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Vernon Byrd was on an all-terrain vehicle in a field off Johnson Road last Tuesday when he said an 8-foot-long snake reared up beside him – and the serpent's head was about shoulder high to him. "I caught something out of my eye, and this snake comes up beside me and looked at me," Byrd said. "I've seen every kind of snake in this part of the country, but I've never seen a snake like this." He called Freddie Mims, a licensed wildlife rescue agent, who said the description of the snake sounded like a king cobra, the world's largest...

All lank and bone, the boy stands at the corner with his younger sister, waiting for the yellow bus that takes them to their respective schools. He is Billy Wolfe, high school sophomore, struggling. Moments earlier he left the sanctuary that is his home, passing those framed photographs of himself as a carefree child, back when he was 5. And now he is at the bus stop, wearing a baseball cap, vulnerable at 15. A car the color of a school bus pulls up with a boy who tells his brother beside him that he’s going to beat up Billy...

March 17th will see the AntiWar crowd returning to Fayetteville, NC for their yearly rally at Rowan St. Park. We are planning to Freep them from our usual spot across the street. The permit has been obtained. Our time will start at 11am and run until whenever. If you cannot make it to DC, then please come and join us. Bring a chair and any snacks or drinks you might need. Things should be interesting. Read the following from our local paper. --------------------- Ricky Clousing, a former Fort Bragg paratrooper who served three months in confinement for going AWOL over...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- 40/29 News, along with its media partners, The Morning News and Magic 107.9FM, are hosting a gubernatorial debate tonight (October 4th). For viewers not in the Fort Smith or Fayetteville markets, the debate will be livestreamed online at thehometownchannel.com. Republican candidate Asa Hutchinson and Democratic candidate Mike Beebe will answer questions from a media panel. The media panel will consist of Craig Cannon of 40/29 News, who will also serve as moderator. Joining Cannon on the panel will be Regional Editor for The Morning News Brenda Blagg and News Director for Magic 107.9FM Jess Smith. The two...

Below is an article that ran in The Fayetteville Observeron Thursday, July 27, 2006 just prior to LLM's Tour stops in Fayetteville N.C. A pro-life group is planning to protest today outside a Fayetteville reproductive health center. Life and Liberty Ministries, a pro-life organization based in Powhatan, Va., is visiting areas across North Carolina as part of its Face the Truth tour. In Fayetteville, the organization plans to visit the Hallmark Clinic before going to another location in the afternoon. Details about the second location were not available Wednesday night. “We plan to stand outside these clinics and distribute literature,...

Friends, Life and Liberty Ministries will be in North Carolina on July 26-29 to speak out on behalf of the murdered preborn and the risen Messiah. We will be joining up with other local believers from the area. Below is the tour itinerary. We will pray, preach, distribute literature, display photos of the murdered preborn , and share the gospel one on one. If you are a Christian and would like to join with us in this ministry outreach, please give me a call. Dennis Green Life and Liberty Ministries 804-492-9216 See Tour itinerary below -------------------------------------------------------- TRUTH TOUR ITINERARY July...

As we celebrate the 230th birthday of the United States of America, our president joined the ideological, and perhaps biological, descendants of those who fought to give us our freedom by creating this new nation. The president went to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, to speak to and eat with the troops and their families (who gave him a birthday cake). He will return to the White House for a July 4th celebration with family and friends. That will also serve as a birthday party for the President.

Apr 25, 7:36 PM EDT Ark. Hispanic groups plan rallies, not boycott, for May 1 By DANIEL CONNOLLY Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Demonstrations in favor of giving illegal immigrants a chance at legal status are scheduled in De Queen, Little Rock and Springdale next Monday, three weeks after rallies in those cities attracted thousands of people. But some organizers in Arkansas say they won't support calls by national groups for immigrants to show their economic power Monday by not working or shopping. "We are not supporting or against that (boycott)," said Margarita Solorzano, one of the organizers...

Preparing to greet the commies - Early Saturday Morning DStarr chooses a sign from her arsenal as she prepares to confront the leftist march. This past Saturday, March 18, 2006 we conducted our third annual FReep in commemoration of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As in past years, leftists marched through the streets of Fayetteville, NC (home of Fort Bragg and Pope Airforce Base) and congregated in Rowan Park for their day of music and speeches, coordinated by NC Peace and Justice Coalition. The support the troops rally was conducted on the hillside overlooking Rowan Park. Wolfpat's sound...

Once again, antiwar protesters rallying in Rowan Park on Saturday will be met by a smaller but fervent group of pickets who support the war. Yet if the pickets had gotten their way, it would be them — not the antiwar crowd — filling the park on the third anniversary of the Iraq invasion. A member of Free Republic, a support-the-war group, reserved Rowan Park for this weekend immediately after last year’s large antiwar rally at the park. The reservation was described as for a two-day picnic and required an $800 check covering fees and a deposit.

Live thread from Fayetteville, NC. About 50 early arrivals in support of the troops have gathered ahead of the leftist "anti-war" rally in Rowan Park. This is the third year that FreeRepublic, in conjunction with Rolling Thunder, the veteran's motor cycle club, has organized a Support the Troops Rally to counter the Leftist Demonstrations here in the home town of Fort Bragg and Pope Airforce Base. This is the home of 82nd airborne division and 18 airborne corps, and we are proud and grateful for all they do to defend freedom! I am posting from a handheld, so those of...

FAYETTEVILLE) - Fayetteville is known as a town that supports the military, but there are some there who support bringing the troops home now. The city has had an anti-war rally at Rowan Park every year since the war began, but that almost didn't happen this year. The park might have been quiet Wednesday afternoon, but by Saturday, crowds will fill be filling up the park. Just like in previous years, protestors will stage an anti-war rally, marking the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion into Iraq. This year’s event would have looked a lot different if members of a...

FAYETTEVILLE — Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter came to the college town where Bill Clinton once taught law and skewered the former president Wednesday night. Speaking to an audience of about 1, 100 that gave her two prolonged standing ovations, Coulter compared the recent Palestinian elections, in which the militant group Hamas won a majority, to Clinton’s presidential wins in 1992 and ’ 96. “Sometimes you do have bad elections. We elected Bill Clinton by a plurality twice,” Coulter said, drawing cheers and a smattering of boos at the Walton Arts Center. “As we speak, Bill and Hillary Clinton...

14 December 2005 It was only 30 degrees at high noon in Fayetteville today with a steady breeze, but a few loyal Freepers turned out at KFC on Owen Drive to defend our carnivorous culture against the anti-animal activists from PETA. I (cf_river_rat) showed up before eleven o’clock, just as the PAID Peta deceivers were unloading their costumes and props. I went inside the restaurant and heard the employees discussing the Colonel-criticizers, who were gearing up in plain view through the window. The most notable quote overheard was “Don’t they (Peta) realize how pathetic they look out there?”I found the...

Beleaguered ‘Bird’ Sets Sights on Local KFC to Protest Farming and Slaughter Abuses For Immediate Release: December 13, 2005 Contact: Lindsay Rajt 757-622-7382 Fayetteville, N.C. — Bound to a wheelchair and repeatedly crossing the road in front of a local KFC, an activist in a giant chicken costume will lead a protest against KFC suppliers’ abusive treatment of chickens. Activists will pass out leaflets and hold signs that proclaim, "KFC Tortures Chickens." One activist will wear a body screen TV showing shocking undercover video footage of chickens in factory farms and slaughterhouses: Date: Wednesday, December 14 Time: 11 a.m.-12 noon...

<p>FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A school principal who claimed two masked men attacked him now says he made up the story, authorities said Tuesday.</p> <p>Fayetteville Police said that Steve Steelman, who was found beaten Nov. 7 at Fayetteville Intermediate School after regular school hours, told authorities Monday that his injuries were self-inflicted.</p>

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Three people who taught foreign languages at the Joint Special Operations Command Center at Fort Bragg were arrested on immigration charges, federal officials said Tuesday. The suspects from Indonesia and Senegal did not have access to classified material, a JSOC spokeswoman said. Two Indonesian natives, Nurkis Qadariah, 34, and Sayf Rimal, 37, were arrested Tuesday and charged with possessing and using false documents, U.S. Attorney Frank Whitney said in a prepared statement. Ousmane Moreau, 38, of Senegal, was arrested Monday and charged with being in the United States illegally, Whitney and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent...

There’s a new organization in town — Parents Protecting the Minds of Children. Fayetteville parent Laurie Taylor, who has been waging an ongoing campaign to restrict student access to sexually explicit books in school libraries, announced the formation of the group at a public meeting she organized Thursday evening. About 60 to 70 people, mostly in support of Taylor, attended. This summer, Taylor released the titles of 54 books in Fayetteville school libraries that she wanted reviewed because of questionable content. She followed that up by filing a formal complaint Aug. 2 against the book "Push" by author Sapphire....

An Iraq war veteran and lawyer who helped mount a case against Saddam Hussein has become the first Democrat to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes. Tim Dunn of Fayetteville kicked off his bid Wednesday in the 8th District, which runs from Fayetteville to Charlotte. A lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves, Dunn spent eight months in Iraq in 2004. He advised a special tribunal prosecuting the former Iraqi leader and officials of his government. Dunn said he has a "passion for what we're doing over in Iraq" but is troubled by the lack of equipment for U.S. troops...

Help Fayetteville and Cumberland County celebrate our country's birthday Operation Celebrate Freedom will take place July 3rd - July 4thFor questions or information concerning sponsorship opportunities please click here or call 396-1024.Schedule of Events: Sunday July 3rd 3:30-4:30pm - Liquid Pleasure (Beach) 5-6pm - Night Train Band (Southern Rock) 6:30-7:30pm - Sound Express Band (Variety/Top 40) 8-8:15pm - Remarks   Introduction by Don Chase, WKML   GC Welcome Remarks 8:15-9:30pm - Shannon Brown in Concert (Country) 9:30-9:45pm - CG Closing/Farewell Remarks and Presentation Monday July 4th 3-3:15pm - Cross Creek Pipes and Drums 3:15-4:15pm - Sarengue Band (Latin) 4:15-4:45pm -...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Officials in Cumberland County see visions of red, white and blue in their plan to improve Fayetteville's image by promoting its history and connections to the military. The ideas include giving parks and festivals patriotic names; registering all eligible county residents to vote; establishing a rehabilitation center for the bald eagle; and even sponsoring a debate between Sean Hannity, a conservative commentator, and Michael Moore, liberal film maker. The proposals are part of a 49-page plan released Friday by the Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. (snip) Organizers acknowledge it will take some time to boost the...

As the nation's largest Army post prepared to host its commander in chief Tuesday, a little blue house in Haymount gathered protesters. Bumper stickers on cars at the curb read "Impeach Bush" and "Bush lied. People died." A yellow banner in the yard read: "Bring them home now." The 20 or so people milling around the Quaker House were former soldiers, parents and grandparents. They had no plans to watch President Bush's speech from Fort Bragg. "I've heard it all before, and I didn't believe it the first 10 times," said Chuck Fager, who runs the Quaker House, an organization...

By ESTES THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago In the year since President Bush and U.S. allies returned official sovereignty to Iraq, life in the community dominated by one of the Army's largest installations has changed little. Soldiers from Fort Bragg have continued to march into Iraq. And they continue to die. In the past year, 100 North Carolina-based troops have died in the war, trailing only the toll of 180 from California, according to an Associated Press analysis. As President Bush plans to come here to make a major, nationally televised policy speech Tuesday night, the mounting casualties...

President Bush will deliver a major address to U.S. troops and the nation about Iraq on Tuesday night from the U.S. military base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the White House said. "This is a critical moment in Iraq," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said on Friday in announcing the speech. "This is a real time of testing." McClellan said the speech would be delivered at 8 p.m., and that the White House has asked U.S. television networks to air the address live. Bush is expected to use the prime time speech to outline his strategy in Iraq amid increasing...

Tin SoldierAn American Vigilante In Afghanistan, Using the Press for Profit and Glory By Mariah Blake In April 2004, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema started shopping a sizzling story to the media. He claimed terrorists in Afghanistan planned to use bomb-laden taxicabs to kill key U.S. and Afghan officials, and that he himself intended to thwart the attack. Shortly thereafter, he headed to Afghanistan, where he spent the next two months conducting a series of raids with his team, which he called Task Force Saber 7. By late June, he claimed to have captured the...

Airborne wings, the Green Beret and the numbered combat knife now given to every Special Forces soldier who wins his tabs all came from one man — retired Lt. Gen. William P. “Bill” Yarborough of Southern Pines. A volunteer committee of friends and admirers is raising funds to do something seldom done: honor a hero while he lives to hear the praise. They have commissioned a bust of the famed Army leader to be placed in the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in downtown Fayetteville. “We are very appreciative of the support of Sandhills Kiwanis Club for allowing us to...

I'm conducting research on the protests held in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 19, 2005. I'm very interested in talking with someone who was part of the contingent from Free Republic. (I'm only interested in talking with people who were actually physically there.) If you are willing to talk with me, please drop me an e-mail and we can set up a time to talk via telephone. I can be reached at michael.t.heaney@yale.edu. Sincerely, Michael T. Heaney

<p>The sign that got Code Pinko leaders Medea Benjamin and Gael Murphy so upset that day.</p> <p>Bush says Code Red, we say... (crowd) Code Pink!</p> <p>So I wanna address that sign over there, and those people who have been standing there for hours with a sign that says “Code Pink kills American troops, giving money to terrorists.”</p>

To mark the second anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq on March 19, various anti-war groups are planning to protest in Fayetteville, N.C., the home of Fort Bragg. It's not the protest, but the location that has some people upset. An organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said demonstrators are "wrong and insensitive" to take their complaints to Fort Bragg, because it blames the warriors for the war. "The decision makers are not at Fort Bragg, they are in Washington. Rallying against the war by marching at Fort Bragg is like protesting the cows if...

A demonstration in support of the war also took place in Fayetteville this weekend in the same park as the war protest. "They're not holding an anti-war protest, it's an anti-American protest," said Kristinn Taylor, spokesman for FreeRepublic.com, a conservative news and activism Web site. "They are trying to undermine the morale of the troops and their families." Organizers have accused outsiders of coming in and stirring up the emotions of troops and their families. But Lou Plummer, 40, co-founder of Fayetteville Peace with Justice, said he and Chuck Fager, director of the Quaker House of Fayetteville, invited national peace...

Iraq War Opponents Stage Protest Near Fort Bragg N.C. Demonstration Is Largest of 800 Held Across the U.S. to Mark 2nd Anniversary of Conflict By Jonathan Finer Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 20, 2005; Page A13 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., March 19 -- Here at the heart of one of the nation's most deeply rooted military communities, nearly 3,000 peace activists, war veterans and their family members gathered Saturday to call for an end to the Iraq conflict on the second anniversary of the day it began. They marched beating drums and chanting slogans through quiet suburban streets to a wooded...

A procession of cardboard coffins draped with American flags wound toward Rowan Park on the edge of downtown Fayetteville on Saturday afternoon. People bearing the coffins followed thousands of protesters who rallied in Fayetteville, calling for an end to the war in Iraq. As they marched toward the park, another, smaller, group of protesters was standing on the sidelines, shouting at the anti-war activists. But the counterdemonstrators - about 200 of them - were drowned out and outnumbered by war protesters who chanted, waved banners and beat drums. The group was led by a bagpiper and included everyone from belly...

James Tisdale helped fight some of the Army's toughest World War II battles, from North Africa to Anzio's bloody beach and into Bavaria, where he helped liberate the Dachau death camp. In the years after, the 83-year-old retired postal worker from Lumberton never asked for Veterans Administration health benefits. But now that he's fighting what might be his last battle, with Alzheimer's disease, his family is making use of the state-run veterans nursing home in Fayetteville. Veterans such as Tisdale -- whose health problems aren't service-related -- might soon have to look elsewhere for help, though. The Bush administration is...

Today we met in Fayetteville, NC to Freep a motley rabble of socialists, anarchists, Code Pink-os, and other throwbacks to the 60's! As usual, we were well outnumbered by their hordes of college students, aging hippies and other bused-in protestors, but we held our own as always. Please post any reports and observations on this thread only.

Organizers called the anti-war rally in Fayetteville last year the city's biggest since the Vietnam War. This year, they are counting on Fayetteville's largest anti-war protest ever. The Old North State chapter of the Free Republic is planning a counterdemonstration. Lynn Huber, a chapter chairwoman, said she also expects more people this year. She said at least 200 people have made firm commitments. The two rallies Saturday will make for a repeat of last year, when the groups faced off at Rowan Park. Some people anticipated violence, but the rallies passed peacefully with dozens of police officers keeping a careful...

CODEPINK Events happening in Fayetteville for March 19 March 19: Political Listener Campaign. We have been asked by the March 19 Fayetteville Rally Organizing Committee to initiate a regional campaign to invite decision-makers to join the rally as listeners. Requests have already gone to Gov. Howard Dean, NC Rep. Coble, and NC Rep. Watt. However, these requests need to be repeated and the campaign needs to be extended to ALL regional (NC, SC, and VA) REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS to CONGRESS. If you believe you can contribute to this effort, please join us, men and women alike! We must demand that...

This Saturday, March 19 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the Old North State Chapter of Free Republic is holding a rally to support our troops.The rally will serve as a counter-demonstration of a so-called antiwar rally being held that same day in Fayetteville.This small town in North Carolina is being targeted by the anti-American left because it is the home of Fort Bragg. The leftists are trying to undermine the morale of military families and the soldiers stationed there.Freepers will be holding a peaceful, law-abiding demonstration in support for our troops and their mission fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq,...

Today is a special day. It’s the 75-year anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous “salt march.” On March 12, 1930, Gandhi began a 240-mile march to nonviolently resist the British tax on salt and move India closer to independence from British rule. Gandhi changed India and the world, with his relentless, nonviolent struggle for peace and justice. (For more on Gandhi’s life, click here.)Today is also important because it begins our 7-day countdown to the March 19 worldwide day of protest against the Iraq war. Next Saturday, people throughout the world will raise our voices on the two-year anniversary of the US...

The North Carolina chapter of the Free Republic is holding a counter protest. The group will be across the street from the peace demonstrators. The Free Republic was one of three groups to hold counter-demonstrations at last year's peace rally. They claim it's important to have a presence there that day. Lynn Huber said, "We want people to know that these anti-war protests do not represent the will of the American people. They do not represent common sense. And they do not make sense for American victory." The picket permit filed by the Free Republic estimates they will have between...

Report from a group meeting with our Enemies My husband and I did something that I never imagined we would do, we along with other military parents attended a Military Families Speak Out meeting. No, we haven't turned left wing but just took an opportunity that will probably never occur again.  An ad ran in our local paper that a Chapter for Military Families Speak Out was forming in our area. They invited all parents with concerns over the war to attend. We considered this an opportunity because we do have concerns over the war with children deployed even though we...

<p>Once again, busloads of leftist activists will descend upon Fayetteville, NC in an attempt to demoralize the will of our American troops by targetting their loved ones with antiwar drivel.</p> <p>The unifying factor of all of these groups is anti-Americanism utilizing continued propaganda themes of "Bush lied" and "No blood for oil". The mob will also import a number of speakers who have allegedly lost loved ones in Iraq, and will create some sort of symbolic display reflecting the number of dead. (They have used pairs of boots and black umbrellas in the past.) They will (undoubtedly through an unintentional oversight) neglect to display any symbolism reflecting the number of Americans killed in the WTC, or Iraqis killed by Saddam or Women beaten by the Taliban, or the number of Afghanis and Iraquis and Palestinians and Ukrainians and (soon) Egyptians who now have the ability to vote.</p>

Fayetteville’s future still may include a Clinton-themed museum. The Advertising and Promotion Commission favored a proposal Monday to lease and ultimately purchase the former home of Bill and Hillary Clinton from the University of Arkansas, but its members sought more information before agreeing to seek a contract. Commission Executive Director Marilyn Heifner and Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Allyson Twiggs introduced the business plan Monday at the group’s monthly meeting. Twiggs considered the Clinton house Fayetteville’s best opportunity to cooperate with tourist efforts in other parts of the state while adding another perspective on the lives of Bill and Hillary...

Published on: Sunday, Jan 16, 2005 Anti-war leaders expect crowd By Allison WilliamsStaff writer On the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, hundreds gathered in Fayetteville for what some called the city's largest peace rally since the Vietnam War. Even more people are expected for the second anniversary. A rally set for March 19 at Rowan Park is being advertised nationally by United for Peace and Justice. On its Web site, the group is promoting a ''major regional protest in Fayetteville, N.C.'' The day after the rally, Iraq Veterans Against the War plans to hold its...

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Haunted History, Urban Legends and Tall Tales JONELLE TOMBSON October 20, 2004 Tall tales of the macabre are always fun, but when they are centered around local places, events or people, they are even more exciting. Compiled from old folk lore and books, here is a collection of Fayetteville legends that are sure to make your hair stand on end. Heart-pounding, spine-tingling, bone-chilling ghost stories and scary urban legends that have been passed down from generation to generation are as much a part of Halloween as candy, black cats and costume parties. Tall tales of the macabre are always fun,...

I came across a hell of a story about just how liberal Arkansas' flagship campus has become. Check out www.FireBrazzell.com

God bless America’ banner comes down By J. FRANK LYNCH jflynch@theCitizenNews.com Crumpton Furniture’s “God Bless America” banner has finally come down in Fayetteville. About 500 people turned out Saturday night for a 9/11 commemorative concert at The Villages Amphitheater marking the end of a months-long patriotic campaign in the city inspired by the oversized banner. Brothers Ronnie and Eddie Crumpton drew national attention in January when Fayetteville officials cited them for unlawful display of their sign on the front of their furniture store on North Glynn Street. At 90 square feet, the size of the sign was in violation of...

Kerry campaign bussing in over 3000 people to make it look like he's got military support. Give them a freeper welcome. See directions and info at http://www.ncveteransforkerry.org/

<p>FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- John Atkins isn't the sort of person one would expect to find crowding into the Cameo Theatre here to see Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."</p> <p>The 26-year-old U.S. Army machine gunner from Fort Bragg voted for President Bush. A graduate of the University of Colorado-Boulder, he enlisted last year "to serve my country" and expects to go to Iraq later in 2004.</p>

'Fahrenheit 9/11' sets record By Matt LeclercqStaff writer "Fahrenheit 9/11," a left-sided documentary that bashes the Bush administration's war on terrorism, wouldn't find much of an audience in a military town. Staff photo by Lee Adams Kathy Norris, left, and Natalie Sorton enter the Cameo Art House Theatre on Monday afternoon to see the documentary ‘Fahrenheit 9/11.’ Or so they thought. "This has broken all of our past records," said Nasim Kuenzel, an owner of the Cameo Art House Theatre. "The movie that I thought would make us hardly any money - I never thought it would break all the...