Seven Area Women To Compete For Miss Brunswick County Crown "Success!" will be the evening's theme as seven talented young col lege and professional women com pete in the 1993 Miss Brunswick County Scholarship Pageant to be staged this Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. in Hatch Auditorium on the campus of the N.C. Baptist Assem bly in Caswell Beach. The theme was chosen "to reflect the Miss America Pageant philoso phy of education, personal develop ment and career orientation," ac cording to pageant director David Clegg. The Miss Brunswick County Pageant is Southeastern North Caro lina's official Miss America prelimi nary pageant, with entrants from Brunswick, Columbus and Pender counties. The winner will represent Brunswick County in the 1993 Miss North Carolina Pageant in June. This years contestants and their chosen talent performances include: ?Jennifer Lynn Howard of Bruns wick County, a 19-year-old sopho more at Brunswick Community Col lege majoring in communications. She wiii present a dramatic mono logue. ?Lamicce Lancer McKoy, 21, of Brunswick County, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who will perform a pop ular vocal selection. ?Sonya Michelle Nance, 23, of Brunswick County, a senior at UNC-Chapcl Hill majoring in phar macy. She will present a tap dance. ?Eva Elizabeth Rivcnbark, a 22 year-old Pender County resident and a graduate of Campbell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. She will perform a character jazz dance. ?Janelle Lynn Walters, 23, of Columbus County, who is a gradu ate of Southeastern Community Col lege and East Carolina University, where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in communications. She will present a tap dance. ?Lycia Joncll Ward, 21, of Bruns wick County, a senior English major at Meredith College who will per form a flute solo. ?Lisa Dale Young of Brunswick County, a 23-year-old senior major ing in studio art at UNC-Wilm ington. She will present a flute solo. The Miss Brunswick County Scholarship Pageant is an official Miss America preliminary pageant sponsored by Scholarship Pageants of Brunswick County, Inc., a non profit civic organization. Contes tants not only get a chance to com pete in the Miss North Carolina pageant, but they may also win a share of more than S4,000 in schol arships and a ?ds. Mistress of Ceremonies for the Miss Brunswick County Scholarship Pageant will be Nancy Humphries, Miss South Carolina 1987, who is a successful television anchor and re porter from Charleston, S.C. Highlighting this year's pageant en tertainment will be guest perfor mances by two former Miss America contestants. Sheri Huffman of Atlanta Geor gia, who was Miss Virginia 1991 and a talent award winner at the 1991 Miss America Pageant, will sing three songs at this years event. Also performing will be Heidi Williams, Miss North Carolina 1992, a classical soprano who has been a featured soloist in perfor mances by the North Carolina Symphony and the Raleigh Sym phony. The Brunswick County Band, un der the direction of Paul Pittengcr, will perform throughout the pageant along with the Miss Brunswick County Dancers, a troupe of area dance students, under the direction of Jennifer Gilligan. a 1988 Miss Brunswick County award recipient. Members of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners al so will participate in special recog nition portions of the program. The reigning Miss Brunswick County is Crystal Maria Williams of Lcland, a sophomore at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Wilm ington majoring in elementary edu cation. Miss Brunswick County makes approximately 60 personal appear ances annually across the southeast as a representative of the county. PHOTO BY WANDA OGDEN Landscaped Southeastern Style Gardens of cacti and palm and groupings of rocks gathered in travels across the United States stand out among the light-colored pebbles that cover the entire yard of Chet and Doris Palesko, 13 Sand Dol lar Court, Calabash, the Carolina Shores Garden Club's January Yard of the Month. Berry-covered hollies accent this "southeastern style" yard and the foundation of the home, for an overall effect of serenity. Roses $40 ] Beautiful Long-Stemmed Roses DOZEN(order by Feb. 6th) We will be open Sunday, Feb. 14 fok Valentine's Shady Oak Florist C7Q CL 71 In the Shady Oak Complex With Andy's Landscaping W C I I J Hwy. 179, between Ocean Isle & Sunset l*>9J fMr.RHi'NSWlCK ORMIoia Sa RTDfV XVOOK' Fel 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Briarcliffe Mall Sponsored by Grand Strand General Hospital. For more information cull (803) 497-212K weekdays 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Visit 75 exhibitors offering free screenings, safety and wellness information: Blood Sugar Lung Capacity ^ Speech & Hearing Vision/Glaucoma/Cataract r ^ Foot I Spine/Posture ^ Blood Pressure, and much more! Bring the kids for free balloons, fingerprinting, puppet shows and a tour through a real ambulance. Register for door prizes at hospital booths. Panel-24 blood profiles for $22 (fasting required for 12 hours before blood is drawn). Pre-registration forms available in the hospital lobby beginning February 1. Extension Office Sets Open House Eager for Brunswick County resi dents to know about the resources it offers, the N.C. Cooperative Exten sion Service office at Bolivia is planning an open house Friday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. County Extension Director Milton Coleman said the open house will highlight a new computer network that allows agents to access informa tion and fellow agents statewide and at N.C. State University. Emphasis will also be placed on the office's library of videotapes on subject; relating to home and garden. farm and family. "We've got a large collection here locally and an even larger collection to draw on at the university," said Coleman. "They cover a lot of how-to information and fundamentals?gardening, landscap ing, composting, recordkeeping, child care, estate planning..." "We want people to see what is available and how to get it," he said. The agency is located in the Agriculture Building on the west side of the Brunswick County Gov ernment Center on U.S. 17 Business near Bolivia. Great Taste Shows Sweets For The JweetL With only 15 calories per ounce, you can enjoy all Ihe rich taste of sugar free Diet Colombo lor only hall the calories ol regular frozen yogurt. No fat No cholesterol. Taste it to believe it r WomMi sugamree diet ~ j COLOMBO? GET A SMALL ONE FREE | Not valid with any other ? promotional offer. . Limit one per customer. 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