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Rabon responds to puppy-mill bill criticism

Two outspoken animal advocates have taken issue with state Sen. Bill Rabon for a recent statement attributed to him regarding legislation approved in the House but not yet brought to the Senate.

But Rabon says he is optimistic and poised to review legislation to regulate puppy mills in due time.

Rabon, a Brunswick County veterinarian, was quoted Nov. 18 in The (Greensboro) News & Record about efforts in the North Carolina General Assembly to restrict commercial dog breeders.

Goodwill blessings

To the editor:
I was the recipient of the goodwill of five local men who volunteered to help me when my car stalled. I had just driven 200 miles on Friday afternoon and was filling up with gas at the Marathon station on Causeway Drive in Ocean Isle Beach. Upon restarting my car, nothing happened — the battery was dead. I asked a fellow if he had jumper cables and he said sure. Another fellow joined in.

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Advent is pregnant with life, laboring with expectancy
Calabash fire report

During the month of November, the Calabash Fire Department responded to 150 calls: nine structure fires, five fire alarms, five woods/brush fires, three motor vehicle accidents, eight public assistance, two other, and 118 EMS first-response calls.

Sea Notes Choral Society Xmas concert

The Sea Notes Choral Society will present its 2013 Christmas Concert, “Christmas Gifts,” Dec. 5, 6 and 8.

The singers will be working their magic with traditional songs wrapped in a musical package.

The concerts will be held at Caswell Beach/Oak Island in Hatch Auditorium, at the Baptist Assembly.

There will be three performances, at 7:30 pm Thursday, Dec. 5, and Friday, Dec. 6, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.

Admission is free as Sea Notes is a nonprofit organization.

Student athletes are worth supporting

Last week’s edition of the Beacon featured a story about West Brunswick High School senior Meg Fletcher, a state finalist in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award competition. Award applicants are judged on their academic achievements, athletic accomplishments, community leadership and involvement in extracurricular activities, among other criteria. Fletcher maintains a grade point average higher than 4.0 while participating — and excelling — at many sports. She even helped institute her school’s swim team.

Lights marked child’s death

To the editor:
What a jerk! It really takes a low-life jerk to steal solar lights beside a cross on the road. I doubt that you can read, but perhaps someone you know can read this to you.
That cross on N.C. 179 at Ocean Isle Beach marks the spot where my child died. It broke my heart when I stopped to talk with him and found that you had stolen the lights marking the spot where I lost my only child and the love of my life. I will replace them, and if you need additional lights, please let me know. They are very inexpensive, and I’ll pick them up for you.

Bionic golfers abound in Brunswick County

It’s absolutely amazing. A huge percentage of golfers in Brunswick County are playing the game with artificial hips, knees and shoulders.  
Think about it. Fifty years ago, these folks would be disabled, in constant pain, doomed to spend their days sitting in a chair (or wheelchair), reading books, watching television and playing canasta with their wives.
No golf, gardening, walking the beach.

Christmas train show on track in Grissettown

LONGWOOD—For the seventh holiday season in a row, Grissettown Longwood Fire Department will become station central for dozens of model trains.

The department’s seventh annual Christmas Train Show gets under way 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and continues through the weekend, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8.

Each year since the first train show launched during the 2006 holiday season, the trains have just gotten bigger, better, and greater in number, fire chief Tal Grissett says.