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BRUNS1
Volume '24 Number 4
Squads
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lt\ SI SAN I Sill K
Faced with a shortage ?
volunteers and an imrcasiiiK d
maud far their m'imii's, a inajnril
of I trims wick County's rescue xpiai
art- enilmsmn efforts to establish
private non-einerucficy medic;
transportation service.
However, at a public hcarini; at tl
Itrunswick County Ciovernmei
several imiLs questioned how tl
business would operate in relation '
the squads. "It looks like we will sti
continue having to make most of tl
< non-emergencyi calls." note
Shaiiotle Keseue Squad inembi
Jean Mearns after hearing the se
vice proposal.
(id Bass of Holdiii Beach am) I)e;
ins Pickard of Supply are seeking
< ounty franchise or permit loopera
Brunswick Medical Transporlatio
which would provide non-einergeiu
iiit'iiiCiii it i.ititni ll'mf-l
day. seven days a w eek. They're as!
uig for a non-exclusive franchis
which would allow othei services i
also provide service in the county
Monday night they answered has
questions required in considerir
their franchise application an
answered questions from conuui
sinners ami the audience.
(.'oinmissioiiers have JO days
w inch to complete their investigate
and to decide wlwther to award
irariehise Unco granted, il could J
taken away in the event of a violate
>r at the end of a required aiuui.
review if the business is not in con
pliance with statutes.
Iteseue squads endorsing the se
vice include I.eland. Calabasl
Stud
l?S MAIUOIUK MKCIVKKN
H runs wick County students rcturi
ini; tn seliuol next week will linve I
make a transition from a relative!
carefree summer atmosphere to
stricter environment on the campt
and on school buses.
A new code of conduct was recent!
approved by the board of cducntji
that adds tluee categories of actit
to Im- regulated and clianges tl
Superintendent (lene Yarbrouj.1
said, "The new code general
toughens the restriction.-;, hat aL'
anus a piovision lor (iik- process l?
students."
Stiffer penalties are assigned in tl
Rgscu
BY SUSAN IJSI
What started out as a lazy su
trip for Jim Hardee's family turn
lasl Wednesday when their two I
.i half-mile off Tuhhs Inlet
Tliey were rescued mimi
thunderstorm struck, their houl
ashore on the incoming tide
In two 14-foot boats, five fin
from a friends' cottage at dcear
a in. .lim, 45, lus daughter Niki,
SC. and his father, Kll?ert. tilt, i
one liont. Another daughter, Sai
Ikldjf Whitfield. 17, of (impel II
hunt.
In Tuhhs Inlet, between 0
Iteaches. strong curreiiLs uppan
into ocean where it flipped ove?
view of the second hoat.
It got tough for us to get oil
go hack. We got where we eoul
wave got under the hoat and fhpf
other hoat was still in the area, L
any more. The waves were gettii
high."
WIKMI ?wtiit'iii riMii/.i'd me i
he returned toOcenn Isle, ilroppi
tha to rail for help.
Whitfield headed hack to t
swamped us he attempted to ere
Onshore, Samanllia went for
by then liad seen the boat in i
Calabash Volunteer Itesrue Sqtu
wick ju&mi
2 Slicillof ?? North (
i See Nee<
larger icy
Soulhport and 1'own ( rock War>f
camno. .said Kmergency Managei'
incut Coordinator Cecil I.ognii would
l\ go with the majority. At a recent
Is chiefs'meeting. seven ol 10 units supa
ported the squad. accordant to one
ill speaker Most hinged that support on
the transport service not affecting
ie county funding for rescue squads, a
it concern noted hy Shallotte's Ales
oi MeariLs Monday night
ie Commissioner Jim Poole, with
to other hoard members in>11111111', agreeill
merit, assured an 30-person audience
ie of mostly rescue volunteers that then
id funding would not he in jeopardy. All
r commissioners were present except
r- Chairman Chris Chappell.
I.ogan also supports the concept "f
? a non-emergency ambulance sera
vice, lie said "Anything thai will
te relieve the day tune pressure on the
n. resrue squads. good for them It's
y .something the county has needed for
k- If they can do it. good for them.''
e. lie said past efforts to establish a
to private service in the county have
failed.
ie At least two squads. Town frock
iM and 1.eland, have curtailed their nonid
emergency transports because of the
s- lack of available manpower to provide
both types of transport,
in "We do- ided the only way we could
"i survive \ is to do it i curtail routine
a transportssaid Town Creek's
h- chief. Krnest Coleman, s.-iyuii! dial
a had been depariuieaUil jk licy for the
il past two years.
? lie said the squads routinely refer
such calls to a private ambulance
r- service operating out of New
h. Hanover County. Trans Med.
ents Face Ne
following cases:
ii- I it drug possession offenders will
lo he reported to tin- police oil the first
ly offense:
a *In arson, tlu* police will lie conis
(acted and there will !* p?>ssible expulsion:
ly *In assault tin another student, in*n
school suspension u ill he added to the
?n previous parental conference as a
ie first offense peiui 1 ty:
in iiiiiiiiev. the possibility oi
[h detention is added to ill-school
ly siLSpension for second and third ofio
fenses. and long-term suspension i up
ir to the balance of the school year t will
Ik- the penally for the fourth offense;
ie ?ln physical contact offenses.
iarc ! Ar\L/v-! I
o uwx-ffN'CVl L
r.nicrgvncy auuu
nuner morning fishing cd Marine Fisher
mm! into a near-disaster and llicy began
)oats overturned about boats, followed u
biologists who hni
lies before a lieavy way.
Ls left la-hind to wash "We could set
to get to thein be<
inily monitors set out Meanwhile, tl
i Isle Heai h about 'j.Ul managing as best
15. both of Darlington. "I was togini
r?f (Impel Hill, were in longer I could hu\
iianllut. and a cousin. be. Niki and Kdd
ill. were in the second live l.indsey Walt
SuiLset Itearh.
cean Isle and Sunset A Navy voter;
'ally pulled Jim's boat wlmt to do in the
10 roneb ? ?<! i -ill of years ?nn "Mill
IKTienced niiythii
<1 come around and a flu had waitei
ed it," said Niki. "The dinging to hnndli
nit they couldn't sec lis knotted in a rope
IK had five or six feet the (mat, clinging
boat higher oul ol
others were in trouble, After they'd I
UK off a IranticSainnn- hour to hour, help
lug up two victim
he inlet, hut his I ma I "When their
as the breakers. ocean, they lookt
help, as did others who I larder, gesturaii
trouble Contacted by the most braulifi
id, Brunswick County some really beau!
t
sl
1^1 H ft
my\
ZcirotiiKi Thursday Augu?
d For
Service
Wv'rv uml?rst;iff.v.l like
IhmIv ?isr." Iir rotitiiiui'ii |l\
taken a big burden tiff our people "
Count) Attorney David Clegg said
Monday lie thought tliat Trans Med.
operated by Comprehensive Home
! lea I III l 'are. nl.su needs to apply for a
frarieliise since it is doing business in
the county.
Initially, according to 1'iekard. the
transport service would operate with
only one ambulance out of a temporary
location en Seashore Koad
near Holderi Heaeli
I'ickard said most transports
would be made by appointment
Brunswick Medical Transportation
expects to move patients from
medical facility to medical facility
nursing home to nursing home, and
nursing home to hospital He said the
service doesn't intend to transom t
bedridden patients from tlieir homes
to the doctor's office unless the doothat
is the only safe nay the patient
can be moved.
Brunswick Medical Transport also
plans to transport onh patients who
can pay for the service, he .said,
either with cash or insurance such as
private-pay. Medicare or Medicaid.
The typical local call would cost $:'*o
"If they don't have insurance and
their family doesn't, it's societies
problem," said I'ickard "I would
say that's where the rescue squads
would provide it i non-emoruoncj
transport). Somebody's going to
have to take tlie call."
After the meeting. I'ickard said lie
hoped once tin* business begins showing
a profit that it could absorb the
lSee Itl'.SCl.'I". Stjt AI)S. Pago2-A|
wLode Ut
possible sus|H-iision in llu? penally instead
<>f in-school suspension:
*lu the use or possession of tobacco,
the first offense will Ik- punished
by in-school suspension the second
by short-tenn suspension iup to ten
days i.
Some penalties appear to he lighter
than in the past:
For the use of vulvar, profane or
obscene language. in-school suspension
replaces (leleiilion:
For a first weapons offense, longterni
suspension replaces expulsion:
For property damage, the mails
"police may be contacted" replace
"police will be contacted:"
.ir\^7 r~\i lycriD
igcmcnt Coordinator Cecil l.ognn joinics
Officer at the Sunset Beach Bridge
working their way to the distressed
1 a second boat by two state marine
I Ih-cii testing for shrimp in the walers
thern. but we couldn't figure out how
:ause the inlet was so rough."
lie three (lardees and Wbilfield were
: they eould in the water.
'mil! to wear. I don't know how uiiieh
'v field on," Klliert Hardee ret ailed as
lie warmed themselves inside | It-teeoil's
patrol ear along the causeway at
h i. Klliert Hardee said he liad learned
event of a boating aeenlent ahout 15
litis !v t'e* flrs' litttt ISirt mt.tr ,,V.
ig like that. I think by the time lliey
again it will lie another :?0 years."
I on top of the boat for help to arrive,
mills his son and granddaughter liatl
I'hey waited in the water alongside
to a tow rope mid trying to hold the
UN? waier
been in the water an estimated half
arrived, with Hcwctt and I jiieks
and the biologists the oilier two
faces nppeiired out there aliove the
d like angels," said a grateful Jim
i{ toward their rescuers. "These arc
il faces you've ever seen. You have
ifful jK-'iiplr here."
JPPLEMENT INC
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it 28 1986 ?5t
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DKNNIN I'U K AKI) i forc^imindi mis
vlfr hi' ami (ill llass want Irainhlsci
Sunset Bee
To Regulate
ItY TKIlltV IMll'i: I
would have a eluince to comment on
the moving of buildings and homeinlo
their neighborhoods if a propos- j
oil ordinance before ihe town council
is adopted.
A public hearing on the ordinance
was held Morula) nmht with most of
lite discussion involving members of
Ihe town council and the planning
board I loth boards agreed that the
plan needed to "no back to the drawinn
Iward" i" work out problems
before it is again considered by Uu*
town eoiincll.
Claiming HoardChairman Hicbard
(ioode said tin; ordinance was model
town of llolden I leach. Hi* .said tin j
planning board has Itcoii working on t
Conduct At i
I-or assault on school staff f
members. long-term suspension t
replaces expulsion. t
Due process will give students the t
right to notification to parents, a
hearing, representation by counsel, j
examination of evidence, confronta- ?
tion of witnesses, a re con I of proceedings,
a decision based on ,
evidence. ,
Two categories of offenses were
aiideti to liie code: violations against t
traffic regulations, and aiding and <
abetting in the possession, use or
ilKtrihiiliim ..f ilru.u
For parking in unauthorized areas, i
students will lie punished at "the i
principal's discretion" on the first ofi
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JIM H AH I H .l right, iiiul tlirco nicmlH?vrc
rescued 'mm Tuhhs Inlet lust Wei
iiifi u(t? r their li iitn i Hjhitrii. With iiiiu
LUDED IN THIS
5EACS
Pet Copy 86
w?-rs (|iK'sliuiLv ata Monday niRht h?-ai
1 hy tilt- couiit).
ich Ordinar
5 Moving O
he ordinance for nearly a year
"The movement of buildings
. "sn't happen often, but it should be
lone witli due regards to those
round it." lioodc told the council,
.hey should he aware of it and
d mild have an opportunity to voice
In u opinions prior to the issuance of
i permit."
\cr..rding to the proposed orlinance,
the purpose in regulating
1 moving of homes is "to prevent
I relocation of buildings such that
he quality or character of the
icighborhood in which a building
might be moved is adversely affected."
However, hoth boards agreed Moa
jtistuicnts would nut lx' hound to
allow thi' public's wishes in issuing
School This
ease, go to in-school suspension for
ho second offense, and have their
'ars towed ill their expense on the
bird offense.
Careless driving will mean a
>arental conference and/or loss of
irivitig privileges.
Those fouiul aiding and aliening in
Irug offenses wiii suffer short-term
uspeiision.
Has conduct is I >cuig regulated for
tie tirst time tins year, ine cone
stipulates that:
School administrators will he askm1
to ride certain bus runs and rejiort
heir findings to the director of
ransportation:
(See ItelaleilSrhool tlpei
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rs nl his family are Kmergency
Inesdnv morn- Logan, Marine Fl
. hmil Hie Ml, l!c?, it and Delect
; ISSUE!
Puyes Plus Supplement
4&P
iiiK ?'ii Hit* ni' Oi- ;ii ir:ius|>?rt scrice
f Homes
individual permits. Town Attorney
Mmi' a "aCI ibCa p ' ..I', till' vl iiini'i
needed lu .state the purpose in liold.nu
a public hearing, hut that the board
?f adjustments could issue permits to
move buildings " even if everyone at
the meeting was against it "
i'roin a purely legal standpoint, it
doesn't matter wliat anyone says."
said Councilman I\d ("tore. He added
that because .> home might be of an
"architectural style that someone
might not prefer lias no bearing at
all" ui issuing a permit.
(ioode then added tliat atllumuhlhe
ordinance would require buildings t"
conform to certain standards it
would l>i' "highly iinlik?'i> that there
would ho any legal reason to dcn> it "
(lore said the ordinance would
(SecSLNSKT BKAl II. Page i
Year
All hits drivers, dircctoi ot
transportation and the assistant to
the superintendent for operations
will meet at least twice a \ear;
School principals will assign
students to seats on all biuses.
Students must oomph with the
driver's request ai all times, must 1m
hi assigned seals and cannot change
scats, cannot put heads or arms out
of the windows, and must no! use pr>*
lane or allusive language. smoKe or
strike matches .Il: the |tn?
Students who fail to observe bus
rules will be subject to immediate
disipliunry action and reported to the
principal.
linn Stories. Pane?-Ai
1C..III i is>
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siaii hioiohi mimnuviii
Management Coordinator Cecil
shorles Enforcement Officer Dale
Ive Un.tsOj Wall**.
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