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Beach Owners Meet Saturday Property owner grtnips a! Sunset Beach and Holdcn Beach will meet Saturday to discuss a variety ol issues affecting their communities. The Holdcn Beach Property Owners Association (HBPOA) will elcct four people to the board ol directors when it meets at 10 a.m. in town hall. Members also will discuss a "Meet The Candidates Night" for Holdcn Beach candidates running tor elected otficc this fall. HBPOA directors will meet at 9 a.m. and again alter the regular meeting to elect officers. A barbecue dinner for members will be served at noon. Sunset Beach Taxpayers Association (SBTA) President Cletus Waldmiller said members will continue to discuss the group's fight against a high-rise bridge to the island when they meet 'Saturday at the fire station. The SBTA is trying to collect legal fees it has accumulated during its fight to keep the community's one-lane pontoon bridge, Waldmiller said. Recent annexations by the Sunset Beach Town Council also will be discussed during the business meeting at 10:30 a.m. Fellowship starts at 10 a.m. Property owners in the Whispering Heights community near Holdcn Beach will meet Saturday from 6 p.m. umil 10 p.m. at die Lockwood Folly Community Building. A barbecue dinner will be served following the business meeting. Extended School ProgramAvailable The Extended School Day pro gram of the Brunswick County Schools provides an alternative for out-of-school teen-agers and adults who want to resume their high school education. Interested students can register anytime in the West Brunswick High School Library between 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., also the hours for classes. Extended School Day offers small classes, flexible hours, indi vidualized instruction and counsel ing to meet the needs of non-tradi tional students, said coordinator Brcnda F. Council. In addition, students elible under the Job Training Partnership Act benefit from job hunting and job survival skills training, placement assistance and follow-up services. To enroll in Extended Day, a stu dent must be at least 16 years old, eligible for placement in grades nine through 12, and no longer en rolled in regular day school. For more information contact Ms. Council at 754-433X or 754-5642. Open House Sat & Sun. Sept 21-22 RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE |SEPT. 21-9:00 AM-1:00 PM Shallotte National Guard Armory Open to the public and those in terested in the guard. Refreshments will be served. The men and equip ment will be on hand for your inspec tion and questions Nat l. Guard Recruiter Sgt. Kenny Clewis will be here to answer questions. Transportation will also be provided to IVhiteville Sunday Sept. 22 lor the ASVAB Military entrance Test. For more information call 754-6821 PLEASE COME , WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW YOUR AD CAN REACH ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR ONLY $6 each additional word N.C. STATEWIDE CLASSIFIEDS BLANKET NORTH CAROLINA OVER 120 NEWSPAPERS (For more information, call this newspaper or...) SIMPLY FILL OUT THIS FORM AND SEND WITH YOUR CHECK. (No Phone Orders. Larger order forms are available from this newspaper.) Name Address Zip. Advertising Copy: 25 Words? $6 each additional word over 25. Word count: Telephone numbers (including area code) equal one word Post office box numbers as two words, box numbers and route numbers as two words. The name of the city, state and zip ^code each count as one word Other customary words count as one SEND "a THE BRUNSWICK#BEACON CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPT. P.O. BOX 2558, SHALLOTTE, NC 28459 (919)754-6890 Shallotte Swamp Project Hopes To Zap Mosquitoes HY TKKKY POI'K If it seems like there are more mosquitoes an>und your home this year, you've guessed right. Heavy nun this summer has turned coastal Brunswick County into a breeding ground for the pests. Snagging the Shallotte Swamp should help some areas, said Kick Hickman, of Brunswick County Mosquito Control. But it may Ik too late to offer residents relief from this year's healthy crop, he added. "I've never seen it this had," said Hickman. "The last time we've had this kind of summer rainfall, I wasn't even alive." Mosquitoes can breed in even the smallest amount of water, which is why homeowners should keep their yards clear of artificial containers, empty birdbaths regularly, clean out clogged gutters and dig those drainage ditches ahead of time. "I can't seem to make ihcni real ize that when it tomes to mosquitoes, they arc their own worst enemies," said Hickman. "We accumulate things." Mosquito larvae can hatch by the thousands within five days. The de partment has run live sprayer trucks to cover the 'XX) square miles of Brunswick County territory in an effort to catch up with the mosquito population, he said. "The reason we're making such little headway is because the ground is saturated," said Hickman "It's soaked." Brunswick County received a S2l>.(HK) N.C. Water Management (?rant in June to snag debris from the Shallotte Swamp to open drainage areas that are clogged there and may be breeding mosquitoes. The area lies south of Shallotte ami I coils inio ihc Shallotte River. The project resembles ihe work done on the CawCaw Swamp last year near Calabash. Workers have already started on the Shall one pro ject, said County Manager David Clegs "They're right out there in the middle of it," said Clegg. Clegg doesn't know how long it will take to complete the project. The contractor has been hired on a fixed fee, he said. "A lot of times, you don't know when you'll be finished until you actually get in there and sec," Clegg said. Residents can also help defend against mosquitoes hy cutting off lights that attract then especially those near the home, by raking leaves from ditches so water will How; by picking up drink cans and bottles along the roadside that might be holding walcr; and by dumping trash in the landfill instead of the woods, said Hickman. Hickman said the heavy rain Ixr gan tailing July 4 and hasn't stopped siiKe. The hardest hit area has been the Holdcn Beach community, where seven inches of rain fell the last |Xiri ol July to hatch out an abundant crop of mosquitoes there, he said. "We got beat 45-0 in the first quarter," said Hickman. "It wasn't a lack of effort. We tried. Everyone of us tried. Now we're trying to catch up." The department's two full-time employees and lour part-time sprayers have been working over tune, he said "I don't know it -nan could have inadc a dent in this protj'vn," said Hickman. 'The way it was coming. I don't believe we could nave touched it." 1 When a family is looking for a home or vacation home, they want to know more than which ones are for sale. Smart home buyers look for more than a real estate guide when they are moving to a new commu nity or antici- ^ \v ^r pating pur chasing that long-dreamed of vacation home. They look for a guide to the community, like The Brunswick Beacon , which not only lists what homes are on the market, but tells them im portant things they need to know about the area in which they may move or invest. The Beacon pro vides insight into the community that you can't find in any other source that also provides listings of homes for w ?r IP Arid that's why , smart home \\ ' sellers get such good re sults when their homes are listed for sale in the real estate and classified ad vertising sec tion of The Brunswick Beacon. If you have a house for sale and its not listed in the Beacon , call us. ..or call your Realtor. sale. WrxTT Ji THE BRUNSWICK# RACON POST OFFICE BOX 2558 TELEPHONE (?)!?)) 754-6890'FAX (919) 754-5407 SHAU.OTTE, \C 28459
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