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Checking weather … Yesterday’s high temp for the local area was 83 degrees … Low overnight was in the upper 60s … a brief shower was recorded around midnight…

Today (Saturday), showers likely, mainly before 8 a.m. Cloudy with a high near 80 … Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Mostly cloudy tonight with a low around 62 … Sunday, partly cloudy with a high near 77 with a light breeze.

Upcoming week … Sunny to mostly sunny with highs in the low 80s and lows mid 50s early … low to mid 60s later in the week…

High school football scores…
Ashley of New Hanover 54 – East Bladen 27
West Columbus 42 – West Bladen 8

Worth noting … early pre-conference scores are a little misleading … 1A and 2A teams playing higher level teams … Conference games upcoming…

College and NFL games upcoming … College games this weekend:
Friday night, Duke 26 – Northwestern 20
Today
3 p.m., UNC Pembroke at Fayetteville State
3:30 p.m., Charlotte at UNC
7 p.m., Virginia at Wake Forest
7:30 p.m., Tennessee at NC State
8 p.m., Appalachian State at Clemson

NFL play this weekend … Full slate
1 p.m., Panthers at New Orleans Saints

NASCAR at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia for first race of the playoffs.

White Lake is a great place for the weekend for all the family … and, nearby, Vineyard Golf is in great condition, attracting many … Visitors welcomed…

So, what are your plans? … cut a few weeds … watch some college football, PGA golf … etc. Do what old folks do … “kool” it…

July jobs report nationwide … 142,000 jobs were added, according to the Labor Department…

Stock market is suffering from an all too often September downturn … Not a good week for my wealthy friends … Better day ahead, hopefully.

“By all these lovely tokens, September days are here. With summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

“September tries its best to have us forget summer.” Bernard Williams

“Let’s strive to be better in September.” Charmaine J. Forde

robert g hester
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910-876-2322