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Movies and concerts headline...

LELAND—The entertainment has begun in Leland’s Municipal Park.

The Concerts in the Park series begins Thursday, May 30.

The town’s Movies in the Park series began in April, and the family-friendly movies are shown every other Saturday through June.

“Movies were one of the first things the town did,” parks and recreation director Niel Brooks said, adding they started before he joined the town in 2007.

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:

Holden Beach crime report

The Holden Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

May 1

Breaking and entering; suspect took miscellaneous items worth $45 from a home on Marlin Drive.

May 11

Breaking and entering—forcible entry and larceny of a flat-screen television from a home on Ocean Boulevard West.

Shallotte Police crime report

The Shallotte Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

May 4

Ryan Callahan Watson, 34, 20 Birch Pond Drive, Apt. 8, charged with misdemeanor simple assault.

May 6

Larceny and vandalism of home on Kimberly Ann Lane.

Property damage; tire slashed in Walmart parking lot causing $130 damage.

Food distribution helps more...

BOLIVIA—Before the sun came up, people started gathering outside Brunswick County Democratic Headquarters just to get a little extra food.

By the time the doors opened at 9 a.m., vehicles were lining both sides of Old Ocean Highway, the sheriff’s office was directing traffic, and people were given numbers to wait their turn in line.

Teresa Roth said she was No. 491.

“I got here about a quarter to 9,” Roth said as she waited outside with the crowd.

New sidewalk rolling out in fall...

CALABASH—Construction on new town sidewalks is expected to get under way in early fall, Calabash Mayor Mary Knight said at the town board of commissioners meeting May 14.

Town commissioner Charles “Buddy” Walton also read a statement at the meeting conveying all facts had to be weighed before the board acted to approve construction at a specially called meeting April 16.

Commissioners deserve praise

To the editor:
On May 6, county commissioners proclaimed May as Mental Health Month. Hooray. What an outstanding group of leaders we have to recognize the importance of standing up in support of mental health when so many individuals stick their heads in the sand and are afraid to discuss the subject as taboo.

Thank you, Calabash

To the editor:
Moving away from the area of Calabash after four years and living at The Farm brought many cherished memories for us; however, I now have much sadness because I lost my husband, John, on April 27.
John loved golf and the friendships he made at the Carolina Shores Golf Course, plus the many other friends he made while living here.
So I will be moving to Vermont where my daughter lives, and I will also be near John’s family. They live in New Hampshire where John was born on Jan. 4, 1941.

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.”

There’s enough praise and...

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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