Planetarium Sky Theater Shows

When: Hourly Shows on Fridays and Saturdays

Where: Ingram Planetarium in Sunset Beach, NC

Admission is per show. Attend one show and receive $1 off your ticket for a second show.

Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 children ages 3 to 4, and free for ages 2 and under.

Due to safety concerns, late arrivals will not be seated once the show starts.

Learn more here: http://museumplanetarium.org

1:00 — Seven Wonders

Go back in time and witness the seven ancient wonders of the world as they have not been seen for thousands of years. Then journey through space and see the seven cosmic wonders as they have never been seen before. Appropriate for all ages.

Click here to view the trailer on our YouTube Channel

2:00 PM — Two Pieces of Glass

Learn about telescopes: Two pieces of glass placed in a metal tube reveal the wonders of space if one learns how and where to focus. Appropriate for all ages.

3:00 PM – Oasis in Space

Voyage through the solar system and deep into the universe in search of water, the key ingredient to life on earth. Appropriate for all ages.

Click here to view the trailer on our YouTube Channel

 

20% Off Lodging Coupons!

Download free discount coupons good for 15% to 20% off already low off season room rates at The Winds Resort Beach Club on nearby Ocean Isle Beach, NC!

Click here to download these valuable coupons that you can print right off of your computer.

The Winds is a small, intimate island resort ideal for vacations, romantic getaways, weddings, honeymoons, reunions, golf packages and excursions or small meetings, The Winds Resort Beach Club, on Ocean Isle Beach, NC, is more than just a beach resort hotel.

The Winds’ complex is a lush tropical paradise offering a variety of Ocean Isle beach rentals and vacation homes all with access to a host of free amenities including three pools (one indoor), bikes to explore the island and much more.

Oceanfront hotel rooms and 1, 2 and 3 bedroom suites (with kitchens) overlook palms, banana trees, hibiscus flowers and our breathtaking island beach. The Winds also offers 4, 5 and 6 bedroom Resort Cottages.

Free Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet each morning:
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$30 Golf: Canned Food Drive!

Help those in need with a great rate on golf for yourself at Sea Trail!

Sea Trail is helping those in need during the holiday season for 2011 with its Canned Food Drive, Beginning December 1st 2011 you can get one round of golf on any of Sea Trail’s three signature courses of Distinction for just $30 per person with a donation of three cans of food.

Sea Trail collects these donations and delivers them to the Brunswick Family Assistance program to provide food for those less fortunate in the area. Ca;; 910.287.1122 or visit the Sea Trail Golf Shops for more details and tee times.

 

 

Insider’s Guide: NC South Coast

Save $6.00 off! If you want to know what the locals know, the Insider’s Guide is for you.

Written by longtime locals and true insiders who offer personal and practical perspectives that readers trust.

The Insider’s Guide to NC’s Southern Coast & Wilmington takes you to the clean, quiet, family oriented beaches of North Carolina’s Southern Coast and introduces you to the intriguing city of Wilmington, including the historic downtown riverfront.

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If you want to know what the locals know, the Insider’s Guide is for you.

Written by longtime locals and true insiders who offer personal and practical perspectives that readers trust.

The Insider’s Guide to NC’s Southern Coast & Wilmington takes you to the clean, quiet, family oriented beaches of North Carolina’s Southern Coast and introduces you to the intriguing city of Wilmington, including the historic downtown riverfront.

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455 Highlands Glen

Great location near shopping and beaches for this 3 Br/ 2bath home in lovely, up and coming community of The Highlands. It’s a well maintained home with private large backyard and has very open and flowing floor plan including bright and airy Carolina room and screened porch.

There is an extra storage shed at rear of property as well as 2 car garage with painted floor. Priced to sell! Listing Price: $149,000

 

Let me show you this beautiful home as well as any other MLS listing at Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, Bald Head Island or the mainland golf areas and Shallotte!

As an Accredited Buyer Representative Martha Pope can furnish information and represent you with regard to any properties in the Multiple Listing Service.

For more information on this or any other property anywhere in the area please contact Martha: martha@pope-realestate.com.

The Highlands Bedrooms: 3 Baths(FH) 2 (2 0) Approx Htd SF 1401 Year Built 2005 Lot Sq Ft(approx) 16800 Lot Acres (approx) 0.386

MLS Listing # 653605

 

 

 

Directions Hwy 17 at north end of Shallotte at Main St.

Take Frontage Rd., then rt into The Highlands.

Property on main road on left with sign.

Shallotte Point – 10 Acres

This 10 acre tract (approximately) on Pigott Road has tremendous development potential. It currently has an older mobile home in as-is condition on the front of the property but with over 150? frontage on Pigott Road and over 2300? frontage along the east side of the property on Russell Road it would be an ideal tract for homesites. This land is very near the Shallotte River and the Intracoastal Waterway and only a short drive to beach. The exact acreage is subject to survey and the Sellers are extremely motivated.
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Bring an offer on this beautiful land in desirable location! $150,000
This is part of a 12.35 acre tract. Great opportunity.

Let me show you this beautiful home as well as any other MLS listing at Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, Bald Head Island or the mainland golf areas and Shallotte!

As an Accredited Buyer Representative Martha Pope can furnish information and represent you with regard to any properties in the Multiple Listing Service.

For more information on this or any other property anywhere in the area please contact Martha: martha@pope-realestate.com.

Shallotte Point Home & Land

Over 9 acres right in the heart of beautiful and desirable Shallotte Point surround this home! The home, sold as-is, is quite livable and is only steps from Saucepan Creek and a short walk to ICW. Septic system is only 4 yrs old, and it has gas heat and some type of cooling.

The house sits on 6.55 acres on the west side of Cotton Patch and includes an additional 3.26 acres directly across street on east side of Cotton Patch (see survey). Directions From OIB take 179 to Pigott Rd, then right onto Shallotte Point Loop, then bear right on Cotton Patch. Property on right AND left with sign.

Owners will sell home and 6.55 acres separately for $259,000 and 4.26 acres separately for $99,000. A pretty fantastic opportunity – come see!

There is garage, stable, pastures, beautiful trees, etc., and much fencing. You truly take a step back in time when you are on this property and you feel like you’re deep in the country – yet it’s only 5 minutes to Shallotte or Ocean Isle.

This is an estate sale – has been through probate – and the heirs have priced it to sell. A tremendous opportunity!

1641 Cotton Patch Rd SW Shallotte, NC 28470 Listing Price: $289,000

 

Let me show you this beautiful home as well as any other MLS listing at Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, Bald Head Island or the mainland golf areas and Shallotte!

As an Accredited Buyer Representative Martha Pope can furnish information and represent you with regard to any properties in the Multiple Listing Service.

For more information on this or any other property anywhere in the area please contact Martha: martha@pope-realestate.com.

Property Type Single Family Property Subtype Site Built
Area Shallotte Subdivision None

Beds 3 Approx Htd SF 1401
Baths(FH) 1 (1 0)

Year Built 1970 Lot Sq Ft(approx) 435600 ((Survey))
PID 230PE023
DOM/CDOM 17/17 Lot Acres (approx) 10.000
School District Brunswick ELEM Union JRHI Shallotte HIGH West Brunswick

Village Point Estates

4288 Susan Drive – Village Point Estates Paradise is awaiting – in ground 30 X 14 salt water pool and $45,000 worth of upgrades makes this house all that you will ever need. Minutes to Ocean Isle Beach and downtown Shallotte.

Large immaculate corner lot that is completely fenced for your privacy. Large deck for entertaining and large concrete pool area for your enjoyment by the pool. Brand new Tiki Bar and lighting galore.

Large screened in porch connected to the pool and outside deck area. Granite counter tops adorn the kitchen along with upgraded glass fronted cabinets. Large bar/rec room area upstairs with large utility room. Hardwood laminate in master bedroom with two closets. Large 16X10 shed will convey.

This is a must see as it shows like a model home. $269,900

Let me show you this beautiful home as well as any other MLS listing at Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, Bald Head Island or the mainland golf areas and Shallotte!

As an Accredited Buyer Representative Martha Pope can furnish information and represent you with regard to any properties in the Multiple Listing Service.

For more information on this or any other property anywhere in the area please contact Martha: martha@pope-realestate.com.

Brierwood Estates

This bank owned 3 BR, 2 Bath home is located in Brierwood Estates – a great golf community where residents enjoy good play.

Just minutes from all beaches and from the shopping and dining of Shallotte.

All amenities optional too! Equidistant to Myrtle Beach and Wilmington.

Already on public water/sewer…no hidden fees!

34 Fairway Dr. Priced to sell at $172,900.

Let me show you this beautiful home as well as any other MLS listing at Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, Bald Head Island or the mainland golf areas and Shallotte!

As an Accredited Buyer Representative Martha Pope can furnish information and represent you with regard to any properties in the Multiple Listing Service.

For more information on this or any other property anywhere in the area please contact Martha: martha@pope-realestate.com.

Course Review: Sea Trail’s Byrd

Sea Trail’s Willard Byrd course: an underrated challenge!

The Rees Jones course at Sea Trail is the resort’s most popular course, mainly because golfers want the opportunity to play a tract designed by one of the nation’s most acclaimed architects. Yet, one of its mates, Sea Trail’s Willard Byrd course, is an underrated challenge that is just as popular with many of the people that have played them both.

“The Byrd course since they put the new greens in is great,” said New York resident Tom Capowski, a 5 handicap. “I prefer this actually even over the Jones. It’s very playable for most of the people. I know guys that play here that are 30 handicaps or 15s. It’s playable for everybody. It’s challenging enough. I enjoy it.”

Both the Byrd and Jones courses opened in 1990, and each of them have their own personality and have developed their own following.

“The public all wants to play Rees Jones,” said Tom Plankers, the president of golf at Sea Trail. “The Willard Byrd is more renown for being one of the better Southern courses he’s done. He’s done quite a few in the South, but this is probably one of his better golf courses.”

Sea Trail Resort’s Byrd Course is a prime example of why so many courses on the Grand Strand are replacing bentgrass greens with new ultradwarf Bermudagrasses.

The pine tree-lined Willard Byrd layout that opened in 1990 has been revitalized by the changing of the greens last year from bent to Champion Bermuda.

“The greens are great. They are huge, they don’t have any blemishes and are really true,” said Josh Unger of Myrtle Beach, a student at the Golf Academy of America who took part in a review of the course in late March.

“Any time you can get a green that’s big and relatively flat that is ideal. These greens are big and they have some undulation in them but not too much, and they’ll hold shots and aren’t too hard.”

Joining me and Josh, who carries a 10.4 handicap, in the review foursome were John Hasenstab of Murrells Inlet, a retired educator with a 17 handicap, and Grace Caravello of Conway, a retired Verizon systems analyst with a 24 handicap.

“This course had a tremendous variety of holes,” John said. “There are many very nice holes with scenic aesthetics.”

The course’s yardage of 6,740 doesn’t require a driver off every tee and includes a number of doglegs both right and left. “A variety of clubs can be used off the tee and there’s a high amount of risk-reward,” Josh said.

There is some water on the layout but most of the difficulty stems from bunkers. Both waste and traditional bunkers pinch fairways, and 15 of the 18 greens are protected by multiple bunkers. “The course was very fair with good shots and not overly punitive for bad ones,” John said.

The course’s aesthetics include stone walkways to delineate parking areas at tees and greens, dead trees in some waste bunker areas, a plethora of wildlife including alligators and a variety of birds – there’s an osprey nest on the 18^th fairway near the green – and attractive housing, including Charleston-style homes on some holes.

“The course was in great condition,” Josh said. “The manicuring on this course is really nice. They definitely take time and do the work to make it nice.”

Women have a significant advantage on many holes with a total yardage of 4,621 yards. “The par-3s were easy for women and some of the par-4s were short enough to make it in regulation,” Grace said. “The par-5s were short also.”

Likes

The driving range has target greens and flags with measured yardages, and there is a chipping green with a bunker.

John enjoyed the tee-time separation of 10 minutes, compared to eight minutes at many clubs, and the policy to start every group on the first tee. “What a pleasant experience it is,” John said. “We didn’t push the group in front of us and we weren’t pushed, and that must be attributed to the 10-minute tee times.”

Grace thought the staff was friendly and helpful and enjoyed the rolling terrain in and around many fairways. “Fairways were hilly and fun to play,” she said.

With combined green and cart fees between $40 and $55 year round, “it’s a great value,” John said.

Josh appreciated the tree-lined layout and detailed yardage book. “It’s very detailed and helped a lot having not played the course before,” Josh said.

Dislikes

There are small hole depictions on the scorecard and yardage books are available for $3, but there weren’t hole depictions on tee boxes. “If we didn’t have the yardage book we would have been lost because there were no hole descriptions at the tee boxes like a lot of courses have, and there are some things you can’t see on the tee box,” Grace said.

The sand was good when abundant in bunkers, but it was inconsistent and thin in spots and had sparse grass growing through some areas. “The bunkers were unkept and irregular in condition,” John said.

Josh thought out-of-bounds stakes created by housing were too close to some fairways, and Grace didn’t believe there was enough selection of women’s clothing in the pro shop.

Par-3s

Par-3 distances are very manageable at between 174 and 202 yards from the tips. The 174-yard second hole measures 167 from the white tee and requires a carry over water to a green that is angled to the back right, slopes to the front and left, and is surrounded by four bunkers, including an expansive bunker to its left.

The 190-yard seventh is 167 from the white and has a drive over a waste bunker decorated with a pair of small dead trees. A mildly rolling green is situated between five bunkers.

The 186-yard 12th measures 163 from the white and requires a drive over a water hazard that extends past the left side of a wide green that contains a couple rolling areas. A bunker covers the entire front of the green and there are smaller bunkers back and back left. “It’s a great par-3 over water with wind factoring in,” John said.

Several bunkers are snuggled around the green of the 202-yard 16th hole, which is 155 from the white.

Par-4s

None of the par-4s were overwhelmingly long, measuring between 368 and 412 yards. “There’s a good variety of par-4s,” John said. “Some were easily reachable in two, some were tough.”

The 387-yard first hole doesn’t require a driver and is somewhat benign, though it has water far left. The 412-yard fifth is straightforward with five deep bunkers protecting the fairway and one protecting the front left of the green.

The 396-yard sixth has a fairly narrow landing area caused by bunkers pinching both sides of the fairway, with the left bunker prominent off the tee. The eighth, 10th and 11th holes are either sharp or slight dogleg rights, the 15th is a sharp dogleg left, and the 404-yard slight dogleg-left 14th has a very narrow landing area for a driver, with water coming into the fairway from the left that is blind from the tee and bunkers on the right.

“They have a nice mix of dogleg lefts and dogleg rights,” Josh said. “There’s a lot of risk-reward from the back tees on the hard dogleg par-4s. You can hit to the dogleg with a hybrid or take on the dogleg with a driver.”

Par-5s

Three of the par-5s measure between 515 and 542 yards, while the final par-5 offers birdie and eagle possibilities. Only one par-5 is more than 495 yards from the white tees. “All the par-5s were fair and scoreable,” John said.

The 525-yard third hole measures 468 from the white tee and features a drive over water to a fairway on the left that must be placed between a pair of fairway bunkers at the turn of a sharp dogleg right. The fairway is a narrow corridor through pines and is rolling with mild mounding on both sides. The green has a mild plateau back right and is protected front and left by one bunker and right by another. “It’s a wonderful hole that requires a good drive and solid approach,” John said.

The 542-yard ninth is 517 from the white and turns slightly left with five bunkers to maneuver beginning deep in the tee shot landing area. The 528-yard 13^th is 493 from the white and has bunkers both left and right in the fairway off the tee, and a green-fronting water hazard cutting across the fairway beginning 70 yards from a green that bends around a back left bunker and features a mild ridge through the middle.

The short 469-yard 18th measures 442 from the white and is intimidating in the yardage book with water abound, but the landing area is generous. “Once you get off the tee you’re good to go toward the green,” Josh said.

“All the par-5s were reachable in two good shots, though No. 13 may require a layup short of the water with 80 yards in after that,” Josh said. “They had tight landing areas off the tee with a driver but then the fairways opened up into large bunker-surrounded greens.”

Favorite holes

Josh’s favorite hole was the par-4 17th, a 382-yard hole turning slightly right with an elevated tee, water down the left side and a green well-protected by four bunkers. “A good drive will get you around 130 to 140 yards into the green, and the hole is aesthetically pleasing from the tee,” he said.

John enjoyed the par-4 14th, measuring 380 yards from the white tee, because “it required a center drive and punished you left or right.” He also liked the par-5 13th and third holes. “The third, with a drive across water at an angle into rolling hills to a dogleg right, was a great hole,” John said.

Grace liked the par-3 second hole, which measured 106 yards from the red tee and required a short shot over water to the green.

Least favorite holes

Josh’s least favorite hole was the 407-yard par-4 fourth, a sharp dogleg left turning around a waste bunker and tree line. A tree extending beyond the waste bunker on the left side of the fairway forces players to hit a well-placed tee shot of 240 to 270 yards to have a clear shot at the green, and OB lurks on the right. “You really only have about 30 yards to place your ball in the fairway off the tee and have a shot at the green,” Josh said.

John’s least favorite hole was the par-3 16th. “It was the least aesthetically pleasing hole on the course,” he said.

Grace’s least favorite hole was the par-5 13th, which measured 382 yards from the red tee and required about a 60-yard carry over water to reach the green. “I had to go over the water on the fourth shot and couldn’t make it over on the third shot, and I hate having to lay up like that and lose a shot.”

To view Blondin’s blog, Green Reading, or Q&A Forum, Ask Al, go to TheSunNews.com.

Sea Trail Willard Byrd Signature Course -

Opened in the Fall of 1990, each hole of the Willard Byrd Golf Course at Sea Trail Resort & Golf Links, Sunset Beach, NC is memorable for both beauty and exacting play.

Built around several man-made lakes, each ranging from 14-20 acres, every hole of this par-72 signature course requires a distinctly difference approach. Contact us for additional information or call 800-624-6601 or 910-287-1157. http://www.seatrail.com

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Sea Trail Dan Maples Signature Course - Twisted ancient oaks and tall Carolina pines define each hole on the beautiful par 72 course, still regarded as one of Maples finest. This one-of-a-kind course has newly renovated A1/A4 blended Bent grass greens and boasts five holes that wind along the scenic Calabash Creek, home to nesting ospreys and other native wildlife. The course is also peppered with numerous waste bunkers, one of which extends the full length of a fairway. Contact us for additional information or call 800-624-6601 or 910-287-1157. http://www.seatrail.com

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Sea Trail Rees Jones Signature Course – The Rees Jones Golf Course at Sea Trail Resort & Golf Links, Sunset Beach, NC, opened in the Spring of 1990 and has become a perennial favorite of visitors and locals alike. Players of all skill levels will enjoy an extraordinary golf experience on this straightforward golf course with typical Jones bounding. Wide fairways and large mounds are surrounded by water, with water coming into play on 11 holes of the Par 72 championship course. In addition to water hazards, the many pot and large expanse bunkers make for a delightfully challenging game of golf. Contact us for additional information or call 800-624-6601 or 910-287-1157. http://www.seatrail.com

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