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ABERDEEN EVENTS – MALCOM BLUE FARM FESTIVAL – SEPT. 21ST & SEPT. 22ND

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The Malcom Blue Farm Festival is September’s highlight event in Aberdeen. Our guests give so much detail about all the happenings at this annual event.

Nicola Squires, one of the owners of High Octane, Aberdeen’s only coffee shop, and real estate broker, Angie McKew of Sandhill Realty, have become part of the new face and growth.

They discuss Aberdeen in general, the changing environment and the vibrant downtown area as well as additional events coming up this fall.

Cheslin Astorino –Recreation Program and Event Coordinator- Town of Aberdeen
Bob Martin- Friend of Malcolm Blue Farm, farm tour curator
Kelly Hinson-Friend of Malcolm Blue Farm, re-enactor

We are here to discuss the upcoming Malcolm Blue Festival for the Town of Aberdeen.

I. Questions:

1. What is the Malcolm Blue Festival?
2. What is the history of the farm?
3. What are the dates and times for the festival?
4. How much does it cost to get into the festival?
5. What does the line up for the festival on Saturday look like?
6. What is the difference between the farm skills school day on Friday and the festival on Saturday?
7. What kind of bands will be there?
8. What kind of demonstrators and vendors will be there?
9. What new additions are at the farm this year?
10. What type of food will be there?
11. Are there tours of the farm and museum the day of the festival?

Who our demonstrators and vendors are:

Demonstrators:

* string instruments
* bees
* pottery
* – border collie demonstration
* washboard instruments, box drum demonstration
* Trapper
* bringing antiques
* bag piper
* panning for gems
* live music in the parlor
* North Carolina Highland Regime/71st-coming out to demonstrate shooting muskets etc
* Loomer
* Edenton Bell Battery bringing their cannon
* tobacco stringing
* Braddy Battery
* mc for the battels
* Town Crier
* clogging
* 35th Scottish Riffle Men
* blacksmith
* plow/horse demo

Vendors:

* I-zon U productions
* So Sweet Gems
* Grandma Lou’s lollipops
* Brown Eyed Girls Crafts
* Lands of the Pine Soap Co. (goat milk products)
* Jim’s Gems
* Minerva Jams and Jelly
* The Scuppernong Press
* Railhouse Brewery
* Chappell’s Ice Cream
* Mrs. K’s
* Aberdeen Feed and Seed
* Pandora Soap Works
* The Soap Apothecary
* Bbq
* High Country Kettle Corn
* Annie Barton- collard sandwiches
* Buggy Town Coffee-
* Ithaca Acres Creamery- goat milk lotion and cheeses
* Crafts
* Pine needle baskets

Other things:

* We have an off duty officer coming at 11:30 for all our beer needs
* Simmons horse and carriage is all set to come out
* Aberdeen Seed and supply will be back with mums and pumpkins

* Border Collie demonstration is at 1 pm
* Port o potty is coming out again this year
* Red tie transit is set up to transport people
* Moore Equine is all set to bring: petting zoo, pony well, train, etc
* Face Painters will be back this year
* I have a bag piper coming out to demonstrate etc
* Wristbands are here for the event

LINE UP:

10:00- Cousin Amy’s Deluxe Old Time String Band
11:00 Musket shooting
11:15 Scottish Dance Performance
11:30 Cutting Grass Bluegrass Band
11:45 Cannon Shooting
12:00 Box Drum Demo
12:15 Battle re-enactment
12:30 Musket shooting
1:00 Border collie Demo
1:30 Scottish Dance Performance
1:45 Grass Street Band
2:00 Cannon Shooting
2:15 Battle re-enactment
2:30 Cloggers demo
3:00 Shooting Demo
3:15 Sleeping Dog Band
4:00 Cannon Shooting

JUDGE REGINA JOE – running for her 4th term as District Court Judge – NOV 6th

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Judge Regina M. Joe, age 55, was born on December 16, 1962 to Hattie H. McKinney and the late Hubert C. McKinney, both of Mecklenburg County (Charlotte). She graduated from Olympic High School in Charlotte in 1981 and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina in Chapel-Hill in 1985 where she earned a B.S. degree in Administration of Criminal Justice. She attended law school at Campbell Law School in Buies Creek, North Carolina where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1988.

Upon receiving her law degree. Judge Joe began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Greenville, North Carolina. She prosecuted cases there from 1989 to 1991, then moved to Raeford and continued her legal career there as an Assistant District Attorney servicing Hoke/Scotland counties from 1991 to 1995. She was in private practice for a year and thereafter worked for the Employment Security Commission before returning to Hoke County, this time as an Assistant Public Defender. Judge Joe returned
to Raeford in 1998 and serviced the Public Defender’s Office in Scotland/Hoke counties. In July of 2005 she was appointed by then Chief
Resident Superior Court Judge B. Craig Ellis as the Chief Public Defender for both counties, making history by becoming the first Black female Chief Public Defender in the history of the state. She ran for and won her current position as District Court Judge of Judicial District 16A (Scotland/Hoke counties) in the November 2006 election, making history once again as the first Black and the first female judge in District 16A.

Judge Joe has specialized juvenile certification and has served on the Board of Governors for the North Carolina Association of District Court Judges from 2009 to 2013. She served as President of the Association from 2013 to 2014, having been elected to the one year term by her peer District Court judges across the state in October of 2013. Judge Joe currently maintains her activities with the Association by serving on the District Court Judges’ Education Committee. She has a handsome 14 year old son, Christopher Isaiah Joe. Judge Joe is a member of Silver Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Raeford where Rev. J. Warren Parsons presides as Pastor.

The show covers many of these facets of her life.

  • Family Background
    • Born & Raised, Parents, Siblings
  • Current Family
    •  Child, School, Skills
  • Family Values
    • Work ethic, Honesty, Integrity, Reputation v. Character, Example for Isaiah
  • Experience
    • High school, Undergraduate, Law School, Work History, Prosecution, Private Practice, Public Defender, Judge (fair and balanced background)
  • Organizational & Leadership Skills
    • Chief Public Defender, 16A with a legal and administrative team, Sr. Public Defender, responsibilities as a Judge
  • Various Courts
    • Criminal Court, Juvenile Court (AND and TPR), Civil Court, DSS Court (AND and TPR), Domestic Court (50-B, 50-C), Family Court
    • Juvenile Certified Judge, Board of Governors for NCADCJ from 2009 to 2013, President 2013 to 2014, Education Committee for NCADCJ
  • Judicial Performance Evaluations (North Carolina Bar Association)

THE RETREAT – Everyday Enrichment for Older Adults

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SENIOR PROM – SEPT. 13th – MCRAR Consumer Outreach Committee

The Retreat offers an exceptional member-only adult day health and day care program for seniors. Their mission is to allow seniors to age in place in their own homes, provide respite for care partners, reduce the costs associated with care to remain at home, avert unplanned hospital stays and delay, defer or eliminate the need for institutional care.

Kathryn Doddridge, the Director of the Retreat, is our main guest and is joined by Brittany Paschal, Kristin Mueller & Melissa Holt, as members of the Mid Carolina Regional Association of Realtors.

The partnership between The Retreat and the Consumer Outreach Committee is a special one and the event coming up on Sept. 13th at The Retreat from 4:30 – 7:30 is being facilitated by this committee as a way to introduce people to this fine facility.

The Mid Carolina Regional Association of Realtors is one of Moore County’s largest trade organizations and their role in the community is also discussed with Chief Executive Officer, Deborah Key and MLS coordinator, Mandy Dennis. Their conversation in our 3rd and final set offers the public a lot of great information.

The Retreat – www.sandhillsadultday.com. – 910 722-1035
MCRAR – www.mcrar.com – 910 692-8988

The REAL Truth in Lending – Karen Dulmage – First Home Mortgage

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Karen Dulmage is a respected and hard working lender in Moore County.

First Home Mortgage is located in Pinehurst and serves the many clients and real estate brokers in residential mortgages.

Karen, along with her guest, Jennifer Carlson, the Broker/Owner of Pine Life Realty Group, discuss many facets of the industry today, which include:

    • First Home Mortgage’s Story
    • The trend in the lending business and the effect of technology on the consumer
    • The Process for getting a mortgage
    • Products & programs
    • Partnering with partners

Karen Dulmage, Branch Manager

Cell: 703-626-9007 | eFax: 443-725-0686 | Internal Ext. 3806 | NMLS: 485100

kdulmage@firsthome.com | www.thedulmageteam.com

Top 1% of Mortgage Originators in America 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017

2018-2019 TEMPLE THEATRE MAIN STAGE SHOW SEASON

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Producing Artistic Director Peggy Taphorn brings us up to date on all the great events/shows coming our way this Fall & Holiday Season.

In her 11th year at the helm of this iconic theatre, Peggy continues to amaze.

The Temple Theatre is a year round entertainment venue in a storied building built in 1925. The acoustics are amazing and the intimacy of the theatre, which seats a bit over 330 people is a rare find in any type of theatre anywhere.

The Temple Theatre is committed to working with the students in our area from ages 4-19.  Their workshops and camps provide students an opportunity to excel, develop discipline, teamwork, and an appreciation of the arts.

Last year the Temple Theatre drew over 41,000 people from 63 counties.  Their reach is wide and their value is extraordinary.  Seating for these professionally produced shows never exceed the $20’s.

Group Sales information is readily available and a complete list of all events this upcoming season can be found at:

www.TEMPLESHOWS.ORG

Temple Theatre Company
120 Carthage Street
Sanford, NC 27330
Office: 919 774-4512, ext. 221

Buy Tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/TempleBuyTix