County Spelling Chomp Balked At 'Bulletinize' Heather Hcavencr spelled corrcct ly every word hut one given in the first round of the National Spelling Bee in Washing ton, D.C. .May 24. However, this ac complishment by Brunswick Cou nty's champion speller went unno ticed, since it took heavener place in the "comfort room" offstage at the Hilton, after she failed to spell "bulletinize" correctly and was ruled out of the competition. Heather's mother said the Shal lotte Middle School seventh grader had feared she would lose out in the first round. "She was a little nervous and afraid she'd go out the first time." Mrs. Hcavencr said. "When she came out into the comfort room, where wc could hear the bcc going on, she spelled the rest of the words correctly." The young woman experienced her first spelling bee anil her first visit to the nation's capitol. "She re ally enjoyed everything, and the sponsors, Scripps- Howard newspa pers, planned so many parties and activities so spellers could get ac quainted." Mrs. Heavener said. "Wc toured Fort McHenry and the aquar ium in Baltimore." Although disappointed. Heather proved she's a winner by her deter mination to try again next year, ac cording to her mother. She has pre pared for the bee along with a busy schedule as a school leader and scholar. Recently inducted into the National Honor Society, she is also a member of the Young Authors group and is sccond vice president of the state Career Club. Pig-Picking Set For Dispatchers Current and former dispatchers of Calabash EMS will be treated to a pig-picking and chicken barbecue June 26 at 6 p.m. at the squad build ing. During April, Chief Mark Christy reported to the unit's board of direc tors at its May 21 meeting, squad members answered 48 calls. They worked 184 hours and traveled 2,059 miles. Twenty-one of the calls were in Calabash, nine in Sunset Beach and 18 were elsewhere. The annual business meeting was to be held June 2 at the squad build ing, with election of officers, said President Kathy Morfit. Senators Inspired To Flowery Language Legislators have the reputation for some of the driest language on record as they spew out the multi tude of bills that make or break their reputations. Legalistic terms that challenge the general public to get the gist of their intentions do sound impressive in the halls of government. North Carolina's lawmakers, however, just departed from this mode in drafting a bill to make the Vcnus's flytrap the state plant. This exotic beauty, an endangered species that particularly enjoys growing in Brunswick County, caused the honorables and their staff to wax poetic. "Whereas," they begin in the usu al tedious vein, "the vcnus's flytrap is a perennial, inseciivoiOus plant native to the boggy areas of south eastern North Carolina; and where as, this unusual plant bears while CONRAD'S ALL-SPORTS CARD SHOP Baseball-Football-Basketball RACING BUY-TRADE-SELL Located next to Shallotte Glass