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Brunswic BY JOHNNY CRAIC. The Brunswick County Little League Baseball season gets underway Monday in Supply celebrating its 10th anniversary of National Little League play. Special opening ceremonies are currently being planned according to second-year league president Cecelia Kinlaw. "Denny Ellis will be on hand to emcee the ceremonies and Rev. Macon Wood will al?wi tnVo mn opening. We hope to have a few political figures as well to help make this season's opening a very special one." This year's major league has grown from five teams to six while there has also been two T-ball teams added along with the three minor league squads. Don Warren will coach the defending-champion Cardinals while Jimmy Hankins and Mitch Butler will guide the Blue Jays. Jack Powell and Danny Gore will coach the Rebels while Cathy Hill Johnson will coach the Tigers. Ron Cooper and Larry Bowner will coach the Lions ami Bill Lcggctt will guide the Yankees, the newest team in the league. Coaching the minor league teams will be Jcc GumDton of the Reds. Gene Kinlaw and Mark Greer of the Dodgers and Judy Caison of the Tar fleets. Dean Ward and Janice Powell will serve as coaches of the two T-ball teams, the Astros and the Expos. The seven-week schedule will begin immediately following opening ceremonies Monday with the Tigers and Blue Jays meeting at 6 p.m. and the Cardinals and Yankees contest following at 8 p.m. There will be a T-ball game also beginning at 6 p.m. with the Expos and Astros meeting and a minor league game to follow at o p.m. pitting the Dodgers against the Tar Heels. Tuesday's major league action will have the Rebels and the lions meeting at 6 p.m., followed by the Yankees-Blue Jays game at 8 p.m. The Reds and Dodgers meet in a minor league contest at 6 p.m. Thursday's play will feature the Cardinals and Rebels meeting at 6 p.m. and the Tigers-lions contest scneduied lor 8 p.m. me Asiros and Expos meet again In T-ball action at Oak Island Runs Set For May 11 The Oak Island 5-Mile Run and 1-Mile Fun Run will be held Saturday, May 11 at Ix>ng Beach. Both races begin at the Long Beach Recreation Center at 30th and Oak Island Drive. The races are being sponsored by United Carolina Bank, the 1-ong Beach Parks and Recreation Department, and the Oak Island Sand Pounders Running Club. The 1981 winner of the 5-Mile Run was Robbie Burke of Wilmington with a record time of 26:20.1 and the female winner was Mary Margaret McEachem of Wilmington with a record time of 32:29.7. The 1-Mile Fun Run begins at 8 a.m. and the 5-Mile Run at 8:15 a.m. Race applications, limited to 200 runners, are available from the I.ong Beach Parks and Recreation Department, P.O. Box 217, Ixmg Beach, NC 28461. DO [T YOUBSamtS ' 1 We're headquarters for: Hardware Lumber Plumbing ^ jS Tools ^ Point Electrical ^ K Storm doors ft windows Building materials ItltZKci S?Mr(cf *& HWY 179 BETWEEN OCEAN ISIE & SUNSET PHONE 579 7800 *^3 w ' ? < k National 6 p.m. while the Reds and Tar Heels tangle in minor league action at 8 p.m. Success Story Rmnot.'tMr I * uiuiumviv vuuiiljr UllUC l>CclgU6 has been highly successful in the past 10 years having won six District 6 championships since 1975. T rojai The West Brunswick boys tennis team won their 25th and 26tli straight matches last week with a pair of Three Rivers 3-A Conference wins over East Bladen and West Columbus. The victories give the Trojans perfect marks in both conference (4-0) and overall play (14-0). \lnn>4n>>'x ft ft Klnnlrind r\C iiicifmn Kivuuuj O tr-v UlUIUtlllg ut West Columbus was the Trojan's fifth straight shutout. Varnamto1 *? inn mui c man iuu tiiuui en pun ticipated in a Rally Fun Day sponsored by Dixon Chapel United Methodist Church Saturday for children of the Varnamtown community. The purpose of the day was to promote good sportsmanship among the yuuui, a cnwcii spuResiiiau saiu. "There was such a good response I Borrowing [x>v there, and ycxj don't < when you bank witl \ \ of ways to put wallop What's more,we today liandle credit \ so we developed se\ feature one-time-onl Wit! 1 Cash Res< line of credit up to S5 VJVf tpnr . 1 Little Leagi The 1983 squad, the host team for the tournament, was the last to win a district title. The '83 All-Stars advanced to the state tournament but were eliminated in the opening round. Tr> 1QOA r* til ww ui uiisn iva V/UUlliy VYUU Ult* district championship and advanced ri Netters Ca West Brunswick concluded its season Wednesday against East Bladen and will open sectional play in Wilmington on May 6-9. West Columbus Results Singles: Bland (WB) def. Koonce (WC), 6-4, 6-1; Gore (WB) def. Peacock (WC), 6-0, 6-0; D.Ward (WB) def Williams (WC). 6-1, 6-1: T.Ward (WB) def. Greene (WC), 6-2, 6-3; Cheers (WB) def. Caveness at) Rally Day from the children snd the " said Marlene Varnam, "we've had requests to make the Rally Fun Day an annual thing. "The children all had a wonderful time and were so good, it was hard for the judges to decide on the Good Sportsmanship trophy winners," she continued. "That was really what the day was /er: sometimes it's to us sven know it. But js,you get all kinds erne > ifi your wallet. an ir ? kik>wtllat people your Xitter tlian ever, eral services tliat use j y applications. reco ?rve, you can get a $50j >,000 that's as easy rse tab- rv tin- rtjf armount*tJ by tnjtt i tjry, rjft SUitfti ' ftr tatr uxr\ IJ r/> je Begins 1C to the state tournament in Asheville. Brunswick eventually finished third, the highest finish by any county team in state competition. Brunswick County's 1978 all-star team also won the district title and advanced to the state tournament held in Charlotte but was eliminated pture 26th Str< (WC), 6-2, 6-2; Dale (WB) def. Geleinsky (WC), 6-3,6-0. Doubles: Bland-D.Ward (WB) def. Koonce-Peacock (WC), 9-8; Gore-T.Ward (WB) def. WilliamsGreene (WC), 8-2; Cheers-Dale (WB) def. Caveness-?elezinsky (WC), 8-2. East Bladen Results .Singles: Bland (WB) def. Padrieh (EB), 6-0,6-0; Gore (WB) def. Sasser i (EB). 6-3, 6-3; D.Ward (WB) def. ' Taught Sport: all alviiit?to teach the children to I have fun and be a good sport about winning and losing?and they were. They were all just great!" I Youngsters competed in sack I races, watched a Christian puppet I show performed by members of St. ' Paul IlnitnH Mothftdlaf f*hiiiv?l* .?* Cmuiuin ncaCu, ate- free hcldCn" r."d I enjoyed balloons and clowns. , .. Jf ^ ^ e as your checking account Then, when a social bar# rgency or maytx* a chance tc [vestment comes up.yot j <ar self a loan like you write a cf If you want more muscle,yr ^our #xxi name or your ere rcJ to qualify for a lino of credi [KXJ with LineOne* Or you can use the equity ii / tr/rtr kt Urt** it\ f/futu' raU' AMvtt/Ufi th* l./rn' ? The current Un* k>*aiutUr*4 x*rh{t?r, i/numj k/ l/'/y ?//> //> ttwH/fl THE BRUNSWICK BEACO th Year i in the second round. Brunswick's first district title came in 1977 and in its initial season in National little league finished runnerup in the district tourney. It marked the first time that a | Brunswick County team had ever advanced to the district finals. night J.Melvin (EB), 6-1, 6-2; T.Ward (WB) def. Russell (EB), 6-0, 6-0; Cheers (WB) def. Gayland (EB), 6-0, 60; Robertson (WB) def. J.Melvin (EB), 6-1,6-1. Doubles: Bland-D.Ward (WB) def. Sasser-J.Melvin (EB), 8-1; uore-i.wara |WB) def. PadrichRussell (EB), 8-2; Cheers-Kobcrtson (WB) def. Gayland-J.Melvin (EB), 8-0. smanship First, second and third place ribbons were awarded in each ot several race divisions. Good Sportsmanship trophies were awarded to children who showed exceptionally good sportsmanship. They were; in the junior division, Wayne Nixon, first place and Caroline Carlisle, second; in the primary division. Hobtn Clcinmons placed first and Michael Fulford, second. Sm tiome to qualify f< iin,an LineOne Equity, make Either way, v i write I jneOne Equity > leek. tlian with other fo xj can the rate's based o dit So tome in it up to soon.AII the borr ever need is rujht ayrxir in your neighborl ()nt?tfuifp mbv-Jrak'htivthtfi. tm tw (n *nUi!>U' at a fry V A/J uttkr N. Thursday, May 2, 1985?Page 9-B Late Popper Plants Snowballs $2.50 "Shrubs ? Azaleas $1.00 up LEAH'S NURSERY HWY. 17, JUS! NORTH OF k SHALLOTTE, PHONE 754-6994 X ^ JL Prom ?Againl Tuxedos Formal Woar F rom s to sso Order Early I I Downtown Shailotte 754 4616 | ^B9 >riip to $100,000 with vith UrNtOne or with 'ou pay a krwerrate rms of credit because nNCNBhime? and let's talk it over owin^ power you will JSCK3 itM' rnk'ftury *
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