladen County Courthouse…
Flashback … Bladenboro Spinners vs. Whiteville … many years ago at Spinners Field … Vic Davis on the mound for the ‘boro and lefty Lou Howard for Whiteville … Great memories…
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” Wallace Stevens
“The month of August has turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzle.”
“The smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school … The cutting of grass reminds me of the August practice.” Garth Brooks
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