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Students Practiced For Possible Tornado BY SUSAN USHKR At mid-moming Wednesday (Feb. 24) students across Brunswick County huddled in school hallways, waiting for the all-clear to sound. It was a tornado drill, held state wide during Severe Weather Aware ness Week. Practice tornado watch es and warnings issued by the Na tional Weather Service were relayed through the Brunswick County Emergency Management Office. Brcnda Freeman, administrative as sistant in the emergency manage ment office, said Brunswick County's drill began at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday and ended shortly be fore 1! a.m. Along with the Bruns wick County Schools, county fire and rescue personnel were notified as weather conditions supposedly changed: a "watch" is issued when conditions arc ripe for a tornado to occur; a "warning" is issued when a tornado has been sighted. "As soon as they called, we did it right then and there," said Douglas Dictz, school system administrative secretary. "It worked real well." While often telephones at the 12 schools and central office arc con stantly busy, the alert traveled quickly Wednesday, she said, "It happened to be a day when all the phones were quicL" Unlike the hurricane that is more familiar to coastal North Carolina residents, a tornado strikes with little or no warning. In mere seconds a tornado marches through, leaving a path of almost total destruction. The tornado is the most destruc tive child of a thunderstorm. A vio lently rotating column of air which descends from a thunderstorm cloud system, a tornado moves at about 30 mph on average, cutting an average path of one-fourth mile. Though their time on earth is short and their destructive path rather small, tornadoes arc still con sidered nature's most violent storms. While violent winds associated with tornadoes cause the most physical damage, according to the National Weather Service most tornado in juries and deaths result from flying debris. Over the past 33 years, an average of 15 tornadoes have been spotted annually across North Carolina, ac cording to spokesman Denise Pri vcttc of the N.C. Division of Emer gency Management. However, last year 28 tornadoes were recorded, along with three tornado-related fa lalilics. Two people were killed near cent years than in the early 1980s," Hillsborough on Nov. 23 and one said Privctte. "We're attributing that person was killed in Charlotte on to the public education campaigns March 10. Another 93 people were that have been held." injured. Most tornado activity in North North Carolina's busiest year of Carolina occurs from March through tornado activity was 1984, when 24 June, Privctte said, but in recent tornadoes were sighted, most during years, including last year in Hills an outbreak of killer tornadoes that borough and in 1987 in Raleigh, tor roared through the Carolinas in nadocs have struck in November. March. North Carolina reported 14 "They can occur any time of year," tornadoes that month alone. State- she emphasized. wide a record 42 people were killed. She said the two broad areas of The previous record for fatalities greatest hurricane activity arc the had been set in 1936, when 14 per- western Piedmont and the Sandhills sons were killed. and Central Coastal Plain, neither of "We've had fewer fatalities in re- which includes Brunswick County. Parks Depart. To Sponsor Photo Contest The Brunswick County Parks and white and must be cither 5 X 7, 8 X Rccrcation Department will sponsor 10, or 11 X 14. an amateur photography contest The contest is open to all amateur whose theme will be coastal North photographers in coastal North Carolina rivers, streams, lakes and Carolina. Prizes will be awarded to waterways. winners. Photos will be on display Entries must be received by during June at the Franklin Square Friday, May 14, and photographs Art Gallery in Soulhport. should not be submitted any earlier For more information, contact than May 1. Emma T. McGraw, special events Photos entered for competition coordinator at the Brunswick must be taken in the months be- County Parks and Rccrcation Dc tween August 1992 and May 1993. partment at 253-1357 or 1-800-222 Thcy may be in color or black-and- 4790, extension 257. BEGAN TEACHING PROGRAM IN 1990 Tried State's DARE Officer i Jjj Lt. Ronald Hcwctt of the Brunswick County Sheriff s Depart ment was named North Carolina's "DARE Officcr of the Year" at the annual con vention of Drug Abuse Resistance Edu- j cation (DARE) Officers in Ral eigh last week. Hcwctt, who founded Bruns wick County's hewett DARE program in 1990, was chosen from among the 350 law enforce ment officers who coordinate the program in school systems across the state. The award reflects performance ratings established through regular evaluations by the N.C. Slate Bureau of Investigation. Local DARE coordinators are judged on their classroom teaching ability, community involvement and the recommendations of fellow DARE officers. Hcwctt credited local school offi cials for helping him win the award and for making the DARE program work in Brunswick County. "There's no way 1 could function as well as 1 do and achieve this hon or without the assistance of the school board, the support staff and most especially, our teachers. They have all accepted me and the pro gram with open arms," Hewett said. The DARE program began in Los Angeles in 1983 and was soon adopted in a cooperative effort be tween police and school systems across the country. North Carolina began offering the DARE curricu lum in 1987. Hewett graduated from DARE of ficer training in 1990 and began conducting classes that year. He teaches about 800 students annually in the county's six middle schools. DARE officers take fifth-grade students through a highly structured 17 weeks of class work with differ ent topics each week. Subjects in clude drug identification and effects, drug laws, the consequences of drug abuse, how to handle peer pressure, ways to say no, self-esteem, stress management, resistance techniques. Soles Is Speaker For State Extension Service Conference Suite Sen. R.C. Soles, D-18th by the research people. This is District and deputy president pro Cooperative Extension's role." tempore of the Senate, was guest The N.C. Cooperative Extension speaker at the State Cooperative Ex- Service is an educational organiza tension Advisory Conference Feb. tion which receives support from 23 at N.C. State University. state, federal and county govern __ . , ... ments. It has close ties to N.C. State The creation of new knowledge is Univcrsil and N C A & T one area where the nation is the un- UnivcrsilJ lhc slaIc.s lwo land granl questioned and unchallenged lead- coiico^s er," Soles told the group. "The beau- S(J " wh() ^ ^ a mcm. ty of our system, and the pan that no bcr of lhc Ugislalive Agriculture other nation on this globe has been CommiUccs forK25 years, reminded able to duplicate, is represented by ^ confcrcncc of ? suppon given extension educauon. ^ Gcncra, Asscmbly byTc State "We not only have the research University, the N.C. Extension Scr ability; we also have the means of vice, the N.C. Farm Bureau and lo delivering the knowledge generated cal citizen volunteers. ,VfcVT0/V'o V^LAWN & GARDEN O AND SUPPLIES Just Arrived... Ornamental & Fruit Trees Wyatt Quarle Seeds and Fresh Vegetable Plants Open Mon.-Sat. 8-5 842-7727 I?A>?)l hvW 130, HOLDEN BEACH RD (1/2 mile from Causeway) ?V X Vl CBWTMtBHUXSWICKBEACOM Cculabov&i% MOTEL ? " ?* - I * WW 'Open Year Round" Rooms & Efficiency Apartments ? Heart of Seafood Capital (919)579-6576 _ RATES: Winter. Single $20, Double $25; KfT. $32 Hi mmmm Cable TV. coffee and phone in rooms. SfH \Hgim 1115 River Road, Calabash, NC 28407 (i Block Below Sioplight>IS4ii asscrtivcncss, the portrayal of drugs ccr in 1983, Hcwcti had risen in the media and alternatives to drug through the ranks to bccome a lieu abuse. tenant and narcotics investigator. At the end of the course, each "Before 1 got involved with child writes an essay about "What DARE, all 1 saw was the bad in pco DARE Means to Me" and reads it pie and the dark side of humanity," out loud in a contest held at gradua- he said. "It seemed like I wasn't tion. This year's graduation cere- making a difference. Just working monies will be held May 11-13. eight hours every day and going Besides helping young people home. avoid the pitfalls of drug abuse, "Through DARE, I know I'm Hewett said the DARE program has making a difference by educating been good for him, too. Since his young people. Because drugs are out first law enforcement position with there, and the only way we can the Holden Beach Police, when he ccasc drug use is through cduca was the state's youngest police offi- tion." BCC Schedules GED Tests Tcsi dates are scheduled at Bruns- but the writing skills test on wick Community College for those Wednesday, March 24, from 11 a.m. who wish to obtain their high school until 3 p.m. Any GED test can be equivalency diploma (GED) in taken there on Wednesday, March March. 10, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. GED tests will be given at Bruns- Students may enter classcs for wick Community College's main GED instruction at any time. They campus, U.S. 17 Business, Supply, should phone Brunswick Com on Tuesday, March 9, from 5-9 p.m. munity College at 754-6900, 457 and Tuesday, March 16, from 1-5 6329 or 343-0203 for a listing of p.m. Any test except the writing classcs in their towns. skills test can be taken. Individualized assistance in Any GED test can be taken at preparing for the GED is available at BCC's Southport campus, on North the college's learning lab in the Lord Street, Thursday, March 4, Administration/Learning Resource/ from 5-9 p.m. The Southport cam- Student Center building on the main pus will offer all tests except writing campus. skills on Thursday, Mach 18, from The learning lab is open Monday 5-9. through Thursday from 8 a.m. until The Leland campus will offer all 7 p.m. Drop-ins are welcome. K&D MFG. CSG Quality Clothing at Outlet Prices Reg. Price Children's-Leggins $5.98 Stirrups $6.98 Sweat Suits$19.98 Ladies'-Sweat Sets $19.98 Pant or Skirt Sets $19.98 Vests $14.98 Blouses $22.00 | Blouses $14.98 Our Price Clearance Price $3.00 $4.00 $13.50 $13.50 $12.98 $7.50 $7.50 $5.00 $1.50 $2.00 $9.98 $9.98 $9.50 $5.98 $5.98 $3.50 Toddler-16 ? Adults Small-32W ? Monday-Saturday 10-5 ? Mulberry St., Shallotte. 754-2260 ? (Across from Dept. of Transportation) DOCKERS BRUNSWICK COUNTY'S ttl NITECLUB \ Wednesday-MEMBERS appreciation I Night $1.00 OFF All Mixed Drinks] Thursday-Pool Tournament $100 in prizes Sunday 1 PM-See NASCAR racing if / from Richmond, VA on y ^ our 52' wide-screen TV Sunday 4 PM LADIES' ONLY Pool Tournament ft FRIDAY & SATURDAY WILD HEART OPEN 7 DAYS 4 PM-2 AM ? ALL ABC PERMITS POOL TABLES ? GAME ROOM ? LIVE ENTERTAINMENT HOLDEN BEACH RD - HOLDEN BEACH ? RESERVATIONS 842-7070 Seek Shelter In Tornado What do you do when a tornado threatens or is likely to (xcur? Dcnise Privettc offers these tips from Ihe N.C. Division of Emergency Management, noting that you may have only seconds or minutes in which to act once a warning is issued: 1. Stay in touch with local radio and television stations (particularly the local Emergency Broadcast Network stations) for advisories from the National Weather Service. 2. When a watch is issued, start paying attention to weather condi tions and preparing for a tornado. 3. If a warning is issued, "that means to be doubly prepared," said Privettc, to seek shelter and to protcct your head. 4. "The safest placc to go is in the basement of a house," she said. With basements at a premium along the coast, most area residents opt for second best choice: a ground-level interior room such as a hallway, closet or bathroom without windows or exterior doors or walls. Here you will be safer from flying debris. Also such rooms are less likely to experience roof collapse. 5. If in a vehicle or mobile home, take shelter in substantial struc ture as quickly as possible. If there isn't enough time to reach shelter, get out of the vehiele and lie flat in Uie nearest ditch with your hands shielding your head. Hazardous Materials Course Scheduled A class in operations for ihc haz- the class will meet from 8 a.m. until ardous materials respondcr is set for noon and from 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in March It will also meet on Saturday, and April through Brunswick Com- April 3 and 10, during the same munity College's Continuing Educ- hours. ation Department. Participants who must attain the ? . ... . hazardous material/rcspondcr aware Eddie Gardner will be instructor ncss ,cvc, cam 4 8 cJminuing cdu. for I .re, rescue and pohcc personnel unj(s ^ js nQ rc is^lion who wish to take the course. f r r.? . .? . fee for lire, rescue and police squad The classes arc set for the Supply members. Volunteer Fire Department Build- For more information, call Bruns ing, N.C. 211. Beginning on Sun- wick Community College Contin day, March 14, through Sunday, uing Education Department at 754 March 28, and on Sunday, April 18, 6900,457-6329 or 343-0203. Contest Promotes Respect For Coast Students in Brunswick County in of coastal resources of the state. The grades five through 12 arc eligible to association encourages recognition enter the seventh annual Operation of the five rcspccts of Operation Beach Respect Poster Contest. Beach Respect, namely, respect for Deadlines are due April 17 from beaches, dunes, wildlife, vegetation students in 18 coastal North Caro- and others. lina counties. ... Sponsored by the North Carolina ,^ontft ,n,lcs havc ^cn *?nl lo, Beach Buggy Association, the con- 35 fHho?ls or ^obtained test offers SI,(XX) in prizes in two di- from Superintendent, Cape Ha - visions: Division 1 for grades five tnCras^aU?nal Sc?s?rc-; *?UlC '' through eight and Division 11 for Box 675, Manteo, N.C. 27954. grades nine through 12. Entries may Prizes include S175 for first be submitted in either the individual place; S75, second; and S50, third, or classroom categories. The pur- in each division and category. Judg posc of the contest is to reinforce ing is by national park rangers u studenLs' awareness and stewardship Cape Halteras National Seashore. Divorce can be a traumatic time in the lives of those involved. If you are one of the many who is currently divorced or perhaps in the process of one, you may Denefit from our workshop on "Surviving Divorce." This workshop starts 3/9 from 7-8 pm. The cost of the workshop is $15 reg. fee and $10 a week. The class will meet for 4 weeks. SERENITY BY TIIE SEA, INC. #5 Resort Plaza Hwy. 17 S. ? Shallotte 919-754-2132 Recovery Center, Books & Services lite &e?ieo& ctt ?at*utce4>... Mark A. Lizak, M.D. Ear, Nose & Throat ? Medical/Surgical care Diplomate American Board of Otolaryngology We offer many services to help keep you and your family healthy and happy: ?Pediatric Otolaryngology (Tonsils. Adenoids. Ear Tubes) ?Allergy & Sinus Disorders ?Audiology Services ?Mead & Neck Surgery -Ear Surgery ?Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery ?Facelifts 'Eyelid Surgery 'Laser Surgery ?Rhinoplasty (Cosmetic Nose Reconstructions) Call for an appointment today 754-2920 Doctors Complex ? The Brunswic k Hosplt;i! ? Supply. NC
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