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More birds are installed by set dressers near the "(lull Island Ferry" slip on Monday as shooting for "Birds II" proceeded near the yacht basin. Real birds were also used to enliven the scene. I The chamber report By Karen S. Hope Executive Vice-President i This is a report on the activities of the Southport-Oak Island C bom ber of Commerce' that appears weekly in I he State Port Pilot.) Thursday, membership chairper son Jean Smith. Coldwell Banker Southport-Oak Island Realty, will open the 1993 Chamber Member ship Blit? Day. Any chamber member wishing to participate in the blitz is encouraged to be at the chamber office on Long Beach Risk! at 8:30 a m. We will have a sfs'rt breakfast meeting and then team up to canvas the Southport-Oak. Island area looking for non-member businesses. The teams will be determined to convert as many of those non-member businesses to chamber membership as possible. At 1 p.m. the teams w ill converge back at the chamber office for lunch and report on their suc cesses. The chamber of commerce is your spokesperson, your voice on govern mental and community issues; it’s your advocate, improving com munity understanding of the free en terprise system; it’s your training center, sponsoring seminars and workshops on subjects of concern and interest to businesses through the Small Business Center at Brans- ( wick Community College; it's your information bureau, facts on busi- ] ness trends and population; it’s your goodw ill ambassador, it tells the na- , non about commercial and reerca- ; tional facilities; and it multiplies your effectiveness in the community by providing the structure, volunteer leadership, professional staff and full-time office operation to imple ment an effective program to meet the needs of a growing community. So, if you get a visit by one of these energetic teams Thursday, re member they are offering your busi ness the biggest organizational bang for your buck you’ll find. Brunswick County realtors attend annual state meeting President Dorothy Essey, Rosetta Short. Margaret Rudd, Sue Franks and Madeleine Gordon of the Bruns wick County Board of Realtors recently attended the mid-year busi ness meetings of the North Carolina Association of Realtors Inc. > The meetings were held June 2-4 tn Raleigh. The annual gathering of North Carolina real estate leaders provided opportunities for the association’s committees, affiliates and directors to conduct business and make deci sions relevant to real estate issues and its related industries. Two edu cational sessions were offered, in cluding a fair housing seminar con ducted by Robert Caldwell, vice chairman of the Equal Opportunity Committee of the National Associa tion of Realtors. Also, Billy Benton instructed attendees on "Developing Negotiation Skills with Buyers and Sellers”. With ihe 1993 General Assembly in full swing the meetings took on a political tone as legislative issues af fecting property owners, such as sel ler’s property condition disclosure, agency disclosure and land transfer taxes, were discussed. The highlight of the meetings was on Thursday when the association sponsored a barbecue luncheon with state legis lators and their staffs. "This provided an opportunity for members to discuss these pertinent issues with their elected officials," Essex said. "A large number of proposed legislative issues which affect cur rent and potenii.il homeowners have been introduced in the North Caro lina General Assembly this year," said NCAR president John Carroll of Asheville. "The North Carolina Association of Realtors will work diligently w ith our legislators to pro tect the right of all citizens in our Village Travel & Cruises sitenf,,, Midgett & Associate£^ntJili&& (919) 278-5250 r v state to own and transfer real prop erty." "The Brunsw ick County Board of Realtors will continue working with Sen. R. C. Soles and representatives David Redwine and Dewey Hill to protect the rights of private property owners in Brunswick County,” Es se y commented. Dixon attends sales institute Charles Devon of Cokiwell Banker Southport-Oak Island Realty has met requirements for completion of Level I of the Coldwell Banker Uni versity Sales Institute. Dixon was recognized for his achievement at a seminar and lun cheon meeting on June $ at The Round Table restaurant at St James Plantation. Dixon has been a broker for 24 years and is associated with die Yaugpn Beach office of Coldwell Banker Southport-Oak Island Realty. ::t3 cirwvA r>>; Landscape now more popular By Bruce WWams Brunswick County Ctitpcrarire Esaeusiou Service their homes more m Boa ever be fore. According to some industry estimates, the average residential landscape will be changed, or re landscaped, every sevenyetrs. lam no* convinced these figures apply to eastern North Carolina, hot they certainly are not too far off. As a horticulturist, I see landscape design in terms of plant epochs — periods of time in which plants of one specses totally dominate home or commercial landscapes. These plant epochs begin when a plant is introduced and for one reason or an other catches the fancy of homeowners, commercial nur serymen and the landscape desig ners. A plant epoch usually ends when folks get tired of seeing die plant, or cold spell, disease or insect problem so damage plantings that maintenance becomes impractical. The late 1960s and early ’70s were highlighted by the Aiborvitae Epoch in which arborvitae and junipers dominated the landscape scene. The "Redtip Epoch” that began in the mid-1970s continues into the 1990s, but plantings are declining rapidly due to Uk spread of esuomosponum blight The present "Leyland Home school seminar topic A home school seminar will be eM Saturday, June 19, from 10 un. to 2 p m. at the Joy Assembly hutch on Highway 211 near South wrt. Topics include ’Getting Started — »tate Requirements and Recom nendatkns’, ’Reasons to Home ichooT, ’Curriculum", "Socializat ion*, "Teaching w ithout a Degree * Teacher's Certificate', and a •anel discussion with a group of doran home schoolers. This is a free seminar. Persons hould bring a bag lunch, and drinks Kill be provided. Persons should call 457-5864 for further uvermaoon. UNCW graduation Brunswick County was rcprcscmcu at me spring commence ment ceremony M tbe University of South Carolina at Wilmington. Graduates were Patricia V. Ab Hugh of Long Beach; Carolyn M. Sharpie and Amy R. Matthews of Yaupon Beach; Robert L. Marlowe, Ryan M Boera, Sheila C. Alston, Martha E. Tabor, all of Southport; Freeman E. Walls of Boding Spring Lakes; Beth D. Andrews of Win rubow; Sheila L. Galloway, Elizabeth D. Haynes, Leamon W. Clemmons Jr., all of Supply; Valerian A. Mina and Carol A. Jenkins of Leland; Jean W. Stanley and Rita F. Lewis of Holden Beach. Nursing graduate John Peek- Jr., son of John and Barbara Pcele of Long Beach, was graduated with honors May 16 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing. He finished his senior year with a 4.0 grade point average. He was graduated cum laude and was in ducted into the Gamma Zeta Chap ter of Sigma Thita Tau, die interna tional honor society of nursing. He is employed with Moses Cone Hos pital in Greensboro where he and his wife, the former Susie Kennedy, make their home. He was a 1980 graduate of South Brunsw ick High SchooL Plant Bruce Williams Ph.D., _ ^r\ ft \ Cypress Fpoch" is under Tull steam and based upon past history will last another ten to 12 years. Clothing, architecture and landscaping (including plant selec tion) styles change with the times. However, a landscape carefully designed for your needs will func tion and endure regardless of plant fads. North Carolina Cooperative Ex tension Service has several publica tions that will benefit anyone pre paring to landscape their home. 'Residential Landscaping - AG 248* or 'Landscaping Mobile Homes - leaflet #610” can be ob tained from most extension offices or by sending me a SASE. Here are some tips that would help in designing that home landscape: •Design for maintenance. A landscape design that cannot be ade quately maintained is a mess. Keep the design simple. •Divide your outdoor space into discreet use areas (for example, the front lawn is the public area, the rear yard a private area, etc...). Think of your yard in terms of use. •The landscape design should compliment and soften the architec tural design of the residence. The landscape should never become the center of attention at the expense of the residence. •The front door should be the pri mary focal point in the public area. Any plant, planting or pink flamingo that distracts the eye Grom the front door is too strong a focal point •Use form, color and texture to your advantage. Conical-shaped plants are more attention-getting than softly rounded plants. Hot colors, like red, attract more atten tion than the blues or pastel colors. Coarse-textured plants (eg. mag nolia, aucuha. falsia) attract more at tention than ftne-textured plants (eg. junipers, yaupon holly, boxwood). •Use "cool" colors (like whites, blues or pastels) around decks, por ches and patios. Cool colors generally work best around leisure areas in which people will be sitting or relaxing. Hot colors work best if used for attention-getters or to em phasize a focal point in the landscape. •Ever try to hide a utility box or air conditioner? The most successful landscapers use fine- or medium textured evergreen plants to hide ugly utility structures (eg. junipers, elaeagnus, yaupon holly, etc...). Never use a flowering plant to hide something. A showy planting (eg. azaleas) will draw special attention to the object you are trying to hide when the plant is flowering. The best camouflage is to set-up a strong focal point adjacent to or away from the object you are trying to hide, •Planting directly around the base of pine uees causes the base and vertical trunk of the pine tree to be come a very strong focal point. Plant in large "amoeba-like" islands around pines if plantings are needed. •Always use curvilinear lines for defining walks, flower beds or mass plantings. Straight lines have comers and edges which can be come undesirable strong focal points. •Use native or naturalized plant materials whenever possible. Send your gardening questions or comments to The Plant Doctor, P. O. Box 109, Bolivia. NC 28422. Over 50 percent of The State Port Pilot is printed on recycled paper. The South port-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce joined in the grand opening of Casual Cuts in the Live Oak Village Shopping Cen ter. In attendance were (from left) chamber president Tony Carroll, Clay Lastmger, Lydia Peters, Chelsea Lastinger, Miss Brunswick County Larniece McKoy, Colleen Scott, Casey Scott, store owners Linda and Dale Scott, Caren Scott, Belinda Poindexter and Brandy Barcomb. Going Out of FINAL SALE Thursday & Friday, June 17 & 18 Only 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Everything Below Cost 40-60% OFF Bridge rs’ Service Center Highway 87, Southport, 457-4675
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