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Page 12—Supplement to The Brunswick Beocon. September-October, 1987 CALABASH RESCUE SQUAD Dedication Is Their Middle Name BY MARJORIF MFGIVERN You're tooling along U.S. IT. air conditioner shielding von from tlie blazing heat, when .suddenly a siren blares behind you. .A look in the rear view mirror tells you another heart attack or iiccident victim is on liis/her way to the hospitai. Morgan Hiedinger implores you. at this point, to pull over to the shoulder of the road and let a rescue vehicle proceed in its race to save a life. Riedinger. president of the Calabash Volunteer Rescue Squad, gets explosively angry over the many drivers who ignore such sirens and the crises they signal. ‘'Sometimes you can see people looking in their rear-view mirror and you know they see you. but they just don’t respond." he says. That’s his pet peeve in rescue work, where he serv'es with 26 others in the Calabash squad. Organized in 1982, it’s almost the newest of Brunswick County's ten volunteer rescue units. It’s one of the most visible, too, ser ving an area in which a large number of retired people means plenty of emergency runs to the hospiud with cardiac cases. " That accounts for mo.st of our calls," .said Barbara Ruby, .squad chief. "Tliat and respiratory nro- blems." Total calls have more than doubled in the pa.st year, according to Riedinger. "A year ago we went out on an average of once a day: now it’s two to five calls daily,” he said. In many ways this squad is for tunate. It has an attractive, spacious metal building on Hwy. 179, three vehicles (one .spanking new), and a larger active membership than most of its counterparts. Fund-raising is pretty successful, too, in this area of relatively greater affluence. “Maryn Hall at Carolina Shores does a tremendous job of getting money in the subdivisions,” Ruby said. "She’s our angel, as far as I’m concerned,” Riedinger put in, "along with our treasurer, Pat Klein.” Yet. while 80 percent of subdivision residents respond to Hall’s pleas. Ruby said only ten percent of the overall population gi\y.s to this effort. "We shake buckets, have raffles and a golf tournament,” she .said, "and we hand-deliver flyers saying. ‘Some day you could be the patient.’ ” The result of a general apathy in the area is that the .squad received $62,000 last year toward a $67,000 budget. Only $10,000 of that comes from the county, but $500 was added for the new budget year. (See DliDK A TtOS. Page !-f) Calabash Calabash, formerly called Pea Landing, was a thrivirig com munity in the 1800s, when peanuts dominated the economy. It began a decline in the 20th century, but the first seafood restaurant opened in 1940, followed by at least 20 others in th6 next 40 years, making the town a "seafood capital.” A first council and mayor were elected in the 60s, but the town was not incorporated until 1973. Now, in 1987, it is building a water system and a town hall, and has a population of 201, with 109 permanent housing units. Calabash Information Town Hall Town CTerk .Janet Thomas Building Inspector Mayor, Douglas Simmons.. 579-7522 Commissioners: Robert Welch PaU I^ewellyn Sonya Stevens Suzy Moore linda Roberts Fire Department 579-2123 Rescue Squad 579-7474 Calabash Regulations The Town of Calabash has few "Dos and Don'ts" aside from state laws, such as a pro- hibition against fireworks. Visitors are asked to refrain from solidta- tion, keep dogs fenced, caged or on leashes. and observe the 35 miles per hour speed limit CALABASH RESCUE SQUAD members Debra Somersett and Morgan Riedinger load a back board into their new ambulance. FIIXTE art & ERAMIAG W— \ If YOU 're looking for fine cuisine in a lovely, relaxing atmosphere, join us for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Live entertainment and all ABC Permits, too! 'Old Ocean Isle Bridge' by Shallotte artist V. Ryan Lauzon 250 limited edition signed prims, S25 each EXPERT CUSTOM FRAMING • C’ALAB.A.SH I.OW COU.NTRY STORES • 579-6284 It'* E' M V * \ i ■'\t Sea Trail Golf I.inks. Sunset Beach, 579-.s067
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