Up & Coming Weekly

April 19, 2022

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4 UCW APRIL 20-26, 2022 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com EDITOR Emily Sussman editor@upandcomingweekly.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Hannah Lee assistanteditor@upandcomingweekly. com PRODUCTION MANAGER/ GRAPHIC DESIGNER Dylan Hooker art@upandcomingweekly.com STAFF WRITERS Alyson Hansen Ashley Shirley Cindy Whitt MARKETING ASSOCIATE Linda McAlister linda@upandcomingweekly.com DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/SALES ADMINISTRATOR Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Pitt Dickey, Thomas Kelsey, John Hood, Jessica May, Dr. Shanessa Fenner, Sharilyn Wells COVER Designed by Dylan Hooker –––––––––––- 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 publisher. 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 Army Airfield, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. © 2020 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. 82 64 82 83 79 82 63 64 83 66 64 65 THU APR 21 FRI APR 22 SAT APR 23 SUN APR 24 MON APR 25 TUE APR 26 78 53 84 56 86 60 89 62 87 60 84 58 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Sunny Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Association of Community Publishers PUBLISHER'S PEN Just weeks ago, in March, the Public Works Commission was awarded the 2021 Spirit of North Carolina Award by the United Way of North Carolina for their dedication and consistent community investment in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. is award is earned not only by achieving an- nual campaign excellence but by demonstrating leadership, engaging volunteers and participating in and organizing events that impact the residents of the entire community. I don't think there is another quasi- government affiliated organization that has ever reached this level of success. Out of nearly two dozen United Way organizations in North Carolina, our Fayetteville "Home- town Utility" has been distinguished and honored with this award 16 times. is success is excellent, born of leadership, compassion and love of community. PWC's leadership and employees demonstrate what our community is all about every day. Just weeks later, the American Public Power Association recognized PWC with the Reliable Public Power Provider Diamond designation for providing safe, consistent and reli- able electric service to their custom- ers. Competing with over 250 public utilities nationwide, our Fayetteville PWC is the only power utility compa- ny that has earned the Diamond level recognition six times. It's hard to hide leadership excellence. is excellence was further dem- onstrated this weekend when PWC leadership under the "PWC Jaywalk- ers" flag organized their own Jay- walkers Alzheimer's Awareness Golf Tournament for retired Assistant City Manager Jay Reinstein, who was di- agnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Reinstein was a dedicated city servant but has become a spokes- man and relentless supporter and advocate for Alzheimer's Awareness. e event, held at Kings Grant Golf Course, was a huge success. In just five weeks, PWC CEO Elaina Ball and Communications Director/Com- munity Relations Manager Carolyn Justice-Hinson rallied dozens of PWC employees, community volunteers, and local businesses. Together they successfully raised over $23,000. is money will support Reinstein's Alzheimer's medical treatments and benefit the Fayetteville Walk to End Alzheimer's on April 29th at Segra Stadium. Since Reinstein's retirement in 2018, his team of JayWalkers has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the cause. is golf tournament was a fan- tastic event for a great cause that benefited a great guy. e fun, fel- lowship and love that radiated from that gathering is inspiring and only reinforces what the Fayetteville com- munity is and should be all about. Ball and her PWC leadership team continue to set gracious examples of how business, professionalism and humanity are achieved by just doing the right things for the right reasons. From this, we all can learn. A spe- cial shoutout to City Councilwoman Kathy Keefe-Jenson is in order; she was the only elected official for the city or county to come out in support of one of their own. ank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. 'PWC Jaywalkers' put the 'hometown feeling' into 'hometown utility' by BILL BOWMAN From Left to Right, Public Works Commission Communications Director/Community Rela- tions Manager Carolyn Justice-Hinson, retired Assistant City Manager Jay Reinstein, Alzheim- er's Association Walk Manager Victoria Huggins, PWC CEO Elaina Ball, and Up & Coming Weekly Publisher Bill Bowman, pose with a donation check at a PWC Alzheimer's fundraiser, April 15. (Photo courtesy of Bill Bowman.) BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP & COMING WEEKLY. COM- MENTS? BILL@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910-484-6200.

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