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Town Hall will be closed
Friday, December 22, Monday, December 25
and Tuesday, December 26
In observance of the Christmas Holiday!
Also closed
Monday, January 1, New Years Day!
Planning Board
Topics of discussion included:
1. Commercial Property Aesthetics
2. Ordinance Change regarding Planning Board
3. Due to the holidays, there will be a combined
meeting for the months of November and
December instead of the regular scheduled
meetings. The combined meeting will be held
on Tuesday, December 5 at 1:00 p.m. in the
Town Hall meeting room.
Community Appearance Commission
Topics of discussion Included:
1. Tree City U.S.A regarding the Davey Tree
Group doing a tree inventory.
2. Adopt-A-Highway
3. Painting of Town Hall Exterior
4. Due to the holidays, there will be a combined
meeting for the months of November and
December. The combined meeting will be held
on Wednesday, November 15 at 9:00 a.m. in
the Town Hall meeting room.
News from the CAC-
1. We wish to thank Pine Knoll Shores Realty
Company for their willingness to join us in
keeping our town as presentable as possible by
joining the Department of Transportation's
Adopt-A-Highway program.
2. It is with great pleasure that we advise you
that the N.C. Division of Forestry has agreed to
provide us with a supply of free seedlings trees
for the year 2001. We expect to announce the
give-away program shortly after February.
Manv thanks to the N.C. Division of Forest
Resources!
3. Our tree inventory on town property and rights-
of-way required for "Tree City U.S.A." has been
delayed momentarily. It is expected to begin
about mid-November (so if you see arborists
moving around our town with clipboards and
pocket computers, that's what they are doing.)
Squad #65
The health topic this month concerns drug names.
There are more than 10,000 names for the
prescription drugs marketed in the United States.
Plus, there are thousands of names for over-the-
counter drugs.
♦ Problem: Many of these names sound the
same, and can be confused by doctors,
pharmacists and patients.
♦ Examples: Amrinone and Amiodarone; retrovir
and ritonavic; and celebrex and celexa. The
similarity in the names of the first two drugs
has already resulted in several deaths.
It is hoped that new computer programs can give
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more
ammunition when debating proposed drug names
with manufacturers and help flag potential
problems.
Make sure your doctor clearly types or prints the
name of your prescription drug on the prescription
form and notes what it is for. Be clear, yourself,
exactly what you are taking. Source Journal of
American Medical Association, Vol. 281, No. 15.
Product concerns may be reported by calling toll
free 1-800-487-7776 U.S. Pharmacopoeia.
Squad 65 responded to 16 medical emergencies
and 2 fire calls.
Submitted by: Maureen Danehy
Notice to Taxpayers
The holiday season is upon us. With all the
holiday festivities, taxes may be the last thing on
your mind.
If you have not paid your Town Taxes, pleas^B
do so before Christmas week. January 5*^'^ is the
last day to pay taxes without a penalty.
Connie G. Shelton, Tax Collector