Keeping up with local sports events is difficult following a storm (hurricane).
When in doubt, check our Sports Page… John Clark (Bladen’s most dependable sports reporter) keeps it updated…
High School Football results
West Columbus 23 – West Bladen 15
Whiteville 42 – James Kenan 7
Clinton 26 – Lumberton 6
Hoggard 27 – Wallace Rose-Hill 18
East Bladen’s game with Wilmington Ashley was rescheduled to a Saturday event. See our Sports Page… The game will be played tonight (Saturday) at Hoggard. One of the few times where cash is not good. Be prepared to pay with Apple Pay or a card. Admission is $8, surcharge $1… no cash.
Bladen County native Kayla Thompson, playing well, has advanced to Stage 2 in the LPGA qualifying school… The next stage is in October in Florida…
The 5th Annual Kevin Conner Memorial Run is scheduled for October 14. Conner, a NC Highway Patrolman and Bladenboro native, was killed in the line of duty several years ago.
Bladen County Commissioners meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday night, September 5, for a day due to Labor Day holiday.
So, any big plans for the long weekend? Many folks are on the move over the next 3 days… Drive as if your life depended on it… It days…
White Lake, Jones Lake, Sidewalk Sale in Elizabethtown… U-pick Muscadine Grapes at Lu-Mil, and more in the area…
Likely to meet new friends at all local eating establishments… this long Labor Day holiday…
Many senior citizens are looking for a quiet, shady place and food.
The weather forecast is for a perfect holiday… Mostly sunny today with a high near 84. Clear skies tonight, low around 59. Sunday (Church Day) is sunny, with a high near 88.
The same type is forecast through next Friday…
All convenience sites in the county will be operating on a regular schedule, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Transfer Station will be closed on Monday. So, dump your trash at usual locations, not on the highways and byways…
“Without labor, nothing prospers.”
“Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.” Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” John C. Maxwell
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