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. INSIDE Calendar. .......................................... 14 . Concert Connection......................... 19 TV...................................................... 21 Movie................................................ 21 PUBLISHER'S PEN Don't Look Ethel! by BILL BOWMAN Ha! Recording legend Ray Stevens shouted out that hilarious look, but don't bury your heads in the sand and think these line in his 1970s hit song "The Streak." This hilarious lyric problems are going away. comes to mind in a not so funny way when I think of the No one wants to see our community go the way of Detroit. dust up local Fayetteville But, only we can prevent this resident and Army veteran from happening. Love him, hate Don Talbot created when him, Talbot is right. We must he sent out an alleged set of stop illegal immigration. We must offensive photos depicting stop voter fraud — even if it means the extremely explicit realities showing our IDs. Our leaders must of urban blight and noting focus on lowering unemployment the consequences of a by creating new jobs. deteriorating city. Most importantly, we must elect It was shock and awe at its leaders who are ethical. finest — Talbot style. It is a good time to remember Online comments via email if you do business anywhere and Facebook flooded local in the world, you must be cyberspace with criticism consistent. Being honest, flying fast and furious hardworking and trustworthy While many cities around the country face tough challenges like urban blight lambasting Talbot for his has never failed to get the job and high crime rates, citizens have an opportunity and a responsibility to be a insights. In reality, Talbot is done. Make your vote count this part of the solution. Informed voters make a difference. right and he got me thinking. year. Send a message to all the His message was as simple, candidates that character counts. as it was harsh: Is this what we want America to become? Make the statement that as Americans we need to stop People were outraged. rewarding bad behavior like that of New York City Mayoral When City Manager Ted Voorhees sent a reply-all message Candidate Anthony Wiener, former Congressman Elliott Spitzer back asking Talbot to cease sending him such offensive and of course our own Tonzie Collins. materials and to remove him from his mailing list, it opened the You have a voice, use it. floodgates of criticism of Talbot. And to my dismay, the race Vote. card was thrown. Disclaimer: Whoops! The photo we used in last weeks Op-ed When race is artificially interjected into any argument or provided by City Councilwoman and Mayoral candidate, Val situation, the result is that the main point of the argument is Applewhite, was not submitted by her. Actually, those beautiful usually the photos people found objectionable — admittedly by people in that photo may, or may not, have been her supporters. their own volition. The photo was obtained by our staff from Applewhite's Yes, they admit it. campaign website where they assumed it had been approved and Sure, it took nearly three decades to bring the Motown metro vetted. Not so. This, not being the case, Up & Coming Weekly to this point, but, it was the citizens who nailed the coffin shut apologizes for the assumption and will be more by consistently voting in leadership that took advantage of diligent in the future. its citizens, extorted businesses and reduced the auto city to See you at rubble. Talbot's photos were nothing but a comment, warning the Best of BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up & Coming and possible glimpse into the future of our nation. Fayetteville Party Weekly, COMMENTS? editor@upandcominMy message is this: If photos of real life offend you, don't on Sept. 17. gweekly.com. Fayetteville's Weather Forecast Thursday August 1 Friday August 2 4 High 89° Low 73° Scattered Thunderstorms JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2013 High 90° Low 74° Partly Cloudy Call 910.354.1679 Sunday August 4 Saturday August 3 24 / High 84° Low 72° Scattered Thunderstorms Free Wheelin' Feelin'........................ 22 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess.......... 23 Classifieds......................................... 24 Games............................................... 26 Monday August 5 Tuesday August 6 High 88° Low 71° Scattered Thunderstorms High 86º Low 69º Scattered Thunderstorms High 86º Low 68º Partly Cloudy 7 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM