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A warning light system?the first
of its kind in Brunswick County?will
be installed within six weeks at the
intersection of U.S. 17 and Calabash
Road, an area transportation official
said Tuesday.
According to D.J. Bowers, division
engineer for the N.C. Department of
Transportation, the system was
recommended last month after his
office reviewed the intersection and
its accident history at the request of
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local woodlands it can be.
The N.C. Division of Forest
Resources is offering free help to
private landowners as part of an efRanger
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Forest fire season is just around
the comer, according to Brunswick
County Forest Ranger Miller Caison.
Winter rains and snow keep leaves
wet and the likelihood of a forest fire
is low until the skies clear and the
winds of March begin to blow.
Too often this happens almost suddenly,
said Caison, and people using
fire out of doors don't recognize the
developing danger. Wildfires resuli.
Last year approximately 4,500
wildfires burned 24,000 acres in
North Carolina. In Brunswick County
a wet winter contributed to a mild
fire season. Caison, his staff,
volunteer fire departments and
private citizens extinguished 90 fires
that charred 531 acres.
Statewide 39 percent of wildfires in
1988 were caused by careless debris
burners. Another 22 percent were intentionally
set by arsonists. The remaining
39 percent were started by
smokers, machine use, children,
lightning and miscellaneous causes.
Caison said the Division of Forest
Resources is making a concerted effort
to increase public awareness of
the forest arson problem. Even
billboard advertisements are being
used in areas where the problem is
greatest, to make would-be arsonists
and the public aware of the
seriousness of the crime.
Special state law enforcement
rangers and local loaw officers invesigate
each case of wood arson.
Conviction can result in a prison
sentence and/or heavy fine.
Brunswick County has approxi
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Bowers said the intersection
justifies a warning device due to U.S.
17's heavy traffic volume and the
number of mishaps that have occurred
there. Figures on the intersection's
accident history were
unavailable Tuesday.
The system will consist of a light
that will flash yellow on U.S. 17 when
a vehicle is entering the main
highway from either side. A red light
burning Good
tort to increase the number of
woodland acres prescribed burned
for hazard reduction purposes.
So why is prescribed burning good?
A hazard reduction burn, according
to the Division, reduces fire
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imately 414,849 acres of forest land, a
resource of importance to the local
economy.
Caison cautions local residents to
be very careful when using fire out of
doors, especially in the area's traditional
fire season months of March,
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Three local motorists were hurt in
a collision on U.S. 17 last week that
involved a pickup truck and a
tractor-trailer rig, according to
Highway Patrol spokesperson Ruby
Oakley.
The accident happened Jan. 24 at
6:55 p.m., 1.6 miles north of Bolivia
on u.o. 11, wnen a lao/ r ora iraciortrailer
driven by Allan Orrin Gover
Jr., 38, of Wilmington, struck a 1968
Chevrolet pickup driven by William
Dawson, 46, of Bolivia, Ms. Oakley
said.
The collision occurred when Gover
attempted to pass the Dawson vehicle
as it was making a left turn off
U.S. 17. Trooper J.V. Dove charged
Gover with failure to reduce speed.
Ms. Oakley said Gover was not
hurt. Dawson and his two
passengers?nine-year-old Sharon
Dawson and 14-year-old Linette
Smith?all suffered incapacitating
injuries and were taken by am
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will flash continuously on both
Calabash Road approaches to U.S.
17.
Also, an overhead sign will be installed
to warn U.S. 17 motorists that
vehicles are entering the highway
when the yellow light is flashing.
Bowers said he is unaware of any
other warning system of this type in
Brunswick Coiuity. It has been used
with good results on U.S. 421 in Sampson
County, he noted.
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damage to timber in case a wildfire
should occur.
Growth of timber is promoted by
the reduction of undesirable species
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April and early May.
Also, Caison asked anyone who
knows of a person intentionally setting
fire to burn woodlands owned by
another to call him at 253-5297 or the
Brunswick County Sheriff's Department.
J.S. 17 Wreck
bulance to The Brunswick Hospital
near Supply.
Dove estimated damages at $1,500
to the tractor-trailer and $2,000 to the
pickup truck.
No injuries were reported in a traffic
accident that happened last
Thursday at 7 p.m., three miles west
of Shallotte on N.C. 130.
The mishap occurred when a 1973
Pontiac driven by Shane Darryl Gett,
25, of Ash, struck a 1979 Ford truck
that had stalled as it backed onto the
highway, Ms. Oakley said.
She added that the truck
driver?Robert Lawrence Stanley of
Shallotte?got out of the vehicle prior
to the collision and unsuccessfully attempted
to flaa down Gett.
Trooper D.A. Lewis charged Gett
with having an improper registration
and no insurance on his vehicle.
Damages were estimated at $800 to
Stanley's truck and $200 to the Gett
auto.
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The engineer estimated that installation
of the light and sign will
cost between $6,000 and $7,000, with
the monies to come from either
DOT's spot safety funds or its
primary maintenance allocations.
When U.S. 17 eventually is widened
to four lanes, the warning device will
be removed, since the
characteristics of the intersection
will be totally different. Bowers said.
' Woodlands .
Wildlife benefit, foraging the new .
growth that comes up following a
burn.
Through February, the Division is
helping landowners with winter
burns. Its services consist of training,
writing burn plans, plowing fire
lines, notification when suitable
weather conditions exist for burning
and control of escaped fires.
When a landowner is unable or unwilling
to do the burning himself, the B
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contract to handle the hazard reduc- B
tion burning. A designated fee per I
acre will be charged.
More information is available from
Brunswick County Forest Ranger
Miller CaLson at 253-5297.
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