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TMASTER BCC PHOTO BCC Mail Manager Cited limns wick Community College Mail Manager Tom O'Brien (right) has received a commendation and certificate of apprecia tion from the U.S. Postal Senice, presented by Supply Postmaster Norman /? Rachels. O'Brien was cited for setting an excellent ex ample and encouraging BCC staff to take advantage of various cost savings available. Among other cost-cutting efforts, a change in the college's business reply mail reduced the cost per piece re turned from (9 cents to 31 cents. O'Brien has been employed at BCC for three years. Committees Are Hard At Work BY BILL DEARMAN, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce Last week I began a series of columns on your chamber's 1993 Program of Work. This week 1 will be taking a look at the work of the Community Development Division. The activities of this area of the chamber arc under the able leadership of Percy Woodard. The commit tees that come under this division arc: ?Governmental Liaison, chaired by Annette Odom. This committee has the responsibility of working with local, state, and federal governments and hosting a yearly breakfast meeting with our county commissioners. This is an informal meeting that allows for a free flow of information between members of the commission and chamber board members. A similar breakfast meeting is held with the council members of the different cities in our ser vice area. In addition we will join with the chambers of DEARMAN Eastern North Carolina to sponsor a legislative reception in Raleigh sometime tins year. On Thursday, Feb. 18, we will hold our annual Legislative Forum. This will give our members the opportunity to hear from our local legislative delegation and to have questions answered on legislative matters important to the community. Finally this committee is responsible for working with a variety of state departments to assure the interests of the South Brunswick Islands area arc addressed. ?Education, chaircd by Anne Marie Bellamy this year. Projects in the planning stage for this year include scheduling meetings with the county superintendent of education and the president of Brunswick Community College to ascertain some of their needs and determine areas where the chamber may be of service. In addition the committee will continue to work with the schools to see that the Junior Achievement program is continued. Furthermore, the committee will investigate ways to recognize students for outstanding accomplishments. Lastly the com mittee will work with local middle and high schools on some type of ca reer day program. ?Transportation, chaircd by Dean Wallers, will do an assessment of local transportation needs. The committee will then work with local and state officials to sec how these needs can best be met. Also the commit tee will continue to monitor the construction of U.S. 17, and at the N.C. 130and U.S. 17 intersection. ?Health Services, chaircd by Earl Tamar this year. This committee will meet with hospital officials and other health providers in the area to discuss local needs. Also the committee will work to help promote local health services and aid in establishing a health services speakers' bureau. This division has a full agenda for the year, one that will keep its committee busy on some very important issues that arc important to our area. If your firm is a member of the chamber, we want you involved in this important work. If you are not a member and want to become in volved, please give me a call. Together we can make great things happen in southern Brunswick County. Friday Breakfast Kicks Off County Tech Prep Planninq A Feb. 19 breakfast will kick off planning by representatives of Brunswick Community College, Brunswick County Schools and lo cal industry and business for a local Tech Prep project. Tech Prep is a program in which the public schools, community col lege and local business and industry collaborate to teach technology-re lated skills in a new, more focused way that better equips students to move into the labor force as skilled workers. Elements of the program include aligning core courses at the high school with related community col lege degree programs. Eighth grades rcccivc carccr path counseling that helps them ehoose the high school courses needed if they plan to con tinue technological training at the community college level. Planning for the Tech Prep pro gram in Brunswick County is fund ed by a S25,(XX) grant. As part of the project, an agreement between the county schools and BCC will be de veloped and approved. Also, a plan for implementing the Tech Prep pro gram in the local schools will be de veloped and approved. A study guide for students will be published that details the academic, vocational and technical courses in the 'Tcch Prep" track. A A Dissat|pArates? cDfJ, S-2L. Richard C. Glenn SECURITIES AMERICA, INC. PO Box 2865 18 Resort Plaza Shallotte, NC 28459 Shallotte (919)754-6771 Member NASD/SIPC CP&L Will Pay $225,000 Penalty 1 For Delays In Reacting To Problem Carolina Power & Light plans U) pay a S225.000 Fine levied by the U.S. Nuclear Reg ulatory Commission last week for a violation at the Brunswick Nuclcar Plant that went uncorrect ed for nearly five years after the problem was first noticed. Last April CP&L shut down both reactors at iLs Brunswick Plant, declaring ils emergency generators inoperable. The move came after the utility determined that bolts in the masonry walls of die emergency generator building had not been installed properly during construction in the 1970s. Some bolls were never installed and in other cases partial fake bolts were discovered. The bolts arc required to help the building with stand an earthquake. The building houses generators that would be used to provide power to the plant if electricity is lost from off-site sources. CP&L began a massive improvement and re pair program last year and hn:> submitted to the NRC its long-term plans for improving opera tions, including its corrective action program. The NRC found that though CP&L had been aware a problem existed relating to the bolts as early as February 19K7, it took no corrective ac tion until prompted by the NRC last ycar.Thc base civil penalty for the violation was S50,(XK), but the NRC upped the line by 350 percent. It cit ed the continuing nature of the violation, that CP&L had had opportunity to identify the prob lem earlier and did not, the plant's history of fines and its poor performance. Violations at the plant have resulted in four other penalties since August 1990. Last July the plant was placed on the NRC's watchlist of the worst-run nuclear plants in the country. Since then one plant has come off the list; the NRC announced earlier this month that Bruns wick will remain on the list for at least another five months. The plant has not returned to opera tion since making the list. In a letter to CP&L officials, .Stewart D. Ebneter, the.NRC's regional administrator, said the fine was proposed because the situation in volved "a significant breakdown" in the utility's corrective action program. On Feb. 13, 1987, a plant engineer identified and documented in a memo that ccrtain bolts were not installed adequately. The NRC further notes that "it appears two additional requests were made for technical support regarding this deficiency in April 1988 and September 1989." Calculations were not made until 1990 to de termine if the walls met standards. However, dur ing an inspection in April 1992, an NRC team challenged the calculations regarding the adequa cy of the bolts. CP&L found that its previous cal culations were in error because they assumed more bolts were installed than were actually pre sent. CP&L Spokesman Elizabeth Bean said CP&L will pay the civil penalty. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED School Gets Check Shullolte Burger King Manager Kathy McNeill (right) presents Shallolle Middle School Principal Mark Owens a check for $182.46, proceeds of a booster night held Feb. 9. The sum repre sents 20 percent of sales generated during the three-hour promo tion. BUSINESS BRIEFS Stanley Chosen For Institute Sheryl S Lin Icy, a registered nurse on the staff of The Brunswick Hospital, is one of 60 registered nurses across North Carolina selected to par ticipate in the Institute for Nursing Exce llence 1993. The Institute STANLEY will be conducted May 17-21 at the Aqueduct Conference Center in Chapel Hill. A program of the North Carolina Legislative Study Commission on Nursing, the Institute recognizes out standing staff nurses for excellence in direct patient care, teamwork and leadership skills. The aim of its per sonal and professional education program is renewal anil retention in the nursing profession through a va riety of learning experiences. All full-time staff nurses in the state were eligible to apply for the Institute. Stanley was nominated by her supervisors, colleagues and pa tients. She was The Brunswick Hospital's January employee of the month and its 1992 Registered Nurse of the Year. Starting A Business "How to Really Start a Small Business" is the focus of a seminar offered by the Small Business Center of Brunswick Community College Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the ALS Building on the main campus. The seminar is based on a video tape prwluccd by Inc. magazine in conjunction with the Small Business Administration. Facilitating the sem inar will be business counselors from the Wilmington chapter of SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives. Material will cover the 10 basic steps in starting a business, with a workbook and other aids provided to help participants plan and evaluate their own business start-up program. Pre-rcgistcr by calling the Small Business Center at 754-69(X), 457 6329 or 343-0203. A SI5 fee will be charged for materials. Smith Cited Clara Smith, a licensed practical nurse on the medical-surgical unit, has been chosen as The Brunswick Hospital's February employee of the monih. A coworker nomination's stated, "Clara does her job very, very well. The patients enjoy having her as their personal nurse because she is very easy to work with. We all love working with her." Smith received a rosebud corsage, a complimentary meal and a cash prize. An employee of The Brunswick Hospital for two years, she was named "1992 L.P.N, of the Year" during National Nurses' Week last May. Promoted By Bank The daughter of an Ash couple has been promoted to vice president at Southern National Bank. Helen Ward Stevens, who joined Southern National as a management trainee in 1984, is a commercial lender at the main office on South College Road in Wilm ington. A 1980 grad uate of West Brunswick High School, she is the daughter of Wilber and Ruth Ward of Ash. Stevens holds a master of busi ness administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where she also gradu ated with a bachelor's degree in business in 1984. She was a dean's list student and the recipient of the Lower Cape Fear Marketing and Sales Scholarship. She is a member of the NC. Jun ior Sorosis and the New Hanover County chapter of die American Institute of Banking, where she is an instructor. Forum Slated The South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual legislative forum for cham ber members unlay (Thursday) from p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Jones/Byrd Clubhouse at Sea Trail Plantation, Sunset Beach. Featured guests will be 14th District State Representatives David Redwinc and Dewey Hill. They arc expected to discuss legislation af fecting the South Brunswick Islands area. STKVKNS BCC Job Fair To Link Employers With Prospects More than a dozen exhibitors have already signed up for "Job Fair '93" al Brunswick Community Col lege Tuesday. March 2, and more are being sought. Job Fair Coordinator Bea Haik said any employer who is seeking help, whether seasonal or year round, is invitedto participate at no charge. "It will be a convenient way for an employer to meet many qualified candidates for open positions or an ticipated hiring," she said. The deadline to sign up is Friday, Feb. 19. Each participating company is provided a 10-fool by 10-foot ex hibit area in the BCC Student Center. Businesses already registered span the food service, resort and hospitality industries, real estate, health care, insurance, apparel man ufacturing, military service and banking. "Job Fair '93: Building Your Fut ure" will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 2. For more information, contact Bca Haik at BCC. 754-6900, 457 6329 or 343-0203. Construction In Brunswick Topped $1.1 Million In January Permits were issued for more than Sl.l million worth of new construc tion in Brunswick County last month, including 51 permits for mo bile homes and 13 for other single family dwellings buill at a total esti mated cost of SI, 172,610. According to figures compiled by the Brunswick County Planning De partment, one permit was issued for commercial construction valued at S33.792, along with four permits for SI8,324 worth of additions, five for garages valued at 550,776 and three for decks or porches valued at S7.260. There were a total of 281 permits issued, including 91 for building, 98 electrical, 13 plumbing and 36 me chanical. Licensure Prep Class Scheduled A building contractor's licensure preparation course begins Monday, Feb. 22, at Brunswick Community College, taught by Sam Carteret. The class will meet Mondays and Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cost is S35, payable at the first class meeting. North Carolina residents age 65 and older may register at no charge. Students arc asked to bring a Southeastern Building Code Book with them. This coursc is rccommcndcd lor anyone interested in preparing to take the state building contractor's exam June 1-3. For more information contact Perry Hall, a BCC continuing edu cation coordinator, at 754-6900, 457-6329 or 343-0203. TJs AUTO ELECTRIC ALTERNATORS STARTERS VOLTAGE REGULATORS GENERATORS REPAIR- REBUILT?EXCHANGED AUTOMOTIVE WIRING 754-7656 Royal Oak Road & Hwy. 17 N., Shallotte 41991 THE BRUNSWICK B?ACON Caia4a4k "Open Year Round" Rooms & Efficiency Apartments ? Heart of Seafood Capital _ (919)579-6576 _ (OCT RATES: Winter: Single $20; Double $25; KfT. $32 bEb mmmm* Cable TV, coffee and phone in rooms. 1115 River lioad. Calabash, NC 28-107 (1 Block Below Stoplight)IS^Bs SUPER FAST REFUNDS ?Over 25 Years Experience ?Computerized Service ?Electronic Filing ?Starting Rate $20 DlfiNfi'S INCOME TfiX SERVICE 2 LOCATIONS Li Holden Beach Rd. _ 8m30 6:3(>- ?pen All Year Shallotte Calabash 754-8979 579-8485 'A mile from Wal-Mart PO Box 384 Shallotte, NC 28459 Beach Dr. SW & River View Rd 500 ft. east of stoplight | P O. Box 44023 Calabash, NC 28467 eiwi TMF Rfti INSWWK ftt-A< ON \r\r\r\
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