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Jump In Volunteers, The Water Is Fine BY BILL DEARMAN, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce Do you remember the "Uncle Sam Wants YOU!" posters? They were designed to encourage people to get involved. During those days getting involved was patriotic. It was important. It meant something to volunteer. There was a reason to commit. As time passes our willingness to become in volved seems to ebb and flow. In the '70s and the '80s we went through the "me generation." During that time it was not what can I do, but what can I gel. Best-selling authors encouraged us to be assertive, even argumentative. It was a time when it was stylish not to volunteer. I believe we, not only as a community but as a nation, lost something very important We turned in- DEARMAN ward and misplaced that quality that made our nation special. I he quality we misplaced was our willingness to get involved. Wc became too preoc cupied with getting to ?<vc, not realizing what wc were loosing. President Bush's "Thousand Points of Light" was a call to us all to bccomc involved, to volunteer. Why is it important for us to turn out ward? It is meaningful because it is in our own best enlightened self in terest That's right Wc gain, wc get and wc make a difference when we volunteer. Let's explore this a little further. Who arc you more likely to do business with, a stranger or someone you know and with whom you have worked? Who do you turn to when you need help, a stranger or someone you know and in whom you have confidence? Who are your best friends? Are they strangers or arc they people with whom you have interacted? The answer to all these questions is the same. Wc look to people wc have interacted with in some mutual effort, who we know, and who know us. Volunteering is one of the best ways I know of to expand your ex tended family. Look at successful people and you will find involved people. People who volunteer their time and their talents. As we begin 1993 I encourage you to volunteer. If you are a chamber member or an employee of a chamber, wc need your talents. We want your participation. The train is pulling out and we want YOU aboard. BUSINESS BRIEFS Branch Manager Named Vi Andrews of Nakina has been named branch manager of Uni ted Carolina Bank's South Branch in Shal loue, announced Robert (Robby) L. Davis, vice president and banking center executive. She most re- Andrews cently has served as a United Caro lina Banker at UCB's Holden Beach office. Andrews has served in vari ous capacities since joining the bank as a part-time teller in January 1981, including senior customer service representative and sales trainer. The Atlantic City, N.J., native has attended various community col leges. She is active in civic and pro fessional organizations in Bruns wick and Columbus counties. She has served as secretary and president of the Columbus County chapter of the American Heart Association and now serves as a board member of the Brunswick County chapter. She served on the membership drive of the South Brunswick Islands Cham ber of Commerce and received the Ambassador of the Year Award for 1992. She also serves on the Bruns wick Community College Small Business Center advisory board. Andrews and her husband, Curtis, and their children, Brian and Brittany, attend Zion Plain Miss ionary Baptist Church, where she is active in the choir and youth depart ment. She also serves as budget committee chairperson for Ocean View Baptist Association. Names Have Changed Two facilities at Sea Trail Plant ation have new names. The Maples Activity Center has been renamed the Resort Swim & Tennis Club. Also, the former cor porate officc, which houses adminis trative officcs and resort rental oper ations, has been named the Resort Reception Center. Sea Trail Plantation is a Clarion Resort located in Sunset Beach. Stanley Selected Sheryl Stanley, R.N., hits been chosen The Brunswick Hospital's employee of the month for January. A nurse on the medical/surgic al unit, she has been with the hospital three years. A coworker who nominated her for the honor said, "Sheryl goes far beyond the call of duty for the pa tients in our hospital. She always smiles and supports our staff whole heartedly." Stanley received a rosebu cor sage, a complimentary meal and a cash prize. She was also named 1992 R.N. of the Year during National Nurses' Week last May. New Marine Trades Program Based At UNC-Wilmington A new statewide program to be center already has an office at UNC based at the University of North W headed by Ted Jans. Carolina at Wilmington will serve An extension of the statewide de marine businesses, consolidating velopment center, the Marine Trades several existing efforts in that direc- program will assist marine business lion. es with start-up and operation, help The North Carolina Marine with national and international mar Trades program will incorporate the keting and promote development N.C. Marine Crescent, a five-year- and transfer of technology within old regional organization supporting the state's marine businesses, corn marine trades, community college munity colleges and research univcr marine programs, research and de- sities. velopment in five coastal counties Also, the program will manage from Brunswick to CartereL the new North Carolina Marine Current Marine Crescent Trade Association. Executive Director Mike Bradley Bradley holds a master's degree will head the new program in a co- in marine science and was employed operative arrangement with the Uni- by Duke University and its marine versity's Small Business and Techn- lab for 15 years before joining ology Development Center. The Marine Crescent in 1989. REGISTER OF DEEDS REPORTS $65,361 In December Collections A total of $65,361 in fees and tax- Half the marriage license collec es were collected by the Brunswick tions, or S380, was remitted to the County Register of Deeds officc N.C. Department of Administration during December, according to a for the Domestic Violence Center monthly report released this week. fund, which helps support the Hope Recordings and fees include: 584 Harbor Home in Brunswick County, deeds, $5,0/6; 401 deeds of trust. Another $95 of those collections $5,250; 41 plats, $820; 95 financing was sent to the state treasurer for the statements, $760; 342 deed of trust abused children's fund, cancellations, $1,739; 337 miscella- Among the expenditures reported neous recordings, $3,974; 19 mar- during the month were: supplemen riagc licenses, $760. tal retirement, $824; telephone, A total of $43,423 in excise tax $305; postage, $186; maintenance was collected. There was $3,559 and repairs to equipment, $405; de collected for other services. parunental supplies, $2,679; con As required by law, liall of the iractcd services, $125; service main county's excise tax (minus 2 percent tenancc contracts, $2,023; and travel collection costs), or $21,277, was and training, $519. sent to the N.C. Department of Rev- Wages are not included in the rc enue. port. STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHER RECOGNIZED EOF THEIR PROEIENCY at district competition were West Brunswick High School DEC A members (front, from left) Marcus Bernard, Chenoa Hendrix, Susan Kirby and Elizabeth Neill and (rear, from left) William Head, Terry Grant, Cane Faircloth and Paige Sloane. Eight Receive Proficiency Awards In DECA Contests tigni west Brunswick High School marketing students were rec ognized for their proficiency in District 4 DECA competition Jan. 7 at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The students were competing with students from 16 high schools in Brunswick, Bladen, New Hanover, Columbus and Sampson counties, said Harnett Bellamy, marketing instructor and DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) chapter sponsor. All eight will advancc to statewide competition at the N.C. DECA Career Development Conference March 4-6. "The com petition there doubles," said Bellamy. Two students earned first place at the district contests, Elizabeth Ncill in marketing apparel and ac cessories and William Head in refill merchandising comprehensive ex am. Terry Grant was first runner-up in food marketing. Also recognized for proficiency were Marcus Bernard, quick serve restaurant marketing; Cane Faircloth and Paige Sloane, retail merchandis ing; Susan Kirby, apparel and acces sories; Chenoa Hcndrix, retail mar keting. Students competed in written ex am and role play. Correction An article in the Jan. 14 issue of The Brunswick Beacon incorrectly listed the secretary of the Greater Holden Beach Merchants Associa tion. Pauline Williamson was re-elect ed to that office. The information was given incor rectly in a release from the associa tion. Tobacco Growers' To Hold District Meet The Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization New Hanover, Richmond, Robeson and Scotland. Corporation will hold its 35th annual District 4 meeting The group will discuss the strength of the tobacco at the Bladen County Agricultural Service Center in program, the strength of domestic and export markets Elizabcthtown on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. and the anti-tobacco movement, according to Graham The corporation is the grower-owned organization Smith of Sl Pauls, District 4 director. Time will be pro which administers the price support program for flue- vided for comments and discussion. cured tobacco. District 4 includes Brunswick County as A business session will be held to select advisory well as Anson, Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, committee members from each District 4 county. Annual Chamber Meet Set The South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce will hold its 16th annual membership meeting Friday, Feb. 5, at the Joncs/Byrd Clubhouse and Conference Center at Sea Trail Plantation, Sunset Beach. The event begins with a cash bar at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner, the annual meeting and awards presen tation at 7:30 p.m. Juniper Creek, a local band, will provide entertain ment starting at 9 p.m. Tickets for the meeting and dance arc S25 per person and arc available through the chamber. Reservations may be made by sending a check, payable to the South Brunswick Is lands Chamber of Commerce, to the chamber by Friday, Jan. 29. Migrant Labor Meet Set A seminar on migrant farm labor rules and regulations will be held Monday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. at Wac camaw District Park in Ash. Topics to be covered include em ployment discrimination, new work er protection standards, wage and hour update including insurance re quirements, housing and other pro grams. Speakers will include William Eickhoff, a farm management exten sion specialist; Paula Gupton of the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation; Rc gina Luginbuhl of the N.C. Depart ment of Labor; and Joey Goldston of the N.C. Employment Security Commission. WHAT RETIREMENT IS ALL ABOUT IN BEAUTIFUL BRUNSWICK COUNTY ENIORS ? > * ' - An in-depth look at Brunswick County's retirement scene will be included in a special supplement in the Feb. 11 issue of the Beacon. To advertise in this timely special section, call an advertising representative today. THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON 754-6890
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