South Brunswick Islands
All Over Raleigh Radio
l?Y SUSANNE D. SARTELLE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce
Thursday is the big day! The Southern Women's Show begins in
Raleigh, and the South Brunswick Islands will be all over the radio for
lour days. So far WPTF has been promoting our area
for about two weeks in preparation for the show.
At the show, our booth will be next to the radio
station's and we will be decorated all "bcachy." Wc
also have lots of prizes to give away including a
bcach vacation. In the booth across from us, a tele
phone company will be giving away free long dis
tance, promoting "talk to your family to plan your
bcach vacation."
This is our last travel show of the season. It has
been a good year for promotions, and we have done
more shows than ever before. That is largely due to sartelle
the support of our local towns and their commitment to promoting
tourism.
Next week, we have a very special event that we don't want you to
forget about. Bosses, have you sent in the registration form for your sec
retary to go to the appreciation luncheon on Wednesday? Better hurry.
Today is the deadline.
The luncheon is on Wednesday from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. and it's
for secretaries, administrative assistants and clerical workers. In addition
to a mouth-watering lunch, there will be a fashion show and entertain
ment by the West Brunswick High School Chorus. Last year, they put on
a real show!
Secretaries, don't be above reminding your boss about this luncheon.
You deserve it!
I also want to send out a reminder of another fun community activity
coming soon. Mark your calendar for the chamber's third annual golf
tournament, June 8. More details later.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Phillips Joins Shallotte UCB
Neil Thomas (Tommy) Phillips
has joined Unit
ed Carolina
Bank as assis
tant vice presi
dent and office
executive of the
Shallottc south
office.
jf Prior to join
?l 7W ing UCB Phil
phillips- lips was with
phillips another slale fi_
nancial institution. He received a
B.A. degree from the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington in
1983.
The Fayetteville native is a mem
ber of the Chamber of Commerce in
Loris, S.C., and the Loris Lions
Club. He serves as chairman of the
Loris Bog-Off Festival Parade.
He and his wife, the former Fon
da Forinyduval t5f Whitcville, have
a son, Andrew Timothy, They at
tend Loris First Baptist Church.
United Carolina Bank is a sub
sidiary of United Carolina Banc
shares Corp.
Attends Market
Vicky Arvidson of Trendsetter,
Ltd. in Shallotte
attended the
Carolina Virgin
ia Fashion Ex
hibitors Market
and Autumn
Fashion Show.
The events
were held April
.11 v ij 6 at the Char
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Selling or Buying?
Selling or buying a business is
the subject of an upcoming work
shop sponsored by the Brunswick
Community College Small Business
Center.
The seminar will be held Tues
day, April 30, from 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. on the BCC main campus
north of Supply.
Mary C. Thompson, CPA, man
aging partner of a Wilmington ac
counting firm, will lead the session.
The seminar will also discuss
how to value a business as well as
the financial and tax aspects of the
purchase or selling of a business.
There is no charge for the semi
nar. For more information or to reg
ister, contact the center at 754-6961,
457-6329 or 343-0203.
Kerr Buys Four Stores
Kenr Drugs has purchased four
North Carolina drug stores from
CVS, a 1,300-store chain based in
Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
The four stores have operated un
der the name Peoples Drug. One is
located in neighboring Whiteville.
Others are in New Bem, Tarboro
and Washington.
Kerr operates nearly 100 drug
stores in Eastern North Carolina, in
cluding one in Shallotte.
Job Search Class Set
The National Guard unit in Shal
lottc is sponsoring a free job search
class for the general public from 7
p.m. to 8 p.m. the last Tuesday of
IN BOILING SPRINGS
BRING HOME
THEftBEACON
On Sals At
RANDY'S COOLER
BOSWELL'S GROCERY
each month at the Shallotte National
Guard Armory.
The classes cover how to fill out
a job application, develop a resume
and conduct a job interview as well
as where to look for jobs and how
to choose a career.
For more information call the ar
mory at 754-6821.
Named Manager
Cape Fear Farm Credit recently
named Evan B. Gore as branch man
ager of the Shal
lotte office. Gore
graduated from
North Carolina
State University
in May 1989 and
began his career
with Farm Cred
it that month as
a loan officer in
the Whitevillc
office. 1 GORE ;
Gore is a native of Columbus
County and was raised on a family
farm. He farmed grain with his fa
ther and is familiar with all aspects
of farming. He is married to the for
mer Selena Canady.
Technology Offered
The latest breakthrough in catar
act surgery which offers faster re
covery and a quicker return to im
proved vision than traditional sur
gery is now being offered at The
Brunswick Hospital in Supply.
Dr. George W. Tate Jr. performs
Othe procedure
which involves
making a liny
opening that
seals itself, of
ten requiring no
t~ ~ "'V stitches to close
the incision.
Patients who
have had the
"no-stitch surg
TATE cry.. Qftcn
tain final eyeglass correction in two
weeks rather than the three months it
takes with traditional cataract
surgery, according to a news release.
Another benefit is the elimination
of a foreign substance in the eye ?
the stitches ? which can sometimes
add to complications and discomfort
after surgery.
STAf f PHOTO BT JOHNNY CKAIC
Realtors Inducted
New members of the Brunswick Islands Board of Realtors inducted Monday are, from left, Randall Morrison of Century 21 Sunset
Realty, Kerry Craig of Brunswickland Realty, iMrry Dick of Century 21 Ocean Isle Coastal Properties, Jacaueline Ijing of Red Carpet
Somersett and Associates, and Vivia Ware of Century 21 Ocean Isle Coastal Properties.
Carolina Power & Light Posts Gains In 1 990
Carolina Power & Light Co. in
creased its quarterly dividend for
stockholders by 3 cents in 1990,
bringing the annual dividend to
S3.04 per share, according to the
utility's 1990 annual report.
While energy sales remained
about the same as the previous year
due to mild weather, CP&L showed
an increase in revenues of over $2.6
billion, reflecting the last increment
of a 1988 rate increase that went in
to effect in August.
CP&L reported net income of
S380 million and earnings per share
of S4.36, up from 1989 net income
of S376 million and earnings per
share of $4.20.
The year included start-up of a
new distribution maintenance plan
and lowering of peak demand by
more than 1,248 megawatts. In
terms of reliability and productivity,
fossil fuel units operated at an aver
age equivalent availability of more
than 88 percent, while the nuclear
units achieved a capacity factor of
over 66 percent.
The utility is planning for sales
growth averaging 2.2 percent a year
over the next 10 years. While exist
ing plant is expected to meet the ba
sic power requirements, the compa
ny plans to add about 2,000 meg
awatts of combustion turbid? gener
ation during the decade to meet
peak-time customer demand.
CP&L recorded a non-cash write
-off of $81.6 million in 1990 fol
lowing resolution of the final aspect
of its 1988 rate case in North Carol
ina. The state Utility Commission
to reclassify as abandoned plant and
not include in its rate base an addi
tional portion of the utility's invest
ment in the Harris Plant near Ra
lcigh, where only two of four plan
ned units were completed. The
commission also disallowed from
inclusion in rales recovery of
S 142.2 million for what it determin
ed to be an avoidable five-month
delay in construction and for ccrtain
engineering and construction re
work at the plant site.
Headquartered in Raleigh, CP&L
serves about 3.5 million people in a
30,000-square-mile territory in
North Carolina and South Carolina.
It operates a mix of 16 fossil, nuclear
and hydroelectric plants with a total
generating capacity of 9,654
megawatts. These include the Bruns
wick Nuclear Plant at Southport.
V
CPSL PHOTO
CP&L Plants Japanese Pines
Carolina Power & Light Company is planting more than 200 Japanese pines to improve the appear
ance of its pumping station at Caswell Beach. Pictured representing CP&L's Brunswick Nuclear Plant
is George Booth (left), manager of the Brunswick Plant Biological Monitoring Unit, and Jack Cook,
mayor of Caswell Beach and a CP&L employee.
Health Department Offers Osteoporosis Screenings
Screenings to delect osteoporosis,
which causes bones to become brit
tle with age and subject to fractures,
will be offered to conr.iy residents
at a discount in May through a pro
gram sponsored by the Brunswick
County Health Department and
Cape Fear Memorial Hospital in
Wilmington.
Machines used to measure bone
density are not common, said Rita
Hatcher, public
health educator
for the Bruns
wick County
Health Depart
ment.
"It doesn't
hurt and I didn't
cry," said Ms.
Hatcher, after
undergoing a
bone screening
last week. "All you feel are the vi
brations."
The hospital's osteoporosis diag
nostic center offers two screening
services to diagnose bone loss.
Dual-photon absorptiometry can de
mm.
HATCHER
tect bone loss of ihc hip or spine in
its earliest stages. The test takes
about 20 minutes, Ms. Hatcher said.
Single-photon absorptiometry de
tects bone loss around the wrist.
The test takes about five or six min
utes, she added.
Both men and women in their
mid-30s begin to experience slight
but gradual bone loss, said Rod
Peterman, manager of diagnostic
imaging services at Cape Fear
Memorial Hospital. Women are
most affected after menopause when
bone loss for them increases to a
rate of six times higher than that of
men, he added.
"By the age of 70, one out of ev
ery four women develops an osteo
porotic fracture," Peterman said.
To prevent fractures, women
should be aware of certain risk fac
tors such as menopausal hormone
loss, calcium deficiency, physical
inactivity, alcohol consumption,
cigarette use, drug use and accident
hazards.
"If you already have osteoporo
sis, further progression can usually
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Hwy. 130, Holden Beach Rd., 4'A miles from Shallotte
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MEMBER
be slowed or halted," Peicrman
said. "No matter what your age,
preventive steps can be helpful."
Ms. Hatcher said persons should
exercise regularly and follow a prop
er diet to avoid bone damage. Fair
skinned, petite women are prime tar
gets for the disease and teens often
begin diets that can actually bring
about the loss of bone density.
The health department will spon
sor screenings at the hospital in
May at a discount rate for county
residents. Results will be forwarded
to the person's physician and the
health department.
For more information, contact
Rita Hatcher at the Brunswick
County Health Department, 253
4381.
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