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The weather folks promised a hot day yesterday … and delivered … High temp Wednesday was 95 degrees … The heat index reached 99…

And, another hot day is forecast for today (Thursday) … Sunny with a high near 96 … Heat index as high as 103 … If you must be outside … use caution…

Low tonight around 72 … Friday … A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny with a high near 93 … Heat index values as high as 100 with a 30% chance of rain.

Forecast for Saturday and Sunday in the low 90s … Chance of rain is 30%…

Labor Day (Monday) … A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. … High near 89 … and a 50% chance of rain…

High temps early next week … in the low to mid 80s…

Weather has been big news over the past 3 or 4 months … Not sure about the local corn crop … not the best…

No complaining … Just the facts…

Looking ahead … the annual sidewalk sale is ongoing in downtown Elizabethtown…

Jayvee high school football … tonight. West Bladen at East … 6 p.m.

Friday night … Varsity game … East Bladen at West Bladen … game time 7 p.m. It’s the second regular season game for both teams … both looking for their 1st win of the season…

Before the season is over for the teams … no doubt, much cooler temps…

ACC football games are set for tonight (Thursday)…
7 P.M.
Western Carolina vs NC State in Raleigh
NC A&T at Wake Forest in Winston Salem
8 P.M.
UNC vs Minnesota in Minneapolis

Friday game…
7:30 p.m., Elon at Duke

Looking ahead to Saturday…
12 noon … Clemson at Georgia
A full slate of games nationwide…

The PGA Tour Championship begins today (Thursday) at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.

Just the top 30 players tee it up for the championship … #30 Chris Kirk tees off at 11:38 AM
Top seeded Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele tee off at 2 p.m.

Last year’s winner was Viktor Hovland…

NASCAR will be in Darlington, SC Sunday for the ‘Cook Out’ Southern 500. Race time is 6 p.m.

Enjoy … stay cool … be safe…

“Life’s biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” Kristin Hannah

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The pains you feel are messengers … Listen to them.” Rumi

robert g hester
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