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September 8, 2025 League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear Contact: [email protected] Municipal elections are coming November 4, 2025! Are you interested in knowing more about local candidates? What are their qualifications? What views and visions do they have? Municipal elections affect us all. Local officials make decisions about town taxes, local development, local utilities, parking fees, and much more. The League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear (LWLCF) will be holding non-partisan, municipal election candidate forums for Brunswick County residents in the towns of Leland, Oak Island, Southport, and Holden Beach through October. Here are the forum dates, times and locations: Leland - Monday, October 6th, 6:00-8:00 pm - Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way, Leland Oak Island - Thursday, October 9th, 6:00-8:00 pm - Oak Island Town Offices 4601 E. Oak Island Drive, Oak Island Southport - Tuesday, October 14mh, 6:00-8:00 pm - Southport Community Building, 223 E. Bay Street, Southport Holden Beach - Friday, October 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm - Holden Beach Town Hall 110 Rothschild Street, Holden Beach Residents are encouraged to go to the League of Women Voters website, LWVLCF.org to submit their questions for candidates. Deadlines for questions for Leland and Oak Island are September 20th and for Southport and Holden Beach, September 27th. Be sure to attend the forum for your town and be an informed voter because every election matters! ### League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear (LWVLCF), a non-partisan, non-profit organization PO Box 4503, Wilmington, NC 28406 - [email protected]  The League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear (LWVLCF) announced three North Carolina high school seniors who were the recipients of LWVLCF scholarship awards at their annual meeting on June 28th. The awardees were selected from each of the three county school districts of Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender. Recipients were awarded with a $1,000 scholarship designed to provide tuition assistance to Spring 2025 graduating seniors from public high schools who were actively engaged in serving their community. The three scholarship awardees are:
Kendall Mills, who has graduated from Topsail High School in Pender County. Kendall served as a student vocal director and director for advanced theater on her high school Theater Leadership Team, as Vice President of the Health Occupations Students of America, and as Vice President of the National Honor Society. Kendall has also volunteered for Special Olympics for the past five years. Kendall will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill. Emmy Russ, who graduated from Brunswick County Early College at Brunswick Community College in May 2025. Emmy was a pivotal member of Beta Club and held leadership positions in National Honor Society, Key Club, and Student Government Association, was a scientific research intern at BCC, and represented Brunswick County at the Azalea Festival. Emma also served on the State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council from 2023-2025. Emmy will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill. Molly Mathis, who just graduated from John T. Hoggard High School in New Hanover County. As a high school student, Molly was engaged in service-learning opportunities, representing other young people in the community. She served on the National Youth Advisory Council (NYAC) advocating for peers, as well as collaborating with community leaders to address pressing issues facing youth today. She also served as a Student Ambassador on the Board of Education and was featured by WHQR as a writer. Molly will pursue public affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill and will serve on the Board of NYAC next year. The three scholarship recipients were selected through a competitive application process by the LWVLCF Scholarship Team: Amanda Boomershine, Pixie Healy, LCF President Julia Hill-Nichols, Carol Morris, Connie Nelson, Claudia Tidwell, and Diane Wiesenthal, and supported by Joanne Levitan and Kate Santhuff. LWVLCF congratulates this year’s awardees and wishes them much success in college and beyond.  The League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear (LWVLCF) is committed to supporting the
continued post-secondary education of young people. LWVLCF will honor one graduating student from each of three county school districts - Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender - with a $1,000 scholarship. The scholarships are designed to provide tuition assistance to students who are actively engaged in serving their community (in their schools, houses of worship, scouts, volunteer work, etc.) and who are committed to continuing their education in the fall at a 4-year or community college. A qualified candidate will… Be a graduating senior at a public high school in Brunswick, New Hanover, or Pender County. Commit to attend a post-secondary institution. Obtain two non-family references, including one from a teacher. Submit a completed official scholarship application form and a link to a self-produced video presenting the candidate’s responses to two questions. Completed applications, submitted to [email protected], must be received by midnight on April 15, 2025. Late submissions will not be considered. Applications will bevreviewed by the LWVLCF Scholarship Committee. Scholarship recipients will be notified by mid-May. The scholarship will be awarded at the LWVLCF Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 26,2025. Additional information about the League Scholarships and the application form arevprovided on the LWVLCF website at https://www.lwvlcf.org/scholarship. The League of Women Voters works to encourage the active and informed participation of citizens in government and to increase understanding of major public policy issues. Its vision was formed more than 100 years ago by leaders of the women’s suffrage movement, and today remains a strong nonpartisan, activist, grassroots organization that believes well-informed voters play a critical role in democracy. Media Contact: Julia Hill-Nichols 303-601-9085 [email protected] LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF LOWER CAPE FEAR P.O. BOX 4503 WILMINGTON, NC 28406 lwvlcf.org | lwv.org The League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear invites you to attend “Election of the President by Popular Vote” with Suzanne Fisher, President, LWV of Ashville-Buncombe County and Head, LWVNC Election of the President by Popular Vote Action Team on Thursday, August 22nd at 11:30 AM at Waterman’s Brewing in Wilmington. President Fisher will discuss the benefits, challenges, and processes involved with making the direct election of the President by national popular vote a reality for future generations. She will also present the LWVUS policy on the election of the President and the current status of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Waterman’s Brewing is located at 1610 Pavilion Place in Wilmington. Doors open at 11:00 AM for lunch from a reasonably-priced menu before the presentation. You do not have to be a League member to attend, but space is limited, so please register for this event on or before August 16th. Register at: August Membership Meeting | August 22, 2024 (eventcreate.com).  “The Supreme Court’s ruling to grant extraordinary immunity for sitting presidents is the most dangerous decision for democracy of our time. This erosion of democracy expands executive authority to give sitting US presidents the powers of a king — which is exactly what our republic was established to avoid.
“According to the Court's own words, the US Supreme Court is ‘charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law.’ With this decision, the court has taken yet another step to dissolve democracy and abandon the American people, elevating the seat of president above the law. “Our country is at an existential crossroads, and voters must make a critical decision about the direction of our nation. The League will continue to do our part by providing nonpartisan election information for voters at VOTE411.org, empowering voters to send a clear message about the future we want. We urge American voters to turn up and turn out in November to ensure our democracy reflects the will of the people.” The League of Women Voters will be holding it’s 50th annual meeting on Tuesday, June 25 at Brunswick Beer & Cider. There was actually a League formed in November 1921 in Wilmington, following the passage of the 19th Amendment in August 1920. There were years when the League faded away, but would then reconstitute itself. In 1974, it began again and has grown in strength and now covers Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender Counties.
The League has a wonderful and consequential history, beginning as suffragists. Confident that the 19th Amendment would become a reality in 1920, the National American Woman Suffrage Association transitioned to the League of Women Voters. That proud history will be recounted by Bonnie Bechard when she presents “Women’s Voices” to lead off the event. Yellow Roses, worn by the suffragists as a symbol of their movement, will be in purple vases, for the members to take home as a remembrance of this occasion. There will also be a display of the History of the League of Women Voters. Eleanor Roosevelt joined the League of Women Voters in 1921 and was a life-long member. She said “I’ve always found that the best workers in a political party frequently are graduates of the League of Women Voters.” |
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