Our weather forecast is for wind and rain … A chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3 p.m. today, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 68 … windy, gusts as high as 20 mph and a 60% chance of rain. Tonight, showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 57, windy … gusts as high as 24 mph and 100% chance of precipitation.
Saturday, showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2 p.m., then showers likely. High near 72 … More wind, gusts as high as 20 mph … Chance of rain, 80% … Saturday night, more of the same … low around 41, wind gusts as high as 30 mph and a 60% chance of rain…
Sunday (Church Day) … sunny with a high near 61. Hopefully, enough rain over the next few hours to send the pollen far, far away…
Selected Men’s NCAA Basketball Play results…
UNC 90 – Wagner 62
NC State 80 – Texas Tech 67
Oregon 87 – South Carolina 73
Tennessee 83 – Saint Peter’s 49
Today’s schedule … selected games…
3:10 p.m., Clemson vs New Mexico on TruTV
7:10 p.m., Duke vs Vermont, CBS
9:40 p.m., Wisconsin vs James Madison, CBS
Ladies NCAA playoff schedule…
11:30 AM today … Michigan State vs UNC, ESPN2
2 PM, Presbyterian vs South Carolina, ESPN
2:30 PM, Richmond vs Duke, ESPN
PGA Valspar Championship leaderboard after 1 round…
Kevin Steelman -7
Kevin Roy -6
Adam Svensson -5
Carl Yuan -5
Peter Malnati -5
Back on the home front … Looking forward to rain …
Shared Thursday night with family, as usual … Special guest … a nephew … 25 years old, served in the Navy in and near Japan for several years, a year or so in the private sector in western US … Will begin to hike the Appalachian Trail early next week … Begins in Maine, ends in the deep south … will take several months … Oh to be young again. I can only imagine … Not married, full beard and lots of energy…
Rocky Lewis, South Brunswick football coach for the past few years … is departing the scene, moving on to Wilson Fike. He is the son of former East Bladen football coach Bob Lewis … We wish him much success … Mom, who lives in the Clinton area, will be traveling north on Friday night…
“Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.” Anonymous
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” Richard Bach
“Family: where life begins and love never ends.” Anonymous
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