Today's Features

Cheryle Jones Syracuse
Family and Consumer Science Staff
NC Cooperative Extension
Brunswick County Center
Well, we’re in the home stretch now...past one holiday and heading fast toward the New Year. This is the week that people think about making resolutions to get the New Year off on the right track.
Many resolutions tend toward heath issues with vows to lose 50 pounds, stop eating fast food or quit smoking. While admirable goals, they are almost impossible to reach and usually quickly forgotten.

Planetarium sets shows for January
Ingram Planetarium is open on Fridays and Saturdays in January. Enjoy watching an educational and entertaining program on the Sky Theater’s spectacular domed ceiling while you listen to a state-of-the-art surround-sound system. Sky Theater shows begin on the hour. Arrive early, as late arrivals cannot be seated due to safety concerns.
Sky Theater shows for January: 1 p.m. Seven Wonders; 2 p.m. Two Pieces of Glass; 3 p.m. Oasis in Space; and 4 p.m. Astronaut.

Belinda Faye Simmons of Varnamtown and the Rev. Stephen Allen “Sweets” Raleigh of Bolivia were married April 16, 2011, at Faith Community Chapel in Sunset Harbor. The Rev. Robert Lee Simmons, father of the bride, officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of the Rev. Robert and Linda Simmons of Varnamtown and granddaughter of Eva Mae Smith of Ash and the late James Edward Smith, the late Lindsey and Joyce Simmons of Supply and adopted granddaughter of Earlene Atkinson of Supply.
She was given in marriage by her parents.

Author Tom Rieber loves a good mystery, especially when it involves his protagonist, Nick Thomas.

The Brunswick County writer recently unveiled his second book and latest mystery, “Devil’s Parody,” a thriller centered around Rieber’s main character, Thomas, as he goes face-to-face with a reclusive sociopath in the remote Vermont woods, “where he is conducting a deadly experiment into the gambler’s mind,” according to promotional material about the book.