PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Milton Colemon Picked
To Chair National Panel
Brunswick County Extension
Director Milton Coleman has been
named chairman
of the Extension
Programs Com
mittee of the
National Asso
ciation of
County Agricul
tural Agents.
The two-year
appointment
was made last
week at the as- COLEMAN
sociation's annual conference in
Baltimore, Md.
He will be responsible for coordi
nation of four professional improve
ment programs, including the
Environmental Protection Through
Responsible Use of Pesticides pro
gram, the "Search of Excellence"
professional papers competition; de
velopment of the Applied Science
and Technology Seminar; and seek
ing out programs for the associa
tion's annual meeting that focus on
Extension's national initiatives.
These include water quality, waste
management, food safety and pro
viding educational programs for
young people with behavioral prob
lems.
Coleman will share an informa
tion network with contacts in every
county in the country.
Babson Honored
Larissa Babson of Shallotte was
honored recent- ..
ly at a pinning f
ceremony for
graduates of ra
ciiuiogic tech
nology at Wake ?
Technical Com- 'J
munity College.
She was one of
17 graduates to
receive a pin.
Radiologic BABSON
technology is a two-year associate
degree program. Graduates function
as medical radiographers and pro
vide patient services using imaging
equipment.
Back From Persian Gulf
Navy Airman Recruit Alvin R.
Burney, son of Carol A. and Alvin
R. Burney Sr. of Supply recently re
turned aboard the aircraft carrier
USS Nimitz, homeported in Bremer
ton, Wash., from a six-month de
ployment to the Western Pacific and
Persian Gulf as part of the aircraft
carrier USS Nimitz Battle Group.
While operating in the Persian
Gulf, the battle group completed 19
exercises with various Gulf nations
in continuing efforts to develop and
strengthen political and military ties
with countries of the region.
The 1989 graduate of West
Brunswick High School joined the
Navy in August 1992.
Aboard Guadalcanal
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class An
drew M. Albright recently departed
aboard the amphibious assault ship
USS Guadalcanal, homeported in
Norfolk, Va., for a six-month Medi
terranean Sea deployment as part of
the USS America Joint Task Group.
Albright's wife Brenda is the
daughter of Fred E. and Inge Arnold
of Bolivia.
The group will relieve the USS
Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier
Battle Group, its embarked Special
Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task
Force and the USS Saipan Amiph
ibious Ready Group.
Albright is one of 12,000 sailors
and Marines assigned to the task
group. It includes two amphibious
assault ships, two cruisers, two de
stroyers, two frigates, two submar
ines, one replenishment oiler and
one ammunition ship. Aircraft
squadrons include seven fixed-wing
squadrons and one Navy and three
Marine Corps helicopter squadrons.
The 1979 graduate of South
Brunswick High School joined the
Navy in January 1985.
Off To Japan
Navy Fireman Recruit William D.
Davis of Winnabow recently report
ed for duty aboard the aircraft carri
er USS Independence, forward de
ployed to Yokosuka, Japan.
Davis is the son of Jane S. and
William D. Davis Sr. of Bell Swamp
Road.
The 1992 graduate of South
Brunswick High School joined the
Navy in February 1993.
Graduates From Program
Michelle j. Boudreau of Shaliotte
was among students graduating in
. the 1993 occu
I* Pa,ional ,herapy
jjt jBr assistant pro
Si gram at Stanly
/ Community
II College.
' ? The students
i? were awarded
their occupa
tional therapy
assistant pins in
boudreau at 7 p.m. cere
mony Aug. 24 at Kelley Audito
rium.
Stanly Community College is in
Albemarle.
Deployment Ends
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey S.
Calderon recently returned from a
successful six-month deployment to
the Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf
and Indian Ocean with 24th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune,
embarked aboard ships of the USS
Wasp Central Command Amphibi
ous Ready Group.
Calderon's wife Margaret is the
daughter of Nina G. Stanley of
Bypass Way, Bolivia.
Also deployed was Marine Lance
Cpl. Charles L. Wilson, son of
James L. and Carol A. Wilson of
Wedgewood Drive, Leland.
The group deployed ahead of its
regularly scheduled Mediterranean
Sea deployment to support the hu
manitarian efforts of Operation Re
store Hope, providing food to the
people of Somalia.
While deployed, Calderon visited
Bosaaso, Somalia; Jebel Ali, Abu
Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab
Emirates; Kuwait, Bahrain; Rota,
Malaga and Benidorm, Spain;
Rhodes, Greece; and Toulon,
France.
Calderon is a 1989 graduate of
Thomas A. Edison High School of
Jamaica; he joined the Marine Corpe
in February 1990.
Wilson is a 1990 graduate of
North Brunswick High School. He
joined the Marines in October 1990.
Overcome With Pain?
For 86 million Americans, chronic pain is a way of life.
But now, thanks to the COASTAL CAROLINAS
PAIN CENTER at The Brunswick Hospital, there's a
place to go for pain that won't go away.
KENNETH L. WILLEFORD, M.D.
Anesthesiologist / Pain Managenumt Specialist
COASTAL CAROLINAS PAIN CENTER
FOR INFORMATION/APPOINTMENTS CALL
754-3099
Conveniently Located At
THE BRUNSWICK
HOSPITAL
Highway 17 / Supply, North Carolina
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