Today's Features

We’ve heard all the notions about weight loss, some of them generations old.

“If you eat grapefruit before a meal, you’ll burn off calories.” “A shot of unprocessed apple cider vinegar cleanses your body and helps you lose weight.” “Eating after 8 p.m. packs on the pounds.” Are those old wives tales or solid advice?

Homecoming, revival set

Beulah Baptist Church, 670 Hickman Road NW in Calabash, will have homecoming and revival beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12.

Revival will continue through Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. each evening.

The Rev. Bill McNeil of Supply Baptist Church will be the guest speaker.

There will be special music at each service.

Chapel sets service

Ocean Isle Beach Chapel will have services at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 28 at the chapel, 4 West Third St. in Ocean Isle Beach.

Minister is the Rev. John Chase of Beach Assembly of God.

It has been more than four decades since a group of young men and women made their national television debut on The Andy Williams Show, in the fall of 1962.

That group, The New Christy Minstrels, went on to win a Grammy for their debut recording, “Presenting The New Christy Minstrels.”

Formed by Randy Sparks in 1961, the group had several Top 40 folk music hits, including “This Land Is Your Land,” “Green, Green,” “Today,” and “Ramblin’”. They are still singing and delighting fans, old and new.

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Fall armyworms in turfgrass

Fall armyworms have been present in turfgrass for the past week or so and it appears they are now in full gear.

There are a variety of sizes present and larger armyworms are most damaging. They typically begin near the edge of a turf area and invade across the turf leaving serious damage behind.