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It Keeps Going
And Going And...
BY DEBBIE RUPP
Vice-President For Organizational Development
South Brunswick Islands Chamber Of Commerce
As I write this articic it is just before daybreak on day one of the
1994 King Classic King Mackerel tournament. With more than 130
boats and nearly perfect weather predicted, we arc
looking forward to an exciting and fun-filled tour
nament. No time to relax after it is over however.
The staff and various volunteer committees never
seem to rest and have a full slate for the remainder
of the year that just keeps going and going and go
ing...
A friend asked mc the other day what their busi
ness gets by investing in the Chamber of Com
merce. I'm always surprised by a question like that
because when you arc knee deep in chamber activi
ties, it seems so obvious. But it's certainly a valid
question that I'll answer with just some of the activities that are current
ly under way.
? Special events like the King Classic tournament and the upcom
ing N.C. Oyster Festival are designed and timed to attract businesses
and visitors from outside our local area to bring additional revenues into
the community and extend the busy season beyond Labor Day weekend
? Ilirough the efforts of our Tourism Committee with publication
of the Visitors and Business Information Guide, national advertising in
Southern Living and AAA magazines and participation in Brunswick
County Travel Pack, the South Brunswick Islands arc promoted and at
tract new business, tourists, retirees and young families. The chamber
receives an average of 2.000 inquiries each month requesting informa
tion on our area and distributes more than 60,000 information packcts
each year Every dollar spent by a visitor or new resident translates into
increased revenues and employment for the people who live and work
in the South Brunswick Islands
S The Business Development Committee coordinates the quarterly
business breakfasts that feature guest speakers who focus on issues ef
fecting our local businesses The next breakfast is scheduled for Tues
day, Sept 27, with Fred Jans Jr., director of the Small Business and
Technology Development Center at UNCW. The topic is small business
finance and other issues facing small businesses today.
!p. addition to :t% work with the Committee of 100, which promotes
the development of new industry in Brunswick County, the Business
Development ( ommittec is also making plans for the 1994 Hometown
Holidays promotion The primary focus i 'his event is to promote local
business and keep our holida) spending dollars within the area
? The Community Development Committee covers a wide range of
issues including government, health care, education and small business
recognition. Some of the actions they arc currently planning include a
legislative forum to be held Nov 17 with elected officials meeting with
chamber members to discuss legislature that effects our business and
community, publication of an emergency medical insert for the 1W5
Visitors and Business Information Guide, and Career Day for local mid
dle and high schools.
The list goes on with each activity on it intended to promote the
economic and civic progress of the South Brunswick Islands But not
one of these activities is possible without the financial and physical sup
port of this community fhrough your annual investment and volunteers
our battery gets recharged and we can keep going and going and going
Seminars Focus On Varied
Needs Of Small Businesses
A computer operating system and
a popular software package, con
struction bid procedures and income
tax filing are topics of four upcom
ing seminars sponsored by the
Brunswick Community College
Small Business Center
Aii the seminars wiii be heiii on
BCC's main campus north of
Supply. They are offered at no
charge to participants, though pre
registration is recommended by call
ing the college at 754-6900, 343
0203 or 457-6329.
The sessions are as follows:
MS-DOS/WINDOWS: This
Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to
1 1 :30 a.m., presenter Peter Lee will
give an overview of the MS
DOS/WINDOWS disk operating
system software. He will show how
it works and explain the uses of
main features such as the program,
file and print managers.
Construction Industry Update:
Presenter Andy Anderson will en
courage participants' questions dur
ing his Tuesday, Sept. 27, update on
construction concerns, a program
aimed at building business owners
and managers. During the 6:30 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m. session, he will discuss
bidding practices and requirements,
collection deadlines for public-fund
ed projects, lien and bond laws, and
other recent legislative and judicial
decisions that involve the construc
tion industry.
Electronic Tax Filing: Income
tax electronic filing will be the topic
of a Small Business Center seminar
Thursday, Sept. 29, from 9:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the IRS and
N.C. Department of Revenue.
Participants will learn about the IRS
Electronic Filing Program.
Which Word Perfect? On Satur
day, Oct. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m., presenter Peter Lee will com
pare the basic features of Word
Perfect 6.0 and Word Perfect 5.1 and
help participants make a decision
about which is the right version for
their use.
Pesticide Use Survey
To Include Local Farmers
Livingston Roberts of Bladenboro
will be contacting some Brunswick
County vegetable producers over the
next several weeks to gather infor
mation about their use of pesticidcs
and commercial fertilizers
The Agricultural Statistics Divi
sion of the N.C. Department of
Agriculture wili conduct the survey
in October and November.
Interviewers will contact veg
etable growers in 14 states that ac
count for KO to 85 percent of the na
tion's vegetable production: infor
mation will be collected on 30 veg
etable crops ranging from asparagus
to watermelons
Growers selected to participate
will be notified by letter. A typical
interview lasts about an hour
Information about individual
grower operations will be treated
with "absolute confidentiality," ac
cording to a news release from the
Agriculture Statistics Division.
State and national estimates will
be published on vegetable growers'
use of agricultural chemicals in June
1995.
Realtors Present Check
Peggy Stanley (left), president-elect of the Brunswick Islands
Board of Realtors , presents a check Monday for $18,268 to Doreen
Alloway , chairperson of Brunswick County Habitat For Humanity.
The check represents the cash raised during the board's recent
"No More Shacks" benefit for Habitat, along with land and in
kind services that bring their total contribution to improving hous
ing in Brunswick County to approximately $35, 0(H). The local
Habitat group is preparing to build its first home in Brunswick
County.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Thomas Named Advertising Director
hai joined The
Brunswick Bea
con Maff as ad
vertuing direc
tor. it was an
nounced by
Edward M and
Carolyn H
Sweait. pub
listu..
Thomas, 39.
is a North
Myrtle Beach
resident who previously was em
ployed by the Sun-News of Myrtle
Beach. He has 10 years' advertising
experience and has also worked for
his father, publisher of the Darling
ton News and Press.
He earned a bachelor's degree in
education from Southern Illinois
University and did graduate work at
the College of William and Mary in
Williamsburg. Va. He served 9 years
in the Navy as an officer on nuclear
submarines.
His wife Melissa is a first-grade
teacher at North Myrtle Beach
Primary School.
Carolyn Sweatt, who previously
was the advertising director as well
as co-publisher, will continue in her
role as publisher.
"Neither of us is retiring." ex
plained Edward Sweatt, who earlier
this month gave up his job as editor
to his daughter, Lynn S. Carlson.
The newspaper's growth in recent
years has greatly expanded the du
ties of the publishers of the locally
owned newspaper, Sweatt said.
New At CP&L
Jackie Gawron has joined Car
olina Power
and Light Com
pany's Bruns
wick Nuclear
Plant as manag
er of Environ
mental and
Radiation Con
trol.
Before com
ing to Bruns
wick, Gawron
worked for the Institute of Nuclear
Power Operations, where she was a
radiation protection evaluator and
assistant team manager. Her work
took her across the U.S. and
throughout the world, evaluating nu
clear power plants for safety, relia
bility and efficiency.
Gawron, a native of Saginaw,
Mich., began her career in the nu
clear industry with Michigan's Con
sumers Power Co. Before that, she
worked for Dow Chemical. She has
also worked at Gulf States Utilities'
Riverbend Nuclear Station in Louis
Morrey Thomas
GAWRON
lana
She lives in Southport with her
husband Paul and two children
Terry Joy, COA
Terry Joy of Shallottc, an employ
ee of Carolina Eye Associates, has
successfully completed the examina
tion to become certified as an oph
thalmic assistant.
She is now entitled to use the cre
dential COA (certified ophthalmic
assistant) following her name She is
among 13 Carolina Eye Associates
employees who were awarded the
certification from the Joint Com
mission on Allied Health Personnel
in Ophthalmology. JCAHPO is the
national certifying agency for oph
thalmic medical personnel
Frink Joins Group
Barry Frink of Coastal Tire
Company, Shallottc, recently be
came a member of the N.C. Retail
Merchants Association
Formed in 1902 to represent retail
issues ocfore the N.C. General
Assembly, the association has
20,1)00 store members from all trade
divisions of retailing and from all
over the state.
Gets Raleigh Post
David E. Kelly, Carolina Power
and Light's director of external rela
tions for Brunswick County, has
been appointed director of external
affairs in the Public Affairs Depart
ment at CP&L corporate headquar
ty's system in North and South
Carolina.
A Brunswick Nuclear Plant com
munity relations council will assume
CP&L's public affairs responsibili
ties in Brunswick County.
Mac S. Harris, manager of site
communications for the Brunswick
plant, will coordinate council activi
ties as well as Kelly's previous gov
ernmental relations responsibilities.
Hairis, 51, is a former college
teacher, newspaper reporter and
manager of CP&L's news bureau.
He and his wite, snaron, are resi
dents of the Carolina Shores com
munity in Calabash. They have two
grown children and two grandchil
dren.
ters in Raleigh
KELLY
In his new
role, Kelly will
coordinate de
velopment of
governmental
relations pro
grams through
local employee
community re
lations councils
across the utili
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