05/02/2024
Robert Hester, Founder of BladenOnline.com
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Thoughts While ShavingWhat’s next? Another horror story in the US, this time in Lewiston, Maine. Wednesday evening headline… “At least 16 believed to be dead and dozens injured after a bowling alley came under fire”, according to numerous news sources… One person identified as a ‘person of interest’… Story still developing… A nurse at Maine Medical told one major news source the shooting unfolded at a bowling alley, during its ‘youth night’.

Louisiana US Representative Mike Johnson is the new Speaker of the House… Can’t imagine the task ahead for the Congressman… Wish him the best…

OK, Daylight Savings Time begins November 5th in the US… October 27th in the UK.

Wonder when the US auto workers will return to work? There are concerns about how it is impacting the US economy.

Bladenboro Beast Fest just hours away… Friday and Saturday in the downtown area… Fun for all the family…

The 2023 World Series begins Friday night… Texas Rangers vs Arizona Diamondbacks…

Sun rises today at 7:20:51 a.m. and sets at 6:17:05 p.m… Length of day, ”for the record’… 10 hours… 56 minutes…

Former President Trump’s right-hand man and NC Congressman, Mark Meadows under pressure to… ‘cut a deal with prosecutors or testify against his former boss’. One headline “The jig is up”… whatever that means.

Checking weather… Patchy fog before 10 a.m. today. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Tonight… Mostly clear, with a lwo around 54. Friday… Sunny, with a high near 81… Saturday, Sunny, with a high near 84, perfect weather for Beast Feast in Bladenboro.  Huge change in temps, beginning Tuesday… highs near 60s, lows in the 40s. It is late October…

On a sad note… On October 18th Doris McMillian Snells and her brother Otis McMillian, living in a house located in the 800 block of Peanut Plant Road, Elizabethtown lost everything in a fire, due to an electrical connection. Understand the Red Cross is assisting… They are in need of a place to live, and everything, from toiletries to furniture… Time for all to be a good neighbor. Contact Linda Gillespie at 910-874-9858.

So what’s on your agenda? Our boys’ mom… and my bride is celebrating a birthday today & tomorrow….???? years old… Actually today is the date… October 26…

“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” Bob Hope

“Age is a high price to pay for maturity.” Tom Stoppard

“A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.” Unknown

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