STAFF PHOTO BY LYNN CARLSON Donation For Hospice Laney Blanton (right) of Lower Cape Fear Hospice accepts a beautiful sampler quilt, created in hues of teal and mauve, designed and made by members of the Carolina Shores Quilters' Guild. Holding the quilt are guild members Rose Marcisyn (left) and Elizabeth Carter. A committee of four or five guild members picked out the fabrics and cut the pieces; 12 to 15 helped to sew and quilt it, said guild president Jean Rowland. The work began in late May and continued through mid-August. Hospice will sell 1,000 tickets to win the quilt; a drawing U'l// hi' h*>lsf Chrivtvnne t? \io PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Amercer Is Assistant In Governor's Eastern Office Former state Rep. Leo Mercer of Chadbourn has been named special assistant to the director of the Governor's Eastern Office in New Bern by Gov. Jim Hunt. Mercer, 67, will serve the gover nor on transportation issues and will serve as a liaison between local gov ernment and state agencies. He will represent Hunt in Brunswick, Bla den, Columbus, Cumberland, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson and Sampson counties. Mercer, a retired postmaster, rep resented Columbus County in the N.C. House from 1989-1993. There he served as chairman of the State Government Subcommittee on Mili tary, Veterans and Indian Affairs, and was vice-chairman of the Agri culture Subcommittee on Crops and Animal Husbandry. He is a member of the Columbus County Committee of 100 and the Southeastern Economic Develop ment Commission and is vice chair man of the board of directors of First Investors Savings Bank. He was mayor of Chadbourn from 1969-71 and 1975-82 and was a member of the Columbus County School Board from 1982-88. He is past chairman of the Columbus County Board of Education and past member of the Westside and the Chadbourn School Boards. Attended Conference Marcus Bernard, a senior at West Brunswick High School, recently at tended the Broyhill Leadership Con ference at Belmont Abbey College. He was representing the West Brunswick High School DECA chapter, in which he was active as a junior. During the five-day conference he participated in small group sessions on topics such as goal setting, lead ership skills and communications skills. He plans to use this information to help West Brunswick's DECA chapter experience another success ful school year, he said. Marcus is the son of Curtis S. and Adell G. Bernard of the Cedar Grove community in Supply. Deployment Over Marine Staff Sgt. Eugene D. Mid kiff, son of Margaret F. Holmes of Route 3, Shallotte, recently returned with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Four to Cherry Point from a 21 -day deployment to Fallon, Nev., where the squadron underwent a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation. During the evaluation the squad ron, nicknamed the Seahawks, was graded on its ability to deploy in a timely fashion, set up their new en vironment and demonstrate their mission capability. The Seahawks fly the EA-6B Prowler aircraft which can be armed with missiles and is capable of jam ming enemy radar systems to allow for strike aircraft to hit enemy tar gets. The 1978 graduate of South Char leston (W.Va.) High School joined the Marines in March 1979. His wife, Tammey, is the daughter of Lina Nord of Shallotte. New Director Isaac Chandler has been hired as planning and al locations direc tor in charge of agency budget reviews and new funding proposals. He < * has worked as a jvH| customer ser Mk v'ce representa tive at Bedford CHANDLER Falls Inc. and as a co-owner/operations manager for his family business in Washington, DC. Earns 4.0 Lafaye M. Bryant, a biological sciences major at N.C. State University in Raleigh received a 4.0 Expo Scheduled This Weekend Product exhibits, demonstrations and seminars are planned as part of The Home & Garden Expo at Trask Coliseum, UNC Wilmington, Satur day and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat urday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Sponsored by the Wilmington Cape Fear Home Builders Asso ciation, Inc., and SpecComm Inter national of Raleigh, the show will feature more than 100 exhibits showing the latest in construction, home decorating and furnishing, doors and windows, electronics, kit chen and baths, floor and wall cov ering, appliances and outdoor liv ing. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday the Home Builders As sociation will conduct a Home Buy ers Seminar. Panelists will discuss construction, financing, closing and other related issues. A schedule of product seminars and/or demonstrations will feature security products, sewing machines and sergers, the home design pro cess, and oriental rugs, from their BOATS for a smooth ride 1-800-545-2293 919-457-9080 origin to their manufacture, care and value. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $2 for senior citizens and those ages 6 18, and free for children under age 6. 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