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Today's News

  • Highlights, scores of area golf leagues

    CAROLINA SHORES MEN

    Results Friday at Carolina Shores. The game was individual net medal play. The winners were Gary Hertling, Jack Bendy, Leo Jarmusz, Joe Broderick, Frank Talak, Mike Fedak, Tony Sneska, Jerry Strickler, Arnie Northrop, Dick Polonski, Bill Marsh and Glenn Ikens. Closest to pin at No. 3, Jay Leskowicz; at No. 7, Bob Barrett; at No. 12, Bob Barrett; at No. 17, Glenn Ikens. 

    FADEAWAYS

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  • Bowling news

    Planet Fun leagues scores

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  • BCC youth basketball clinics in January

    The Brunswick Community College women’s basketball team is offering two youth basketball clinics in January at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center. 

    BCC coach Ashlyn Burke and her team will conduct the clinics. The first clinic begins at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 15. BCC plays Spartanburg Methodist at 1 p.m. that day. The second clinic begins at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 29. BCC plays Louisburg College at 1 p.m. that day.

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  • Community sports news

    Fitness classes set for spring

    This is the 2011 spring fitness schedule offered by Brunswick County Parks and Recreation. To register for any of the fitness classes or for more information, call Ruthie McHugh at (910) 253-2583. 

    Total Body Fusion: 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Jan. 4-May 26 at Lockwood Folly Community Building. Fee is $30 month, $8 drop-in.

    Zumba: 8:15-9:15 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Jan. 4-May 26 at Body Dimensions. Fee: is $35 per month, $10 drop-in.

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  • Students perform in holiday show

    Forty-four students from Brunswick County Early College High School, Virginia Williamson Elementary and Jessie Mae Monroe Elementary performed two songs Thursday evening, Dec. 15, at the Palace Theater in Myrtle Beach, S.C., during a “Christmas on Ice” performance.

    At the 8 p.m. performance, students sang arrangements of “Joyful, Joyful” and “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me.” Standing on a bridge that crossed the ice, students dressed in black slacks and white tops sang while professional skaters and dancers performed.

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  • Club briefs

    Card party set for Jan. 11

    The Calabash Elks Ladies Auxiliary will have a card party/Chinese auction and luncheon from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Ocean Garden Buffet in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

    Tickets are $13 each. For tickets and details, call Rose Henshaw at 755-0126 or Jean Palmer at 579-1601. All proceeds will be disbursed to local charities.

    Vintage Ladies meet monthly

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  • Religion briefs

    Free hot Christmas meal

    Faith Building Missions will pass out hot Christmas meals from noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 25, in Rourk Gardens on Main Street in Shallotte.

    The group will also give away free socks while supplies last. The group is prepared to feed 2,000 people but it needs help with distribution, as they don’t have the capacity to deliver meals. 

    Anyone wishing to volunteer to deliver may call Dean Siler at 755-6888. Anyone in need of a free meal on Christmas Day is invited to attend.

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  • It’s an experience of a lifetime to be ’Grandpa to a Children’s Village’

    I love listening to the segment on NBC Nightly News that features people who make a difference. It is so uplifting to learn of good news in the midst of all the horrors, disasters and sadness that assault our senses, dampen spirits and cause discouragement. 

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  • Purvis-Kirchenbaum engagement

    Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Michelle Alaine Purvis and Brad Jason Kirchenbaum, both of Charlotte. The bride-elect is the daughter of Michael and Merle Purvis of Shallotte. The prospective groom is the son of David Kirchenbaum of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Shelley Schachter of Delray Beach, Fla. A May 14 wedding is planned in Ocean Isle Beach.

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  • Master Gardener classes

    Master Gardener class begins Feb. 8

    The Brunswick County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service will offer its popular Master Gardener Volunteer Program beginning Feb. 8. This program is designed to teach home gardeners the basics of horticulture for coastal North Carolina.

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