Community briefs

Senior site menus
Here are lunch menus for Brunswick County’s seven Senior Nutrition Sites for next week.
Monday, Oct. 8
American goulash, green beans, fresh orange, dinner roll, milk.
Tuesday, Oct. 9
Brunswick stew, white rice, garden salad, mixed fruit, biscuit, milk.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Chicken patty/creamed gravy, parsley noodles, seasoned greens, chocolate pudding, cornbread, milk.
Thursday, Oct. 11
Sliced turkey, mashed potatoes/gravy, peas and carrots, whole-wheat bread, milk.
Friday, Oct. 12
Barbecue beef patty, hamburger bun, baked beans, coleslaw, blueberry oatmeal square, milk.
The seven sites and their hours are as follows:
Shallotte Senior Center, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-
4 p.m.
Leland Senior Center, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-
4 p.m.
Southport Senior Center, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-
4 p.m.
Oak Island Senior Site, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Calabash Senior Site, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Boiling Spring Lakes
Senior Site, Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Supply Senior Site, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m.
All sites serve lunch at noon. Contributions are entirely voluntarily; however, no one is turned away for failure to contribute. Menus are subject to change.

Paddle to fight juvenile diabetes
Don’t miss the Paddle for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) event from 9 a.m.-noon Sunday, Oct. 14 (rain or shine), at Sharky’s Restaurant Dock on Ocean Isle Beach. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Entry fee is $20 per participant. The first 50 to register will receive an event T-shirt. Visit Salty’s Surf Shop for paddleboard and kayak rentals (579-6223) or Summertime Adventure Tours (520-9382).
For more information, call Bob Tugya at 200-9098 or Kristy Gunther at 471-5327 or email tuje@aol.com.
New books at Hickmans library
The following new books are now available at Hickmans Crossroads Library:
“Telegraph Avenue” by Michael Chabon. When ex-NFL quarterback Gibson Goode, the fifth-richest black man in America, decides to open his newest Dogpile mega store on Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy, the owners of Brokeland Records, fear for their business until Gibson’s endeavor exposes a decades-old secret history.
“Malice of Fortune” by Michael Ennis. Against a teeming canvas of Borgia politics, Niccoló Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci come together to unmask an enigmatic serial killer, as readers learn the secret history behind one of the most controversial works in the western canon.
“The Bridesmaid” by Beverly Lewis. Twenty-seven-year-old Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amish woman is a closet writer with a longing to be published something practically unheard of in her Lancaster County community. Yet Joanna’s stories aren’t her only secret. She also has a beau who is courting her from afar, unbeknownst even to her sister, Cora, who, though younger, seems to have suitors to spare. Eben Troyer is a responsible young Amish man who hopes to make Joanna Kurtz his bride, if he can ever leave his parents’ farm in Shipshewana, Indiana.
“The Janus Reprisal” by Robert Ludlum. Oman Dattar, a Pakistani warlord being tried for crimes against humanity, escapes prison and puts in motion a murderous, ambitious plot to exact his revenge and bring down the West once and for all, unless Covert-One and operative Col. Jon Smith can stop him.
“Delusion in Death” by J.D. Robb. When a downtown bar erupts in sudden violence that leaves 80 people dead, Lt. Eve Dallas discovers that the bar’s patrons were exposed to a lethal cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that a sinister killer administered through an airborne method.
“Fool Me Twice” by Robert B. Parker. When a visiting actress becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse Stone and the rest of the Paradise police department go on high alert. And when Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a distracted teenage driver, the political repercussions of her arrest bring him into conflict with the local selectmen, the DA, and some people with very deep pockets.
“A Wanted Man” by Lee Child. Four people are in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man is driving, eyes on the road. Another man is next to him, telling stories that don’t add up. A woman in back is silent and worried. Next to her is a huge man with a broken nose, hitching a ride east to Virginia. An hour behind them, a man lies stabbed to death in an old pumping station. He was seen going in with two others, but he never came out. Within minutes, the police are notified. Within hours, the FBI descends, laying claim to the victim without ever saying who he was or why he was there.
“The Orchardist” by Amanda Coplin. At the turn of the 20th century in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a gentle solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots. Then two feral, pregnant girls and armed gunmen set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect but to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past.
“Seven Days” by Deon Meyer. When two South African police officers are murdered by a culprit who threatens to kill an officer every day until a certain cold case is solved, Inspector Benny Griessel struggles to find answers about the death of an ambitious lawyer in spite of no apparent motive or leads.
“Twelve Rooms of the Nile” by Enid Shomer. A tale inspired by their 1850 journey up the Nile imagines shared encounters between Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert, during which they overcame considerable differences to forge a bond of intelligence, humor and passion.
“The Forgetting Tree” by Tatjana Soli. A breathtaking novel about the members of a California ranching family, their complicated matriarch and the enigmatic caretaker who may destroy them.
“The Prophet” by Michael Koryta. Two brothers, estranged since their sister’s abduction and murder when they were teens, are forced into a reunion through a new killing in their small midwestern town.
“Garment of Shadows” by Laurie King. Waking up in Morocco with no memory of her identity, Mary Russell is enmeshed in the political and military uprisings of Europe, while Sherlock Holmes taps the assistance of T.E. Lawrence to restore Mary’s memory and prevent a full-scale war that threatens countless lives.
“A Killing in the Hills” by Julia Keller. Prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins and her estranged teenage daughter, Carla, try to protect their town and each other in the aftermath of a shocking triple murder committed by an unknown shooter whose identity is gradually realized by Carla.

Savings bank to close Leland office
Security Savings Bank has announced it is taking steps to respond to the prolonged economic recession by closing its branch office at 202 Village Road in Leland at the end of December.
Bank officials said the decision to close this location was difficult, but decided it is necessary to improve operating efficiencies and the bank’s capital position.
Letters announcing the Leland branch closure have been mailed to the affected customers. All accounts currently maintained at this branch will be automatically transferred to the Boiling Spring Lakes branch office of Security Savings Bank, so no action is required by customers.
Customers affected by the branch closure may continue to call the Leland office until Dec. 28 with questions about their accounts or how the branch closure may affect them. After that date, customer assistance will be available at their new Security Savings Bank branch office in Boiling Spring Lakes or by calling (910) 845-2000.
The bank continues to implement measures to reduce expenses and to strategically position itself for future operations when the economy recovers. Subsequent to the branches closure, the bank will continue operating with six branch locations in Brunswick County. The bank’s board of directors, management and employees remain committed to making the best choices available to maintain the level of banking services provided to this community for more than 100 years, officials said.

ATMC to air 2012 ‘Dancing with the Brunswick Stars’
“Dancing with the Brunswick Stars” is back on ATMC-TV. Tune in to
ATMC-TV Channel 3 at 9 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday beginning Saturday, Oct. 6, through Nov. 4 to see Brunswick County residents shake their groove thing to raise money for the Brunswick Community College Foundation.
The show will also be available anytime beginning Oct. 8 on ATMC-TV OnDemand and online at www.ATMCTV.com.
ATMC-TV and ATMC OnDemand are available exclusively on ATMC Digital Cable.