7j Oekh B_XhWho By Mike Taylor Pender County Library Director Special to the Post & Voice In this inaugural monthly column, I invite you to join Pender County Public Libraries in the Pender Post and at either of our county public libraries in Burgaw and Hampstead. Apart from the county library system, the Town of Atkinson has a municipal library that also serves county residents. I think you will be surprised at the diversity of services and resources the county libraries offer. They are free to you. Our staff are all dedicated people who truly desire to serve you. The county libraries are blessed by two strong fundraising arms, the Friend of the Library groups each dedicated to a library. I’ll focus on just two services this month. s&LIPSTER 7HILE BOTH LIBRARies in Burgaw and Hampstead have strong magazine collections, you can also enjoy free access to a collection of magazines on your smart phone, tablet, laptop or computer at any time or place. With generous assistance from the Topsail Township Friends of the Library (Hampstead) and the Friends of Pender County Library (Burgaw), you can enjoy about forty magazines in electronic format that looks just like the paper version. This is what is called an Emagazine. Our Emagazine collection covers a wide range of interests including: automotive, business, entertainment, family and kids, fitness and health, food and cooking, hobbies, interests, and DIY, home and garden, lifestyle, of special interest to men, of special interest to women, news and politics, science and technology, sports, teens, and travel and regional interest. EMagazines offer hyperlinks from articles and ads where you can choose to connect with more related information that may interest you. Visit our website to learn more. In your browser’s search
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Continued from page 4A a little bit, and it takes a little more weight to balance out.� Balancing tires is a science, but also an art, with a little experience thrown in. “You look for anything, like a weight that’s fallen off, maybe he’s run up against a curb.� Ronnie recommends an alignment check after a new set of tires have been put on, and told me what to look for on the old tires, “You look for signs of (unusual) wear, and on the edges. You see some signs of cuppin’ sometimes, and a lot of the time it’s broken belts inside the tire. Sometimes it’s just a defect.� I asked, “Are some tires better than others? That the more you pay you’ll get a better tire?� “No,� he shook his head, “I think today there are some cheaper tires that are just as good as some expensive tires.� Ronnie mentioned the name of a popular well advertised name, “Pretty close.�
engine just look for Pender County Library. On our homepage you’ll find a number of topical tabs to explore across the top of the screen including “Emagazines.� You can start reading immediately if you already have a library card. If you don’t have a library card, visit either location in Burgaw or Hampstead and we’ll be glad to give you one. Your library card number is the key to access to this digital collection and much more. If you run into difficulty, call our technology coordinator Cindy at 259-0306. Remember that you can read the regular paper versions in comfortable reading areas in the libraries. Many more titles are available as well as newspapers such as the News & Observer, the Star News, USA Today, and of course the Post & Voice at both libraries. Burgaw also carries the Wilmington Journal, the Duplin Times, and the Bladen Journal. Hampstead carries the Wall Street Journal. s3TORY TIMES /UR LIBRARIES offer free story times for preschool children accompanied by their caregivers. In Hampstead, Toddler Story Time is Wednesday at 10:15am. Older preschoolers are most welcome on Wednesdays at 11:00am. A new special program for elementary children is Bedtime Math Crazy 8s Club on Tuesday afternoons at 4:00pm in Hampstead. This is a fun program that was wildly popular in Burgaw this past spring. Come by or call the Hampstead Branch Library for more information at 270-4603. S t o r y t i m e i n B u rg aw is offered on Thursdays at 11:00am for all preschool ages.
More events will be offered in Burgaw once the vacant position of Youth Services Coordinator is filled. Our former Youth Services Coordinator in Burgaw, Ann Mendenhall, has retired after sixteen and a half years of extraordinary community service. While we seek for and decide on a new person to fill some mighty big shoes, folks are enjoying a series of guest storytellers from the community and from among our staff. This includes Ann’s husband, Rev. Ray Mendenhall an accomplished storyteller, who will spin some tales on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. in Burgaw. Also staff members Terri Strong of our Hampstead Branch and Nancy Lukens will be offering story times on upcoming Thursdays in Burgaw well into October. Preschool children who are read to on a regular basis begin acquiring what are termed pre-emergent literacy skills. Studies have proven that when these children first arrive at school, most are better equipped to be ready to learn how to read. We know reading is a strong foundation for learning and academic success. This usually leads to economic success as an adult. Each library offers a collection of picture books with attractive illustrations and simple text to make your own story time a special time with that child. Come and select your own stack of books to borrow, or borrow a bag full of pre-selected titles according to a theme, packed and ready to go to your home.
“Front and rear alignment, just for normal use, or potholes, or backing over something,� he said as he showed me around the alignment rack. “And that’s a brake bleeder, for single man operation so you don’t have to have a helper when you bleed the brakes.� “What’s a ‘normal’ workday like?� I asked. “We do quite a few oil changes, tires, brakes and tune-ups.� I saw some exhaust pipes standing in one corner of a back room. “Do you do exhausts?� “Not so much any more. We do some.� About this time I noticed the rows and rows of tires, all used.� “Yeah, the popular tires we bring in here.� “Is there a large market for used tires?� I asked. Ronnie nodded, “Yeah.� “Who buys used tires?� “It’s across the board, it’s hard to say just who, about anybody. Some tires we’ll have,� and he paused and reached across a row of tires
in front of him, and put his fingertip on the treads of a nearly new looking tire, “that’s a almost new tire.� “How much is it?� “$30, and that’s mounted and balanced, you can come in the door and it’ll be ready to drive away.� Ronnie laughs, “All of ‘em ain’t gonna’ be like this.� “Why would someone take a tire off in good shape?� “They might be changin’ a whole set of tires, and some of the take-offs still have plenty of miles left. The front end coulda’ been out of line, they wore the two front ones out, and they wanted a new set. When they put a new set on, the rears were still good.� “Do you do brakes?� I asked and nodded toward what I thought might be the brake machine. “We do brakes. We have a brake lathe. It depends on the rotor. Sometimes it’s cheaper to just buy a new rotor.� Ronnie pointed out the various parts of the lathe, “Right now it’s set up for rotors. If you want to do drums,� he pointed to some accessories
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Obituaries
Shirley Boyette Barnette HAMPSTEAD -- Shirley Boyette Barnette, 73, of Hampstead passed peacefully on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1941 in Centralia, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Roy Franklin and Martha Mae Ezzell Boyette. Also lovingly remembered is her husband, Paul L. Barnett; brother, Jimmy Boyette and sister, Sudie Evelyn Boyette all who preceded Shirley in death.. Shirley is survived by her son, Steve Barnette (Shelley); daughters, Rhonda Bradley (John) and Robin Garner (Don); grandchildren, Casey Barnette, Steven Barnette, Jr., Brittany Lee Williams, Leslie Lewis (Blake), Shannon Rinko (Chad) and Amanda Barnette; great grandchildren, Kimber Rinko and Bentley Rinko; sisters, Fannie Mae Boyette and Jodie Beck (Steve); many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. T h e f a m i l y r e c e ive d friends 5-6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 at Castle Hayne Advent Christian Church with service at 7 p.m. Pastor Randall Smith offici-
ated the service. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that you consider a memorial gift in memory of Shirley Barnette to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physician’s Drive, Wilmington NC 28401. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home of Burgaw.
Bruce Fillyaw WILLARD - - Bruce Fillyaw died Sept. 3 in Orange County. Funeral service was held Wednesday, Sept/ 9, at the Willard Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Interment followed at Willard Community Cemetery. He is survived by two sisters, Alice J. Everett and Penny (Monte) Thorne and two brothers, Terry Johnson and William Bill (Renee) Fillyaw, Jr. The family was served by Matthews Funeral Service of Wallace. Patrick Earl Gerhard Savage WILMINGTON -- Patrick Earl Gerhard Savage, 48, of Wilmington, valiant soldier and beloved man left his
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earthly life too soon. On Sept. 6, 2015 he went home to a place of eternal peace. He was born December 30, 1966 in Germany, the son of William “Bill� and Monika Savage. In addition to his parents he is survived by his wife, Jessica K. Savage; son, Tyler Savage; daughter, Brooke Savage; stepchildren, Hailey Rouse and Jordan Rouse; brother, Michael Savage; several aunts, nieces and one nephew; and many extended family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 at Windermere Presbyterian Church, 104 Windemere Road, Wilmington, with the Rev. Walt Griffith officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. In lieu of flowers the family would like for you to consider a memorial gift to Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758541, Topeka, KS 66675. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.
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The Pender County Tobacco Research Referendum will be held Nov. 19. The polling location in Pender County is the County Extension Office, 801 S. Walker St., Burgaw. Pender County Agricultural Extension Director Mark Seitz explained that the referendum is being held to let tobacco growers decide if they wish to continue the self-assessment program. This program has been in place since 1991, and the law requires that a new referendum be held every six years. A two-thirds favorable vote will mean that growers are willing to continue to
assess themselves to support tobacco research and education. The assessment is 10 cents per hundred pounds of tobacco produced in North Carolina. The funds, which amount to about $300,000 annually, are collected at buying stations by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and then allocated by the Tobacco Research Commission to research and extension projects for tobacco at NC State University. For more information on the referendum please call the Pender County County Extension Office at 910-259-1235
authority to remove you to a shelter if a state of emergency has been declared. “The majority of the time the compliance with the evaluation order is good. The biggest thing is getting the information out about an evacuation,� Collins said. Choosing to ride out a storm is very risky. Emergency personnel will not be sent out during the height of a hurricane to risk their lives to rescue people who have ignored evacuation orders. “Our emergency services are not going out once the storm hits. You are on your own.�
under the machine, “you have to put these parts on.� Sensing Ronnie probably needed to get back to work, I asked, “Anything else? Do you like the work?� “Yeah. I’ve been doin’ it so long. I like the challenges of some things, and the aggravations.� “Ever have a ‘hard’ fix?� “Yeah, mostly electrical, an indeterminate problem somewhere. A guy came in and it was blowin’ a fuse, a problem in the wirin’ harness somewhere. It was just a bad wire.� Ronnie and I moved over to the workbench, and he showed me his workstation, a laptop computer. He pulled up a service manual, displayed the wiring diagram that spread over a half dozen pages, and we talked about wiring in modern day cars. In the old days, every ‘hot’ wire had a ‘ground wire’ that ran alongside. Not any more. The battery ground wire connects to the car’s metal chassis, and every circuit – the tail lamps, turn signals, trunk lamp, interior lights, etc. -
have a single ‘hot wire’ and the short wire connected to the chassis near the component. Elegant, sophisticated, but sometimes tricky to troubleshoot. “Look,� Ronnie said as he pointed across the pages, “This one has thirty-two ground points.� Each diagram component had a description of the element, a schematic with the connection to the wiring harness, and a pin-out to the chassis ground. I thanked Ronnie for his time, and left through the waiting room, now with a waiting customer, who started telling Ronnie about an intermittent electrical problem of some sort. On the way back home, I saw the gate was open and turned down the road leading into the Hampstead Air Park, a private airstrip. In the hangar, I saw an old truck with an open door and a leg sticking out. It was the owner, John Young, and he was working at installing a new headliner into a Ford Model A pickup truck. Parked in front was an-
other Model A, an automobile. I climbed into the cab with John and was amazed at the room, or lack of room, inside. We were shoulder to shoulder, perfect, I thought, if you were five feet tall or less, but tight for my six feet four. John pointed out the instruments, “This is the fuel gauge, and the speedometer.� The temperature gauge is in the radiator cap on the top front of the car. John opened the hood of the car, and clearly visible, unlike in today’s maze of underhood components, there was the engine, gray and iron, and little else. You could see through the engine compartment to the floor underneath.� “I did all my courting in one of them,� John said, as he nodded to the other Model A, in running condition and looking for all the world like it ought to be in company of a fabric covered biplane from the era. Times change, but ‘gear heads’ never loose their fascination with mechanical powerplants.
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