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Blitz Theme Contest Offers Great Prizes BY HOLLY RICHARDS. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce We arc gearing up for our 1991-92 "Membership Blitz." Just tell us what you think by entering the chamber 's "You sug gest the Membership Blitz Theme" contest. This year our goal is a total of 5(X) chamber members. While choosing your Blitz Theme, re member that the Chamber of Commerce is an asso ciation of business people concerned about improv ing the area they do business in. Our chamber cur rently has 4(X)-plus members, is a not-for-profit cor poration, provides an investment that is 1(X)% lax deductible as a business expense, and represents the entire South Brunswick Islands. Our members are our chamber. RICHARDS The person who submits the winning theme will receive "Honorary Ambassador Status" along with this gambit of great prizes: an electric charcoal grill, four free rounds of golf, dinner for two, a six pack of can coolers, a South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce white satin jacket, a 1991 South Brunswick Islands King Classic tee-shirt and hat. a 1991 Oyster Festival tee-shirt and tote bag (to carry all your goodies). Out of the entries received, our theme will be chosen by the Membership Blitz Committee. The deadline for entering is 12 noon Thursday, Aug. 22. The winner will receive notification on Fridav, Aug. 23. Our winner will be honored during the Blitz Kick-off Breakfast on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 8 a.m. Be prepared for lots of pub licity photos while you claim your wonderful prizes. As our Honorary Membership Ambassador, you will spend Blitz Day with us on Thursday, Sept. 19. We have several great events planned and even radio promotional spoLs featuring you. We arc hoping for the best membership campaign ever. Good Luck and remember we arc counting on you. South Brunswick Islands! MEMBERSHIP BLITZ THEME ENTRY FORM NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Daytime Phone Evening Phone BLITZ THEME NAME Mail Entries to: Membership Blitz Theme, South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce, P. 0. Box 1380, Shallottc, NC 28459, or deliver to the chamber office, 4948 Main St., Shallotte. This contest is open to everyone in the South Brunswick Islands excluding chamber staff and immediate family. County Employment Falling Employment in Brunswick County fell 1.6 percent between April and May 1991, with the un employment rate hitting 12.4 per cent. reports the Center for Business and Economics Services at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Its periodic Barometer on the Local Economy shows employment dropping from 15,576 to 15,319, with seasonal adjustment. The num ber of people looking for work in creased from 1,879 to 2,169, an in crease in the unemployment rate from 10.8 percent to 12.4 percent. The May 1991 level of employ ment was 10.3 percent below the May 1990 level of 17,084. Unemployment in the county rose 15.4 percent between April and May, with the May 1991 level 50.8 percent above the May 1990 level of 7.8 percent. The May 1991 unemployment rate was above both the April 1991) and May 1990 rates. Sales Rose In March Retail sales figures released last week by the center showed an in crease in Brunswick County of 5.8 percent between February and March, from S27.6 million to S29.2 million. The March 1991 level for the county was 4.3 percent above the March i990 level of S28 million. For the year ending March 1991, retail sales in the county were 10.5 percent above the comparable year earlier level, from S3 1 8 million to S351.5 million. However first-quarter results were down from 1990 to 1991, slip ping from S86.5 million to 584.5 million. Statewide, retail sales rose 4.3 percent between February and March 1991, with the March 1990 and March 1991 levels virtually the same. For the year ending March 1991, retail sales in the state were 3.9 percent above those for the 12 month period that ended March 1990. Registrations Up New vehicle registrations rose 10.2 percent in Brunswick County between May and June, bucking a statewide trend. Statewide registra tions fell 2.3 percent during the same period. In Brunswick County 141 new vehicles were registered in June, compared to 128 the month before. The June 1991 level for the coun ty was 9 percent below ihc June 1990 level of 155 registrations. And, for the year ending in June, registrations were 14.6 percent be low those for the year that ended June 1990. Up To 50% Off Large and Small Plants. For Home and Office including... tropical houseplant^ trees and shrubs Let Us Dress" your flowers & plants and deliver them! (up to 15 miles FREE) Mums and pansies in flats or 4-inch pots by September 1. Gales Plant Farm Holden Beach Road One mile from Snallotte Open til 7 PM Closed Wednesdays 754-7137 or 754-4396 C'W ThE BRUfjSA CK BEACON J Some Soy Rest Home Should Stond On Its Own Two Feet li V TERRY POPE Two residents told Brunswick County Commissioners Monday they do not want a company to receive a Community Development Block Gram to build a rest home in Supply. "The people who are building it should stand on their ow n two feet," said Mary Larp of Winnabow. JB Enterprises of Goldsboro plans to build a 60 bed facility on about four acres, with room to ex pand to 120 beds in the future. The company hopes to receive a S2(X),(XK) grant to help finance the SI. 4 million business. Lock wood Pines Rest Home would share an cntranccway off of U.S. 17 with The Brunswick Hos pital and has received the endorse ment of the Brunswick Hospital Authority, said Larry Andrews, au thority chairman. Such CDBG grants must be ap proved by the county and involves federal funds allocated to the state. No county funds arc involved. Brunswick County would not be held responsible for repaying a loan if a company defaults. In rural coun ties, such grants are administered by the county but monitored by the state. Following Monday's public hear ing, County Manager David Clcgg told commissioners that a company in the Leland Industrial Park has closed, owing $518,709 in CDBG money. The county will try to recover the 1987 loan front Slriplap Hose Man ufacturing Co. "We will pursue it," said Clegg. For JB Enterprises, a financial gap developed when banks refused to loan the full amount needed to build the rest home, said Bud Ambum, company spokesman. However, taxpayers' money should not be used to help build it, said Ms. Earp. "I feel they're coming into the county as outsiders," she said, "yet they're wanting us to support them. We have had bad experiences be fore." Sunset Beach developer Tom Pope said residents arc "taxed to death" and should not have their tax dollars go to build private businesses. "The health care industry is lu crative enough to find enough part ners" said Pope. To approve a grant application, commissioners would have to sched ule a second public hearing before taking any action. The board did not set a second hearing Monday. David Harris, of Harris and Associates of Goidsboro, has been hired by the company to process its CDBG application. He said the home would provide about 30 full-time jobs for low to moderate income families. Grants require that companies hire at least CP&L To Construct Office Facility At Brunswick Site Carolina Power & Light Co. has announced plans to build a S10 mil lion, 140,000-square-foot officc fa cility at its Brunswick Nuclcar Power Plant near Southport. The two-story building will house managerial, engineering and administrative offices and will be located adjacent to the south side of the main plant complex. Clancy & Theys Construction Co of Wilmington is expected to begin construction in the fall with completion by spring 1993. At that time CP&L will remove numerous modular office units now in use at the site. Russell B. Starkcy Jr., vice presi dent of the plant, said the new facil ity should improve administrative coordination at the plant. The project is expected to involve approximately 1 50 jobs representing more than 20 different trades, ac cording to Robert Bridgcrs, spokes man for the construction firm. 60 percent of ils staff from that in come bracket. "Front what I've seen, you more than meet the mininum standards set by the slate," said Hams. Loans can be paid back to the state over a 20-year period, said Harris. Jon Sanborn, administrative as sisiani at The Brunswick Hospital, said the hospital has tried since 19X4 to locate a facility lor the el derly on its campus. Unlike nursing homes, rest homes do not require suite certifi cate of need permits. It would serve elderly people who do not require 24-hour nursing care. PHOTO BY THE BRUNSWICK HOSPITAL NURSING STAFF MEMBERS at The Brunswick Hospital certi fied for advanced cardiac life support are (front, from left), Jodi Davis and Kim Falor; and (rear, from left) Sarah Williams, Tim iMyman, Sheila Gerald, Marilyn Hill and Mary Berry. Brunswick Hospital Nurses Earn Advanced Certification Six registered nurses on the in tensive care and emergency room staffs at The Brunswick Hospital re cently obtained certification in ad vanced cardiac life support (ACLS) after taking a provider course June 29 and 30. They join Sarah Williams, an in tensive care unit registered nurse who became the hospital's first ACLS provider when she was certi fied by the American Heart Associ ation last year. Recently certified arc Tim Layman, Sheila Gerald and Jodi Davis of the emergency room staff, and Marilyn Hill, Mary Berry and Kim Falor of the intensive care/crit ical care staff. ACLS training provides health care personnel with an understand ing of lilcsaving methods used in emergency cardiac situations, along with skills in dysrhythmia recogni tion, airway management, and car diovascular therapeutic and pharma cological intervention, and familiar ity with American Medical Associa tion guidelines for management of cardiac patients. For nurses, said hospital spokes man Daphne Yarbrough, the training can improve patient assessment and decision-making in emergencies, as well as their level of preparedness for dealing with critical situations in the emergency room and intensive care unit. It can also help them hel ler assist the physican during emer gency cardiac situations. Re-certification is required every two years. .Radio /hack America DEALER HOT AUGUST VALUES VHS Hi-Fi Stereo VCR With Remote Save s150 29995 ? Rich Stereo Sound Quality That Rivals CD ? On-Screen Programming ? 1-Yeai/6-Event Timer Save $60 Reg 449.95 *16 617 Hear Exciting Real-Life Action With Our 200-Channel Scanner AM/FM Stereo With Auto- Reverse Cassette ^-edigita, tuner with 12 presets seek and scan #12-1912 Great Buy On a Personal Printer 1 1999? i Get Police, Fire. 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