Page 6-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEA( Easter Activities Scheduled Sunday Both religious and secular Easter observances are slated Sunday in the area. Sunday at 10:15 a.m. the South Brunswick Interchurch Council is sponsoring a brief "blessing of the palms" service at the old Sunnyside School in Shallottc Municipal Park, with the public invited. Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week, recalls the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem riding upon a donkey, when the people shouted "Hosanna" and scattered palms in his path. In a more secular observance of the Easter season and springtime, a community Easter egg hunt will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Brunswick County Government Center in Bolivia. Youngers ages pre-school through age nine are invited to participate in the hunt, which is sponsored by the Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department. Youngsters arc asked to bring a basket and register for a prize. Candy will be provided. Deputies Respond To 854 Calls Officers with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department answered 854 calls, including 77 domestic calls, during the month of February. Last month, 250 investigations were initiated by the sheriff's department, and 33 arrests were made as prosecuting witnesses. No arrests were made on drunk and disruptive charges. Also, $28,656.71 worth of stolen property was recovered. Officers served 328 local warrants, 587 civil papers, two juvenile petitions, two foreign warrants and four mental and inebriate naners last month. In addition, officers spent 441 onduty hours and six off-duty hours in court. Some 247 witnesses were summoned. Members of the sheriff's depart ment drove 88,151 miles last montl and used 5,845 gallons of gasoline. While on patrol, deputies discovered one fire and found on( door or window open. Some 19 crime prevention meetings were held ir February. IN CALABASH BRING HOME THE&BEACON On Sole At A & B MART CALABASH BEVERAGE MART HUGO'S KWIK MART MOORE'S GROCERY SEASHORE DRUGS SIMMON'S BEVERAGE MART OASIS MART ARISTOJ THE SviTCrl - g0Ek J? Bur The versatile, light oak (xjlished brass hardware Solid oak insert panels ? lace frame and drawer range* hood, leaded glas create a kitchen that is Arisi i i :i " i i Us H-4|tL |I'S I'ut thing* in plan* with <3 roll l(i(i .lppli.tm t* (inter SEA COAST SHALLOT 1 Large inventory Come and see our disp J CON, Thursday. March 24, 1988 i ir\n UUU I u BY RAHN ADAMS "We think we've got one more rabbit in the hat for '88, but after that the rabbits are gone," Water System Director Kenneth Hewett said last week about the system's capacity to meet peak water needs in southwestern Brunswick County. Poiniing out that the county water system must "beat the peak" like a power company, Hewett reminded county officials last week that the demand for water in areas southwest of Shallotte will exceed current capacity by July 1989, according to growth estimates. Discussion of that issue and others involving county water service came at last Thursday's three-hour meeting of the Brunswick County Utility Operations Board in Bolivia. The meeting included a 50-minute executive session requested by UOB Acting Director John Harvey to discuss "personnel and contractual relationships." No action was taken as a resuu 01 me ciosed-door session. UOB members present included Chairman William English, Robert Nubel, Morris Crouch, Alfonza Roach ant) Ed Onrp Jimmy Oldham, Ernest McGee and ex officio member Paine Trial Trial of a former Shallotie physician on charges of insurance and mail fraud opened in U.S. District Court in Wilmington Monday. The trial of Karen N. Paine on 89 counts of Medicaid, Medicare or mail 1 fraud is expected to continue two to three weeks, J. Michael Carpenter, director of the Medicaid Investigai tions Unit of the N.C. Department of Justice, said last week. Carpenter i has been cross-designated as a i special assistant U.S. Attorney so that he can prosecute the case in federal court. This is the first case in the Eastern court district to all involve all three types of counts, according to Carpenter. I TT O ma i ante wud (tiit'Mcu uy u.o. iviurshals in Shallctte on Oct. 15, following her indictment on Oct. 13 by a federal i grand jury meeting in Fayetteville. The federal indictment was the result of a two-year investigation conducted jointly by the Medicaid Ini vestigations Unit and the Office of Investigations of the U.S. Department j of Health and Human Services in > Greensboro. > Fraud is alleged in the counts i regarding reimbursements obtained for services the investigators contend were never rendered to patients. Paine was indicted on 39 counts of Medicare fraud, 19 counts of Medicaid fraud and 31 counts of mail fraud. In Leland BRING HOME THE&BEACON On Sale At HILL'S FOOD STORE WILSON'S FOOD STORE (RAFT HAS ir n. i rrvn v/ai i lei-* rui\ IWU , H - <- ?I ? J : JL . ounnnn lington finish of Burlington and complement any decor jre mate lied by tin? solid oak fronts Options like a wood s doors and more let you truly your own A_ lokroft I j I Cofner \*mi kit( lien tUrfage firobltfm v\ith a la/y sus.in TRADING CO. TE 754 6630 of cabinets in stock lay of cabinets and vanities. ik i < i ii i it;i iu , Frankie Rabor. were absent. I Projects Discussed I County Manager Jolui T. Smith and i Finance Director Lithia Hahn also were on hand to discuss possible i methods of funding major additions | to what Harvey called the county's I "basic backbone water system." I At the UOB's January meeting, ( Hcwett estimated that water con- i sumption in southwestern Brunswick I County will reach 2.9 million gallons : per day next year, with the peak oe- i curring over the July 4th weekend. I The system's current capacity southwest of Shallotte is 2.6 million ( gallons per day. I This summer the demand will be met with Hewett's last "rabbit in the hat"?by operating the Calabash 1 River pump station on a "time t mode," pumping water out of the i Sunset Beach area only at night, he s said last Thursday. i Hewett noted that the long-range solution would be construction of a \ vvnt^r linn frnm ShnllnHo tn fho C ??* ? >uiw wxt wimnum. ?v mv " Seaside area along U.S. 17 and N.C. \ 904. Preliminary cost estimates for * the project range from $3 million to c $4.3 million. r Other major additions will evenOpens In Fed Information on 23 patients contain- t ed in the indictments specify reim- p bursements for more than $25,000 in o public and private insurance ii payments. a The challenged services were allegedly rendered between the n period December 1982 through Jan. L 17, 1986. S On that same date, Paine volun- a | Diana i | INCOME TAX Starting R 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE I -NEW OFFICE Hwy. 130, Holden Beach Rd., to mile east S 754-8 1 Sect SAVINGS & LOAN / It's your hard earned happens to it you're wisely and you'll ste We see that your fir steady course, earnir on savings . . . ch< rates on loans ... an ly afloat with federal $100,000. I u < >** * u I FSi LENDER Southport *Leland Shallc 457 5246 37)6546 754 4 fa. .-I: r JlUUIt^b Wl I ^ tually be needed to increase capacity to the Holden Beach and Southport areas. Smith and Ms. Hahn said $2.1 million is available now for water orojects in Brunswick County. Regardless of the amount allocated ror water in the 1988-89 budget, the :ounty will have to find other revenue sources to fund major additions to the water system. Possible sources include a tax increase, water ate increase or bond referendum, they said. "Other than those three sources, 1 ion't know where you're going to get he money," Smith commented. Studies Recommended Following lengthy discussion, >oar;i members voted unanimously o recommend that commissioners mthorize three separate feasibility studies involving additions or :hanges in the water system. If authorized, the studies would in'olve the proposed U.S. 17 and N.C. 04 water line; proposed additions vhich would rid the system of other missing links;" and the proposed losing of the old groundwater treatneni plant on N.C. 211. Earlier in the meeting. Smith told eral Court arily surrendered her license to ractice medicine to the N.C. Board f Medical Examiners, after a hearig was scheduled by that board on n unrelated complaint. Paine had practiced general nedieine from an office on Forest irive, which was destroyed last ept. 14 by a fire under investigation s possible arson. Ciewis ; PREPARER g late $1 5 DPEN 8:Jo AM TO 7 PM | LOCATIONnext to Chinese restaurant ^ ot US 17 ; 979 ; nR -WORE * * IN SAFE HANDS WITH irity ASSOCIATION' Ji ? money. If anything j sunk, but stow it er clear of disaster, lances are put on a ig the highest rates urging competitive d keeping it all safeinsurance for up to vv -<>?, m m ? j V nV )He "Calabash "Long Beach 37! 579 3595 278 6022 ounly's Watei UOB members that he would rather see them do the feasibility studies before they presented commissioners with a list of water system needs. "What we need to do then is prioritize what (needs) we have here and put them in sequence?put them on a calendar," said Gore. "I don't see how we can avoid it (feasibility studies)," said Nubel, in making his motion to recommend the studies. The board also approved a motion by Nubel to study the possible closing ~r 41. ~ M P Oil D... I *1.~ ui lilt; <111 Ilium, ocvci in iiiuiiuo ago, Nubel suggested that the water system could save money by using only the new Northwest Treatment Plant. SAD Updates Given Engineer Jay Houston of Iau 4, wmcn is located in the Sea Pines area. Public hearings on preliminary assessment resolutions for SADs 5 and 6 are scheduled for March 30 in Bolivia. SAD 5 is in the Ocean Pine Acres area, and SAD 6 is in the Whispering Heights and Water Wonderland area. e55or l deserve Diity ck Hospital is proud to tional program Seniors' specific ju'll make the most of ig. A one-time 520 entitles you to ige of benefits: ?protects your health, sset. 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