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Page 12-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEAC Loggerf BY TERRY POPE Another North Carolina coastal community nas jOineu uic iisi oi places that strive to protect the nesting loggerhead sea turtle. Holden Beach has become the most southern coastai community in the state to join the loggerhead sea turtle conservation program. The conserNongame and Endangered Wildlife Program administered by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission The addition of Holden Beach to the conservation program boosts the nnmivr nf rnadal fnun<j and rnm inunities to 15 that are a part of the effort to protect the loggerheads from extinction. At Holden Beach, resident and former town councilman John Clarke will act as liaison Quick Acti BV SUSAN USHER Brunswick County sheriff's officers are crediting the department's recently increased manpower with the speedy capture of two robbery suspects Sunday night at a Hickman's Crossroads roadblock. The roadblock, manned by Officer Donald Gates, was one of several set up following report of an assault and luuueiy vi a wuiiuin uuuiut uiv Docksidc Restaurant in Calabash, said Phil Perry, chief of detectives with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department. Road Constri Brunswick County will receive $442,869 as its 1986-88 allocation for secondary road construction improvements. The funding is u part of over $47.1 million to be used for that purpose statewide. The funds, appropriated by the General Assembly earlier this month, were approved by the N.C. Board of Traasportation July 12. Conser The Cily ot Southport will receive close to $10,000 In federal land and water conservation funds, according to Tommy Rhodes, secretary' of the N.C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development The monies, which are used to Two Injured Two |X'oplc were seriously injured lasl week in uccidents on Brunswick County's highways during the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend, the State Highway Patrol reported. Overall, it was a relatively quiet Fourth of July for Brunswick County i-wx'pi tor utc iwu accidents, saiu Highway Patrol spokeswoman Ruby Oakley. In one accident, n Southport boy was seriously injured Saturday afternoon after the car in which lie was riding was reported to have crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck on N.C. 87 near Boiling Spring I^ikes. Reginald Davis. 14, of Southport, was taken to Dostier Memorial Hospital in Southport with serious injuries following the 4:20 p.m. collision about five miles west of Boiling Spring lakes. State Trooper J.V. Dove reported According to Dove's report, Davis was a passenger in a 1981 Pontiac driven by Mashona Davis, 16, of Southport. Patrol reports indicate Ms. Davis' car crossed the center line on a straight stretch of highway and struck a 1979 pickup truck driven wholesale SHALLOTTE SCe&tic n t y r\ t~>t t r OUrrLvY Phone (919) 754 6000 I Shallot!?. N C. H< mini MiMiir % ON, Thursday, July 18, 1985 lead Sea for the program between the town and wildlife officers. a nesting or stranded turtle is asked to contact Clarke. So far this year, there have been seven loggerhead nests discovered on the beach, said Melinda Welton, endangered species project leader with the N.C. Wildlife "This is the first time we've had someone acutally accumulate totals on the number of nests on Holden Beach," Ms. Welton said. "In the future, I see no reason why we can't have anywhere from 10 to 15 nests here each year." Ms. Welton spoke to a group of about 50 people at the special meeting of the Holden Beach Community Watch last Thursday. - . i on Attributed "It was one time the extra manpower came in good," said Perry. "We had the manpower to send an officer to the scene and to set up roadblocks. And we had extra help in the office, a sergeant and an extra dispatcher to call the officers and other agencies simultaneously. "Things went just like they were supposed to," he continued. "Everything was in place. It may not happen again, but it paid off this time." Additional officers and dispatchers were approved for the department jction Monies The legislative action nuaranteed that 1-3/8 cents of the state's 12V< cents per gallon gas tax will be used for secondary road improvements. The amount of funding for each county is determined by a formula established by the state legislature. According to the formula, every county receives a percentage of the vation Funds assist local government und state park programs, is part of $1.0 million :n project recommendations announced by the department. Funding received from the 1985 program must be matched. The match money can come from in-kind donations of land or materials or In Accidents by John F. Ha Hard. 46, of lieland. Both Ms. Davis and Hallurd received minor injuries and were taken to Dosher Memorial in Southport. Trooper Dove charged Ms. Davis with driving on the wrong side of the road in the accident. In another uccident last Friday evening, three Camp I.ejeune Marines received injuries after the 1982 Subaru they were in ran off the road ami overturned on U.S. 17 one iline iiuiiHwvsi ui nervine, uove reported. Dan Daley, 20, of Camp Ix>jeune was seriously injured in the accident and taken to New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. Also receiving minor injuries were Michael Ray Sea wood. 21, the driver of the car, Darick Hayes, 21, and Timothy Shaw, 18, all from Camp l^ejeune. According to Dove's report. Seawood was driving on a straight stretch of highway when he ran off the road on the left, came back onto the highway, ran off the right side and overturned. Seawood stated another car ran him off the road. No charges were filed in the 3:30 p.m. accident. Damage was estimated at $1,200. A (r> io\ri( loti i Turtles I Nests along Holden Beach have been marked and checked for safety officers will return in the fall to dig up the nests, to study the eggs that didn't hatch or those that did, in an attempt to iearn more about the mysterious loggerheads. There have been approximately 700 loggerhead nests discovered along the N.C. coast this year, Ms. Welton said. Of those, approximately 400 have been aided by the conservation program. The conservative program is funded by the Wongame and Endangered Wildlife Fund, wliich consists of contributions from individuals as designated on their state income tax returns or other donations. In 1984, To Increase I for the budget year that began July 1. The expansion allows a doubling of road patrol officers and assignment of a night sergeant at the office in Bolivia. Charged with common law robbery in the Sunday night incident were Anthony I^eon Daniels, 16, of Little River, S.C., and Nathaniel Junior Williams Jr., 19, of Route 1, Little River, S.C. Daniels, also was charg ed with assault on a female. Both remained in the Brunswick County Jail Tuesday, Daniels under $5,100 bond and Williams under $5,000 bond. Approved By total funds based on the unpaved secondary roads in the county in relation to the total milegae of unpaved roads in the state. Statewide, 17,929 secondary road miles remain unpaved, a figure that represents 20 percent of the state's highway system. Brunswick County is listed as having 168.33 miles of unHead For Soi General Revenue Sharing of Community Development Block Grant funds. Southport will receive $9,750 in funding. Also to receive funding is the City of Wilmington, which has been recommended to receive the maximum $50,000 ernnt nllmvpM 'Typical' Days ! Typical mid-summer weather should continue not only into the next several days, but through the next 30 days or so, says Jackson t'anadv. Shallotu> Point meteorologist. "It's good to know we're going to have a typical summer." he added Tuesday. Typical of mid-July, temperatures should range around 70 degrees at night to around 90 degrees in the daytime, he said, with about threequarters inch of rainfall. Temperatures reached a high of srnoK^Q" American Heart Association - WJf Many Weil-Known Name Brands / lamps Pictures -rji and Accessories wgfi bpeoai Ordering Available ?SF Come in and check out our low prices. II CAUSEWAY AT OCEAN JSIE BEACH 579-6279 zind A no more than $218,000 was contributed to the program that also works in protecting and hatching bald eagle chicks and peregrine falcon chicks. Mast loggerhead nests that are discovered are protected by a wire screen that keep raccoons and other predators away from the 100 to 120 eggs inside. The nests are not moved unless there is threat of erosion or other damage. loggerheads lay their eggs from mid-May to early August, with North Carolina being the northernmost state where the females frequently come to shore. Eggs laid in late June or July usually take from 55 to 80 days to hatch. According to Ms. Welton, several things have caused the loggerhead to near the point of extinction, including n Officers Perry said a 26-year-old woman was outside the restaurant at about 11 p.m., waiting for a friend to get off work, when she was confronted by Daniels. After grabbing several parts of her body, he snatched her pocketbook and ran to the side of the restaurant, where Williams had parked their vehicle. The South Carolina HighwayPatrol along with area law enforcement officers were given a description of the suspects' vehicle. State Board paved roads. The funds allocated will be used for improvements such as new paving, widening existing paved roads, improving unpaved roads to an "all weather condition," replacing small bridges, and strengthening paved roads to relieve presenty weight restrictions. jthport The land and water conservation funds, dispensed since 1544, come from a trust fund set up with revenues from off-shore oil leases. Sixty percent of the money is allotted to states and local governments, and 40 percent for national park land acquisition. Should Linger 102 degrees during the period of July 9-15, occuring on the 9th. "Anytime it gets that hot here its probably close to a record," Canady noted. Also on the 9th and again on the lltn, the minimum low temperature dipped to a comfortable sleeping temperature of 65 degrees. An average daily high of 98 degrees and an average daily low of 68 degrees combined for a dailyaverage temperature of 83 degrees, which Canady said was about three degrees above normal. He measured .84 inch of rain in his backyard gauge at Shallotte Point. Wf CELEE MONDAY () CHOICE OF 3 SPECIALS?$8.93 (Complemented icith jf. ? i i i . W * ra? hfrs, sataiI IT ing9 rice or potati>es Top off your nival i (tlass of house wine COCKTAILS 5:50-9:30 l)*il\ . ( |(K?xl Sunda' Hwy. IT, Utile Ri?rr. 10031249 ther coastal development and lights shin- i ing along the shore. t Female loggerheads are easily r disturbed by lights as they come to shore, "so the best thing is to keep t outdoor lights down or off after 10 t p.m. if you live on the oceanfront," t she advised. t Anyone seeing a loggerhead coming out of the water should crouch ii down and wait in the dark for the tur- c tie to find a spot to lay her eggs. It s usually takes the turtle about 20 a minutes to dig a nest and begin lay- f' Passengers Avo Hi irinn Throo Cr ?' '3 .. WW XV Two single-vehicle accidents 1 Thursday and Sunday and a two-car ( collision early Saturday morning i resulted in damages and charges but 1 no injuries, according to Ruby '< Oakley, spokesperson for the N.C. ^ State Highway Patrol. 5 According to Oakley, Travis Ray Long, 21, of Whiteville, was cliarged < Thursday with leaving the scene of 1 an accident and driving with a revok- 5 ed license following a 1:15 a.m. accident one mile west of Shallotte on ! N.C. 130. i A report filed by Trooper B.C. i Jones states that Long's 1980 Chevrolet ran off the left side of the 1 highway and struck a ditch, causing some $700 in damages to the vehicle. Long then left then scene of the accident and was apprehended by Jones. Neither Long, nor a passenger in the car, Joseph Lee l^ong Jr., 21, of Ash, were injured. Oakley also reported a two-vehicle 1 accident which occurred Saturday at 1 2:15 a.m. on U.S. 17 10 miles South of i Shallotte at the intersection of RPR 1300. < According to the report filed by I Brunswick Bu Next to the Pout Office, Shallot ROLODEX FILES * CROSS PENS * I TYPEWRITERS * SCOTCH TAPE [ TAPE & RIBBONS # FILE FOLDERS STAMP SUPPLIES * STAPLERS * CHECKWRITTERS * INDEX CARL LABELS * LEDGERS * JOURNAL! BULLETIN BOARDS MESSAGE MEMORY WRITERS * BLOTTERS * t CABINETS * MACHINE TABLES If *100 ^ i SWIMMING COS Si Jane's 1 S Fun C S[ | POOL OPEN MONSJ ? I HWY. 130. HOIDEN I ?J | JANE S SEAFOOD RES faraim'a 5 tr usj w I RATES LOCALS N INLY, 5:30-7 PM Beef Stroganoff Chicken Marsala Flounder Almondine our turn famous cheese ith \~our choice of tire**. and vegetable of the tlay. rith our dessert du jour. 75c. ...CASUAL DRESS ^ 3g? i yHome ng her eggs, she said. Once she >egins laying her eggs, she is usually lot as easily disturbed. Bright lights are also a problem for he hatchlings, she said. They are atracted to the light and will often go oward the light source rather than oward the water. "Where these little guys go and low long it takes them to grow up is ne of the mysteries," Ms. Welton aid. "We often see them when they ire small and when they afe large emales, but net in between." id Injury ir Wrecks ["rooper B.C. Jones, Ruby Evon }ause, 29, of Shallotte, was charged vith driving left of center after her ,973 Pontiac crossed the center line ind struck a 1975 Chevrolet driven by IValter Stroud, 39, of Spartanburg, >.C. Damage to the Stroud vehicle was istimated at $3,000, while damage to die Gause vehicle was listed at 51,500, Oakley said. A third accident, which occurred Sunday at 12:30 p.m. some 3-6/10 miles south of Shallotte on N.C. 179, involved one car and resulted in alcohol-related charges against the driver. Theodore Carltz Kinlaw, 50, of Shallotte, was charged by Trooper D.B. Harvell after the 1980 Ford truck he was driving ran off the left side of N.C. 179 nnrl stmnlr a According to Oakley, Kinlaw was charged with DWI and a liquor violation. He was not injured in the accident. Trooper Harvell estimated damages to the Kinlaw vehicle at approximately $2,500. siness Service la 754-8300 EGAL PADS CALCULATORS * DISPENSERS * CASH REGISTER i * BUSINESS CARDS * RUBBER RUBBER BANDS * STENCILS * )S * ENVELOPES 8 MAILING i * CASH RECEIPTS * PENS * PADS * XEROX COPIERS & DESKS * TYPING STANDS * FILE * CASH BOXES * MAILERS * t IW? Tut BRUWSWICn BC*CO?? I 1 WITH THIS iijfi COUPON |?g ?ff [i iT...ANY DAY! [ jjjp Family ^ enter VT 12-10. SUN 1-10 IjP JEACH RD.. BESIDE TAURANT 642-9047 '? liable IGHT! j I f |
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