Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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4 UCW OCTOBER 3-9, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PUBLISHER'S PEN STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Stephanie Crider editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly. com ASSISTANT EDITOR Leslie Pyo leslie@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Earl Vaughan Jr. EarlUCWSports@gmail.com REPORTER Jeff Thompson news@upandcomingweekly.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Long art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Jason Brady, Lauren Vanderveen, Matthew Skipper, Shane Wilson SALES ADMINISTRATOR/ DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan St. P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life" publication with local features, news and information on what's happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly welcomes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the pub- lisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. ©2018 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. Various ads with art graphics designed with elements from: vecteezy.com and freepik.com. Fayetteville has a big heart and an even bigger spirit. is community's outpouring of generosity, love and compassion was well demonstrated dur- ing Hurricane Florence. ough the storm is over, repairing the damage, destruction and heart- break will be a long-term endeavor. e news cov- erage and headlines that swirled around Florence will soon dissipate, but for hundreds of citizens, the suffering is far from over. Clothes, food, shelter, medical care and money will be needed over the long haul to bring these tattered lives back to a sense of nor- malcy. Sunday, Oct. 7, St. John's Episcopal Church is set to host an event that will help move the city forward. Inspired to help with hurricane recovery, St. John's Episcopal Church new director of music, Ryan Pagels, took action. Pagels and his commit- tee organized a concert to benefit the community that will include ensembles from the Fayetteville Symphony Orches- tra, the FSO Youth Orchestra and the Methodist University Chorale. ere will also be performances by MU faculty and students as well as from Fayetteville Academy and a host of other local pro- fessional musicians. "It is truly a community effort for the community," Pagels said. "We were very blessed that the church sustained mini- mal damage from the hurricane and the flooding that followed." St. John's has a long history of giving back to the area it calls home. It has been doing so since its founding in 1817. And according to Pagels, hosting this concert is yet another way to meet the needs within the area and help those who were significantly impacted by the storm. Up & Coming Weekly will be at the concert, and we look forward to a mag- nificent turnout and outreach by the community. We look forward to sup- porting many other local businesses and organizations as they each bring their unique strengths to the effort to rebuild and heal our city, too. Fayetteville is home to many institu- tions built on the honorable legacy of serving humanity. And you don't have to look far to see the positive and long-last- ing effects they have each had with their active in- volvement in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Along with St. John's, the Salvation Army, Operation Inasmuch, Fayetteville Urban Ministry and Con- nections of Cumberland County are just a few organizations dedicated to making this community a better place. We salute Pagels and all those at St. John's who helped organize this con- cert. Up & Coming Weekly community newspaper is all about promoting and showcasing the assets and good things that are hap- pening in our community, and it doesn't get any bet- ter than this. e Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert is set for Sunday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church. e event is free, but dona- tions are welcome. All monies collected during the concert will go the Hurri- cane Disaster Relief Fund that is be- ing administered locally by the United Way of Cumberland County and the Cumberland Community Foundation. For more information, contact Pagels at 910-483-7405 ext. 119. St. John's is located at 302 Green St. in historic downtown Fayetteville. We hope to see you there. ank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. St. John's Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert encourages locals to support our community by BILL BOWMAN BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP & COMING WEEKLY. COMMENTS? BILL@upandcomingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. St. John's Episcopal Church and several of Fayetteville's musical organizations are teaming up for a Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, scheduled for Oct. 7. Photo credit: stjohnsnc.org OCTOBER 4 Sunny LOW 68 HIGH 86 OCTOBER 8 PM Thunderstorms LOW 68 HIGH 89 OCTOBER 7 PM Thunderstorms LOW 68 HIGH 87 OCTOBER 5 Mostly Sunny LOW 70 HIGH 91 OCTOBER 6 Partly Cloudy LOW 69 HIGH 89 HIGH 86 OCTOBER 9 Partly Cloudy LOW 69