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Hartman column: Agape love continues when all else is useless, needless
In I Corinthians 13, starting at verse 8, Paul states that agape love never ends (or fails, depending on your Bible translation). It is significant because there will be a time when we no longer require faith because we will be in God’s presence. We will no longer need hope because we will dwell in the reality of His glory. Yet, love will remain. See, when all else has been deemed useless or needless. The greatest of these — agape love — will remain. In...
Tourney boosts Edenton's profile
At Edenton’s Waterfront Park, the Major League Fishing tournament was thumping to a climax as a country western band belted out another tune with a baseline folks could feel in the parking lot. Fans in lawn chairs sat next to a Bass Pro Shops NASCAR racer listening to the music while a couple of men listened to the sales pitch at the Air Force recruiting tent. Food vendors were selling...
Release of 'Bridgerton,' 'The Boys' a Barbenheimer redux?
Last summer movie fans across the world were thrilled by the simultaneous release of a most unexpected blockbuster film pairing: the “Barbie” movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and “Oppenheimer” from Universal Pictures. Diametrically opposed in content and message, the juxtaposition of the feel-good feminism of “Barbie” with three hours of intensity about the lead scientist in the Manhattan Project sparked an international craze known as “Barbenheimer” and led to the fourth-largest box office opening on record. Millions of film fans either attempted the “Barbenheimer Challenge”...
Rookie wins Bass Pro Tour tourney on Chowan River
EDENTON — Bass Pro Tour rookie Drew Gill put together an epic run to win Sunday’s championship round of Major League Fishing’s U.S. Air Force Stage Five at the Chowan River fishing tournament. Gill, 22, reeled in 10 bass totaling 31 pounds, 12 ounces in just under two hours, a performance that converted an almost nine-pound deficit to Michael Neal, of Dayton, Tennessee, to a more than 14-pound advantage. Gill, who is from Mount Carmel, Illinois, finished the day adding another 10 pounds of fish...
Birge leads heading into Sunday's championship round in Bass Pro Tour tourney on Chowan River
EDENTON — It took Zack Birge of Blanchard, Oklahoma, 45 events and 12 Top-10 finishes before he notched his first Bass Pro Tour victory at Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma last month. Now that he’s broken through, he just might make lifting trophies a habit. Birge used a blistering start Saturday morning to claim the top spot, then maintained it for the rest of the knockout round at the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour U.S. Air Force Stage Five presented by WIX Filters on the...
Hartman: A love like Jesus' believes, hopes and endures all things
In I Corinthians 13, Paul describes agape love in detail. Agape love is the way God loves us. In my previous columns, we considered that agape love is patient and kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not arrogant, is not puffed up, is not rude, does not insist on its own way, and is not irritable. Let’s continue to evaluate Paul’s description. Love also is not easily angered....
Wheeler leads Group B in Bass Pro Tour tournament
EDENTON — Pro angler Jacob Wheeler jumped out to an early lead and finished at the top of the Group B leaderboard on day two of the Bass Pro Tour U.S. Air Force Stage Five at the Chowan River. Wheeler, who is from Harrison, Tennessee, reeled in 18 scorable bass totaling 47 pounds, 5 ounces during the second day of qualifying on Wednesday. The lead gives him an advantage of more than 16 pounds in fish over Group B second-place finisher Matt Becker, of Ten...
Strawberry lemonade perfect way to use extra berries
I enjoy shopping for produce at farm stands, farmers markets and grocery stores that offer a vast array of beautiful fresh fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately I often get caught in the moment and buy more produce than I need. And in turn I’m always thinking of new ways to use up my extra goodies before they spoil. Strawberries are certainly something that need to be used fairly quickly as they...
There's an art to being a good teammate
Being somebody’s teammate is an unusual relationship. It’s akin to being family or a coworker if you work in a really high stress environment. The metaphors used by athletes support the comparisons. They talk of family and brotherhood, treating the job like “another day at the office” and battles against opposition in another uniform from a different place. You don’t pick your family, you don’t pick your coworkers and you...
Tobias: D-Day: The day democracy struck death blow to Nazi tyranny
D-Day happened 80 years ago this week. I’m probably not alone in remembering it by watching “Band of Brothers,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and “The Longest Day.” My father-in-law, Henry, remembered D-Day from a hard perspective. On June 6, 1944, Henry was locked up in Stalag XVII-B in Krems, Austria. That day, he and his pals were locked in a barracks that housed 200 men (the whole prison camp held 5,000 prisoners of war), and they were huddled around a jury-rigged radio made of tin cans,...
Reeling 'em in: Connell leads Group A in Bass Pro Tour tournament on Chowan River (copy)
EDENTON — Pro angler Dustin Connell finished at the top of the Group A leaderboard on day one of the Bass Pro Tour U.S. Air Force Stage Five at the Chowan River. Connell, who is from Clanton, Alabama, reeled in 19 scorable bass totaling 47 pounds, 8 ounces during the opening day of qualifying on Tuesday. The lead gives him a 16-pound, 5-ounce advantage over day-one second-place finisher Mark Daniels Jr., of Tuskegee, Alabama. ...
Summer Reading Program to feature 'Brunch with the Author'
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library Summer Reading Program is almost here! Kicking off on June 18 at 10:30 a.m. with the Gary Shelton Magic Show, our summer calendar is full of exciting events for our young readers. On Tuesdays is our main event at 10:30 a.m. It’s open to all ages. On Wednesdays at 11 a.m.,...
King: His 2-pronged approach to policing paying off in Edenton
As Chief Henry A. King prepares for retirement, he said a noticeable increase in community cooperation with law enforcement and Edenton’s system of surveillance cameras and gunshot detectors are examples of a two-pronged approach to law enforcement. He said his first priority was to energize the community’s resistance to violence, crime and gang activity. Then, he said the department has looked to technology as a force multiplier in the fight against criminality. ...
Phillips column: Both sides in protest could agree to reduce sign clutter
A recent story on Charlie Creighton (“Creighton a cheerleader for Edenton”) contains a potentially injurious misstatement of facts concerning recent protest activities at Edenton’s Confederate monument. The offending paragraphs are these: “I know Edenton Town Manager Corey Gooden very well, and I tell him, ‘Corey, what in the world? How did you let this happen?’ He said they tried hard not to let it happen but couldn’t do anything. ...
Heritage association's Farm Fest offers step back in time
On Saturday, June 1, Chowan County residents got to step back in time a hundred years, experiencing what everyday life was like for rural people during the turn of the 20th century. The world was simpler back then, but it required a skill set that would render most 21st-century people virtually helpless. Heritage Farm Fest, an annual event held by the Chowan Heritage Association at its center on Morristown Road,...
Buckhout kicks off fall campaign for Congress in Edenton
About 20 supporters gathered at the Laurie Buckhout campaign headquarters in Edenton last weekend to watch the first-time candidate kick off her bid to flip North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District from blue to red. Buckhout, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., arrived for a brief pep talk, one of many she planned to give to supporters across the 1st District on Saturday, June 1. Standing before a...
Fans welcome return of Steamers' baseball
One of Edenton’s most cherished institutions, historic Hicks Field in Edenton, opened for another season of collegiate summer baseball on Friday, May 31. The Edenton Steamers faced off against the Greenbrier Knights of the Tidewater Summer League. Hicks Field, one of only a handful of pre-World War II baseball fields with a wooden grandstand left in the United States, was decked out in American flags, and ticket sellers were dressed in red, white, and blue attire. The aroma of hot dogs, popcorn, and peanuts filled...
The ministry of Aquila and Priscilla
Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in the ministry of Christ Jesus. — Romans 16:3 Aquila and Priscilla are the ultimate examples of how a marriage should work. Their names are always mentioned together. They are always working for Jesus and always helping others. We first meet them, as Paul does, in Acts 18. Paul has suffered many things during this second missionary journey — stoning, whipping,...
Steamers to start first season in ONSL Friday
The Edenton Steamers baseball team kicked off its inaugural season in the Old North State League against non-league opponent Northeastern on Friday night at Historic Hicks Field. Steamers General Manager Jared Taylor said the team, which is coming off back-to-back championships in the Premier Collegiate League, begins the new season with an experience advantage. “We’re fortunate enough to have several returners from the past two years. We have six that...
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