Men’s Softball Registration

Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department is offering Men’s Softball leagues. The leagues will play a regular season schedule with a double elimination tournament.

The season starts in early August. Team fees are $500 per team. Teams will play on Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursday evenings at Lockwood Folly, Shallotte Park, or Smithville Park. Registration begins May 16^th and ends July 12^th.

A league managers meeting will be held Friday, July 15^th at 6:30pm at the second floor training room of the Administration Building in Bolivia.

For more information contact Aaron Perkins, 910-253-2676.

Women’s Softball Registration

Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department is offering Women’s Softball leagues. The leagues will play a regular season schedule with a double elimination tournament.

The season starts in early August. Team fees are $500 per team. Teams will play on Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursday evenings at Lockwood Folly or Leland.  Registration begins May 12^th and ends July 5^th.

A league managers meeting will be held Friday, July 8^th at 6:30pm at the second floor training room of the Administration Building in Bolivia.

For more information contact Aaron Perkins, 910-253-2676.

Safe Boating Courses

As summer approaches safe boating is of great importance. From beginners to experienced boaters who want a refresher course being up to date on safe boating procedures is a must.

The USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 10-05 will conduct one-day boating safety courses from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturdays at the Progress Energy Visitors Center, 8520 River Road SE (N.C. 87) in nearby Southport, NC.
Classes are scheduled for March 19; April 9, 23; May 14, 28; June 18; July 16; and Aug. 6.

Those who successfully complete the USCG Auxiliary ABS course and exam will be awarded U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary certificates and cards.
For course registration and information, call Fred Robertie at 754-3629 or e-mail frobertie@yahoo.com.

Shipwreck Diving NC

Everyone fascinated with the sea will enjoy reading this documentary on local shipwreck diving. The book features stories and pictures about ships that have sunk offshore this area since the early 1800s.

Local authors Fred R. David and Vern J. Bender created this 66 page paperback book.

$14.95 Buy it at http://Islands-Art.com

People from age 4 to 104 will love this book, for twelve good reasons:

* It provides short stories of the last voyage of ships that sank offshore of Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, and Baldhead Island
* It provides actual pictures of ships that sank here, such as the Sherman, the Hebe, the Raritan, the Governor, and the City of Houston
* It provides GPS #’s of many shipwrecks off southeast North Carolina
* It provides color pictures and short descriptions of exotic marine life that inhabit local shipwrecks
* It reveals where local Shark Tooth Beds are located and describes the extinct megalodon that once roamed here * It discusses the local Cypress Tree Forest on the ocean floor
* It provides numerous embedded YouTube video hotlinks to bring to life local shipwrecks and marine life
* It describes how, when, and where to catch spiny and slipper lobster here
* It gives important information for diving local shipwrecks, including depth, visibility, currents, type of artifacts, and marine life
* It describes local shipwreck history, from pirate ships to Civil War blockade runners, to World War II U-boat victims, to the recent Valour sinking * It tells the story of Frying Pan Tower and Frying Pan Lightships
* Help us preserve the history of this area by making this book available to others.

$14.95 Buy it at http://Islands-Art.com

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