03/29/2024
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Christmas is just a week away….still time to make a contribution to your favorite charity…..A couple of possibilities…..

Elf Angels…..providing brand new toys and gifts for Bladen County youngsters who may have no Christmas if not for Elf Angels under the direction of Debbie Heustess. Mail check to Debbie Heustess, PO Box 746, Clarkton, NC 28433.

Another worthy cause is Southeast Carolina Crossroads, a rehab center for males attempting to ‘kick’ an addiction to alcohol or drugs. Mail to Southeast Carolina Crossroads, 1086 Susie Sand Hill Road, Elizabethtown, NC, 28337 or drop off at Bladen Baptist office, 108 Mercer Mill Road, Elizabethtown, NC, 28337. It’s a non-denominational program supported by all..

There are other worthy causes…don’t have to look far…

Filing for political office ends noontime Friday….Thought I would attempt to update…the locals…..

Bladen County Commissioners District 1 -1 seat
Ophelia Munn Goins (D)

District 2 – 1 seat
Daniel Ross Dowless (R)
Rodney Hester (R)

District 3 – 1 seat
James G. (Jimmie) Smith (D)
Steve Patterson (D)
Ken Register, Jr. (R)

Bladen County Commissioner (Countywide – 3 seats)
Greg Taylor (D)
G. Michael Cogdell (D)
David R. Gooden (R)
Ray Britt (R)

Board of Education District 1 (1 seat)
Glenn C. McKoy (D)

Board of Education District 2 (1 seat)
Berry Lewis (D)
Tim Benton (R)

NC House of Representatives District 22 (1 seat)
William Brisson (R)
Albert D. Kirby, Jr. (D)
Martin (Tony) Denning (D)

NC Senate District 8 (1 seat)
Bill Rabon (R)

NC District Court Judge District 13 Seat 5 (1 seat)
Scott L. Ussery (R)

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” Plato

“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.” Oscar Ameringer

“We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.” Hubert H. Humphrey

robert g hester
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