05/02/2024
Robert Hester, Founder of BladenOnline.com
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Rain arrived on time… less than expected… Just over a quarter of an inch at the local airport (.27). More is needed… None in the foreseeable future in the forecast.

Sunny on this Saturday, with a high near 71… windy, gusts as high as 18 mph. Clear skies tonight, low around 63… Sunday (Church Day), Sunny, with a high near 74 and windy…

A full slate of college football today…

12 p.m. Boston College at Georgia Tech.. ACC Network

3:30 p.m. Pitt at Wake Forest  ACC Network

6:30 p.m. Virginia at #10 UNC   CW Network

7:30 p.m. #16 Duke at #4 Florida State   ABC

8 p.m. Clemson at Miami   ACCN

NC State and Louisville have open dates this weekend.

Other games of interest…

12 noon… #6 Penn State at #3 Ohio State
#22 Air Force at Navy
3:30 p.m. #15 Tennessee at #8 Alabama
4pm Minnesota at #23 Iowa
8pm #14 Utah at ECU
App State has an open date

NASCAR action Sunday at Homestead-Miami…

Sad note… Target closing 9 stores because of “Retail Theft”…

Closer to home… Thanks to Bladen County Sheriff’s Department for allowing inmates to clean up roadways throughout the county… Those who ‘throwout debris’ should be required to ‘clean it up’… And, Happy Birthday to Sheriff McVicker… yesterday…

Homecoming at area churches tomorrow, and Bladenboro Beast Fest next weekend…

250th Anniversary Homecoming for Elizabethtown, N.C., Saturday, November 11… Big celebration planned at Cape Fear Farmers Market… More later…

“I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.” James Dyson

“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.” Brene Brown

“There is only one proof of ability – action.” Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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