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[April 01, 2006]

Area News Briefs: Remember to change batteries, set clocks

(Sun Journal (New Bern, NC)(KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 1--There will be some changes made this weekend.

Clocks will be set forward an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight saving time begins.

Henry Watson, New Bern fire marshal, is reminding residents and businesses that the time change is a good reminder to check smoke alarms and change the batteries.

He said 9-volt batteries in smoke detectors should be replaced.

"They are not long-life batteries," Watson said.

He said smoke detectors 10 years or older should also be replaced.

For seniors in New Bern, Watson said fire and rescue will help in changing the batteries.

Watson said those who can't afford batteries can be qualified at the local department of social services or health department.

Those needing new smoke detectors but can't afford them may contact the two county agencies or the Department of Social Security.

For more information, call New Bern Fire and Rescue at 639-2931.

Forth Barnwell house is destroyed by fire

A fire burned a house to the ground and sent a pregnant woman to the hospital Friday in the Fort Barnwell community.

Emergency workers from the Fort Barnwell, Dover and Jasper volunteer fire departments responded to the 12:45 p.m. call in the 10,000 block of N.C. 55.

The woman and her 2-year-old were at the home at the time of the fire. The woman was transported first to Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston and then to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville to be treated for possible smoke inhalation, said Tim Harvey, assistant emergency services director for the county.


The son was treated at the scene, while the woman's condition was not available as of press time.

Harvey said Friday that the cause of the fire had not been determined.

Drama club to hold car wash, doughnut sale

HAVELOCK -- The drama club at Tucker Creek Middle School will hold a car wash and doughnut sale from 8 a.m. to noon today at the school.

The group will be selling doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and asking for donations for car washes to raise money for its trip to the Stoneleaf Theatre Festival on May 27 in Asheville.

Restaurant opening at Day's Inn is delayed

A planned opening today of The Sugar Bear Restaurant at the New Bern Day's Inn has been postponed.

Chef and manager Brian Cardoza said Friday a mid-April opening is now planned, with a specific date to be announced.

The Days Inn was sold last month, and the restaurant is part of planned renovations.

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