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  • L’Chaim is a call to celebrate life rather than worry about dying

    Black Elk said: “Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood and so it is in everything where power moves.”

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  • Ingredients for remoulade sauce varies from cook to cook

    There are two types of remoulade (pronounced ruma-lade) sauces, and probably a million recipes for each. One is a white, mayonnaise-based style, and the other is a red version, which I prefer. The sauce is best if made a day ahead to let the flavors combine.
    Remoulades generally fall into one of two categories: those with a mayonnaise base and those with an oil base. In the oil or mayonnaise-based versions, the reddish hue is accomplished from the addition of paprika.

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  • Try senior golf—You’ll have a ball

    For more than 25 years, Brunswick County Parks and Recreation has been bringing senior golf to folks 55 or older. Each year, golfers within the county gather once a month to golf, experience new golf courses and make new friends.
    Handicaps are not required; the competition is medal (scratch) play in age-designated flights starting at 55 and going up in five-year increments (55-59, 60-64, 65-69, etc.).

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  • It’s an order: It is time to go fish

    By Barrett McMullan
    Fishing Columnist

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  • Flounder are a prime target in the backwaters now

    Flounder have been a prime target in our backwaters this week. The weather conditions have also allowed small boats to get out on the beach a few days this week, targeting schools of Spanish.

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  • District court docket

    The following cases were adjudicated over four days of District Criminal Court on May 15, 16, 17 and 20 in Bolivia.

    Codes: PG, pleaded guilty; PNG/NG, pleaded not guilty, found not guilty; PNG/G, pleaded not guilty, found guilty; BCDC, Brunswick County Detention Center; NCDOC, North Carolina Department of Corrections.

     

    Wednesday, May 15

    Judge Scott L. Ussery presided over the following cases with prosecutor Quintin McGee and courtroom clerk Kim Register:

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  • Memorial Day weekend crowds kick-start summer season

    Long lines at drive-throughs, stoplights and grocery stores can mean only one thing: It’s summer at the beach.
    The weather Memorial Day weekend appeared to be custom-ordered: no rain and low humidity.
    That forecast and beautiful beaches in the South Brunswick Islands combined to lure crowds to the coast.

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  • Board made a wise move with hire

    Congratulations to Brunswick County Commissioners for not wasting $24,000 of taxpayers’ money on a search for a new county manager when the best qualified candidate was already in-house.
    Commissioners promoted Ann Hardy, the 54-year-old interim county manager to the full-time job. She had been county finance director for nine years.
    For one thing, she already knows the 26 department heads by name, not to mention all the other county employees and other Brunswick County residents she has gotten to know during her almost 20 years living in Brunswick County.

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  • Stocks, Jones named West’s top athletes

     During the West Brunswick Senior Awards program May 29, Hannah Stocks and Markel Jones were named athletes of the year.

    Stocks was all-conference and team captain in softball and volleyball.

    Jones was all-conference in three sports: football, basketball and baseball. Jones will continue his baseball career at North Carolina State University.

    In other awards, Allison Brown was the one-time recipient of the Jerry W. Jones and Kyle M. Jones Memorial Scholarship.

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  • War War II vet still active and on-the-go

    She’s 91 years young, and this is the time of year when she recalls her stint as a chief petty officer with the U.S. Navy.

    Supply resident Myrtle Hanke stays active and on-the-go. The Brookline, Mass., native is still tooling around in her car, a Boston Red Sox plate proudly sported on the front of it.

    “I’m 91 right now,” Hanke declared during a recent interview.

    “I have a sister who’s 101,” she added. “There’s a good gene in there somewhere.”

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