There's A Lot Going
At Chamber, As Usual
BY HOLLY RICHARDS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce
Things are happening at the chamber as usual. This week has been
hectic. We have several things going on at once. You might ask, "What
else is new?" This is our planning season. Most of
you probably don't realize that we have already had
four Oyster Festival meetings and it's only April.
Chairman Jack Scarborough is on the ball.
The South Brunswick Islands King Classic is also
under way. The tournament committee is doing a fine
job and is busy selling ads for the King Classic
brochure. Along with the brochure we arc putting to
gether the 1992 restaurant guide.
It's also time for the 1992 chamber golf tourna
ment. That will be held on Saturday, May 30 at the
Pearl Golf Links. Jay Houston and Johnny Craig arc . ,.,w
on top of that one. kk hards
And by all means don't forget to mark your calendar for the
Customer Satisfaction Seminars April 7 and 9 at Brunswick Community
College.
Don't forget National Secretaries day coming up April 22 at Sea Trail
Plantation. All employers should say thanks and bring their support st;ill
for a great afternoon of fashion, food and fun. (If you're a cheap boss,
don't worry, it only costs $10.00).
As you probably already are aware, the chamber is also much more
involved in education. In May, we will help sponsor Miss North Carolina
coming to the South Brunswick Islands to speak to students in out
schools. We are looking forward to having her in our fine county.
There will be a wonderful cultural event taking place at West
Brunswick High School April 25. The North Carolina Symphony will be
playing. Tickets will be available at the chamber and I encourage every
one to attend. I can't wait.
Directly following the symphony, we have our Business After Hours
on April 30 at St James Plantation, hosted by the Gauntlet Golf and
Country Club. We're looking forward to that.
And we'll be off to Raleigh for the last show in our spring promotion
schedule April 23-26 for the Southern Women's show.
Our new member this week is Wal-Mart. (I think you all know where
they are located). Please join me in welcoming Wal-Mart to the chamber.
Manager Rick Burris assures me that they'll be opening very soon
Whew, 1 told you things were happening at the chambcr. It just goes
to show you, it's always something!
Say, *1 saw it in the Beacon!*
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S
FORECLOSURE SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the power and au
thority in that certain Deed of Trust executed
and delivered by Randall R. Abemathy and
wife, Jean C. Abemathy dated June 6, 1986
and recorded in Book 649, Page 757 in the
Brunswick County Registry by Karin L. Stan
Icy, Substitute Trustee, and because of default
having been made in the payment of the in
debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust and
failure to do and therein, and pursuant to de
mand of the Owner and Holder of the indebt
edness secured by said Deed of Trust, the un
dersigned Trustee will expose for sale at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder for case, the
property herein described, to wit:
BEING ALL of Lot 10 in Marlee Acres
Subdivision as shown on a map thereof
recorded in Map Book O at Page 357 in
the Brunswick County Registry.
Address of Property: 10 Oak Street Mar
lee Acres, Shallotle Township Present
Record Owner: Randall R. Abemathy
and wife, Jean C. Abemathy.
The terms of the sale are that the real prop
erty hereinbefore described will be sold for
cash to the highest bidder and that the under
signed may require the successful bidder at
the sale to immediately deposit cash or a cer
tified check in the amount of ten percent
(10%) of the high bid up to and including
SI, 000.00 plus five percent (5%) of any ex
cess over SI ,000.00
The real property hereinabove described
will be sold subject to any superior liens, in
cluding taxes and special assessments.
The sale will be held open for ten (10) days
for upset bids as by law required.
Date and Hour of Sale: April 3, 1992,
12:00 Noon.
Place of Sale: At the door of the Biunswick
County Courthouse.
Dale of this Notice: March 20, 1992.
Karin L Stanley,
Substitute Trustee
PO Box 1947
ShaUoue, NC 28459
919/754-4375
Apr. 2
ESTATE NOTICE
The undersigned, having qualified as Ex
ecutor of the Estate of Norma Fay Moore
Swans, deceased, late of Brunswick County,
this it to notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them to the un
dersigned on or before the 2nd day of July,
1992, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. AU persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
This the 30th day of March, 1992.
Sidney M. Swarts, Executor
of the Estate of
Norma Fay Moore Swarts
1254 Ocean Blvd. West
llolden Beach. N.C. 28462
Apr 23 pd.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK
91CVD2512
GENERAL MOTORS
ACCEPTANCE CORP.
vs
JAMES EDWARD VERZAAL
PHILLIP KEMP VERZAAL
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an execution direct
ed to the indenigned by the Cleric of Superi
or Court of New Hanover County in the
above entitled civil action, I will on the 24th
day of April, 1992 at 12:00 Noon at the door
of the Biunswick County Courthouse, Bo
livia, North Carolina, offer for sale to the
highest bidder for title and interest of the De
fendant in the following described real prop
erty, said real property lying in Brunswick
County and described as follows:
Being all rights and titles of James Ed
ward Verzaal described in Book 339
Page 819 in the Register of Deeds of
Brunswick County being in Northwest
Township.
This execution sale is being made subject
to all prior recorded liens, encumberances,
outstanding taxes, and special assessments, if
any. The purchaser will be required to make a
deposit in the amount of 10 percent of the
first S 1 ,000.00 of the bid and 5 percent of the
remainder. Said deposit to be in cash or certi
fied funds.
This the 24th day of Marth, 1992.
JOHN C. DAVIS. SHERIFF
Apr. 23
Legal Notices
ESTATE NOTICE
The undersigned, having qualified as Ex
ecutrix of the Estate of Heibert A. Ganey, do
ceased, late of Brunswick County, tins is to
notify all persons having claims against said
estate to present them to the undersigned on
or before the 12th day of September, 1992, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. AU persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This the 2nd day of March, 1992.
Velma G. Maultsby.Executrix
of the Estate of
lleibert A. Ganey
3 Sturgeon Drive
Lcland, N.C. 28151
Apr. 2
STATE OK NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK
NOTICE
RE: EDWARD JOSEPH LENT
The undersigned, having qualified as Ex
ecutrix of the estate of Edward Joseph I.ent,
deceased, late of Brunswick County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate to present them to
the undersigned on or before the 1 2th day of
June, 1992 or this notice will he pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
Sally Mulholland, Executrix
Estate of Ivdward Joseph Ixnt
Powell & Payne
Attorneys for Executrix
Post Office Box H44
Shallottc, NC 28459
(919)754-4389
Apr 2
ESTATE NOTICE
The undersigned, having qualified as Ex
ecutor of the Estate of Carlene N. I.yles, de
ceased, late of Brunswick County, this is to
notify all persons having claims against said
estate to present them to the undersigned on
or before the 19th day of June, 1992, or litis
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery
AU persons indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the undersigned
This the 17th day of March. 1992.
James M. I.yles, Executor
of the Estate of
Carlene N. I.yles
304 Starview I .ane
Dallas. NC 28034
Apr. 9
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
91CVM882
COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK
BLAZER FINANCIAL SERVICES, IN< .
VS
KIRKT. HORNE
ELIZABETH F. HORNE
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an execution direct
ed to the undersigned by the Cletk of Superi
or Court of Brunswick County in the above
entitled civil action, I will on the 24th d.iy of
April, 1992 at 12:00 Noon at '.he door of the
Brunswick County Courthouse, Bolivia,
North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for title and interest of the Defendant
in the following described real propeny, said
real propeny lying in Brunswick County and
described as follows;
Being all rights and titles of Kirk and
Elizabeth Home in Tract Number 1. Lot
#4, Section I. Styron lauiding, more par
ticularly described in Book 798 Page
461, in the Register of Deeds of Bruns
wick County, being in lx>ckwood lolly
Township.
Being all rights and titles of Kuk and
Elizabeth Home in Tract Oil, I-ot 057,
Fishciman's Village, mute imiUuimiI)
described in Book 701 Page 923, in the
Register of Deeds of Bninswick County,
being in l>ockwood Folly Township.
This execution sale is being made subject
to all prior recorded liens, encumbcranccs,
outstanding taxes, and special assessments, il
any. The purchaser will he required lo make a
deposit in the amount of 10 perccnl of the
first $1 ,000.00 of the bid and 5 percent of the
remainder. Said deposit to he in cash or certi
Tied funds.
This the 24th day of March, 1992
JOHN C DAVIS. Shcnfl
Apr 23
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED *
Presents Handbooks
Judy Clayton (left), a trustee of Shaiiotte Woodmen oj the World
Lodge So. 160, recently presented 200 copies of the " American
Patriots' Handbook" from the lodge to Shaiiotte Middle School
counselors Mary Yates and Chris Judah for use by fifth grade stu
dents.
Nuclear Regulators Fine
CP&L $100,000 For Error
The federal Nuclear Regulatory
Commission has fined Carolina
Power iV Light SKX).(XM) for alleged
violation of maintenance procedures
at iis Brunswick Nuclear Plant near
Southport.
This is the second fine levied
within a three-month period for
problems relating to maintenance
procedures at the plant.
CP&L said last week it does not
plan to contest the proposed civil
penalty; it hits 30 days in which to
pay.
'Hie NRC said it proposed the
penally because of a Jan. 3 event at
the plant when maintenance workers
failed to lubricate an emergency
dicscl generator on Unit 2 after de
greasing it. loiter, when tested, the
generator would not start.
The NRC workers used a degreas
ing solvent with water to spray the
side of the generator. The procedure
required that fuel control racks be
lubricated after cleaning, but didn't
have a sign-off step ? verification by
a second party that the work had
been done. Maintenance workers de
cided the lubrication could wait un
til Jan. 6, according to an NRC news
release.
"As a result, the cleaning solvent
dried, forming a crystalline adhesive
bond which disabled the fuel control
racks, causing them to bind." On
Jan. 6, a test was performed on the
Unit 2 main turbine generator and
the emergency dicscl generator
failed to start.
In this case, said the NRC, three
other emergency diesel generators
did start, with no loss of ol fsite pow
er. Ilic generators would be used to
provide power to the plant should
the electricity tail.
Three generators would tie suffi
cient to safely shut down the plant if
other electrical sources were not
available, said CP&L spokesman
Elizabeth Bean.
NRC officials wrote CP&L offi
cials that the significance of the vio
lation and the basis of the agency's
conccm was noi with the event it
self. Ralhcr, said NRC spokesman
Ken Clark, the incident is an exam
ple of a pattern of continuing "sig
nificant problems" at the plant relat
ed to work control and the "apparent
inability of CP&L management to
properly and consistently control
work on components and systems at
Brunswick which arc important to
safety."
Since Aug. 30, 1990, the NRC
has proposed six enforcement ac
tions against the plant and levied
S425.000 in proposed civil penalties.
Since July 1988, fines have totaled
S800.000.
The base penalty for the Jan. 3 vi
olation would be S50.000, but Clark
said the NRC doubled it because of
the company's history of continuing
problems at the plant related to work
control.
According to Ms. Bean, fines are
not passed on to consumers, the mon
ey comes from shareholders' funds.
Because of its concerns over con
tinuing problems at the plant, the
NRC has stationed two additional
representatives at the plant until at
least mid-April. They arc to try to
find out why the repeated violations
arc occurring and to recommend
ways to reduce mistakes.
The plant also has three resident
NRC inspectors assigned there full
time.
CP&L was fined SI 25 ,000 by the
NRC in January for an incident in
October 1991 in which the timing
on a diesel generator was incorrectly
set. It caused shut down of a reactor
while the generator was being re
paired.
CP&L has said it is aware of the
problems and is working to correct
them.
A review by the NRC that was re
leased in January showed improve
ments in some areas, but said they
were offset by employee mistakes
and failure to follow proper proce
dures in several areas, including
maintenance.
Dosher Receives Duke Grant
J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hosp
ital in Southpon has received a
$2,261 grant from the Duke Endow
ment.
Endowment trustees awarded
grants worth S3.9 million to 178
hospitals in North and South
Carolina in March.
Grants are based on the amount of
charity care each hospital provides,
said Eugene W. Cochrane Jr., direc
tor of the Endowment's hospital di
vision.
Since 1980, grants to hospitals
have doubled, from S 1.3 million to
S2.6 million.
" This, of course, means that hos
pitals arc dealing with more and
more patients who cannot or do not
pay," said Cochrane.
Founded in 1924 by North
Carolina industrialist James Buchan
an Duke, the endowment is one of
the nation's largest private founda
tions with assets over SI billion.
Awards since 1934 total S986 mil
lion.
It provides assistance to not-for
profit hospitals and child care insti
tutions in the Carolinas; to rural
United Methodist Churches and re
ured ministers in North Carolina; to
Davidson College, Duke, Furman
and Johnson C. Smith universities.
HOW-HELP FOR THE HOME-BOUHD
Two new services have just been introduced to our community that will
be very beneficial to the home-bound. "HOW ARE YOU TODAY" calls
one, two or three times a day to find out if the home-bound are okay. If
they need assistance, we get it for them immediately.
"HELP ALERT" is a small FM transmitter the home-bound wear
around their neck or on their belt. If they have an emergency, they
push a button and help is on the way.
For recorded message, call:
MEGA COMPUTER SERVICES
(919)842-6024 Ext. 101 ? (800)472-4373 Ext. 101
Richard C. Glenn
PO Box 2865
Shallotte, NC 28459
(919)754-6771
SECURITIES AMERICA, INC.
Suite 1 , Promenade Office Park
Shallotte
Member NASD/SIPC
BUSINESS BRIEFS
BCC Offers Style Seminar
A style seminar will be offered ai
Brunswick Community College
Monday, April 6, for area cosmetol
ogists and those who wish to study
cosmetology..
The session will begin at 3 p.m. in
the cosmetology laboratory of the
classroom building tin BCC's main
campus on U.S. 1 7 north of Supply.
Guest artists will be Carolyn
Jemigan of San l ord and Frankic
Mueller of Silei, who will also dis
cuss the possible formation of a
National Cosmetology Association
affiliate in this area.
Ms. Jemigan, an award-winning
I'iaiioini ?ii (im hi both male ilild 1c
malc hairstyling, has been a licensed
cosmetologist since 1%9. She
serves on the advisory board of
Sanl'ord School of Cosmetology and
is a past member of the Central
Carolina Community College pro
gram advisory board. A graduate of
Hank Manna Beauty College, she
has served as president of the Na
tional Cosmetology Association af
filiate in Sanl'ord
Ms. Mueller, president of the
National Cosmetology Association
of North Carolina, has been a mem
ber of the national association since
1974. A graduate of Ashcboro
Beauty Sch(*)l, she has received ad
ditional training at numerous col
leges and institutes. A member of
the advisory council of Sandhills
Community College at Pinehurst,
she has also won numerous awards
and industry style contests.
More information on the free cos
metology style seminar is available
from Esther Myles, BCC lead cos
metology instructor, at 754-6900,
343-0203 or 457-6329.
Earns Certification
Carolyn Crecclius, R.N., emer
gency room coordinator at The
Brunswick Hos
pital, recently rc
ceived ccrtifica
*X-{ tion in emcrgcn
w4 'ij'X cy medicine
S* * nursing care.
Z' if 'n Edition to
Tv ^ / emergency med
icine experience,
certification re
quires passage
CRKCKLlt S Qj- a cxam
offered by the Emergency Nursing
Association, said Daphne Yar
borough, hospital marketing direc
tor.
Register Now
Registrations are still being ac
cepted for a series of customer satis
faction seminars slated April 7 and 9
at BCC, a joint effort of the col
lege's Small Business Center and
the South port Oak Island and South
Brunswick Islands chambers of
commerce.
In the two-part seminar, offered
in both afternoon and evening ses
sions, participants will learn how to
keep customers coming back. They
will learn ways to work effectively
with all types of customers, how to
recognize and reduce stress and how
to perform at their best.
A S12 per person registration fee
is payable in advance. To pre-regis
tcr or for more information, contact
the Small Business Center at 754
6900, 457-6329 or 343-0203.
r
Open House At Kennels
Pet carc professionals from six
area kennels attended an open house
at Greenwood Pet Motel March 22.
Owner Susan Greene said partici
pants met for a luncheon and kennel
tour at the motel site on N.C. 211.
"It was a wonderful opportunity to
exchange ideas and discuss common
concerns, as well as to get to know
other kennel folks." she said.
Certified emergency nurses must
demonstrate knowledge in special
ized areas that includc cardiac and
trauma carc, emergency deliveries,
poison UcuUnent, water-related in
juries and emergency psychiatric
treatment.
In nursing for more than 20 years,
Ms. Crccclius is a member of
Eastern Star, the Emergency
Nursing Association and the
American Nursing Association. She
is working with emergency room
coordinators from other hospitals to
assist in establishing Brunswick
County's forthcoming 91 1 system.
Honoring Secretaries
Area businesses will rccogni/.e
the services of office employees
such as secretaries, clerical workers,
receptionists and administrative as
sistants at the third annual National
Secretaries Day Luncheon Wednes
day, April 22.
Sponsored by the South Bruns
wick Islands Chamber ol Com
merce, the luncheon will be held
from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the
Joncs/Byrd Clubhouse at Sea Trail
Plantation, Sunset Beach.
Wally Ausley, mayor of Holden
Beach, will be the guest speaker.
Also planned are a fashion show
by Victoria's Ragpatch of Calabash
and music by WCCA's Lee
Michaels.
Tickets are S10 per person. Door
prizes and "goodie bags" from area
merchants will be given away.
April 17 is the deadline for em
ployers to make reservations with
the chamber office.
Doctor's Day Marked
Staff members of The Brunswick
Hospital observed National Doctor's
Day last week with a special pro
gram of activities that included a
March 26 breakfast honoring staff
physicians.
The hospital has 39 physicians on
its staff roster.
Earl Tamar, chief executive offi
cer, presented a card from employ
ees to Dr. Michael McCuIlough,
chief of staff, and each doctor re
ceived a red carnation and a gift
froiTi the hospital.
SHALLOTTE
LODGE
No. 727
A.F. & A.M.
A Second Degree of Shallotte
Lodge No. 727 will be held
Tuesday, April 7, 1992, at 7:30
p.m. at 5072 Main Street,
Shallotte. All qualified Fellow
craft and Master Masons are
invited to attend. By order of
the Master.
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