A Final Word
BY BILL DEARMAN, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce
As of Sept. 30 I will be leaving the employment of the South
Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce. I am leaving to become the
executive vice president of the Glasgow/Barren
County Chamber of Commerce in Glasgow,
Kentucky. My time here has been short ? shorter
than I planned or thought it would be, but some
times opportunities come along when you least ex
pect them.
The South Brunswick Islands are a wonderful
place. Nan and I will miss them and you very much.
You made us feel at home from the first day we ar
rived, and that has made the decision to leave a
very difficult one indeed. It is always difficult to
leave and to begin anew. However, endings and be- DEARMAN
ginnings are a part of life and, hopefully, with each ending and begin
ning we grow as individuals.
As this area continues to grow, it is important that we continue to
grow together. The problems and opportunities that are here today, and
those that will come tomorrow, will affect us all. If this area is to reach
its potential, if we are to provide opportunities for our children, if we
are to prosper individually, then we must do so as a whole.
The future of the South Brunswick Islands is one future ? not five
futures. I encourage you to continue to find new ways to work together.
1 encourage you to find solutions to common problems. Only by walk
ing together will any of us succeed.
1 am not suggesting that any area give up its identity. But 1 am en
couraging the area and all its parts to also take on the identity of a unit
ed community. A united South Brunswick County is greater than the
sum of its parts and is capable of solving problems its individual parts
may not. A united South Brunswick County is more attractive to busi
ness and the creation of new jobs.
In closing. I want to salute the uniqueness of Calabash. Sunset
Beach. Ocean Isle Beach. Shallotte and Holden Beach. Each is special.
Each has its own ambience. And each has an important role to play as a
part of the team known as the South Brunswick Islands. Together I
know you will go far.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Promoted To Nurse Manaqer
Melissa Sims. R.N., has been ap
pointed nurse manager of the med
ical/surgical unit
of The Bruns
wick Hospital,
announced Earl
Tamar. chief ex
ecutive officer.
Her responsi
bilities will in
clude staffing,
patient services,
coordination of
the unit's quali
ty improvement and resource man
agement. and 24-hour accountability
for the 36-bed unit, the largest de
partment in the hospital.
"She is clinically strong and will
be a great asset to our managerial
team," said Diana Ramsey, chief
nursing officer at the hospital.
Sims has been employed by The
Brunswick Hospital seven years.
She was previously involved with
the Family Centered Nursing unit,
preadmission program and inservice
education, as well as the
medical/surgical unit. She has nine
years' experience as a registered
nurse.
She and her husband, Michael,
live in Longwood with their chil
dren, Ryan and Tyler.
Agency Changes Hands
Nancy Smith of Sunset Beach and
Rachel Broadhurst of Myrtle Beach,
S.C.. are the new owners of Century
21 Carolina Shores Realty in Cala
bash.
Both will continue their affiliation
with Century 21 Broadhurst and
Associates in Myrtle Beach, as well
as actively managing the new
agency under the slogan "Serving
the Shores of the Carolinas."
Broadhurst has owned and operat
ed Century 21 Broadhurst since
1983 and has been affiliated with
that agency since its inception in
1974.
SIMS
Formerly of Atlanta, Smith has
been a real estate broker in south
west Brunswick County for more
than 10 years.
Smith-Rikard Certified
Sydney S. Smith-Rikard of
Myrtle Beach, S.C., director of
Marketing & Public Relations at
Grand Strand General Hospital, has
attained certified by the American
Society for Health Care Marketing
& Public Relations.
She has been employed by the
hospital for six years. Previously she
was employed as marketing director
at Brick Landing Plantation.
Requirements for certification in
clude professional experience, active
involvement in local and national
civic and professional societies, sig
nificant contributions to health care
organizations, and awards received.
Shareholders OK
Pioneer Merger;
Sept. 23 Date Set
Pioneer Bancorp 's stockholders
have approved acquisition of the
corporation by First Citizens Banc
Shares, Inc.
As a result of the Aug. 6 agree
ment between the institutions, Pio
neer's stockholders will be entitled
to $2.18 per share on the merger
date, for a total of approximately
$3.8 million.
If all conditions of the merger are
met and governmental approvals are
granted on schedule, the transition
will take place about Sept. 23, ac
cording to a Pioneer news release.
First Citizens is a $5.4 billion
Raleigh-based full-service financial
institution operating 308 officers in
172 towns and cities in North
Carolina.
Pioneer is a $309 million thrift in
stitution operating 19 offices in 17
communities, including Shallotte.
PUBLIC HEARING
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
TOWN OF CALABASH
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held
by the Board of Adjustment of the Town of Calabash at
6:45 P.M. Tuesday, September 28, 1993 at the Town
Hall to consider the following appeal:
CASE NO. 12-93 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cejka of 43
Gate 6, Carolina Shores, Calabash NC requesting
a variance from Section 8.01 .03 R-6 Residential
District C: Dimensional Requirements; 4.
Minimum required side yards.
Janet Thomas, Town Clerk
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
TRIHALOMETHANE
MONITORING FAILURE
The water serving your home failed to meet the trihalomethane
monitoring requirements as they appear in the "Rules Governing
Public Water Systems." Every quarter, your water system is
required to have water samples analyzed for trihalomethane
contamination. No samples were collected and analyzed during
the second quarter(s) of April. Therefore, the "Rules Governing
Public Water Systems" require that the consumers be notified of
the violation.
This failure to meet monitoring requirements does not imply that
the water is contaminated. However, in order to better protect
your health, we will conduct adequate monitoring in the future.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact:
Alonza Davis, (371-27 90, System ID #04-10-065, Town of
Navassa, NC, General Delivery, Navassa, NC 28404.
Business Development Week Focuses
On New And Expanding Enterprises
Activities during Brunswick
County Business Development Week
will focus on the needs of new and
expanding businesses.
Set Sept. 20-23, the event is spon
sored jointly by Brunswick County's
three local chambers of commerce,
the U.S. Small Business Administra
tion and the Small Business Center
at Brunswick Community College.
Throughout the four days, a Mo
bile Small Business Assistance Cen
ter will be stationed at BCC to serve
as a resource for those who want to
learn more about how a business op
erates.
No fee will be charged for any of
the seminars scheduled across the
county. The seminars are targeted at
individuals who are considering
starting a small business, as well as
current business owners who are
considering expansion.
As space is limited, pre-registra
tion is requested by calling the BCC
Small Business Center at 754-6900,
457-6329 or 343-0203.
The schedule of seminars is as
follows, by date and location:
Monday, Sept. 20, BCC Main
Campus, Supply: "Financing A
Small Business," 6 p.m. -8:30 p.m.,
Lanny Loftis, SBA; David Pickett,
Micro-enterprise Loan Program
agent; and Viola Andrews. United
Carolina Bank. Cosponsored by the
Small Business Center.
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THIS MOBILE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER will be locatcd at B run snick Community College dur
ing Business Development Week, Sept. 20-23, as a resource for those interested in learning about busi
ness operations.
Tuesday, Sept. 21, BCC Soulh
port Campus: "Understanding Cash
Flow," 8 a.m.- 10 a.m., Ted Jan and
Leslie Langer of the Small Business
Technological Development Center.
"Finding Qualified Employees."
6:30 p.m. -7:45 p.m., Mazie Frink.
N.C. Employment Security Comm.
"Marketing Strategies (Getting
Customers and Clients)," 7:45 p.m.
9 p.m., Charles Bergman, Service
Corps Of Retired Executives
(SCORE), Wilmington.
All three seminars are cospon
sored by the Southport-Oak Island
Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday, Sept. 22, BCC Le
land Campus, Industrial Education
Center: "Financing a Small Busi
ness," 6:30 p.m. -8 p.m., Lanny Lof
tis, SBA. and Brad Bruestle, United
Carolina Bank.
"Federal Government Procure
ment," 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m., J.D. Flet
cher, Small Business Technological
Development Center.
"Starting a Business," 8 p.m. -9:30
p.m.. Pat Guyer, SCORE.
All three seminars are cospon
sored by the North Brunswick
Chamber of Commerce.
Thursday, Sept. 23, BCC Main
Campus: "Finding (Qualified Em
ployees," 6:30 p.m. -7:45 p.m., Ma
zie Frink, N.C. Employment Secur
ity Commission.
"Financing a Small Business," 8
p.m. -9:30 p.m., Lanny Loftis, SBA,
and David Pickett, Microenterprise
Loan Program agent.
Both seminars are cosponsored by
the South Brunswick Islands Cham
ber of Commerce.
In addition, the Mobile Small
Business Assistance Center, a joint
project of the SBA and the Ten
nessee Valley Authority, will hold
open house from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 20, and from 10 a.m.
to 7 p.m. daily Tuesday, Sept. 21,
through Thursday, Sept. 23. It serves
as a resource center for those who
wish to learn more about business
operations.
Career Day Set At South
South Brunswick High School students get a chance next Tuesday,
Sept. 21, to find out more about careers ranging from art to tourism.
The career day program is being sponsored by the Southport-Oak
Island Chamber of Commerce as part of its observance of Brunswick
County Business Development Week.
From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the school media center, between 36 and 40
representatives of various career areas, will be available to discuss their
work with interested students. ,
"It's going to be a relaxed kind of roundtable thing." said Karen
Hope, executive vice president of the Southport-Oak Island Chamber of
Commerce. A student interested in discussing careers in art, for instance,
would get to talk with not only a professional artist, but also the owners
or operators of galleries that provide a range of services.
Students asked specifically about 19 broad career areas, said Hope,
and the chamber is having good success in identifying representatives of
each to visit the school next week.
This is the second consecutive year the chamber has sponsored a ca
reer awareness event at the high school.
State Will Match Funding To Market Area
Matching funds are available to lo
cal tourism organizations from the
N.C. Department of Commerce Tra
vel & Tourism Division for local and
regional tourism marketing projects.
Top priority is given to regional
or local destination marketing pro
jects that promote travel from out
of-state or from areas more than 100
miles distant, and during the shoul
der and off seasons.
Any tourism marketing agency or
not-for-profit organization which in
cludes tourism promotion among its
major activities is eligible to apply,
said David C. Little, director of trav
el industry programs.
The state has $127,500 available
for the 1993-94 fiscal year, and ap
plications must be postmarked no
later than Oct. I .
Organizations in Brunswick
County must provide one dollai in
matching funds for every three state
doiiars sought, under a formula that
favors economic growth in less ad
vantaged areas of the state.
Brunswick County ranked 38th
from the bottom in advantagement
last year, and rose to 42nd this year.
Ranking is based on lowest per capi
ta income, slowest population
growth and highest unemployment.
In its group organizations can only
apply for funds two out of every
three years. Little said he didn't
know of any local tourism group
that wasn't eligible this year to ap
ply.
Legal Notices
CAMA PERMIT NOTICE
Pursuant lo NCGS 1 13-1 19(b), the munici
pality of Occan Isle Beach, a locality author
ized to issue CAMA permits in the areas of
environmental concern, hereby gives NO
TICE that on Sept. 13. 1993. applicant Wayne
and Louise Durham, applied for a CAMA
minor development permit to construct a sin
gle-family dwelling at Lot 14, Blk. C, Section
D, I Dunseside Drive.
The application may be inspected at the be
low address. Public comments received by
Sept. 23, 1993 will be considered. Later com
ments will be accepted and considered up to
the time of permit decision. Project modifi
cations may occur based on further review and
comments. Notice of the permit decision in
this matter will be provided upon written re
quest.
T. D. Robcrson
Local CAMA Permit Officer
3 West 3rd Street
Occan Isle Beach, NC 28468
(919)579-2166
Sept. 16
TOWN OF HOLDEN BEACH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of
Holden Beach will hold a Public Hearing on Monday,
September 20, 1993 at 5:00 p.m., at the Town Hall, to
consider the following appeal:
CASE NO. 05-93. Request for a variance in the
front yard set back and a waiver of the 5 ft. septic
tank front yard set back requirement at 144 Ocean
Blvd. East, Lot number 6 & 16, Block C, Dr. R.H.
Holden Subdivision.
Jim McSwain
Inspection & Code Enforcement
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION
TOWN OF NAVASSA -
BE IT RESOLVED by the Brunswick County Board of Elections
that:
An election is to be held in the Town of Navassa on November 2,
1993, the date established by law, for the purpose of electing a
Mayor and two (2) Commissioners.
The polling place(s) will be the Leland Town Hall, and the polls
will be open on election day from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
The registration books will be open at the Brunswick County
Board of Elections office, County Complex, for registration each
day, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, during the registration
period from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., or with a local precinct offi
cial, except that from October 12, 1993 through November 2,
1993, the registration books shall be closed for the purpose of the
general election.
H. Orie Gore, Chairman
Emergency Jobless Benefits
Now Limited To 1 0 Weeks
The maximum time qualified
North Carolinians can receive emer
gency unemployment insurance ben
efits will be cut in half starting this
week, announced Ann Q. Duncan,
N.C. Employment Security Com
mission chairman.
Beginning Sunday, Sept. 12, peo
ple who file for emergency unem
ployment insurance benefits for the
first time can collect payments for a
maximum of 10 weeks instead of
the previous 20. The change is be
cause the U.S. unemployment rate
for both July and August was below
7 percent.
"We will continue to operate our
regular unemployment insurance
program as usual," Duncan said.
"This change will only affect those
folks whose regular benefits have
run out, and need some additional
help."
The federal government announc
ed a benefit cut once before, but lat
er revised the policy and reversed
the decision. Today's announcement
is the first reduction in emergency
benefits under the new rules.
So far this year the ESC has paid
SI 48 million in emergency unem
ployment insurance benefits alone.
The emergency unemployment
insurance program was first enacted
by Congress in November 1991. It is
set to expire next month.
People currently receiving emer
gency benefits will not be affected
by the change.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION
TOWN OF LELAND
BE IT RESOLVED by the Brunswick County Board of Elections
that:
An election is to be held in the Town of Leland on November 2,
1993, the date established by law, for the purpose of electing a
Mayor and two (2) Commissioners.
The polling place(s) will be the Leland Town Hall, and the polls
will be open on election day from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
The registration books will be open at the Brunswick County
Board of Elections office, County Complex, for registration each
day, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, during the registration
period from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., or with a local precinct offi
cial, except that from October 12, 1993 through November 2,
1993, the registration books shall be closed for the purpose of the
general election.
H. Orie Gore, Chairman
You Work Hard
Unless you earned your money the old-fashioned way, by inheriting it,
you've put years of careful effort into building and maintaining your estate.
Avoid Probate and Reduce Estate Taxes
If you'd like to learn more about protecting what you've worked
hard for, come to our workshop on estate planning.
Topics will include:
? What are the assets of your estate?
? Will the new tax legislation affect my estate?
? What is estate planning and why is it important to me?
? Strategics in estate planning.
? Probate costs and how to avoid them.
? How to pick your estate planning professionals.
? Avoiding conservatorship.
? Estate planning for business owners and income shifting.
No Obligation * No Product Promotion
This is an educational workshop with an entry fee of $10.00 to be held at
7:00pm September 23
Maples Clubhouse at Seatrail Plantation
to reserve your seat Call:
Kenneth K. Bridges, Esq. (579-171 1)
George L. Matthews, E.A. (579-3006)