Ocean Isle Board Hears
Plea For Turtle Sanctuary
BY MARJORIK MKGIVKRN
A plea for Occan Isle Beach (OIB)
to bccome a sanctuary Tor sea turtles
was made at Tuesday's OIB Town
Board meeting by Gloria Hillcnburg,
turtle coordinator for the island.
The action would require adoption
of a local bill by the state legislature.
"If you don't take this step, we're in
trouble," Hillcnburg said. "People
don't understand that turtles must be
undisturbed when they're ready to
hatch. I need volunteers to adopt a
nest and protect them."
Hillcnburg said the OIB police have
helped her, but more assistance is
needed in watching nests for 55 days.
It's against the law to disturb tur
tles, she noted, and she is constantly
reminding people of this. "I've taken
them out of people's hands and said to
someone, 'Put that turtle back!' " she
said.
"We had a rare lcathcrback turtle
come in last year," she related. "We
watchcd it for 60 days and it never
hatched. Finally, I found out the eggs
had been taken. I know it was done by
a guy whose family eats turtle eggs."
Mayor Betty Williamson said the
board would take Hillcnburg's request
under advisement.
The board approved a request to the
North Carolina Department of Trans
portation that the Sunset Beach bridge
be open on every hour and half-hour
to waterway traffic. Williamson sniH
she expects the South Brunswick
Islands Chamber of Commerce to join
in that request.
Bids were opened for gasoline stor
age space that would provide a new lo
cation when the town's underground
storage tank is removed on April 20.
Ocean Isle Party Mart, Ocean Isle
Service Center, ShcfTields's and Ocean
Isle Grocrry submitted scaled bids,
which were referred to Town Attorney
Elva Jess, as there was incomplete in
formation on two of the bids.
The board approved a resolution
that the Brunswick County Alcohol
Beverage Control Board not be per
mitted to open outlets within seven
miles of a municipality with an exist
ing ABC Board of its own.
In an executive session, personnel
matters were discussed.
In business after the session, the
town's billboard contract was renewed
for 12 months and the garbage con
tract with Chambers was renewed for
two-and-a-half years at a 3 percent in
crease in price. The town now will pay
an annual $133, (XX) for garbage pick
up.
Aquaculture Teacher Puts
School On Scientific Mao
BY MARJORIE MEGIVKRN
If the whole country doesn't
know about South Brunswick High
School (SBHS), n
it won't be the
fault of Barry ?
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culture teacher
has designed a
program that
agriscience
teachers from 50
states will come
to study this
summer; he has
also led a student team to ninth
place in the suite Supcrqucst compe
tition with a creative computer pro
gram related to his Held.
On Aug. 3, teachers will gather in
Brunswick County to lour SBHS
and learn from Bey how to set up a
teaching operation on aquaculture.
The National Council for Agri
cultural Education lias designed and
tested a national curriculum on the
subject and will provide inscrvicc
training during the summer to high
school teachers. One group will ob
serve cold water operations at an
Ashcville school; another will see
warm water operations at Carolina
Classics. Bay and SBHS will host
the third group.
"They said we were best," Bey
said, a note of exultation in his
voice. "Now I hope it will mean get
ting grant money for our program."
He was somewhat disappointed
that another achievement did not
quite reach his expectations. A four
I
student team launched a computer
research project in early February to
compctc in NC SupcrQucst, a con
test sponsored by the N.C. Super
computing Center at MCNC (Micro
electronics Communications Super
computing) in RcsuiitSi liiuugic
Park.
"Wc only learned about this in Jan
uary," Bey said. "1 had to find an idea
quickly, so 1 came up with 'Man
agerial Approaches to Resuscitating
Ostcoicthycs Gene Pool."'
The title translates into a system of
managing bony fish reproduction ge
netically. In fish farms. Bey said, there
hllS been success with throwing back
the biggest and best fish, resulting in a
maximizing of the pool. "1 wondered
if this concept could be transferred to
ocean fishing, so eventually fisheries
could feed the world's population at a
projected time."
With the help of math t.eachcr
Cindy Daniels, Bey put his quartet of
students to work on this question.
Those participating were Tanica Stan
ley, Thomas Frilchcy, Mike Wcscolt
and David Brown.
Out of 25 entries in NC Super
Quest, this team came in ninth. Bey
hoped for at least fifth place, because
that would have meant a trip to
Research Triangle Park and a super
computer hookup at SBHS to continue
die project.
"Wc spent at least 80 to 100 hours
on this," he said. 1 may try to find
funding to pursue it anyway."
Bey's aquaculture program is the
only one of its kind in the nation, he
said.
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Deai' Brunswick County Friends:
I am a candidate for Governor because I care about the future of
North Carolina. My campaign is also your campaign. It's about electing
a Governor capable of setting priorities, and making the tough decisions
about how the people's hard-earned tax dollars are spent.
Our campaign is about providing our children a quality education,
preparing them to live and work in well-paying 21st Century jobs. It's
about improving our schools by returning more decision making
authority to the local level, freeing teachers from bureaucratic overload,
and letting the teachers teach.
Our campaign is about helping existing North Carolina business
and industry ? the big and the small ? to modernize and expand, and to
provide them with a well trained workforce. It's about developing better
export markets for North Carolina products, and encouraging
environmentally responsible business and industiy to bring jobs to
North Carolina ? for North Carolina people.
Our campaign is about making our communities safe and secure,
by building sufficient prisons to lock the revolving door and keep the
dangerous criminals off the streets. It's about requiring the inmates to
work to earn their own keep, and re-pay their victims.
We have ambitious and important goals for North Carolina.
Working together, we will reach these goals, and put North Carolina
back on track.
With all best wishes to my Brunswick County friends, I am
Sincerely^/^7
Lacy/
lornburg
Lacy Thornburg:
?fed the fight against crime in North Carolina
? worked to protect the environment
? represented the concerns of minorities, women,
the elderly, and the disadvantaged
+saved the people of North Carolina significant
amounts of money and tax dollars
+f ought for the interests of North Carolina's
consumers
fought unfair increases in consumer rates at
Utility Commission hearings, in the courts, and
through legislation.
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