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BEARING THE OLYMPIC TORCH
by Ed Beckley
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A torchbearer’s sweet memories along America’s back roads
Circa 1986
My eyes were welling, so I took a deep breath. It wouldn’t be right to shed tears while receiving the Olympic flame. It was May 1984, and this would be the last time I would bear the Olympic torch on its way to the Los Angeles Coliseum. The magnificence of the preceding days was coming to an end. I had been on the road with my Olympic Torch Cadre Team for a week.
It is now the year 2021, and I still get chills. The torch sits in a place of honor in my home. My mind’s eye recalls the glory.
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HIGH 4-H HONORS
By Morgan King
Brunswick 4-H’ers Autumn Apple and Sydney Blair attend the NC 4-H Congress and are inducted into the prestigious 4-H Honor Club.
Autumn Apple and Sydney Blair, Brunswick County 4-H members, attended NC 4-H Congress, which was held virtually this year. This year’s 4-H Congress, held July 19 to 22, attracted more than 200 youth and adults representing 4-H programs across the state. Conference delegates participated in general sessions, learned together in workshops, recognized award winners and elected State 4-H Officers for the upcoming year.
MISSING PERSONS AND MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS
By Michelle Macken
Local author Dennis Hetzel’s new novel, Azalea Bluff, is a science-fiction thriller set in a fictional Brunswick County town.
Author Dennis Hetzel, a Holden Beach resident and a contributor to South Brunswick Magazine and North Brunswick Magazine, has a new novel that came out in August. Azalea Bluff is his third book published by Headline Books.
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
By Jo Ann Mathews
A nonprofit, faith-based organization, With My Sisters is a group of women that helps the community in a variety of ways.
Like the Biblical story of the loaves and fishes, With My Sisters, Inc. continues to grow and multiply in membership and in number of programs it offers.
This nonprofit, faith-based organization resulted from a wish O’Keiya Dinnall wanted to fulfill.
“I don’t have sisters, and I was always trying to do something [for women],” she says.
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PLAY BALL!
By Beth A. Klahre
Brunswick County Senior Softball players enjoy competition and camaraderie.
The Jimmies. The Gators. The Bombers. The Slammers. The 180 die-hard softball players in the Brunswick County Senior Softball League show up with bats and gloves — and attitude! On these ball fields, age is just a number.
Sanctioned by Brunswick County Parks and Recreation, the league welcomes softball players older than age 50, and the players come from Southport, Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, Shallotte and Calabash, plus a few from Myrtle Beach.
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A STEP FORWARD
By Carolyn Bowers
Brunswick Partnership for Housing begins renovations on the Southport building that will house its new temporary shelter.
On the morning of August 9, a dedicated group of volunteers ignored the oppressive heat and began demolishing the inside of the building at 250 E. 11th Street in Southport. This is the first step in converting the former medical office building into the future home for some of Brunswick County’s homeless population.
