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YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE WORLD,THE WORLD,BUT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR DECISIONS. YOU CAN'T CONTROL BUT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR DECISIONS. Sometimes the market reacts poorly to world events, but just because the market reacts doesn't mean you should. Still, if current events are making you feel uncertain about your finances, you should schedule a complimentary portfolio review. That way, you can make sure you're in control of where you want to go and how you get there. Call or visit your local financial advisor today.Call or visit your local financial advisor today. Stephen A McDavid Financial Advisor . 422 Mc Arthur Rd First Floor Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-488-3699 422 Mc Arthur Rd First Floor Stephen A McDavid Financial Advisor Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-488-3699 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Sometimes the market reacts poorly to world events, but just because the market reacts doesn't mean you should. Still, if current events are making you feel uncertain about your finances, you should schedule a complimen- tary portfolio review. That way, you can make sure you're in control of where you want to go and how you get there. Early Birds HOPE MI L L S T Accepting New Patients • Walk-Ins Welcome • Accepts Most Insurance Hope Mills Urgent Care & Medical Clinic Toby B. Okons, M.D. FAAC Board Certified Internal Medicine Esther Oduche-Okons, FNP Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Women's Wellness 2D Echocardiogram Sleep Study ENG-VAT (Vertigo, Dizziness) MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) CV-ANST (chronic leg pain, physical & mental stress) Physical Examinations Bone Density Test In-House Laboratory X-Rays 3758 South Main Street | Hope Mills, NC 28348 Phone: (910) 429-0647 | Fax: (910) 429-0791 62 | September/October • 2012 Customers crowd in for Becky Spell's home cooking down on the farm. Becky Spell, owner, chief cook and dish washer, is in the kitchen every morning, six days a week, by 3:30 — a time many would consider to still be night — mixing the biscuits for break- fast and preparing for the day's lunch special. Her homemade biscuits and daily he eggs start crack- ing at Becky's Café every morning before the hens begin pecking BY EDDIE DEES lunch specials have been well known in the town of Hope Mills for more than 20 years. Some of her customers have grown up eating at Becky's, and so have Becky's grandchildren. All three of them, Kayla, Shayna, and B.B. are fixtures at the eating place that only seats 30 people. In fact, they are all employees, serving as waitresses and dishwashers. There are two other employees, a cook named Bernita, and Martha, a part-time waitress who knows everyone and most everything. You can learn a lot at Becky's Café. In Becky's, construction workers, judges and truck drivers sit elbow-to-el- bow with farmers, teachers and the guy who runs the drug store. They all crowd into the café, sometimes twice a day, to eat Becky's country ham and biscuits

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