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Board F BY SUSAN USHER While not forgetting their responsibilities regarding home health care, Brunswick County Board of Health members say they won't immediately pursue a proposed survey of existing services if county commissioners aren't interested in the results. Home health care was only one of a broad range of topics covered by the board during a 2%-hour meeting Monday night. Brunswick County Health Director Thomas Blum suggested commissioners may not want to deal with a second volatile health care issue so soon after the debate over choice of a nursing home to locate in the county, especially with budget deliberations coming up. Bregoil's Still T / *?<?+ >^4 ivy V-Vi IOII UV-I Officials of Bregoil Sponge International returned to Brunswick County late last month to discuss its development plans with Federal Paperboard Co., members of the Resources Development Commission of Brunswick County learned Monday night. RDC Director Michael deSherbinin Sdiu urc^Oii diSO fcficWcu itS GptiOii to buy property in the Iceland area. Bregoil, a small firm that manufactures cellulose sponges that soak up oil and toxic substances, wants to build a plant in the county, investing between $7 million and $10 million. But to date the New York based company, which has offices in Virginia and a small plant in Sweden, has been unable to come up with the venture capital it needs to proceed with construction. Meanwhile, deSherbinin said Tuesj day. the firm has discussed its raw product specifications with Federal and made arrangements to analyze FMpral S9!"nplCS in Virgin!". The sponges are made from pertain waste products of pulpwood and paper mjlls Last summer the Brunswick County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority signed an agreement of "inducement and intent" to support the sale of up to S10 niiffioft in industrial revenue bonds for the project. Additional financial backing is needed partly in order for the Town of Navassa to receive a Urban Development Action grant 01 up to $1.5 million. The grants are intended to stiinutc private development and to provide immediate long-term jobs and tax benefits. Navassa intends to loan the money to Bregoil; the town can use the repayments as it chooses. | RDC members also reviewed project and community commitments for UDAG grants Monday, deSherbinin said. They also discussed plans for a I targeted mass mailing in the spring by the Metro Marketing program, a regional promotion effort tfiat has been revived with deSherbinin serving as the group's treasurer. Regional promotional publicatioas will be packaged with local materials and sent to likely development prospects identified primarily through the Economics Resource Council of Bethesda, Md. The mailings wiii also include businesses identified in the third phase of a Fantus study commissioned by the Southeastern Economic Nationwide* Concept iii Universal Lite Plan... < r Aran cn? vacix*r r* o>*3 ui r* or+f rwrci poacy f&f { w r?*d' Corcapa *t i *> P"> ?3f TMfiv ar<J a caaf *Ou car tarfor cov a*a9? 10 fxr ^roaactcn "Xr^y BO? rrouy fha i A/vj Ai car aewi r* i/irnur" arart rc ?aQuarcy > pay ie?w? potcy *r*J*or%. id tut you rccru Pudge* ?r>j 90M for a< tact* aoout ou ur?arta f\ar rat * :f4nj?n ca? a 1aecr?dt r ware* a^ri today ? w PMyfi ChMrt ?/| NATIONWIDE H i INSURANCE Haaorwoa Wutai ?rwanc# Co B ?cr-?oC*<ai Coutm Qm I 'auses On H "When we get into this it may well generate fantastic heat," he continued. "I think the commissioners want to get on to the general business at hand. "My main concern would be is I have a pretty good feeling?I think all of us do?that they will be prone not to take any action "Without direction from them I don't think we should pursue it." But Chairman John Madison and Vice Chairman Fred Lesh said the " department shouldn't forget the issue, but they agreed there is no point to pursue a topic commis- 4 sioners will be reluctant to address. I While the department can identify any additional needs for sendee, only the commissioners can designate one c \ Trying j Dl A I I i iui ii nt;i t? ' Development Commission, the < results of which are expected in I about 45 days. dcSherbinin said. The I prospects include businesses likely to be water users and likely to fit into 1 communities within the lx>wer Cape i Fear region. I Calendar < Thursday, Feb. 14 SPECIAL MEETING of the Holden Uea police officer, to discuss beach acces: land use plan, 9 a.m. at the town hall DEADLINE to submit applications for Brunswick County Arts Council, wl building, Brunswick County Governn GAME NIGHT at the American I-egion U.S. 17, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 AM\11'AI MPPTIWH Af ?hn r'nnn Po. ill I * I j I I ( i \ I U1 VI IV I VI Sheraton Hot**!. Wrightsville Beach, and Community Development Tinn H 763-0191 for time and other infornuiti iNKijii. MEMBERSHIP MEETING Chamber of Commerce, Harbor To\ p.m. social hour and dinner at 7 p.n McGee will speak. Call 754-6644 to HI CHAPTER 36 of the Special Forces Asi Ijikes VKW Post. 8 D.m. Members nil to the meeting: New members are tx Saturday, Feb. 16 ALL YOU CAN EAT oyster roast to bene building fund, beside Boone's Neck Bi bfiJig your own knife, starts at 11 a ; TOWN CREEK VOLUNTEER RESCUI fried chicken dinners at the squad bt GAME NIGHT at the Calabash Vohinte Monday, Feb. 18 BRUNSWICK COUNTY COMMISSION! chambers, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 HOLD EN BEACH COMMUNITY WA'I town hall, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 BRUNSWICK TOASTMASTEHS. CLU1 Restaurant. Southport, 7 a.m.-8 a.m. NEW COUNTY DIABETES CHAPTEf lege to hear program on "Diabetes: bark. Open to all interested persons. ftgaafeeagtfaf^fT'ilMliT" ill aiaiiii | we re your remo qua rs | Shingles paints & st |J -Lumber & t n Decorating Plumbing J electrical BUILDINCJ 1 b*?-?O ^><^n lome Healt .1 lr f mam ' ^ OT1 ^ /\v MARIE BROWN ir more agencies to provide that ser ute. At the health board's direction he jlans to sound out commissioners on he subject individually before the joard procecde any further. By law the board has the authority 10 look into tlie status of existing lome health care services in the :ounty and to ascertain whether there is a need for further home aealth care services. "I don't know how much service Ihere is so I can't say whether it's adequate or inadequate," the director advised board members. "The Df Events ch Board of Commissioners to hire a i and strand patrol and to review the state Grassroots arts grants to the aich meets in the public assembly aent Center. 7 D.m. Post one mile south of Shallotte on ir Council of Governments, at the with Secretary of Natural Resources iiodes as speaker. Call the council at on. o? the South Bmnswirk islands vn Seafood Restaurant, Calabash, 6 ?. Piedmont Airlines executive W.G. ?VP. $10 per person, lociation meets at the Boiling Spring id all former Green Bercta urc Invited eing accepted. i' fit the Friendship Full Gospel Church sptist Church Rhone's Neck f*05?, * > n. E SQUAD serves pork barbecue and liUiing for $3 each, starting at 11 a.in. or Flro rioryqrtmoni R n m F.HS meet in regular session in their "CH meets in regular session at the ft 5095 meets at the Ship's Chandler Guests welcome. t meets at Brunswick Technical ColFocus on Feelings" by Fmily Riven deling m ains )aneling matcrlais I supplies ?5lCiK I SUPPLIES ??W 4 Vxh?* 57* JV, l h, Takes Pre - - t ^HIV ^ x .Ji mmitx mm JOESTEVENSON only way to know is to conduct a survey." ' According to County Attorney i David Clegg, Blum advised, upon ' questioning by Vice Chairman Fred < Lesh, a resolution recently adopted I by county commissioners at the re- I quest of Comprehensive Home Health Care Director Ed Harris is I simply a statement of procedures in- ! volved in designating a home health care agency. "It in no way told commissioners they couldn't open it up for discussion. It did not dissolve our (statutory) authority." In fact shortly thereafter commissioners also designed lower Cape Fear Hospice as a home heaitn care provider in the county. And based on state programming guides issued in August 1984, Blum said he also thinks the department not only has the right, but the responsibility to either provide, contract for or to certify the availability of home health care services. The department lias been audited for compliance on the nroeram Item and probably won't be audited until around 1988, he estimated. "I assume if we haven't done it by then we'll Intold to do so. That doesn't mean we have to do It now." Pregnancy Testing On the hcols of three recent Instances in which persons brought in specimens of individuals other than themselves for pregnancy testing, the board agreed to a change in procedure recommended by Blum that they hope better reflects the department's goal ot helping nil mother?-to Yv J titifarn KAKA 7Ai <n*4 t ft SHAL L( Tit KETS >4 00 Aul BLA( K BELT MEET For more in Steven H THE BRUNSWICK BEACON, Thur ?natal Care te obtain good prenatal care and B leliver healthy babies. "Fast lab tests are not what we're h ill about," said the director. ^ Persons who identified themselves E is various clinic patients' parent, o msband and teacher brought in the S samples, a second-party situation S hat has occurred infrequently. The r jarent's case ultimately was deter- t mined to be "outright medical Vaud," Blum said. But in ail cases r he health department staff acted ac- c :ording to procedures and with pro- c essionulism. I As of now the department will no anger run pregnancy tests on ? samples for persons other than those s who complete an entire first visit in i the prenatal clinic. This includes a i medical historv. lab workun. over- i >?iew of the nine months of pregnancy t and an interview to discuss finances i with a hospital social worker of their choice from either or both New i Hanover Memorial Hospital or, for I the first time, Brunswick Hospital. Nine months oi prenatal service I through the clinic costs $5 on up, on a . sliding scale based on family income. I Rise In VD Blum reported that the department I had noted a "significant increase" i over the last tlirec or four months in i the number of cases of venereal i disease reported. ; "It is not an outbreak or epidemic," he added, noting that one i or two persons appear responsible | for a majority of the cases. I In a related action, District Court Judge Wayne Ixmg, in action brought by the health department bused on medical evidence in its possession, ordered a man to submit to a physical examination for VD. He had previously refused to submit to a request from the state's regional VD investigator. Other In other business, the board: Inducted r.cw members Marie Brown of Calabash, u school health nurse; and Joseph Stevenson of Supply. State law required addition of a nurse to the hoard as of January 1985. Re-elected John T. Madison, a Shallottc dentist, as chairman, and nl**ciet! Pihimmuc!"' Fred 'jGom of Boiling Spring lakes as vice chairman. He succeeds Naoini Henry of Winnabow in the post. Observed a moment of silence in memory ot sunltariun Tommy 8. PRESENTS JTHEAZTEf KARflL ItfA TE KUW< ? KWfl N i Virwmn 5AT. FEBRUARY 16! )TTE MIDDLE SCHCM iLTS / >3.00 STuuhNTS / C Hi Li ING II 30ain ELIMINATIONS forma lion talk ?o your in?truclor ewell.PO Box 245 I. Shallotte, I Plione (VI9) 754-8622 sday, February 14, 19S5?Page 13-A Stand !uss, who died Jan. 29. learned the department's first ealth educator reported to work londay: Grace l.ynn Royal of iutner, a graduate of the University f North Carolina at Chapel Hill ehool of Public Health Education. Ihe will concentrate initially on two oajcr projects: prematurity prevenion and adult health screening. Heard plans for a community iceds assessment survey of 400 ranlornly selected households to be con lucted next week in conjunction with JNC-WilnUngton. Heard data reports on the animal shelter, a proposal from Ixsh to solicit community involvement in iniinal adoptions and a plea for a soneone to work with the department n sheltering livestock such as cattle hat the shelter cannot accomnodate. Agreed to schedule an Informal neeting with county commissioners o review departmental programs. Voted to ask County Attorney )avld Clegg for guidance on how to >xempt churches from the septic Jink inspection fee. Voted to pay $10 registration fees 'or an American Ked Crass disaster nursing workshop for nurses who volunteered their skills during Hurricane Diana as a special "tliank you." Heard Bluin report that departmental employees arc featured in a glaucoma screening slide presentation written and produced by the urea health education center in Wilmington and scheduled for use throughout the area. Heard that 555 flue vaccine doses were administered this season, an increase of 8 percent to 10 percent. learned that because of a dipthnriii/tjitjiimtt unrnlnn clmrfncm department will no longer ndinini.ster .shots ut age 18 months, but still offers four chances for youngsters to obtain the three-part series before entering school. !.earned that most bull team concession stands don't quality as temporary stands and must meet the utnniln r/Iu Of fHSt (ood restaurants If they continue to prepare hvtdogs. If the teams seii only prepackaged items tlie standards are lesser. The parks and recreation department Is working with local teams and health officials on the matter. r ? . Oa* "A At yj <? V > W 7TATE ; ru ^ s /a* w wr TPS? h 3LGYM DREN UNDER 5, rREE START 12 00 SHARP . or contact ^ C.2B459 j f
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