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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STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Janice Burton editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS OFFICER Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com EDITOR Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com ART DIRECTOR Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Erinn Crider, Karen Poppele, Heather Griffiths DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/ OFFICE COORDINATOR Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Cynthia Deere cynthia@upandcomingweekly.com Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com Kristy Sykes kristy@upandcomingweekly.com Beverly Pone beverlypone@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan Street 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 Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30 for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered weekly by first class mail. ©2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. Calendar ........................................... 14 Concert Connection ........................ 18 TV ..................................................... 20 Movie Review .................................. 21 INSIDE Free Wheelin' Feelin' ....................... 22 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 23 Classifieds ........................................ 24 Games .............................................. 26 PUBLISHER'S PEN Spring 2013: The season of Intrigue, Horses and Dogwoods by BILL BOWMAN race at the Stoneybrook Steeplechase and the annual spring party Ahhhh! Fayetteville in the spring, I love this time of year. And, at Hoke County's Carolina Horse Park will be bigger and better even though the local landscape will be soon turning a menacing shade of yellow, it will be a small than ever this year. Food, fun and inconvenience to welcome the some really outrageous hats will warm summer weather, spring add a touch of Southern charm showers and flowers. This is my to the event. Stoneybrook is a great way to start off the month favorite time of year. of April and, of course, we have Even the sequester and the the Dogwood Festival in historic impending storms brewing Downtown Fayetteville to end the downtown at Fayetteville's City month. This Fayetteville tradition Hall where the riff over City has won statewide recognition Manager Ted Vorhees new for excellence. This year's event Deputy Manager, Rochelle is touted to feature more food, Small-Toney, may prove to be more fun, concerts, pageants, arts more electrifying than the city council's attempt to short circuit, and music. We can guarantee it will be an unforgettable weekend or at best unplug, our hometown experience. utility PWC. Don't think that the fun ends. Vorhees' decision to hire Small- Stoneybrooke Steeplechase is just one of many exciting events scheduled to May is just as exciting and we Toney even has editorial writer take place this spring. are not even out of March yet. Dave Wilson and Fayetteville Nothing to do in Fayetteville? Observer columnist Myron Pitts Stay tuned. It's difficult to find this type of local information and scratching their heads and actually agreeing with one another. It insight randomly on Facebook or Twitter. You've got to know may be the end of the world as we know it. No one can predict the what you're looking for. That being said, thank outcome of this situation but it sure will be interesting to watch it you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. You've develop and play out. made a good choice While the political landscape and the budgetary outlook appear and a good start to BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up & dim, we can always count on our community's favorite rites of Coming Weekly, COMMENTS? editor@ a great summer. spring to brighten things up. We can anticipate that the horses will upandcomingweekly.com. ;\YU [V V\Y JHSLUKHY L]LY` >LKULZKH` HUK ZLL ^OH[»Z OHWWLUPUN 484-6200 www.upandcomingweekly.com Fayetteville's Weather Forecast Thursday March 21 Friday March 22 Call 910.354.1679 Sunday March 24 Saturday March 23 24 / High 58° Low 36° Partly Cloudy 4 UCW MARCH 20-26, 2013 High 56° Low 37° Showers High 51° Low 39° Showers Monday March 25 Tuesday March 26 High 54° Low 42° Showers High 60º Low 39º Showers High 62º Low 37º Mostly Cloudy 7 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM