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40 THE MAN BEHIND THE MAZES
Hunter Gibbes, a.k.a. the Sunset Beach Maze Man, creates life-size walking puzzles in the sand, much to the delight of beachgoers. By Melissa Slaven Warren
50 COYOTES IN THE COUNTY
Is that a party I hear? Or just a pack of song dogs? By Ed Beckley
59 A LIVING SHORELINE
The Town of Sunset Beach protects its centerpiece waterfront park with the help of the North Carolina Coastal Federation. By Melissa Slaven Warren
65 MORNING BY MORNING
An introduction to the photography of Terra Hewett. By Joan Leotta
76 LEADER OF THE PACK
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In addition to serving in the North Carolina State Senate, Dr. Bill Rabon, Brunswick County’s first veterinarian, still loves caring for Brunswick County’s animals. By Annesophia Richards
IT’S TIME. TRANSFER TO UNCW. Soar into academic excellence. Dive deep into research, internships, and applied learning. Discover a new community and a beautiful campus—while staying close to home and within your budget. Imagine yourself joining the Seahawk family: small classes, big ideas, and constant innovation. UNC Wilmington offers 55 undergraduate majors and accepts up to 64 hours of credit from two-year institutions. Contact Leigh Smith, the Transfer Student Success Advisor dedicated to Brunswick County students, with questions about how to take flight at UNCW. Leigh Smith smithml@uncw.edu 910-962-7200
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16 PUBLISHER’S NOTE
35 SPIRITS
by Justin Williams
18 CONTRIBUTORS
Meet the contributors to South Brunswick Magazine.
21 WHAT’S HAPPENING
Upcoming events you won’t want to miss.
27 BUSINESS BUZZ
Keeping up with the local business scene.
89 BUSINESS PROFILES
TruFit Gym by Sandi Grigg
90 FACES & PLACES
Rotary Club of Shallotte’s 14th Annual Las Vegas Night
Peachy Navel By Sandi Grigg
36 WHAT’S COOKIN’
Three Tea Sandwiches By Sandi Grigg
39 UP NORTH
What you’ll find in the Spring 2019 edition of North Brunswick Magazine.
44 PEOPLE
Bolivia’s Danny Galloway and the lost art of shoe repair. By Ed Beckley
55 EDUCATION
Paws-Ability’s Pet Education Program teaches children about responsible pet ownership. By Denice Patterson
44 72 AROUND TOWN
Carolina Soul Fest features wellness-oriented food, music and fun to benefit Community Movement Alliance. By Jo Ann Mathews
81 PEOPLE
Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce names Mari-Lou WongChong as its Women of Impact Volunteer of the Year. by Joan Leotta
85 HEALTH
Brunswick Wellness Coalition encourages healthy eating and active living through a variety of programs. By Carolyn Bowers
92 WHAT’S HAPPENED
What’s been going on around town.
96 SHALLOTTE INLET TIDE CHART Tracking the highs and the lows at Shallotte Inlet from April through June.
97 ADVERTISERS INDEX
Our directory of advertisers
98 CAPTURE THE MOMENT
A contest for SBM readers
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South Brunswick Magazine – Spring 2019 Volume 10, Issue 3 OWNER/PUBLISHER: Justin Williams DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Sandi Grigg COPY EDITOR: Molly Harrison CONTRIBUTING GRAPHICS: Paula Knorr Teresa Kramer Eliza Dale Niemann
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SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR: Lensey Wilson CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Ed Beckley Carolyn Bowers Mark Head Terrah Hewett Wendy Hunt Laura Glantz James Stefiuk Time 2 Remember
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Ed Beckley Carolyn Bowers Sandi Grigg Lauren Krouse Joan Leotta Jo Ann Mathews Denice Patterson Annesophia Richards Melissa Slaven Warren
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THE BEAUTY OF TERRAH HEWETT’S
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Holden Beach-based photographer Terra Hewett captured this photo in Varnumtown on November 30, 2018. “The morning was setting up perfectly for reflections. When I saw Morning Light and Old Baldy mirrored on the Lockwood Folly River, it was one of those goose bump moments when everything comes together just right,” she says. See the story about Hewett and her photography starting on page 65.
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Welcome back, spring!
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With the warm weather and blooming flowers and trees, I’ve got a serious case of spring fever. I find myself looking for any excuse possible to be outside, soaking up the sunshine and all the wonderfulness of southern Brunswick County. Speaking of Brunswick County’s goodness, we’ve got a lot of fantastic people, animals, programs and events to tell you about on the pages of this edition. One of my personal favorite stories is an article about Hunter Gibbes, a.k.a. the Sunset Beach Maze Man. If you don’t know about Hunter and his beach mazes, you’re going to be amazed (sorry, couldn’t resist a pun) that someone would take the time to so meticulously craft something that is ultimately going to wash away. But that’s what he does, much to the enjoyment of beachgoers at Sunset Beach. This story really brings out the inner kid in me, and I think it will do the same for you. Another story I know you’ll enjoy is a profile about Holden Beach photographer Terrah Hewett. More than likely you’ve seen her heart-stopping coastal images on Facebook as she has a strong social media following of both locals and visitors. But if you’ve been wondering about the woman behind the images, here’s your chance to meet her in Joan Leotta’s story. You’re going to love our photo essay of her coastal images. We are also proud to have a feature about MariLou Wong-Chong in this edition. Mari-Lou is a tireless Brunswick County volunteer and is, handsdown, one of the friendliest people I’ve ever met. She has such positive energy and makes a huge impact in our community. I wasn’t at all surprised when she won the Women of Impact Volunteer of the Year Award. On these pages I know you’ll also enjoy
meeting Senator Bill Rabon. Many people know him as our representative in the N.C. Senate, but did you know he’s also a veterinarian and was the first veterinarian in Brunswick County? You can read all about it here. We’ve got other cool stories about coyotes in Brunswick County, Sunset Beach’s living shoreline project, Brunswick Wellness Coalition, PawsAbility’s Pet Education Program for elementary school students and a festival called Carolina Soul Festival (check it out on April 12). Just reading this magazine is going to put a spring in your step! We hope we inspire you to get out there and enjoy the best of Brunswick County. Thank you for reading this issue of South Brunswick Magazine! Happy spring!!
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CONTRIBUTORS
Sandi Grigg DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / FOOD EDITOR
Growing up in a small town in the foothills of North Carolina and attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I always dreamed of living on the coast. After earning my degree in Marketing/Branding, I moved to Wilmington and the life my spouse and I have created for ourselves is a blessing beyond words. Together we enjoy kayaking the Cape Fear, fishing the shores of Carolina Beach and picking up seashells and shark’s teeth. At home I love to cook and write recipes, play with our dogs and take on DIY home improvement endeavors. Being a part of the Carolina Marketing Company team has showed me that you really can enjoy your job. I am truly grateful to have a career I love in the city I aspired to be in. Life is grand!
Mark Head CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
I moved from the Rochester, New York, area to Sunset Beach in 2012. I started walking to lose some weight and started taking pictures. I became good at photography and started entering photo contests. I have won several photo contests, and my pictures have been published in South Brunswick Magazine and featured on both WECT and WWAY. Most days you can find me walking around Sunset Beach with my camera.
George Jacob ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
I was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and have four years of military experience in the U.S. Air Force. My wife, Barbara (a.k.a. Bobbie or BJ) and I moved to Brunswick County with our Shih Tzus, Gotcha and Gizzmo. We raised three girls — Paula, who lives in Colorado, Cheryl, who lives in Maryland, and Tiffany, who lives in Washington. My work experiences have taken me from paper distribution to book manufacturing to printing and mailing to now selling advertising for North Brunswick Magazine and South Brunswick Magazine. My hobbies include snow skiing, water skiing, bowling, golf, and trap and skeet shooting. I’m an ambassador for the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Shallotte Rotary Club and an instructor for the First Tee Carolina Leadership Academy.
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72nd Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival
April 3 to 7 Founded in 1948, North Carolina Azalea Festival is an annual community celebration and includes entertainment by well-known performers, festive galas and many family fun events. Over the years Azalea Festival has become Wilmington’s premier event. County music star Tyler Farr will be performing on April 4, and Hank Williams Jr. and Frank Foster will perform on April 5. Don’t miss the Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour sponsored by the Cape Fear Garden Club. The tour has been recognized by Southern Living and is one of the longest-running, most popular garden tours in the South. Visit the festival website for a full listing of events and all the details. Information: ncazaleafestival.org
Oak Island Lighthouse Run/Walk
April 13 The Oak Island Lighthouse Run/Walk Half Marathon, 5K, 10K and 1-mile run is an event that is fun and enjoyable for all fitness levels. Beginning at 7:30 am, participants will follow a course that takes them through the best scenery on the North Carolina coast. After the race a celebration and awards ceremony will be held at Middleton Park Extension. Information: oakislandlighthouserun.com
All-County Middle School and High School Honors Band Concert April 16 The All-County Middle School and High School Honors Band will be performing at Odell Williamson Auditorium at 7 pm. Admission is free if you bring a non-perishable food item. Information: bcswan.net
Brunsco Spring Fling
April 18 to 20 Join Brunswick County for a weekend of family fun. The 2019 Brunsco Spring Fling will have plenty of activities for people of all ages. Enjoy fair rides, games, entertainment, food, a beer and wine garden and so much more. More than 50 vendors will be set up so you can sip on a beer or wine as you browse and shop. On the last day of Spring Fling, children can participate in an egg hunt. A full schedule of the Brunsco Spring Fling events can be found on the Brunswick County website. Information: brunswickcountychamber.org/scheduleofevents
Southport Spring Festival
April 19 & 20 Celebrate spring in style at the Southport Spring Festival. A tradition for more than 25 years, the event will run from 10 am until 5 pm on Friday and 10 am until 4 pm on Saturday. This year the festival will feature a wide variety of food vendors, entertainment, children’s activities, arts and crafts and more. Information: downtownsouthport.com/springfestival
North Myrtle Beach Easter Egg Hunt
April 20 The Easter Bunny will make a special visit to McLean Park in North Myrtle Beach on Saturday, April 20 to hand out candy to children. The egg hunt will start at 10 am, and other activities between will take place between 10 am and noon. Wear your best Easter outfit to have your picture made with Ms. Blossom. Information: (843) 280-5584; parks.nmb.us
BBQ Cook-off on BBQ Road
April 26 & 27 Grissettown Longwood Fire and Rescue along with Silver Coast Winery are proud to announce the third annual BBQ Cookoff on BBQ Road. Enjoy a day of entertainment, vendors and amazing barbecue. Information: (910) 287-2800; silvercoastwinery.com/ocean-islebeach-winery
Day at the Docks Festival
April 27 & 28 Celebrate spring with the Town of Holden Beach at a Day at the Docks. Enjoy live music and entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, hermit crab races, a box paddle race and the world-famous Bopple Race. Day at the Docks is a festival that has fun for the entire family and a kids’ area for the little ones. Information: greaterholdenbeachmerchants.com
A Taste of Calabash
April 27 Join the Town of Calabash in celebrating the fourth annual Taste of Calabash festival. The town proudly embraces the title of the Seafood Capital of the World for its famous Calabash-style seafood. Enjoy great food, arts and crafts vendors, music, children’s activities and more. Information: townofcalabash.net
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Southport Plein Air Festival
Woodsong Porch and Art Stroll
April 27 The Woodsong Porch & Art Stroll is a charitable event in Shallotte, occurring each spring to support the Village of Woodsong Scholarship for Construction Industry Careers at Brunswick Community College. The Porch & Art Stroll of 2019 will feature local artists on the beautiful porches of the quaint, Charleston-style neighborhood of Woodsong. You are invited to stroll through to enjoy art, architecture, food, wine, beer, music and fun! Information: woodsongporchandartstroll.com
Waterway Art Association Annual Spring Art Show
April 29 to May 3 The 28th annual Spring Art Show and Sale presented by Waterway Art Association will be held at the Southwest Brunswick Branch Library located in Carolina Shores. The show features works by members and nonmembers of Waterway Art Association, including two-dimensional works in oils, watercolor, pastel and mixed media. The show is open to the public with free admission from 9 am to 6 pm during the week. The show is juried, and an awards reception will be held on Thursday, May 2. Information: waterwayart.org
Belleville Founders Day
May 4 A day of fun for the entire family, Belville Founders Day will have various vendor booths, music by Soul-R-Fusion and Soul On the Beach. Kids can enjoy face painting, pony rides, bouncy houses and more. There will be food
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and dessert trucks. A portion of the money raised will go toward a charity fund supporting The Brunswick Animal Protection Services Medical Division. Information: townofbelville.com
Juleps & Jazz
May 4 The sixth annual Juleps & Jazz, a Kentucky Derby Fund Racer, will take place at 101 Stone Chimney Place in Supply from 4 to 7 pm. Watch the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby. Don your Derby attire and compete in contests for the best dressed. A $30 tickets includes heavy hors d’ouevres, a live jazz band, a cash bar with beer, wine, juleps and bourbon plus raffles and a silent auction. Information: (910) 612-7912; gfwcsbi.org
Divas Running Series
May 5 The Divas Running Series is making a stop in Myrtle Beach this year. Participants can take on a half-marathon or a 5K. This race is all about girl power, so if you are looking for a fun-filled girls’ weekend, get glam while enjoying a great run. Information: runlikeadiva.com
Coffee with the Girls
May 21 Coffee with the Girls is an event put on by the Southport-
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Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce. It provides an extra support system for women in business. This network of women meets every month to discuss not only womenrelated business issues but also share helpful information and tips. Information: southport-oakisland.com
Southport Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance
May 27 The 2019 Memorial Day Parade will begin at 10:30 am at the corner of Lord and Tenth streets convening at the John N. Smith Cemetery. Following the parade will be a Memorial Ceremony starting at 11 am. Information: southportnc.org
Carolina Country Music Festival
June 6 to 9 Carolina Country Music Festival is the premier outdoor event for country music on the East Coast. Over the course of four days, some of the biggest names in country music will be performing on the shores of Myrtle Beach. Some headliners at this year’s festival include Thomas Rhett,
Brothers Osborne and Florida Georgia Line. Information: carolinacountrymusicfest.com
Jolly Mon King Classic
June 13 to 16 The Jolly Mon King Classic brings fishermen and their families together for great food, fun and fishing. The Jolly Mon is hosted at the Ocean Isle Fishing Center and run in an orderly, clean-cut manner, offering a variety of prizes from gift cards to top cash prizes. There are various divisions for anglers of all ages. Information: oifc.com
Southport Plein Air Festival
June 14 & 15 Up Your Arts and the City of Southport are happy to announce the return of Plein Air Festival to beautiful Southport. Painters can enjoy a picture-perfect experience of delightful scenes just waiting to be captured on canvas. The festival will take place rain or shine. Information: (910) 457-7927; southportnc.org
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BUSINESS BUZZ
Winslow Succeeds Hughes as CEO/GM of BEMC
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Joshua L. Winslow is the new CEO and general manager of Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation. He succeeds retired executive Don Hughes, who had been with BEMC since 1969 and had served as CEO and general manager since 2014. Winslow officially assumed his position February 1, 2019. Hired in 2004, Winslow has served BEMC as a staff electrical engineer, manager of operations, and most recently as chief operating officer. Winslow holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and an MBA from N.C. State University and is a licensed professional engineer. Winslow and his wife, LeeAnna, have been married for 16 years, live in Supply and have three children: Raleigh, Reagan and Roslyn. He is a member of the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
Food and Drink: The Office Coffee & Wine Bar, Boiling Spring Lakes and Shagger Jacks, Oak Island Professionals: Collins Insurance Agency, Southport; Galloway Sands Pharmacy, Southport; William Laurie Nationwide Insurance Agency Agents Brina Neeley & Beth Beane, Southport
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McLeod Foundation Raises More Than $80,000 for Cancer Patients
On February 11 beer and food enthusiasts delighted in the first Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce Chamber Experience provided by Red Hare Brewing Company and Wing & Fish. This event took place at Red Hare Brewing and brought a cool ambiance for an exceptional social experience. Attendees enjoyed a flight of select craft beers paired with a spread of finger foods provided by Chef House of Wing & Fish. The chef prepared the food to accompany the flavors, textures and finishes of the beer offerings. Attendees were able to mingle with others who appreciate craft beers and savory food in the unique setting of Red Hare’s two-level tavern in Shallotte.
McLeod Health Foundation benefiting McLeod Loris Seacoast Hospital raised more than $80,000 at the McLeod Seacoast Cancer Benefit Golf Classic presented by Sandhills Bank. This two-day golf event was held on November 9 and 10, 2018, at the Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the cancer patients at McLeod Seacoast through the HOPE Fund (Helping Oncology Patients Everyday). The HOPE Fund was established for cancer patient support services and to provide the oncology staff with the improved access for the immediate assistance for their patients. The HOPE Fund assists patients who have financial barriers to care. Without the HOPE Fund, McLeod Seacoast would not be able to offer patients transportation to treatments, assistance with pain and nausea medications and specialized nutrition. It also supports volunteer programs and educational resources for cancer patients and families. The Friday evening “After Play ParTee” at the Dye Clubhouse included a gourmet strolling dinner, silent auction and live music. Players received awards at a luncheon on Saturday after the tournament. The first place team winners included Chris Greenwell, Dr. Belal Khokhar, Brandon Higdon and Thys Runia.
Golden Pineapple Award Winners
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Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce recently announced the winners of its winter Gold Pineapple Awards. The awards are for excellent customer service. Activities and Attractions: Yeah Right Charters, Southport and Adventure Kayak Company, Southport
In addition to being awarded the 2018 Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association Golf Course of the Year, Meadowlands Golf Club was nominated North Carolina Golf Course Owners Association 2018 Golf Course of the Year, and Meadowlands was named one of four finalists by the National Golf Course Owners Association for the 2019 Golf Course of the Year. Meadowlands competed for the National Golf Course of the Year against courses from around the country. The considerations for this award are as follows: quality of the course, quality of ownership and management, contributions to the community, and contributions to the game of golf. Owner W. J. McLamb was nominated North Carolina Golf Leader. McLamb attended the Golf Business Conference in San Diego, California, in February 2019. The Golf Business Conference is the National Golf Course Owners Association’s annual member meeting, and is the industry’s largest gathering of golf course owners and operators. McLamb will participate in the culmination of the event, the awards ceremony and banquet, where Meadowlands Golf Club will be recognized as a finalist for the 2019 National Golf Course of the Year.
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Brunswick County Association of REALTORS® announced its 2018 annual award winners at its annual banquet at Marker 614 in Southport. Brooke Rudd-Gaglie of Margaret Rudd & Associates was named REALTOR® of the Year. and Ashley Park of BB&T Mortgage Southport was named Affiliate of the Year. The Brunswick County Association of REALTORS® (BCAR) is the local association level of the largest trade association in the nation, presently serving its members, which are comprised of REALTORS®, appraisers and affiliate members.
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New Provider Joins Novant Health Oceanside Family Medicine Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Sandra Carnahan to Novant Health Oceanside Family Medicine in Leland. Carnahan joined the clinic in December and is accepting new patients. Carnahan completed medical school at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri, with a degree in osteopathic medicine. She completed her osteopathic family medicine residency at University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center in Richmond Heights, Ohio, and an integrative medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine in Tucson. Dr. Carnahan is fluent in Spanish.
Century 21 Sweyer Agents Elected to Board of Directors at Local Real Estate Associations Century 21 Sweyer & Associates would like to congratulate Craig Yarboro and Crystal Babson for their recent elections to the board of directors at their local real estate associations. Craig Yarboro was elected to the board of directors at Cape Fear Realtors in Wilmington. He has been a real estate agent with Century 21 Sweyer & Associates for 12 years and is looking forward to serving on the board. He is also a real estate instructor at Coastal Real Estate School. Babson was elected to the board of directors at the Brunswick County Association of Realtors in Holden Beach. She has been a real estate agent since 2003 and joined the Century 21 Sweyer team as the Holden Beach sales manager in 2016.
ATMC Presents the Town of Ocean Isle Beach with Smart Rural Community Signs ATMC presented the Town of Ocean Isle Beach with Smart Rural Community signs at the town’s January board of commissioners meeting. Ocean Isle Beach was the first community served by ATMC to receive signs promoting this honor. A Smart Rural Community is a designation given by the NTCA (The Rural Broadband Association) that highlights member projects which make rural communities vibrant places to live and do business through the implementation of innovative broadband-enabled solutions. Ocean Isle Beach received this recognition because of ATMC’s $5.5 million dollar investment on the island, which provides more than 6,000 residents and businesses with access to one Gigabit broadband speeds. Over the years, ATMC has helped to bring fiber optic technology to all Brunswick County public schools, local healthcare facilities, the Brunswick County 911 Communications Center and more. ATMC’s ongoing network upgrade and expansion project was a major factor in its selection for the prestigious award. Fiber optic service is now available to residents and businesses on the east end of Ocean Isle Beach and on Causeway Drive. Construction is currently underway for the west end of the island and will be
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Associates will perform surgeries at both Dosher Memorial Hospital and Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center. Novant Health Surgical Associates providers include Dr. Matthew A. Benenati, Dr. A. Richard DeSandre, Dr. Richard R. Scallion, Dr. J. Andy Smith and Dr. Mark Tillotson. Novant Health Surgical Associates regularly perform a variety of general, vascular and endoscopic surgeries and procedures, including colonoscopy procedures, upper GI endoscopy (EGD), endocrine surgery, breast surgery, abdominal surgery, vascular surgery, gastric procedures, rectal procedures and intestinal surgery. After-hours surgeries will be performed at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center.
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Novant Health Surgical Associates Relocates Southport Office Novant Health Surgical Associates has relocated to the Dosher Memorial Hospital campus at 819 N. Atlantic Avenue in Southport. Novant Health Surgical Associates will continue to see patients at clinic locations in Bolivia, Carolina Shores and Leland. Through this partnership between Novant Health and Dosher Memorial Hospital, board-certified general surgeons from Novant Health Surgical
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Communities In Schools of Brunswick County (CIS) is pleased to announce that Cygnus Technologies Inc. donated $5,000 to support the CIS Action for Success Dropout Prevention program. Cygnus Technologies supplies specialized analytical products to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry for use in process development and quality control. Cygnus Technologies has been a long-standing community partner of CIS and Brunswick County students, continuing to invest in helping the students of today become tomorrow’s leaders. CIS is continually looking to improve programs and expand educational experiences for students in Brunswick County. Program funding and support comes from grants, community and corporate partnerships as well as fundraisers throughout the year. CIS currently provides an Action for Success program in all four Brunswick County middle schools, Waccamaw School and Supply Elementary utilizing Success Coaches to provide case management and implement needed services, as well as recruiting volunteers and community partners to support student achievement. The CIS Action for Success Program supports Brunswick County students using tutors, mentors, truancy and behavioral interventions. CIS also provides Teen and Peer Court programs, Parenting Education classes and support groups, and a 21st Century Community Learning Center after-school program, with a focus on dropout prevention. Through formal partnerships with Brunswick County Schools, Brunswick County government, the District Attorney’s Office and the support of other community partners, CIS programs directly touch the lives of more than 4,000 students and families each year.
McLeod Health welcomes Gastroenterologist Dr. Lacie Edmison to McLeod Digestive Health Center Seacoast in Little River, South Carolina. Dr. Edmison specializes in patients with health conditions that affect the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), liver, pancreas and gallbladder. Dr. Edmison received her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. She then completed her residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as completing her gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Edmison is Board Certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine.
Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of City Bicycle Company’s newest location in Southport. City Bicycle Company has another location in Wilmington. In an age when most bike shops are being forced to move to a corporate model dominated by a single major bicycle brand, City Bicycle Company is proud to stand apart as an old-fashioned, independent bicycle dealer. This independence gives them the opportunity to offer their customers the very best bike brands in each bicycle category. More than 30 new bike brands, fat bikes, touring, hybrid, gravel, road, mountain, cruisers and certified pre-owned bikes are available. The new store is at 5081 Southport-Supply Road in Southport.
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Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for LaPolena Bed & Breakfast at 201 River Drive in Southport. From the private massage area to the fun sayings on the robes, LaPolena Bed & Breakfast offers an impressive addition to the accommodation offerings in Southport. Owners/innkeepers Suzanne and Jeff Foster pay tribute to Southport’s maritime heritage with the name of their inn; LaPolena is Italian for figurehead, the carved wooden decoration found on the front of a ship.
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Peachy Keen Nothing welcomes the warming days of spring better than a fruity smoothie-cocktail combination. BY SANDI GRIGG
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Who’s ready for warm weather? I’m dreaming of it as I write this. Sitting on the porch watching the sun fall behind the trees on a warm Friday afternoon is going to be the best way to indulge in this delicious drink. I enjoy treating myself to the local flavors of Brunswick County. This area offers some of the freshest peaches during the peak season, and I like to take advantage of them while they are at their most flavorful and juiciest. Peaches are a rich provider of vitamins A, C and E and offer a rich array of minerals including calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron. They are also low in calories, contain no saturated fat or cholesterol and are a good source of dietary fiber. I suppose that makes this a healthy cocktail. This recipe is similar to a Fuzzy Navel, which is basically a Peach Screwdriver, but this one includes frozen peaches and ice blended more into a smoothie. I included Tito’s vodka to kick it up a notch; Tito’s is my favorite liquor and is becoming very popular among vodka drinkers, but any vodka will do.
Peachy Navel Makes two drinks INGREDIENTS 2 cups of sliced frozen peaches 1½ cups orange juice ¼ cup Tito’s vodka 1/3 cup peach schnapps 1 cup ice METHOD Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Pour into two tall glasses and enjoy.
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Three for Tea Dainty tea sandwiches are the hallmark of wedding and baby showers, but they also make a nice appetizer, especially before Easter dinner. BY SANDI GRIGG | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES STEFIUK
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If tea sandwiches define the English afternoon tea, why is a Southern girl like me making them? I am sharing my tea sandwich recipes because Easter is around the corner and these are great to offer hungry guests and active children while everyone waits for dinner to be served. Whether they are served with or without the crust, cut lengthwise or in triangles, the tea sandwich knows it is always eaten before the sweets. I was at a wedding shower in Hickory, North Carolina, when I was first served tea sandwiches. It was springtime and we were all outside sipping tea and nibbling on these delicacies. There was only one type of tea sandwich served at this shower and that was the all-familiar cucumber variety. Although there was nothing spectacular about the flavors or the presentation on a big silver platter, they were dainty and filling. I thought, I can certainly take these to the next level with Southern flair. Traditionally, the cucumber tea sandwich includes buttered 36
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white bread with thinly sliced English cucumbers. I put a Southern twist on that by using cream cheese instead of butter and the addition of lemon juice and lemon zest to create a delicate option that packs a lot more flavor on white bread. I have also provided a version with egg salad that is sweet and palatable on wheat bread. Lastly, I have offered an avocado version with a roasted red pepper aioli that packs a punch on whole grain bread. You can certainly put your own spin on these sandwiches by including smoked salmon on pumpernickel or tuna salad on sourdough. Tea sandwiches allow for a lot of creativity, are elegant and are easy to eat with your fingers, which is why they are so often served at baby and bridal showers. Offer your friends and family these filling yet simple treats the next time you host a shower or before your Easter dinner. Just remember, they are to be eaten before the sweets come out — it’s tradition.
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INGREDIENTS You will need a mandolin to slice the cucumbers thin. 4 slices white bread (crusts removed) 1 cucumber thinly sliced 4 ounces cream cheese 1 teaspoon lemon juice Zest of 1 small lemon
METHOD Mix the cream cheese, lemon juice and lemon zest in a bowl. Spread mixture evenly over the 4 slices of bread. Lay the cucumber slices on two pieces of bread evenly and top with the other two slices of bread, creating two complete sandwiches. Cut each sandwich twice diagonally until you have eight triangular pieces.
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Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches INGREDIENTS 4 slices of wheat bread (crusts removed) 4 hard-boiled eggs 1½ tablespoons of Duke’s mayonnaise 1 dash of hot sauce 1 teaspoon sugar Salt and pepper
METHOD Peel and finely chop the hard-boiled eggs. In a bowl mix the eggs, mayo, hot sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Spread the egg salad on two slices of bread evenly and top with the other two slices of bread, creating two complete sandwiches. Cut each sandwich twice diagonally until you have eight triangular pieces.
4 whole grain bread (crusts removed) 1 avocado (peeled and thinly sliced) For the aioli: 1 garlic clove ¼ cup roasted red peppers (drained and patted dry) 1 tablespoon Duke’s mayonnaise Dash of hot sauce
METHOD Using a food processor, pulse the garlic. Then add the roasted red pepper, mayo and hot sauce, and pulse till smooth. Spread the aioli on each slice of bread evenly. Lay the avocado slices on two pieces of bread evenly and top with the other two slices of bread, creating two complete sandwiches. Cut each sandwich twice diagonally until you have eight triangular sandwiches.
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ABOVE PAR Thanks to changes at Cape Fear National, Magnolia Greens and Compass Pointe, brighter days are here for golfers.
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NON-STOP MOMS Three entrepreneurial Leland mothers team up to offer KinderStop Kids, Leland’s first drop-in childcare center. By Melissa Slaven Warren
When friends Liz Long and Jessica Middlesworth were brainstorming ideas for a business they could start together, the kept coming up against one stumbling block: child care. And then it dawned on them: They weren’t the only ones in that situation. Inspired by their own need, they opened KinderStop Kids, a convenient, premier drop-in child care center in Leland. For busy parents with young children, finding a last-minute babysitter can be impossible. Whether it’s for a lengthy doctor’s appointment during the day or a much-needed date night on the weekend, sometimes parents need flexible childcare options. KinderStop Kids offers safe and fun hourly drop-in care, afterschool programs and summer camps for children ages 1 to 12 years, all in a clean, imaginative environment. Best of all, they are open seven days a week.
ACTS OF KINDNESS Before, during and after Hurricane Florence many people stepped in to help. By Lauren Krutchen
In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, Leland appears to be a town severed. “Some communities were untouched by the storm and are pretty much back to normal, while other parts of the town were absolutely devastated and remain that way.” However, that division is helping the community form a new bond. “In a sense Leland is still an emerging community. And this storm has brought us together and given us an identity.”
THE HERB LADY Margaret Shelton of Shelton Herb Farms not only grows luscious herbs and vegetables, but also contributes to the Cape Fear region. By Joan Leotta
“How could such sweet and wholesome hours be reckoned, but in herbs and flowers?” These words of 17th-century poet Andrew Marvell could easily have been written to describe the days and ways of Margaret Shelton, owner of Shelton Herb Farms in Leland. Shelton started the farm in 1986 on land that had been in her family for more than 200 years. “It came down to me through the Goodman side of my family — the road we are on is named for the family,” she says. Shelton originally grew vegetables on the land, but started to do something a bit different when she got tired of her meal repertoire. “It got boring to use the same recipes all the time,” Shelton says. “I looked to herbs to diversify my cooking. They were not easy to find, so I started growing them myself.” Spring 2019
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The Man Behind the Mazes Hunter Gibbes, a.k.a. the Sunset Beach Maze Man, creates life-size walking puzzles in the sand, much to the delight of beachgoers. BY MELISSA SLAVEN WARREN
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little more concerted effort. Fifteen years later, Gibbes’ sand mazes have garnered him much recognition, prompting hundreds of beachgoers to seek out his life-size logic puzzles on Sunset Beach. Otherwise known as the Sunset Beach Maze Man, Gibbes, who works in the IT field, lives on the island with his wife, Linda. They moved from WinstonSalem to Sunset Beach permanently in 2017, but had vacationed there every
year for 19 years prior. Before that, they vacationed in Myrtle Beach, where he first started creating mazes. Gibbes estimates that he has created nearly 400 mazes since 2005. Prior to this he never designed mazes with pen and pencil. He’s not a mathematician. He’s not an architect. His only study in art came from the doodles he scribbled during hour-long conference calls. He designs rectangular mazes, square mazes, circular mazes or a combination Spring 2019
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of those shapes, and the only preplanning on his part is the shape. The rest is inspiration and a lot of imagination. “When I walk out to the beach, if it’s a dead-low tide and there’s nobody there, it’s a blank canvas to do whatever I want to do,” he says. The size and complexity of each maze depends significantly on the tides, as well as the crowd size on the beach. A low, outgoing tide provides an optimal work area. “If everything aligns correctly, I can get out there first thing in the morning when most people haven’t yet gotten out of bed,” he says. Gibbes starts each maze with a principal design element — a shape. Using a squareedged garden shovel and another handmade tool, similar to a hoe, he draws the outline, or the lanes, and then goes back and fills in the line breaks. The time it takes him to complete a maze depends on the complexity. He typically finishes most mazes in a little more than an hour. But if it’s a more intricate design, it can take up to an hour and 45
minutes. The largest maze he’s created is a double-spiral that was approximately a block wide from one beach access to another; that one took nearly two and a half hours to complete. “The time also depends on how many interruptions I get in the process,” he says with a laugh. To minimize those interruptions, Linda, the “the unofficial, official manager of the Sunset Beach Maze Man,” as Gibbes affectionately refers to her, will take over the conversations when someone walks up to ask what he’s doing and why he’s doing it. Gibbes will introduce himself, tell them he’s making a maze that people can walk through, and then Linda comes over and engages the inquisitive beachgoer while Gibbes fades away and finishes the maze. “He started wearing earbuds so that he can concentrate,” Linda explains. “Not that he doesn’t want to be interrupted, but when he’s creating the maze in his head, focus is important.” Linda also manages the Sunset Beach Maze Man Facebook and Instagram pages. Because the tide time shifts from day to day, Gibbes can’t always create his mazes at the same time every day. And his location isn’t always the same either. Once the mazes are complete, Linda updates the Facebook page with the location. “People have actually driven an hour and a half to Sunset Beach expecting the mazes to be at a certain time,” Linda says. “It’s just hard to give a specific time, so the social media updates are helpful.” Once Gibbes completes a maze, his wife and daughters serve as testers to a make sure the puzzles are solvable. They’ve developed a complexity scale of 1 to 10. If it’s a complicated one, it’s a 9 or a 10, which means it requires some focus to get through it. Linda makes him step up his game, so he has to constantly try to make the mazes harder. All the mazes are meant to be solvable — though he’s been known to rig a maze or two to confuse and
frustrate his wife. When Gibbes finally opens up the maze, the kids will go around, and within four or five minutes, he’ll know whether or not it works. “Believe me, they will tell on me if it doesn’t work,” he says. Judging by the crowds of people patiently standing, watching and waiting for Gibbes to finish the maze so they can go through it, it’s clear to him that his life-size logic puzzles make an impact on beach-goers. Some figure it out right away, some contemplate and analyze before figuring it out, and some get frustrated and walk away. Gibbes certainly doesn’t want anyone to get discouraged. “I usually recognize when someone is having a problem,” he says. “If they’ve been in there a long time, we’ll causally go up to them and ask if they want some help. Some will tell us no, that they want to figure it out on their own. But others want help.” Repeat Sunset Beach vacationers look forward to seeing him during their annual vacation. “People will tell us that the Maze Man is the topic of conversation in the car ride on their way to the beach,” Linda says. “I got a comment on our Facebook page from one visitor who said that their kids love the mazes and talk about them throughout the year, even telling their friends about it.” The mazes provide multiple levels of entertainment. For those who don’t try the mazes themselves, they get the joy of watching others work through the puzzles and find their way out — or at least try to solve it. And what does Gibbes get out of the countless hours he spends making the mazes that will eventually be lost to the tide? Is it the excitement of watching little kids high-fiving when they solve it? Is it because it gives people something to do rather than just sit in the sun? Is it the fun of watching people compete to solve it first? “All of it,” he says. And much more. He likens his role as the Maze Man to a teacher-student analogy — when what the teacher is saying finally clicks with the student. “You can see when it clicks. When someone goes through the maze and they’re stuck, but you can recognize the moment when they realize, ‘Oh, I’ve got it!’ You can see their walk change. Before, they were casually walking. Now, they’ve got a little more drive as they walk. And as they get closer and closer to the exit, the walk gets even faster. You can just see the excitement that comes over them. It’s a great feeling to watch it happen, and you’re glad that they make it.” There are no hard feelings on Gibbes’ part when the tide takes away his maze at the end of the day. “I got to do what I wanted to do and provide entertainment for others,” he says. Linda adds, “It just cleanses his palette for the next one he makes.” Follow the Sunset Beach Maze Man on Facebook at @ sunsetbeachmazeman.
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The Last Shoemaker Bolivia’s Danny Galloway and the lost art of shoe repair. STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ED BECKLEY
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Who do you call for shoe repair in Brunswick County? After a frustrating Internet search, you will find a number of dead-ends and, finally, the contact info for perhaps the last man in the business in the entire county. He is 76-year-old Danny Galloway. You might just get turned around, too, trying to find his home-based shoe shop. Along Bolivia’s rural Midway Road between Highways 17 and 11 is the street-side sign for “Danny’s Shoe Repairing 253-4298.” Not just shoes, mind you, but “Rips, Boots, Zippers and Leather Jackets.” Some say he’ll even shorten a belt and add a hole or two. But try not to miss that sign out in God’s country. Galloway’s a native son. His father worked a Porgie boat in Southport, and his dad’s old lifesaving ring buoy hangs prominently in his shop these days. Galloway grew up in the Marsh neighborhood, and his family moved to Bolivia after the Sunny Point construction. He’s a 1960 graduate of the Brunswick County Training School. He married his wife, Joyce, 51 years ago. She’s a New Jersey native, and they met at a football game up there a few years after Galloway had moved to Jersey to work at the Enderlein iron foundry in Blackwood in 1961. Joyce says Galloway is industrious and was a good provider for their family of two daughters and a son. He always worked two jobs, she says, and he learned shoe-making in 1965 while up North, from a friend’s father. Galloway says he put in 13-hour days as a young man. He worked four years part-time for his shoemaker mentor, Jim Hill, in addition to his full-time foundry work. He says it took a couple years to learn the
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profession, so as Hill schooled him in repair, Galloway earned good money as his “shoe-shine boy.” He says it was a “sit and wait shine.” The men would sit in a chair and put their feet up on a metal foot-stool, while Galloway slathered-on paste then buffed their shoes with rags and brushes. Galloway learned not only shoe-repair, but also how to make new shoes from the “last” up. He also bronzed baby shoes, which was something sentimental families did back then. They would have their baby’s first shoes dipped in liquid bronze, which became treasured keepsakes for future memories. In 1969 he paid $30,000 to buy the equipment of a retiring shoemaker, then opened his first solo operation in Pennsauken, New Jersey. He worked there until 1995, then decided to move back to North Carolina for health reasons. He shipped all his
machines to Midway Road and a house he had bought as a summer vacation home in 2005. A carpenter built his present shop adjacent to the house, and that is where he is today. Galloway says that was a huge amount of money in those days, and if he had to buy the same equipment today he couldn’t afford it. The machinery includes two types of stitchers, a heel pull machine, heel presses, shoe stretchers, a finisher, a trimmer, a polisher and a sander. He says each one would cost more than $30,000 if purchased today.
“Joyce says Galloway is industrious and was a good provider for their family of two daughters and a son. He always worked two jobs, she says, and he learned shoe-making in 1965.”
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Galloway fixes all kinds of shoes. As a plus, he repairs and replaces zippers, restores golf bags and fixes belts and purses. He can also mend a ripped suit. These are skills other shoemakers don’t have, and they set him apart. His tools are scattered all over his shop, but he seems to know just where they are when he needs them. There are shoe rasps, edge trimmers, shoe hammers, lasts, leather-skins, heel blocks and cobbler pliers. He can still get supplies
in Pennsylvania and receives deliveries monthly. Footwear probably started with sandals a thousand or more years before Christ, and we have come a long way since sandals, Galloway says. “But if your sandal straps come loose, I’ll fix them for you,” he says with a laugh. He can create a new pair of sandals if he wants to and has a closet with shoes he’s restored for himself, which he wears to church. But he doesn’t make new shoes for folks anymore, nor bronze baby shoes. His focus is on repairs. Shoes aren’t like they used to be, Galloway says. Cheaply made overseas, 48
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many of them just fall apart. But he says if you invest in a good pair of shoes, he can maintain them for a long time. They will look good and you don’t have to keep buying new ones. He charges between $12 and $14 for ladies’ heels, $20 to $24 for women’s cowboy boot heels and $30 to $35 for men’s cowboy heels. Sole replacements are $25 to $30 for women’s and $35 to $40 for men’s shoes. Buy a good pair, he says, and keep them good, and they will last.
Galloway says shoemaking is a lost art for the young generation. He taught his son, who is in his 40s, but he prefers his work as a tractor-trailer driver.
There’s nobody to leave his profession and equipment to, to keep the business going. And it’s getting harder for people to find a professional shoe repair shop anywhere. He says he is the only shoemaker left in the county as far as he knows. The shoemaker in Shallotte recently left, and he thinks the shoemakers in Myrtle Beach also have stopped serving. “I am happy out here,” Galloway says. “I stay nine to five, and Saturday at noon I quit and watch football unless I’m busy. Sunday I go to church. I take my time. I tell customers to give me a couple days out unless they must have the work right away. I really enjoy this. What else am I going to do?” Galloway’s retirement hobby has
continued as a pleasurable career for 10 years in Bolivia, and some of his customers have been coming back all those years. He continues to take on new customers all the time, as his profession wanes, and there is really no other place to go other than Danny’s Shoe Repairing at 1779 Midway Road – perhaps the very end of a noble era.
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Is that a party I hear? Or just a pack of song dogs? BY ED BECKLEY
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W Whining and yelping, yipping and barking, huffing and howling. Put that all together with a few friends and family and you’ve got a concert by a pack of song dogs, better known as coyotes. And whether you’re in the city, farmland, town, wooded tract or beachfront in Brunswick County, those feisty canines are nearby, because they’re not just for the prairie anymore. I went out West many years ago and woke up at 3 o’clock in the morning with all kinds of commotion in my ears. It sounded like a whale of a party, and I thought to myself that these folks in Arizona stay up mighty late and do carry on. Then I remembered it was my birthday and thought I might be missing my own shindig. Scratching the sleep from my eyes, I realized it was just a pack of coyotes in the desert, and they sounded as if they were right outside my back door. What fun they seemed to be having! Fast forward to 2018, and I hear a similar party near the Odell Williamson Municipal Airport, near Ocean Isle Beach Road. I was walking in the woods when an ambulance went by with the siren going and set the coyotes off. It sounded like I was surrounded, and it scared me half to death. According to the North Carolina Wildlife
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Resources Commission (WRC), I could just as well have been in Wilmington or inland Brunswick or any of the state’s 100 counties. The coyotes are here, there and everywhere in North Carolina — most likely in a hiding place near you! Who are these little doggies, and should we all be terrified? Roland Kays is a zoologist and head of the Biodiversity Lab of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Resources. He analyzes coyote data, and says a citizen science project currently underway is capturing coyotes in “camera traps” throughout the state (find out more at nccandidcritters.org). The project shows the average rate camera traps detect coyotes. Kays says, “In Brunswick [County], its 0.015 coyotes a day, which is typical or slightly low for the state.” However, just because people haven’t seen or heard them doesn’t mean they’re not there. In fact, the most sightings are in the state capital area. That’s because the population’s so dense, there are more people likely to experience them. What do they look like? WRC says people often describe them as mangy dogs, about the size of a mid-sized canine (20 to 45 pounds), usually with reddish to dark gray thick fur. They have long slender snouts, a long bushy tail and ears that point upward. The WRC does quite a lot to educate the public about co-existing with the critters, including having held a workshop in Bolivia last year. They say that while coyotes are for the most part harmless, people can take steps to prevent conflicts with them. “Attacks on people, including children, are extremely rare,” Kays says. “Normal coyote behavior is to be curious, but wary, when close to humans. Problems can crop up if people feed them, though, either purposely or inadvertently, such as with outdoor pet food or bird seed. In
Living with Coyotes So how do we co-exist with wild animals like coyotes? The Wildlife Resources Commission recommends several things: I f you see a coyote, don’t be alarmed. The animal most likely will leave when it detects you. But do throw a small object such as a tennis ball near it, while making loud noises, or spray it with a hose. Make it unwelcome, so it won’t come back. If you see it often, take the following additional steps. on’t feed it or try to pet it or it will keep D coming back and could get bold and aggressive. Remember, it might have a contagious disease. eed pets indoors or remove food when your F pet is finished eating outside. Coyotes are attracted to pet food left outdoors. ut your garbage receptacles out the morning P of pickup and secure the lids; otherwise, coyotes will get in the cans, eat your trash, and keep coming back for more.
“Attacks on people, including children, are extremely rare,” Kays says. “Normal coyote behavior is to be curious, but wary, when close to humans.” such cases, coyotes keep coming back — and get bolder and bolder. They are voracious creatures and will chow down on a varied menu of mice, rats, squirrels, fawns, fruit, plants, birdseed and a special delicacy — household trash. Will coyotes attack pets? It could happen. They view outdoor cats and small unleashed dogs as prey and larger dogs as threats. WRC cautions that in winter coyotes are most likely to confront larger dogs during mating and pup birthing season, which starts January and runs through June. Like other wild animals coyotes might harbor sickness and diseases. They attract parasites and get viruses, distemper and heartworms. They reportedly don’t often carry rabies, but they might. The commission has no plans to try and rid the state of coyotes because research shows efforts to do so don’t work. The WRC says the best thing is to strive to co-exist.
se bird feeders that keep seed off the ground U or keep bird-feeder areas clean, because the seed attracts small animals, which attract coyotes. Remove the feeders if coyotes keep returning. Clear fruit that has fallen from trees. ut back brushy edges in your yard, which C provide cover for coyotes. lose off crawl spaces under sheds and porches, C where they might rest or raise their young. rotect pets by keeping them inside, leashed or P inside a coyote-proof fence. Those fences must be very high and deep into the ground and are better if angled outward at the top. ducate your neighbors so they don’t provide E food for the coyotes or your efforts will be for naught. llow hunters or trappers to access your A property, to manage the coyote population. Coyotes will avoid areas where they perceive threats. If you have questions or concerns about coyotes, you may contact the Wildlife Resources Commission weekdays at (866) 318-2401. Or you can go to ncwildlife.org/coyote or ncwildlife.org/ have-a-problem
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Pet Parenting 101 Paws-Ability’s Pet Education Program teaches chlidren about responsible pet ownership. BY DENICE PATTERSON
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“We really love this program,” Dammann says. “It is engaging and high-interest. The kids can relate to the topic because it is applicable to their lives.”
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“They learn how unaltered pets multiply quite quickly as well as how much money it takes not only to adopt a pet, but also to maintain them in a responsible manner,” says Anne Overcash, a Paws-Ability volunteer and team leader. In a money lesson, students receive a list of items that are necessary when adopting a dog or cat. “We provide estimated costs for each of these items including adoption fees, a collar with ID tags, a leash, flea/tick/heartworm medications and so on,” Overcash explains. “Then each group is given a specific amount of money and they determine if they have enough to adopt the pet of their choice.” The activity provides for glitches in which students then have to problem-solve as a team. Overcash says the leaders Spring 2019
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have been impressed at the creative solutions the teams come up with on their own. Derrillyn Harbeston has been an active volunteer with Paws-Ability since 2013 and has helped teach the Pet Education Program for the past three years. Her favorite activity is the DATs game, in which the students learn how quickly pets can reproduce from just two
Teacher Jessica Howerton is thoroughly pleased with the program. “They really look forward to the next lesson,” she says. “With just a few hours of class time, we can transform Brunswick County. The kids were so emotionally impacted by the lessons, I feel sure they will be more thoughtful in their pet ownership decisions in their futures.”
whole program. “I loved meeting the dog,” he says. “I learned about how I can help the community, and maybe I will be a veterinarian — or maybe just volunteer at a shelter.” “We really love this program,” Dammann says. “It is engaging and high-interest. The kids can relate to the topic because it is applicable to their lives.” This is Dammann’s second year
“We are really grateful to our sponsors over the past three years, including First Bank, BEMC, Grand Strand Realty Group, Shallotte Rotary Club, South Brunswick Islands Rotary Club and St. James Service Club. They pay for the entire program for the schools.” unaltered pets. “The game moves very fast and the students love it!” she says. Overcash adds, “The game includes very real problems, such as not being able to care for all of the pets properly, so some may run away. This leads to the very real discussion about what may happen if they are not cared for in the wild.” The game concludes as these former pets may end up not surviving or at the animal shelter. “We also discuss the very sad situation that is caused when the animal shelter is full,” Overcash says. The DATs game is a student favorite. It provides a hands-on visual as the plastic pet game pieces fill up the shelter and heaven buckets. “At the end of the game, we demonstrate how two unaltered dogs and their offspring can have up to 2,000 puppies in two years – and the number of cats is even greater,” Harbeston shares. Those numbers always surprise the students. “I didn’t know dogs could have that many puppies,” says 10-year old Summer with a shrug. “That is amazing!” 56
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At Supply Elementary School: back row, Teacher Terri Damman, Assistant Principal Tom Quinlan, Debbie Eckert, Jacquie Stegeland, Jerri Witten and Teacher Jessica Howerton. Front row: Fourth grade students with certified therapy dog Bella.
Howerton sees the results of the lessons in her homeroom morning discussions. “They are already making connections to how they are currently involved in pet care at home and making plans for the pets they hope to someday day adopt and care for,” she says. Fourth-grader Corbin, in Jackie Brock’s homeroom, says he enjoyed the
collaborating with the nonprofit. The veteran teacher has been teaching for 26 years, 18 of those in Brunswick County schools. “The program supports our writing program by providing a real-life writing experience,” she says. Dammann is referring to the writing component, which is aligned with North Carolina fourth grade writing standards. “An editor from the Brunswick Beacon will be reading these essays in a writing contest,” she adds. The final event is a celebration with representatives from the Brunswick County Board of Education, Brunswick County Commissioners, and the students’ parents and guardians. Paws-Ability’s Pet Education Program is made possible through generous community support. “We are really grateful to our sponsors over the past three years, including First Bank, BEMC, Grand Strand Realty Group, Shallotte Rotary Club, South Brunswick Islands Rotary Club and St. James Service Club. They pay for the entire program for the schools,” Overcash says.
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Back in Dammann’s homeroom, the room is quiet as the students get to work writing in their essay planners. Ten-year-old Jacob reflects on what he learned and what he plans to write about. “I like to learn about the animals,” he says. “But I also learned about what I can do to help stop pet overpopulation.”
Want to help Brunswick County’s pets? Paws-Ability is a nonprofit group that raises funds for Brunswick County rescues and provides educational programs across the county. For more information about the nonprofit, visit paws-ability.org. To volunteer, contact Anne Overcash at aovercash@pecs.com or Derrillyn Harbeston at dmshus@gmail.com. If you’re interested in donating or becoming a sponsor of the Pet Education Program, contact Janie Withers at janiewithers2@gmail.com. Spring 2019
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A Living Shoreline The Town of Sunset Beach protects its centerpiece waterfront park with the help of the North Carolina Coastal Federation. BY MELISSA SLAVEN WARREN
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The establishment of Sunset Beach Town Park transformed the Town of Sunset Beach nearly four years ago by creating a community centerpiece and greenspace in a peacefully beautiful slice of land along the Intracoastal Waterway. The park provides a recreational respite from the beach with fishing piers, walking and bike paths, benches and swings for watching the boats go by, and space for markets and public events. Concerned about the threat of erosion in the park from boat wake, daily tides and sea level rise, Sunset Beach town officials, in collaboration with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, took a significant step to protect this natural resource with a living shoreline. North Carolina Coastal Federation assisted the town in building a 60-foot oyster reef along the shoreline of the park. “In this context, a living shoreline utilizes structural and natural elements to provide erosion control and also restore a natural resource,” explains Tracy Skrabal, a coastal scientist and southeast regional manager of North Carolina Coastal Federation. “Here, we used oyster shells and oyster domes, which provide substrates for oyster larvae to attach to and form a reef, and planted marsh grass, which is of course a huge natural living resource for fish, for water quality and for erosion control.” According to North Carolina Coastal Federation, living shoreline projects withstand storms and hurricanes far better
than traditional hardened structures like bulkheads. They sustain very little damage because they’re designed to be channelward of the marsh, which means they maintain their intertidal slope. “Mother nature does not like vertical walls,” Skrabal says. “Living shorelines work with Mother Nature not against her.” The first phase of the project began in April 2018 when 87 local volunteers helped fill bags of recycled oyster shells and gravel granite that would be used for the living shoreline. On January 17, 2019, North Carolina Coastal Federation, joined by 80 volunteers, placed 3,000 bags of oysters and rocks Spring 2019
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along the shoreline to help protect the park from erosion and create a valuable habitat. Volunteers included community members, students and a teacher from Ashley High School Marine Science Academy, town staff, former Mayor Greg Weiss, Councilman John Corbett and representatives from local nonprofit groups including Sunset Beach Turtle Watch, Sunset Vision and Old Bridge Preservation Society. “This is just the first step in providing protection for the park,” says Weiss. “If successful, we can see doing this in other places throughout Sunset Beach. Councilman John Corbett just introduced a framework of what we need to be doing in the next five to 10 years to deal with climate change. This project is part of that program.”
Ted Wilgis, education and outreach coordinator for North Carolina Coastal Federation, applauds the Town of Sunset Beach for taking the initiative to consider living shorelines. “Their participation means they’re learning from this and may be able to do more living shorelines, as well as encourage residents to look at living shorelines as options for their own properties,” he says. Wilgis is excited that the town is going to work with the local nonprofit group Sunset Vision to create interpretive educational signage. “Everybody that comes to the park will be able to learn a little bit more about living shorelines, not only for the habitat value and protection value, but also for all
the economic benefits that they provide. This is great site to bring students to as well.” Savannah Hintz is one of the Ashley High School Marine Science Academy students who volunteered for the living shoreline project at Sunset Beach Town Park. Working alongside fellow students, her teacher and other community members, she passed bags of oyster shells in an assembly line fashion. In addition to the valuable learning experience, Hintz says, “I made some new friends, and I’m excited to see the shoreline as it develops.” Hintz’s teacher, Lauren Thompson, says she is “excited for my students to see the breadth of careers like marine technology and even marine policy. This gave students an opportunity to see what all our local marine professionals do.” The living shoreline project will be ongoing. North Carolina Coastal Federation will be back in the spring, along with volunteers, to plant more grass. “We should start to see oysters growing on the bags and domes within six months to a year,” Skrabal says. “At first they’ll be invisible to the eye, but certainly within a year’s time you should see a real growth of oysters along these structures.”
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Morning by Morning An introduction to the photography of Terrah Hewett. BY JOAN LEOTTA
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Every morning I turn on my computer and click on my swamp and woods. Some days the waves rolling in on morning visual inspiration — a Terrah Hewett photo of her sunrise shots look so real that I am surprised when the stunning beauty of Holden Beach or the wonders of my hand returns dry from the screen. Vying for favorite the Lockwood Folly River. in my heart are her shots of the still-present moon in Nearly every morning since 2015, in the pre-dawn early morning, glittering reflections of boats, amazing chill, Hewett has dragged a long lens and other close-up snaps of deer, birds, otters, dolphins and other equipment down to her favorite shooting sights. She wildlife, which seem to pose for Hewett, accustomed as waits patiently to capture the stunning images and they are to her pre-dawn forays into their habitat. colors of dawn either at the ocean or on the river. After For me, her photographs are a refuge from the horrors shooting, she returns home and selects one shot to post of the news events on television and an inspiration to go on her Facebook page, and make at least my part giving all of her followers a of the world a better place. A portrait of the artist, Terrah Hewett. quick injection of beauty The beauty of her work for the day. When the gives a visual to the verse weather does not allow her from Lamentations 3:23 to tramp into the wild for a KJV: “They (the Lord’s fresh photo, she posts a mercies) are new every shot from her “rainy-day morning: great is thy file,” as she calls it. faithfulness.” Her photos are often Speaking of the birds juxtapositions of birds, the and other animals she sun and tidelines or the captures on camera, Hewett curve of the river in the says, “One of my faves is
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Striker, a green heron who I first came in contact with when he was just out of the nest.” She notes that he often watches her from a tree limb as she shoots. “I love nature,” Hewett says. “My favorite thing to shoot is sunrise. There is nothing in the world that compares to awaking up with nature. I love being at Lockwood Folly River and watching the egrets float down from the trees to find 68
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breakfast in the warm glow of morning colors — so lovely sometimes they take my breath away. I also love Holden Beach — the sound of the waves rolling onto shore and the call of a gull flying overhead.” Anyone who takes photographs knows the time and patience it takes to capture just the right image and that the excellence Hewett shares daily requires
much more than good equipment — she knows where to go and what to photograph. And she is patient, waiting quietly in the damp of pre-dawn, the weight of the camera and lens pulling on her arm and shoulder muscles until those pelicans glide in front of that rising yellow orb, until the deer shows itself in the river’s swampy banks, until the reflection of the boat is like a mirror. Hewett’s expertise in the scenes of the Holden Beach area has been honed over years. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but has lived in Brunswick County for more than 35 years. “My grandparents had a home on Holden Beach, and I would visit as a child,” she says. After a while she and her mother moved to Holden Beach. Hewett attributes her skill to art classes and observing the work of her uncle, who was a professional photographer. I’m not the only one who is deeply affected by the beauty she shares. Hewett’s gift for capturing the emotion of the moment as well as the beauty of the landscape garners many reactions from her Facebook followers, many reacting with more than a simple, “WOW.’ Dianne Tucker, a local resident, says that she and her mother really love Hewett’s photos. “When my Mom was in the hospital, Terrah’s photos really lifted her spirits. I’ve never met her in person, but she has definitely impacted my life.” Tucker has been following Hewett for about four years and notes that Hewett’s lovely sunrise photos and her banter, telling viewers about her escapades in finding just the right spot, are what hold her interest. “She makes you laugh out loud. She
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is a beautiful person inside and out.” Lucia Robinson lives in New Hanover County, but Hewett’s photos bring the beauty of Brunswick to her desk every morning as well. “I am a nature lover and a water lover, but I don’t often get near the water now,” Robinsons says. “Since I can’t get out and explore much myself, I love being able to perch on Terrah’s shoulder, so to speak, and learn more about the vegetation and wildlife as well as those glorious sunrises I can’t see for myself. She has an intimate connection
with nature that, in my view, invites comparison of her photography with some of Mary Oliver’s poetry.” Almost 1,500 people follow Hewett on Facebook. “I would love to touch as many people as possible with my work,” Hewett says. “I want them to know that no matter how bad things are at any moment, the amazing beauty that surrounds us offers peace. If I can make one person feel that, then I’ve done my job.” The Brunswick County Sheriff ’s Office saw Hewett’s photo “The Anchor
of Hope” and requested permission to use it for the Anchor Initiative Program to help young people who are on the wrong path to get clean and start a new life. “I was honored to donate the photo,” Hewett says. Hewett’s work has been featured in Our State magazine and has won several awards. She declines to enumerate the awards; it’s the impact of her photos on people that she values. “The kind comments and messages I’ve received on my photos on Facebook touch me deeply and sometimes leave me in tears,” she says. “I never realized my photography would have such an impact on so many lives.”
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The goat yoga craze is coming to Brunswick County. “Goat yoga is done all over the nation,” says Nancy Smith of Movement Works, a fitness studio in Calabash. “The Carolina Soul Festival will be the first time it’s ever happened in Brunswick County.” Smith explains that this popular style of yoga happens in an enclosed space like a pen with people in
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the enclosure on their mats ready to start the class. Baby goats are led into the pen and allowed to romp and wander throughout the duration of the class. “They hang out with us,” Smith says. “The idea is that they jump on you. You have to concentrate and still do the poses with this animal on your back. It’s to calm the internal and external chaos. It’s very fun.”
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A local farmer is providing five baby goats for the festival on April 13. No more than 30 people can fit in the pen and take the 45-minute class, which Smith will teach at the festival from 3:15 to 4 pm. A suggested donation of $10 will benefit Community Movement Alliance, the nonprofit Nancy founded to provide movement-based education to underserved school children in Brunswick and surrounding counties. In the program, Smith and other teachers go into the schools and teach yoga classes. She believes children funnel their energy into activities they become passionate about, and she wants to promote that energy through yoga. All proceeds from the festival benefit the nonprofit. Two other attractions at the Carolina Soul Festival will concentrate on the pet population. A Canine Parade will feature no more than 25 costumed dogs. Preregistration, necessary to be in the parade, can be done on the event website. Rules include that all dogs have I.D. tags and are leashed and licensed. Entry fee is $5. Lineup takes place at 12:45 pm with the parade starting at 1 pm. Pet portraits will also be available. Entertainment at the festival will include the trio of Digger T, Chicago Bob and Bobby Liddle, plus solo guitarist Rob Ronner as well as the 12-person Sea and Sand Band playing genres from rock, jazz and beach music. Polynesian fire and belly dancers are also on the program. The Vendor Village will include 60
merchants promoting skin products, plants, jewelry, healthy snacks, clothing for people and pets and much more. The Kids’ Zone will offer face painting, yoga demonstrations, a ninja warrior-style obstacle course,
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necklace and crown making crafts and other fun activities. Food must be a part of any festival, and this one includes the healthy kind. A & M’s Red Food Truck from Wilmington and Benitos Rolling Oven Wood Fired Pizza Truck from North Myrtle Beach will be there. Check Six Brewing Company from Southport will join the other handful of food vendors. Smith started the Carolina Soul Festival with the intention of promoting healthy living. “Bringing everyone together under the umbrella of health and wellness, I think, educates the community,” Smith says. “It’s like a one-stop shop. You go to this festival, and you meet and greet all these people interested in health and wellness.” A native of Brunswick County, Smith earned her bachelor’s degree in dance at Meredith College in Raleigh and her master’s degree in dance in higher education at New York University in Manhattan. She was a dance specialist at the United Nations International School, a dance instructor and administrator at the Brooklyn Ballet and at Peridance Capezio Center in New York City. After 11 years in New York, she came home for a visit but decided to stay and open Movement Works. Her wish for the festival is simple. “I want everybody to 74
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come out and have a great day connecting with their community, making friends and taking away educational knowledge about food, medicine and health. I want everybody to go away with a good vibe and feeling positive.” Her wish for Community Movement Alliance centers on helping children. “You teach tolerance, kindness and compassion through yoga,” she says. “You can teach kids self-regulation, and that’s what I’m trying to preach.” Her passion for promoting good health through the festival is evident and she hopes that everyone will come out for Brunswick County’s only health- and wellness-based festival.
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Leader of the Pack In addition to serving in the North Carolina State Senate, Dr. Bill Rabon, Brunswick County’s first veterinarian, still loves caring for Brunswick County’s animals.
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The residents of southeastern North Carolina know William “Bill” Rabon as Senator Bill Rabon, a fifth-term representative of Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender counties. But for many in Brunswick County, he is best known as Dr. Rabon, the veterinarian who has been caring for their family and farm pets for decades. THE EARLY YEARS Growing up in the small town of Fair Bluff in Columbus County, young Bill Rabon spent his youth surrounded by animals and agriculture. He became an Eagle Scout while attending West Columbus High School, and after graduating in 1969 received the American Farmer Degree, the highest honor bestowed by Future Farmers of America. A passion for all creatures great and small inspired his pursuit of a career in veterinary medicine, and a family history in this area led him to set up shop in Brunswick County. “I always wanted to either be a vet or a pediatrician,” he says. “A person who loves one usually loves the other, since both make your heart warm. I ultimately chose to be a vet because I wanted to come home to where my ancestors are from, live in the country and be a country vet. Being able to come to this county to practice on animals, which I’m crazy about, just seemed to be the better option than medical school!” After earning his undergraduate degree at N.C. State University and receiving his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia in 1976, Dr. Rabon immediately moved to the town of Supply to set up his practice, officially becoming Brunswick County’s first veterinarian. He received a great deal of support from local members of the community in making such a bold
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move, as the county was very rural back then and had never had a veterinarian before. Dr. Rabon built his first office on the land that Brunswick County Animal Hospital sits on today, and soon after putting out his shingle, business began pouring in. “When I started out and was asked what I did, I would say ‘hogs and dogs,’ because I treated everything from horses to cows to pigs,” he says. “With farm calls, I never knew what to expect. I’d go out to see a cow that was having problems birthing a calf and invariably be asked, ‘Doc while you’re here, how about taking a look at my wife’s chickens?’ So I had to be prepared because I never knew what I was going to end up doing before I got back to the office.” In those early years, Dr. Rabon did a lot of work taking care of wildlife as well. Working with the people at Southport Oak Island Animal Rescue (SOAR), he was often called to treat opossums, pelicans, sea turtles, hedgehogs, swans and various other animals. For his first decade in business, Dr. Rabon spent nearly 24 hours a day seven days a week on call to help the county’s creatures. “I do enjoy thinking about those old days and the memories of my clients and patients,” he says. “I can still remember patients from the ‘70s. Certain dogs and cats just have a place in your heart, just like certain people, and
“I can still remember patients from the ‘70s. Certain dogs and cats just have a place in your heart, just like certain people, and you never forget them.�
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you never forget them.” As Brunswick County grew, so did the small veterinary practice. His older brother, Dr. Jim Rabon, a veterinarian himself, joined the practice, and the two split their time and workload. Today, while Dr. Rabon runs the Southport Animal Hospital, Jim heads up the Brunswick Animal Hospital, and a third partner, Dr. Flint King, runs the Oak Island Animal Hospital. “The three of us run the business like the Three Musketeers,” Dr. Rabon says. A LIFE OF SERVICE In addition to caring for the county’s pets, Dr. Rabon has spent many years volunteering in public service as well. He was elected to his fifth term in the N.C. General Assembly in November 2018 and he also currently serves as vice-chair of the Brunswick Community College Board of Trustees. He has served as the chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Health, on the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America and on the Cape Fear Council and is a charter member of the Southport Rotary Club. He has also worked tirelessly for numerous abandoned pet and rescue groups. “My work with the Brunswick County Animal Shelter was particularly rewarding,” he says. “When I first started, there was no funding for the shelter, and now it has grown into one of the best rescue organizations in the state. It’s nice to have 78
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been a part of that in the early days.” What matters most to Dr. Rabon, however, are the contributions he is able to make to his fellow county residents. “Being recognized locally by those who know you and appreciate you, that’s what matters, because you know it’s heartfelt. When you’ve served man and man’s best friend, how can you beat that?” Dr. Rabon’s own best friend of the four-legged variety is his Labrador retriever, Tango. “I haven’t been without a lab since I was 15 years old,” he says. “I just can’t imagine life without one. I also have more cats than I can count in my clinic. They just show up and like to stay. Every night we open up the clinic for the cats to run and have their good fun, then we put them up in the morning except for a few that lie around and serve as the welcoming committee.” With more than four decades of practicing veterinary medicine under his belt, Dr. Rabon has no plans of leaving the profession or the county any time soon. He still sees patients at Southport Animal Hospital, and he hopes to continue doing so as long as he can. “I’ve been at it 42 years now, which seems like a long time to everyone except me,” he says. “To me it seems like yesterday. Brunswick County has given me a good life. I can’t think of a profession that would be any more satisfying than being a veterinarian in Brunswick County, starting a business at the ground, watching it grow, the county grow and pet healthcare grow. It has really been a delightful experience.” When not at the office taking care of pets or in Raleigh making laws, Dr. Rabon can both be found caring for the family’s Winnabow farm, which was passed down to him and his brother by their father. With a son and two grandchildren also residing in Brunswick County, he says that even after retirement, he’s not going anywhere. “This is where I’m happy, so I’m here, and I’m not going to get far from my farm or my grandchildren. I plan to cross the finish line in Brunswick County.”
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Love in Motion Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce names Mari-Lou Wong-Chong as its Women of Impact Volunteer of the Year. BY JOAN LEOTTA
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“Volunteering is love in motion,” Mari-Lou Wong-Chong says. She has been volunteering in Brunswick County since she and her husband, George, moved here in 2006, and in November 2018 her loving actions earned her the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce’s Women of Impact’s first Volunteer of the Year award.
“The chamber’s Women in Business program developed the Women of Impact awards in an effort to champion women from diverse backgrounds and industries to ensure their achievements become part of the fabric of our community,” says Robin Beliveau, director of Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce.
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Wong-Chong, a retired microbiologist with several degrees in microbiology from McGill University, began her volunteerism while raising her family and working for the Veterans Administration in Pittsburgh. While there, among her volunteer work, she was active in Toastmasters and founded a Panic and Anxiety Support Group. Wong-Chong and her husband planned on golf, pickleball and travel in retirement, but she quickly realized that in addition to family fun, she wanted to continue volunteering. There was no Toastmasters International chapter in Brunswick County when she arrived, so she founded one. “Toastmasters has helped me tremendously, so I wanted to create opportunities here for others to share in that success,” she says. The chapter officially came into being in 2011. Wong-Chong has served as president and
developing skills needed for professional success.” Toastmasters meets on Tuesdays in two different locations in the county, alternating at the BEMC and ATMC buildings. For information on attending a meeting, and for the exact location and time of the meetings, check the group’s website at 1592761.toastmastersclubs.org. Wong-Chong has also donated her time and skills to other county groups, including Cape Fear Literacy Council and Sharon Methodist Church, and acts as a judge for senior projects at Brunswick High School. She has given workshops on overcoming panic and anxiety at the county’s senior centers and is widely known for her work with the annual Brunswick County Intercultural Festival at Brunswick County Community College. Jerry L. Thrift, former operations vice president at Brunswick County Community College, works with
“We strive to create a positive and a supportive environment so that our residents will be able to share their culture ... fostering better understanding, awareness, acceptance and respect for each other and respect of our differences so we can all live in peace.” is now its vice president for membership. Vanessa Hughes, vice president/public relations for the Brunswick Toastmasters, says, “I admire Mari-Lou for the unwavering encouragement she provides to others and for her boundless energy. She is an inspirational lady and never eases to help the people in her community.” Hughes says that the Brunswick County Toastmasters Club seeks to foster leadership and self-confidence through public speaking for adults and has two programs geared to the younger generations. “Mari-Lou began our Youth Leadership work through her SHELL initiative with the Southern Home Education Leadership League,” Hughes says. “Our other youth program, the Gavel Club, started by Lisa Strickland, works with high school students to aid them in 82
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Wong-Chong on the festival each year. “Since Mari-Lou started helping, the festival has grown greatly from its start in 2004 under Fernando Tullin with a few card tables and visits from the Mexican consul,” he says. It’s become an affair that’s spread out on the Odell Williamson Auditorium (OWA) lawn. It is now a full day of stage performances, booths, food and more. Moreover, Wong-Chong has begun to work with local schools to increase awareness of other cultures among students as a part of the festival. The 2018 festival was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence; however, Wong-Chong’s dedication was the driving force to reschedule the event, which will be held on March 10, 2019, inside the OWA. Wong-Chong says that the importance and value of
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learning about other cultures and the positive impact that it makes on people cannot be measured. She says she became involved with the festival because she is passionate about diversity. “We are a diverse nation and county and that diversity is what should give us strength and not divide us,” she says. “We strive to create a positive and a supportive environment so that our residents will be able to share their culture through dance, music, art, history and food, thus fostering better understanding, awareness, acceptance and respect for each other and respect of our differences so we can all live in peace.” On Sunday, March 10, 2019, the festival began at noon and went on for the afternoon. Festival attendees were able to visit village and vendor booths and see the poster art entries before and after country-specific performances. The Barynya Russian Dance Ensemble staged a not-to-be-missed performance at the festival, in addition to holding a special workshop for Brunswick County Schools students on Monday, March 11. Valerie Bannister, who nominated Wong-Chong for the Women of Impact Award, says, “Mari-Lou epitomizes the
fact that we are a global community.” Bannister also notes that Wong-Chong lives a life of personal friendliness to people of all backgrounds. Robyn Beliveau, membership engagement director at the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, seconds the notion that Wong-Chong is personally committed to the ideals she serves as a volunteer. “Mari-Lou is genuine in her efforts of inclusion. She is thoughtful, kind and humble. Our county is blessed to have such a powerhouse working on our behalf to ensure Brunswick County is a wonderful place to live, work and play.” Wong-Chong says she gets more than she gives out of volunteering. “Volunteering is good for the soul and heart,” she says. “Lifting someone in need is a good exercise for one’s heart. Making a difference in someone’s life and community is the most wonderful feeling a volunteer gets.” As for being named volunteer of the year, Wong-Chong says it was totally unexpected. “I was humbled. I accepted the honor on behalf of all volunteers in Brunswick County who make a difference in someone’s life and make this county, our very own Brunswick County, a better place.”
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Prevention Is In Brunswick Wellness Coalition encourages healthy eating and active living through a variety of programs for Brunswick County residents. BY CAROLYN BOWERS
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As executive director of Dosher Memorial Foundation, Lynda Stanley is always on the lookout for new grant opportunities. In 2016 she hit the motherlode when she heard about The Duke Endowment’s Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas initiative and its grants program to promote healthy eating and active living throughout the state. Successful candidates would be awarded a $450,000, three-year renewable grant. That got Stanley’s attention! She teamed up with Lindsay Maher, a grant-writing expert who was then the associate director of operations at Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance. Together they wrote the grant application for Dosher, largely based on the results of the newly completed Brunswick County Community Needs Assessment. This document clearly highlights the county’s need to address the problem of chronic diseases, specifically heart
disease, diabetes and obesity. In January 2017 Dosher Memorial Hospital announced that they were one of only 10 hospitals in the state to be awarded the coveted grant. Dosher immediately launched the Brunswick Wellness Coalition (BWC) and shortly thereafter hired Maher as its executive director. Having just the right combination of skills, education and experience to take on the job, Maher wasted no time in forming an impressive coalition of participating organizations and together they developed a vision for Brunswick County to become the healthiest county in North Carolina. It’s a goal they plan to achieve by using specific evidence-based programs and measurable goals. “As these programs are implemented, the impact will grow Dosher celebrates receiving the grant from The Duke Endowment. CO NTRIB UT
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exponentially,” Stanley says. In addition to Dosher, the founding members of the coalition are Brunswick County Health Department, New Hope Clinic and the YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina, all of whom have collaborated on programs over the years. Since then four more organizations have joined the effort: New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Brunswick County Cooperative Extension, CommWell Health and Brunswick Senior Resources, Inc. Sheila Roberts, New Hope Clinic executive director and chair of the BWC executive board, says she is excited about BWC because it increases the coordination between all the various health and wellness support systems within the county. Each one will now have the information to connect their clients or patients to other services that can help them. One of the coalition’s strategies is to encourage community groups, churches and social organizations to sponsor wellness programs that promote healthier eating and regular exercise. Some already have. Ocean View United Methodist Church on Oak Island sponsored the first program. The congregation was challenged to collectively walk 6,160 miles, which is the distance between Oak Island and Bethlehem. The campaign took place during the Advent season in 2017. Each Sunday morning the participants would log in the number of miles they walked during the previous week, and they got to Bethlehem! Last March Dosher sponsored Spring into Health, a 5K run/1 mile walk starting at Dosher Hospital and continuing in downtown Southport. Along with some serious runners, there were some less competitive participants who simply enjoyed being a part of the event. And there were the Dosher Dashers and the Cardiac Cruisers, all of whom had been through cardiac rehabilitation at Dosher. Their presence was an inspiring visual proving the benefits of walking. Spring into Health is going to be an annual event, and the next one is scheduled for March 23, 2019, in Southport. During the summer, BWC sponsored three County Care Fairs in Leland, Southport and Shallotte. Representatives from each of the coalition organizations were there to talk about what they do and how they can help the residents of the community. They provided free immunizations and screenings. They also offered information about foods that best provide the nutrients we need to live healthy lives. In support of the coalition’s Give Healthy food campaign, Matthew’s Ministry sponsored a Give Healthy food drive in the fall. Matthew’s Ministry provides backpacks filled with food for food insecure students in the Brunswick County schools. For one month their donors were asked to contribute only healthy foods with reduced sodium, sugar and fat and increased amounts of
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Clockwise from above: Lindsay Maher and Lynda Stanley check over the new BWC “Give Healthy Grocery List; BWC organized a Care Fair and 5K to show the benefits of a healthy lifestyle; and Sheila Roberts, chair of the BWC Executive Board.
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protein and fiber. Matthew’s Ministry Founder and Executive Spring Lakes is high on the list of possibilities. And the “doc” Director Kristie Disbrow says, “It is my hope that the kids will may be a doctor, nurse, dietician or anyone else from the like these new foods and they will continue to make healthy healthcare profession. food choices.” Maher says her strategy is all about prevention. She likes to Stephanie Bowen, executive director of Brunswick Family turn around the familiar phrase “the doctor is in” to say Assistance, is a big supporter of the Give Healthy campaign. “It is “prevention is in.” And she follows that with a list of even more important for food pantry clients to eat nutrient rich suggestions to help us stay healthy and function at a higher foods because they often don’t have as many meals,” she says. level. Her list includes the usual choices for foods to emphasize In December the food pantry at Camp United Methodist and those to avoid as well as specific guidance for upping our Church in Shallotte sponsored two cooking healthy classes exercise schedule: 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 using the food that is available in their pantry. In the first minutes of vigorous physical activity each week for adults and session an estimated 50 people watched N.C. Cooperative at least one hour of moderate to intense exercise every day for Extension Nutrition Educator Morgan McNight and two children and teens. According to Maher, our reward will be volunteers cook sweet potato turkey chili. In the second session feeling better, looking better, performing better and enjoying they learned how to prepare a sweet potato bake. Most of the life more. attendees gave both meals a thumbs up, and more than 60 Dosher Memorial Hospital President and Chief Executive percent said they look forward to Officer Tom Siemers put it perfectly making these dishes at home. when he said this at the announcement The coalition’s next series of of The Duke Endowment grant: “This Want to help others get well? programs is the Walk With A Doc is a big day for our organization and opportunity to get some exercise and our community, but the big winners If your organization or group would like to ask a medical professional questions are the people who live in the sponsor a wellness program, Maher would love to hear from you. She can be reached about your health. The place and dates community.” by phone at (910) 444-1872 or by email at are not yet confirmed, but Boiling brunswickwellnesscoalition@gmail.com.
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Rotary Club of Shallotte’s 14th Annual Las Vegas Night
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Derick Morse & Clarissa Solomon
Dori Bledsoe & Tonya Townsend
Allison & Karen Brown
John Foernzler, Lori Foernzler & Jack Floyd
Cindy & John Henson
Tammy, Brooke & Rich Kesky
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Rotary Club of Shallotte’s 14th Annual Las Vegas Night
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Regina & Heyward Lowry
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Ocean Isle Museum Foundation Receives $1,000 Grant
the event is the number one fundraiser for the Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament oversight is provided by a volunteer board of directors, with hundreds of volunteers and organized by the chamber’s professional staff. It is heavily supported by the Southport Marina, its many sponsors and the anglers. The SKA chose the U.S. Open for this distinction based upon how its team handled the Hurricane Florence issues so elegantly and hosted an amazing event.
International Paper Foundation has awarded Ocean Isle Museum Foundation, Inc. a grant of $1,000. The grant money will be used to upgrade the technology in Ingram Planetarium’s Paul Dennis Science Hall to assist in educating patrons. Paul Dennis Science Hall offers free access to hands-on science activities and live NASA feeds. Ingram Planetarium is located at 7625 High Market Street in Sunset Beach. International Paper Foundation strives to reach its company’s vision to be among the most successful, sustainable and responsible companies in the world. They give to the community by reaching out in areas such as education, hunger, health and wellness and disaster relief.
BEMC Announces Recipients of 2018 Bright Ideas Grants
In November 2018 Gene’s Dream Foundation presented a check for $50,000 to the First Tee of Coastal Carolinas. The money was raised via the foundation’s debut fundraising initiative, the Mentor Cup, a two-day event that included a gala dinner at the Surf Club, a tournament at Tidewater Golf Club and an unforgettable standup performance by the legendary David Feherty. Gene’s Dream Foundation was founded by golf media star Kelly Tilghman in honor of Gene Weldon, a revered PGA professional who worked in the Myrtle Beach market for nearly 50 years before passing away in 2017. Weldon mentored countless kids during his career (including Tilghman in her youth), and through the Gene’s Dream Foundation Tilghman created the Mentor Cup as an initial vehicle by which to carry forth her mentor’s vision: to establish a sustainable junior golf program based on youth development, golf and a culture of mentoring through positive experiences. The First Tee of Coastal Carolinas is the initial beneficiary of these efforts. The Mentor Cup featured a unique format as 60 kids were paired with 60 adults and each nine featured a different format of play. The front nine was captain’s choice while players played modified alternate shot on the back at Tidewater, one of the Grand Strand’s most scenic courses. Building on the success of the inaugural event, the Mentor Cup has been selected to serve as a qualifier for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Invitational, the No. 1 charity event in golf. The winner of the 2019 Mentor Cup will be invited to play in the Liberty Mutual Insurance Invitational National Finals at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island.
SKA Recognizes U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament Southern Kingfish Association (SKA) recently awarded the U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament with the Tournament Director of the Year award. The U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament is hosted by the Southport Marina and is an event of the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the $2 million economic impact for area businesses,
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Gene’s Dream Foundation Donates $50,000 to First Tee of Coastal Carolinas
School got a little brighter for 28 area teachers in Brunswick and Columbus counties who have been awarded approximately $34,000 in Bright Ideas education grants from Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation (BEMC). Now in its 24th year, the electric cooperative’s education grant program funds innovative classroom projects that may otherwise not be funded. Since the program began in 1994, BEMC has contributed more than $636,000 to educators in Columbus and Brunswick counties. This year’s projects benefitting grades K through 12 include Plant Clones at Guideway Elementary and Ready to Explore STEM at Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary in Columbus County, as well as Growing Green at Lincoln Elementary and Graphic Design Software for Young Journalists at West Brunswick High School in Brunswick County. Across the state, 26 electric cooperatives collectively have awarded more than $11.5 million to educators for innovative projects in all subjects, including math, reading, science and technology, history and the arts. Bright Ideas grant applications are accepted each year through late September, and winning proposals are selected in a competitive process by a panel of local judges. The application process will reopen for interested teachers in April 2019.
Oak Island Moose Lodge Hosts November Business Networking After Hours Oak Island Moose Lodge #2059 hosted members of the Southport-Oak Island Are Chamber of Commerce for November Business Networking After Hours. The members were treated to
WHAT’S HAPPENED
heavy hors d’ oeuvres prepared by the Moose Lodge kitchen. If you are looking to belong to a fraternal and service organization, consider speaking with a Moose Lodge member about the organization; new members are welcome.
Vicki Neilon Wins the 2019 Wine Fest Art Contest The 2019 Wine Fest Planning Committee has selected the winning artwork for the 2019 Wine Fest. The winner is Vicki Neilon from Ocean Isle Beach. Neilon’s winning acrylic painting, called Chillin’ at the Beach, will be used in the 2019 Wine Fest promotional materials and will be auctioned off during Wine Fest’s live auction.
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Pure Markets Raises Money for School Children
Through its Giving Tree project, Pure Markets was able to raise $1,400 for the Student Fund at West Brunswick High School. A check was presented to Principal Rhonda Benton on December 7. At both Pure Markets’ holiday events, the OIB Holiday Market and the Sunset Beach Holiday Market, donations were collected. Chris Wilson and Jim Wilson, co-owners of Pure Markets became aware of the needs of many students of West Brunswick High School, especially because of the flooding this fall. They wanted to find a way to help, and the idea of the Giving Tree
project was born. For a $10 donation, the donor would choose a tag from the Giving Tree. The tag could be redeemed for a gift from the vendor named on the tag. The Student Fund at West Brunswick High School is used for individual needs of its students according to Benton. When the school becomes aware of a need of a particular student, they use this fund to fill that need. Those needs have included food, school supplies and clothing. Recently, a gas card was purchased for a family who has been displaced by the flood and needed to transport their child to school. This fund has also been used to buy a cap and gown for a graduating student who could not afford one. Benton said that there are few donations made for high school children although many needs exist.
American Legion Names Nestor Rodriguez Winner in Speech Contest Nestor Rodriguez won the Constitutional Speech Contest conducted by American Legion Post 543 at the St. James Community Center. Rodriguez, a fourth-year student at Brunswick County Early College High school, earned the gold medal and a $1,000 college scholarship from American Legion Post 543. Cassi Bailey, a senior at South Brunswick High School, earned the silver medal and a $750 college scholarship. Both Rodriguez and Bailey have competed in previous years and have won a total of $2,500 and $1,500 in scholarships, respectively. Each contestant delivered a prepared oration on a constitutional issue they chose as well as a shorter presentation on a randomly selected constitutional topic. Their presentations were judged by NC District Judge Jason Disbrow, SBHS History Teacher William Blackburn, retired attorneys Lee Miller and Doug Young and retired Mt. Vernon guide Richard Fry. All judges are residents of Brunswick County. Since the contest run by Post 543 was the only Post contest run in American Legion NC District Nine (comprising Brunswick, Bladen, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender counties), District Nine Commander Dale Smith declared Rodriguez the winner of District Nine. Rodriguez will compete in the American Legion of NC Division Two contest, comprised of Posts in the 18 counties in southeast North Carolina.
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McLeod Loris Seacoast Honors Volunteers
(Queens University Class of 2019) in continuing their golf careers at the collegiate level. She will enroll in North Carolina A&T’s Class of 2023 and join their women’s golf team in the fall of 2019. A senior at E.A. Laney High School in Wilmington, Rogers enters her final year of high school competition as a three-time Mideastern 3A/4A Conference Player of the Year. Her seven years of participation with The First Tee have been invaluable in helping her achieve success, as she has completed all four levels of proficiency (Par, Birdie, Eagle, Ace) in her time with The First Tee of Brunswick County and The First Tee of Coastal Carolinas. Rogers’ First Tee achievements were honored with her selection to play at Pebble Beach in last year’s Pure Insurance Champions Tour event with Davis Love lll, joining Ace participant Spencer Faircloth in representing our First Tee chapter among 81 additional First Tee players nationwide at this prestigious event.
McLeod Loris Seacoast held a volunteer luncheon was held on December 11 at the Surf Golf and Beach Club to recognize the many hours of work, time and talents of those who make a difference to the patients, families and staff. McLeod Loris Seacoast has more than 90 active volunteers. In 2018 volunteers at McLeod Loris and McLeod Seacoast contributed 12,847 hours of their time working in almost every facet of the organization including the gift shops, information desk, transportation, hospitality carts, surgical waiting areas, physical therapy, clerical duties and much more. McLeod Loris Seacoast hosts an annual teen volunteer program every summer for students ages 13 to 18. This year, during the months of June to August, 25 students donated more than 830 hours of service to McLeod.
Good Neighbor Breakfast Honors Local Students
Dosher Foundation Holds Women’s Heart Health Event
Twenty-five students at South Brunswick Middle School were honored on Friday, December 14 for being Good Neighbors in their school and in their communities. Honorees, along with their parents, were invited to attend the award ceremony, which took place in the school’s media center. Breakfast was shared while South Brunswick Middle School Assistant Principal Rebecca Heitz and guest speaker Joel Johnson shared what makes a good neighbor and why it is important. Teachers of the students then presented the awards while sharing briefly why the student was chosen to be honored. Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with South Brunswick Middle School holds the breakfast twice during each school year. Organizers would like to thank their sponsors of the event: Dosher Memorial Hospital and Tropical Smoothie Cafe. Students recognized were Lydia Babson, Addison Baldwin, Ashlyn Baldwin, Kira Beardsley, Conner Cierpiot, Caleb Combs, Aidan Connolly, Sara DePace, Skylar Freeze, Kadence Groner, Kelsie Hall, Bryan Hankins, Khaniya Jacobs, Simira Jacobs, Alexandra Lawson-Woollery, Matthew Mendez-Hines, Jaykob Moore, Savannah Padon, Landon Richardson, Gabriela Romero, Ella Schrowe, Zayne Simmons, Gaston Tallent, Lovelee Williams and Morgan York.
The fifth annual Heart to Heart Women’s Heart Health program was held on February 7 at St. James Community Center. The program included heart health education, inspiring words from a heart patient/survivor and tips for eating healthy. Proceeds benefitted cardiac rehabilitation services at Dosher Memorial Hospital. Attendees were encouraged to support the Give Healthy campaign of Brunswick Wellness Coalition by bringing fresh fruits and vegetables, low-sodium canned soups and beans, whole grain or whole wheat pastas/rice that evening. The donated healthy food items were divided among local food pantries in Brunswick County.
Longtime First Tee Participant Signs with NC A&T
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American Legion Post 543 Brought Holiday Wreaths Close to Home
Jayla Rogers of Wilmington became the third female golfer in the history of The First Tee of Coastal Carolinas to sign a National Letter of Intent to play collegiate golf, committing to continue her academic and athletic pursuits at North Carolina A&T State University. Rogers will join past First Tee participants Ashley Sloup (Winthrop University Class of 2018) and Cameryn Smith 94
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For the second year Wreaths For Our Fallen adorned the graves of every veteran in Cape Fear Memorial Park on Highway 211 in Southport. American Legion Post 543, whose membership is primarily veterans in St James, Arbor Creek and Winding River, first participated in the wreath-laying ceremony in 2017 by honoring one veteran from each of our five services with a wreath. In 2018, through the generous donations from Lowes Home Improvement and its manager Alexei Dinottis and the financial support of a Post 543 member, the Honor Guard placed a wreath on the graves of all 82 veterans. Post Commander Mike Fegan also placed a wreath on the marker of Richard H. Stewart Jr., after whom the post is named. Stewart was killed in
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the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Davis boasts that the Honor Guard participates in many events throughout the year that honor veterans, both fallen and living. Post 543 is committed to making Wreaths for Our Fallen an annual event.
Healthy Food Drive for Matthews Ministry Matthew’s Ministry held its Give Healthy Food Drive during the holiday season in an effort to provide healthy food to the children the agency serves. Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center and Hamilton Realty Group participated as drop-off locations for the Give Healthy Food Drive. The Give Healthy campaign is part of a larger campaign launched by the Brunswick Wellness Coalition (BWC) to increase access to healthy, nutritious food for those who are food insecure.
Brunswick Electric to Send Local High School Students to Washington, D.C. Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation (BEMC) has selected two high school students to participate in the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., in June. Representing Brunswick County will be North Brunswick High School junior Bailey Cameron Smith, daughter of Jerry and Barretta Smith of Leland.
Representing Columbus County will be East Columbus High School junior Treasure Sierra Spaulding, daughter of Robert and Josephine Spaulding of Clarkton. Bailey and Treasure will join 1,800 peers from across the United States for a week-long adventure in which they will meet their Congressional Representatives and Senators and tour historic sites and museums. They will also establish a mini-cooperative during the week, gaining valuable insight into the cooperative business model and how it works.
4-H Winter Fling On February 8 and 9, 4-H teens from across North Carolina’s southeast district came together for an annual event called Winter Fling. Brunswick County had six 4-Her’s attend this year’s lock-in in Lenoir County. The theme was “Every Snowflake’s Different — Just Like You!” and the focus was on appreciating your uniqueness. The group made blankets to donate to The Little Pink Houses of Hope, a nonprofit organization that provides a supportive environment for breast cancer patients and their families. There were also four workshops: I’m Right, You’re Wrong, You Jerk! focused on how to have a civil conversation when there is a disagreement or difference of opinion; Parliamentary Procedure taught youth how to properly run business meetings; Public Speaking offered tips about speaking in public; and Cooking allowed youth hands-on experience in the kitchen.
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SHALLOTTE INLET TIDE CHART
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1
6:30
4.4
6:47
4.1
12:35
0.6
12:56
0.5
1
6:31
4.4
6:50
4.5
12:45
0.7
12:52
0.4
1
7:17
4.3
7:35
5.3
1:39
0.4
1:33
-0.1
2
7:14
4.5
7:29
4.3
1:19
0.4
1:36
0.3
2
7:15
4.4
7:30
4.8
1:29
0.4
1:32
0.2
2
8:01
4.4
8:17
5.5
2:24
0.1
2:17
-0.3
3
7:54
4.6
8:06
4.6
2:00
0.2
2:13
0.1
3
7:55
4.5
8:08
5.1
2:11
0.2
2:11
-0.0
3
8:46
4.4
9:01
5.6
3:09
-0.0
3:02
-0.4
4
8:31
4.7
8:41
4.8
2:40
0.1
2:49
-0.0
4
8:34
4.5
8:45
5.3
2:52
0.1
2:50
-0.1
4
9:31
4.4
9:46
5.7
3:54
-0.2
3:49
-0.4
5
9:07
4.7
9:14
4.9
3:19
-0.0
3:26
-0.1
5
9:13
4.5
9:24
5.4
3:33
0.0
3:30
-0.2
5
10:19
4.4
10:35
5.6
4:41
-0.2
4:38
-0.4
6
9:42
4.6
9:49
5.0
3:57
-0.0
4:02
-0.1
6
9:53
4.4
10:04
5.4
4:15
-0.0
4:12
-0.2
6
11:13
4.4
11:29
5.5
5:29
-0.2
5:29
-0.3
7
10:18
4.5
10:26
5.0
4:35
0.0
4:39
-0.1
7
10:37
4.3
10:49
5.4
4:58
-0.0
4:55
-0.1
7
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12:12
4.4
6:19
-0.2
6:23
-0.1
8
10:58
4.3
11:08
5.0
5:15
0.1
5:18
0.0
8
11:27
4.2
11:41
5.3
5:42
0.1
5:42
0.0
8
12:27
5.3
1:15
4.4
7:12
-0.1
7:21
0.0
9
11:43
4.1
11:56
4.9
5:56
0.2
5:59
0.1
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12:23
4.2
6:31
0.2
6:33
0.1
9
1:28
5.2
2:17
4.6
8:09
-0.1
8:25
0.2
10
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12:36
4.0
6:41
0.4
6:46
0.2
10
12:39
5.1
1:26
4.2
7:24
0.2
7:30
0.3
10
2:28
5.0
3:17
4.8
9:09
-0.1
9:34
0.2
11
12:52
4.9
1:35
4.0
7:33
0.5
7:41
0.3
11
1:40
5.1
2:29
4.3
8:23
0.3
8:35
0.3
11
3:27
4.8
4:15
5.0
10:10
-0.1
10:44
0.2
12
1:53
4.8
2:38
4.0
8:35
0.6
8:46
0.4
12
2:43
5.0
3:30
4.5
9:29
0.3
9:46
0.3
12
4:26
4.7
5:13
5.2
11:09
-0.2
11:48
0.1
13
2:57
4.9
3:41
4.2
9:45
0.5
9:58
0.3
13
3:44
5.0
4:31
4.8
10:34
0.1
10:57
0.2
13
5:24
4.6
6:08
5.4
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12:03
-0.3
14
4:01
4.9
4:44
4.5
10:55
0.3
11:10
0.0
14
4:45
4.9
5:30
5.1
11:33
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14
6:21
4.5
7:01
5.6
12:46
-0.0
12:53
-0.3
15
5:05
5.1
5:46
4.9
11:56
-0.0
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15
5:45
4.9
6:27
5.4
12:02
-0.1
12:27
-0.3
15
7:15
4.4
7:50
5.7
1:39
-0.1
1:41
-0.3
16
6:06
5.2
6:44
5.3
12:14
-0.3
12:51
-0.3
16
6:42
4.9
7:20
5.7
1:00
-0.3
1:16
-0.5
16
8:05
4.4
8:36
5.6
2:28
-0.2
2:27
-0.3
17
7:03
5.3
7:38
5.6
1:13
-0.6
1:41
-0.6
17
7:36
4.9
8:09
5.9
1:54
-0.5
2:04
-0.6
17
8:51
4.3
9:20
5.5
3:14
-0.2
3:12
-0.2
18
7:57
5.4
8:28
5.9
2:08
-0.8
2:29
-0.8
18
8:25
4.8
8:56
5.9
2:45
-0.6
2:50
-0.5
18
9:36
4.2
10:02
5.4
3:58
-0.1
3:55
0.0
19
8:46
5.3
9:16
6.0
3:00
-0.9
3:15
-0.8
19
9:12
4.7
9:41
5.8
3:33
-0.5
3:35
-0.4
19
10:20
4.1
10:45
5.1
4:39
-0.0
4:38
0.2 0.4
20
9:34
5.1
10:03
5.9
3:50
-0.9
4:01
-0.7
20
9:58
4.5
10:26
5.6
4:19
-0.4
4:19
-0.2
20
11:04
4.0
11:29
4.9
5:20
0.1
5:20
21
10:22
4.9
10:51
5.7
4:38
-0.7
4:46
-0.4
21
10:45
4.3
11:12
5.3
5:03
-0.2
5:03
0.1
21
11:51
3.8
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6:00
0.3
6:02
0.6
22
11:10
4.5
11:40
5.4
5:25
-0.4
5:30
-0.1
22
11:33
4.1
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5:46
0.1
5:47
0.4
22
12:15
4.6
12:40
3.8
6:40
0.4
6:46
0.8
23
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12:02
4.2
6:11
-0.1
6:15
0.3
23
12:00
4.9
12:25
3.9
6:29
0.3
6:32
0.7
23
1:02
4.4
1:30
3.8
7:21
0.5
7:33
1.0
24
12:33
5.0
12:56
4.0
6:58
0.3
7:03
0.6
24
12:51
4.7
1:19
3.8
7:13
0.5
7:19
0.9
24
1:49
4.3
2:17
3.9
8:05
0.6
8:25
1.2 1.2
25
1:27
4.7
1:53
3.8
7:47
0.6
7:55
0.9
25
1:42
4.4
2:11
3.7
8:00
0.7
8:12
1.1
25
2:35
4.1
3:03
4.0
8:51
0.6
9:23
26
2:21
4.4
2:47
3.7
8:41
0.8
8:55
1.1
26
2:32
4.3
3:01
3.8
8:50
0.8
9:11
1.2
26
3:21
4.0
3:49
4.2
9:40
0.5
10:25
1.1
27
3:14
4.3
3:40
3.7
9:39
0.9
10:02
1.2
27
3:20
4.2
3:49
3.9
9:42
0.8
10:14
1.2
27
4:09
4.0
4:36
4.5
10:30
0.4
11:23
1.0
28
4:05
4.2
4:31
3.8
10:35
0.9
11:04
1.1
28
4:08
4.1
4:35
4.1
10:33
0.7
11:13
1.0
28
4:58
4.0
5:25
4.7
11:20
0.2
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29
4:56
4.2
5:21
4.0
11:26
0.8
11:57
0.9
29
4:56
4.1
5:22
4.4
11:21
0.5
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29
5:49
4.0
6:14
5.1
12:16
0.7
12:09
0.0
30
5:45
4.3
6:07
4.3
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12:11
0.6
30
5:44
4.1
6:07
4.7
12:06
0.8
12:06
0.3
30
6:40
4.2
7:03
5.4
1:07
0.4
12:59
-0.2
31
6:31
4.2
6:52
5.0
12:54
0.6
12:50
0.1
*TIDE CHARTS ARE ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE. IF YOU ARE CHECKING TIDES FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES, PLEASE VERIFY THESE TIMES WITH ANOTHER SOURCE.
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Academy of Coastal Carolina..................................... 910-754-9637 75
Island Classic Interiors...................................................910-579-8477 49
Allstate – R&R Insurance Services, Inc.................. 910-754-6596 32
Islands Art and Books.....................................................910-579-7757 62
Angelo’s Pizzeria and Bistro........................................910-754-2334 71
J&J Air.................................................................................. 843-281-9595 62
Arbor Landing at Ocean Isle...................................... 910-754-8080 28
J&K Home Furnishings.................................................. 843-249-1882
Art Catering & Events................................................... 910-755-6642 73
Kristin Dowdy, State Farm Agent............................ 910-754-9923 64
Austin Oral Surgery........................................................910-769-1605 43
Legacy Homes by Bill Clark.......................................... 910-363-1682 29
Bell & Bell Buick GMC.................................................... 843-399-8300 64
Lockwood Folly................................................................ 910-842-5666 26
Bianchi Brickyard Supply............................................. 910-454-4445 26
Luxe Home Interiors.......................................................910-371-0464 80
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McLeod Health.................................................................. 843-366-3891 4
BlueWave Dentistry........................................................ 910-383-2615 11
New Hanover Regional Medical Center..................910-667-7170 BC
Body Edge Fitness Solutions......................................910-575-0975 54
Novant Health.................................................................... 910-721-2203 7
Boundary House.............................................................. 910-579-8888 17
Ocean Isle Family Dentistry........................................ 910-579-6999 12
Braddock Built Renovations........................................ 910-754-9635 14
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Brick Landing Plantation...............................................910-754-2745 14
Pinnacle Storage...............................................................910-287-5737 38
Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce......... 910-754-6644 84
Pope Real Estate............................................................... 910-619-7673 62
Brunswick County Dept. of Social Services........... 910-253-2112 93
Purple Onion Café............................................................910-755-6071 73
Brunswick Forest............................................................. 888-371-2434 46
Robertos............................................................................. 910-579-4999 79
Brunswick Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery............910-269-2420 52
Scott’s Farm & Family...................................................910-755-6055 49
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Brunswick Organizing Solutions................................910-477-3768 75 Sea Island Trading Co....................................................843-273-0248 5 Callahan’s of Calabash...................................................800-344-3816 34
Seacoast Building Company, Inc...............................910-880-3639 49
Carolinas Oral and Facial Surgery............................. 910-762-2618 58
Seaside United Methodist Church............................910-579-5753 75
Clark’s Seafood and Chop House.............................. 843-399-8888 33
Seaside Wellness..............................................................910-754-2273 12
Coastal Insurance............................................................ 910-754-4326 IBC
Smithfield’s Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Q............................... 910-754-5522 19
Coastal Integrative Health.......................................... 910-755-5400 3
Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber....................800-457-6964 64
Coastal Wine Room..........................................................910-393-2125 58
Southern Charm Co.......................................................... 910-754-4141 83
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage.......................910-371-1181 13
Sunset Dental................................................................... 910-575-6300 IFC
CommWell Health........................................................... 877-935-5255 80
Time 2 Remember Photography...............................910-253-7428 83
EmergeOrtho................................................................... 910-332-3800 31
Trest & Twigg, PLLC.......................................................910-575-7337 32
Farm Bureau Insurance - Shallotte............................910-754-8175
TruFit Gym......................................................................... 910-754-2270
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Foster Insurance.............................................................. 910-755-5100 62
Trusst Builder Group..................................................... 910-371-0304 6
GNC ...................................................................................... 910-755-5825 28
University of NC at Wilmington.............................. 910-962-3000 9
Hughes & Hughes............................................................. 910-287-3810 52 Waterway Art Association..................................................................... 79 Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes and Fries........................... 910-371-6700 20
Wilmington Health.......................................................... 910-371-0404 54
Intracoastal Realty Corporation............................... 910-579-3050 15
Winds Resort Beach Club............................................ 800-334-3581 58
Island Breeze...................................................................... 910-579-4125 23
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Healthier, Together Leading our community to outstanding health means more than taking care of you when you’re sick. It means finding new ways to partner with you to improve your health — and the health of our community. Find out how you can get involved @ nhrmc.org