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The Foothills View
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1983
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BOILING SPRINGS NC
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Goose Goes To College
“It was a very athletic goose,”
said one college employee
Wednesday after Gardner-Webb
security officers found an unex
pected drop-in visitor on the
campus football fields - a Ctma-
dian goose.
Wild geese usually are rarely
seen in Cleveland County, accor
ding to Richard Stowe, a state
game protector called to the
campus to take charge of the
animal. The county is “on the
edge of a migratory flkyway,”
Stowe said, with no large bodies
of water. The nearest suitable
habitat for waterfowl is a federal
refuge on the Catawba River
near Gastonia.
The Canadian goose found
this week at the college,
although not a domesticated
breed, carries a band on its leg,
indicating Stowe said it has an
owner. The band does not carry
markings of state or federal
wildlife agencies.
It is not illegal to have Cana
dian geese on private property,
Stowe said, so long as the proper
ty owner, has a federal permit
and does not interfere with the
birds free movement.
The college goose, although it
may have come for an educa-
Driver Is Charged
In Fatal Wreck
G-W Employee Hearold Register And Friend
flock should call him at
tion, alas, did not stay long.
The goose was transported by
Stowe and college security
employees Hearold Register and
David Helton to a flock on
private property north of Shelby.
Stowe said that anyone miss
ing a Canadian goose from a
538-3833. The game protector
emphasized that the owner
should be prepared to give the
number on the leg band of goose
before being allowed to claim the
animal.
Boiling Springs police have
charged the driver of a car which
left the road during a rainstorm
Saturday night and crashed into
a local residence, killing a
passenger.
Thomas David Green, 17,
died shortly after the 8:50 p.m.
single car wreck on Main Street.
Another passenger, Charlotte
Lynn Penson, 17, was released
from the hospital this week.
The driver, Mickey David
Randolph, 22, was charged
Tuesday with death by vehicle,
according to Boiling Springs
police chief Dan Ledbetter.
According to police reports,
Randolph lost control of his car
while passing another car on
South Main. The Randolph
vehicle then veered off a tree in
the front yard of Mrs. Etta
Holland and crashed into the
Holland house.
Mrs. Holland was uninjured.
Randolph was treated and
released from Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
In other police news, a break-
in at the G.T. McSwain’s store
was reported Saturday to Boiling
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I Never
Expected This”
Mrs. Etta Holland talks to Boiling Springs patrolman Dennis
Thesis shortly after a car crashed into the porch of her South
Main Street house Saturday night. "I was inside reading a
book," Mrs. Holland said, "when I heard the noise. I went out
side to see what it was. I never expected this."
Springs police. Lawnmowers and
tillers valued at about $4000
were reported stolen from an
outbuilding in front of the store,
police say. A padlock on the
front of the outbuilding was,
sawn through sometime Friday
night according to police reports.
An investigation is continu
ing.
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Mrs. ’ Kate Holland, above at right is
presented a plaque honoring her late hus
band, Sidney Holland, at the Boiling Springs
Rescue note-burning ceremony Saturday.
Holland was an egrly^upporter of the rescue
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squad.
Showing the plaque to Mrs. Holland are
rescue squad members, from left: Charles
Greene; Julius Hoy. captain of the squad and
Delva Hope.
The organization capable, as
one speaker said, of everything
from saving lives to “getting cats
out of trees and pulling ponies
out of ditches” celebrated the
end of its indebtedness this
weekend.
About seventy-five people
cheered and applauded as the
note for the Boiling Springs
Life saving and Rescue Unit
building was burned Saturday
afternoon signifying the final
payment on the structure. Both
the building and lifesaving equip
ment were paid for with fun
draisers by the squad and with
private donations, according to
Julius Hoyle, captain of the
squad.
Before the note-burning Holye
had assisted in presenting a pla
que to Mrs. Kate Holland,
widow of the late Sidney
Holland, an early supporter of
the rescue unit for whom the
squad dedicated its building.
Boiling Springs Rescue
answers emergency calls, forty
percent of which are automobile
accidents, and sixty percent of
which are household accidents,
according to Hoyle.
The 18-member squad was
formed in January, 1971, and
began building its headquarters
in 1976. Construction was
finished in 1977, and was valued
,at that time at $75,000.
At Saturday’s noteburning.
Dr. Eugene Poston, former presi
dent of Gardner-Webb College,
was the speaker. Refreshments
were prepared by the Flint Hill
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Vaughn
Tapped For
Honors
Nancy Rebecca Vaughn of
Boiling Springs is among the 77
students on the spring semester
Dean’s List at Peace College. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Vaughn of 120
Woodhill Dr. in Boiling Springs.
To be eligible for the Dean’s
List at Peace a student must
maintain a grade-point average
of 3.30 out of a possible 4.0,
receive passing grades in all sub
jects and carry at least 12 hours
of course work.
Peace is a two-year college for
women offering associate
degrees in liberal arts, business
and music.
A New Carolina Vacationer
—A Very Hungry Alligator
“There’s an alligator in my
yard—what should I do?”
Biologists and enforcement of
ficers with the N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission routinely
hear this question in eastern
North Carolina—especially dur
ing the late spring and early sum
mer. However, there is little
cause for alarm—alligators and
people can get along fine as long
as people behave themselves.
“We receive quite a few calls
from people who are concerned
about alligators—especially
around Lake Waccamaw,” said
John Kennedy of Whiteville, the
Wildlife Commission’s super-
* visor of enforcement for District
4, which includes most of
southeastern North Cenolina.
The best thing that people can
do is leave the alligators alone. If
alligators aren’t bothered, they
will soon moive on.”
Alligators are especially active
in the late spring and early sum
mer. Often, the animals will
travel over land for up to a mile
seeking a mate or searching for
I'new home territories. During
these excursions they may hole
up in small ponds for a few
days—sometimes near
people—before moving on. At
Lake Waccamaw in the heat of
summer the animals often leave
the warmer waters of the canals
and swamps to seek the cooler
waters of the lake—occasiontilly
crossing through backyards in
the process.
“Man’s activities certainly
have an influence on the
numbers of alligators that are be
ing seen,” said Kennedy. “A
Lake Waccamaw, an alligator is
now a common sight. No doubt,
extensive land clearing in the
Green Swamp is displacing some
of these animals from their
former habitat. Also, if people
continue to build homes in
swamps and other wetlands,
they can expect to see alligators.
As long as people leave the
animals alone, there won’t be
any problems. When alligators
cross through a yard to get to the
lake, they are simply seeking the
shortest route to cool water.
Under natural conditions, a wild
alligator is not aggressive—in
fact, it is usually very shy and
secretive. A fleeting glimpse is
about all you ever get of a wild
alligator.”
Kennedy says that people
generally don’t worry about
alligators once they’ve learned a
little bit about the animals. Ge
nuine “problem” alligators are
quite rare—and they are almost
always created by man. The one
way to create a “problem”
alligator that may be dangerous
is to feed the animals.
“In some respects, alligators
are similar to bears—when you
start feeding them, you get real
problems. Wild alligators aren’t
dangerous, but they quickly lose
their fear of man when they’re
being fed and soon learn to ex
pect that handout. This is
dangerous to people and to the
animals.
Sooner or later, people
become upset about these
nuisance alligators and the
animals end up being illegally
shot although they are protected
by the federal Endangered
Species Act. For the sake of the
animals, people should leave
them alone.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service is responsible for handl
ing nuisance alligators. They say
that the problem can be
prevented with a little common
sense. Here are some tips on liv
ing with alligators.
—Do not feed alligators. This
only holds or attracts them to an
area.
—Do not dump garbage, re
mains from fish or game, or
other refuse into waters in
habited by alligators.
—Do not swim at dusk or
after dark where alligators are
found. Alligators are nocturnal
feeders, and although attacks on
humans are very rare, most have
occured after dark. There have
been no alligator attacks on peo
ple in North Carolina.
—Do no molest, approach or
provoke an alligator. These
animals are very fast, and their
head, jaws and tail present for
midable weapons. The bite of an
alligator is also extremely infec
tious because of bacteria found
in their mouths, making the bite
of even a small alligator extreme
ly paintful and potentially
dangerous. It is also illegal to
harras, harm, hunt, trap, kill or
hold an alligator under the terms
of the federal Endangered
Species Act. A violator may be
subject to a $10,000 fine anditr
imprisonment per incident.
King And Queen
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Gladys and Glavis (Shake) Wacaster of Boiling Springs were
named "King and Queen" of the Hawaiian Luau sponsored by
the Senior Citizens Nutrition Society. The luau was held Tues
day at the Boiling Springs United Methodist Church.