Lifestyle
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BY THE NUMBERS …
It won’t be long until summer, and many are looking forward eagerly to that annual summer vacation. For some, it’s worth waiting for, but for others, it’s not worth overspending. And the fact is many Americans do. An Experian survey found that 68 percent of people overspend on summer vacation,…
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Girl Scouts celebrate motherly role-models this Mother’s Day
As a Girl Scout volunteer, adults help girls lo learn, grow, and unleash their inner G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader). Whether a Girl Scout volunteer is a mother or not, they serve as motherly figures to the girls as they teach them important life skills, serve as role models, and…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Editor’s note: The Bladen Journal will no longer publish the “ongoing events” listing. Instead, anyone holding regular events should submit information to the Bladen Journal in time for publication in the community calendar. The deadlines are Wednesday at noon for Friday’s edition; Friday at noon for Tuesday’s edition. Information can…
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BY THE NUMBERS …
The job market appears a bit more promising for soon-to-be college graduates than it has been for most of this decade. Just four years ago, CNN Money reported that 260,000 college grads held minimum-wage jobs. Barely 25 percent had a job related to their college major. But this year, the…
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BY THE NUMBERS …
While some people in the retirement-planning stages worry about outliving their money, others have a different concern: that their money is outgrowing their investment advisor. It’s not unusual for the size of the client’s investment to increase well beyond their advisor’s level of experience and knowledge. Higher net-worth individuals often…
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Gallbladder problems? Cape Fear Valley/Bladen County Hospital can fix it
Do you ever get abdominal pain after eating fried or fatty foods? Pain in the right side, up under your rib cage, maybe around toward your back? It starts about 30 minutes after your meal and lasts for a couple of hours and then slowly goes away? Ever wonder what…
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Going on to states
Elizabethtown Christian Academy students participated in the Bladen County Soil and Conservation Contest. First place winners in the county moved on to the Area 7 district competition. Thomas Nance, Thad Brisson, Chandler Bordeaux, Caleb McGough, and Hutchens Glenn also won the district competition and will now move onto competition at…
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Science Olympiad success
Elizabethtown Christian Academy participated in the North Carolina Science Olympiad held at Jack Britt High School on April 14. Hutchens Glenn and Witt Gooden placed first out of 26 teams in Bottle Rocket competition; Sarah Cain and Eliza Waters place sixth out of 26 teams in Science Sleuths; Caleb McGough…
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BY THE NUMBERS …
From an early age, many Americans are taught the value of hard work. The harder you work, our society reasons, the more successful and financially prosperous you will be. As a result, companies often demand much of their workforce, and a high percentage of Americans work overtime to meet or…
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Couple who met in supermarket marry amid veggies in aisle 13
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) — Attention all shoppers: wedding in aisle 13. A couple who met at a supermarket have tied the knot there with canned carrots and peas among their wedding guests. The Valley News Dispatch reported 69-year-old Larry Spiering and 61-year-old Becky Smith married Sunday at the Community…
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Hester, Johnson to wed in May
Mr. and Mrs. Murray C. Hester of Bladenboro announce the engagement of their daughter, Hilary Paige Hester of Bladenboro to David Lee. Johnson Jr. of Hope Mills. Parents of the groom-to-be are Calvin and Maria Hall of Hope Mills. The bride-to-be is a graduate of The University of North Carolina…
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McGee, Vincent to wed in May
The children of W. Curt Vincent and Tammy Sue McGee — Cheyenne, Elijah, Shannon and Ashley — announce the engagement of their parents. McGee and Vincent will be married on Saturday, May 12, at their home in Lumberton, where a reception will follow. https://www.bladenjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_CurtTammy.jpg
