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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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. INSIDE Calendar ........................................... 16 Concert Connection ........................ 22 TV ..................................................... 24 Free Wheelin' Feelin' ....................... 26 PUBLISHER'S PEN Who Would You Like to See as Fayetteville's Next Mayor? by BILL BOWMAN Vote in WFNC and U&CW's straw poll Decision 2013 (see page 25) to please participate in this straw vote and more importantly when the This preliminary poll and mayoral straw vote has been a lot of primary and general elections actually takes place this year to support work. When Goldy and Jim, of WFNC's Good Morning and vote for the candidate of their choice. This is when it Fayetteville Show heard weekdays between 6 and 10 will really count. a.m. on 640 AM, and I started discussing the upcoming Again, I ask those participating in this ballot selection mayoral race in Fayetteville, it spawned the idea for to give their vote to someone who actually is considering Decision 2013. Over the past several weeks Up & Coming running for Fayetteville Mayor and that's not me. Weekly readers and WFNC listeners have been sending My best regards to all at Up & Coming Weekly in the names of people they would like to see as the next newspaper and WFNC radio. Mayor of Fayetteville. George Breece We accepted all the names by email, website and Facebook. We received about 175 recommendations. Many Well, that pretty much says it all. Good luck to all of were not very serious and some outright silly; however, the finalists. there was a definite consensus. Last week we combined In other news, notice we are showcasing and recognizing our results and announced the top five vote getters. In our local Fayetteville/Cumberland County existing George Breece alphabetical order they were: Val Applewhite, Jim Arp, industries. Existing Industry Week pays tribute to the George Breece, Kirk DeViere and Nat Robertson.Pretty dozens of companies and corporations that have supported interesting, huh? our community by contributing their time, talent, money, resources and Now, Part II of Decision 2013 is where the fun begins. Starting jobs to tens of thousands of Cumberland County residents for decades. on May 15 and for the next three weeks after that, we will conduct a Yes, this is national Existing Industry Week and our time to say "thank run-off straw vote. A ballot containing the above names for Decision you" for their many contributions. 2013 will appear in Up & Coming Weekly, on our website (www. In these tough economic times so much time and emphasis is put on upandcomingweekly.com) and on WFNC's website and Facebook attracting and developing new business and industry to our community page. The deadline for voting is May 31 and we will announce the that sometimes we need to be reminded of those who have invested results June 5, at 7 a.m. on the Good Morning Fayetteville Show. millions in our community and contributed so much to our tax base and Again, this will be great fun. So please, Vote! But, DON'T VOTE FOR quality of life. We didn't have the space to showcase every local industry GEORGE! See below: but I think you will enjoy and be impressed with industrial leaders we Dear Bill: have profiled. I was humbled and honored that some of those who participated in A special thanks to Carolyn Justice Hinson of PWC our Hometown the Up and Coming Weekly and WFNC's Decision 2013 ballot selection Utility, Cathy Johnson and Russ Rogerson of The Economic process submitted my name as a possible candidate for Mayor. As you Development Alliance and Doug Peters of the Fayetteville Regional know Bill, my focus, like yours, is on doing all I can, outside of elective Chamber of Commerce for assisting us in celebrating and recognizing office, to make Fayetteville and Cumberland County the best it can this vital component of our community. be. Running for Mayor is something that I have neither interest in nor Thank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. Stay intent to do so. in touch and don't forget to cast your vote in Decision So, I would ask all of those who are participating in your ballot 2013. After all, you care about this community or you selection for mayor not to vote for me. There are a number of very good wouldn't be reading BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up & Coming people on the ballot and I understand even a place for someone to write this newspaper. Weekly, COMMENTS? editor@upandcominin a name for mayor. I encourage your readers (and radio listeners) gweekly.com. Fayetteville's Weather Forecast Thursday April 16 Friday April 17 Call 910.354.1679 Sunday April 19 Saturday April 18 24 / High 91° Low 66° Partly Cloudy 4 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 27 Classifieds ........................................ 28 Games .............................................. 30 Dining Guide.....................................31 UCW MAY 15-21, 2013 High 88° Low 65° Storms High 90° Low 69° Isolated Storms Monday April 20 Tuesday April 21 High 87° Low 67° Isolated Storms High 86º Low 67º Isolated Storms High 85º Low 67º Scattered Storms 7 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM