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30 UCW SEPTEMBER 5-11, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Winners will be announced in September 19th Edition UP & COMING WEEKLY'S Who will be crowned? (910) 437-5959 815 Stamper Road Fayetteville, NC 28303 & BUSINESS EXPO SAVE THE DATE Hosts the 4th Annual WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2018 Simulcast Special Guest: General Colin L. Powell, USA Ret. For more info, contact Express Employment Professionals at 910-437-5959 • 815 Stamper Rd. • Fayetteville NC 28303 CUMBERLAND Ticket Prices $7 for gate admission and $25 for unlimited ride wristbands. Individual ride tickets are also available for purchase. Senior Fair Expo is ursday with free admission for senior citizens from 1 to 5 p.m. Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue and Military Appreciation Night is Saturday. Free admission with valid ID card or in uniform. Through Sunday, Sept. 9 at the Crown Complex Cumberland County Fair Cumberland Update Our monthly program highlighting various county government programs, services and upcoming events airs on Fayetteville/Cumberland Educational TV (Spectrum Cable Channel 5) Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. after live Board of Commissioners meetings and Friday mornings at 10:30 a.m. after board meetings. Cumberland Update also airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m., ursdays at 9 p.m. and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. e program is also available on the county's YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/ CumberlandCountyNC. Board of Commissioner Meetings Stay informed about what your county government is doing by watching Board of Commissioner meetings live on Fayetteville/Cumberland Education TV or via livestream on the county's YouTube channel at youtube. com/user/CumberlandCountyNC. e meetings air live the first Monday of each month at 9 a.m. and the third Monday at 6:45 p.m. Meetings are rebroadcast the following Wednesday and Friday. Cumberland on Your TV A ndy Griffith was one of North Carolina's most famous citizens. "e Andy Griffith Show" ran from 1960 to 1968 and made its star a Hollywood icon. Dr. Elliott Engel returns to the Cumberland County Public Library to discuss "Andy Griffith: Master of Mayberry." e program is Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. at Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane. Tickets prices are: $10 for the general public $5 for Friends of the Library $2 for students See more library programs and events at cumberland.lib.nc.us. Andy Griffith: Master of Mayberry Program at Library Andy Griffith in a publicity still from e Andy Griffith Show. T he Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved renaming the Gray's Creek Recreation Center in memory of John Dove "J.D." Pone at their Aug. 20 meeting. Pone, who passed away in 2016, was deputy chief of the Gray's Creek Fire Department and served as chaplain for the Cumberland County Fire Chief 's Association. Pone also served on the Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Family members who attended the board meeting, pictured, are wife Mary Pone, son John D. Pone Jr., daughter Dachia Pone-Davis, brothers Ed Pone, James Pone and Gerald Pone, and sister Cornelia Forte. Other family members in the picture are daughter-in-law Dana Pone, sisters-in-law Kristen Pone, Broxie Pone and Beverly Pone; granddaughters Jaden and Haden Pone; grandsons Jameson and Josiah Davis; nieces Kristen Pone-Dukes, Karla Pone-Davis, Tabitha Forte and Jalisha Pone; nephew Marquise Dukes; great nieces Lola Jones, Angelina Davis, Etta Davis, Kevona Bethune and Anaya Forte; great nephew Elias Dukes and cousin Jessica Brown. Commissioners pictured from le, are Marshall Faircloth, Jimmy Keefe, Vice Chairman Jeannette Council, Chairman Larry Lancaster, Michael Boose, Glenn Adams and Charles Evans. Commissioners Name Rec Center in Honor of J.D. Pone News for Cumberland County Residents co.cumberland.nc.us Cumberland Matters