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I’ve never actually played Bingo at a Reserve? Drive through there, any day of right here. Play some games; if you can
carnival; I suppose my last game was in the week, at about three miles per hour. make the time, volunteer. I don’t think
grade school. I’m not much of a gambler You will be amazed at what you see. Yet, it’s insanity that keeps me coming back
at all, limiting my expenditures to raffl e I’ve seen folks who drove half a day to each year to work! Either way, you’ll fi nd
tickets and a couple quarters laid down get there and they pass me running 35. it rewarding. Either way you’ll win, and
at the Cake Wheel. If I had saved that Later they will tell their friends, “oh, that’s more than I can say of my time at
last baked good I actually won, rather it was okay.” Back home to Caroline: the Cake Wheel!
than having ate it, it would now be old take your time. Look around. Soak it
See you there?
enough to vote. (Darn, politics trying in. Not everybody has what we have
to work its way in!) I’m very thankful,
though, for all the folks who love to come
out and put down that silver and those
greenbacks. A special joy is felt when I
walk in those gates on Monday night and
an hour before opening, folks are already

waiting for the first hamburger from the
food booth. Most nights there is at least
one player sitting at a Bingo table before
I arrive. Each of those people have a
feeling inside, I believe similar to myself.
Being there, on those old grounds, is to
be immersed in community. Forget all
the doom and gloom of the television
screen. Out on that backstreet in Preston
you’ll see your friends and neighbors.
Everywhere you look you’ll spot a smile.
Folks are volunteering; others are giving
until it hurts, all to help. Th e proceeds
stay right there, in that town that will
ever be special to me.

Sure, you’ll have a number of chances
this year to experience something like
this. From the Strawberry Festival in
Ridgely, to our County Fair, over at the
Thresherman’s Show or at Summerfest,

you can find yourself immersed in the
best of what Caroline has to offer. I
implore you: my friends, don’t miss these
events. And when you show up, be in no
rush. I’m going to leave our fi ne county
for a minute. Have you been down to
Wildlife Drive in Blackwater Wildlife

Second Saturdays
of every month
Goldsboro Vol. Fire Co.
700 Old Line Road
Food available from 7 AM until.
For more information, call
302-270-1948.

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