AC repair inPembroke, GA

Just like the late Queen Elizabeth II, some Cape Codders are gaga about corgis. The dog breed that graced English palaces can also be found cavorting on the beaches and trails of our royally beautiful peninsula. Heck, the Cape Cod Corgi Club has more than 300 members on Facebook, where local folks celebrate their low-to-the-ground besties.

"They are clowns," said Elizabeth "Liz" Lewis of Barnstable, who owns five corgis. "They make me laugh every day."

Her beloved lineup includes Aidan, Colin, Maylin, Owen and Emerson. And there's a bit of corgi family harmony going on, because Colin and Mayline are littermates.

Queen Elizabeth had so many corgi dogs...Princess Diana reportedly called them 'a moving carpet'

Lewis said corgis are easy to train and have a lot of personality. She described them as being "like a big dog in a small dog's body." When she walks the dogs, passersby often connect them with the late queen, said Lewis.

"She did love her dogs and did a good job breeding a nice line of corgis," she said about Queen Elizabeth II.

Cape Cod Corgi Club

Lewis is a member of the Cape Cod Corgi Club Facebook group, where corgi love is off the leash. That's where Paula Peters of Mashpee posted her condolences to Muick and Sandy, Queen Elizabeth II's Pembroke Welsh corgis.

Peters isn't a big fan of the monarchy, but she loves the queen's corgis. She visited London a while back and had this to say about the experience:

"I could have cared less about seeing the queen, but I would have paid money to see her dogs."

Corgi-wise, Peters reigns over a household that includes Minnie and Sheldon. You can see a cute training graduation picture of the corgi pair on the Cape Cod Corgi Club group, where Peters wrote, "They sit, stay, down, wait ... unless of course there is a kitty involved."

Smart and happy dogs

While we were chatting on the phone, Peters provided an impressive demonstration of Minnie's comprehension of commands. "Find the toy," said Peters, and sounds of canine rummaging ensued. Quick as a wink, Minnie located the desired rubber ball, brought it to Peters and released it on command. Peters then lamented the fact that she would be stuck playing fetch for a while.

Peters said her corgis like to bark and they keep a sharp eye out for anything entering her yard, including UPS delivery folks and falling leaves that hit the window. They also like to herd things, including her two cats. But there's a lot to love as well.

"They are happy-looking dogs," she said. "They have this permanent smile on their face, even if they are mad."

For those considering a corgi as a pet, we bring you descriptions of the Pembroke Welsh Corgi and the Cardigan Welsh Corgi from the American Kennel Club: "Among the most agreeable of all small housedogs, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a strong, athletic, and lively little herder who is affectionate and companionable without being needy.

"The Cardigan Welsh Corgi is a masterpiece of the breeder's art: Every aspect of its makeup is perfectly suited to moving cattle, and yet it is so congenial and sweet-faced that it would be a cherished companion even if it never did a day's work."

Cranberry Cluster Dog Show

If all this pooch talk has put you in the mood for a dog show, you are in luck. The Cranberry Cluster Dog Show is running through Sept. 18 at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds in East Falmouth. All sorts of dogs will be there, with ruff and tough judging and a whole lot of fun.

And for those who are worried about the future of the late queen's corgis, there's no need to fret. According to USA Today, Muick and Sandy will be cared for by Prince Andrew and Duchess Sarah Ferguson. Though the couple divorced more than 25 years ago, they both still live at the Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate, which appears to be suitable ground for quality walkies.

All the queen's corgis:Family tree shows Elizabeth's lifelong passion for signature dogs

Contact Eric Williams at ewilliams@capecodonline.com. Follow him on Twitter: @CapeCast.

PEMBROKE, Ga. (WTOC) - In Pembroke one group is looking to carry on a years long tradition honoring veterans.

If you drive through Pembroke often you might’ve seen the city’s flag display.

While it’s been a staple in this area commemorating local veterans it’s encountered some funding issues recently as organizers look for new sponsors to keep the display going.

It’s a Pembroke patriotic holiday tradition.

But one that flag committee member Amy Barnes says has run into some issues.

“We have got 197 flags and crosses out and out of that we only have 59 people that we know have sponsors,” Amy Barnes said.

The display honors local veterans with a flag and a cross that are placed in the city’s center throughout the year.

Ernie Mitchell is a flag committee member and a veteran himself.

He says it’s been a struggle trying to contact some of the flag’s original sponsors.

“When we took over the records, there was nothing available. We’ve tried to find and talk to people who have lived in Pembroke for a long time and tried to get relationships and make contact,” Director Ernie Mitchell said.

And that struggle is putting a pinch on the committee’s funds, says Barnes.

“It makes it hard because like I said, it is very cost worthy. We are a non-profit and we try to keep them, but you start running out of funds eventually,” Barnes said.

So now the group is looking for new sponsors asking the community to “adopt a veteran” as they call it to keep the city’s flag display going.

“There’s a lot of guys who sacrificed, that stepped up to do their patriotic duty. We need to acknowledge those guys when they pass away.” Ernie Mitchell said.

As Mitchell says, the display helps teach the city’s younger generations about wars of the past.

“I was shocked at how little young people know about our country, about the wars we’ve been involved with. They didn’t even know when Vietnam was. This is our little way of making that better,” Mitchell said.

The flag committee will once again put up the display on Veterans Day.

If you want to get involved with the flag committee click here.

Copyright 2022 WTOC. All rights reserved.

Welcome to Week 3 of the Pembroke Mafia Football League, the world’s only non-GMO, gluten free and free range PMFL. We’re going to get right to the skinny this week, not that any of us are skinny.

Well, maybe a few of us are somewhere in the neighborhood of skinny, but most of us don’t miss many meals and are therefor pretty healthy.

So that’s fake news. Many of us have gone from healthy to pleasingly plump, as my late Uncle Pee Wee often said – about himself.

And that’s OK. You only go around once in this life, might as well go around round. Besides, despite living in the shadow of the Evil Orange and Purple Empire (Clemson), which has filled up with yankees of late, Uncle Pee Wee didn’t really care much about college football. He liked model trains and picking guitar in a gospel band, and was good at messing around with both. He even cut a cassette tape with my late Aunt Mary back in the day. I have it on CD. Come check it out. However, Pee Wee’s son and my cousin Gordon, or Gordie as we called him growing up, is a huge college football fan – both literally and figuratively.

Actually, being a black sheep in a family chock full of pleasingly plump, front-running, overallwearing Clemson fanatics, Gordie (now Gordon) in recent years turned himself into a UGA fan for some reason. Maybe he thinks he looks better in red, but I suspect it’s probably just to be ornery. Regardless, my guess is he’s eagerly awaiting what he believes will be a Georgia beatdown of the Gamecocks this weekend.

Happily he likely will be sorely disappointed. After losing to Arkansas last week, Shane Beamer’s team of straight A-plus students are apt to unleash themselves upon Kirby Smart’s bunch. I.e., expect Williams Brice Stadium to be swaying and the Gamecocks to be playing, and that’s all I’m saying.

Standings: Mike Clark and Noah Covington are in a tie for first with five misses so far. The Rev. Lawrence Butler, Ted O’Neil and Dr. Gene Wallace, DMD, have six mixes apiece to tie for second. In third are Carter Infinger, Ben Taylor and Jeff Whitten (that’s me) with seven misses.

Mike Brown and Dawnne Greene are in fifth place with eight misses so far, and Mike B. was the only guy to pick Georgia Southern over Nebraska. Course, Mike probably covered Otto Grange when the Corn Huskers beat Jim Halas and the Lord Fauntleroys in the 1896 Rose Bowl, so he saw it coming. Alex Floyd, B.J. Clark and Freddy Howell are in last place with nine misses so far.

This week’s picks, with a whiny editor’s note here: Our two PMFL members who were late and missed BJ’s deadlines will not have their picks listed in print, because your’s truly doesn’t have time to go poking around looking for their emails to see what’s what, but they will be accounted for in next week’s tally. Penn State vs. Auburn: Mike B, the Rev. LB and our resident grill doctor Gene pick the Nittany Lions.

Ole Miss vs. Tech: Rebels in a landslide.

Mississippi State vs. LSU: Mike C., the Grill Doctor and your’s truly take the Starkville Stink.

UGA vs. the real USC: Everybody takes UGA but me. I’m like King Leonidas.

GSU vs. UAB: Ted picks UAB, everybody else is chuffed about the Eagles and that wide open passing attack led by the Ginger General, and so what if he’s from Ohio. So was Bucky Wagner and Mike Sewak. And they were OK.

Miami vs. Texas A& M: Me and Mike B take the Canes, who are about to give Jimbo Fisher another case of chapped cheeks.

Old Dominion vs. Virgina: BJ, Mike B. and you’re truly take the Monarchs. They may have dumb looking helmets, but they’re not butterflies. Michigan State vs. Washington: Amphibious Alex goes it alone in taking the Huskies.

PEMBROKE — For two hours and 15 minutes Tuesday night, the tension slowly built between the Lumberton and Purnell Swett volleyball teams. Finally, after a five-set marathon, it erupted — with cheers and screams from the maroon-clad side of the gym after the Pirates earned the thrilling victory.

Lumberton beat Purnell Swett 3-2, with a back-and-forth fifth set serving as a microcosm for what the entire match had been.

“Happy at one point, mad Purnell is beating us. Back-and-forth with our rivals,” Lumberton outside hitter Alona Hanna said. “Everybody knows Purnell and Lumberton always go at it, and they fight it out to the end. It was back and forth, but we came out on top for everything.”

After winning the first and third sets, Lumberton (7-5, 2-4 United-8 Conference) jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the fifth; Purnell Swett (6-9, 2-5 United-8) took the lead after consecutive aces by Georgia Locklear, and extended that lead to 12-9, completing a 10-2 run.

“(Georgia Locklear) has a really competitive serve, when it’s in play,” Purnell Swett coach Corey Deese said. “They were feeling it. It’s Lumberton, it’s their biggest game of the year, it always is, and you’ve got to fight, and you keep fighting to the end. We didn’t get the outcome we wanted, but they fought.”

“We motivated them as much as we could,” Lumberton coach Kali Carter said. “We called timeout, we told them, hey, you’re playing down to their level, they are a good team but we know we can play at at a higher level than them. I was like, just put out what you’ve been putting in in practice, produce the effort you’ve been putting in.”

Lumberton came back to tie the set at 13-13, then took the lead for good on a kill by Hanna.

“Whenever I get front row, all I think is tip; that hard tip, they never expect it,” said Hanna, who totaled 18 kills and 27 digs. “We were down by one, Georgia was killing us with her serves, she has an amazing serve, and that tip always gets them every time. I kept doing it back to back and they never picked up on it. Whatever works, you just keep working with it.”

The Pirates clinched the match one point later on a Rams hitting error, winning the final set 15-13.

“They kept fighting, they just would make simple little mistakes and they’d get back down,” Purnell Swett coach Corey Deese said. “Then they’d fight, and they’d get back down. I’m sure they’re all going home with headaches because they were screaming and hollering for two straight hours.”

Lumberton began the match with a 25-23 win in the first set; the Pirates led 14-8, but the Rams took a 20-18 lead. From a 22-22 tie, Lumberton scored three of the next four points to win the set.

The second set played out similarly, but with a different outcome — Lumberton led 18-11 and 20-16 before an 8-2 run gave Purnell Swett a 24-22 lead, and the Rams won 25-23.

The Pirates dominated the third set 25-13, finishing the set with a 12-3 stretch to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

“We thought we were going to cruise, we got cocky,” Hanna said. “They caught up on us; they saw we were lacking and took advantage of it, and we had to turn it back up a notch — and we did.”

Purnell Swett stayed alive with a fourth-set win; the Rams led 10-4 but trailed 15-13 after an 11-3 Pirates run. The Rams responded with a 10-2 run to lead 23-17 and finished out the set with a 25-21 win.

Lumberton played 10 sets in about 26 hours after a near-identical match on Monday, winning in five sets against Seventy-First. Leira Smith had seven kills and 20 digs; Kaylee Lancaster had five kills, 12 assists and 24 digs; Aydan Bullard had seven aces, 12 assists, two blocks and 19 digs; La’Kayia Hunt had five kills and two blocks; and Charley Whitley had 27 digs for the Pirates.

Katelynn Oxendine had 11 kills, seven digs and three assists for Purnell Swett; Georgia Locklear had six aces, five kills and three assists; and Anyssia Mains had six kills.

Lumberton plays Thursday at Cape Fear and Purnell Swett plays at Gray’s Creek. After Tuesday’s thriller, though, both teams were already looking ahead to their second meeting Oct. 13 at Lumberton.

“We can’t be cocky, we have to take them seriously; even if we win the first one, we have to keep the energy throughout the whole game,” Hanna said. “Every single set matters, every single play, we can’t slack off, and we’ve just got to pick it up and keep it going.”

“I think the teams are pretty even. I look forward to going in there,” Deese said. “It’ll be their senior night so emotions are going to be high, and the fact its a huge rivalry makes the emotions even bigger. We look forward to going back and seeing if there’s a different outcome.”

St. Pauls beats West Bladen

The St. Pauls volleyball team earned a 3-1 win over West Bladen at home Tuesday.

St. Pauls (3-10, 3-2 Southeastern Athletic Conference) won the first set, 25-13, and West Bladen (3-9, 1-4 Southeastern) won the second, 25-22. The Bulldogs won the third set 25-20 and the fourth 25-12.

Katherin Lowery had four aces, eight kills, 14 assists and nine digs for St. Pauls; Brazlyn Kinlaw had two aces, three kills and seven digs; Julianna Bell had six kills and two blocks; Cierra Jones had two aces, nine assists and five digs; Jada McKinnon had four kills and five blocks; Keniah Baldwin had 21 digs; Shayla Gerald had four kills; Jaiden Morrisey had three kills; and Kemya Baldwin had two kills and six digs.

St. Pauls plays Thursday at East Bladen.

Chris Stiles can be reached at 910-816-1977 or by email at cstiles@robesonian.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @StilesOnSports.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- We have made it to Friday and that means it's time for another edition of our Mountain Dew High School Huddle Game of the Week.

Wake Forest High took on Leesville Road High School beating them 49-7

Friday's Scores across North Carolina

Andrews 62, North Georgia , Ga. 0

Apex 24, Cary Panther Creek 7

Asheville 29, North Davidson 15

Asheville Erwin 20, Enka 14

Asheville Reynolds 48, North Buncombe 0

Asheville Roberson 48, McDowell County 28

Asheville School 54, Greenville Hurricanes, S.C. 8

Avery County 51, Rosman 13

Bear Grass 36, Jones County 30

Belmont South Point 47, Belmont Cramer 14

Bessemer City 47, Mooresboro Jefferson 24

Brevard 40, East Rutherford 6

Buford, S.C. 49, Carolina Pride 8

Burlington Williams 57, Pittsboro Northwood 7

Camden County 49, Pasquotank County 12

Cape Fear 37, Lumberton 0

Central Davidson 69, South Stanly 0

Chambers 27, West Mecklenburg 0

Charlotte Catholic 49, Charlotte Providence 14

Charlotte Olympic 48, Charlotte Harding 6

Christ the King High School 27, Winston-Salem Carver 6

Claremont Bunker Hill 7, Lincolnton 6

Clinton 68, West Bladen 0

Concord 35, East Rowan 14

Cornelius Hough 52, North Mecklenburg 0

Covenant Day School 36, Asheville Christian 20

Dade County, Ga. 14, Swain County 0

Davie County 37, Winston-Salem Reynolds 13

Durham Hillside 43, South Granville 0

Durham Riverside 2, Granville Central 0

East Columbus 55, Lejeune 14

East Davidson 35, Lexington 0

East Duplin 21, Warsaw Kenan 14

East Gaston 13, Cherokee 7

East Lincoln 28, Hickory 12

Eastern Wayne 21, Washington 6

Eden Morehead 21, North Forsyth 14

Edenton Holmes 56, Manteo 14

Elizabeth City Northeastern 49, Kill Devil Hills First Flight 13

Erwin Triton 26, Fayetteville Smith 14

Fannin County, Ga. 56, Murphy 30

Fayetteville Britt 56, Fayetteville Byrd 12

Fayetteville Pine Forest 14, Fayetteville Westover 13

Fayetteville Sanford 55, Spring Lake Overhills 12

Fayetteville Seventy-First 41, Hope Mills South View 9

Franklin 41, East Henderson 13

Friendship 35, Morrisville Green Hope 2

Gastonia Forestview 20, North Gaston 0

Gray's Creek 22, Pembroke Swett 13

Greene Central 48, North Pitt 6

Greensboro Dudley 49, High Point Central 0

Greensboro Grimsley 35, Southeast Guilford 7

Greensboro Page 10, Southwest Guilford 7

Greensboro Smith 20, Winston-Salem Atkins 13

Greenville Rose 34, Jacksonville 26

Harnett Central 35, Western Harnett 26

Harrells Christian def. Raleigh Wake Christian, forfeit

Hendersonville 35, R-S Central 8

Hickory Grove Christian 35, Northside Christian, S.C. 20

Hickory Home 50, Great Falls, S.C. 0

Hickory Ridge 45, Kannapolis Brown 24

Hickory St. Stephens 49, West Iredell 20

Hoke County 52, Scotland 35

Holly Springs 35, Apex Middle Creek 30

Jacksonville Northside 49, South Central Pitt 12

Jacksonville White Oak 20, Rocky Point Trask 6

Jamestown Ragsdale 38, Northern Guilford 37

John Paul II Catholic 48, Rocky Mount Academy 24

Kings Mountain 44, Gastonia Huss 14

Kinston Parrott Academy 64, Cary Christian 26

Kinston 36, South Lenoir 3

Lake Norman Charter 32, Monroe Union Academy 0

Lawndale Burns 74, Gastonia Highland Tech 0

Lee County 59, Cameron Union Pines 0

Maiden 47, East Burke 27

Marshville Forest Hills 58, Montgomery Central 0

Matthews Butler 68, Charlotte Garinger 0

Metrolina Christian Academy 48, Southlake Christian 0

Mitchell County 63, Madison County 20

Monroe 55, Monroe Sun Valley 14

Monroe Parkwood 27, Monroe Piedmont 7

Mooresville 44, Concord Cox Mill 30

Mooresville Pine Lake Prep 30, Mt. Holly Mountain Island Charter 0

Morganton Freedom 46, Central Cabarrus 29

Mount Airy 62, East Wilkes 7

Mount Pleasant 30, Anson County 9

Mullins, S.C. 36, Red Springs 28

Nash Central 21, Southern Nash 19

New Bern 27, Havelock 0

New Hanover County 37, North Brunswick 17

Newton Grove Midway 23, East Bladen 22

Newton-Conover 64, West Caldwell 6

North Duplin 36, Pamlico County 28

North Rowan 40, South Davidson 6

North Stanly 40, Randleman 34

Northampton County 72, Rocky Mount Prep 0

Northwest Cabarrus 67, South Rowan 6

Oak Grove 24, West Stanly 12

Pender County 53, Holly Ridge Dixon 6

Pikeville Aycock 10, Wilson Hunt 7

Pinetown Northside 34, Goldsboro Rosewood 24

Polk County 41, Morganton Patton 20

Princeton 43, Richlands 23

Rabun Gap-Nachoochee, Ga. 21, Arden Christ School 14

Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 24, Indian Trail Porter Ridge 3

Raleigh Ravenscroft 36, Trinity Christian 6

Raleigh Wakefield 24, Northern Durham 0

Reidsville 48, High Point Andrews 0

Richmond County 38, Southern Lee 10

Riverside Martin 68, Gates County 44

Robert B. Glenn 38, Winston-Salem Parkland 8

Salisbury 35, Thomasville 12

Seven Springs Spring Creek 52, Rose Hill Union 50

Shelby 70, Cherryville 0

Shelby Crest 33, Gastonia Ashbrook 17

Smithfield-Selma 21, South Johnston 7

South Caldwell 35, Lenoir Hibriten 34

South Mecklenburg 14, Palisades 6

Southeast Raleigh 29, Willow Spring 0

Southern Guilford 33, Rockingham County 25

Southwestern Randolph 20, Albemarle 7

Statesville 15, North Lincoln 9

Surry Central 10, West Wilkes 7

Sylva Smoky Mountain 43, Canton Pisgah 40

Thomasville Ledford 42, Providence Grove 21

Topsail 36, South Brunswick 34

Valdese Draughn 55, Swannanoa Owen 12

Wake Forest 49, Raleigh Leesville Road 7

Wake Prep 14, South Wake 12

Wallace-Rose Hill 37, Southwest Onslow 7

Washington County 27, Robersonville South Creek 6

Watauga County 55, Ashe County 21

Waxhaw Cuthbertson 29, Concord Robinson 28

Waxhaw Marvin Ridge 41, Alexander Central 3

Waynesville Tuscola 42, Hayesville 14

West Carteret 14, East Carteret 13

West Columbus 33, Salemburg Lakewood 22

West Craven 37, Ayden-Grifton 2

West Henderson 44, North Henderson 14

West Lincoln 35, Catawba Bandys 28

West Rowan 34, China Grove Carson 31

Western Alamance 38, Orange 3

Whiteville 56, Goldsboro 0

Wilmington Hoggard 49, West Brunswick 7

Wilmington Laney 56, Wilmington Ashley 21

Wilson Beddingfield 26, Croatan 14

Wilson Fike 35, West Johnston 14

Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 29, West Forsyth 13