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 PUBLISHERS Janice Burton Joy Kirkpatrick editor@upandcomingweekly.com STAFF WRITER Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Marybeth Leiby Marybeth@upandcomingweekly.com OFFICE MANAGER Suzy Patterson suzy@upandcomingweekly.com –––––––––––––– GRAPHIC DESIGNER Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Soni Martin, D.G. Mar tin, Pitt Dick ey, Margaret Dickson, Bob Cogswell, John Hood, Shanessa Fenner, Erinn Crider, Karen Poppele, Heather Griffi ths, Beth Solzsmon-Carpenter –––––––––––– 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 infor- mation on what’s happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. 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INSIDE Why Your Vote Counts PUBLISHER’S PEN by BILL BOWMAN Well, if you haven’t yet already “early voted” then the contents of this edition will surely assist you in becoming familiar with some of the candidates who will ultimately be asked to serve our community, our state and our nation. This is a very, very important calling. Seventy-two percent of Up & Coming Weekly readers are registered voters. This is no wonder since community newspaper readers tend to care about their communities and issues that affect their families, jobs and quality of life. If you haven’t noticed this community is on the grow and the signs of progress, growth, development and prosperity can be seen in many aspects of living in Fayetteville, Fort Bragg and Cumberland County. At no time has this been more evident than last weekend when Festival Park hosted thousands of Cumberland County children, educators and dignitaries during the 10th Annual Reading Rocks Walk-A-Thon. Directed and organized by Belinda Cashwell, hosted by School Superintendent Dr. Frank Till, supported by local businesses and organizations and emceed by community and education advocate John Malzone, this event was the near perfect snapshot of how a community invests in its future. The fi rst big news of the morning was the announcement that the event raised more than $200,000 in support of reading and literacy programs for local children. This is a strong indication and refl ection that the Cumberland County Commissioners are spending tax payers money wisely when they Fayetteville’s Weather Forecast October 22 Fayetteville’s Weather Forecast Friday Thursday October 21 Saturday October 23 High 78° Low 52° Sunny 4 UCW OCTOBER 20-26, 2010 High 75° Low 49° Sunny High 73° Low 48° Sunny invest in Cumberland County children and provide money to an organization that puts forth an exerted effort to help itself. This is leadership personifi ed. The second highlight was when Debbie Lister, the senior director of the Washington, D.C. based America’s Promise Alliance, presented Fayetteville and Fort Bragg with a combined award that recognizes the community as one of the America’s Promise Alliance’s 100 Best Communities for Young People. This is a major honor and one that confi rms that our local leadership has set the correct priorities...reading, literacy and children. It is my hope that Fort Bragg and the City of Fayetteville make a big deal about this and encourages the promotion and posting of the APA emblem of distinction at all entrances to the city and Fort Bragg, on city vehicles, stationery, etc. This is a very a big deal! So, why does your vote count? Because the people we elect on Nov. 2 will be the ones charged with continuing the task of keeping our children and the welfare of our community the top priority for all levels of government. Anyone can run for offi ce but only a few are capable of leading with contemporary wisdom and vision. It will be up to us on election day to make the distinction. Vote. Thank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up and Coming Weekly. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly.com. Call 910.354.1679 October 24 Call 910.354.1679 Sunday Monday October 25 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 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