Lumberton Informer

The organizers of the Back To School Blow-Out wanted to thank everyone that help to make the event a great success. A special thanks to Tina Holder for allowing the event to be hosted at her salon/barber shop and for offering a discounted rate on relaxers. Thanks to Akeema Taylor and Carmen Ward for volunteering their time/services in the field of natural styles. Thanks to barber Reuben McInnis for all the free haircuts. A special thanks to all the volunteers. A very special thanks to the management and staff of Ward's of Lumberton for their donation of meals for the stylists, fresh baked cookies and school supplies and a very special thanks to Mrs. Kim Rogers and the KeKe B Foundation for their generous donation of school supplies. Please know that the kindness and generosity extended by the community is greatly appreciated and represents the impactful power of unity. Because of your generosity, no student will be without school supplies and can start the new school year with a ...

Don't forget, the Giving Back to the Community Back to School Blowout start today and will end on Saturday, August 2,2014. The event is being held at Tina's Hair Salon and Barbershop. They're offering reduced priced relaxer ($25) for all school age girls, free re-twist of dreads (no starter dreds), free natural hair styling, and free hair cuts. Please come early to ensure you get serviced. Please remember, in order to take advantage of these free and reduced priced services, you must bring a school supply. The supplies will be donated to the local school. Looking forward to a great event. Tina Holder-Salon Owner/Relaxers Akeema Taylor- Re-twist of dreds/Natural Styles Carmen Ward-Natural Styles (Saturday) Reuben McInnis-Barber A special thanks to all the volunteers and the management/staff of Ward's of Lumberton for providing free meals to the stylist/volunteers and cookie/school supplies for the clients. This is truly an expression of the love that is sh...

Like I've said, we have some great people in Lumberton. After hearing about the Back 2 School Blowout that's being held at Tina's Salon and Barber Shop on August 1-2, 2014, the manager and employees at Ward's of Lumberton offered their assistance and services. Ward's of Lumberton has generously decided to donate meals to the stylists. They're also donating cookies for the children as well as school supplies. Another random act of kindness from concerned residents of Lumberton; if only this type of caring and generosity was exhibited by our Mayor and Board of Alderpersons. Kudos to the management and staff of Ward's of Lumberton. If you would like to contribute to the Back 2ASchool Blowout, give Tina a call at 601-297-9738.

I knew I was bugging the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons but I never would have guessed that they thought I was actually bugging them with electronic listening devices. Yesterday, I discovered we, the citizens of Lumberton, no longer have access to the Records Room because it's locked and being used as the executive session room for the boardIof alderpersons. It seems that some elected officials and the city clerk think I bugged the room they once used; the small room adjacent to the break room. Now, the alderpersons are holding executive session across the hall,Iin the room designated as the Records Room. It was said that there was a sweep of the previous room and they actually found "bugs" in the room. Seriously. I'm not a soy but from the spy shows I've seen on television, there's a device used to detect bugs. So, if they visually located bugs, it would lead me to believe that the person that found them is probably the person that put them there. Another ...

On August 1-2, 2014, Akeema Taylor will be hosting a "Giving Back to the Comwillunity" event at Tina's Hair Salon and Barber Shop. Akeema is inviting ALL school age children to Tina's Hair Salon and Barber Shop to treat them to FREE natural hairstyles; mainly retwists for dread-locs. This offer does not include starter dreads. Included in this event will be other salon offers. There will be a barber on duty and he's offering FREE haircuts for boys and the young ladies that don't rock the natural look can get a relaxer for $25. These offers are for ALL school age children. In order to get the free and reduced priced services, participants are asked to bring in an item from the school supply list. The school items collected will be donated to the local school to ensure that all students will have supplies for the new school year. Come out and support a worthy cause. We look forward to seeing you there as we get ready to kick off another successful school year...

I went to city hall to do a little research and I stumbled upon several road blocks on the access road to public information. As I was standing in the hallway, on my cellphone, calling the city clerk because the records room was locked; a guy that was working off an old fine yelled through the corridor saying I had to come to the front because the record room is closed. Say what you may about Stephanie Mullings, and I have, but she knew better than to lock the records room. She talked the board into allowing her to lock her office but she did have the wherewithal to know that the public has a right to access to the records room. My first thought was, what are they trying to hide? I later discovered that the records room is now the location for executive sessions. In addition to the locked records room, the board room/court room has been locked as well. I wonder when were these changes implemented? Normally, I would just look.at the book of minutes but the last set of minutes availa...

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