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Page 42?Supplement to The Brunswick Bee Ferry Guid< Informatior BY SUSAN USHER For some passengers the Southport-Fort Fisher Fern- is simply a scenic route from one side of the river to another or a fun spot to feed caamillc ovnguuo. But for those who want more, it's there for the asking. Fern- Tour Guides Kim Dosher and Ronda LaBeiie of Southport are there to share information about the area and answer questions. Miss Dosher, with the fern- program since its beginning three summers ago, is a student at East Carolina University; Miss LaBeiie attends Western Carolina University. Created by legislation introduced by former state Rep. Tom B. Rabon Jr., the program is under the auspices of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. Division of Archives and History, and costs about $4,000 a season. Once passengers are welcomed aboard, they can join the tour guide in the passenger lounge. She is armed with helpful information from local chambers of commerce about the ferry's destinations?Southport-Oak Island and Pleasure Island. Guides also are equipped with information outlines and text prepared by the staffs of the Brunswick Town and Fort Fisher state historic sites. Each guide is ready to answer?or to find the answer to?most any kind of question about the area, from rOCEAl CAN A Ocean !s!e Beach cc 3 r i /-i I??? n - * ? - - Iavjie.' uy uwrier. rnmt Street, near "T". $69,( CAII / 51 ^ VMkk \<*S 3 AgS ! ** jj Jf f "' 714-4435 ' ? ; Mon.-Fri. 7 AM-6 PM Sat. 8 AM-1 PM Ai I' ALLEN AND ROBERTA E icon juiy*Auyu>i i95u 3S Share i On Area directions to a local tourist attraction to how Bald Head Island got its name. "I didn't know the answer to that." said Miss IaBelle on her fifth day on tne jod. "but i did go find out. There - ? - -.t~.rn.l~~ ~\+ ~..t it ' ' tii t StVClctl StUI ?CO OdVUt u. She still isn't sure of the answer to another question?the location of the mouth of the Cape Fear River. But there's one area of questions she's eager to answer. "If I could tell people about anything, I would like to tell them about the nuclear power plant. I've worked there and I know about it," she said. "But," added Miss LaBelle, "most people don't ask." The summer has already provided an education for her, as well as hundreds of passengers. "After 14 years of living here I didn't know about The Rocks, 1 didn't know about Price's Creek Light, or where the intske csnsi wss for CP&L," she said, noting that when a person lives in an area they tend to take it for granted. "A lot of this is new to me; I've learned a lot." Along with answering questions. uic guiues yiuviue iiuorniaiion on things to see and do in the area, particularly those of a cultural, historical or recreational nature. During the 30-minute crossing, the guides point out spots of interest along the river. Miss LaBelle says (See FERRY, Page 44) M ISLE 1 L LOT 1 tncrete carta! lot for 9 } location on Anson D00. )791-5222 1 32SS3g?T3SSSS3mOT~ -i j-U | iff* mi j Gleaning Needs COMPLETE P.l EANINR 8 AIIUHDV I ukkitninu) kHununi AND LTEiOTIPi SERVICES [DWARDS, NEW OWNERS . . .MM. .. y-> i ^ *" : ;v TOUR GUIDE Ronda LaBelle distributes helpful infor- P mation about ine area tu Southportt-Fort Fisher Ferry H BRUNSWICK ELECTRIC MEK __.. izm f'-rr : ' i?r-\ ?V?se* <M SSSB* '& giW" ?;!& -.-Hi " ? ; >?* " - 1 - C'tUv. ,'-<Sr COLUMBUS COUNTY 9 i / ; ; j/ \ U JS *:.n.f' t#?. Vl U ***? ? ? / ' ;;?:f 5 * -; .*.* ;.*?. ' ' % rxi p??)Vfi -yj.-AMif lflK'<uvk* V/SW $ffl S2 .i?:v3 ?>-. HELPING TO BUPi BRUNSWICK AND COL I For all your innrkrnninn 1--- / i ? and planting needs, wheel in to... Harrelson's Farm & Garden Center Century Stepping Stones ^Landscape Timber *Pine Straw Peat Moss ?Mulch ?Fertilizer Mobile Home Steps Vegetable Plants Garden Seed Foliage Plants [-lowering r T rees Browse through our greenhous Hwy. 17, 1 mile south of Shallotte 754-6373 ...*> ' * * SBHLS J UN m SIAhh KMOIOS BV SUSAN US'ticn lassengc-rs Mary Tic of South Benci, Indiana, and Greg kebe of Greensburg, Pa. IBERSHIP CORPORATION j '-V ?*#?<( " IJW*l?'*i:*v^*,*->K i - rp -;r . JjHK! ggfflGft SrJS^V A RRI.IN?WirK i jfSU &jj^ COUNTY J |>fr : Aavi: ::w<z>$i -i^v- jbsssb# *.? \- s v.tm Mim mt 'MMi tmmmmw i ;>-JE> A BETTER JJMBUS COUNTY BEMC XfcXa m %.f I { '$ / We're the Growing | 17 EXPERTS I ?
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