04/25/2024
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Robert Hester, Founder of BladenOnline.comOne more hot day before relief … Patchy fog early this a.m., otherwise, sunny, with a high near 95 and wind gust as high as 15 mph. Tonight, a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms, mainly before 8 p.m., then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 57. Wind gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday, sunny, with a high near 75 … north wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Friday night, clear skies, with a low around 49, calm wind…

Aaron Judge has joined a very select group of baseball players with 60 or more home runs in a single season. Can imagine Yankee fans are excited…

I think back to some earlier HR sluggers … Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris, to name a few … Bobby Bonds holds the record with 73 in a single season (2001) … Others include:
Mark NcGuire, 70, 1998
Sammy Sosa, 66, 1998
Mark McGuire, 65, 1999
Sammy Sosa, 64, 1999
Roger Maris 61, 1981

NFL action tonight … Steelers vs. Browns on Prime Video…

Saints at Panthers, Sunday on Fox … Panthers coach supposedly on the hot seat … Was a very good college coach, but hasn’t been able to produce a winner in Charlotte.

High school JV football action tonight:
East Bladen at Clinton, 6:30 p.m.
West Bladen at South Columbus, 6:30 p.m.

Been a while since auto dealers had a good assortment of new cars on the lot…

“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts” Hopi Proverb

“Where there is true hospitality, not many words are needed.” Arapaho Proverb

“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love … and then we return home.” Aboriginal Australian proverb

robert g hester
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