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Emergen Wins Na The Brunswick County Emergency Management Agency has been awarded a 1985 Special Achievement I Award from iiie National Association of Counties for its hurricane awareness project. Brunswick County Management Coordinator Cecil Logan will receive the award at the NAC conference in Orlando, Fla., on July 13-16. Logan will also display the Program O Nutritional ! Healtliier mothers-to-be, infants and children is the goal of a special nutrition program available through the Brunswick County Health Department. The WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program provides supplemental foods and nutrition education to women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have given birth within the past six months, to infants and to children under five years of age. Individuals served by the progam must also meet several other eligibility requirements, said Janet P. Shew, the WIC nutritionist. They must be county residents, must be financial eligibility standards set by the department; and be "at nutritional risk." "That is, they must have a health or nutrition-reiated problem that can be helped by a better diet," said Mrs. Shew. "Some examples are iron deficient anemia, underweight, overweight, poor weight gain in pregnancy, frequent upper respiratory infections and dietary inadequacies." The same standards for participation are applied to all applicants Without ...M>uuk Uik>viuiiuiauuil. Mrs. Shew said the county WIC program is especially in teres ted in participation by pregnant women and infants. An inadequate diet during pregnancy, she explained, makes it more likely that a woman may have a miscarriage, stillbirth or low birSome Lav\ Need Wa1 Hot, Dry S # It is often considered beneficial to water lawns during dry periods, but the method and timing are impor ant cniH Rninoud'r?lr Pruinfv Accic. tant Agriculture Extension Agent Billy Barrow. There are two types of individuals who need to consider irrigation first, or those persons trying to establish a new lawn. Turf grass areas which have been newly seeded or vegetatively planted should be watered deeply to a depth of six inches directly following planting, Barrow advises. Afterwards, the soil surface must be kept wet at all times to prevent surface crusting and to keep germinating seed or vegetative material from dying. If the seed is allowed to dry out or suffer from drought stress the new plants will die, he added. If rain doesn't come within a week, the areas should be watered deeply again. "Area residents with established lawns face an entirely different situation," Barrow noted. "Once the lawns become established, watering Summer School Starts Friday Students wishing to attend summer school should register today 'Thursday), June20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at South Brunswick High School Classes will be offered in math. English and science for high school students who unsuccessfully attempted a course during the regular school term, said Assistant School Superintendent Ed Lemon, in charge of curriculum. Classes will begin Friday, June 21, at 8:30 a.m. Registration fee is $70 for all students and $90 for late registration. No students will be allowed to register after Friday. [ cy Managei Nona I Awar winning hurricane awareness project at the annual conference educational exhibit. M A^P C^vn/tntiirn OirCC%Cr ^ ?tfKn<n B. Coffey announced the award winners last Tuesday. The NAC's annual awards honor those county activities that "seek to improve the organization, service delivery and manaop ment of county government." Logan said last Thursday he was ffers Support thweight babies. These babies, who weigh under five pounds, eight ounces at birth, are more likely to die shortly after birth, to have retarded physical growth and to have increased susceptibility to disease. Not eating properly during pregnancy also increases the risk of iron deficiency anemia in the infant. During infancy and early childhood, nutritional shortcomings can lead to anemia, stunted growth and even mental retardation in extreme cases. A study done by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health between 1975 and 1976 found that infants and children who received WIC foods grew better in weight and height than a similar group of those who did not receive the foods. It ai5u luunu inai anemia was reduced in these infants and chiidren. The findings were based on data obtained on more than 41,000 infants and children, Mrs. Shew said. Through the WIC program, women and children obtain milk, cheese, eggs, fruit juice, iron-fortified cereal and dried beans and peas. Infants receive iron-fortified infant formula and infant cereal and juice. Women who think they or their children might be eligible for Wit can contact Mrs. Shew at the health department in Bolivia between 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Telephone numbers, by exchange, are 253-4381 in the ShallotteBolivia area; 457-5281 from Southport-Oak Island: or 763-1312 from Leland. a rub er During >pell should be done only when the grass shows the first signs of wilt." This can be done through a technique called "footorinting," or walking across the lawn and watching how quickly the grass leaves regain their original, upright position. If the plants have enough water, they will recover quickly. When an area is determined in need of water, wet the soil to a depth of six inches, Barrow said, to allow and encourage deep rooting. When watering always remember not to apply water faster than it can be taken into the soil. Pprvnns with cono/.n Oraeeoe such as fescue, should heed the warning: Do not fertilize and water established cool season turf grasses during the summer. Such treatment results in unnatural lushness and growth, shortness or partial to complete loss of roots, increased susceptibility to diseases and thinning or loss of slant. For more information, contact the Brunswick County Agriculture Extension service. Stop srooKinQAmerican Heart ??% Association % 9 V. 2LV I -* ^ delighted with receiving the award. j When he submitted the hurricane ? f '% *.?***'* awareness project last year, he did B .. .1 i. - . l l J U :..^J __ tf liui MiOtt liu?> ll w uuiti uc ivuviwu vii Wjl* ^ -w* the national level. ^BSSa Because 01 your naro worn ana ei- 'V forts," Coffey wrote in a letter to / Logan last week, "others are made H aware of the importance and >59}' significance of county government in Bp our nation. Each year we receive numerous requests from public and private agencies, congressional offices and even other counties, seek- ' ing information on model county pro- , """.isisX' grams that they can emulate. Your '''X jA case studies serve as a valuable tool ' for these people." Fi I ., i ij . Supply Fire Chief David Robinson d Hospital HOStS quickest way to put out a grease fire, I Blood Drive ox>8cn supply with a lid, at the Br The Brunswick Hospital in supply will sponsor an American * i/~v a a Red Cross Bloadraobile drive (Nv_/A/^ Tuesday, June 25, from 11 a.m. t? 4:30 P-m- National Weather Service offices in The goal for the bloodmobile Wilmington and Cape Hatteras have visit is 50 pints and everyone's been awarded a NOAA (National help is needed, said hospital Oceanic and Atmospheric Adcommunity relations director ministration) unit citation for their Betsy Lewis. performance during Hurricane "If you are eligible to donate. 0iana last year, please give on the 25th," Ms. The NOAA unit citation is the Lewis said "This is scheduled highest award that can be given to a rioht hnfAPn i?u I 1IJ ...... U.C.U., luiiNiumy, group of employees by Uie NOAA. when the need for blood is Cape Hatteras was cited for their acgreatest. ' curate special upper air and surface J observations and their radar fixes , oil * r-4^^teCW. v M ? . . ,- .' .,r, ' . >^:d;;. r. BET j THE BEST \ WRAP ! I AROUND! j j THE BRUNSWICK BEACON, Thursday, June 20, 1985-Page 9-A SIAff PHOTO BY If PRY POP! ire Chief Demonstrates cmonstrates the Volunteer Reecptlon program held recently In Hollvia. by cutting off its 1.1. Roger Suggs, left, demonstrated the proper way to unswick County use a fire extinguisher. i Issues Citations during Diana's inarch up the coast. The Wilmington station was also Their information, timely weather recognized for their dissemination of statements, direct broadcasts on timely Information to forecasters radio and television and hurricane and the public and disaster nlannine preparedness activities prior to the activities prior to the storm, storm were also recognized. The Wilmington office was cited The awards were presented last for their "accurate, reliable and week by Robert Mulier, N.C. area comprehensive radar coverage of NOAA manager, to Albert Hinn, Diana; their dissemination of special meteorologist in charge of the Wilmreports and marine collectives and ington office and Wallace their comprehensive and informative Demaurice, official In charge of the hurricane local action stations." Cape Hatteras office. I 1 %D TUCBCGT I WW% SSSWm ?$$ED FISH IN TOWN... * ' ~f j "- ?. i -- -i- - HnSnSt^i ,. " " : V" , vy.'-v-"-' How To Subscribe To ? A ? ! Ink BKUN5WllK?BtAlUN \ KOS i OFFICE SOX -70 SMALLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 284S9 For Award-Winning News Coverage ANNUAL SUSSCtlPTIOM AATIS IT MAIL: Sr. OtilM g In Brunswick County 5 23 3.14 Elsewhere in North Carolina 7 32 i 5.23 I Outside North Carolina 10 00 8.00 R Bill Me Check Enclosed | Complete And Return To Above Address gn Nome Address I City, Stole . I Z.P | ( pi
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