Local governments (towns and county) are entering the home-stretch related to adopting budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year … Must be adopted by June 30 and effective July 1. ‘Crunch time’.
How ’bout the East Bladen Eagles baseball team? In fact, how ’bout all the high school athletes bouncing back after the pandemic?
Back to the Eagles baseball team, next game in the state playoffs is 7 p.m. today at North Lenior, near Kinston. Eagles played a great game Thursday. Also a huge ‘shout out’ to the East and West Bladen Girl’s Tennis teams, both playing in the Regionals near Chapel Hill, today…
Back to the baseball team, coach Grant Pait’s team has been playing some good ball … Last game Thursday Eagles won 13-3, game called due to 10 run rule. Every starter had a hit, Evan Pait went 4-for-4 and had 3 RBIs. Lefredrick Wooten and Coleman Tatum combined on a 5-hitter … Go Eagles…
Oh yes, some very good pics in article, thanks again to Kenneth Armstrong … a great photographer and he has been doing it faithfully for years … for high school athletes in the area…
Reminder of reverse-raffle at East Bladen Thursday evening … Tickets on sale at Leinwands of Elizabethtown and no doubt other locations…
Is there a better feeling for anyone who has misplaced, lost credit card, drivers license … anything of importance and find it?…
US Open Golf being played on the west coast … televised late evening … watch a while, snooze a while … love it…
Great lake or beach weather forecast today … Mostly sunny, with a high near 96 and windy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight, low near 72 and 20% chance of rain. Forecast for Father’s Day … Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 86 … windy and a 60% chance or rain … New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch…
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano
“When my father didn’t have my hand … he had my back.” Linda Poindexter
“Average fathers have patience. Good fathers have more patience. Great fathers have an ocean of patience.” Reed Markham
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