03/29/2024
Thoughts While Shaving
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Thoughts While ShavingBoth Bladen County high school football teams will be in action tonight.  East Bladen travels to Whiteville, looking for their first win of the season.  They lost their season opener last week to South Columbus.  West Bladen will be looking for their second win of the young season against West Columbus.  The Knights defeated South Robeson last week.  Game time for both games is 7 p.m.

The East Bladen-Whiteville game will be broadcast by the Whiteville team of Franklin Davis and Mark Council at 100.9 FM.

Again, no Bladen Sports Network broadcast of either game.  Hope you can attend, but if you do not and are looking for a score, or maybe heading home after the game, Sonny Jones will be hosting the scoreboard show for DK Sports on WGQR (105.7) and WCLN (105.3) following their game broadcast.  Sonny, a Bladen County resident, will provide updates on scores of both Bladen County teams.

Many folks have expressed regrets about no local football broadcast.  We learned midway through last season that the FM station carrying our games had been sold to a group from out-of-state and they had plans for a different format.  Dan Allen and I had already told Ricky Leinwand, Joe Melvin and Ron Daniel, we were retiring.  Joe and Ricky really wanted to continue, however, they could not ‘hook-up’ with another FM station.  BladenOnline was ready to cooperate as they had over the past 7 or 8 years.  A FM station is a must.

Incidentally, Dan is handling the PA system at the East Bladen home games, and after 50 years of broadcasting Bladen County games, I have retired.  Do I miss it?  Yes, but no desire to continue.

The 2016 Summer Sound Concert Series has been a big ‘hit’.  Last night’s final concert was the best this season.  Blackwater Rhythm and Blues Band keep the huge crowd involved.  Plans are underway for next season.  Thank the sponsors, maybe they will do it again next year.

Labor Day is just a little over a week away, plan accordingly.

Are you tired of the ‘childish fussing’ and ‘name calling’ by both major presidential candidates?  If you are seeking the truth from either, best of luck.  Think we would be better off if the two VP candidates were the presidential candidates.  Just my personal thoughts.

In a recent fire Bob Dole’s library burned down.  Both books were lost.  And he hadn’t finished coloring one of them.  Jack Kemp

The attractive lady whom I had recently been introduced to dropped into my lap….I chose not to dump her off.—-Former Senator and presidential candidate Gary Hart, on his encounter with Donna Rice.

What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?  Marion Barry

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