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OCTOBER 10-16, 2018 UCW 25 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Hope Mills News & Views Meetings For details about all meetings and activities, including location where not listed, call Town Clerk Jane Starling at 910-426-4113. Until the Parks and Recreation building has been repaired following damage from Hurricane Florence, some meetings may be moved to Luther Meet- ing Room at Town Hall at regular dates and times. ose meetings are noted with an asterisk below. • Historic Advisory Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 5 p.m. at Parks and Recreation Building.* • Mayor's Youth Leadership Committee, Monday, Oct. 22, 6 p.m., at Luther Meeting Room, Town Hall. • Appearance Commission, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m., at Parks and Recreation Building.* • Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 4 p.m., at Hope Mills Parks Senior Center. Activities • Ole Mill Days 2018 Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. For more details and vendor information, contact Parks and Recreation Director Kenny Bullock: 910-426-4107 or kwbullock@townofhopemills.com. Promote yourself: Email hopemills@upandcomingweekly. CALENDAR NEWS Gallberry Corn Maze back after brief hurricane delay by EARL VAUGHAN JR. MS golf tournament labor of love for Lockamy by EARL VAUGHAN JR. Amanda Lockamy When her daughter, Amanda Lockamy, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001, Linda Lockamy decided to channel her energy toward finding a cure for the disease. As part of that commitment, she's working on the ninth annual Tee It Up For MS Golf Tournament, which is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 19, at Cypress Lakes Golf Course. Lockamy said the tournament is unlike some fundraisers because it's deeply personal not only for her, but for many of the participants. "I would say 90 percent of the people that play in this tournament know someone who is afflicted with MS,'' she said. "They truly want a cure to be found.'' According to the National MS Society, about 400,000 people in the United States have this disease, which attacks the central nervous system and causes a variety of prob- lems, including paralysis and loss of vision. The golf tournament, which is affiliated with the annual MS walk held in the spring of the year, normally accounts for about a third of all money raised from Cumberland County annually toward fighting the disease. For the second year, Coffman Plumbing is serving as the title sponsor of the tourna- ment, Lockamy said. The format for the event remains the same: four- man captain's choice teams, with an entry fee of $300 per team. If a team would like to sponsor a hole as well, the fee is $350. For any businesses that don't want to play golf but would like to sponsor a hole only, that fee is $100. Lockamy suggested that politicians running for office who would like to post one of their signs on a hole can use the hole sponsorship as a way to do that while supporting a great cause. In the wake of Hurricane Florence's recent visit to the area, she suggested businesses might seek to honor area first responders by sponsoring a team of first responders to play in the tournament. The entry fee includes a pig picking for all partici- pants, along with a goody bag and a chance to win a variety of prizes donated by local businesses. Lockamy said the deadline for entering the tour- nament is the Friday before play, Oct. 12. Entry forms are available at the clubhouse at Cypress Lakes. You can also contact Lockamy at 910-977-8662 or via email at swanlock74@aol.com. After a brief delay caused by Hurricane Florence, the popular Gallberry Corn Maze is back and better than ever at 5991 Braxton Road in the Gray's Creek community. Originally scheduled to open Sept. 15, things finally got started at slightly reduced hours the weekend of Sept. 29. By the time this story publishes, corn maze spokesperson Jeannette McLean expects regular hours to resume from 5-10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The last tickets go on sale an hour before closing time each day. Admission is $10 per person ages 3-65. Military, county school employees and senior citizens 65 and older get a $1 discount. Groups of 20 or more also get a $1 discount. The admission fee covers basic entrance to the corn maze and children's maze plus a host of activities, McLean said. The list includes a hay ride, barrel train ride, jumping pillows, interaction with farm animals including maze mascot Mr. Hee Haw the donkey, a double barrel tube slide, the giant fort over the double sand- box, and a corn shack with 6,000 pounds of corn to play in. One activity that comes with extra charge is playing with air cannons that shoot tennis balls. There is one new activity called rat rollers. McLean described it as huge corrugated plastic tubes that children get inside. They then navigate down a track made of plumbing pipe. "They work together, race down the pipes and turn around and roll back,'' she said. The rat rollers is included in the general admis- sion price. There is also a full concession stand featuring a variety of special items including things like fried corn on the cob, fried Oreos, fried honey buns and family-sized s'mores packs for the maze's fire pit. A final decision hasn't been made, but McLean said it's likely the maze will be kept open an addi- tional week to Nov. 11 since the opening was delayed by the hurricane. "We think the crop will hold up,'' she said. They use sorghum instead of corn, and McLean said it generally stays greener than corn longer. For folks who are concerned about the mosqui- toes that have descended on the area since the hurricane, there will be insect repellent available on-site, but spectators are encouraged to bring their own as well in case the problem continues. "Once it turns cooler, we won't have a problem,'' McLean said of the mosquitoes. For further information, check the Facebook page, Gallberry Corn Maze, go to www.gallberrymaze.com, or call 910-309-7582. Admission is $10 per person with various discounts available.