A busy day ahead … Headline this a.m. in newspapers across the state … NC lawmakers will redraw maps, but haven’t ruled out an appeal to the highest court, all about fairness to voters of NC. Primary elections were originally scheduled for March, 2022. A challenge to new redistricting maps has forced everything later than hoped for … Truth be known, not as much about fairness as it is about the party in power increasing their odds of retaining power … Both parties play the game…
Mark your calendar for a couple of fun events upcoming … Casino Night Fundraiser scheduled for Friday, February 28 at Cape Fear Vineyard and Winery … sponsored by Bladen’s Bloomin’ and the Elizabethtown-White Lake Chamber of Commerce. Call 910-645-2292 for info…
Another fun event on the long range calendar … Dublin Peanut Festival will host a Fish Fry Fundraiser, March 12 at LuMil General Store from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., More later…
Yesterday was a perfect example of a ‘bad weather’ day … Today promises to be better … Mostly cloudy today with a high near 54. Tonight, mostly clear with a low around 32. Wednesday, sunny, with a high near 60 … nice…
We lived in some interesting places as children of sharecroppers … I recall one such place we had to walk over a half a mile to meet the school bus and between where we lived and the bus stop was a fighting chicken … Chicken had long spurs and threatened us daily … Never wanted to ‘stew’ a rooster so bad in my life … Dare not harm it, it belonged to an elderly neighbor who loved it and thought it could do no harm…
Hope and pray Russia does not invade their neighbors … could be all-out war … Countries are taking sides…
The Olympics provide great entertainment…
“When nothing goes right, go left!”
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, men friendship.” William Blake
“Prove them wrong.”
robert g hester
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