Today's Features

Can you tell the difference between a venomous and a non-venomous snake? What kind of snake are you most likely to find in your yard? What snake will, when introduced to your yard, devour or drive off all the other snakes, including venomous ones? Do baby snakes hatch from eggs or are they born live? Which snakes make the best pets? How should a snake hook be used? How can you make your own inexpensive but effective snake hook?
Learn the answers to these and many other questions by attending Snakes Alive! at the Museum of Coastal Carolina.

Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Krista Michelle Coleman of Wilmington and William Keith White of Shallotte. The bride-elect is the daughter of Donna Mroczko of Wilmington and the late Garry Kile and the late Edward Mroczko. The prospective groom is the son of Mickey Holden of Shallotte and the late J.W White Jr. A wedding date has not yet been set.

Staff Report

SUNSET BEACH—It was May 1997. Rudy Gambarelli had retired from his lifelong stint in the wine business. His wife, Pat Gambarelli, was more than ready, after 11 years of cooking classes in New York State, to close the kitchen and head south with him.
“No more snow shovels and icy roads for us,” Pat Gambarelli wrote about the couple’s decision to retire to Sea Trail Golf Resort in Sunset Beach. “The future was warm.”

On Monday, July 16, the 4-H Clover-Buds, youth ages 5-8, met an array of real super heroes at a camp called “Real Super Heroes.”
Day-campers started out at the sheriff’s office, Sgt. Burt Reaves took them on a tour of the sheriff’s office, where they met chief deputy Charlie Miller and deputy Chris Powell with his bloodhound, Bonnie, used for searching for missing people.