Local Student
Completes Nursing Program
Rachel Noriene Swain of Supply
has completed the 1994 Nursing
Exploration Week at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing.
Swain was among 36 rising
sophomores, juniors and seniors
from 30 North Carolina counties
who participated in the program,
now in its fifth year.
The July 17-22 program exposed
students to opportunities in the nurs
ing field. Participants were paired
with nurses at UNC Hospitals, Rex
Hospital, Rex Home Care and the
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center to
learn about a nurse's daily iife. They
also took put in a skills lab at N.C.
Central University, where they prac
ticed preparing injections and mea
suring blood pressure.
At the VA Medical Center, they
played "The Aging Game," in which
players experience what it's like to
be elderly. They attended a presenta
tion on career planning in nursing at
Glaxo Inc.; toured Duke University
Medical Center, where a panel of
nurses discussed opportunities in the
field; and met with current UNC-CH
students and alumni.
More than 200 students applied
for the program.
RACHEL SWAIN (right) of Supply watches as UNC Hospitals nurse Kim Mills (left) inserts a patient 's
intravenous line. Swain spent a week at VNC-CH visiting area hospitals and health care facilities and
learning more about nursing and health care during Nursing Exploration Week 1994.
Shallotte Aldermen Reappoint
Tim Carter As Town's Fire Chief
BY DOUG RUTTER
Shallotte Aldermen voted 3-2
Tuesday to reappoint Tim Carter as
chief of the town's volunteer fire de
partment ? a surprise move and pos
Isibly a sign that poor relations be
tween the town board and depart
ment arc on the mend.
Aldermen Carson Durham,
Morris Hall and Bill Allen voted to
reappoint Carter for another year.
Roney Cheers and David Gause vot
ed against Carter after earlier voting
in favor of Tony Hewett.
Less than a month ago, Carter had
said he didn't expect reappointment
due to recent conflicts between the
town and department. The tension
started mounting in May when
Carter blasted aldermen during a
budget workshop.
Town aldermen had indicated in
reccnt months that Carter would not
be reappointed as fire chief, a posi
tion he has held for nearly seven
I years.
Just last month, Allen said, "I'm
hoping we'll get a new head of that
department who we can work with."
However, Allen and two other al
dermen agreed Tuesday night to
give Carter another chance.
The reappointment vote followed
a one-hour meeting between the
town board and 10 firefighters dur
ing which members of both groups
tried to lay the groundwork for a
better working relationship in the fu
ture.
"Since our meeting tonight did go
relatively well I'll back him for the
Are department," Allen said. "I'U
vote for Carter with the hope that he
straightens out."
Fire department members voted
in June to recommend the reappoint
ment of Carter. As required by town
policy they also submitted two other
names, David Moore and Hewett,
for consideration.
Hall made the motion to reappoint
Carter. "I know we've had differ
ences of opinion, but I feel we have
a very good meeting with them a
while ago."
"Maybe we've opened communi
cations," Durham said. "Tim is their
choice. ! would support Tim again
and give him another chance to
work with us."
Cheers objected strenuously to
Carter's reappointment and made
reference to a May 17 budget work
shop during which Carter lashed out
at the town board for seeking expla
nation of a budget request.
"If our time is not important you
need to find somebody else to run
the fire department. If you're going
to cut the budget, cut it somewhere
else," Carter said at the time.
"It's like this. There's some peo
ple involved in the fire department
who do not like you all," Carter
added.
Cheers said Tuesday, "I'm not go
ing to be a part of naming somebody
that comes up here in a drunken
state or whatever and tells us fire de
partment members do not like you
all."
Added Gause, "I certainly agree
with what Roney said. I won't go
along with it."
Gause said the town board seems
to have problems with all fire chiefs
who have been in office for a few
years. "That's why I think a change
every two or three years is best for
everybody," he said.
Before Carter's reappointment.
Cheer's motion to appoint Hewett
failed on a 3-2 vote. Gause was the
only other person to support Hewett.
Allen initially said he didn't want
to vote on the motion, but later vot
ed against it because he said he had
never met Hewett. "I find it very dif
ficult to vote for someone I have
never talked to."
All of the board members said
Tuesday they would have voted to
appoint Moore as the new chief.
However, Moore told aldermen he
did not have the time to serve.
Cracking down on businesses that
do not meet the fire code and lower
ing electrical costs for the siren were
among the issues discussed during
the meeting between the town board
and fire department Tuesday.
Moore said it was the first time in
his 20-plus years as a firefighter that
the entire board of aldermen had
ever met with the department at the
fire station.
"We're in this together. Let's
work together," Cheers said. "We
are responsible for the taxpayers
money. We just need to look at the
dollars we're spending."
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In other business Tuesday, alder
men:
? Scheduled a public hearing
Sept. 6 on the proposed rezoning of
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? Appointed Bobby Ray Russ, a
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seat previously held by Jimmy
Marshall, who was not eligible for
reappointment because he has
moved outside the town limits.
? Designated Howard Capps of
Wilmington as the planner in charge
of drafting a waterfront access plan
for Shallotte. The town recently was
awarded a $4,556 state grant for the
project The cost to the town will be
$1,122.
? Voted to change the zoning of
Main Street property that was re
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Highway Business. The property at
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Wallace Smith, Bobby Long, Wil
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Jo Ann Simmons.
? Discussed but took no action on
a proposed ordinance regulating
peddling, hawking and sidewalk
sales. Town Attorney Mark Lewis is
expected to rewrite the ordinance
currently being used in Calabash
and present it to aldermen at the
Sept. 6 meeting. Town officials
agreed Tuesday they would not reg
ulate yard sales as part of the ordi
nance.
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Wild Ride, No Injuries
The driver of this 1969 Chevrolet pickup truck discusses his
predicament with Trooper DB. HarveU after extracting himself
from a ditch beside US. 17 near Bolivia Monday morning. Robert
Hayes, 51, of Long Beach explained that he was travelling north at
about 11 am. when he slowed down for another vehicle and had
his right front brake lock up, spinning him around and sending
him off the pavement. No charges were filed and no injuries re
ported in the wreck, which caused an estimated $499 damage.
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