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STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG KUm* ELEANOR POTTER SMITH (left) was named Brunswick County's Small Business Person of the Year Monday night. She is pictured with Brunswick Community College Small Business Cen ter Director Velva Jenkins. BUSINESS BRIFFS Phillips Joins MD Associates |?jr*> I PhlHipS Of '*"V*r?an I do Bcach has joined MD Associates of Shallolie, ef fective April 27, as the national company's re gional marketing representative. Her duties in clude promoting and selling MD Associates' lines PHILLIPS of computer hardware, software and services to health care providers in Southeastern North Carolina and South Carolina. She also represents the firm at state and regional med ical conventions. A Whiteville native, Ms. Phillips has 11 years of experience in the marketing and development of spe cialized computer business applica tions. Before joining MD Asso ciates, she was associated with Pur due Industries and Associated Busi ness Systems, both of Rockingham, and Burlington Industries of Cor dova. Established in 1984, MD Asso ciates has maintained a corporate of fice in Shallotte since 1985, offering a variety of services to health care providers. Certified As Consultant Valerie Lamb of Ocean Isle Bcach has been certified as an inde pendent image consultant for Beau tiControl Cosmetics, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. She recently completed training in the company's coordinated sys tem for skin carc and cosmetics, and color and makeup/fashion personali ty image analysis. Poye First Honored Ellen Poye of Shallotte is The Brunswick Hospital's employee of the month for May. She is the first to be honored under the hospital's new employee of the month recogni tion program. Employees of the month receive several gifts and will be considered fnr r?mnlrwr?f of tho voor rnrnmii. *"* **? ? * j ?????.? lion. An employee of the hospital for seven years, she is a data processing clerk in the hospital's accounts payable department. A fellow em ployee who nominated her said, "She is always pleasant, always speaks to everyone she comes in contact with, and always has a smile on her face." Weeks Honors Customer NationsBank in Shallottc will join other branch offices May 1 1 through 15 in a company- wide Customer Appreciation Week. During the week, offices will serve refreshments and hold draw ings to give away U.S. Series EE Savings Bonds. A drawing will be held at each NationsBank location in North Carolina. Nations Bank Corp. is the fourth largest bank holding company in the United States with SI 13 billion in assets and more than SI, 80() bank ing centers in nine states and the District of Columbia. Designated Center Grand Strand General Hospital has been designated as one of eight community trauma centers (CTCs) by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Con trol. This means that trauma patients taken to the hospital will be treated by a team of specialists as opposed to individual specialists treating the patient separately. Dr. Kenneth L. DcHart, director of emergency medicine, said that all trauma patients can be safely stabi lized and treated at the hospital, with less than 5 percent needing to be transferred out of town for further trauma care. When the hospital is alerted by paramedics that a seriously injured victim is being transferred to the emergency department, the trauma team is notified and, in many cases, arrives before the ambulance, the hospital said. Come see our Full Pontiac Lineup! PONTIAC SUNBIRD 2 DR. "Eggs A. re Cheaper In The Country!" RICK EDWARDS Pontiac-Buick f-.hrys'erP lymou? , Dodge W Cnevrolet-Geo HWV 130fe - WHlTEVILLE Q1Q-6A2-31&3 ? Only 30 minutes from Shallotte AT THE SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS Southporf Shop Owner Is Business Person Of Year Eleanor Potter Smith, owner of the Curiosity Shop in Southport, was named Brunswick County's 1992 Small Business Person of the Year Monday night at the sixth an nual awards program. Seven other local business owners also were recognized with awards in six specific categories during the program at the Brunswick County Shrine Club in Bolivia. Lockwood Golf Links of Holdcn Beach, owned by Channel Side Corp., received an award for appear ance, with General Manager Bill Benton accepting. Community service awards were presented to Brunswick Funeral Service of Shallottc, owned by Michael and Connie Powell, and Southport Marina. Vice president John Stcmkc accepted the award for the marina. Oak Island Jewelers, owned by Ray Carteret, was choscn for the customer satisfaction award. Carteret was last year's small busi ness person of the year. The employee relations award went to J.M. Parker & Sons, Inc., of Supply, owned by Albert Parker. James Daniel, owner of Daniel Upholstery of Bolivia, received the award for family-owned small busi nesses. Kool-A-Brcw of Calabash re ceived the award for innovation. Owners nrc Joe 2nd Ginny Lassitcr Other nominees for business per son of the year were L. Benjamin Atkins of Appraisals Unlimited; Lee Langston M.D. of Shallottc; Fred Walker, owner of McDonald's; and AWARD RECIPIENTS included Joe and Ginny Uissiter (left), owners of Kool-A-Brew, near Calabash , and Connie Powell, co-owner of Brunswick Funeral Senice of Shallotte. Robert G. Ward of Robert CJ. Ward Farms. Wally Auslcy, mayor of Holdcn Beach and former "Voicc of the N C State Wolfpack," was the keynote speaker for Monday night's dinner program. Ausley, who once owned a handi craft and hobby shop, urged busi ness owners to be inventive, dream big, show initiative, be optimistic and work hard to succeed. Vclva Jenkins, director of the Brunswick Community College Small Business Center, presented the awards. Certificates were given to all 24 finalists, which were select ed from 64 nominees. Judges for the awards program were members of SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives, a vol unteer group of retired business peo ple who provide management coun seling to small business owners. The awards program was spon sored by the Brunswick Community College Small Business Center, Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce and South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce. ?1 __ PHOTO CONTRIBUTED SHERYL STANIJ?Y, R.N., (left) and Clara Smith, EP.N., pose with Earl Tamar, chief executive officer of The Brunswick Hosp ital. Two Receive Nurse Of The Year Awards Two employees of The Brunswick Hospital received Nurse of the Year awards May 5 as pan of the facili ty's observance of Nurses' Day. Sheryl Stanley was named Registered Nurse of the Year. A res ident of Nakina, she serves as chair man of the committee to develop new nursing documentation. She re ceived nominations from several de partments in addition to her own nursing unit. Clara Smith of Bolivia was cho sen as the hospital's Licensed Prac tical Nurse of the Year. She serves on the hospital's team building com mittee and has volunteered her ser vices for many functions, including the recent Children's Health Fair. This year the Nurses' Day cele bration was dedicated to the memo ry of Barbara Kennedy, R.N. A 14 year employee of The Brunswick Hospital, she died recently follow ing a stroke that occurred in December 1991. zeNQ'S qKRDetsi cu tncsc J^csrcvuii-cvncr Coming Soon East Gate Square, Holden Beach Road ? Shallotte The Millikcn Company is pleased to announce it has arranged the lease of office space to the USDA-Farmcrs Home Administration. Their new Brunswick Count}/ office is located at: Promenade Office Park 143 Holden Beach Road Shallotte, NC The M ill i ken Company negotiated the lease on behalf of Lineage, Inc. and Fra>ik and Greta Bolick. million compon/ v COMMERCIAL-INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE Problem-solving and decision-making Call Buddy Milliken (919)763-7991 16 South Front Street ? Wn min^ton. North Caroi ina 28401 Problems At Brunswick Plant On NRC, CP&L Agenda Again Efforts by Carolina Power & Light Co. to correct problems at its Brunswick nuclear plant near Southport will be the topic of sever al meetings this week and next be tween officials of CP&L and ihe federal Nuclear Regulatory Com mission. A technical meeting held Tuesday in Rockville, Md., was called by the NRC to discuss mainly structural problems with the building that houses the plant's emergency diescl generators. CP&L discovered that the build ing might not be able to withstand ihe force of a severe earthquake be cause of a problem with bolts. It subsequently shut down both units at the plant to avoid operating out of compliancc with NRC regulations. Some bolls that helped support the thick masonry walls of the building were the wrong size, others were missing and others had not been in stalled properly, a CP&L spokesman said earlier. Following the technical meeting, a news release from the NRC said the agency planned to discuss with CP&L officials in closed session "inadequate corrective actions" in addressing the seismic and structural issues. No final decision on enforcement action will be made at that meeting. CP&L has been fined nine times since July 1988 for violations at the Brunswick plant, which was built in the early 1970s. Other alternatives open to the NRC include issuance of a citation or an order. Because of the plant's continuing history of problems, the NRC sent two additional inspectors to the plant in February to investigate and monitor safety at the plant. The results of the team's study of "weaknesses" in maintenance per formance and procedures are expect ed to be released at a special perfor mance review next week. NRC offi cials were to meet with CP&L offi cials in Southport tomorrow (Fri day). CP&L will be asked to develop a plan to correct weaknesses identified in the study. The NRC will monitor how the plan is carried out. I SUMMER'S ? Heating Up | And so are the new ? home savings at... awimjim Wayne Culbertson, RHS .Ann Brown, RHS HOMES BY ANN i Hwy. 17 N., Shallotte, 754-5147 NOWS THE TIME TO FIND YOUR VACATION HOME A FUN DAY AT THE BEACH BECOMES A NIGHTMARE Thank you to each and everyone who helped rescue my son, Scott Downer, 13, and his friend Willie Euper, 14, on Sunday, May 3 at Holden Beach. They were playing with a frisbee when they were swept out by a riptide. Different beachgoers around heard their cries and went to help. Willie and Scott were in bad trouble. Willie was drowning when Gary Thompkins, a man lying in the sun near us, reached him. Gary told Willie not to panic, that he would be fine. Scott, at first, seemed to be OK, but later became afraid when he realized that he could not swim to shore. I've talked with Gary since this day, and I'm telling the story from his point of view. Others tried to reach the boys, but they were so far out and the currents were so strong they could not. You are heroes also for trying. Gary said every now and then they could touch bottom. It's not like they were resting on a sandbar at all. Thank you seems like such a little word for saving your son's life Since this day I've had many sleepless nights. 1 don't know that iny life will ever be the same I stood on shore and thought the boys had drowned. Tor so long, all I could do was pi ay. It took great people working together-Gary coaching the boys through, the two policemen who swam out to calm everyone, all of the rescue people, the people who threw out life jackets and rope. Willie was lucky, he walked off the rescue boat. Scott had to got to the hospital. Thank you to the three ladies on the am bulance. They were so nice and really knew their stuff. Thank you Lord for keeping them all in the palm of your hand. Scott's Mother Shirley Downer
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