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Chancellor asks meeting of towns on common goals Chancellor James R. Leutzeofthe University of North Caro lina at Wilmington has proposed to meet with leaders of six Southport-Oak island area towns todiscuss how shared concerns can be addressed through mutual cooperation and aid from the university. Mayors and mayors pro tern of Bald Head Island, Boiling Spring Lakes, Caswell Beach, Long Beach, Southport and Yaupon Beach have been invited to dinner and a conference id the chancellor's home in Wilmington November 16. - In his invitation. Leutze notes that the six municipalities sham economic interests, benefit economically from each other and may be able to discover ways to encourage common economic development in the roundtable forum/discussionat Kenan House. "At that meeting we will discuss how mutual cooperation between municipalities can provide additional opportunities for all," Leutze wrote m his invitations. "Jane Smith Patterson, director for the division of public service at UNC-W, will discuss the benefits of working together to leverage funding in support of better services for municipal parties. Jane will also discuss what to expect from the State of North Carolina down the road. “It is intended that from this meeting local government leaders will discuss their mutual interests aid ways in which these interests can be accommodated over time. By the end of the evening, I would like you to recommend a project that the university could work on with all of you." Redwine to address Veterans gathering Rep. David Redwine will be the guest speaker at the Veterans Day service hosted by the Southport Chapter of Disabled American Veterans at 11 a.m. Wednesday, No vember 11, at the Old Smithville Burying Ground. The first Veterans Day was ob served at 11 a.m. November 11, 1919, when the armistice ending World War I was signed in Germany. It was known as Armi stice Day until president Dwight D. NRC Continued from page 1 they were dealing with when they encountered it in September. Testa noted that the tube had been "lost from inventory" since 1978. Testa said radiation was detected in the tube before the three-inch capsule of compressed Americium and Be ryllium inside the tube was inadvert ently cut, but not until the next day was the presence of radiation detected on the refueling floor, leading to specu lation and discovery that radioactive material had been spilled. The refueling floor, high in the unit 2 reactor building, has been put off limits and is being decontaminated now, the NRC representatives said. Armed robbery at Calabash, suspects reported still at large Two men armed with handguns entered the NationsBank office in Calabash last Friday afternoon, or dered the bank employees to lie on the floor and fled with an un determined amount of money. The suspects remained at large this week, and the Brunswick County Sheriffs Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation are continu ing their search. Anyone with in formation on the suspects can call the sheriffs department toll-free at 1-800-672-6379. In other virports. ojk.&le at the sheriffstiepartmeM Monday* •A Bolivia woman reported Satur day that she parked her 1991 Mazda 929 in front of Cato Department Store in Live Oak Village near Southport at 3 p.m., and when she returned at 8:30 p.m. she found that her license plate had been removed. •The Brunswick County Shrine Club near Bolivia reported Saturday that an unknown number of suspects broke into a storage shed by pulling the door off its hinges. The suspects then broke into the main club build ing by prying a door open. A tele phone and a bag of chicken was found in the kitchen trash bag. No SHERIFF'S REPORT^ items were reported missing. •A Southport man reported Sun day that several subjects attempted to crash his party, and he ejected them because they were underage. Later, the man reported that the sub jects took a cooler from the side ol his house. The man said he chased the subjects to the Oak Island bridge. •An Ocean Isle Beach man reported Saturday that someone in a small white vehicle shot at his car as he was driving southward on N. C. 179. No damage was found on the victim’s vehicle. •A Shallotte man reported Satur day that someone removed several items worth a total of $1,234 from his boat. Items reported missing in cluded an ultra-depth fish finder, a galvanized winch stand, an electric power winch, a spare tire and two 12-volt batteries. •A Bolivia man reported Saturday that he parked his car in front of Man orders money from two fast-foods Law enforcement officials believe the same person was involved in the armed robberies of two area fast-food restaurants this week. Hardee’s in Shallotte was robbed about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when a man followed a worker who had been taking out trash into the restaurant through the back door, said Shallotte police chief Rodney Gause. The rob ber pulled out a gun, ordered all five employees into the refrigerator and took an undetermined amount of money. The workers waited in the refrigerator for over an hour before calling po lice, Gause said. One employee described the robber’s gun as either chrome or nickel-plated. About an hour earlier, a Subway restaurant in Ogden was robbed by a man with a similar gun and similar physical description. The robber or dered food, walked to the back of the shop, pulled out a gun and demanded money from the clerk. He took an undetermined amount of money, ordered the clerk into the refrigerator and fled. The robber is described as a clean-cut black man in his early 20s, about 6’3" and weighing about 175 pounds. In an unrelated incident early Monday morning, Gause said a man walked into the Market Express convenience store in Shallotte, bought a soda and a candy bar, then pulled out a gun, demanded money and fled. Ei' i " i^= Rose’s Department Store at South port and when he returned 20 minutes later found that his 12 gauge shotgun was missing from his truck. •The Kick n’ Mule convenience store near Leland reported Friday that a money bag was missing from under the counter. A juvenile wit ness stated that he saw a suspect pass a blue bag to someone who was sitting in a car. •A Trinity man reported Saturday that when he arrived at his vacation mobile home he found that the rear door had been pried open. A Zenith color TV and a VCR were reported missing. •A Shallotte man reported Sunday that two subjects shot his pig in the back legs "just for the fun of it." The incident occurred near Freeman’s Club on Mulberry Street. •A West End woman reported Saturday that an unknown number of subjects removed a window on the back porch of her mobile home and removed the following items: two CB base stations, a coat of arms plaque and a black and white TV. The estimated value of the items was $189. •Yandle Truck Sales in Shallotte reported last Tuesday that someone pried open the front door and removed an undetermined amount of money from drawers. Damage to the front door was estimated to be $100. •An Ash woman reported Friday that someone pried open her front door with a screwdriver, causing an estimated $200 damage. The subject then took several items from the kitchen and bathroom including a necklace and beads, a pair of bowl ing shoes, a VCR, one set of lug gage, a jar of Kool-Aid, a box of hand towels, one roll of paper towels, one bowling bag and two bowling balls. Barbecue Winnabow Volunteer Fire Depart ment will serve barbecue dinners on Saturday, November 7, from 11 a.m. until S p.m. Plates will consist of pork bar becue, potato salad, cole slaw and hushpuppies. The cost will be $3. 1 November Nursery from Chefs-for-a-Day Mother Goose, she dreads Thanksgiving, And Mary fears for her lamb; The Three Little Pigs get nervous too, When the menu says: baked ham. Jack Homer loves his good plum pie; Miss Muffet, her curds and whey. Your choices are many this feasting month So for starters, call Chefs-for-a-Day. . (It's simple, Simon: easy as pie!) Call Bob & Gail 278-7446 \ Eisenhower changed the observance to Veterans Day in 1954. From 1971 to 1977 it was officially observed the fourth Monday in October, but went back to the November 11 tradi tion in 1978. The Southport DAV chapter, which is sponsoring the local obser vance, has been in existence since 1973. Its purpose is to assist all veterans, focusing particularly on those who have been disabled. The local chapter provides transportation to the Veteran Administration Medi cal Center in Fayetteville. There are more than one million DAV mem bers nationwide. The commander of the local chap ter is A1 Hancock. He is assisted by Benito Nieto, adjutant treasurer; John Bowling, senior vice commander; Jim Arms, chaplain; and Howard Tolbert, legislative chairman. Hancock also serves as service officer and assists men and women in obtaining veteran bene fits. Meetings, open to all veterans, are held at 7:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the DAV building, 113 N. Rhett Street in Southport. The South Brunswick High School JROTC will be assisting the DAV in its annual Forget-Me-Not drive, scheduled November 13-15 at Food Lion, Wilson’s and the Southport ABC store. More information on DAV and veterans assistance can be obtained by calling Hancock at 457-4364. Lakes- VFW plans ceremony Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10400 of Boiling Spring Lakes has sched uled its annual Veterans Day services for 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Novem ber 11, at the post home on Highway 87. The keynote speaker for the service will be Col. C. E. Zakszeski, com mander of Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point Special guests will in clude Col (Ret.) Virgil F. Batten, USAF, Brunswick County veterans ser vices officer, Ms. Eleanor Potter Smith; and the U. S. Army staff of the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. The flag will be raised by the Color Guard of the U. S. 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