f I * cpR 1 Volume 24, No.nuer / ' 4 Arson Blar Waters I ide Near Hold Arson was the cause of the Saturday night blaze which resulted in $10,000 worth of damage to Magic Mountain Waterslide near Holden Beach, its owner .iames Houbs said Monday. Hobbs said lie will not prosecute inose mi my 01 oeuoeraieiy seuing the fire if they confess and make restitution by Jan. 1. Damage to the waterslide was not covered by insurance. "If they do not come forward I will prosecute," Hobbs warned. The fire was discovered about 8:30 p.m. Saturday It was nearly midnight tiefore firefighters were able to leave the smouldering scene. Hobbs said the fire was started in the tunnel of the waterslide. The fiberglass ignited, at one point sending 20-foot high flames into the air. Hobbs is convinced the fire Saturday night is linked to an incident at the waterslide about three weeks ago when he ran off a group of young people who had climbed the fence and were skateboarding on the South Carolir In '82 Smugc BY SUSAN USHKK More than three years after a converted trawler called the Brlxham II was confiscated in the Shallotte Inlet with its load of marijuana and hashish, another defendant has been charged in the case. Kandy David Salter, 31, of North Augusta, S C., was charged with trafficking in excess of 10,000 pounds of marijuana Friday in a first appeurance Friday in Brunswick County District Court Bond of $1 million was reduced to $500,000 Salter remained in the Brunswick County Jail as of Monday afternoon lie was arrested in Georgia last week on a warrant obtained by DEA Agent Fred McKinney of the agency's Wilmington office. McKinney and Brunswick County Sheriff's Detective Douglas "Sonny" Padgett transferred Salter from the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. Ga.. on Dec. 13 after Salter chose not to fight extradition Two Winner BY SUSAN USHER Two Brunswick County residents celebrated Christmas early last Friday as cash winners in The Brunswick Beacon s Shop r or Christmas in the South Brunswick Islands" campaign Sandy Duran of Route 3. Shallotte won the first prize of $160. while Jam C. Faulk of Route 1, Bolivia, won so cond prize, worth $75 in cash Shallotte Police Chief Don Stoval drew the winning tickets in a drawini held at TV Brunswick Beacon at 1 p m. Friday Advertising Represen tative Cecelia Gore presented t)v first prue 'A-^VaMA '?. *~ SI& CECELIA GORE ? j?rr?*t? ftr?t prvrr ?nsrr Uis-mwu Chmtma* ?hv-p$aa* 1 SONS BOOK BINDERi/g9 vt W32B1>QR1 190i IMJ BPUMSWIC* BEACON Sh ned For Damage en Beach waterslidc, which has been closed since the end of the season. Hobbs suspects some or all of the same group returned Saturday to get back at him by setting fire to the waterslidc. "These are basically good kids. 1 don't want to see them go to prison," Hobbs said, adding that if they don't come forward by Jan. 1 he will definitely prosecute. The building that houses the snack bar at the watcrslide was broken into but nothing was taken or damaged, according to ilobbs. "There was nothing in the building to take," he added. Emergency Management Coordinator Cecil I xigan, who was on the scene Saturday night, said the fire apparently was deliberately set. Deputy Sheriff Billy ltivenbark continued to investigate the case Monday at the site. The fiberglass sections of the waterslide destroyed by the fire will cost $200 per foot to replace, according to Hobbs. lian Charged jling Episode On the night of Nov. 27. 1982, the 72-foot converted trawler called Brixham II entered Ixxrkwood's Folly Inlet and traveled west to the Shallotte Inlet, where it deliberately ran aground on a sand bar for offloading of an estimated 33,0(8) pounds of marijuana and 158 pounds of hashish, But federal, state and local law enforcement agencies had beer monitoring the boat's progress foi nearly a month and were waiting on shore at Shallotte Point and Wind) Point. in lhe inov. it raid, uiey arrestee most of the individuals involved in of floading the cargo at a Windy Poiss dock. Twelve persons, two local an< 10 from out of state, were charge* with trafficking, conspiracy and/o possession of marijuana, with mor arrests anticipated at the tune District Attorney Michael Kasle; could not be reached for commen Monday. s Share In G While shocked at winning. t>ot women knew inunediately how the planned to sjiend their winnings "There are some presents I ha wanted to get." said Mrs. Duran. " will use it for some last rrunut Christmas shopping " A private piano teacher, she has daughter. Charity, who wtU be thrt years old in February. She and h? husband Gregory are expecting U 1 birth of their second child i 1 Uw.am h vl.IU.MI < . 5 It sure w as a surprise?especial! r when you don't even know where yi e put your name in the pot. " she co tlnueil "I've registered ft W J _ BV ? w pmnUDMt lor TV Bnuttvk Brace Saad> Duraa Ilil }a?i la aot tor mm MSWt aliotte, North Carolina. Thur i. -V SHI MAGIC MOUNTAIN WATERS LID E set. i Calabash C< A new Calabash town council tacked along the same course Monday afternoon that they charted at their first meeting two weeks ago. AH members were present except Sonia Stevens Their conversation again ranged fror plans for a town hall to possible participation in the federai flood insurance program At the suggestion of fcouncilwoman i Pali lewellyn, the board is seriously considering scaling down the size of a proposed town hall by about half. I from 1,500 square feet to approximately 700 square feet. Lewellyn 1 estimated the hall could be built at a cost of about $33 per square foot, a t reasonable cost given the cash 1 reserves the town has set aside for J the project. r The original plan included space e for future expansion; the scaleddown version would be designed to y allow for adding on in the future, it Sometime in January, said Town Clerk Janet Thomas, the engineering iristmas Cash h evetything " y It was the first tune she's won a contest since the age of 12, when she d won a bicycle 1 Mrs Faulk, who said she e registered only once?at Kirby's Ben Franklin in Shallotte. said she would a use her winnings to buy her husband * a special jacket r ie The shop-at-home campaign grew in out of a project sponsored by United Carolina Bank arid area merchants [y in 1978. This year's contest was the mi fourth m which a cash prize has been n- awarded and the first year in which >r two persons shared the prize money Shoppers could register at any cf 2D participating stores throughout the South Brunswick Islands JJ ta* ?vcc ? V*1 Q* JANE C. FUXX ?4 Bolivia d?pu>i brr rash ?umi?gs of f7i sday, December 2b, lVbb - HKfl near Holden Beach sustained $10,000 wori Duncil Renews firm of l>ewis & Associates of sai Shallotte should have a rough draft of I a preliminary water and sewer study mi ready to present to the board. eli "It will give us some figures to ph work with." she said, noting that the ha town at tins point plans to proceed ne with only water distribution lines, not co sewer Members also brought their sti recommendations for appointment to Vi the planning board Before nomina- tig Hons are made, the persons will be th asked if they arc willing to serve, rn Tires, Cash Tc Six Firestone tires and ussorted w cash were taken in a break-in of si Dyke's Exxon and Tire Center last rt Wednesday night, reports the Shallottc Police Department. According to Officer Nellie Evans' report, owner Dykes Hewett reported VS the loss Thursday morning. tr Burglars gained entry sometime w between 8:30 p m Wednesday and V 7.30 am Thursday through a rear w window of the service station, located tl at the intersection of U.S 17 and P Shallotte Avenue in downtown a Shall ot te b A file cabinet was moved to the garage area and opened, apparently h Appeals Cour Copyright Sui Round three of The Brunswick 1' Beacon's copyright infringement suit against the Brunswick Free Press begins Tuesday. Jan 7 in the US Court of Appeals in Richmond. Va On that date the appeals court wili hear oral arguments by attorneys representing both newspapers The U S. District Court in Wilmington found the Free Press guilty March 12 of copying three copyrighted ads from the Beacon. Judge W Earl Bna's ruling upheld recommendations of US Magistrate tisanes K Mcloiler Jr , who first ' heard oral argument5 in the case Aug ?. 15W I In his ruling at the end of round two i on June 17 of this year. Judge Brrtt awarded the Beacon M.O00 in 1 damages, reimbursement of reasonable ' attorney fees and permanently enjoined the Free Press from publishing any copyrighted materia! from the Beacon The Free Press has asked the appeals court to reverse ail the findings of the Vrwer court The Beacon has appealed oni> the IT A CttUJ 2oc rer Copy 20 Fa i I J J :h uf damage Saturday night by a (ire I Town Hall, \ id Thomas. iewellyn and another new council ;mber, Robert Weber, are not l gibtc for the seats they held on the inning board. They said the board d been inactive in the past and eded to be reconstituted and enuraged to become active. The council also authorized inflation of two street lights in llage Green subdivision. The ;hts, authorized and approved by e previous board, only recently arred. aken In Gara ith the use of a screwdriver ami edge hammer A safe also was ported damaged The case is under investigation Also on Thursday, Charles 'illtams of Shallotte Manor Apartlents reported the larceny of two ire spoke hubcaps from his 1980 lercury Monarch. The hubcabs ere taken apparently either While le auto was parked at the -S'f.aiiolte ost Office or in the parking lot of the partment complex ot> N C. 130 west, e told Officer W I.ewb Williams estimated the value of the ubcaps at {158 each. t Will Hear t Jan. 7 ower court's release of Caroline Ichock of WmstorwSairrn, one of the hree publishers of the Free Press, rom personal liablitiy in the case [he lower court ruled that the two Aher publishers. Bernard Charles Rocky i Hope has and Pncilla S. Ijm i Hopchas are active ui the dayo-day operation of the newspaper iifrs Schock u Mrs Hopchas' nother The f ree Press filed a motion for a itay of execution of the civil )udgnefit against them in the case, but acre uimea oown oy me sower cwn P* appeals court, however, granted [he slay 'A execution until the appeal is decided The Beacon filed the lawsuit April 13, 1584. citing three infringements ai copyright (A advertisement* in the August 15, 1303. and Sept, 3, 15(3 issues. In his order. Judge Beta noted that the Free Press continued to infringe the Beacon's copyrighted advertisements alter the Beacon notified the Free Press to slop and after the (See APPEAL, Page 2-A i , . ? .... ...... 1 IN IM Plus Supplements M AM rnoto ?* IDOH SMIAII jollcvcd t? have been deliberately /Voter Talk Thomas said council members also said they wanted to explore the benefits and casts of participating in the Federal Flood Insurance Program. This is the only program through which property owners' insurance is available in flood-prone ureas. Participation in the program has been a prerequisite to qualify for certain types of federal funding. Council members also enjoyed a brief social and get-acquainted period before adjourning ige Break-In Several driving-related arrests also were reported. Officer W.K. (Kddiel Reynolds charged William Dean llewett. 18. of Civietown, with driving without an operator's license, without auto tags and with driving under the influence Saturday at approximately 1 30 a in HpvnfilHn rfivirtivl that Wcwftj li?ft the Oasis convenience market on N.C. 130 cast "at a high rate of speed." He stopped the auto, which tilt driver said was owned by lewis Auto Sales, at the intersection of Ited Bug Road and N.C. i.w> F.ast Hewett registered a 08 on a breathalyzer test administered shortly after 3 a.m. On Dec. 18, Reynolds charged Melvin King Daniels, 30, of l>ongwood, with driving with an expired licease and passing in an area not marked for passing According to his report, Daniels pulled out of the parking lot at the Shallotte Host Office and overtook and passed a vehicle proceeding in the same direction Reynolds said Daniels used the center turn lane to pass a car whose driver was signaling his intent to make a right tum Deadlines Earlier For Jan. 2 Issue Deadline* for next week's issue of The Bronx wick Beacon will be earlier becauxe of Ifce .Sew Year holiday The newspaper will carry the usual Thursday dateline and should reach mail labtcrtbers on regular schedule The i*we will be printed earlier, however, and will be available from rack* and dealers Tuesday afternoon Deadline for real estate advertising far next week's issue i* & p m this Friday. Dec. V For all