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Middle East Situation Focus Of Panei uiscussion At bCL. A . An upcoming forum at Bruns wick Community College will ex plore issues surrounding the current conflict in the Middle East. Sponsored b\ the college and the BCC Foundation, the forum will be held Monday, Oct. 15 from 7 p.m. to u p.m. in the ALS building on BCC's main campus on U.S. 17 north of Supply. Admission is free, with the program funded by the BCC Foundation and a BCC Com munity Service grant. The BCC Resource Center staff is coordinat ing the event Speakerv on the discussion panel will include Col. Michael S. Fca therston, commander of Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal; Robin Schuster ot Long Beach, who was previously employed by Ray theon Corp i" Saudi Arabia: and N'orvell IV Atkinc, a retired career Army officer presently serving as senior Mid-East analyst with the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Fayetteville. Serving as moderator will be James R. Lcut/e, Ph. D., chancellor of the University of North Carolina and creator, producer and host of Globe Watch, an international affairs program produced by UNC-TV for the Public Broadcasting System. Panelists will discuss the cultural, religious, political ami economic factors of the Middle East After cach panelist has spoken, audience members will be allowed to ask questions, with time for gen eral discussion. Col. Feathcrston is a decorated Vietnam War veteran who early in his Army career transferred from the infantry to the Transportation Corps. As commander of Sunny KEATHKRSTON SCHISTKK Point, ihe largest ammunition port in the free world, he oversees trans port of munitions and equipment to the Middle Hast. His previous as signments include a stint as operations officer at Izmir, Turkey, and Sunny Point terminals; com mand of the transportation battalion in Baltimore. Md., and most recent ly, deputy project manager of the Tran spoliation Coord inator-Aulo mated Command and Control Information System. In addition to holding a master's degree, Fcather ston has completed advanced mili tary training. At the Kennedy Center, Dc At Itinc has been the Middle East Stu dies Director in the Special Opera tions and International Studies De partment sincc 1988. His responsi bilities include courses in low-in tensity conflict, intcrcultural rela tions and security assistance. As an adjunct professor at Methodist Col lege, he teaches courses in Middle East studies and terrorism. As a civ ilian he worked for three years as an analyst of Middle East affairs for BDM Corporation in Washington, D.C. Dc Atkinc holds a master's de gree in Middle East Studies from the American University of Beirut and is a graduate of West Point and the U.S. Arniy War College. He spent eight years in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as an attachc or security assis tance olTicer. In the United Arab Emirates he was stationed with the British Trucial Oman Scouts. Dc Atkinc spent 26 years in the U.S. Army, alternating between for eign area speciality and field ar tillery troop assignments. After a fi nal tour in the military as inspector general at Fort Sill, Okla., he retired in 1985 with the rank of colonel. Ms. Schuster worked for Ray theon Corporation in Jcddah, Saudi Arabia, as a parks and recreation di rector in 1974 and 1975. After earn ing a hachelor's degree in parks and recreation administration from Mi chigan State University, she return ed to Saudi Arabia in 1978 and es tablished an employee day care ccn icr ai ihc Raytheon Corp. complex, working with both Saudi and Amer ican staff and their families. She presently owns and directs Robin's Nest Child Development Center in South port and remains in contact with a sister who lives in Jcddah. Leutze, the panel moderator, as sumed the chancellorship of UNC Wilmington in July, after serving as president of Hampden-Sydney Col lege in Hampdcn-Sydncy, Va. A scholar, researcher, administrator and expert on foreign affairs, Leutze began his academic career in 1968 at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he was in volved with development of the Curriculum for Peace, War and De fense. The Charleston, S.C., native earned a doctorate in history from Duke University. Oyster Festival Organizers Gearing Up For Large Crowd If wishes do tome true. Jay Houston will gel Ins day of sun shine. The chairman of ihc 1990 N.C. Oyster festival is thinking positive and calling for "blue skies and high* in the mid 70s" for Oct. 20 and 21. the dates for this year's fes tival. The South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for an expected crowd of more than 25,000 people for the 10th an nual state sanctioned festival, which draws visitors mainly from across the Carelinas. "More than last year, but it's kind of difficult to predict," Houston said of the size crowd to expect. "The weather can really make a difference." The festival will be held again at Sea Trail Plantation at the intersec uon of N.C. 179 and N.C. 904 at Seaside. Festival hours arc 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Along with the N.C. Oyster Shucking Championship, the 1990 N.C. < Kster Festival will feature the usual array of lood and fun. Admission is SI for adults, with children admitted free. There will be no charge for parking and tickets purchased Saturday will be honored anytime thai day and again Sunday afternoon, said Jay Houston, festi val chairman. Houston said festival-goers can expect better access, with more [larking areas, parking assistance and entry points. For those needing help festival volunteers can be read ily identified by their black T-shirts with the festival logo, and an infor mation booth will be stalled near the main entrance. Fried scallop plates arc a new ad dition to the seafood menu, which will not be handled by festival vol unteers this year. Lloyd's Oyster Oyster Champ To Travel (Continued From Page 1-A) Simmons, sccond runncr-up last year with an adjusted time of 2:59.99; and a man who's never competed before, James Lofton. "I think he can win. He doesn't even use gloves to open them," said Ms. McNeil. "I have to have them. All day long he picks oysters with no gloves." Does she think she can w in at Leonardtown? Maybe, maybe not, but in any case she plans to enjoy the trip and the competition. Her advice to would-be shucking contestants? To use a good knife and to concentrate. "My biggest problem is nerves; you need to try to stay calm," she said. "And it's best to open the oysters up from the back (the hinge), not the front." Ms. McNeil's knife has a white, non-slip handle, with a blade that's been honed thin with a file. She's let other fellow workers attempt to sharpen her knife in the past, but prefers her mother's touch. So far she hasn't practiced with her new knife. Millikcn needs to first cut the handJe down to size for her, she said, and then it needs honing. "You've got to keep a point on it," she said. House will handle sales of scallops and oysters, offering fried dinners wiih hushpuppies, French fries and coleslaw, as well as raw oysters on the half shell, opened on-site by em ployees. Various civic groups will offer other seafood items, including clam chowder, crab balls, boiled shrimp cups and fried fish. Local Boy Scouts will sell hot dogs, while oth er for-profit vendors will sell items ranging from ice cream to Italian sausages. Though they will no longer be re sponsible for food service duty, the festival still expects to use between 150 and 200 volunteers during the course of the event, from set-up Friday to knock-down time Sunday afternoon, indicated Suzanne Sartcl le, executive vice president. She said it's not too late to sign up to help. Featured entertainment for the i :tt l . n:u i t*i_ _ Vdl Will UC Oil I JltWOJl <11IU 1 IIV. Spontanes. The band will play two I hour-long sets, with an emphasis on music from the '50s and '60s. Also entertaining Saturday will be vari ous visiting queens and guitarist Mark Johnson. On Sunday, Johnson returns for several sets, along with the tno City and musicians from the Brunswick Christian Center. A juried arts and crafts show chaired by Jack Scarborough will offer five purchase awards totaling S600, with additional artists and craftsmen also displaying their work for sale. Storytellers will again rise to the occasion of the annual Brunswick County Veterans Service Office Bullshooung Contest. The only re quirement to enter the Saturday af ternoon event is to be "a veteran or non-veteran" with a tall tale suitable for family listening. Contestants can enter the day of the event, at the in formation booth. Cornpeiiiois can also wail until the last minute to enter the 1990 N.C. Oyster Shucking Champion ship Saturday allcmoon, a highlight of the festival. This year's contest is wide open, as the 1989 champion will be competing that Saturday at the national shucking contest in Maryland. There's no fee to enter; shuckers open raw oysters against the clock, with an emphasis on the appearance of the completed tray of oysters. Visitors to this year's fair will get to vote Saturday on the logo design for the 1991 Oyster Festival, with the winner to be announced Sunday afternoon. The artist creating the design, w hich is featured on festival T-shiits, posters, balloons and other promotional items, will receive a Sl(X) prize. T-shirts and sweatshirts will be sold at the festival, along with bal loons. Soft drinks will be sold this year in one size only, a 16-ounce festival cup, SI. In addition to the major attrac-. uons, amusements rides are plan ned. These will include the Hurri cane and Pirate Ship for adults, and die Kiddie Strike and moonwalk for children, with adult supervision re quired. Opening ceremonies for the festi val begin at 10 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony and music by the West Brunswick High School Marching Band and Chorus. Early risers can gel a jump on other festival-goers, however, by watching or competing in the Oys ter Festival Road Race at Holden Beach. An S8 entry is charged and racers can sign up in advance or at the race site. Packet pick-up begins at 8:30 a.m., and the first race, a one-mile Fun Run, begins at 10 a.m., followed by 5K and 10K races at 10:15 a.m. Racers are to meet be neath the Hoiaen Beach Bridge at the regional access area. SIGNS ARE TAKEN DOWN Calabash Drops 3 Lawsuits HY DOUG RUTTKR Removal of several signs in and around Calabash has led the town to drop three of the four lawsuits that were Hied last month to get rid of signs found to be in violation of a local ordinance. But the fourth lawsuit has not been settled, and a fifth one may be forthcoming, said Calabash Code Enforcement Officer Ed Schaack. The town has dropped lawsuits against Sam Bierworth of Calabash Producc, Fanjoy Sign Co. of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and North Star Caro lina Corp. Schaack said the signs that initiated those lawsuits have been taken down since the suits were filed ScpL 18 in Brunswick County District Court. The lawsuits accused the owners ot erecting either off-premises or roof signs, both of which arc illegal in Calabash and its extraterritorial area, which includes property with a mile of the town. Meanwhile, the defendant in the only remaining lawsuit says the town issued a permit for his sign and then demanded that it be taken down eight months after it was erected. John Williams of Dos Amigos Restaurant said the town's former building inspector issued a permit last year for an off-premises sign pro moting the Ocean Isle Beach business. The lawsuit filed three weeks ago by Calabash Town Attorney Mike Ramos, however, says the sign was put up without a valid permit. In the lawsuit, the town is seeking preliminary and permanent in junctions requiring the owner of the sign to remove it The town also wants the defendant to pay court costs. Carol Long, who runs Dos Amigos, said former Calabash Building Inspector Frank Adams issued a building permit for the sign Sept. 5, 1989. She said the town sent a letter in May saying the sign had to be taken down. The town offered to refund the S20 permit fee, but not oth er costs related to the sign. Mrs. Long said arrangements for the sign weren't made until the permit was issued. At that time, the restaurant management signed a five-year lease for the property on which the sign is locatcd. Schaack said the lawsuit against the restaurant is the only one that hasn't been dropped. But he said the town may have to file another law suit to get rid of two more off-premises signs that promote an area golf course. Calabash officials began strict enforcement of the town's eight-year old sign ordinance earlier this year, shortly after a new board of com missioners took office. The new board is made up of residents from both districts in Cala bash, which was expanded last year to take in the Carolina Shores golf course community. Warm Temps Expected To Linger Bypass Intersection To Get Traffic Signal In a change from its original plans, the N.C. Department of Transportation will install a signal light at the intersection of the U.S. 17 bypass of Shalloue and N.C. 130 West. Doug Bowers, Division 3 engi neer, said that "public input" prompted the agency to review its plans for the project, which original ly called for only a stop sign for traf fic entering the bypass from N.C. 130, which serves West Brunswick High School. "The bypass was the main traffic route and we had want ed the traffic to flow freely," he said. But upon review. Bowers said, "We realized there was going to be a tremendous amount of traffic from the school and that increased traffic was anticipated from 130. We de cided back before the contract was let for paving to signali/e the inter THE HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO BRUNSWICKfeBEACOM POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 AND GET ISLAND LIVING, TOO! 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Also, the state will erect advance signage along the bypass several hundred feci on either side of the light warning motorists of the signal ahead. "We place those anywhere people would not normally expect a signal, such as on a bypass," said Bowers. When plans for the bypass were first announced, the proposed stop sign prompted an outcry. Citing safety concerns and the number of inexperienced school-age drivers using N.C. 130, Shallotte officials and local school officials asked the state to instead build an overpass, or if that was not feasible, to install a signal. DOT rejected the request for an overpass, saying it would require extensive redesign ol the project and acquisition of additional right of way that would push the bypass off the slate's list of scheduled pro jects. This newspaper is printed on recycled paper! When you finish reading it, try to recycle it! THE BRUNSWICK(BEACON The decision to install a signal at the intersection only came late last year, before Dec. 1 when Propst Construction Co. of Concord was awarded the S3.9 million contract to pave the 4.8-mile bypass. In mid to late November, Propst Construction Co. is expected to be gin temporarily rerouting traffic from U.S. 17 at the north side of Shallotte near Chapel Hill Cemetery along Rcdbug Road (S.R. 1136) and Holdcn Beach Road (N.C. 130 East) to allow completion of that end of the project, acccording to Dave Boylston, DOT resident engineer. Before the rerouting begins, the state plans to resurface Rcdbug Road and to install a traffic signal at its intersection with N.C. 130 East, Holdcn Beach Road. The work has been timed to avoid interference with the summer season and with special events such as the N.C. Oyster Festival, N.C. Festival by the Sea and Dixon Chapel Oyster Roast. "The contract calls for 90 days in complete the work, but he's hoping not to take that long," said Boyl ston. Actual length of the interrup tion will depend on weather and other factors. THE BRUNSWICKfeBEACON Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallotte, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year $10.30 Six Months $5.50 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year S14.80 Six Months $7.85 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year S15.95 Six Months S8.35 Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Shallotte, N.C. 28459 USPS 777-780 Above average temperatures and rainfall arc in the forecast for the next several days. Shallottc Point meteorologist Jackson Canady said he anticpates temperatures to continue ranging from the mid-60s at night into the mid-80s during the daytime, with approximately three-fourths inch of rainfall. 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