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Today's Features

  • Take this quick test to find out if your kitchen is bacteria-laden

    Many people worry about the safety of foods cooked in restaurants, but foodborne illness can happen at home, too. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates 21 percent of foodborne illness outbreaks can be linked to food cooked in the home. Food safety concerns at home revolve around three main functions: food storage, food handling and cooking.
    How safe is your home? Answer these questions to see how your family does in the “clean kitchen test” courtesy of Clemson Cooperative Extension.

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  • Wine Fest toasts museum, planetarium

    Delicious wines and socializing put the fun in fundraiser at Wine Fest this Saturday night in Ocean Isle Beach.

    The Ocean Isle Beach Museum Foundation event takes place 6:30-9:30 p.m. April 27 at the Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St. in Ocean Isle Beach.

    Proceeds benefit the Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium in Sunset Beach.

    This year’s Wine Fest features wines from a local distributor, says museum marketing coordinator Susan Silk.

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  • Days at the Docks is Saturday and Sunday in Holden Beach

    Get ready to bopple in Holden Beach.

    The beach town’s annual bopple race, when numbered apples are released into the Intracoastal Waterway to determine cash winners, will be part of this year’s Days at the Docks festivities Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28.

    Sponsored by the Greater Holden Beach Merchants Association, this year’s annual festival to kick off the spring season starts at 9 a.m. both days at the festival site under the Holden Beach bridge.

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  • 4-H Club attends Youth Horseman’s Day

    The Bits-n-Boots girls went to the North Carolina State University Vet School Horseman’s Youth Day in Raleigh on Saturday, March 6, attending several lectures on horse health and touring the school.
    Those attending included Rebekah Taylor, Mackenzie Snyder, Sierra Hart, Kaitlin Jones, Jillian Bowling, Lena Devlin and Breanna Long.
    The day of equine-oriented activity combines education and fun and is designed to provide students ages 9-18 hands-on experiences with the anatomy, physiology and veterinary care of horses.
    Participants were grouped

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  • How to control pests using horticultural oils

    By Charlie Spencer
    Master Gardener
    Now is the time of the year to start preparing for spring. One of the best activities any gardener in this area can accomplish is applying horticultural oil.
    February and March are an ideal time to apply horticultural oil to your ornamental trees, shrubs and fruit trees to control scale and several other over-wintering insects. However, to prevent harm to your plant, it is important to understand how horticultural oils work and their limitations.

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  • These do-it-yourself snack packs contain just 100 calories

    What would give you more satisfaction: 3/4 of an ounce of cookies (about 2, depending upon the type) or 1 cup (about 35 grapes) of grapes? OK, I’ll admit satisfaction might not be the correct word, especially when it comes to comparing cookies to fruit, but what they do have in common is 100 calories.
    That amount of cookies (3/4 oz.) is how much you get in one of those cute little 100-calorie snack packets. Many companies have been trying to make eating on-the-go easier for people by making these pre-packaged 100-calorie snacks.

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  • Rabies clinics Saturday in Brunswick County

    Does your pet need a rabies shot?

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s Animal Protective Services is sponsoring rabies clinics at seven veterinary clinics and the animal shelter this Saturday, April 20.

    The cost is $6 per dog or cat. No appointments are necessary. Per North Carolina law, all dogs and cats ages 4 months or older are required to be vaccinated against rabies, or owners face a $100 fine.

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  • Pedal the beach to fill food pantry

    Bicyclists of all ages and abilities will be at the first Pedal the Beach to benefit a local food pantry.

    The inaugural event to help raise funds for the South Brunswick Interchurch Food Pantry and emergency aid programs starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at Ocean Isle Beach Town Hall, 3 W. Third St. in Ocean Isle Beach.

    Short rides of 5 and 10 miles cost $20. Long rides of 30 and 60 miles cost $35. Children ages 16 and younger can participate for free when accompanied by a paying adult.

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  • Beautiful dreamers are needed to awaken a sleeping universe

    It was a gray day. The weather and I shared a common sense of dullness, dryness, emptiness. I tried reading as a way to shake my spirits into liveliness. It didn’t work. I tried to write. Nothing came. Television was nothing less than monotonous.

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  • Religion briefs

    The Nelons scheduled to perform April 28
    Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 2919 Galloway Road in Bolivia, will present The Nelons in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28.
    There will be special music each night, Monday through Wednesday, April 29-May 1, at 7 p.m. nightly. Come and bring a friend.

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