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BY SUSAN USHER
A military heliocraft landed beh
ABC Store last Thursday afternoon to
diver to the hospital, setting the entir
"It was a most interesting thing
Volunteer Rescue Squad Chief Cora
she learned a lot answering her firs
call.
Diver Warren Gibson of Myrtle
treated and released after 24-hour o
U.S. Navy Medical Center at Char
Steve Speros, owner of the "Cyclone,'
headboat Gibson was diving from whe
blacked out.
Navy doctors diagnosed Gibso
"shallow water blackout." Speros s;
mined it was not a case of overexposui
"bends") or a punctured lung.
"He's fine. He was back at work
added.
Gibson was "breath-hold" divinj
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Volume 2C
Two Teens
Killed After
Car Hits Tree
Two Shallotte teenagers were killed
early Tuesday morning when the
ear they were riding in ran off the
road near Shallotte Point and stnick
a tree, the State Highway Patrol
reported.
Cammie 1-anette Stanley, 16, of
Houte 3, Box 1098, Shallotte, and
William Rhett Chrisanthais, 18. of
P.O. Box 2404, Shallotte, were both
killed in the one-car accident on RPR
1152, or Pigott Road, near Shallotte
Point, Trooper D.B. Harvcll
reported.
The driver of the car, Wayne Sterling
LaGant, 28, of P.O. Box 1232,
Shallotte, was taken to the
Brunswick Hospital in Supply with
serious injuries. He was later
transported by life Flight helicopter
to Duke Medical Center in Durham,
Harvell reported.
Tuesday evening, LaGant was
listed in "critical condition" at Duke
Hospital, said Fdith Roberts, public
information director.
According to Harvell's report, the
accident occurred around 4:25 a.m.
on Pigott Road about 3.6 miles south
of Shallotte. The car I-aGant was
driving was headed east on Pigott
Road and attempted to round a curve
at an excessive speed, Harvell
stated.
While rounding the curve, the car
ran off the road on the right shoulder
and then slid sideways, Harvell
reported. The car then ran off the left
shoulder of the road and struck a tree
on the right passenger door, he
stated.
Harvell said the three victims were
all sitting in the front seat of the car,
Ms. Stanley was sitting in the middle
of the seat while Chrisanthais was
sitting next to the right passenger
door.
No charges have been filed in the
accident that is still under investigation.
Private
BY TKRRY POP!
The steady stream of traffic th
Sid Swarts' Holden Beach home no 1
and house covered with dust
In fact, very' few cars now tra'
home since the west end of the beat
a private barricade two weeks
residents, restricting access to the
private road was something that w
ty owners years ago.
"I feel privacy is one of the thii
here." said Swarts, a west end [
"and we're finally getting it"
Owners of the west end tract f
Corp., also own the ncm-paved pr
sides access to the west end beat
road was placed under barricade t
residents and motorists complaint
quickly acknowledged that the re
was not maintained by the town.
Questions still remain over tli
the road while providing resident
such as police protection and watei
oilman Graham King, who also ser
streets and beach access commiss
forcemrnt of the town's ordinan
Rescue C
SCUBA gear?at
ind the Calabash about 10 miles offs
i airlift a stricken When Gibson 1
e town abuzz. all standard opera
said Calabash diving accident, S|
Phipps, who said But for the sm
t diving accident carloads of seafw
unusual.
Beach, S.C., was
bservation at the When the acc
leston, S.C., said Chip Stevens, caf
' the 45-foot mini- contact with the
n he momentarily Beach. From ther
Guard at Georget
n's condition as Divers Accident
aid. "They deter- Hospital. The call
re to nitrogen (the Duke physician v
such as administe
Sunday." Speros Meanwhile, t
military helicopt
g?diving without Cyclone's captain
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Sails filling in the breeze, Camp
Russ and Krissi Smith head out ar
Williamson, part of a trio of catami
story of their "graduation" day cai
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BV SUSAN USHER
A signal will soon regulate traffic
at the Sunset Beach Bridge, following
action Friday by the State Board of
Transportation.
The board approved a four-phase
light to be installed on S.R. 1172
(locally called Sunset Boulevard) at
the single-lane pontoon swing bridge.
The project will cost approximately
$16,000, said DOT spokeswoman
Yvette Ruffin.
In other local action Friday, tne
board approved a $90,000 widening
Road Was
J ricade last Thu
at once flowed past "I reallv d<
onger leaves his car at this time," K
the barricade ii
trel past the Swarts' a planned dem
rh was placed under Holden Beach |
ago. For west end "I just war
west end by way of it," King addei
as promised proper- opinions to me.
to work out."
lgs we paid for down West end
lermanent resident, been waiiing fo
the public
loklen Beach Realty "We were |
ivate road that pro- down here," Sv
rh strand. When the along the west
wo weeks ago, many In the past
d. but town officials typical Sunday
ad was private and past his boroe i
an area where
te legality of closing tarn access to t
s with town services "We have 1
service. Town court- added. Of thos
ves as Holder. Beach were a 1<* of g
loner, challenged en- also a group tl
res beyond the bar- dumping site a
I
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)f Diver C
the 10-fathom ledge, a rock ledge s
;hore of Myrtle Beach. n
slacked out, the ensuing events were H
iting procedures in the event of any
jeros said. p
tall town of Calabash, accustomed to r
xi-hungry tourists, they were a bit C
F
ident occurred shortly before noon, S
>tain of the "Cyclone," made radio
boat's ticket office at North Myrtle J
e calls were made to the U.S. Coast 1
own, S.C., and to DAN, the national ?
Network (919-684-8111) at Duke (
1 put the ship's crew in touch with a \
.'ho advises what procedures to use,
ring of oxygen, Speros said. t
he Coast Guard was dispatching a
er from Savannah, Ga., but the t
i advised that was too far away. In- 1
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Sail Away!
United Methodist teenagers Tonya
ross the surf with instructor Bobby
a rails bound for Battery Island. Tbe
11 be found inside, on Page 9B.
I Approved I
project near Holden Beach and a
$25,000 paving project in Northwest
Township.
The state plans to widen a 4.4-mile
stretch of S.R. 1115 (Stone Chimney
Road) from N.C. 211 to S R. 1125
(Cedar Grove Road). It will also
drain, base and pave a three-tenths
mile section of S.R. 1487 i King Road)
from S.R. 1438 i Lanvale Road) to the
dead end.
Sunset Beach Council members
voted in October 1584 to request trafPromised
T<
rsday morning.
>n't think either side wants to enforce it
ing said. The councilman passed beyond
i the rain last Thursday morning during
onstration. but he was not arrested by
jolice officers.
ited to see if they were ready to enforce
i "'Many citizens have expressed their
It's something that's going to take time
residents, such as the Swartses, have
r uiirt years ier uie ana 10 DC cscsca u>
promised that it would be a private area
lartssaid He added that the price of lots
end also includes the cost of privacy.
, Swarts said, as many as 126 cars on a
afternoon have been counted traveling
enrcute to the west end The west end is
motorists have parked in the past to obhe
beach.
tved in a constant cloud of dust." Swarts
e using the west end for access, "there
ood families down there." he added, but
hat turned die west end into the town's
nth Utter.
la uses Si
tead, a heliocraft, with physician and it
nent on board, was dispatched from the r
ieach Air Force Base.
As the "Cyclone" headed toward
K>rt?the Calabash docks?it maintaine
nunication with- the heliocraft throut
luard, establishing that the rendezvou
ilace at Calabash.
Anytime a medical emergency oc
iperos said, military airlift is available.
The heliocraft touched down in 1
lomersett's field behind the ABC store at
y 1:05 p.m., about the same time the "C>
:d the docks where Calabash Volunteer
"hief Cora Phipps and other local resi
vere waiting.
A military physician and other pe
heir way to the docks from the helicopte
"They didn't waste any time getting t
ing him transferred to the helicoptei
rnipps.
ckIi
Br' im jl
hursday, August 15, 1985
Filing 0|
For Mur
BY SUSAN USHER
Filing opens at noon on Friday,
Aug. 16, for muneipal elections in the
tnu-n of Long Beach as Brunswick
County gears up for another election
season.
For another 12 municipal elections
and two district elections, filing
opens at noon on Aug. 30.
Filing fees are $5 each. Candidates
file for office at the Brunswick County
Board of Elections for elections it
conducts jutd municipal boards
of election elsewhere.
Candidates will begin declaring
their intent early in I-ong Beach so
that primary run-offs can be held if
needed before the Nov. 5 election.
Ix>ng Beach voters decided in favor
of a non-partisan primary in a
special May 14 referendum, citing a
need created by the large number of
candidates that traditionally file for
public office there.
The Brunswick County Board of
Elections will conduct elections for
the towns of Shallotte, Bolivia,
Sunset Beach, Calabash, Caswell
Beach, Southport, Long Beach,
Belville, Navassa, the Dosher
Hospital Board of Trustees and the
Inland Sanitary' District, indicated
:or Sunset Be
fic signals for the bridge, but a formal,
written request was not made to
the state for more than a month?only
after Councilwoman Kathy Hill advised
the council that DOT had told
her it had not received any request
from the town.
"They told me all we have to do is
ask for them and they would be installed,"
she said.
Town Administrator Wallace Martin
said the written request was not
made because a request made mono
Holden W
Swarts said he has been told tr
police officers that enforcing speed
private road in front of his home, e
within the town limits, may be diffict
question Commissioner King woul
answered.
"They're within their rights to cl
have no problem with that," King
everyone is within their rights in what
to be doing."
Although it will not be on the ageni
the west end to tie public is sure to I
labor Day weekend meeting of the Hi
pert) Oarers Association, said Prtsidi
"So far, there has been no actii
association one way or the other," Lc
group will not take a stance on the issu
mined "bow the property owners act
meeting." he added. The meeting I
August 31. at 10 a.m. at the town hail.
"I really don't know what they'll d<
"Some property owners will be for it,
against it You have some people who I
Swarts said he hopes that closing
beach access will "result in an overall
the town to reach a solution (or parkir
ir At Cal<
tedical equip- She said the diver <
learby Myrtle and there was initial c
lung. But bleeding ob:
the nearest related only, Speros sai
d radio com- The heliocraft tranj
;h the Coast Charleston, wliich had
s would take pression chamber?alsi
ing any diving accident
curs at sea, team of four naval dot
24-hour observation?
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approximaterclone"
reach- In an agreement 1
Rescue Squad Center, the "Cyclone'
rue personnel several times each we
who was along on the t
rsonnel made Speros said that on
;r. ries an emergency mec
o him and get- structors. On deep sea
said Mrs. "This is the first in
called," he said.
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Lynda Britt, supervisor. The towns of
llolden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, J
Yaupon Beach and Boiling Spring f
I .akes have their own boards of elec- t
lion (
l-ong Beach ;
Available at l-ong Beach are those s
seats now held by Commissioners (
Cheryll Coleman, I>ee Presnell and (
John Vcreen III, and Mayor Ben i
Thomas. Commissioners are elected |
to staggered, four-year terms, while
the mayor Is elected to a two-year
term of office. Candidates will file for
a specific commissioner's seat, Ms.
Britt said, with run-offs held only for
the seats for which more than two
candidates file.
The filing period closes at noon on
Sept. 6.
Other Elections i
The filing period for other Nov. 5 j
elections closes at noon on Sept. 20. A
synopsis of the seats available
follows:
Shallotte? Long-time Mayor
Beamon Hewett has announced he
will not seek re-election. Two
aldermen's seats?those held by Paul
Wayne Reeves and Jerry Jones?will
be filled. The mayor and aldermen
are elected to four-year terms.
ach Bridge
ths earlier had gone unanswered.
At the October 1984 meeting,
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Gore had said the
state had considered the traffic
signals for about 10 years and
thought they would "complicate" the
traffic situation. He personally opposed
the lights, saying they would
cause traffic congestion and block intersections
on N.C. 179.
S.R. 1172 is the roadway that leads
to the bridge and beach from the N.C.
179 tumoff toward Calabash.
est End Res
1 Holden Beach "The island ha!
limits along the "They're being shut
ven though it is other. The east end
ult to do. It is a parking down there.
Id like to see Where motorist
west end, two new ?
MJC 3UCCI, 1 twmruti up w n
said. "Possibly Holden Beach Reall
they're supposed Coastal Area Mana
struct homes along t
la, the closing of 1302-1324 Ocean Boo
tie a topic at the
ilden Beach Pro- T uesday aftemc
mt BUI Lovelace. CAMA applications
on taken by the 1? construct nine th
velace said. The bedroom homes on
e until it is deter- Flower Drive and Si
laliy feel at that names for new A
is scheduled for Jim Griffin Jr.
partner in the realt
cade," he added. applications to cons
and some will be west tract, wtii
live on that end." Virgil Roberts and (
! the west end to and two three-bedn
I plan throughout The entire wesi
?" on the island. R-l, allowing single
v
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bash
was having difficulty breathing
oneern he might have burst a
served at the time was sinusid
later.
sported Gibson to a naval ship at
the nearest available recomo
a standard precaution follow.
Speros said. Once checked by a
stors, Gibson was placed under
another standard precaution
dent, then released, said Speros.
vith the Myrtle Beach SCUBA
' runs "open boat" dive trips
ek. Gibson is a dive instructor
rip.
all dive trips the "Cyclone" carlical
technician plus two dive intrips
a doctor is on board,
cident where anyone's had to be
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actions
Ocean Isle Beach?Long-time
dayor I a Dane Bullington will file
or re-election to another two-year
erm. Two commissioners will be
dected to four-year terms, filling the
seats held by Connor Cox and Marvin
itanley. Stanley is budding a home
ti.? ? 1:?i?_ i i.. ?* ?
juiaiuc uic luw ii iiiinu> in hi 15 mil i .\iccted
to file for re-election. Martha
Benton is chairman of the elections
hoard.
Sunset Beach?A mayor and three
council members will be elected. Jim ,
Gordon is currently serving as
mayor by appointment, filling the
vacancy created by the resignation
of Frances Kanoy. The mayor is
elected every two years.
Other available seats are those of
council members Kathy Hill and
George Foster, who was appointed to
fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Toncy Edwards. Council
members are elected to staggered,
four-year terms.
Calabash?Voters will elect a
mayor and five council members to
two-year terms of office. Current office
holders are Sonia Stevens,
mayor; and Robert Simmons, Suzy
Moore, Virgil "Tink" Coleman,
Cheryl Thomas and Marie Brown.
Ms. Moore was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Michael Frink,
who moved out of town.
Holdeii Beach?Voters will elect a
mayor and two commissioners to fill
theaeats now held by Mayor Kenner
Amos and Commissioners Gloria
Barrett and Jim D. Griffin Jr. Terms
of office are two years for mayor and
four for commissioners. Mabel Dutton
is chairman of the town board of
elections.
Bolivia?The mayor and all four
aldermen will be elected. Currently
in office are Mayor Ina Mae Mintz
and Aldermen Debbie Stanley, M.F.
Tatum, Steve Robbins and F.lla Jane
(See FUJNG. Page 2-A)
idents
s a parking problem," he added,
tied from one neighborhood to the
takes a terrible beating on illegal
i and visitors once parked on the
streets will be added with plans to
omes on the tract I-ast week, the
ty Corp. filed nine applications (or
igement (CAMAi permits to conhe
west end on lots located between
levard West.
ion, the company filed 15 additional
through the town of Hold en Beach
ree-bedroom homes and five fourthe
tract Skimmer Drive. Straw
ilicornta Drive have all been chosen
treats along the west end.
., town councilman and principal
y company, also filed three CAMA
struct three-bedroom homes on the
le two each were filed by partners
iilbert I jepsis, for two four-bedroom
torn homes.
t end tract la zoned residential, or
and duplex construction