2 Great Events occurred this past weekend in New Bern NC Oct. 11th – 12th

1. Home Coming at New Bern High School went off with out a hitch on Friday Night. Home Coming Queen was named and parade was seen, and oh New Bern won.

2. Mumfest came to a close at the tick of 5pm Sunday. It was a sunny day and the crowd was large but not as large as past festivals.

I walked up and down the streets of downtown looking at the arts and crafts, eating kettle corn, visiting a multitude of booths along the way.

October is a busy Month for festivals:

1. MumFest : This weekend, October 11th and 12th is one of our annual traditions.  Located amongest the streets of Downtown New Bern, this festival is noted as one not to miss. Crafts, dancers, singers, boat show, wrestling, food and more are the things that can be experienced there. As the Entertainment Chair Person for many years, I know first hand how wonderful this festival really is to attend.

Festival
Hours:

Saturday
9:30am-6:30pm

Sunday
10:30am – 5pm
For directions, parking, and schedule go to http://www.mumfest.com/festivalmap.HTML

Like this article: See this one:  http://newbernbearblog.com/2008/09/26/new-berns-mumfest-comes-to-downtown/

2. Bridge Run: As a past sponsor and participant, I always look forward to this one.

Running or walking 5k or 10k you have either the scenery of Historic Downtown New Bern or The Neuse River.

October 18th is the date. Click here for the details.

Join me, Christian Ward and a cast of other crazy bike riders while we race, or should I say

pedal at a moderate pace through the streets of New Bern NC Saturday September 12 and 13th.

Celebrating 20 years, the MS Bike tour makes it’s way back to my own town of New Bern.

This being my second year, I hope to have acquired a tougher fanny to help me go the 30 miles on Saturday

and 30 miles on Sunday. Other more advanced bottoms will ride 75 or even 100 miles per day, but not me

this time, maybe next year!

After a devastating blow given at the hands of Hoggard High School last week,

The New Bern Bears are set to play at home again.

Check Out this report by a local television station: New Bern Bears

This game against Bertie will be played tomorrow night due to possible bad weather on Friday.

Here is the Schedule for the 2008 New Bern Bear’s Varsity Season

Aug. 22, 2008 AT RICHMOND COUNTY
Aug. 29, 2008 HOGGARD (Home)
Sep. 5, 2008 BERTIE (Home)
Sep. 12, 2008 AT LANEY
Sep. 26, 2008 AT HAVELOCK *
Oct. 3, 2008 CONLEY, D.CH. * (Home)
Oct. 10, 2008 SOUTH CENTRAL * (Home)
Oct. 17, 2008 AT WEST CRAVEN *
Oct. 24, 2008 WASHINGTON * (Home)
Oct. 31, 2008 AT WEST CARTERET *
Nov. 7, 2008 AT ROSE, J.H. *

* LEAGUE GAME

1. Tryouts are a great way to gage your skill level against other players.

2. New Bern needs a lot of good players for each age group to build the teams they need to compete against other areas.

3. Soccer is a great way to learn how to be a part of a team, skills needed for later in life.

Soccer Tryouts start next week May 20th to May 29th. GO to the New Bern Soccer Association Site to check out the details.

What is May Day for Mutts you ask, well at least I did. This is a moment that was created by Karen Derrico, author of Unforgettable Mutts:Pure Of Heart Not of Breed.

This moment was created to shin the light on a horrifying statistic that 75% of all dogs that enter shelters today are mixed breeds. There is such a bad stigma placed on dogs because they are not pure bred, that they get bypassed during the adoption process at the shelters.

Therefore a special day was created to educated the public on these magnificent animals. The official Mayday For Mutts is the first Sunday of each May(May 7Th this year). Actually the entire month is dedicated to these special critters but they do have the one official day. In New Bern I think I saw a sign for May 10Th but I did not see a lot of advertisement for the event. Sorry to say I think I missed it this year.

My thoughts are this, who said a dog has to be pure breed to be a good dog. I have owned many dogs in my life and all have been mixed except 1, but still a rescue dog. They are just as or even more loving, loyal, protective and playful as any pure bred out there.

Please go to this site to learn how to adopt one of these great dogs, I did!

12 – 0 was the final score at last nights soccer match between The Lady Bear’s and Jack Britt High School.

Although the Bears had a home team advantage, I do not think it would have mattered if they were at home or not due to the skills these young women possess.

After the first 6 goals during the 1st half, it was clear who had the upper hand and who would come out victorious.

That being said, I left after the 1st half was over.

Round 2 begins Thursday at 6:30pm against Broughton.

Broughton is ranked 4Th in the state, New Bern is ranked 9Th.

Parking Lot of Keller Williams of New Bern.

This past Saturday was an exciting day. At 6:30am agents were hustling around our parking lot to get ready all of the goodies to be sold. The flood gates would soon be open at 8am and a mad rush for sure would soon head there way.

At 8am the doors opened, no not real doors but you know what I mean and the hunt was on for a deal.

By the end of the day our fantastic yard sale to benefit Habitat for Humanity raised $1,301.50.

Just another example of Real Estate professionals hard at work for others, not just themselves.

Way to go New Bern KW!!

I was driving past the Foodlion in “James City” as called by all of the locals in New Bern, today and had to stop in to see how all of the changes were going. 

There was a lot of mess, very small Isles, and the Deli was closed.

I hope they get done soon, I miss not running my cart into people to get a can of tuna!