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CALABASH—People still stop by the new business looking for the post office, but business owner Vickie Harper is willing to re-educate them—the old Calabash Post Office is now the new Wants & Wishes Boutique.

It’s in a shopping complex at 10152 Beach Drive, where the old post office operated for nearly three decades before its closure last November.

Painting the building pink seems to have gotten attention, Harper said.

Inside, where the postal counter once stood, customers will find a jewelry counter instead.

Holden Beach commissioners adopted a pavilion use policy at their meeting Tuesday night that does not require reservations or deposits—although they are going to see how the policy works to determine if either is needed.

The new Holden Beach pavilion, or giant gazebo, as some people call it—is on the island under the Holden Beach bridge.

The town will be allowed to reserve the facility for such things as its popular, free concerts on Sunday nights. Town officials have priority in using the pavilion.

SUNSET BEACH—Sure, the new $32 million, 65-foot-tall bridge is going to reroute traffic, but business managers near the old bridge are hopeful it won’t affect their foot traffic.

Once the new span connecting the mainland and island is complete, projected to be by the end of 2010, there will still be business, said Christy Scott at The Bridge Grill and Par Harbor Mini Golf.

CARY—The Southwest Trojans began the Eastern qualifier for the Junior American Legion state championship series with two games Saturday morning. The Trojans lost 6-5 to Rocky Mount but beat Wayne County South 5-4 in a loser-out game Saturday afternoon.

Below are summaries of the games:

ROCKY MOUNT 6

TROJANS 5

The Southwest Trojans scored three runs with two outs in the seventh but fell one run short of Rocky Mount in a 6-5 loss in the first game of the Eastern qualifier Saturday.