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SOUTH BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE

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WAVERIDING FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART

The women of Girls Gone Boogie Boarding in Sunset Beach bond over their love of the ocean waves.

By Melissa Slaven Warren

Just like anyone looking to ride the waves, Pam Parisian and Rae Matthews spend time every day analyzing surf and tide charts to get a feel for the ocean’s mood before gathering their gear and the rest of their girls and heading for Sunset Beach.

The Girls Gone Boogie Boarding Club (GGBB), as they call themselves, is a group of young-at-heart women living in Ocean Ridge ranging in ages from 50 to 70-plus.

THE SMALL FARM WHISPERER

Roxanne Reed’s Farm School on Wheels fits together the pieces of the puzzle for agricultural entrepreneurs.

By Theresa Ravencraft

Have you ever dreamt about starting your own agribusiness? Maybe you’ve thought about growing produce to sell at a farmer’s market, growing wildflowers for a u-pick farm or cultivating a pumpkin patch to sell pumpkins and offer hayrides? A GIFT FOR READERS

OPPORTUNITY ROCKS

Nine musicians, all of whom live in Ocean Ridge Plantation, form a band that helps nonprofit organizations raise fun and funds.

By Jo Ann Mathews

Combine a lawyer, an engineer and three business leaders. Add a retail manager, a senior government manager, a finance director and a self-described computer nerd. St. James Woodworkers build replica Ukrainian benches for G. V. Barbee Library on Oak Island.

By Beth A. Klahre

When Friends of the Library Southport & Oak Island (FOLSOI) heard that the St. James Woodworkers were looking to partner with local nonprofits, they wasted no time in connecting.