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Spring/Summer 2015

Welcome

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Publisher/Managing Editor: Andy Pettigrew Advertising & Design Director: Katie Horrell Pettigrew Staff Writer: Tammy Proctor Contributing Writers: Lori Kirkpatrick, Hope Cusick, Bill Messer, Capt. Chris Medlin Copyright© 2015 Pender-Topsail Post & Voice

Another summer season has arrived at Topsail Island. With 26 miles of beautiful beaches bordered by the Intercoastal Waterway, Topsail Island features a variety of coastal North Carolina environments. From maritime forests, salt marshes and tidal creeks, to the beautiful, sandy beaches, Topsail Island has it all.

The lazy, warm days of summer are almost here and all the fun beach activities that go with it – sun, surf and shopping!

Be sure to take time to visit the Missiles and More Museum at Topsail Island and the Sea Turtle Hospital on the Surf City mainland. There is always a lot to do and see around Topsail Island. From walking the beach on a beautiful evening, to movie nights at Soundside Park, Topsail Island is a family place with plenty to keep you as busy as you want to be.

And while here, be sure your pronounce the island’s name like a local. It’s TOP-sul, not Top-sail.

Relax and enjoy the beauty of Topsail Island. Ya’ll come back again.

Andy Pettigrew,

Managing Editor/Publisher, Sounds Magazine

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Good news! The air we breathe around here is some of the best in the country.

How do we know?

Because of a curious but often overlooked life form called lichen that, in fact, surrounds us. It’s everywhere, on rocks and bricks, concrete, roof tiles whether cedar shake or asphalt, on stumps, logs and trees, in fact almost any surface that gets moisture and sunlight.

Among the earliest celebrants of spring in Holly Shelter are the lichens. Do yourself a favor. Take a magnifying glass and go for a walk, and one of the better places is the woods just to the north and east of the hunter campground near the Hampstead entrance.

Many of the limbs are covered in a fantastic display and variety of lichen communities, with lichens appearing as flat leafy plates, hairy strands, reindeer antlers, and a form called British Soldiers, stalklike, topped with very bright red spore producing bodies.

What prompted this interest was the mailbox I put up about 20 years ago. I had added a plastic box for the newspaper, and it is the plastic box that has become home for at least two different species of lichen. And for years I have been watching a perfect lichen condominium forming on a Sunbrella awning over a north facing window.

Why is this remarkable? First, plastic is projected to be the bane of sea life, birds and animals, and Sunbrella is sort of a miracle fabric, supposedly lasting into eternity, or at least as long as seeing me off to eternity; colorfast and apparently rot-proof, it hosts the amazing lichen community in the accompanying photo.

Fungi often live in and on rotting vegetation and depend on

Wildlife in Eastern North Carolina

Holly Shelter’s Fantastic Small Forests

By Bill Messer Sounds Magazine

One of the many species of lichens that live in the Holly Shelter Gamelands

the breakdown of plant tissue to provide their nutrients. Algae, on the other hand, use chlorophyll and sunlight to make their food through the process of photosynthesis. A lichen is a symbiotic combination of the two different life forms, and lichen is not a ‘plant’, and take their scientific names from the fungus inside.

Curious, I wanted to learn more, so I went to several online sources including the United States Forest Service National Lichens & Air Quality Database and Clearinghouse website. Think NASA’s got a lot of stuff? Go take a look.

Or save your sanity and don’t.

Long, long ago, when I was a sophomore in college, one of my

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texts was Know Your Mosses and Liverworts and a more recent acquisition is the thick green book, Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. You can tell these are serious, scholarly works because there is not a single photograph in either, just technical line drawings of the distinguishing characteristics.

Flee, I’m telling you, flee now while your brain is still inside its container, because once you start down the road of precise identification of these natural wonders, you will no doubt draw the same conclusion I did. Nobody knows what some of these things are, maybe even most of them. Some demented person has taken pen to paper and drawn all sorts of alien

looking organisms, made up some descriptive text and put them together in a book. The problem is that you can find all sorts of things in the woods that look like a lot of the things in the books, just not anything at all with the features you find.

Even among professionals, taxonomic nomenclature, the assigning of sensible, consistent and descriptive names to organisms in the natural world, is subject to controversy.

I have been on walks through the woods with respected ‘experts’ who happily spend the entire time arguing of whether the thing is a three-toed five lined amorphous blob, or its cousin, the five-toed three lined version.

For lichens, it can be simple, at first.

The fungus produces the structure, stiff filaments, and the algae grows in and among these stringy filaments. Lichen can be crustose, crusty, or foliose, leafy, and fruticose, or shrubby.

Here is the first signs things are falling apart. It would have been perfect with only three broad families to work with, but there are more; powdery lichen, and another, gelatinous lichen, with no internal structure at all.

In the end, I found out more than enough to satisfy my curiosity, and now when I go for a walk in Holly Shelter, and someone asks, I can point with pride and say, “That’s cladonia!”

I used to call it reindeer moss, but it’s not even a moss, but that’s what a little book knowledge will do, and now I call everything that looks it might be only faintly related cladonia because once you try to identify it with certainty you will finds there are about a jillion different kinds. You may have seen it before, in floral displays,

and even as fake trees in model railroad setups.

The lichen on my plastic newspaper box is a foliose type, as is the lichen on my awning. The fuzzy light green beard-like lichen growing on tree limbs is the fruticose shrubby lichen.

The thing I’ll leave with you is this: the better the air quality, the more and more impressive will be the lichen communities you encounter. The more poisons in the air, pollution, in particular sulphur dioxide, the smaller and less frequent will be the lichen.

So, next time you’re out on a stroll and find yourself walking among micro-forests of lichen, rejoice and tip your hat to these front line stalwart sentinels. It is they who will flee first from noxious air quality, and if they do, so should you.

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Fishing at Topsail Island What to do with those blues

By Capt. Chris Medlin Special to Sounds Magazine

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To witness the bluefish feeding is exciting. This is a process that has gone on for centuries. The blues ball up baitfish and then rocket through the school with their mouths open.

This drives the baitfish toward the surface.

This action does not go unnoticed by terns and gulls. This helps us, the angler spot the schools from long distances. It is not unusual to see my son and I running down the beach chasing a school of blues rod in hand in the spring.

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I prefer using lures for blues because I can use a light plugging/ jigging rod and have fun with even pan sized or “Tailor” blues. I generally go for a ½ ounce gold Acme Kastmaster rigged with a 50- pound fluorocarbon bite leader.

Typically I use a braided fishing line in the 15-pound range. If I were using monofilament I would opt for no more than 10-pound line.

If they are not schooled up and I want to “soak some bait” for them I make a needle rig. This is where I have a hook rigged on a stiff piece of wire about 12 inches long with a

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It’s spring time in Pender County. I am so tired of cold, rainy weather and I’m sure you are as well. Soon enough it’s turkey time, the dogwoods are blooming and the yellow butterflies will be on the move.

All of these are harbingers of spring but there is one other that I am excited to see more than all the others – the lowly bluefish.

Sure you can catch a few sea mullet in the early spring but the true signal of spring is when the bluefish show up. The bluefish has an undeserved reputation of not being good table fare and therefore are ignored by many anglers.

The spring bluefish run can be amazing. These toothy critters are voracious feeders and will eat almost anything they can get in their vice like jaws. Surf fishing for blues is super fun as you can usually see them making their way down the

loop wired on the end. I pinch the wire loop so it makes a needle eye.

I then push the needle eye through the back of the fish and come out the mouth. Blues have a tendency to short strike a bait.

If you toss a finger mullet out hooked in the head that is usually all you will get back as the Blues tend to strike wherever the hook isn’t.

Threading the mullet onto the wire assures the blue will get hooked.

The 800-pound gorilla in the room is why do you want to catch those nasty tasting blues? Many locals will inform you that not only are Blues tough fighters they are delicious in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. The only thing Blues are not good for is freezing with one exception.

Since the bluefish is high in oil content it makes for a mushy consistency if it has been frozen, and

therefore not very appetizing. You will not find a finer piece of fried fish than a fresh caught Bluefish. No need to bleed them, soak in milk, or any of the other tricks I have heard to tone down certain flavors.

Fresh blues are also great baked in the oven with a little salt, lemon and butter. If you want get fancy toss some rosemary and sage in there too but it isn’t necessary. I have found one way to freeze bluefish and is probably my favorite way to eat them.

Smoked bluefish is a delicacy in the northeast and was here at one time. I like to fillet the blues and rub the meat side with a 1:1 ratio of Cajun seasoning and brown sugar.

Let a fan blow over the fillets at room temperature for about 2 hours until a sticky film called pellicle forms on the meat then into a smoker slow and low for 3-4 hours. Your awe-

some smoked Bluefish can now be frozen and taste as good as the day you smoked it.

You can eat it as is or make a smoked fish dip just like you would smoked Salmon. You can slice it thin and put on crackers or a bagel just as you would smoked Salmon.

Add a little dill, capers, red

onion and cream cheese and you will wonder why you ever paid $6 for a five ounce package of smoked Salmon.

With that said get ready – the Dogwoods are blooming and spring is here. Tight lines and fair winds.

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At one time, you could have just walked across, through the shallow water, to the sandspit along the oceanfront. After the Corps of Engineers dug the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the ‘ditch’, boats and ferries took visitors across, and the sandspit became Topsail Island. Eventually, in the mid ‘50s, a new swing bridge provided the connection. It was a marvelous achievement, and has served reliably for all these years, though today it has become a charming, if sometimes aggravating, anachronism. These days, people are in a hurry, and have little patience to wait and watch a little sailboat with a tall mast work its way down the water to bring traffic to a halt while it inches along to and through the bridge opening/closing cycle.

If you’ve ever been curious about how the bridge works, this is the time to watch it in operation. It’s a unique experience you won’t get with a fixed highrise bridge. There’s a popular spot to fish, under the mainland side of the bridge, and I watched the opening from there. Access to the

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“This bridge they built had no electricity, you had to do everything by hand, everything.”

“How would you open it?” I asked.

“With a crank. In the center of the swing part. Me and him, I lived with ‘em, on the bridge. They had a four room house on that bridge, that we lived in. It was ‘on demand’ and we didn’t get many, but you had to keep a log. And they (boats) had to toot their horn three times if they wanted to go through the bridge. Anyway, we had, uh, in the center of that drawbridge there was a great big nut, and we had a big old heavy crank thing, that fitted over the top of that, and they had ‘stays’ that kept that part of the bridge attached to the other (land) part, we had to throw them, put the doors (gates) down first, to block the bridge to keep people from goin’ across, and they had to be put down by hand. Opening the draw didn’t take but three or four minutes. You had to push that crank around, walk it around.”

Norman explains, “You see, that bridge was

Surf City Swing Bridge

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By Bill Messer Sounds Magazine fishing area is by a dirt road leading from the parking lot on the right just as you approach the bridge from the north.

I’ve written about a swing bridge before, the one used to be in Sneads Ferry, across the New River from the former town of Marines, before the US Marine Corps established their base there, in the interview with Norman and Josephine Hobbs.

Josephine told me about the old bridge, as she remembered it, as a young teenager who helped operate it.

built around a great big gear, prob’ly fourteen foot.”

“You had to light the lights by hand, that was my job,” Josephine continued.

“When she was fourteen, fifteen years old, she had to climb that railin’, you know how a framed-up bridge is, she had to climb up there to light that main light, on top, and had to put kerosene in it.”

“I carried a two gallon kerosene can with kerosene in it, matches in my pocket . . .”

“And the fenders out there, you know how the fenders stick out, she had to crawl out there and light those,” Norman added.

These days, the Surf City bridge has electricity, and it opens with the push of a button.

You know it’s about to go into operation when the traffic lights at each end change from green to red. Traffic comes to a stop, and the barrier arms come down to block the road on each side.

A siren sounds and, with a great clanking and groaning, things start to happen, but nothing you can see, at first. What’s going on?

A shaft running the length of the bridge rotates, and, through a differential, drives linkage and cranks that turn and withdraw wedges from under the four corners. Once they are withdrawn, the bridge goes into motion and slowly, ponderously rotates away from the land until it is parallel with the bulkheads along the waterway passage.

Boats too tall to pass underneath can now pass

through the opening, and once the last one has gone through, the sirens sound again, the bridge glides back to its former home, quickly at first, and slowing to a crawl for the last few feet, and even slower for the last few inches. Sensors on the bridge base truss and roadway bulkhead acknowledge position and the bridge’s motion pauses, the cross shaft starts up again and drives the wedges into place. When all is secure, the traffic arms come up again and the traffic lights change from red to green.

NCDOT has proposed a new bridge to replace the swing bridge, and once completed, the new highrise bridge will be like the one on the north end of the island. The old swing bridge may be nostalgic, but pretty much everyone I know will be glad to see it go.

Like most boaters who use the Intracoastal Waterway, I have a well-remembered incident involving a swing bridge, the one at Figure Eight Island. My sailing buddy Jim and I were coming down the ditch from Beaufort, ahead of forecast storms, and decided to do the normally two day trip in one, having left early in the morning and making good time. The wind was favorable so we hauled up the sails, and moved along at a pretty good clip. The weather was unsettled, steamy hot and muggy and we monitored the weather channel as the darkening sky turned into a ominous sky, ‘full of foreboding’ as they say, with forecast cautions of lightning and wind gusts over 58 mph, and

then we saw and heard it, a large black mushroom shaped cloud mass with pink and purple jagged gashes of electricity flashing inside.

We were nearing home, with the bridge in sight, and I called for an opening. At that instant a wind gust nearly laid us on our side, and Jim and I rushed to get the sails down as we luffed up and motored around in a circle away from the bridge.

We desperately wanted to get through before the bottom fell out of the storm cloud.

“Captain, I’d like to help you but the winds are over 35 mph and I can’t open the bridge,” the voice crackled over the radio.

Jim and I got the boat under control once the canvas came down, and managed to cope with the gusty winds well enough, and then I heard, “Captain, the winds off a little. I’m going to crack the bridge open and you scoot through.”

“Hallelujah,” I thought, in answer to my very, very sincere prayers, and as soon as I could see the emerging opening passageway getting wide enough for the boat’s rigging to pass through, I shoved the throttle forward and we made the passage safely to the other side.

We watched, humbled, and the mass of the angry storm cloud passed along but remained just offshore, and were amazed that in only a few more minutes, the hot muggy evening returned and we resumed the last leg back to Bradley Creek, tying up a little after midnight.

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Sweet potato biscuits 3 medium size sweet potatoes, boiled or baked 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons shortening 1 cup all purpose flour 1 large egg, room temperature 1 teaspoon baking powder In a bowl mash cooked sweet potatoes. Add shortening and egg, then flour, sugar, and baking powder. Do not use any liquid. Add just enough flour to make stiff dough. Roll out, cut with a biscuit cutter and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in a 375-degree oven until done about 12-15 minutes, test with a wooden toothpick that comes out clean.

Fried okra patties 1 pound fresh okra, trimmed, thinly sliced 1 small sweet onion, chopped 1 large egg ½ cup milk Salt and fresh ground black pepper,

Low Country Cooking

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to taste ½ cup flour ½ cup corn meal 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup shortening Cut okra crosswise, not too thin.

In a bowl combine okra, onions, salt, pepper, milk, and egg. Mix well.

In another bowl whisk together flour, cornmeal, and baking powder.

Add to okra mixture and blend. Drop by tablespoons into hot fat in a large skillet, flatten a little with the back of a spoon; brown well on both sides.

Drain on paper towels.

Traditional low country tomato pie 1 prepared refrigerated 9-inch deepdish pie crust

1 tablespoon brown mustard 3 medium ripe red tomatoes 2 large sweet onions or Vidalia onions Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded 1 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon dried sweet basil, crushed Dill weed Wash, peel, and slice the tomatoes. Lay the tomato slices on two sheets of paper toweling. Sprinkle the slices with salt and allow them to drain for at least 20 minutes. Take another sheet of paper toweling and dab any moisture from the top of the

slices. This step is very important because you will end up with a soggy pie if you don’t do this.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Poke a few fork holes into the bottom and sides of the piecrust. Bake for 10 minutes in a 350-degree oven.

Remove piecrust from the oven and spread one tablespoon brown mustard with a brush over the bottom of the piecrust. This helps to prevent the crust from getting soggy.

Layer the tomato slices in the piecrust and season with salt, pepper, and sweet basil. Place the onion slices on top of the tomato slices.

In a bowl stir together cheese, mayonnaise, and dried dill weed.

Evenly spread the cheese mixture on top of the tomatoes and onions.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until the top is lightly golden.

Let the pie rest for about 20 minutes before slicing. Serve warm.

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Pimento cheese creamed spinach Special Note:Â If desired prepared pimento cheese may be substituted for the cream cheese, 1 cup of cheddar cheese, and pimiento to be used in the filling.

2 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and pressed dry 2 tablespoons butter 1 small Vidalia or sweet onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced then smashed 4 ounces cream cheese cut into small pieces and softened ž cup milk ½ cup sour cream Ÿ cup mayonnaise 1 large egg, slightly beaten 1 4-ounce jar diced pimiento, drained and rinsed 1½ cups cheddar cheese, shredded and divided Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste

1/3 cup flavored bread crumbs 2 tablespoons butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drain and press spinach well; pressing between paper towels.   Melt two tablespoons butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and sautÊ for about six minutes or until tender. Add garlic and sautÊ for one minute, remove from heat.

Stir cream cheese into onion mixture until melted and well blended. Stir in spinach, milk, sour cream, mayonnaise, salt and pepper, to taste. Stir together egg, drained pimiento, and one cup cheddar cheese. Stir egg mixture into spinach mixture. Pour mixture into a buttered 9x13 baking dish. In a small bowl stir together flavored bread crumbs, two tablespoons melted butter, and ½ cup cheddar cheese; evenly sprinkle over spinach mixture. Bake in 350-degree oven for 40-50 minutes or until bubbly

and golden.

Creamy shrimp and grits Grits To make these cheesy grits; add ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese to cooked grits; to add more zip to the grits’ flavor add Ÿ cup shredded cheddar cheese and Ÿ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese to the cooked grits. Stir into cooked grits and keep stirring until cheese is melted and evenly distributed.

1 cup water 2 tablespoons butter Salt and pepper, to taste 1 cup half and half, or whole milk Ÿ cup quick grits In a small saucepan stir together water, half and half, and butter. Add a pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer and add the grits; stir. Cook over medium low heat for 10-15 minutes until grits are tender. Add pepper, to taste, stir. Cooked grits should have the same consistency as oatmeal.

Shrimp 4 slices smoked bacon, sliced in Ÿ-inch pieces 1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp 6 scallions, thinly sliced, separate the white and dark green parts 4 cloves garlic, minced, then smashed Salt and pepper, to taste Ÿ cup flour 1½ cups half and half, or light cream In a skillet cook bacon until crisp. Add shrimp, white parts of scallions, and garlic to bacon drippings.  SautÊ shrimp until just begins to turn pink and firms up. Dust the mixture with flour and stir until well blended. Add half and half or light cream. Stir until well blended. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately over grits or rice. Serve with fresh sliced beefsteak tomato slices.

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0.0 0 0 22 04:20 04:20AM AM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 17 04:45AM AM 0.2 0.2 6 6 22 05:28 05:28AM AM 0.0 1704:45 2.7 8282 09:42AM AM 3.4 3.4 104 104 10:08AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 11:09AM AM 2.7 09:42 10:08 11:09 Su M W Su M W 0.0 0 0 04:26PM PM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 04:50PM PM 0.2 0.2 6 6 06:06PM PM 0.0 04:26 04:50 06:06 3.5 107 10:07 PM 3.9 119 10:23 PM 3.2 98 11:29 PM 3.5 107 10:07 PM 3.9 119 10:23 PM 3.2 98 11:29 PM

AM AM -0.5 -0.5 -15 -15 33 02:44 02:44AM AM AM AM 3.4 3.4 104 104 07:57 07:57AM AM Su Su PM PM -0.6 -0.6 -18 -18 02:33 02:33PM PM PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 08:19 08:19PM PM

03:11AM AM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 33 03:40 0.1 0.1 33 18 03:40AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 18 04:31AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 1803:11 1804:31 08:25 08:25AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 2.7 2.7 8282 08:47 08:47AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 09:43 09:43AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 M M W W Th Th 03:02 03:02PM PM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 0.0 0.0 00 03:20 03:20PM PM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 04:14 04:14PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 08:53PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 3.5 3.5 107 107 ৯৯ 08:53 09:12 09:12PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 10:04 10:04PM PM 3.7 3.7 113 113

33

04:01AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 18 04:46AM AM 04:01 1804:46 09:11AM AM 2.9 2.9 8888 10:01AM AM 09:11 Sa 10:01 FF 03:47 03:47PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 Sa 04:35 PM 04:35 PM 09:38PM PM 3.9 3.9 119 119 10:18PM PM 09:38 10:18

0.0 0 0 33 05:07 05:07AM AM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 18 05:18AM AM 0.0 1805:18 2.7 8282 10:35AM AM 3.5 3.5 107 107 10:46AM AM 2.7 M 10:35 Tu 10:46 M Tu 0.1 3 05:21 PM -0.3 -9 05:30 PM 0.1 3 05:21 PM -0.3 -9 05:30 PM 3.4 104 104 10:56PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 10:58PM PM 3.4 10:56 10:58

0.2 6 6 33 06:19 06:19AM AM 0.2 3.0 9191 12:06PM PM 3.0 Th 12:06 Th 0.4 12 07:06 PM 0.4 12 07:06 PM 3.0 9191 3.0

03:23AM AM AM AM -0.5 -0.5 -15 -15 44 03:23 08:35 08:35AM AM AM AM 3.3 3.3 101 101 03:09PM PM PM PM -0.6 -0.6 -18 -18 MM 03:09 08:56PM PM PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 ৫৫ 08:56

0.0 0.0 00 19 04:02AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 44 04:23 04:23AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 19 05:15AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 1904:02 1905:15 2.7 2.7 8282 09:15 09:15AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 09:32 09:32AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 10:29 10:29AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 Tu 03:49 Th 04:04 0.0 0.0 00 Tu 03:49PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 Th 04:04PM PM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 FF 04:59 04:59PM PM 0.0 0.0 00 3.6 3.6 110 110 09:40 09:40PM PM 4.0 4.0 122 122 09:56 09:56PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 10:47 10:47PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107

44

04:46AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 19 05:23AM AM 04:46 1905:23 10:01AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 10:43AM AM Sa 10:01 Su 10:43 Sa Su 04:38 PM -0.3 -9 05:17 PM 04:38 PM -0.3 -9 05:17 PM 10:25PM PM 3.9 3.9 119 119 10:56PM PM 10:25 10:56

0.1 3 3 44 05:55 05:55AM AM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 19 05:51AM AM 0.1 1905:51 2.7 8282 11:30AM AM 3.5 3.5 107 107 11:25AM AM 2.7 Tu 11:30 W 11:25 Tu W 0.2 6 06:19 PM -0.2 -6 06:12 PM 0.2 6 06:19 PM -0.2 -6 06:12 PM 3.2 9898 11:49PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107 11:34PM PM 3.2 11:49 11:34

0.3 9 9 44 0.3 3.0 9191 3.0 0.5 1515 FF 0.5 2.9 8888 2.9

AM AM -0.5 -0.5 -15 -15 55 04:02 04:02AM AM AM AM 3.2 3.2 9898 09:13 09:13AM AM Tu 03:45 PM PM -0.5 -0.5 -15 -15 Tu 03:45PM PM PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 09:33 09:33PM PM

0.0 0.0 00 20 04:51AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 55 2004:51 2.7 2.7 8282 10:04 10:04AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 0.0 0.0 00 WW 04:37 04:37PM PM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 FF 3.6 3.6 110 110 10:27 10:27PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116

0.0 0.0 00 2.6 2.6 7979 0.2 0.2 66 3.3 3.3 101 101

55

01:27AM AM 0.1 3 3 55 06:46 06:46AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 20 06:26AM AM 0.3 0.3 9 9 55 01:27 0.1 2006:26 08:15AM AM 2.7 8282 12:28PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107 12:07PM PM 3.0 3.0 9191 2.7 12:28 12:07 Sa 08:15 02:13PM PM 0.3 9 9 WW 07:21 07:21PM PM 0.0 0.0 0 0 ThTh 06:57 06:57PM PM 0.6 0.6 1818 Sa 02:13 0.3 ৱৱ 09:21 09:21PM PM 3.0 9191 3.0

AM AM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 66 04:42 04:42AM AM AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 09:52 09:52AM AM W W PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 04:24 04:24PM PM PM PM 3.9 3.9 119 119 10:14 10:14PM PM

0.0 0.0 00 21 05:39AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 66 05:53 05:53AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 21 06:41AM AM 0.1 0.1 33 2105:39 2106:41 2.7 2.7 8282 10:54 10:54AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 11:09 11:09AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 12:03 12:03PM PM 2.5 2.5 7676 Th Th Sa Sa Su Su 0.0 0.0 00 05:25 05:25PM PM 0.0 0.0 00 05:42 05:42PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 06:33 06:33PM PM 0.3 0.3 99 3.6 3.6 110 110 11:15 11:15PM PM 3.6 3.6 110 110 11:30 11:30PM PM 3.6 3.6 110 110

66

06:21AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 21 06:37AM AM 0.2 0.2 6 6 66 12:44 12:44AM AM 3.2 3.2 9898 21 12:14AM AM 06:21 2106:37 2112:14 11:49AM AM 3.1 3.1 9494 12:07PM PM 2.7 2.7 8282 07:40AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 07:06AM AM 11:49 12:07 07:40 07:06 Tu Th F MM 06:30 Tu Th F 06:30PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 06:45PM PM 0.4 0.4 1212 01:30PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107 12:53PM PM 06:45 01:30 12:53 08:27PM PM 0.2 0.2 6 6 07:48PM PM 08:27 07:48

2.7 2.7 0.4 0.4 3.0 3.0 0.7 0.7

02:34AM AM 8282 66 02:34 09:20AM AM 1212 Su 09:20 Su 03:19PM PM 9191 03:19 10:29PM PM 2121 10:29

AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 77 05:24 05:24AM AM AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 10:35 10:35AM AM Th Th PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 05:07 05:07PM PM PM PM 3.6 3.6 110 110 10:57 10:57PM PM

0.0 0.0 00 22 06:28AM AM 0.0 0.0 00 77 06:42 06:42AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 22 12:12AM AM 2206:28 2212:12 2.6 2.6 7979 11:45 11:45AM AM 2.6 2.6 7979 12:03 12:03PM PM 2.8 2.8 8585 07:23 07:23AM AM F F Su Su M M 0.0 0.0 00 06:15 06:15PM PM 0.2 0.2 66 06:39 06:39PM PM 0.0 0.0 00 12:51 12:51PM PM 3.6 3.6 110 110 07:24 07:24PM PM

3.0 3.0 9191 0.2 0.2 66 2.5 2.5 7676 0.5 0.5 1515

77

AM AM 0.0 0.0 00 88 06:09 06:09AM AM PM PM 2.6 2.6 7979 11:21 11:21AM AM PM PM 0.1 0.1 33 FF 05:54 05:54PM PM 11:45 11:45PM PM

0.0 0.0 00 23 12:03AM AM 2312:03 2.6 2.6 7979 07:17 07:17AM AM Sa 12:38 0.1 0.1 33 Sa 12:38PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107 07:07 07:07PM PM

3.3 3.3 101 101 88 12:22 12:22AM AM 3.5 3.5 107 107 23 12:56AM AM 2312:56 0.1 0.1 33 07:33 07:33AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 08:05 08:05AM AM Tu 01:42 2.5 2.5 7676 MM 01:02 01:02PM PM 2.9 2.9 8888 Tu 01:42PM PM 0.3 0.3 99 07:41 07:41PM PM 0.1 0.1 33 08:19 08:19PM PM

2.6 2.6 0.4 0.4 3.0 3.0 0.7 0.7

03:42AM AM 7979 77 03:42 10:26AM AM 1212 M 10:26 M 04:23PM PM 9191 04:23 11:31PM PM 2121 11:31

2.8 2.8 8585 0.2 0.2 66 2.5 2.5 7676 0.6 0.6 1818

88

01:18AM AM 3.3 3.3 101 101 24 01:43AM AM 3.1 3.1 9494 99 01:18 2401:43 08:27 08:27AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 08:48 08:48AM AM 0.2 0.2 66 Tu 02:05 02:05PM PM 3.0 3.0 9191 WW 02:35 02:35PM PM 2.5 2.5 7676 Tu 08:49PM PM 0.2 0.2 66 ৰৰ 09:18 09:18PM PM 0.5 0.5 1515 ৱৱ 08:49

04:45AM AM 7676 88 04:45 11:27AM AM 1212 11:27 Tu Tu 05:20PM PM 9494 05:20 21 21

AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM

3.4 3.4 104 104 99 06:58 06:58AM AM 0.1 0.1 33 24 12:52AM AM 2412:52 0.1 0.1 33 12:14 12:14PM PM 2.6 2.6 7979 08:07 08:07AM AM Sa 06:48 Su 01:34 2.5 2.5 7676 Sa 06:48PM PM 0.1 0.1 33 Su 01:34PM PM 0.3 0.3 99 08:04 08:04PM PM

01:01AM AM 3.3 3.3 101 101 23 12:55AM AM 2.6 2.6 7979 88 02:48 02:48AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 23 01:52AM AM 2.5 2.5 01:01 2312:55 2301:52 08:04AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 07:54AM AM 0.3 0.3 9 9 09:38AM AM 0.0 0.0 0 0 08:41AM AM 0.4 0.4 08:04 07:54 09:38 08:41 Th Sa Su WW 01:49 Th Sa Su 01:49PM PM 3.3 3.3 101 101 01:42PM PM 2.7 2.7 8282 03:40PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107 02:43PM PM 3.1 3.1 01:42 03:40 02:43 ৱৱ 08:39 08:39PM PM 0.1 0.1 3 3 08:30 PM 0.6 18 10:47 PM 0.3 9 09:48 PM 0.7 08:30 PM 0.6 18 10:47 PM 0.3 9 09:48 PM 0.7

2.6 2.6 7979 0.3 0.3 99 2.6 2.6 7979 0.6 0.6 1818

99

01:43AM AM 3.4 3.4 104 104 25 2501:43 08:56 08:56AM AM 0.1 0.1 33 M M 02:31 02:31PM PM 2.6 2.6 7979 ৰ ৰ 09:06 09:06PM PM 0.2 0.2 66

2.9 2.9 8888 10 02:19AM AM 3.1 3.1 9494 25 02:32AM AM 1002:19 2502:32 0.3 0.3 99 09:23 09:23AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 09:33 09:33AM AM W W Th Th 2.5 2.5 7676 03:09 03:09PM PM 3.2 3.2 9898 03:28 03:28PM PM 0.6 0.6 1818 10:00 10:00PM PM 0.2 0.2 66 10:19 10:19PM PM

2.5 7676 99 03:54 03:54AM AM 2.5 0.3 9 9 10:40AM AM 0.3 10:40 Su Su 2.8 85 04:42 PM 2.8 85 04:42 PM 0.6 1818 11:51PM PM 0.6 11:51

2.7 8282 24 02:51AM AM 2.7 2402:51 0.0 0 0 09:38AM AM 0.0 09:38 M M 3.5 107 03:42 PM 3.5 107 03:42 PM 0.3 9 9 10:50PM PM 0.3 10:50

2.5 7676 99 12:25 12:25AM AM 2.5 0.4 1212 05:41AM AM 0.4 05:41 W W 3.3 101 12:23 PM 3.3 101 12:23 PM 0.6 1818 06:10PM PM 0.6 06:10

AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM

3.1 3.1 9494 10 12:38AM AM 1012:38 0.3 0.3 99 07:51 07:51AM AM Su Su 2.4 2.4 7373 01:13 01:13PM PM 0.4 0.4 1212 07:50 07:50PM PM

01:42AM AM 02:00AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 24 02:00 2401:42 08:38AM AM 09:00AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 08:38 09:00 ThTh 02:53 02:35PM PM 02:53PM PM 3.3 3.3 101 101 FF 02:35 09:29PM PM 09:50PM PM 0.2 0.2 6 6 ৰৰ 09:29 09:50

2.5 2.5 7676 0.3 0.3 99 2.7 2.7 8282 0.6 0.6 1818

03:03AM AM 1003:03 10 09:58 AM

3.3 3.3 101 101 26 02:36AM AM 2602:36 0.0 0.0 00 09:45 09:45AM AM Tu Tu 2.8 2.8 8585 03:27 03:27PM PM 0.2 0.2 66 10:09 10:09PM PM

2.7 2.7 8282 11 03:21AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 26 03:25AM AM 1103:21 2603:25 0.3 0.3 99 10:20 10:20AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 10:19 10:19AM AM Th Th F F 2.6 2.6 7979 04:12 04:12PM PM 3.4 3.4 104 104 04:18 04:18PM PM 0.6 0.6 1818 11:10 11:10PM PM 0.1 0.1 33 11:17 11:17PM PM

2.4 7373 10 04:58AM AM 2.6 2.6 7979 25 03:54AM AM 2.4 1004:58 2503:54 0.3 9 9 11:40AM AM 0.0 0.0 0 0 10:39AM AM 0.3 11:40 10:39 2.9 8888 MM 05:39 05:39PM PM 3.6 3.6 110 110 TuTu 04:40 04:40PM PM 2.9 0.6 1818 11:48PM PM 0.6 11:48

2.6 7979 10 01:11AM AM 2.6 1001:11 0.2 6 6 06:29AM AM 0.2 06:29 3.5 107 107 ThTh 01:11 01:11PM PM 3.5 0.4 1212 06:54PM PM 0.4 06:54

AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM

01:36AM AM 2.9 2.9 8888 11 1101:36 08:48 08:48AM AM 0.3 0.3 99 M M 02:18 02:18PM PM 2.4 2.4 7373 ৱ ৱ 08:58 08:58PM PM 0.5 0.5 1515

2.8 8585 25 02:33AM AM 2.8 2502:33 -0.2 -6-6 09:27AM AM 09:58 AM -0.2 09:27 Sa 03:29 FF 03:57 03:57PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107 Sa 03:29PM PM 10:59PM PM 0.2 0.2 6 6 10:31PM PM 10:59 10:31

2.4 2.4 7373 0.2 0.2 66 2.9 2.9 8888 0.5 0.5 1515

04:07AM AM 1104:07 11 10:56 AM

3.2 3.2 9898 27 03:30AM AM 2703:30 0.0 0.0 00 10:31 10:31AM AM W W 3.0 3.0 9191 04:19 04:19PM PM 0.1 0.1 33 11:08 11:08PM PM

2.6 2.6 7979 12 04:24AM AM 2.9 2.9 8888 27 04:18AM AM 2.3 2.3 7070 1204:24 2704:18 0.3 0.3 99 11:16 11:16AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 11:05 11:05AM AM 0.2 0.2 66 F F Sa Sa 2.7 2.7 8282 05:11 05:11PM PM 3.6 3.6 110 110 05:07 05:07PM PM 3.1 3.1 9494 0.6 0.6 1818

0.3 9 9 26 04:54AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 11 01:51AM AM 0.3 2604:54 1101:51 2.7 8282 11:38AM AM 0.1 0.1 3 3 07:11AM AM 2.7 11:38 07:11 0.0 0 0 WW 05:35 05:35PM PM 3.7 3.7 113 113 FF 01:54 01:54PM PM 0.0 3.6 110 110 07:33PM PM 3.6 07:33

AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM

2.8 2.8 8585 12 02:39AM AM 1202:39 0.3 0.3 99 09:47 09:47AM AM Tu Tu 2.5 2.5 7676 03:24 03:24PM PM 0.5 0.5 1515 10:10 10:10PM PM

2.3 7070 11 12:47AM AM 2.3 1112:47 0.2 6 6 05:55AM AM 0.2 05:55 3.1 9494 TuTu 12:35 12:35PM PM 3.1 0.5 1515 06:30PM PM 0.5 06:30

12:04AM AM 1212:04 12 05:09 AM

0.2 6 6 27 12:41AM AM 0.2 0.2 6 6 12 02:28AM AM 0.2 2712:41 1202:28 2.8 8585 05:51AM AM 3.0 3.0 9191 07:49AM AM 2.8 05:51 07:49 Th Sa Th Sa 0.0 0 0 12:36PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 02:34PM PM 0.0 12:36 02:34 3.6 110 110 06:28PM PM 3.9 3.9 119 119 08:09PM PM 3.6 06:28 08:09

AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM

2.7 2.7 8282 13 03:43AM AM 3.2 3.2 9898 28 04:22AM AM 2.5 2.5 7676 13 12:14AM AM 0.0 0.0 00 28 12:11AM AM 1303:43 2804:22 1312:14 2812:11 0.3 0.3 99 10:45 10:45AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 11:15 11:15AM AM 0.3 0.3 99 05:25 05:25AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 05:10 05:10AM AM Th 05:06 Sa 12:10 Su 11:52 2.7 2.7 8282 WW 04:27 04:27PM PM 3.2 3.2 9898 Th 05:06PM PM 2.9 2.9 8888 Sa 12:10PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 Su 11:52AM AM 0.4 0.4 1212 11:20 11:20PM PM 0.0 0.0 00 06:07 06:07PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 05:53 05:53PM PM

0.2 6 6 27 04:28AM AM 2.4 2.4 7373 12 01:36AM AM 0.2 2704:28 1201:36 2.6 7979 11:12AM AM 0.1 0.1 3 3 06:47AM AM 05:09 AM 2.6 11:12 06:47 Su 11:53 M W Su M W 11:53AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 05:16PM PM 3.3 3.3 101 101 01:25PM PM 05:16 01:25 05:54PM PM 3.7 3.7 113 113 07:16PM PM 05:54 07:16

0.4 0.4 1212 2.4 2.4 7373 0.1 0.1 33 3.3 3.3 101 101

01:02AM AM 1301:02 13 06:08 AM

0.4 1212 13 02:20AM AM 0.4 1302:20 2.5 7676 07:32AM AM 2.5 07:32 Th Th 0.0 0 0 02:10PM PM 0.0 02:10 3.6 110 110 07:58PM PM 3.6 07:58

03:01AM AM 0.2 6 6 28 01:30AM AM 0.0 0.0 0 0 13 0.2 2801:30 1303:01 08:25AM AM 2.8 8585 06:46AM AM 3.3 3.3 101 101 08:25 2.8 06:46 F Su F Su 03:12PM PM 0.0 0 0 01:31PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 03:12 0.0 01:31 ৯ ৯ 08:44PM PM 3.6 110 110 07:18PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 08:44 3.6 07:18

0.3 0.3 99 2.4 2.4 7373 0.0 0.0 00 3.5 3.5 107 107

01:54AM AM 1401:54 14 07:01 AM

0.4 0.4 1212 15 02:07AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 30 01:47AM AM 0.1 0.1 33 1502:07 3001:47 2.5 2.5 7676 07:16 07:16AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 06:48 06:48AM AM 2.5 2.5 7676 M M Tu Tu 0.1 0.1 33 01:53 01:53PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 01:24 01:24PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 3.3 3.3 101 101 07:48 07:48PM PM 4.0 4.0 122 122 07:22 07:22PM PM 3.7 3.7 113 113

03:00AM AM 0.0 0 0 29 01:14AM AM 0.2 0.2 6 6 14 0.0 2901:14 1403:00 08:14AM AM 2.7 8282 06:17AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 08:14 07:01 AM 2.7 06:17 W F TuTu 01:37 W F 02:53PM PM 01:37PM PM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 12:57PM PM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 02:53 12:57 08:36PM PM 07:33PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 06:55PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 ৯৯ 08:36 07:33 06:55

0.1 3 3 29 02:18AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 14 03:33AM AM 0.1 2902:18 1403:33 2.9 8888 07:38AM AM 3.5 3.5 107 107 09:01AM AM 2.9 07:38 09:01 Sa M Sa M 0.0 0 0 02:25PM PM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 03:49PM PM 0.0 02:25 03:49 3.5 107 107 ৫৫ 08:08 08:08PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 09:17PM PM 3.5 09:17

02:42AM AM 1502:42 15 07:50 AM

0.1 3 3 30 03:04AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 15 04:05AM AM 0.1 3003:04 1504:05 3.0 9191 08:30AM AM 3.8 3.8 116 116 09:35AM AM 3.0 08:30 09:35 Su 03:19 0.1 3 3 Su 03:19PM PM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 TuTu 04:26 04:26PM PM 0.1 3.5 107 107 08:57PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 09:51PM PM 3.5 08:57 09:51

05:07 05:07AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 20 05:58AM AM 2005:58 10:19 10:19AM AM 2.7 2.7 8282 11:15 11:15AM AM Sa 05:45 04:51 04:51PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 Sa 05:45PM PM 10:41 10:41PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 11:29 11:29PM PM

0.5 0.5 1515 14 01:13AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 29 01:00AM AM 1401:13 2901:00 2.5 2.5 7676 06:22 06:22AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 06:00 06:00AM AM Su 01:03 0.2 0.2 66 Su 01:03PM PM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 MM 12:38 12:38PM PM 3.1 3.1 9494 06:59 06:59PM PM 3.9 3.9 119 119 06:38 06:38PM PM

01:35AM AM 31 3101:35

0.2 0.2 66 06:40 06:40AM AM 2.5 2.5 7676 Su Su 01:17 01:17PM PM 0.0 0.0 00 07:10 07:10PM PM 3.5 3.5 107 107

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Height Height

02:59AM AM 0.0 0.0 00 17 0.2 0.2 66 17 02:19AM AM -0.3 -0.3 -9-9 22 02:59 03:46AM AM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 1702:19 1703:46 08:05 08:05AM AM 2.6 2.6 7979 2.7 2.7 8282 07:34 07:34AM AM 3.1 3.1 9494 08:56 08:56AM AM 2.8 2.8 8585 Su Su Tu Tu W W 02:37 02:37PM PM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 0.0 0.0 00 02:13 02:13PM PM -0.5 -0.5 -15 -15 03:28 03:28PM PM -0.2 -0.2 -6-6 ৫ ৫ 08:31 08:31PM PM 3.7 3.7 113 113 3.4 3.4 104 104 08:04 08:04PM PM 4.1 4.1 125 125 09:20 09:20PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116

0.3 0.3 99 15 12:25AM AM -0.1 -0.1 -3-3 30 12:50AM AM 1512:25 3012:50 2.7 2.7 8282 05:45 05:45AM AM 3.1 3.1 9494 05:56 05:56AM AM F F Sa Sa 0.2 0.2 66 12:33 12:33PM PM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 12:37 12:37PM PM 3.0 3.0 9191 06:22 06:22PM PM 3.8 3.8 116 116 06:31 06:31PM PM

h h mm

Time Time

AM AM -0.4 -0.4 -12 -12 22 02:05 02:05AM AM AM AM 3.4 3.4 104 104 07:20 07:20AM AM Sa Sa PM PM -0.5 -0.5 -15 -15 01:59 01:59PM PM PM PM 3.9 3.9 119 119 07:43 07:43PM PM

AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM

cm cm

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May

Calendar of Events

22- Magic Show at Soundside Park in Surf City 29- Friday Night Movie at Sunset in Soundside Park, Surf City

June

5- Friday Night Concert at Soundside Park in Surf City 12- Friday Night Movie at Sunset in Soundside Park, Surf City 19- Friday Night Magic Show in Soundside Park, Surf City 24- Family Day at the Farmer’s Market, Poplar Grove Plantation 26- Friday Night Movie at Sunset in Soundside Park, Surf City

July

Every Wednesday Thru November Farmers Market at Poplar Grove Plantation, Hwy. 17 in Scotts Hill.

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For info.call 910-686-9518.

3- Surf City Independance Day Celebration, Concert, Fireworks in Soundside Park 4- Fireworks, Holly Ridge Municipal Park, Sound Road, Holly Ridge 10- Friday Night Movie at Sunset in Soundside Park, Surf City 17- Friday Night Magic Show at Soundside Park, Surf City 24- Friday Night Movie at Sunset in Soundside Park, Surf City 31- Friday Night Concert at Soundside Park, Surf City

August

7- Friday Night Movie at Sunset in Soundside Park, Surf City 14- Friday Night Magic Show at Soundside Park, Surf City 21- Friday Night Movie at Sunset at Soundside Park, Surf City 28- Friday Night Concert at Soundside Park, Surf City Spring/Summer 2015 – Sounds MAGAZINE – 13

Slip on flip flops and grab a shopping bag, we are going to take you on an insider’s tour of the area’s best retail stores.

Let’s start at the southern end of the island in Topsail Beach. There are two must-shop shops: The Gift Basket and Quarter Moon Books, Gifts, and Wine Bar. The Gift Basket, located at 702 S. Anderson Blvd., has a nice selection of jewelry, especially sea glass jewelry. Just down the street is Quarter Moon Books, Gifts, and Wine Bar at 708 S. Anderson Blvd. This store, celebrating their 20th anniversary, features wonderful beach reads and local authors. But owner Lori Fisher also has an eye for beachwear, beach bags and more.

Across the street from The Gift Basket is Jeff Price’s Beach Shop & Grill. It really is a beach shop combined with an adjoining restaurant.

They sell everything from sunscreen to Topsail t-shirts.

Moving northward, there are several wonderful shops in Surf City.

Surfside Sportswear at 314 N. New River Dr. has the area’s best selection of swimsuits for all body types. They also have a shoe department, clothing, and jewelry.

At 201 N. New River Dr. is Topsail Island Trading Company. The trading company is famous for their fudge. They have many delicious flavors and it’s difficult to make a decision. But regardless of the flavor, you can’t go wrong. They’re all good.

But Topsail Island Trading Company is more than fudge. The shop, located on the Intracoastal Waterway, has a section of toys for children, nice art, clothing, and a wide array of jewelry including Pandora.

Just down the road is Beach Furniture Outfitters. This shop has lamps, blankets, pillows, art, and unique décor that allow you to take home the style of Coastal Carolina.

Check out the selection of silver jewelry too.

Topsail Island Shopping

By Tammy Proctor Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism

Near the Swing Bridge is a whimsical shop called Bumblebee. Shop the Bee for beachwear, chocolate, wonderful coffee, bags, jewelry, and décor. Owner Julie Voorhies also has a wide selection of Vera Bradley items, if you need a bigger bag to tote your goodies home.

Mia’s Marketplace, located at 14061 NC Hwy. 50, on the mainland.

This is another don’t miss shopping experience. Mia’s has a wonderful selection of resort wear, jewelry (including Alex & Ani), home décor and more. Be sure to visit the candy shop in the rear of the store where they sell wax lips, candy necklaces, and old fashioned penny candy.

Located in the Promenade are two great shops that locals turn to for today’s fashions and shoes. Bellavie Boutique, 2660 Hwy 210 E., is an affordable shop with everyday wear by up-and-coming designers. Owner Amber Afify offers embroidery for personalized gift giving. Next door is The Shoe Tree with everything from flip flops, sandals, and dress shoes for men, women and children.

Off Charlie Medlin Dr. in Surf City, the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is a popular tourist attraction. But the sea turtle hospital also features a unique gift shop that is all things turtles.

Speaking of all things turtle, we love our sea turtles on Topsail Island. That is an evident fact when you visit The Turtle Factory, 1072 NC Hwy 210 in Sneads Ferry. They have beautiful handcrafted turtle footstools that can be customized with your choice of fabric. Owner Ann Kreiger has the area’s largest selection of turtle necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more.

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Decorate Your Soul, located near the Harris Teeter in Surf City Crossing, is a shop filled with unique gifts and home décor. The store features wedding gift items for visitors destined for a beach marriage ceremony. This shop has items that lift your soul and bring a smile.

For local artisans, shop ArtExposure, a red barn art gallery located at 22527 US Hwy. 17. Owner Ellen Elder offers a wide selection of art classes so make time to create your own masterpiece.

Consignment art, furniture, baskets, shelves and more are the highlights of Carolina Décor and More, located at 14130 NC Hwy.

50. Daily there are new and unique bargains to be discovered at Carolina Décor and More.

Topsail Island is base camp for water lovers and water sports enthusiasts. Because we love fishing, boating, kayaking, surfing, or because we like to wear gear that looks like we love outdoor sports, don’t miss our unique sporting goods and outfitters. Herrings Outdoor Sports and East Coast Sports feature a nice array of t-shirts, boats, sandals, sunglasses, and gear.

We take pride in our unique, locally owned and operated shops in the Greater Topsail Island Area.

Grab your bag and let’s go!

Tammy Proctor is the executive director of the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism and a staff writer with the PenderTopsail Post & Voice newspaper.

The mission of the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism is to promote and support the economic growth and civic well-being of our local community and membership.

13775 NC Hwy. 50, Surf City, NC 28445 910.329.4446 www.topsailchamber.org www.visittopsailnc.org

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See the calendar of events on our website.

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