Colendor Of Events
Thursday, Oct. 29
***^1 !*/'*^*^*^*^ Bhost storics to atluUs. at tho West
Brunswick Branch Library*. Shallotte. 2 p.m.
GH^T WA[.K for all ajies bcRins at the Main library in Southport. 7 p.m.-9
American hcKion Post one mile south of Shallotte. U.S.
17, 7.oO p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME lULLOWEEN PARTY will be held at the Iceland
Branch Librarj', 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
STORYTELLER JESS PARKER will tell ^host stories to adults at the Main
Library, in Southport. 2 p.m.
SPECLAL MEEflNG of the Calabash Town Council to authorize attorney
Mike Ramos to proceed with plans for water system assessments, at the
town hail, 4:30 p.m.
SHALLOITE AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP meets at Camp United Methodist
Church, 8 p.m. I his is a support group for families of alcoholics.
CLOSED MEETING of Alcoholics Anonymous for individuals who have a pro
blem with alcohol, AA Building, Grissettown, 8 p.m.
SHALIXJTTE WHEEL AND DEALERS Square Dance Club dances each Fri
day at the American I..egion Hut south of Shallotte, 8 p.m. Public welcome.
GAME NIGHT at the Sunset Beach Volunteer Fire Department has been
discontinued for the winter.
Saturday, Oct. 31
CAI^BASH VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD THRIFT SHOP, beside the
squad building on N.C. 179, will be open, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
THE N.C. FESTIVAL BY THE SEA continues through the day at Holden
Beach; see supplement inside this issue.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC RALLY will be held at the Brunswick
County Government Center Public Assembly Building, 2 p.m.-7 p.m.
GAME NIGHT will be held at the Calabash Volunteer Fire Department, 8
p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 1
FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK and diabetes detection clinic will be held
at the Coastline Volunteer Rescue Squad building. Holden Beach Road. 2
p.m.-i p.m.
OPEN MEETING of Alcoholics Anonymous at the Grissettown AA Building, 8
p.m.
Monday, Nov. 2
THE INTERCHURCH COUNCIL meets at Joe’s Barbecue in Shallotte, 8:30
a.m.
OCEAN ISLE BEACH PL.ANNING BOARD meets at Lhe town halL 9:30 a.m.
CALABASH ZONING BOARD meets at the town hall, 4 p.m.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS meet in their chambers at the
Brunswick County Government Center, Administration Building. 10 a.m.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION meets in the Administra
tion Building conference room. Southport, 6:30 p.m.
HOLDEN BE.ACH COMMISSIONERS meet at the town hall, with a public
hearing scheduled on a proposed zoning ordinance addition regarding lots
with marsh or wetlands, G:30 p.m.
SHvALLOTTE PI.,/\NNING BOARD meets at the town hall, 7 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING by the Brunswick County Commissioners on the proposed
naming of the entrance road to the Brunswick County Industrial Park as
Industrial Boulevard, in the commissioners’ chambers, Brunswick County
Government Center. 7 p.m.
A PUBLIC HEARING on a proposed rezoning will be held by the Sunset Beach
Town Council, 7 p.m.. followed by the regular board meeting, 7:.30 p.m.
CALABASH VFW POST NO. 7288 meets at the post home in Calabash, 7:30
p.m.
CLOSED MEETING for individuals who have a problem with alcohol.
Alcoholics Anonymous Building. Grissettown, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 3
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME for youngsters ages three to five will be held at
the West Brunswick Branch Library. Shallotte, 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m., 11
a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
BRUNSWICK TOASTMASTERS meets at the Ship's Chandler on the water
front in Southport, with guests welcome, 7 a.m.-8 a.m. Call 754-5082 even
ings and weekends for more information, or if interested in joining a
Shallotte-area group.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME for youngsters ages three to five will be held at
the Main Library, Southport. 10 a.m.-10;45 a.m., 11 a.m.-ll :45 a.m.
SHALLOTTE ALDERMEN meet in regular .sejisicn at the town hall, 7:.10 p.m.
CIX)SED MEETING for individuals who have a problem with alcohol, at the
Alcoholics Anonymous Building, Grissettown, 8 p.m.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets each Wednesday at St. Peter’s Lutheran
Church, N.C. 211, Southport, offering a 12-step program to help addicts
overcome their desire to use drugs and fellowship among recovering ad-
uiLii, 8 p.m. For more infonnatiori, cal! 1 762-6638.
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Saturday, October 31
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THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. October 29. 1087—Page 11-A
Southport Denies Ward's Allegations
BY R^UIN ADAMS
The City of Southport earlier this
month denied allegations made by
former Southport drug counselor
Robert E. Ward—the city responding
to Ward's f20,000 lawsuit over an ar
rest warrant :>worn against him last
year.
Also, the city has filed u motion for
summary judgment in the suit, while
Ward has filed a motion requesting
that the case be heard in a jury trial.
Both sides have requested that
their motions be heard during the
Nov. 9 sc.ssion of Bninswick County
Civil Superior Court in Bolivia.
Ward is represented by Sliallotte
attorney Michael Ramos. Southport
and Coring arc represented by the
Winston-Salem law firm of Womble,
Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice.
Ward filed the .suit on Oct. 2 in
Superior Court against the city.
Southport Police Chief William Cor
ing and lx)ng Beach resident Ruth B.
Somers.
In his lawsuit. Ward asks for com
pensatory damages of at least $10,000
and punitive damages of at least
$10,000.
Ward, who now lives in Horry
County. S.C., was founder and direc
tor of Tar Heels Against Drugs
• THAD), a former anti-drug abuse
counseling service in Southport.
On Oct. 20, 1986, Coring swore out a
warrant against Ward for allegedly
practicing psychology without a
Dosher To Use $90,000 Grant
For Equipnnent, Three Offices
Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport has received a grant of
$90,000 from the Duke Endowment.
The money will help fund construc
tion of a physicians’ office park and
equipment for the hospital.
in order to attract and retain
physicians for our service area we
need to supply adequate office space
for them, as well as upgraded equip
ment in the hospiUil.” .said Hospital
Administrator Arthur Pittman.
“We’ve put together a plan that in
cludes a number of different items,
all aimed at better service for our
community.”
The plan calls for construction of
three offices for doctors adjacent to
the hospital, with space left for a
fourth office in the future. Additional
space will be purchased to provide
parking, he said.
Inside the hospital, new equipment
will be purchased for the operating
room, physical therapy, laboratory,
wellness and occupational health .ser
vices programs.
The funds will also be used to help
pay for a new computer and software
for accounting, patient data and a
management information .system.
Since 1929, the Duke Endowment
has awardoH over nOO to Dosher
.Memorial Hospital.
The private foundation provides
assistance to not-for-profit hospitals
and child-care institutions in the
Carolinas. as well as to rural United
Methodist churches and retired
ministers in North Carolina and to
Davidson College and Duke, Furman
and Johnson C. Smith universities.
license.
The charge was voluntarily
dismissed by the slate on June 4.
In his lawsuit. Ward claints that
Coring had the warrant issued
“without probable cau.se" and that It
“was done maliciously ... for the
purpo.se of not bringing the Plaintiff
\ Ward) to justice but rather to injure
the Plaintiff. . ”
Ward also claims he was libeled by
Coring in comments the police chief
made that wore published in
newspapers including The Stale Port
Pilot of Southport, the Wilmington
Star-News and The Brunswick
Beacon.
Southport filed its response to
Ward's suit Oct. 13 with the
Brunswick ('ounly Clerk of Court's
office in Bolivia.
The city denied all of Ward’s
claims where they involved alleged
wrongdoing by Coring.
The city’s answer did not address
Ward’s claims against Ms. Somers.
No response from her had been filed
at the clerk of court's office by last
Friday.
Southport's motion for summary
judgment was filed Oct, 20.
Included with the motion was an af
fidavit from Coring which stated the
police chief "was shocked when suit
papers were served upon me and the
City by the same plaintiff's attorney
• Hamas j who had agreed not to bring
any civil action if I would gel the
charges dismissed, which I had
done.”
As an exhibit. Coring filed a copy of
a letter from Hainos to Coring, lated
Dec. 23. 1986, which stated:
“Since our last meeting, I have
spoken with Dr. Ward and he has
agreed that if you will dismiss the
pending criminal charge of practic
ing p.sychology without a license, he
will not pursue any civil action
against you. You may take this letter
as evidence of such an agreement.”
However, an affidavit filed Oct. 21
by Kamos indicated that Ward had
only agreed not to sue Coring in-
dividuallv.
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