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Because of o.iiiiitiinfc houtm$; incicit
iits titi* IJCoast Cimr.l plpus
to temporarily remove nil buoys
from l.ykwt?Kl Foil) Inlet until
Ircduitut is cuinph-tcd there.
I ho buoys, aids to navigators, err
Mipposed to mark the eliaitnel from
the Atlantic Or can to tin- Intracoastal
Waters, ay Some were
moved by the At my Corps of
Engineers so tiioy wouldn't interfere
with dro'li-itui of the inlet.
" It ?((,'. be marked until the
(Ireiliting is complete," said Boat's
Mate 3rd Class Peter Dcsillier Tuesday
"So many inridenLs have happened
we're eointf t>. pull them
altogether "
in paif that's so the C oast Hoard
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The deaili of a ItrunswKk (
employee from inenuuMi.s cjirlitr tinfor
panic, according to local public hi
"As far as we're concerned. it sIr
concern," Acting County Health Dire
said i"uesday. I he infection is spread
personal contact with the person wliili
lions.
Tlic 24-year-old woman was ndm
Hospital in Supply on Aug. 2 and died
cording to Mnrlene Houlctt, di lector
Autopsy determined the cause oi
ingicoccal meningitis. confirmed boll
Three Die
Traffic accidents in Itrunsivick
County Saturday claimed the lives of
three, one of whom was a county resident.
Gloria 1 )enn Williamson, 40, of Su|>ply
was killed as a passenger in the
11*70 Oldsmnhih- diivcn t?v Connie
Ann Kvans. 22, of Supply Headed
south on rural paved road Hit'.' neai
lloldi'ii Beach, nhoiil 2:15 a.la.,
Kvans was traveling at a hii'.li rale of
speed, according to Trooper .I V
Dove. She swerved off the left side ol
the road and collided with a tree.
Kvans and another passeiij'.ci.
Frederick Kvans, 21. of Sliailotlc
were taken to Brunswick Hospital for
treatment of ('lass A mjui ies.
No seal lielts were Min> use,! by
driver (mil passengers.
Kvans was ?barged with l>WI and
driving niter revocation ui iu-iai.se A
possible charge of manslaughter is
under investigation, according to
Ituby Oakley of the State Ihglnvav
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milled, mm? n didn't move the buoys
the first place.
Some of the buoys in their place
noiir the channel still could not Ix*
riMi-il upon for accuracy because of
heavy shoaling in the inlet, the t'orps
of Engineers recently told the
lien con
'ihrcc incidents were reported in
the ml"! Hils past weekend alone. On
Saturday, a 30-foot sailboat was Irving
to follow the buoy system wlien it
ran aground, said Desillier. Those on
board waited for the tide to rise.
On Sunday, a more serious accident
occurred when when a small
b'Kit broached, or capsized in the inlet
The party was picked up bv a
>nth iFrnm A
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Crowder. That is
'otiuly restaurant which is an acut
iiiunth is no cause meninges of tin* .?
?alth officials. ('louder said
old lie no cause far The incuU'iiiori |
ctor.lohnf rowdcr range from two t(
only by very close common,
i' lie "r slie is infec- "If anyone wt
have shown up by
itted to lirunswick Symptoms u
later thai day. no vomiting. pronou
of nursinit. chicks or conviilsi
death to be men- spotting of the ski
i Mrs. Ilowlett and This death is
On County
patrol
The cur sustained $1,800 in
damages.
IKiler lii.it day. ahout 0 p.m.,
Pierre Taltoan, !15. of Cleveland,
t )hio, was driving, north on U.S. 17, in
a 11)83 Itcnault, when his car crossed
the center line and collided head on
with a Mi?rt Cadillac driwn by Sara
Massmgill Williamson, CI, of
Shallolle, according to Trooper I. M.
itichanLson.
Taltoan, who was wearing a seat
belt, was killed, as was his sevenycar-old
son, Pierre Unnont Taltoan,
who was sleeping in the hark scat.
Williamson was treated at
itiiinswick Hospital for minor injuries,
while Taltoan's two-year-old
iiiiiiKfiuT. 111 a i iiiki restraint sent in
Die Ixick seat of his car, was uninjured.
The Renault suffered $4,000 in
damages. while tin* Cadillac sustained
$1,800 in dainaCes.
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IVKiATINfi I <)( KWOOI) FOI.I.V INI.I
s these days. This sailboat nil! agroim
mpiioj; lit follow the buoy .system tlirnti
iLs iwsmiiccp, t?? Willie mi the shoals ami
> walked out on (lie sandliar from llnldo
. a small Imat eapsizcd; the boat dial v.
aground.
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ng Channel
passim; boat, which, said IK-sillicr.
then ran aground and had lo wail (or
!h- tides.
"It's been bad," said IH-siiiicr
"Kverybody's been bumping tlicir
bodies as tlicy go through."
The buoys were originally
relocated by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers sidecasting dredge, the
Merritt, which has beers working in
the heavily-shoaled inlet off and on
since mid-June.
It returned to the job Tuesday after
having a blown engine repaired, according
to Hob Sattin. head of plant
dredging lor the Corps. He said Corps
personnel have been working overturn
to keep the project on schedule.
A Corps-owned hopper dredge, the
Currituck. Is due at the inlet on Aug.
Aeningitis S
the most common form of meningitis,
e inflammation of the membranes or
tpnuil cord or brain or both,
no additional cases Juive been reported,
jeriod for the 'wcterial infection can
) ten days, with three to four days more
re going to have symptoms they should
now in most cases," he said. "
iclude high fever, severe licadachc.
need rigidity of back and neck, twitions.
delirium, coma and in some cases
in.
uie ursi reiKiaed from meningitis this
Ui<rtn\ a <?\/c
iwuyo
These deaths bring the 1986 total on
Ilrunswick County roads and
highways to 11, Uie same figure
reached at the end of August last
year.
Also on Saturday a one-car accident
sent five people to Brunswick
Hospital.
Car' K. Winkle, -ia, oi lirecnsboro,
was traveling east on Highway I HO, a
mill west of Stmllotlc about 9:15
a.in., when he ran off the road on the
right, caine back and crossed to the
lefi and skidded liack again, his 1977
Ford van turning over four or five
times.
According to Trooper It.I. Murray,
llirikle and two of his children, Toby
and Tracy, both 15. were thrown
from the veliicle. They and Tarn
Ihiiklc, 11. and Barbara llinkle, 38.
were taken t.< llnmc.i-i.-u in....a-.i
with < 'lass A injuries.
Tlie ear .sustained dniiuiites totaliiii;
J;', ldo. No diaries were filed.
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tl Saturday whjlr "s II,c ,
Bhthr Inlrl. lev "? ""insivK k I
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nllrach. On.Snn "ils ' > ?
nmr In Its rrsrur truster, rln,,ma
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pho'ob" icon sv.ia'i vviis injured in <i
accident, after \
t??r Marlcne How
director. Sons \
June to a hos
Tenn., pending ;
transfer witliii
the Hospital Cor
poralion o
A m eric a
facilities.
Pulley bring:
lf> years of ex
perience to hi:
9 adiiiinistrution o
k .r, tiie 6b-bed acuti
sfc \ ' % care hospital in:
Jfl ' ^ ^ two years he ha
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Airp
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Alter one ques
a-*. the Ocean Isl?
bnl veiled uiuimnn i
L.2 U y ?-? ,Ls airport prop
airspace over a
10 to complete the dredging. I he inlet t.tXKMunt nuwva
uas an authorized depth of ci|jiit feet ordtnanc
and width of 120 feet at low tide limitations of <
Boaters who are unfamiliar with nloup. the runwa;
the inlet would do well l? simply sye yor t.
avoid it. say spokesman for the local u|on^< the runwa
Coast (iiiard Atixiliary and the I1 S. tion increases 20
Coast Guard. j,,? tiiiilt in this "c
"Boaters need to be told to avoid t|u, L.,K| 0f (|le rii
the inlet." said .lack Ziefel. pnhlie in j? height.
formation ofttcer for the Auxiliary ,
I lie closest mii
l or the past three months, way is 500 feet <i
Desillior said, the local notice to Mayor 1-iDane I!
mariners has listed the inlet as concern about th
luis-Hi uous ui suriacc navigation. onc voiced a
Boaters, whether local or visiting, '',e ordinance 1;
he said, "are sup|>osod to road those l'orn can,e from I
local notices lie fore getting tinder <UV,LS property
way." said she wanted
aid No Cause Fc
year in Brunswick County One death was recorded last
year.
Crowdcr said the health department, local physicians
and other health providers have received a number
of calls and visits from people concerned about possible
contagion.
Persons who were in closest contact with the
woman family members- have lieen treated, said
Crowder.
As a voluntary precaution, Brunswick Hospital did
identify and treat staff and others who liad direct contact
with the patient during her admission, treatment and
after !icr discluirge from the hospital.
"It's not required, hut it's suggested," she said, by
the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. (.la.
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llev l>eg.m Iiis duties ininistrator at Grand Strand General
icw administrator ??f Hospital in Myrtle Beach.
'Inspital His responsibilities there included
ntent of his selection coastruction of a physician office
10 hospital board of building, obtaining a certificate of
in. Sam H Kdwards, need for an outpatient surgery proch
of several weeks, ject, and implementing a cardiac
>"? < ?. v-innic? oum renaniiiiaiion program.
i May 2.1 automobile prior to his position with Grand
vltich nursing direc- Strand. Pulley had served as assislett
served as act inn tant to the clinic administrator of the
las moved in early Duke-Watts Family Medicine
pital in Knosville. Center, vocational rehabilitation
1 . |?es|.-v counselor with the N.C. Division of
ii Vocational Hehabilitation, and
rehabilitation therapist with the
f Ufe ^ ^ fi Guilford County mental health center
s WU A native North Carolinian, as is his
- wife Anita. Pulley received a U.S.
ty.. degree from N.C. State University, a
( *t3a ' A master's in public affairs from the
PC1.I.KY University of North Carolina, and a
Supply For the past master's in health administration
s been assistant ad- from Duke University.
an Isle Passes
ort Ordinance
till MKCIVKKN center
ition and no dissent. Feelings were also expressed at
lkacli Town Board the hearing," Mrs. Bullinglon said,
sly Tuesday to zone "that we should move to get
city to protect the technical planning by someone exind
adjacent to the pert in airport development to exy.
psmd the airport further."
e requires height Commissioner Debbie Fox,
lifferent gradations daughler-in-Uiw ol Mrs. Cox. asked
y and out "200 feet on Town Attorney Elva Jess what would
very horizontal foot happen if zoning rendered any proy
the height timita- porty unbuildable. "it would be infcet.
Nothing could verse condemnation." Jess said.
Icarzone." which at "Would there be compensation for
uway would be 1.000 that property'.'" Fox asked. "There
could be." was the reply, and when
lalivis to die run- h'1 Mked- 'vvhal 110 ?"
ILstarit. according to ll,rte-pliod. "They'd have
ullington. Shesaida 1,1 s,,cus
e clear zone was the voU' AlrP?rt CWtmi*
t a public hearing on s,oncr 011,1,1 Williamson said. "1
1st week. This con- tlon 1 k,u'w of an-v Pr0Pcrt.v that can
line Sloane Cox, who ,M' utilized that would be prohibited
nearby, where she bv t,le airport ordinance. But what
t.? tmild a shopping fSce WEAN ISLE, Page 2-A)
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After conferring with medical advisors from the
state on down to local physicians. Crowder said the
health department was told it should contact employees
who worked with Che woman at the restaurant and advise
them that if they had questions to call their physicians.
Itut. saiil t'rowder, that advice has been widely
misinterpreted by persons calling local doctors and the
health department.
"They think they will get if they ate at the
restaurant." he said. "They're wrong."
He again said that those with questions should call
their personal physician.
"Don't go see them." he cautioned. "Some doctors
report they lave had an influx of patients because of
this."
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