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Bladen County voter fraud accusations
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North Carolinians urged to take precautions
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Escaped inmate captured in Bladen County
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 26, 2010 -
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today
announced that a general sign-up for the
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will
begin on August 2, 2010 and continue
through August 27, 2010. During the
sign-up period, farmers and ranchers may
offer eligible land for CRP's
competitive general sign-up at their
county Farm Service Agency (FSA) office.
The 2008 Farm Bill authorized USDA to
maintain CRP enrollment up to 32 million
acres. Jim Miller, Agriculture Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign
Agriculture Services, made the
announcement on behalf of Secretary
Vilsack during a conference call with
reporters.

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November
Election Update
The political
primaries are over, the conversation
continues and the November General Election
is approaching.
One question that
is circulating in some areas of the county
is, are write-ins legal in the November
contest. The answer, according to
Larry Hammond, Bladen County Board of
Elections Director,
is NO. According the Hammond,
write-ins are not legal except in
non-partisan elections.

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Bladen County
Commissioners To Meet
Bladen County
Commissioners will meet in regular session
Monday at
6:30 pm in the
courthouse.
The Board will
recognize former Chief Deputy Phillip Little
for 37 years
of service to
Bladen County.
Commissioners
will consider a request from Sheriff Earl
Storms to award
Side Arms to
Little and retired Sheriff Steve Bunn.
It is customery for
retiring officers
to be given their weapon.
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Bladen Headlines...25 Years Ago
The James Daniel Pait-Paite-Pate family reunion was
to be held at the Center Road Baptist Church
Recreation Center.
John D. Mercer of Bladenboro
retired as a rural mail carrier after 44 years of
delivering mail.
The 1965 class of
Bladen Central High School held their 20th class
reunion.

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Thoughts while shaving
A dentist visit is not
at the top of my favorites list.
It is a shame that it
takes cancer or some other dreaded disease
or a serious injury of some kind to get our
minds off politics or some other such topic
and re-adjust our priorities.
We are a loving and
caring people, for the most part, but we get
all bent out of shape over politics.

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Pack
Family Medicine Holds Open House
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A new medical
provider held an Open House Thursday
afternoon.
The Pack family
and staff greeted a large crowd to their
official
Open House.
Karen Pack is the
medical provider. She has been
involved in providing medical care in this
area for the past 15 year.
Pack completed
the Physician Associate program at Yale
University Medical School.
The newly
renovated Park Family Medicine office is
located at 212 South Pine Street in
Elizabethtown.
The office hours
are 9 - 5 Monday through Thursday and from 9
- 1 on Friday.
Appointments and
walk-ins are welcomed.
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A day in the
life...First Due Firefighter Camp – Day 9 -
Click HERE For Photos
Rhonda
Griffin
The scorching heat of
the day didn't keep the cadets of the First
Due Firefighter Camp from doing their jobs –
and doing them well.
Thursday afternoon
brought the 17 junior firefighters to White
Lake to the site where the annual
Firefighter Competition is held during the
White Lake Water Festival. The object of the
competition seemed simple enough – teams of
cadets were to have a water battle over a
large, metal 5-gallon barrel that is
suspended from a wire that spans across an
open field. Two teams of four or five cadets
each grabbed a hose, aimed for the barrel
and battled to see which team could make the
other back down. But in watching the teams
of each other on, the competition was
clearly anything but simple.

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Sampson
County Man Charged with Raping his
Granddaughter
A
64 year old Sampson County man is in Bladen
County jail, charged
with raping his 8 year old
granddaughter. The crime is alleged to have
occurred in Bladen County.
Sampson County
authorities arrested Harold Lee Strickland
of 1594 Hunter
Road in Clinton, Wednesday. He was
turned over to the Bladen County
Sheriff's Department. He is in
jail charged with first degree statutory
rape.
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The
Raleigh
Report
From the Office of
Representative William Brisson
July 29, 2010
Since our session
ended, the governor has signed several
pieces of legislation into law. These laws
will help protect the vulnerable among us,
make our education system stronger and
improve our health system. These are good
laws meant to help in difficult times.
Thank you as always for
your interest in state government. If you
have any questions about this information or
anything else that I can help with, please
contact me. I am always glad to be of
service.

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McIntyre Announces
Jobs Strategy With Passage of “Make it in America”
Legislation
Washington,
D.C.—Today,
Congressman Mike McIntyre voted in
support of “Make it in America” strategy by
supporting three bills that will rebuild the
American manufacturing base, put the
American people back to work, and
grow our economy.
With an emphasis
on creating the high-skill, high-wage jobs
of the future, “Make it in America” promotes
American competitiveness, innovation, and
exports. 
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A day in the
life...First Due Firefighter Camp – Days 6,
7 and 8 -
Click HERE For Photos
Rhonda Griffin
The cadets of First Due
Firefighter Camp kicked off their second and
final week early Monday morning, and have
had nothing but non-stop action since.
After their normal
morning routines of raising the flags,
prayer, stretching and physical training,
the rest of each day has been packed with
events. On Monday, the teams gathered for
their timed turnout gear tests, with the
results to be announced Friday evening
during the camp's graduation. Then each team
practiced their lifesaving skills by saving
a “victim” who was trapped during a rescue
scenario.

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Deer banquet
Aug. 7
By Jefferson Weaver
Staff Writer
Trophy bucks, kid’s
activities, and steak dinners will be on tap
at the fourth annual Quality Deer Management
Association (QDMA) banquet Aug. 7.
ODMA was founded by
Elizabethtown native Joe Hamilton, a
nationally known deer biologist. The
national organization concentrates on
helping hunters and farmers maintain healthy
whitetail deer herds.

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Candidate talk:
John Szoka
By Rhonda Griffin
Editor's note:
BladenOnline believes the voters
should know their candidates in order to
make a fair and solid decision at the polls.
We would like to offer the opportunity to
all upcoming candidates to share information
about themselves and the issues they feel
strongly about with our readers. To schedule
an interview, call Rhonda Griffin at
549-4649.
John Szoka has a simple
yet strong view of his campaign for N.C.
House District 22 – “Principles, Not
Politics.”

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Come celebrate
your health at BCHD
Bladen County Health
Department is gearing up for their KICK-OFF
Vaccination CLINIC for Wednesday, July 28th
from 8:30-11:30 and 1:00-4:00. These
Vaccines target youth from ages 11-18 yrs.
and will help to protect them from dangerous
diseases such as: Meningitis and Pertussis
(Whooping Cough).
The vaccine to protect
against Pertussis (Tdap) is required for all
rising 6th grade students.
Please come by for
PRIZES AND REFRESHMENTS!!! CALL 910.862.6900
FOR MORE INFORMATION!!!
View these websites for
information on these infectious diseases and
preventive vaccines that are offered at our
office:
http://www.voicesofmeningitis.org/
http://www.menactra.com/
http://www.soundsofpertussis.com/
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/default.htm
http://www.tdapvac.com/
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Editor
note -
The following was submitted by
Nanette Inman
Milton Stone
What would
you say of Milton Stone? What sort of
man was he? He was
private, yet
outspoken. He lived quietly on a farm
in Tobemory, yet served as
lockmaster and
coach for a nationally lauded women's
softball team. He had
run for county
commissioner.
Mr. Stone
loved to talk, said friend Jerry Singletary,
but near the end was
barely able to
speak. Mr. Stone died this spring at
age 84.

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APPLICATIONS
SOUGHT FOR MINI-GRANTS TO BENEFIT YOUTH
GROUPS
RALEIGH – The
N.C. Youth Advisory Council of the Youth
Advocacy and Involvement Office in the
Department of Administration is accepting
applications for
mini-grants
available to youth groups to conduct
community projects. The application
deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 11.
Up to $6,292 is
available to North Carolina organizations
composed of young people, ages 13 to 18,
which implement programs to benefit their
peers. The mini-grants will range from
$100 to $500 each.

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BLADEN COUNTY
FOOTBALL JAMBOREE
August 13, 2010
On behalf of East and
West Bladen
High Schools, it is my pleasure to
introduce the
Bladen County Football Jamboree, hosted by East and West
Bladen
High Schools.
In its inaugural year, East Bladen
will be this year’s host site on August 13,
2010. The following year
will be hosted by West Bladen
High School.
We intend for this event to bring
enthusiasm and support to our football
teams, as well as other athletic teams at
each school.

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1000 / 50 Club -
BOYS AND GIRLS HOME OF NORTH CAROLINA
At a recent Jaycee
reunion in Asheboro, it was discussed
by several that we should check into the
status of the Jaycee support for Boys and
Girls Home at Lake Waccamaw. On July
6, a group of former jaycees visited
the Boys Home to find out first hand.
They found that the Jaycee support from the
North Carolina Jaycees had dwindled down to
only support from a few chapters in the
Raleigh area with the Raleigh Jaycees being
responsible for over 80% of that support.
The total was just over $ 25,000.00
annually. It takes approximately
$190,000.00 annually to operate the Jaycee
Cottage.

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Allen Barnhill—Elizabethtown
Native, Instrumental In The
Houston Symphony
Principal
Trombonist Allen Barnhill has been a
member of the Houston Symphony since
1977. He has been featured as a
soloist with the orchestra several
times and has also made solo
appearances with such groups as The
United States Navy Band
in Washington, The Lexington
Sinfonietta in Boston,
The University of Texas Wind
Ensemble,
Sam Houston State
Wind Ensemble and
The Woodlands
Symphony. In 1979 Barnhill took part
in the Geneva International Solo
Competition and was awarded the
Swiss Prize. He has also performed
with Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Ensemble, the Houston Symphony
Chamber Players, the Atlanta
Symphony, the
San Antonio Symphony
and the Rochester Philharmonic.
Currently on the faculty at
Sam Houston State University,
Barnhill has taught on the faculties
of
the University of Texas at Austin,
the
University of Houston,
Rice University
and
St. Thomas University.
He has also taught at the
Texas Music Festival,
Grand Teton
Orchestral Seminar,
East Carolina University
Summer Music Camp and the
Pacific Music Festival
in Japan. Barnhill is a graduate of
the
Eastman School of Music.
He studied trombone with Donald
Knaub and was awarded the
Performer’s Certificate for
outstanding performance as a
soloist. Allen is also an avid water
skier, snow skier and outdoor
enthusiast.
Barnhill is
a native of Elizabethtown and is the
son of Dr. and Mrs. O.A.
Barnhill.
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Man in custody
after allegedly stabbing three family members
Rhonda Griffin
A Harrells man was
booked in the Bladen County Jail after
allegedly stabbing three of his relatives on Sunday
afternoon.
Darrell R. Miller Jr.,
20, of 6589 N.C. Hwy. 210 E., has been
charged with three counts of attempted
first-degree murder, Bladen County Chief
Deputy Prentis Benston said Monday morning.
The three victims, who all resided at the
same residence, were hospitalized for stab
wounds, he said.
Around 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, a call came in to Bladen's 911
communications center from one of Miller's
family members reporting that Miller was
refusing to take his prescribed medication.
While deputies were in route to the home in
Harrells, a second call was made reporting
that three people at the residence had been
stabbed, Benston said.
Miller was detained
when deputies arrived, he said. After being
booked on a $750,000 secured bond, Miller
was taken for safekeeping on Sunday night
due to medical reasons, Benston added. His
first court appearance is expected on Monday
or Tuesday.
The case is still under
investigation by the Bladen County Sheriff's
Office.
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Bladen County School
Lunchrooms Fare Well In Most Recent Gradings
Bladen County school lunchrooms
fared well in their most recent inspections. In the
thirteen schools that have been graded only three
had a grade less than 100. Tar Heel School had a
grade of 97 while Clarkton School of Discovery and
Bladen Elementary scored 99. Schools with a 100
grade were East Arcadia and Plainview.
Getting a grade of 101 was
Booker T. Washington in Clarkton. The highest grade
of 102 was given to Bladenboro Middle, Bladenboro
Primary, West Bladen High, Dublin, East Bladen High,
Elizabethtown Middle and Elizabethtown Primary.
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Upcoming Events
July 26 - 30.....Pleasant
Union Missionary Baptist Church
in the East Arcadia Community will be
celebrating their Annual Youth Revival
July
26 thru 30 at
7 pm.
The dynamic Pastor Kevin Joyner, of the River of
Life
Worship Center in
Evergreen, NC will be the speaker of the week.
Please come and support our Youth. For
more information, contact Samantha Graham of
(910) 655-8424.
July 31.....Praise
Fest is scheduled for White's Creek Baptist
Church, 6062 Mercer Mill Road, Clarkton.
Three bands will be performing live....King's
Crest, High Road and Praise Out Loud. A
very special speaker will be Leonard Henry,
former running back for the Miami Dolphins and
Oakland Raiders. Praise Fest is sponsored
by Bikers for Christ, Bladen Chapter and Cape
Fear Chapter and co-sponsored by "His Laboring
Few" Biker Ministry, Bladen County Chapter.
Admission is free and refreshments will be
provided. All are welcome. Program
begins at 7 PM. Call Kincy Barrow at (910)
874-1525 for more information.
July 31........The East Bladen
Class of 2000 Reunion will be held October 2,
2010 @ Lu Mil Vineyard starting at 6pm. The cost
PER person will be $40. This will cover dinner,
catered by Fuller's, DJ, and rental of the
building. We need all money and RSVP by August
1, 2010. This is to insure that the building,
DJ, and food are all secured for that date.
Please respond ASAP. For more information please
call Erica Cashwell @ 910-991-5939 or Tiffany
Tatum Bagwell 910-874-1733. If there isn't
enough response the reunion will be cancelled.
Cougars Class of 2000 committee.

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BCC Small Business Center
Offers Seminars at No Cost
Bladen Community College's Small
Business Center is proud to offer the
following NO COST seminars;
Seminar
Time Day Date
Financing Your Business
1pm - 3pm Tuesday
7/27
Writing a Business Plan
1pm - 3pm Tuesday
8/03
Marketing Your Business
1pm - 3pm Thursday
8/05
All seminars are held on the main campus
in
Dublin in Building two, room 207.
SBC seminars are designed to aid
individuals or groups looking to start,
buy, or expand business. Each seminar
title describes the genesis of the
seminar's contents. Each seminar serves
as a stand-alone course. Custom
one-on-one training is available at the
SBC in addition to
course offerings for those
wishing more in-depth counseling or more
information on the business formation or
expansion process. These seminars are
provided at NO COST to the participants.
For more information, call Dr. Lynn R.
Welborn at
910-549-8520.
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A day in the
life...First Due Firefighter Camp – Day 5
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Rhonda Griffin
After five brutal days
in temperatures of more than 100 degrees,
the First Due Firefighter Camp cadets are
getting a much-needed weekend off. Bladen's
17 junior firefighters who are taking part
in the first camp of its kind in the county
have worked hard this week, but they have
already learned tons of new skills that will
benefit them as they are serving their
departments.
The cadets have begun
each of their mornings in the camp with
raising both the state and the American
flags to fly high above the Elizabethtown
Fire Department where the camp is being
hosted. After a time of prayer and devotion
and the Pledge of Allegiance, it's time for
stretching exercises and a 1.5-mile run.

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REP. WILLIAM
BRISSON REMINDS RESIDENTS OF SALES TAX HOLIDAY WEEKEND
RALEIGH
– Rep. William Brisson
today reminded his constituents to take
advantage of the state’s sales tax holiday,
which starts at 12:01 am on Friday, August 6
and ends at 11:59 pm on Sunday, August 8.
In an effort to better help consumers afford
back-to-school items for their children,
shoppers this weekend will not have to pay
the sales tax on clothing, school supplies
and computers.

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A day in the
life....First Due Firefighter Camp – Day 4 -
Click HERE For Photos
Rhonda Griffin
The cadets of the First
Due Firefighter Camp got a bit of a break
from the heat this morning when they were
allowed to do their physical training part
of their day in the air conditioning of the
activity center at Elizabethtown Baptist
Church.
The 17 cadets, all
junior firefighters in a Bladen County fire
department, seemed to be getting used to the
strenuous activities of the camp, with today
bringing little complaint about the horrific
temperatures of more than 100 degrees. After
their regular morning routine they visited
the Corner Cafe for lunch, then returned to
the Elizabethtown Fire Department, where the
camp is being hosted, to begin training on
how to assist injury victims.
The cadets learned how
to properly restrain an injured person while
preparing the victim for transport. The
instructors proposed several scenarios to
the cadets on the best methods to use in
each case. The cadets will put their new
skills to use tomorrow as they practice with
preparing victims to be transported on a
helicopter, which will be landing behind the
Elizabethtown Municipal Building around 11
a.m.
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A day in the
life...First Due Firefighter Camp – Day 3
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Click HERE For Photos
Rhonda Griffin
While some teenagers are
enjoying their break from school by sleeping in or
soaking up rays at the beach, 17 of Bladen County's
junior firefighters are spending part of their
summer vacation at camp. But this is not just any
camp – it's First Due Firefighter Camp – and most of
the participants have agreed so far that it's not
quite what they were expecting.
The cadets are taking part in a
grueling two-week session that teaches them not only
firefighting and lifesaving skills, but also the
values of teamwork and watching out for each other,
all wrapped up in an almost boot camp-style program
that is filled with good-humored fun. Each day
begins with stretching exercises and a 1.5 mile lap
around Elizabethtown with a combination of marching,
walking and running, followed by the lessons for the
day.

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Taylor to
Compete in World Competition
[Advanced Aerobatic Team]
Bryan Taylor of
White Lake, NC is a contestant in the
Advanced World Aerobatic Championships in
Radom, Poland.
The event is scheduled from August 5 - 15.
Taylor will be
part of the USA contingent and will be
competing
against pilots from around the world.
He has
competed in in numerous events
including National
competition in Sherman Texas last year.
Taylor is no
stranger to Bladen County residents as he is
constantly flying, practicing in the area,
putting on a show for the locals.
He is a
commercial pilot and a certified flight
instructor. He has
been competing in Air Aerobatics for the
past 3 years.
The website list
the event as the 9th FAI Advanced World
Aerobatic Championships - Random, Poland
2010.
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Delayed Hunting and Trapping Rule
Changes Take Effect Aug. 1, 2010
2010-11 Fishing,
Hunting and Trapping Regulations also
Effective Aug. 1
RALEIGH, N.C. (July 12, 2010)
– The proposed hunting and trapping rule
changes approved by the N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission in March 2009 but
delayed for legislative review will go into
effect on Aug. 1, 2010.
Along with these delayed rules, hunting,
trapping and fishing rules proposed for the
2010-11 seasons, approved by the Commission
in March 2010, go into effect on Aug. 1.
Fifteen hunting and trapping proposals
were referred to the General Assembly by the
North Carolina Rules Review Commission in
April 2009 in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act. As a result,
the rule changes could not take effect until
they were reviewed by the legislature, which
convened in short session on May 12 of this
year. Legislators had 31 days to propose
bills disapproving the rules.

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