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Weiner Dog & Malamute Husky
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Southern Pines Sister Cities Committee Sends delegates to Newry Co. Down
Southern Pines Sister Cities Group Meeting at The Sly Fox to send off 18 delegates from Southern Pines who will be in Newry County Down celebrating The Maidens of Mourne Festival.
Have you seen her?
If you live between Carthage and Vass maybe you can help us. Our little pug went missing Monday July 19 from the McIntosh Road area. My wife, daughter and I were at the beach. We got home Wednesday afternoon and began canvassing the neighborhood. We found a lady down the ...
TEE Shots (Senior Writer Tom Embrey)
Ride Across Country Ends in California
Cyclists complete their cross-country trip.
Animal Advocates of Moore County Updates
Animal Advocates Adoptions this Weekend!
Animal Advocates of Moore County will hold an adoption this weekend, July 24 & 25, at the PetSmart in Aberdeen. Come visit with us and see our adoptable animals. Dogs and puppies, cats and kittens - all looking for their forever homes!
Academy Heights vs. PES
My daughter starts Kindergarden in August. I have her enrolled at Pinehurst Elem School. However, I have been hearing not-so-great things about this school. (Ex. problems with bullies, teachers are lazy, school is old, principal doesn't listen) So of course I am having second thoughts. On the other hand, I ...
Frank Sports Talk (F.W. Manning II)
SWAC Baseball 10-under and 12-under SAT and SUN RECAP
4 Moore County teams took to the field Saturday and Sunday at Hillcrest Park in Carthage during the SWAC 10-under and 12-under West Regional Tournaments
Animal Advocates of Moore County Updates
Animal Advocates Sells Items at Fair Barn Community Yard Sale
****Animal Advocates of Moore County (AAMC) will sell donated HH items, jewelry and other treasures in its indoor booth at the Fair Barn Community Yard Sale on Saturday, July 24th. All proceeds from the booth go to support our animals and programs. Come on out to find some great bargains ...
Help Moore Humane Society Win a $10,000 grant!
Vote for us at www.theanimalrescuesite.com and we could win $10,000 to help pets in need! The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $10,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups ...
A Fourth to Remember
I did something thrilling and patriotic on the long July 4th weekend unrelated to hot dogs or fireworks. Courtesy of HBO On Demand, I watched all seven episodes of "John Adams" in two days. I am far enough removed from American history class to admit my ignorance without embarrassment. Never ...
Join us this Saturday!
Join us on Saturday, July 3rd in downtown Pinehurst for the Annual Pet Parade (as part of the Village of Pinehurst Annual 4th of July Parade). Bring your pets and enter one of the contests and then walk in the parade. The contests will start promptly at 9:00 am and ...
Trip Back to Moore County
After the banquet the winning plaques and money distributed. We tried to settle down and sleep on Sunday night. Our plan was to get up about 6 a.m. finish packing and get breakfast before the 7 a.m. pick up to the airport. Well, 5 a.m. both Laurie and I were ...
How does your garden grow?
A pathetic excuse for farming, I'd say, but at least we've gotten a few things from the square foot garden Lani and I've planted for several years now. Like two tomatoes, a pot of green beans, two zucchinis, a pepper or two, and one strawberry. There is more on the ...
The Final Banquet & Winners of the Air Race Classic
We had to attend two meetings today for the first time racer and their input for helping the ARC get better next year. Lots of suggestions were given, and many of the suggestions given by the first timers were also suggested by the return racers. Breakfast was during the second ...
Judges Inspections
We got the call yesterday to be at the airport at 9 a.m. for a re-inspection of the plane. Which means we may be in the top 12 contestants our of 51 planes. We lost one plane after the race started to mechanical problems and one dropped out before the ...
The invention of air conditioning
Every year about this time, I am reminded of what a great invention air conditioning was. When I was a child, men wore dress white short sleeved shirts and bow ties in the summer because most people's offices were just a few degrees cooler than the temperature outside. We didn't ...
New Faces at the race
A few individuals met us at Elkhart that I forgot to include JC Cannon's sister Christine Murdock met up in the Indiana Flight Center on Thursday morning. I knew that she was working the race but thought she was unavailable as a timer. (We have not been able to talk ...
