High School football playoff action…
1A
East Bladen 47 – Rosewood 14
West Columbus 42 – Lakewood 0
2A
Whiteville 44 – Southwest Edgecombe 8
3A
Fayetteville 71st won
Terry Sanford and Scotland lost
4A
Hoggard 43 – Laney 8
Winners advance … Losing teams season is over for this year…
ACC college football action today … (NC schools)
UNC at Clemson, 12:30 p.m.
Duke vs Virginia, 3:30 p.m.
NC State vs Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Wake Forest vs Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.
Numerous other games across the state and nation…
A full slate of NFL games Sunday as the season continues.
Fundraiser for Amy Grimes Melvin in Tar Heel today … Lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tar Heel Fire Station … Boston Butts on sale, as well as raffle tickets for a golf cart … Goal is to raise $20,000. Ms. Melvin is having a lung replacement.
White Elephant Sale at Wesley’s Chapel multi-purpose building today … hundreds, maybe thousands, of items for sale … very nice items … located on Peanut Plant Road 2 or 3 miles south of Elizabethtown … 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hot dogs and baked goods for sale.
Yesterday’s high temp … 77 degrees.
Patchy fog early today, otherwise, sunny, with a high near 76 … windy, gusts as high as 15 mph. Tonight, mostly clear with a low around 40. Sunday (Church Day) sunny with a high near 66 … Early forecast for Thanksgiving Day (Thursday) … Sunny, with a high near 55
Pretty good chance for rain Tuesday thru Wednesday … Best chance is Tuesday night … 80%.
Thanksgiving season is a good time for families to spend some time together … Years ago, we spent time together … raking leaves…
Bladen County Commissioners meet Monday … usual time and location … 6:30 p.m. in the courthouse…
Good week for the stock market…
A few patches of cotton still in the field … Many fields looking good … cleaned up ready for another season…
“I haven’t been this excited about Saturday since last Saturday.”
“Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.” Bill Watterson
“Weekends are like rainbows. They look great from a distance but once you get up close to them, they start to disappear.”
robert g hester
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