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Volunteer Appreciation Day Is To Say, Thanks' BY SUSANNK SARTELLE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce Chamber volunteers arc like ducks...on the surface they arc calm and unruffled, but underneath they paddle like the devil! We have many, many persons in our community who arc paddling underneath the surface to do good things for all of us. And we need to say thank you. Thank yous, prizes, great food and fun are in store for all chamber volunteers Tuesday, Sept. 18, during Volunteer Appreciation Day. This day will be the wrap-up for our membership drive, "Blitz Day," and membership drive volunteers, and everyone who has worked on any chamber project during the year will he honored. AH chamber members arc encouraged to attend. SARTELLE The excitement will be at Village Pines Officc Park, beginning at 5:30 that day. Not only will membership drive winners he awarded their prizes, but drawings will he held for a number of other prizes. Here's the catch: you have to he present to win! Chamber volunteers seem to work the hardest during the fall of the year. This is the time when not only the membership drive takes place, but also our annual membership meeting, the South Brunswick Islands King Classic and the Oyster Festival. What a busy time! And we couldn't make it through without our dedicated workers. Some of those committed people were honored last week at the annual meeting. Congratulations to all award rccipicnts-you arc all very deserv ing. By the way, if you missed the annual meeting, you missed an out standing meal and the funniest speaker ever heard. It's not too late to gel involved. Come 10 the Volunteer Appreciation Day...everyone is invited, and find out how to join forces with other chamber members. BUSINESS BRIEFS Financing Focus Of Seminar Ways to sccurc financing to start up or expand a small business will be the focus of the first seminar of fered tiiis fall by the Small Business Center at Brunswick Community College. Brian Hamilton, a financial con sultant, will present the program Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The seminar will be held on BCC's main campus near Supply in the multipurpose room of the Al.S building. Not knowing how, when and where to secure funds is one of the principal facors separating the suc cessful business from the unsuc cessful, according to Hamilton. The seminar will provide partici pants with the essential tools they need to loeate the 20 sources of funds available. It will also help them find the right lender and to get their business loans approved. Hamilton has a master's degree in business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke Ufiivcisiiy. He has been a financial consultant to small businesses since 1988. Previously he managed a resi dential property development firm and was a bank corporate credit an alyst. Prc-registration is recommended by calling the center at 754-6961, 457-6329 or 343-0203. There is mi charge to participants for the seminar, which is funded by a state grant. To Dedicate Terminal Dedication ceremonies will be held Sept. 15 and 6 by the New Hanover County Airport Authority and New Hanover County Board of Commissoncrs for a new S24.7 mil lion terminal complex. In honor of the completion of the 88,000-plus square foot building, a weekend of special events is plan ned. The formal dedication ccrcmo ny will be Sept. 15 at 1:30 p.m., with (Jov. James Martin and Sen. Jesse Helms expccted to participate. Afterward the facility will be open for public lours until 5 p.m. Official tour guides, volunteers from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, will be giving away free gifts bear ing the terminal logo and slogan, 'The Gateway to the Future." An open house is also planned Sunday, Sept. 16, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with refreshments and live en tertainment. Airline service from the new ter minal will begin Monday, Sept. 17. Native Gains Post Ernie K. Bumey, a native of Sup ply, has been elected banking officer in the Winston-Salem office of Wach ovia Bank and ___ Trust Co. He is branch opera- \ W \ tions manager of the Reynolda Road office. Burncy is the Bt'RNEY son of bva M. Burncy of Supply and has a bachelor's degree in busi ness administration from Methodist College in h'ayeUcvillc. Wins National Award The Parson's Table in Little River has Ik-en recognized by members of the Gourmet Diners Club of Ameri ca for the restaurant's contribution to fine dining. The restaurant is owned by Ed and Nancy Murray of Little River, who purchased it two years ago. Ed Murray said he didn't know the restaurant was being considered , a native oi oup CSl t ' for the Silver Spoon Award until the certificate came in the mail his sum mer. "It's an honor," he said. "We're going to frame it and put it in the most conspicuous placc we can find." Besides the food, prepared by chef Randy Tankcrsley, Murray said the atmosphere of the restaurant at tracts a lot of attention. The 135-scat restaurant is housed in the former Little River Methodist Church, which was built in 1885 To Mend Teddy Bears Ixxral families can have their bro ken teddy bears and dolls mended at Grand Strand General Hospital in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Tuesday, Sept. 18. From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. emergency medical specialists from the hospi tal and Horry County EMS will "treat" the toys?splinting broken arms and legs and suturing tears. Youngsters and their parenLs will have an opportunity to tour the em ergency department and receive safety information, said spokes woman Sydney Smith-Rikard. The event coincides with Na tional Emergency Services Week ar.d !S aimed ai alleviating fcais children may have when visiting a hospital emergency rix>m. Workforce Is Topic Preparing workers for the jobs of the future will be the focus of a Employment and Training Partner ship Conference Oct. 10-12 in Greensboro. Sponsored by the Department of Economic and Community Dev elopment, the three-day event will include workshops and presenta tions on collaborative strategies for "workforce investment" Topics in clude accessing the media, family and workplace literacy, job creation, labor market trends, and client as sessment and retention. Speakers will include the department's secre tary, James T. Broyhill, as well as Marion Pines, a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University; Juan Williams of The Washington Post; and John Kasarda of the Kenan Institute. Information on the conference is available from Karen Cafferty, co ordinator, 919-733-6383. Loans Targeted One hundred percent of funds tar geted for minorities under the N.C. Farmers Home Adminstration's farm loan program was used by June 30, although the liscal year doesn't end until Sept. 30, accord ing to Ted C. Rivcnbark Jr., FmllA County Supervisor for Brunswick County. As a result of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, 21 percent of North Carolina's FmHA farm own ership funds and farm inventory properties arc reserved for minority farmers. Rivcnbark said it was a successful year in utilizing the funds for this program. "We arc continuing to encourage the participation of minorities in the agency's farm loan program," Rivcnbark said. Persons interested in the pro grant should contact the Brunswick County FmHA office in Bolivia. 253-4435. COLONIAL VINYL WINDOW & SIDING 29 Years Experience 579-67 11 I -800-344-2064 I, J naW I 1 wsr STAfF photos rr loan iweatt ANNETTE ODOM,(center), new president of the South H runs wick Islands Chamber of Commerce, presents outgoing president Dean Walters an "I'm Outta Here" t-shirt. Susanne Sartelle, executive vice president of the chamber (left) participates in the presentation. AT ANNUAL MEETING Chamber Gavel Passes From Walters To Odom The gavel of the South Bruns wick Islands Chamber ol Com merce changed hands last week when Annette Odom succeeded Dean Walters as president. The transfer took place at the 14th annual membership meeting of the chamber when Odom, of Yar brouuh-Farr Construction Co. ol Sunset Beach, became the second female to hold the office. The first was Virginia Craig of Holden Beach, who was president in 19X2. A record number of members gathered at the new Jones/Byrd Clubhouse at Sea Trail Plantation Thursday for dinner and to watch as annual awards were presented and new directors took office. Awards were presented by Walt ers as part of his final duties as chambcr president. The President's Award went to Al Laughinghousc of United Carolina Bank. "He never said no," Wallers said of Laugh inghouse, who was not at the meet ing. The new president was named Volunteer of the Year. Her efforts on behalf of the chamber have been "way beyond the normal committ ment," Walters said of Odom. Brunswick Community College is Member of the Year for "out standing service," Walters said as he presented the award to Mike Reaves, college president. Jay Houston, chairman of this year's Oyster Festival, was present ed the Oyster Festival Award. Mike Reaves Nick Newton Allen Dameron John Marshall BCC Sand Dollar Realty Hulden Beach (Jen. Store The Brunswick hospital Member of Year Community Service Retiring Director Community Service Community Service Awards were presented to six "who promote the area in a positive way." They went to: ?Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp.. acccptcd by Percy Woodard; ?The Brunswick Hospital, acccpt cd by John Marshall; ?Bruaswick Electric Membership Corp., accepted by Bobby Gore; ?Sand Dollar Realty, accepted by Nick Newton; ?The Brunswick Beacon, accepted by Eddie Sweatt; ?Sea Trail Corp., accepted by John Williams on bchali of Paul and Connie Dennis, Ed and Dinah Gore. Miller and Helen Pope, and Frances Williams. Retiring directors were presented plaques of appreciation for their ser vice. Those leaving the board are Russell Price, Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp; Scott Irby, NC NB, Roy Mint/, Security Savings & Loan; Allen Dameron, Holden Beach General Store; and Al Laughinghousc, UCB. New directors who took the oath of office at the annual meeting are Percy Woodard. Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp.; Terry Barbec, Island Realty. Jay Houston, Houston & Associates; Don War ren, Southern National Bank; and Joe Stanley, Joe and Moe's Auto Service. While outgoing president Wallers took a lot of good-natured ribbing, he was highly praised by the incom ing president and by Susanne Sar telle, executive vice president of the chamber, for the job he has done during the past year. lie wa presented an "I'm Otitla Here" t-shirt by Odom and Sanelle, who said "I'm outta here" has been Wallers' favorite expression for the past few weeks. Walters said his most exciting project was working on the Shal iotte by-pass and welcome center. He said he is confident that next year will be another successful one for the chamber with Odom ai the helm. "She has a proven track record," Walters said of the new president. In recapping the previous year and outlining the new one. Executive Vice President Sartelle noted that membership in the cham ber has reached a record 425. NEW DIRECTORS taking the oath of office are, from left, Percy Woodard, Terry Rarbee, Jay Houston, Don Warren and Joe Stanley. 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