Two New Interns
Join Chamber Staff
BY HOLLY RICHARDS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce
This week the chamber's board of directors met at West Brunswick
Hiph School As :i n:irt nf our ongoing efforts lo promote r(il!C3tion, the
chamber gladly acccptcd West Brunswick's invita
tion to meet at the school. Wc would like to thank
the faculty, staff and students of West Brunswick for
breakfast, an informative presentation from the DE
CA marketing class and a tour of the campus.
As wc continue to support education, we'd like
to introduce you to two new interns who wc have on
board at the chamber. First, we have Tonuia Jones, a
student at Brunswick Community College majoring
in business administration. She is taking courscs in
accounting and computerized accounting, business
finance and business insurance. Her internship will RICHARDS
be from March 12 through May 15. She'll be graduating in the fall of
'92.
Also wc have another West Brunswick High School student working
with us every afternoon from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m., Lakisha Jones. Lakisha
is a sophomore, and she'll be working with us until school is finished for
the summer. With all of the events wc have upcoming, we're very
pleased to have Tonuia and Lakisha with us at the chambcr officc. If you
have time, please stop by and meet these wonderful ladies who have
been added to our chambcr staff.
Personally, I'm glad to have these ladies here because this week is
another big week for the chambcr. We'll be in Raleigh for North
Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry's (NCCBI) annual meeting.
NCCBI will host 1200 people for lunch and 1000 for dinner. Attending
arc the top business and industry leaders in the stale. We're attending to
promote business and industry in the South Brunswick Islands. As I've
said many times in the past, this is the organization that I worked with
before coming to the South Brunswick Islands. Our chambcr was active
in NCCBI long before I came, and I'm proud to say that wc have contin
ued to strengthen that relationship.
On Thursday night we have another very significant function in
Raleigh, "The Gathering." It's a business after hours for Raleigh busi
ness leaders. We are hosting this reception at Cafe Giorgio's. Wc expect
about 500 people to attend. We'll be there promoting the South
Brunswick Islands. I expect to see several friends and business acquain
tances there (in my old stomping grounds).
Speaking of friends. The Winds, Sea Trail, Haley's Restaurant, Villa
Capri, the Southeastern Welcome Center, Ocean Isle Museum, CP&L
Visitors Center, Bald Head Island and the Southport/Oak Island
Chambcr hosted our friends from the 1-95 North Welcome Center. Last
week, four representatives from our sister welcome center in Roanoke
Rapids came to the South Brunswick Islands on a "FAM (familiariza
tion) tour." They were treated to the finest things that Brunswick County
has to offer. Wc appreciate our chambcr members supporting our efforts
in maintaining relationships with other organizations in the state.
With support in mind, I'd like to thank some of our faithful volun
teers for working the Leisure Living Show in Greensboro with me last
week-Johnny and Kerry Craig, Karen Thompson, John Norton, Linda
Spivcy and Pal Fox. The show was a big succcss and wc couldn't have
done u without you.
To further help you, watch for information on the Customer
Satisfaction Seminars wc are sponsoring along with the Small Business
Center at Brunswick Community College and the Soulhport/ Oak Island
Chambcr. These seminars will be held at the college on April 7 and 9.
We'll be instructing you on how to find customers and keep them once
you get them. This is all part of our chamber's program of work for
1992. If you have any questions, please call the chamber.
State Seeks $6,020 Fine
For Long Bay Violations
BY DOUG RUTTER
The stale has filed a complaint to
collect more than S6.000 in fines
from a local man accused of break
ing environmental protection rules at
a ShalloUe Point subdivision.
Terry Yandlc of Route 7,
Shallotte, was fined 56,020 last June
for violating the state's Sedimenta
tion Pollution Control Act at Long
Bay Country, according to a com
plaint filed March 3 in Brunswick
County Superior Court.
The activity was conductcd for
residential purposes and involved
about three acres in the second
phase of the development on Pigott
Road, according to court records.
State officials contend that the
landowner began the activity with
out an approved erosion and sedi
mentation control plan that is re
quired under the state law.
Court records said violations of
the rules were first noticed in June
1990 and continued to exist through
April 1, 1991. The N.C. Division of
Land Resources director assessed
the civil penalty in June 1991.
Collection of the fine was later re
ferred to the N.C. Attorney Gene
ral's office because Yandlc didn't
pay the fine or request an adminis
trative hearing within the allowed 60
days.
Dan Sams, regional director of
the slate's Land Quality Section,
said Tuesday the state approved an
erosion control plan for the site on
July 23, 1991.
However, a state inspector noted
continuing violations during the
most rcccni inspection last Friday,
said Sams. 'They have an approved
plan but they're not following it cor
rectly."
An inspector with the land quality
section first visited the site and not
ed land-disturbing activity on June
26, 1990, according to court records.
A notice citing three violations of
the state law was sent to Yandle,
who reportedly failed to file an ero
sion control plan with the state at
least 30 days prior to beginning the
activity.
The landowner also failed to take
"all reasonable measures" to protect
public and private property from
damage and failed to maintain grad
ed slopes and fills at an angle that
could be retained by vegetative cov
er.
Court records said Yandle was
given until July 30, 1990, to correct
the problems and was warned that
failing to do so could result in the
assessment of fines.
The state received a handwritten
erosion-control plan from Yandle
July 26, 1990. Following a prelimi
nary review, the state asked for
more information on the plan, which
was rejected Aug. 15, 1990.
State inspections of the site at
least once a month through April 1 ,
1991, revealed that the property con
tinued to be in violation.
Yandle was fined $500 for not
submitting an erosion control plan
before starting land-disturbing activ
ity and S20 per day for the 276-day
period between June 30, 1990, and
April 1, 1991.
Seminar Focuses On Customers
A two-part seminar at Brunswick
Community College next month will
focus on customer satisfaction.
Tate Blake, of Tate Blake & As
sociates, will be the guest speaker
for the seminar entitled "Beyond
Service ? Providing Excellence for
Customer Satisfaction."
Session I will be held Tuesday,
April 7, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., re
peated at 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Session II will be held Thursday,
April 9, following the same sched
ule.
Blake specializes in providing
training in sales, customer service
and leadership skills. The workshop
will cover: a four-step strategy for
customer service; winning commu
nications skills; how to recognize
"moments of truth" and turn them
into "moments of excellence"; how
to calm upset customers; how to en
hance your business image; how to
work effectively with four types of
customers; and how to recognize
and reduce stress and perform at
one's best.
The program is designed for small
business owners, salespeople, health
care workers, retail store employees
and managers.
The seminar is sponsored by the
Brunswick Community College
Small Business Center and the South
Brunswick Islands and Southport
Oak Island chambers of commerce.
Cost is S12 per person.
For more information or to regis
ter, contact the Small Business Cen
ter, P.O. Box 30, Supply, N.C.
28462, 754-6900.
STAfF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHE?
On The Grand Tour
Volunteer Martha Benton (left) explains an exhibit at the Museum of Coastal Carolina at Ocean Isle
Reach Thursday to four employees of the 1-95 Welcome Center at Roanoke Rapids. Visitors Florence
Mohorn, Manager Marcella Coburn, Dot Eason and Edith Jenkins stopped at key tourism points
across the South Brunswick Islands and Southport-Oak Island areas during a week-long " familiariza
tion " tour that brought them down 1-40 and included stops in Kenansville and New Hanover County.
Their visit here was hosted by Southeastern Welcome Center and the South Brunswick Islands and
Southport-Oak Island chambers of commerce, with meals, lodging and other amenities provided by lo
cal businesses.
Deeds Office
Lists Activity
For The Month
Persons Filed 419 deeds and 367
deeds of trust for S3.603 and S5,(X)N
in revenues, rcspcetively, during
February, according to the Bruns
wick County Register of Deeds of
fice.
Revenues worth $40.% 1 was col
lected during the month. Other fil
ings included 73 plats, S725; 99 fi
nancing statements, $792; 299 can
cellations of deeds of trust, $1,537;
377 miscellaneous recordings,
$3,223; 23 marriage licenses, $920;
real estate excise uixcs, $22,902;
and other services, $2,251.
Of the excise taxes, $7,542 was
sent to the N.C. Department of Rev
enue. Half of the marriage license
lees, $460, is sent to the N.C. De
partment of Administration Domes
tic Violence Center Fund, which
helps support Hope Harbor Home in
Brunswick County, and SI 15 to the
state treasurer.
Expenses for the month include;
supplemental retirement, $763; tele
phone, S321; postage, S253; mainte
nance and repairs, $224; departmen
tal supplies, SI, 524; contracted ser
vices, S99; service maintenance con
tracts, $2,315; dues and subscrip
tions, S30; and travel and training,
S25, for a staff member to apply for
certification with the N.C. Asso
ciation of Register of Deeds.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
UNC- W Honors Harris With The Golden Seahawk
Edgar B. Harris, president and
chicf exccutivc officcr of Compre
hensive Home Health Care, Wil
mington, and a former director of
the Brunswick County Health De
partment, recently received the Gol
den Seahawk Award, presented by
the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington.
He was one of 12 chicf executive
officers across southeastern North
Carolina to be so honored. The new
award recognizes contributions to
the business climate and economic
growth of the region.
Harris earned undergraduate and
master's degrees from East Ten
nessee State University, Johnson
City, Tcnn. He is a member of the
National Association for 1 lomc Care
and the North Carolina Association
for Home Care, founded the Found
ation for Home Care and serves as
chairman of New Hanover In-Home
Services.
He began Comprehensive Home
Health Care in 1981 with a staff of
13 people and a single office. The
company has since grown to employ
more than 300 people, who provide
a variety of physician-directed home
health services out of six offices
across the region.
Attend Workshop
President-elect Jimmy Sanderford
and Vice President Bill Robertson of
the Brunswick Islands Board of
Realtors, attended a one-day Griev
ance and Professional Standards
Procedures Workshop sponsored by
the North Carolina Association of
Realtors Feb. 28 in New Bern.
The focus of the training was to
ensure due process in enforcing the
Code of Ethics and in arbilralio of
business disputes arising out of the
real estate business.
Attendees heard address from
Realtors Jan Harvard of Rocky
Mount and Kathy Sharpless of
Chapel Hill. Both are ceritificd by
the National Association of Realtors
to instruct in professional standards
procedures.
Attends Short Course
Donald Wayne Long of Ash is
one of 46 young tobacco and farm
supply dealers who attended a four
day tobacco shor
course conducted
by the North
Carolina Coopc
rativc Extensior
Service with the
assistance of z
grant-in-aid from
Philip Morri>
USA.
The purpose
of the shon
course is to provide the latest tech
nological information to help young
farmers decrease production costs
while maintaining leaf quality.
In addition to visits to the Federal
Grading Service and N.C. Depart
ment of Agriculture Agronomic
Division labs in Raleigh, partici
pants took a day-long field trip to
the Philip Morris leaf procesing,
manufacturing and research facili
ties in Richmond, Va.
Taking Applications
The LitUc River Chamber of
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Commerce is taking applications for
the 11th Blue Crab Festival to be
held May 16 and 17.
The festival is a juried arts and
crafts show and does give priority to
artists and craftspeople who demon
strate their work, said Elizabeth
Teal, executive director.
The festival was recently named
one of the Southeast's Top Twenty
Events by the Southeastern Tourism
SuCieiy aTid wa.i vuicd "best festival
on the beach".
Local artists are encouragcd to
apply, she said.
For more information or to obtain
an application, contact the chambcr
at 803-249-6604. The deadline for
receipt of applications is April 5.
Sewer Class Set
An operator's training school for
on-site sewage treatment and dis
posal systems will be held in
Raleigh April 28 through May 1 and
May 19-22 at the Jane S. Mc
Kimmon Center.
The school will train and certify
wastewater system operators dealing
with alternative subsurface sewage
treatment and disposal systems.
Cost is S225, which includes the
examination fee for state certifica
tion. Interested persons should regis
ter early.
For more information, contact the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment, 253-4381.
Local Agent Honored
Ken Ferguson of Brunswick
County was named a top producing
agent for 1991
by the North
Carolina Farm
Bureau Mutual
Insurance Com
pany.
Ferguson was
selected from
over 650 agents
statewide basal
on his sales and
service record FKRGLSON
for mulli-lincs of insurance, accord
ing to William L. Pollard, president
and general manager of Farm
Bureau Mutual.
The honor was announed at he an
nual sales conference of the Farm
Bureau insurance companies recent
ly in Winston- Salem.
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WITH NEW
HOME
SAVINGS
MARCH MADNESS IS HERE
CHOICENTER
Wayne Culbertson. RHS
Wayne Culbertson, RHS
s. Ann Brown, RHS
HOMES BY ANN
Hwy. 17 N.t Shallotte, 754-5147
200
Years of
Southport
Come with us on a bicentennial journey through Southport 's
past ? a 900-year journey filled with historical photos, artifacts,
and exhibits. Carolina Power &. Light Co. is proud to share
Southport's heritage with you. ?
Highway 87, 2 miles North of Southport
(919) 457 - 6041
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VISITORS CENTER
Take a short drive to Southport and step into our newly
renovated CP&L Visitor's Center. Delve into the early
days of Southport ? from the 1 700's to the present day.
Carolina Power & Light invites you to Celebrate 200 Years
of Southport and reflect upon this unique community.
We're open weekdays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and
in June, July and August we're also open Sundays 1-4.