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A fire that nearly destroyed
double-wide mobile home in Boilin
Spring Lakes Saturday night is unde
investigation for possible arson, sai
Brunswick County Emergenc
Management Coordinator Ceci
Ix>gan.
State Bureau of Investigatio
agents have been called in to hel
determine a cause for the fire tha
was confined to a closet, hallway an
living room area, l-ogan said. Th
Boiling Spring lakes Police Depart
ment, volunteer fire department an
Ixigan's office are also helping in th
invpgtiualinn
Shooting
BY TERHY POPE
A Columbus County man who filei
a $750,000 lawsuit after being shot b;
a Brunswick County sheriff's deput;
in June 1982 reached an out-of-eour
settlement Monday in Brunswicl
County Superior Civil Court.
Ronald Dean Jacobs, 33, of Colum
bus County, will receive $15,000 fron
the defendants to help pay medica
expenses and attorney fees as <
result of the shooting. Jacobs filcc
suit against former Brunswick Coun
ty Sheriff's Deputy Billy Quick
former Sheriff Herman Strong am
two insurance companies in Augus
1983.
Jacobs was shot June 12, 1982 out
Car Theft;
mens irum parxca curs cunuiiu
to be u problem on Holdcn Beach
reported police officer Jeff William
at the June 18 meeting of the floldei
Beach Community Wnteh.
ltecent car thefts have involved th
breaking of windows of locked cars ti
obtain valuables, Williams reported
according to a news release from tin
community wotch organization. It it
best to remove property or assure il
is not visible while leaving a parkec
car on the beach, he advised.
Since the thefts liave not been
isolated incidents, it is possible that a
group specializing in this type activiStanley
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Colene Stanley, acting director of
SICNCland Community Action Inc.,
was named director of the anti
poverty agency ol ? special board
incetinK lust Tuesday night ir
Whitevllle.
The former deputy director hac
been acting director for a year, slnct
the indictment and later conviction ol
former director Robert Clark or
cluirges of fraud.
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a According to Logan, the 8 p.m.
g blaze broke out in a closet of the
x mobile home and spread down the
d hallway and into a living room. The
y flames had almost burned completei!
ly out before Boiling Spring takes
Volunteer firemen received the call,
Logan said,
n Logan said the fire was of
p "suspicious nature" and believes it
it was either set deliberately or set to
d cover-up a breaking and entering ato
lomni
t- The owners were out of town at the
d time of the fire, he added,
e 'T feel it is probably one of the better
cases we have if we're ever going
Victim Agrees
side the Sand Bar Lounge in
i Southport. According to police
y reports, Quick, who was off-duty at
y the time of the incident, stated he
t saw a man assaulting a woman with
< a knife and intervened.
Quick fired his .22-caliber revolver
as Jacobs allegedly came toward
| him with a knife. The deputy, who
stated he acted in selfdefense, was
suspended for three weeks while the
State Bureau of Investigation conducted
an inquiry.
J Jacobs filed a warrant against
Quick on August 23, 1982, charging
the deputy with assault with a deadly
weapon inflicting serious injury.
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> II IV-I CTVJD5I iy
e ty may be touring parking areas on
i, the beach. Williams requested that
s Holdcn Beach Community Watch
a members report any suspicious persons
or license numbers of cars seen
e routinely going through parking
a areas to the police department.
, He cautioned that a person should
; not try to apprehend a suspect
i themselves.
1 Speeders on the island are also a
1 problem, reported one concerned
resident at the watch meeting. Town
i Police Commissioner Gloria Barrett
said radar training will be given to
the remaining police officers as soon
as a class is available. Officer
I Williams also asked that residents
report the license number of
speeders to Che police department.
J Another concern mentioned at the
* meeting was the debris sighted in the
Intraconstal Waterway which could
endanger boats and passengers. Any
navigational hazard should be
I reported to the U.S. Coast Guard.
, Following regular business, Ruth
Athcy presented a program on sea
| shells. She and Elizabeth Tandy hope
> to establish a shell discussion group
f this fall, interested persons should
, contact either Ms. Athey or Ms. Tandy
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to prove arson," Ixigan said.
A pan of hot grease has been blamed
for an early morning fire Sunday
tliat partially destroyed a doublewide
mobile home in Bonaparte's
Landing near Calabash.
According to Logan, the Calabash
Volunteer Fire Department received
a call around 2:55 a.m. that the home
was on fire.
"Apparently, someone was getting
ready to cook french fries," Ixigan
said. "They put the oil on the stove to
get hot and then dozed off to sleep."
When they awakened, the kitchen
and living room was on fire and the
mobile home was filled with smoke.
; To $ 15,000
Quick was later cleared of the
charges.
Jacobs charged that the bullet
Quick fired pierced his liver, one of
his lungs, a main artery and his
small intestine before lodging near
the spinal cord "in such a position
that it could not be removed and constitutes
a danger to the plaintiff's life
and well being," the suit states.
The lawsuit also named United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. and
Western World Insurance Co. Inc.,
which wrote liability insurance
policies for Sheriff Strong and
Car Overtui
A 16-year-old Hallsboro girl was
charged with careless and reckless
operation after the car she was driving
ran off the road and overturned
twice near Sunset Beach Sunday
afternoon, according to State
Highway Patrol reports.
I^orie Ann Teddler, 16, was traveling
west on N.C. 904 about three
miles northwest of Sunset Beach
when she lost control of the 1980
Toyota she was driving while rounding
a curve, according to State
Trooper B.D. Barnhardt's report.
Barnhardt also charged Ms. Teddler
with a provisional license violation
for alcohol use, the report states.
Ms. Teddler and a passenger,
Kegina Cumbee, 19, of Whitevillc,
were both taken to the Brunswick
Hospital in Supply by the Calabash
Volunteer Rescue Squad for treatment
following the .1:30 p.m. accident.
According to Barnharui, Ms. Teddler
ran off the roadway on the right
while rounding a curve, lost control
of the vehicle, came back onto the
pavement and overturned twice.
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Although the Sunset Beach Volunteer 1
Fire Department was also caller! for c<
assistance, the fire was put out by
Calabash firemen before they arriv- G
ed, Logan said.
"It caused considerable damage in 8!
the kitchen and living room area,"
Logan said. "The bedrooms were
smoked up."
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Both double-wide mobile homes
damaged by fires over the weekend u'
were "lairiy new," i-ogan said. He o
added the safety features on the yj
newer, double-wides are apparently
doing their jobs, since damage was
limited in both fires. q,
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Settlement ?
Brunswick County's deputies.
In court Monday, Judge Giles R. _.
Clark of Elizabethtown signed a "
judgment indicating a "full, com- B1
plete and final settlement" offer. The
amount agreed on by both sides Mon- BI
day includes $2,130.15 to reimburse
the Division of Medical Assistance of H<
the N.C. Department of Human SI
Resources for hospital expenses and
$12,869.85 for the plaintiff and his attorney.
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The case was scheduled for trial ^
this week, hut the settlement was
reached Monday morning.
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Damage was estimated at $4,000 to I
the car.
In another accident Saturday, a I
I iilonri man mnp nlif B
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to reduce speed following a two-car
collision on U.S. 17 four miles north of
Bolivia.
Randy Douglas Edge, 18, of
Leland, was charged by State
Trooper B.C. Jones after the 1983
Ford truck he was driving struck the
rear of a 1978 Toyota driven by Francis
Durant Dickson, 45, of Wilmington.
According to Jones' report, Ms.
Dickson had slowed to make a left
turn onto a private driveway when
the Edge truck struck the rear of her
car. Both Ms. Dickson and a
passenger in her car, Melvina Robinson,
67, also of Wilmington, received
minor injuries and were taken to the
New Hanover Memorial Hospital in
Wilmington for treatment.
The accident occurred around 4:15
p.m. Damage was estimated at $1,000
to the Dickson vehicle and $1,500 to
the Edge truck.
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Calendar Of Events
'hursday, June 27
4LABASH TOWN COUNCIL holds a public hearing ori the town's proposed
1985-86 budget, at the town hall, 10 a.m.
AME NIGHT at the American legion Post one mile south of Shallotte on
U.S. 17, 7:30 p.m.
RUNSWICK COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL meets at the Boiling Spring
Lakes VFW Post 10400, Boiling Spring Lakes, to hear Deputy Sheriff Nancv
Simpson, county crime prevention officer, and to nominate candidates for
adjutant, secretary and chaplain, 7:30 p.m.
riday, June 28
AME NIGHT at the Sunset Beach Volunteer Fire Department, 8 p.m.
aiuruay, Juiie 29
EST BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL Class of '80 holds its five-year reunion at
the Shallotte National Guard Armory, 7 -.30 p.m. For more information, call
Yolanda Hewett, 070-6534, days, or 579-6461, nights.
\ME NIGHT at the Calabash Volunteer Fire Department, 8 p.m.
AME NIGHT at the Brunswick County Fishing Club, Sunset Harbor, 8 p.m.
Hotdogs and hamburgers available at the clubhouse from noon until 6 p.m.
unday, June 30
REMAN'S COMPETITION between teams representing departments from
across the county kicks off N.C. Fourth of July Festival activities, behind
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uuuuipui i V/U/ nmi, it p.m.
[onday, July 1
tUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS meet in its chambers
at the Brunswick County Government Center, Bolivia, 6:30 p.m.
tUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION meets in the board room at
Southport, 7 p.m.
3LDEN BEACH COMMISSIONERS meet at the town hall, 7:30 p.m.
INSET BEACH COUNCIL meets at the town hall, with public hearings on
the proposed 1985-86 budget and on the proposed annexation of Sea Trail
Links, 7:30 p.m.
1LIVIA ALDERMEN meet at the town hall, 7:30 p.m.
'ednesday, July 3
tUNSWICK TOASTMASTERS, CLUB 5095 will not meet during the month
of July. Meetings resume August 7 at 7 a.m. at the Ship's Chandler
Restaurant, Southport.
C. FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVAL begins in Southport. See related story
and calendar of events in this issue.
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