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STAFF PHOTO BY SRIC CARLSON Like This , Dad Paige Marie iMUgish, age 10 months, instructs her father, Henry IMUgish, in the fine art of sand crawling. The IMUgish family of Kings Mountain recently spent a week at llolden Reach. Southeastern Welcome Center Won't Join Network But Will Get State Funds The Southeastern Welcome Center on the U.S. 17 bypass of Shallottc won't be joining the state's network of welcome centers ? at least not right away ? but it will continue to receive state support. An effort by Rep. E. David Rcdwine (D-Brunswick) and other legislators to have the state assume operation of the local center and four others statewide stalled in the General Assembly this summer. Legislators did agree to appropriate money to each of five local or regional centers during 1993-94 and 1994-95. Southeastern will receive S75,(XX)a year. "That was with the understanding we would try next year to get them in the Department of Commerce," said Redwinc. "We're trying to build consensus." Rcdwine announced two years ago he planned to stop seeking regular allocations for tins center and sev eral similar ones statewide, and use the center's high visitation counts to try to get the state to lake over their operation. The current slate allocation comes from the N.C. Department of Transportation's personalized license tag sales proceeds. Other funds from thai account will go to promote travel and industrial development, promote travel accessibility for the handicapped and to beautify and landscape non-interstate highways. When Southeastern Welcomc Center Inc. was creat ed as a not-for-profit organization, the N.C. Department of Transportation agreed to build the visitors' center and to operate a rest area on the site, with the understanding that the center would receive no state funding. Similar agreements were reached in two other communities. Almost immediately, however, the ccnters began accept ing allocations obtained by their local legislative delega tions through the General Assembly, using money from DOT's own lag fund. Currently the eight welcome ccnters operated by the state arc all located on interstate highways and operate under federal guidelines. In addition to its state allocation, the locally-opcrat ed center receives funds from Brunswick County, the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and the Cape Fear Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau. Southeastern promotes travel and tourism in coastal North Carolina. During its first 1 1 months of operation in 1992, more than 375,0(X) travelers visited the center. The center is open to provide information services seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with re stroom facilities available around the clock. The center is closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Clegg Accepts Legal Post In Cumberland County Former Brunswick County Man ager/Attorney David Clcgg said Tuesday he has accepted a position in Faycttevillc as one of Cum berland County government's three in-house legal advisers. Clegg will join Cumberland County Attorney G.B. Johnson's staff July 26 in a new position creat ed as part of a major reorganization of the county's administration and expansion of its legal department. "It's an opportunity for mc," Clcgg said. "I'll be gaining experi ence in an administration that serves 250,000 people versus 50,000. I'll also be 37 miles from my parents' driveway in Lee County and I'll have an opportunity to teach at Fay etteville State University or Meth odist College." Although he is unsure exactly what his new duties will include, Clegg said his hiring was part of an effort by Cumberland County to maintain a "full range of in-house legal services." Clegg resigned his dual Bruns wick County posts March 15 amidst pressure from the local Democratic Party. He was replaced by newly hired County Manager Wyman Yel ton and Shallotte lawyer Michael Ramos, who has been retained as county attorney. Democrat commissioners also voted recently to remove Clegg from his chairmanship of the Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority, where he served for seven years. He was replaced on that board by for mer county manager Billy Carter. Since his resignation, Clcgg said he has taken on some contract legal work and continued his involvement in the Miss Brunswick County, Miss North Carolina and other scholar ship pageants. He said he has also acted in two episodes of the televi sion scries "Matlock," currently fil ming in Southport and Wilmington. Clegg said that although he has a house in Faycttevillc, he plans to Burning Ban Off A ban on open burning in Brunswick and five other south eastern North Carolina counties was lifted Monday morning after weekend rains brought relief to the dry coastal area. Burning permits are again be ing issued by forest rangers and permit agents in Brunswick, Bla den, Pender, Columbus, Duplin and New Hanover counties. The ban was put in effect July 13 by the N.C. Division of Forest Resources because of hot, dry weather, fires burning across the region and lightning associated with dry thunderstorms. maintain his permanent residence in Brunswick County. His starting salary at the new po sition will be S42,000. V) ?>l </> . to Q I o o 'I , ? . ? '"S 4) . I1 4> > (0 to OT TO cn 3 IQ <u C 3 II ?Waverly ? Imperial ? Seabrook Designs ? Laura Ashley N^llpaper Place DISCOUNT BLINDS THIS WEEK ONLY 40% OFF IN STOCK-SHALLOTTE STORE ONLYj Some BELOW Wholesale TWO LOCATIONS Main SI.. 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"Our main concern is the person we call a subsistence fisherman, someone who is consuming a large quantity of fish, four to five meals per month," said Deborah Crane, spokesman for the N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources. She said it is likely an advisory will be issued about eating fish from the river as well as Big Creek and Mcarcs Millpond, both of which arc north of Lake Waccamaw in Columbus County. Mercury is a naturally-occurring poisonous element that can accumu late over time. In high concentra tions the heavy metal can damage fetuses and cause birth defects, kid ney damage, nervous system dam age and neurological side effects. The metal tends to accumulate in predator fish ? including tuna. Largemouth bass arc at the top of the food chain in the river's ecosys tem, and arc also the most common ly eaten fish harvested from the Waccamaw River. The department routinely samples waters statewide, a procedure caJled "ambient monitoring" in which a few fish arc pulled from a stretch of water and tested. High counts in largemouth bass taken from Waccamaw River last spring resulted in a more thorough sampling that continued from May 1992 through April 1993. Mercury levels in bass tissue exceeded the federal warning level of one part per million at six sites from the Bladen County line to the South Carolina line. Fish were collcctcd at Mearcs Millpond, near the mouth of Big Creek, Crusoe Island, New Britton J* CDs J* Tapes J* P J* T -Shirts J* Special EH? J* Accessories J^The Singing Machine | J1 Accompaniment Karaoke Sound Tracks Mon.-Sat. 9 am-9 pm, Sunday 1-6 pm 150 Holden Beach Rd. ? East Gate Square ? Shallotte (beside Zeng's Garden Chinese Restaurant) 754-2786 C1993 THE BRUNSWICK BFACON PAWN , Great American Values ^1,000,000. TO LOAN WE WANT VOUR LOAN BUSINESS. 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Farming and forestry arc impor tant industries in the Waccamaw River basin and, said Crane, lead at one time was used in the production of agricultural chemicals and mer cury is a byproduct of woods fires. Controlled burning is a management tool in forestry. Water and sediment collected dur ing the study contained traces of mercury, and other species of fish, lower down on the food chain, also showed non-hazardous levels of mercury. The state tested such spec ies as blucgill sunfish, blackfish, catfish, black crappics, redbreast and carp, among others, and found mer cury levels on average within non threatening mercury levels. Mercury levels were not at haz ardous levels in fish or water taken from the lake. The greatest concentrations of mercury ? ranging up to 3.4 parts per million (ppm) were found in bass taken in Big Creek near where it empties into the lake. At New Britton Bridge at the Brunswick -Columbus line above Ash, five bass tested showed an av erage level of 1.39 ppm, while five sampled at Pireway showed 1.48 ppm. North Carolina has issued health advisories bccausc of high mercury levels in fish only twice before. In 1981 part of High Rock Lake near Lexington was posted; that warning was lifted last spring. Just two weeks ago, an advisory was issued for three golf coursc lakes in Moore County recommend ing that people cat no more than two meals per month of fish taken from those waters. And children and women of childbcaring age were ad vised to eat no fish caught in the lakes. Crane said it is possible an advi sory could be issued as early as Wednesday for Waccamaw River and Big Creek. FOR PROTECTION AND SAVINGS Life insurance that builds significant cash accumulations for you as it insures your life. Receive competitive interest rotes special tax benefits and valuable Me insurance protection with Nationwide Capita! 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