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  • West's Bland, Holt and Pate

    West Brunswick’s golf team finished fourth in the final standings of the Mideastern 3A/4A Conference after the seventh round last week at Jacksonville Country Club.

    Hoggard High School won both the team and individual competition.

    The league’s individual champion was Jonathan Miles, winning a 2-hole, sudden-death playoff over John Livingstone, after each finished with an all-conference scoring average of 74.2.

    West Brunswick’s Ryan Bland finished 15th with an all-conference average of 84.2.

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  • New Hanover nips Lady Trojans in 10 innings

    SHALLOTTE—It took three extra innings to decide a softball battle between West Brunswick and New Hanover last Wednesday night.

    The Lady Wildcats scored in the 10th inning to win 4-3.

    The Lady Trojans had more hits than New Hanover, 8 to 7. But Lady Wildcat Brittany Smith led off the 10th with a single, was sacrifice-bunted to second and came home when winning pitcher Jordan Humphrey drilled the ball down the third-base line to left field.

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  • West Brunswick Sports Round-up

    White pitches no-hitter in 11-0 win over Jacksonville

    Carly White threw a no-hitter as West Brunswick’s softball team trounced Jacksonville 11-0 last Tuesday.

    White, the winning pitcher, and teammate Lucia Bowling each hit a home run, and Bowling also had a triple. Amber Rampero, Courtney Clewis and Emily Gore each doubled for the Lady Trojans.

    Bowling and Rampero, who also hit a triple, each had a perfect night in three trips to the plate.

    West Brunswick is 8-2 in the Mideastern Conference and 17-3 overall.

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  • Deputies locate Bradshaw's car

    Deputies have located Adam Bradshaw’s Ford Mustang convertible.

    Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy John Ingram said police located Bradshaw’s 2007 Ford Mustang convertible in a wooded area near the Longwood community in the southwest part of the county.

    The vehicle is being held for forensic processing, he said.

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  • Ray Gilbert's DVO dropped

    The domestic violence order against Brunswick County Board of Education member Ray Gilbert has been dropped.

    District Judge Jerry Jolly placed a one-year order against Gilbert on Dec. 21 after West Brunswick High School secretary Yvonne Hankins claimed Gilbert verbally threatened her after she ended their relationship. Gilbert, who is married, publicly admitted to the relationship, but denied making any threats.

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  • Cooke named to Sandifer's seat

    SUPPLY—Local business owner Marty Cooke has been nominated by the Brunswick County Republican Party Executive Committee to serve as a county commissioner.

    County commissioners are slated to appoint Cooke as the newest commissioner at their upcoming meeting, May 5.

    If appointed Cooke, 51, will replace county commissioners chairman David Sandifer, who died April 4.

    The Republican Party had 30 days after Sandifer’s death to name his successor, county attorney Huey Marshall said.

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  • TDA approves $60K for additional Internet ads

    Members of the Brunswick County Tourism Development Authority have approved allocating $60,000 for additional Internet marketing before the peak tourist season begins.

    According to TDA Executive Director Mitzi York, accommodations are down slightly over last year, and any additional advertising will only help the numbers.

    The Internet marketing will include “e-mail blasts” to possible visitors and ad placement on Web sites including 24-7vacations.com and weather.com, where the TDA can advertise during good weather, York said.

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  • Residents question annexation into Calabash

    CALABASH—Several residents along Beach Drive expressed concern Tuesday about the town’s plans to annex their residential area.

    In March, town commissioners approved a resolution of intent to annex the mostly residential, 174.4-acre area, which includes Landing II, Oak Ridge, and portions of Shady Forest, Bonaparte’s Retreat and Somersett subdivision.

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  • Sewing group warms children with quilts and bears

    CALABASH—They gather several times a month just to keep things in stitches, both through sewing and lighthearted fellowship.

    For the past decade, the “salty seamstresses” of Saltaire Village have donated time and talent making hundreds of hand-sewn teddy bears and infant quilts to comfort children and babies in hospital and shelters.

    Since the mid 1990s, they say they’ve made more than 5,000 bears and quilts.

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  • Carolina Shores P&Z approves new adjustments role

    CAROLINA SHORES—The town planning and zoning board on Monday approved serving a new dual role as the board of adjustments when the need arises.

    At recent, previous meetings, board members debated the issue after town commissioners asked them to consider taking over board of adjustment duties from commissioners.

    Board member Kathryn Powell, who made a motion for approval, said at an April 16 workshop she did not see a conflict because the two boards have different roles.

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