STAFF PHOTO BY LYNN CAJtlSON
H OLDEN BEACH SWEEPERS Colleen Slusher and Adeline Rroadnax brave a misty morning to
make the strand a cleaner place.
Big Sweepers Clean Area Beaches
BY SUSAN USHER
AND DOUG RUTTER
Brunswick County's beaches are a
lot cleaner thanks to an estimated 700
volunteers who braved rain showers
Saturday to pick up plastic bottles,
aluminum cans and other litter as part
of the statewide Big Sweep.
"Considering the rain and all we
had a real good turnout," said Becky
Proctor of Ocean Isle Beach, where
between 175 and 200 volunteers col
lected about 2,000 pounds of
garbage.
Plastic and paper products, fish
ing line, aluminum containers, rusty
lawn chairs, fishing nets and six
pack rings were bagged by volun
teers and logged on cards that will
be used to compile statewide data.
Besides cleaning trash from
benches, lakes and streams, Big
Sweep's goal is to educate people
about the negative effects litter has
on shore birds and marine animals.
Cigarette butts, which have plas
tic filters that can be hazardous to
wildlife, seemed to be the most
common find on area beaches, just
as they were last year.
"We still have our butts. They're
still the leader," said Sunset Beach
Coordinator Minnie Hunt. The 13
"teams" that worked the Sunset
beachfront logged at least 9,563 cig
arette butts.
Holden Beach Coordinator Gay
Atkins said between 25 and 30 vol
unteers participated in this year's
Big Sweep.
"It went real well," she said.
"Even though it rained, a lot of them
had picked up their bags early and
knew where their area was and
could do the cleanup on their own.
Some people cleaned up their area
on Friday."
Atkins said volunteers filled the
town's dump truck halfway to the
top with trash bags full of plastics,
paper, fishing line and nets, bait
bags and "a ton" of cigarette butts.
She said much of the litter at
Holden appears to be coming from
boats. "I think the public has been
real good this year on the beach
putting their debris in containers,"
Atkins said.
"It has to be the boaters. We need
to make the boaters to realize when
they throw it overboard it's going to
come to shore."
Atkins also said the public parking
lot under the bridge was covered with
small piles of cigarette butts and ash
es. "If we could get the boaters and
drivers to stop dumping we'd proba
bly be in fairly decent shape."
Atkins said volunteers cleaned
some of the island's marsh areas.
The town's beautification committee
plans to pick up litter on the north
side of the island along the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway later this year.
Among the more unusual finds at
Holden Beach Saturday were a
brown toupee and fake dog dropping
made of plastic.
"The two people who found it
were like, 'Oh my gosh.' Before
they decided who was going to pick
it up they realized it was fake,"
Atkins said.
At Sunset Beach, 22 teams com
prised of approximately 90 volun
teers swept not only the beachfront
but also the causeway and walk
ways. The group included a local
Girl Scout troop.
"It was a relatively clean beach to
begin with, in my opinion." said
Hunt, who coordinated this year's
event with Sue Weddle.
Volunteers found debris from a
recent shipwreck on the beach, in
cluding lumber and pieces of plastic
foam. Other finds included almost
500 food wrappers, 49 balloons, as
sorted metal caps and beverage cans,
and at least two golf balls.
Even with intermittent rainfall.
Hunt said teams assigned to the
causeway and the area from 40th
Street to Madd Inlet worked until af
ter 12:30 p.m., showing "dedication
beyond the call of duty."
The Brunswick County Parks and
Recreation Department is planning a
canoe sweep this Saturday on Rice's
Creek and Town Creek. People will
pick up trash as they ride.
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Oak Island Coast Guard Station
j Investigates Two Local Fatalities
An autopsy has revealed that an unidentified man
found dead aboard a commercial fishing boat off Prying
Pan Shoals Monday died of natural causes arising from
a severe case of cirrhosis of the liver, a spokesman at the
j U.S. Coast Guard Station Oak Island said Tuesday
A The station also took part in a search for a Wilm
ington man who drowned in the Cape Fear River
Saturday after his 12-foot johnboat was capsized by
PM waves from a passing barge. The man's body was found
Monday morning.
The man who died aboard the 42-foot scallop fishing
> vessel Still Crazy VI may have been a Canadian, Coast
Guard Petty Officer Norman MacLeod said Tuesday.
Known only as "Mike." the man boarded the boat at
Murrells Inlet, S.C., after asking to work in exchange for
food.
Crew members said the man. who appeared to be in
his mid-30s, had worked all day Sunday and lay down
after complaining that he was sick. He was found dead
the next day at about 9:30, MacLeod said. Witnesses
said they heard the man vomiting during the night.
The body was brought to the American Fish Co.
dock in Southport at about 5 p.m. and sent to Jack
sonville for an autopsy.
The Still Crazy VI is owned by Agency Fisheries
Inc. of Murrells Inlet.
?Saturday at around noon, the Oak Island Station re
ceived a call from the tugboat "Dave" reporting a cap
sized johnboat approximately 2(H) feet south of the Cape
' -f. Fear Memorial Bridge with three persons in the water.
station chief BMSC J.D. Arndt said Tuesday.
With only two of the people aboard accounted for,
the station launched its 21 -foot to assist in a search for
the missing man along with the Wilmington fire boat,
the Ogden Rescue Squad, the U.S. Marine helicopter
"Pedro," the Maine Safety Office in Wilmington, a N.C.
Wildlife boat and a small boat from the U.S. Coast
Guard Cutter Diligence.
The search for Mack Lynwood Brown, 27, of
Wilmington was called off that night and resumed the
next day. [lis body was found Sunday morning at about
9:30 near where the boat capsized, Arndt said.
?Later that day, the station responded to a report of an
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)
transmitting a distress signal form Coquina Harbor. A
search of the area found the beacon aboard the vessel
Builder's Choice, which was not in distress.
?On Sept. 15 at about 3:10 p.m., a call was received
from a vessel reporting white smoke rising from the wa
ter in the vicinity of Ocean Isle Beach. The station
launched its 41 -foot patrol boat and notified the Bruns
wick County Emergency Operations (911) center.
A short time later, the Ocean Isle Beach Police re
ported that the smoke was caused by trash being burned
at the west end of the beach.
?At about noon on Sept. 18, the station received a call
from a man who said he had picked up a CB radio trans
mission from a vessel disabled off Bald Head Island. The
station notified he Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel "25959,"
which was in the area and towed the boat ashore.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Ball Receives Awards From SilverStriders
Robert Ball of Ocean Isle Beach
has joined the ranks of SilverStri
ders who have reached the 1. 000
mile mark.
Ball walks for health, fitness and
enjoyment in the statewide walking
club. He has received eight awards
and gifts since joining.
SilverStriders is North Carolina's
statewide walking club for adults 50
and older; it is designed for people
who are interested in an individual
ized walking program. Walking is
known to reduce high blood pres
sure, reduce body fat, lower choles
terol levels, reduce stress and help
people sleep better.
A free SilverStriders log book is
available to record miles or minutes
walked. It contains tips and helpful
information about walking. Log
books are available from senior cen
ters, recreation departments, Nat
ionsBank branches and local Senior
Games offices, or send a self-ad
dressed envelop to N.C. Senior
Games, P.O. Box 33514, Raleigh
NC 27636.
SilverStriders is presented by
N.C. Senior Games Inc., a nonprofit
organization which provides year
round health promotion and educa
tion for people 55 and older.
Completes Basic
Navy Seaman George S. Kelley
recently completed basic training at
Recruit Training Command, Great
Lakes, III.
Kelley is the son of Theresa M.
and George S. Kelley Sr. of Leland
School Road, Leland.
During the cycle, recruits were
taught general military subjects de
signed to prepare them for further
academic and on-the-job training in
one of the Navy's 85 occupational
fields.
Studies include seamanship, close
-order drill, naval history and first
aid.
Kelley is the 1991 graduate of
North Brunswick High School.
Reports To Submarine
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tony
E. Williams recently reported for
duty aboard the submarine USS Ba
ton Rouge, homeported in Norfolk,
Va.
Williams is the son of Helen B.
Hall of Route 2. Bolivia.
The 1976 graduate of Springfield
Gardens High School of Jamaica,
N.Y., joined the Navv in September
1 980.
Airman Returns
Navy Airman Recruit Kareem M.
Waddell, son of Debra Y. Waddell of
Leland. recently returned from a six
month Mediterranean and Red Sea
deployment with Strike Fighter
Squadron 15, Naval Air Station
Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla., em
barked aboard the aircraft earner
USS Theodore Roosevelt, the lead
ship in its battle group.
The ship, with its 5,200-man crew
and embarked air wing personnel as
well as its Special Purpose Marine
Air Ground Task Force of 600 Ma
rines, supported Operation Deny
Flight, enforcing the U.N. -sanction
ed "no-fly" zone over Bosnia Herze
govina. Aircraft from USS Roose
velt also supported Operation Pro
vide Promise by monitoring human
itarian air drop missions into the
troubled former Yugoslavia.
Additionally, the aircraft carrier
demonstrated its value as a tool of
foreign policy following a U.S. mis
sile attack on Iraqi intelligence gath
ering facilities. The ship transited on
short notice from the Adriatic into
the Red Sea to assist in Operation
Southern Watch, enforcing yet an
other "no-fly" zone over Southern
Iraq.
Waddell's squadron flies the F/A
18 Hornet strike fighter.
Since departing Norfolk in
March, the carrier spent 165 of 183
days at sea. Waddell enjoyed port
visits to Rhodes and Corfu. Greece,
and Naples, Italy.
The 1990 graduate of North
Brunswick High School joined the
Navy in November 1990.
Back In San Diego
Navy Airman Apprentice James
L. Barrier, a 1989 graduate of South
Brunswick High School, recently re
turned aboard the aircraft carrier
USS Constellation to San Diego.
The 31 -year-old ship left its home
port in 1990 for a three-year $800
million overhaul at the Philadelphia
Naval Shipyard which extended its
operational service life by 15 years.
Enroute to San Diego, Barrier
participated in cooperative naval ex
ercises with many South American
countries and visited St. Thomas,
U.S. Virgin Islands; Port of Spain.
Trinidad; and Acapulco, Mexico.
He joined the Navy in June 1992.
CFCC Honor Students
Several Brunswick County stu
dents were named to honor lists at
Cape Fear Community College for
the summer quarter. They include:
President's List (straight A's) ?
Sharon B. Creech, Leland; Warren
D. Frink, Leland; Rebecca S. Mil
ligan, Long Beach; and Monica S.
Skimmiehorn, Leland.
Dean's List (grade point average
of 3.5 or better with no grade lower
than C) Fawn M. Byrd, Winnabow;
Daniel X. Cook, Caswell Beach;
Tannis T. Jenkins, Leland; Erich
B.W. Vereen, Long Beach; and Ro
bert R. Wiggins, Leland.
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