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Today's News

  • Spring gardening: Now is the time to prune, trim and control

    By Judy Koehly
    Master gardener
    Bring some early springtime beauty into your home. Cut branches of forsythia, quince, spirea, redbud, dogwood, witch hazel, magnolia, flowering cherry and pussy willow to put in a vase of water and place in a warm, bright spot to force out the blossoms.

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  • Great food-preservation resources are available; classes also slated

    I can tell the weather is getting better, just by the phone calls and questions coming into the extension office about preserving foods.
    So far, people have been mostly interested in making jams and jellies, but I anticipate we’ll soon be getting the freezing and canning questions. That’s great. We don’t mind the calls because they are an important part of what we do.

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  • Wounded Warriors to participate in The First Tee Tournament

    Four foursomes of Wounded Warriors will participate in the Future Generations Tournament -n June at St. James Plantation.
    “We will once again have the honor of hosting our Wounded Warriors in the Future Generations Tournament, the largest charity golf event in the region with about 500 participants each year,” said Wayne Moody, tournament chairman. “Eight will come from Fort Bragg and eight will come from Camp Lejeune.”

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  • Glimmers of hope in fishing world

    I opened the door this morning and was greeted to an arctic blast, which resulted in an immediate about-face and wardrobe adjustment.

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  • Sluggish backwater bite

    The backwaters surrounding the Ocean Isle Beach area have not been producing the kind of action expected for this time of year.
    The flounder bite has been on and off with only a few good fish biting a hook. Red drum and black drum have gotten picky in their feeding habits. Trout seem to be spread all over the place, making them hard to target. I can only speculate that the back-and-forth weather patterns have continued to play a role in making our resident fish sluggish and slowing down the flow of migrating fishing into our waters.

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  • There’s enough praise and admonishment to go around

    KUDOS: To the architect of the relatively new building at Sharon United Methodist Church. Every time I come around that curve in the road, I marvel at the magnificent design. The architect certainly understood the lay of the land and how to present various structural elements in the most effective way. This was inspired work.
    DISSES: To property owners on the Holden Beach Causeway who don’t even bother to mow their yards or empty lots or kill weeds where their property joins the road. They can do better.

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  • Finally, good news

    April was the best month in five-and-a-half years for sales of new cars and trucks in North Carolina.
    Sales were 11.8 percent ahead of the same period last year—the best month for new car and truck sales since August 2007.
     “Vehicle sales are returning to pre-recession levels,” Robert Glaser, president of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association, said. “April was the best month since before the recession, and we are optimistic that sales will continue to grow over the next few months.”

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  • What a week in current events

    Sometimes we don’t even recognize this country.
    This week there was plenty to make us wonder.
    •We were incensed to discover the IRS has been targeting groups and/or individuals with conservative ties.
    This is blatantly wrong, no matter what political beliefs one has.
    We don’t trust the administration to do an objective investigation, as promised.
    The sad thing is we don’t trust Congress to do the investigation, either.

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  • District court docket

    The following cases were adjudicated over five days of District Criminal Court on May 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 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 1

    Judge Jerry A. Jolly presided over the following cases with prosecutor Quintin McGee and courtroom clerk Courtney Graham:

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  • Waterway Art Association's 22nd annual show launches Saturday
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