12 The Great Sphinx Children’s fine apparel sizes preemie to 16, Gifts Accessories, Gift Cards, Gift Registry Little Friends Children’s Boutique Susan B. McDonald, Owner 101 Shoreline Dr. W Anne M. Klein, Manager (beside Island Breeze) Betty Osborne, Associate Sunset Beach, NC 28468 910-579-9363 [email protected]800-579-9363 “where big friends shop for little friends” Present this ad for 10% off non-sale items I n mid April we had the oppor- tunity to visit Cairo where my daughter Sue and husband Darrell live. They both teach at the American International School whose educational emphasis is on students achieving an International Baccalaureate Diploma. They ar- ranged our trip through Travel-Land who provided a tour guide and driver during our entire tenure. Cairo is a city of 22 million people with few street signs and perhaps even less numbers of stop signs and traffic lights. Amazingly though -- the sys- tem works. We were greeted by very friendly people and never felt threatened or lost. The history of Egypt is unbeliev- able. We had the opportunity to visit the great Pyramids that are 4600 years old and to see the Sphinx that guards the Pyramids and Temples. Our guide explained the blocks were cut in a quarry and floated on the Nile during the floods. The Nile is a river worshiped by ancient people for the green it brings to Egypt inas- much as 90 percent of Egypt is a desert. We then flew to Aswan and participated in a Nile Cruise to Luxor. Each stop provided magnificent tem- ples and tombs all built before the birth of Christ. The engineers of past had only primitive tools, i.e., plum bobs levels, stones for cutting stones and dies for the carving of Egyptian symbols on walls through- out the sites. The cruise ship was filled with a diverse group of people from all over the world. It was an experience to view Muslims called to prayer five times a day by the cantor. Again -- it was a great, great trip. Dick and Marge At the Great Pyramids Sailboats on the Nile Mosque in Cairo By Dick and Marge Eby
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The Great Sphinx
Children’s fine apparel sizes preemie to 16, Gifts Accessories, Gift Cards, Gift Registry
Little Friends Children’s Boutique
Susan B. McDonald, Owner 101 Shoreline Dr. W Anne M. Klein, Manager (beside Island Breeze) Betty Osborne, Associate Sunset Beach, NC 28468 910-579-9363 [email protected] 800-579-9363
“where big friends shop for little friends” Present this ad for 10% off non-sale items
I n mid April we had the oppor-tunity to visit Cairo where my daughter Sue and husband
Darrell live. They both teach at the American International School whose educational emphasis is on students achieving an International Baccalaureate Diploma. They ar-ranged our trip through Travel-Land who provided a tour guide and driver during our entire tenure. Cairo is a city of 22 million people with few street signs and perhaps even less numbers of stop signs and traffic lights. Amazingly though -- the sys-tem works. We were greeted by very friendly people and never felt threatened or lost.
The history of Egypt is unbeliev-able. We had the opportunity to visit the great Pyramids that are 4600
years old and to see the Sphinx that guards the Pyramids and Temples. Our guide explained the blocks were cut in a quarry and floated on the Nile during the floods. The Nile is a river worshiped by ancient people for
the green it brings to Egypt inas-much as 90 percent of Egypt is a desert. We then flew to Aswan and participated in a Nile Cruise to Luxor. Each stop provided magnificent tem-ples and tombs all built before the birth of Christ. The engineers of past had only primitive tools, i.e., plum bobs levels, stones for cutting stones and dies for the carving of Egyptian symbols on walls through-out the sites. The cruise ship was filled with a diverse group of people from all over the world. It was an experience to view Muslims called to prayer five times a day by the cantor. Again -- it was a great, great trip.
Dick and Marge At the
Great Pyramids
Sailboats on the Nile Mosque in Cairo
By Dick and Marge Eby
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increased to 102 and continues to grow each month. The purpose of the club is to meet new people while enjoying the numerous restaurants in this area. You can meet a person with a hand shake but you really get to know them after sitting down for a 2 hour dinner. *The June dinner was no exception. Seventy members visited 7 different res-taurants. They enjoyed fine cuisine from Japanese, Italian, Jamaican, Irish visit-ing Carmella’s, Tomo’s, The Grille House, Aziza’s, Chianti’s, Flynn’s and The Sugar Shack. *This was all topped off at the return of all to the Amenity Center to enjoy such desserts as Strawberry Short Cake, Cherry Cheese Cake, Chocolate Cake, Mini Oriole tarts, Peanut & Carmel Iced Cream pies. It also featured a birthday cake for Bob Hall which was accompa-nied by the singing of Happy Birthday.
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By Gordy Coulson
J une has come and gone and July has just passed. The stock market is not worth a lot and
the frowns on faces of many shows as a result. Yet, in comparison, golf is much like the market with its ups and downs, but at some time there are rewards that turn the frowns upside down and life is to short to frown too much. In other words, we can’t do much about the first topic, but the lat-ter can be improved upon whenever we put our minds to work on it. It has been a busy time since the last article. Rain continues to pro-vide growth for the Sand Course and if you haven’t walked the improved cart path and witnessed the transformation taking place, you should hike it and see for yourself before you have to play it. The number of trees that were removed is awesome as it has opened up many of the places that weren’t getting sun and allowing the grass to grow. The trees that lined the cart paths and all but ruined the path were removed as well. The places along the path that were in much need of pave-ment repair have been fixed and the rest of the cart path has been sealed to prevent water damage. The greens with their new Miniverde Ultradwarf Bermuda grass are coming in nicely and there is every reason to believe that the course will be ready to open
as scheduled in the last week in Au-gust. Furthermore, the course itself is looking in the best shape than ever and it will be fun to play it again soon. Some tidbits of note took place during the time period too. Bill Sarkisian took apart the par 5 number # 1 handicap hole on the Bay Course hitting a driver, a 6 iron and his wedge to score an Eagle. So you think alright that’s nice, but he also got two shots on this hole thus a proverbial “hole in one.” Was he excited? He said he nearly flipped. Prior to the Sand Course closing, Ronnie Redman had his day of joy as well as he Eagled the # 1 toughest handicap hole (385 yards) using his driver and a 7 wood to bring the hole to its knees. Not to be out done, Bob Zambri Aced the 6th hole on the Piper using a 9 iron from 120 yards out. Witnessing this were Bob Nicoletti, Doug Williams and Ed Killgoar. These Guys are good! The SBMGA Member/Guest Tournament was held May 31 – June 1st. The Tournament Committee Chairman, Mike Finkelstein and his committee put on a super tournament with all the trimmings and really put the best foot forward for all the guests and the members who participated. The Putting Championship was won by Darran Snyder followed by Neil McNeil, and taking third was Don
Romney. What a great weekend and what wonderful support from the Sandpiper Bay Golf Course, the grounds people and the Piper Restau-rant crew. Good job everyone! The results of that tournament are listed below. Also in June, the annual Ku-hayda Cup was held with our club General Manager Tim Tilma and Head Golf Professional Richard Kascsak forming teams that fought hard over the weekend of June 21-22. The tour-nament consisted of two playing Cap-tains and two co-Captains in a Ryder Cup format. Co-Captain for “Richard’s Ringers” was Bob Knisley with Chuck Denny as Co-Captain for Tim’s Titans. After two days of tense sportsmanship and after the dust settled on the sec-ond day, Richard’s Rangers defeated Tim’s Titans 26 to 22. Nonetheless, everyone gave his all so all are win-ners for participating in this annual event. So that’s all the news that is the news except to say that President Yuricek, who was away on personal matters, has returned and we think he has new ideas gleaned from playing at some club he claims was legit. We have heard of his thoughts and ….well, just stay tuned. The SBMGA hopes everyone is having a great summer.
Garcia Flight 1st Marvin and Rocky Pethtal Frank Alcaraz and son Frank Jr. 2nd Greg Gallus and Richard Villafana Bob Kakos and Richard Zinzer
Love Flight 1st Joe Arace and Richard Hubbell Barney Evangelista and Sam Weiss 2nd Gene Mc Donald and Dave Heard Ed and Paul Campbell
Mickelson Flight 1st Lee and Gary Parker Ron Robichaud and Jack Gorman 2nd Al Hooker and Joe Bonczek Ray Baker and Frank McCarron
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By Donna Higgons
I t’s an unusually clear eve-ning as the sun sets over the normally hazy Bay of
Fundy. Ceci and I have just climbed back to the grassy meadow on top of the cliff that leads down to the boul-der-strewn beach. We’ve been jump-ing from basalt boulder to smooth lava flows along this volcanic bay, careful not to twist an ankle or worse. Ceci’s been swimming and I’ve been throw-ing sticks. Now he’s anxious to chase his ball along the wide expanse of grass in front of our camper. I notice a half –moon rising. Ceci cocks his ears and looks surprised. I hear a bagpipe. It’s a toe-tapping tune
at first, and then a melancholy melody as only a bagpipe can render melan-choly. The sun dips lower sending its rays across the bay. A fishing boat cuts across the rays as it heads back to safe harbor behind the massive rock break-water. The piping continues. People clap. Ceci and I sit on the grass and listen for almost an hour. The sun sets. It’s a perfect ending to another wonderful day in Nova Scotia. I find out later from the piper’s wife that he’s a world-class piper and has won many awards. Enjoy the peace .
M y daughter Donna, our sec-ond child, called one day with a surprise question for
me. "Mom, there is a cooking school in France that's offering a week long class for mothers and daughters, “ How would you like to go to it with me?" I couldn't respond then, I was too flabbergasted. This is my daugh-ter the lawyer, who was in the midst of pursuing yet another career in the culinary arts. Could an old fashion cook like me who didn't even own a salad spinner or know couscous from risotto do this?
We went! We loved it! We turned it into a few days in Paris, a week in Louvier at the cooking school, and then a week in London. What an ex-perience seeing Paris through her eyes, and seeing how the French men responded to her efforts of the French language. Joining her in do-ing what she loved at the school was priceless. I hope all of you have a chance to have a thrilling vacation of m e m o r i e s to cherish.
“A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.”
Walter Savage Landor Bunny and daughter Donna
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ATTENTION SHUTTERBUGS
Your photo of a Sunset could be the Winner!
Sunset at Sunset (see May/June Sentinel page 4) is looking for beautiful photographs of coastal sunsets. The rules are simple. Take your camera and capture a picture of one of our beautiful sunsets. There can be no people in the picture. Prizes will be awarded and the winning 20 pictures will be featured in the Live in the Sky preshow of the Ingram Planetarium series for the upcoming season. August 17 is the next full moon, so plan on bringing your dinner and camera to Sunset Beach for a fun Sandpiper Bay evening and take your best shot! More details to follow – watch future issues of The Sentinel and the Brunswick Beacon.
S andpiper Bowling League. We are starting to take sign ups for the Fall bowling league. As
usual you may bowl with a spouse or friend. The other half or your team will be filled by blind draw. Cost will hopefully remain at $10 per person per week. We will again bowl every other Tuesday at 2 pm starting in early September. We have plenty of space for everyone who wants to bowl. Anyone new thinking about joining the league should call us for info.
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T his being my eighth year volunteering for the BC Chamber of Commerce golf tournament I was thrilled to have two ladies foursomes
and one men’s foursome who participated in the June 14th event at the Members Club course at St. James in Southport. The “Battling Babes” ladies team consisted of Kay Tessein, Marilyn Oliver, Nancy Grant (from Wynd-fall Community) and Karen Spinelli. The “All American Girls” ladies team consisted of Peggy Donawick, Angela Nicholson, Mary Stern and Joanne Orendorf. The “Evangelista” men’s team con-sisted of Barry Evangelista, Ron Robichaud, Bruce Lad-rick and Mike Spinelli. The day was beautiful and the Member’s course was in excellent condition. A pleasant day was enjoyed by our illustrious SPB golfing residents.
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T he July ladies luncheon was held on July 17th and was hosted by Marcia Crosby and Jackie Headman. The luncheon was held in one of the private rooms at Sea
Trails' Magnolia's Restaurant and was attended by sixty two women. With July being such a busy month for many, Marcia and Jackie were very pleased and appreciative of the wonderful turn-out.
T he August luncheon will be held at the Fire Island Grill at Barefoot Landing on Thursday, August 21st. Please con-tact Nancy Green or Rita McLean if you would like to at-
tend.
Jackie Headman & Marcia Crosby
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Peggy Donawick Dick & Marge Eby
Char Godfrey Jackie Headman Donna Higgons Shirley Kelleher
Carol Kost Frank Mc Carron Angela Nicolson Margaret Niland
Joanne & Gary Orendorf Helen Phillips Diane Rauch Clint Rose
Beverly Sarkisian Agnes Schamp
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S easide United Methodist Church is col-lecting donations for its annual country fair. We accept a wide variety of items
suitable for sale to include books, clothing, fur-niture and household appliances. Household appliances need to be in working order. We cannot accept computers and com-puter components. We will also accept cars, trucks, boats and jet skis that are in working order. You can receive a tax write-off for these items. Items can be dropped off at the church (1300 Seaside Road) during the week or if you need to have your items picked up, contact the church office at 579-5753 and we will arrange for pick up. The SUMC Country Fair Com-mittee thanks you for your assis-tance.
