F our more persons pleaded guilty to drug cluirges
Superior Court, making a
total of 28 persons who now have entered guilty pleas in
drug cases stemming from indictments in June and Julv.
One of those four and a drug defendant who pleaded
gmltj m August were sentenced Monday.
According to the Brunswick County Clerk of Court’s
urn®*”* guilty pleas Mondav included
Charles William Uancaster. Uoyd Neil Strickland. Alvin
Br>an Willis III and Johnny Dale Wood.
Judge Samuel T. Currin heard the pleas during a
Court^ of Brunswick County Superior
Assistant District Attorney William Wolak
represented the state.
1-ancaster, 33. of Supply, pleaded guilty toconspiracy
Four AAore Pl&ad Guilty In Drug Cases
of oocaine and w.-,s given 1986, according to court record. o„ tn„
to possess more than one gram of cocaine and was given
a three-year suspended sentence.
He also was ordered to pay a $250 fine, court costs
and attorney fees.
l^ncaster was indicted in June on conspiracy to
po.ssess and trafficking by possession counts, involving
more than -100 grams of cocaine.
Strickland, 36, of Houte 1, Winnabow, entered guilty
plea.s to 10 counts of conspiracy to possess cocaine, in
volving amounts from more than 28 grams to more than
•100 grams.
He was indicted in June on a total of nine counts each
of trafficking and conspiracy.
Willis. 32. of Shallotte, pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiracy to traffic in more than -100 grams of cocaine,
as part of a plea bargaining arrangement dated Dec. 18,
1986, according to court records on file in the clerk of
court’s office.
Willis was indicted in June on 12 counts each of traf
ficking and conspiracy.
Wood, 19, of Route 1, Winnabow, entered a guilty plea
to trafficking by possession of between 200 grams and 400
grams of cocaine.
He was indicted in June and July on trafficking and
conspiracy charges.
Strickland, Willis and Wood were not sentenced Mon
day. Their sentencings were continued from session to
session of Superior Court until requested by the dLstricl
attorney’s office.
Ricky Dale Bellamy of Shallotte, who pleaded guilty
Aug. 31 to conspiracy and trafficking charges involving
more than 28 grams of cocaine, was sentenced to seven
years prison terms on each count, with the terms to run
concurrently.
In August, Bellamy also plcailcd guilty to firing a
weapon into an occupied dwelling and conspiracy to com
mit arson in connection with a Julv 15. 198ii. incident at a
Mulberry Street, Shallotte residence.
On Monday, he also received a six-year term on the
arson conviction and a five-year term for firing a weapon
into an occupied building, with the two tenns to run con
currently.
As of Tuesday, 24 drug defendants from indictments
in June and July were awaiting sentencing.
Wolak said Tue.sday that a majority of that niunber is
expected to be sentenced during the Nov. IG term of
Brunswick County Superior Court.
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Election Results At A Glance
MAYOR
W. Williamson.. . .92
Harold Wooten 57
COMMISSIONER
«>'Debble Sloann Pox . , .117
(^Virginia Gibson 103
»^ld Steele 99
DeCarol Williamson 74
Thomas Woodson 2
Gene Hardee \
Hclden Beach
MAYOR
i^Jehn H. Tandy 201
Kenner Amos 4
COMMISSIONER
^Guilford W. Bast 120
Georgia R. Langley 96
i^Bob Buck 94
Grahom King 75
Rose H. Coie 74
Morgeret Vosco 73
Mortin G. Feldt 62
Kermit J. Coble 48
Donald Corey Jr 16
Michael L. Hobbs. . l
•ewtSSOT SsCSSh
MAYOR
Mason Barber Jr, 72
Edward Gore Sr 38
COUNCILMAN
Mazie Frink 11
Edward Gore Jr 29
^ Mary K. Griffith 69
(All Gdom Jr. 55
Donald B. Safrit 45
Calabash
MAYOR
Douglas Simmons 51
COUNCILMAN
Suzy Moore 29
»/'Kotfn fiardoo 36
Linda Roberts 25
Sonia Stevens 37
Robert Weber 25
Landis High 38
vitgii Coleman 21
Romiio Dittman 34
Patricia Lowellyn 32
Ed Rice 11
Boiling Spring Lakes
MAYOR
Donna M. Baxter 181
^Robert W. Williams... .269
COMMISSIONER
George H. Lanier Jr 197
Robert Glenn Long 200
Lloyd T. (Tom) Simmons... 194
Steven Stewart 256
Boiher Hospital Board
TRUSTEE
Renee Horne Hilger 798
»^Wlliiam S. Kirby 1,191
»^W.V. SIxemore Jr. 944
Jeon R. St. Andre 362
VnWBiwaav
ALDERMAN
✓ David L. Gauso 49
✓ Wilton D. Horrolsen 47
✓ IJodyl Jay G. Simmons. . 30
long Beach
MAYOR
H. Michoel Oxford 589
✓ John V. Veroon III 595
COMMISSIONER
✓ Kevin M. Boll 622
✓ David S. Drummond. 602
Dovid P. Ford 475
✓ Jean €. Gray 564
Bob Miller 555
Ben C. Thomos 536
Doris H Wernof 37
Nova^'scj
AAAYCP
✓ Louis *'Bobby" Brown. .49
COMMISSIONER
✓ Thomas V, Merrick 44
✓ Walter fl. Wlllianvs Sr.. 39
✓ Lulls A. wmu 48
Belviiie
MAYOR
Mildred S. Boney 5
✓ Kenneth D. Mostor Jr*. . 13
COMMISSIONER
Sidney Boney 6
✓ Trindalyn Boswoll 10
✓ Vickie L. Gooch ll
Tim Schedler 6
Bolivia
MAYOR
✓ Ina Mao Mints 14
ALDERMAN
✓ Stove Robbins 14
✓ Robort S. Willetts III 14
✓ Ilia Jane Wescott 14
Deborah H. Stanley 14
Coswell Beach
MAYOR
✓ Jack B. Cook 36
Wiuiom F. Zirrimerrncriri... .8
COMMISSIONER
✓ George P. Kassler Jr.. . .36
Randy Whitesides 2
Southport
MAYOR
✓ Norman R. Holden 445
ALDERMAN (Word I)
Mary E. Strickland 124
✓ Judy Y. White 422
ALDERMAN (Word II)
✓ Nelson 1. Adams 380
✓ Linda Packer Phillips. .318
Yaupon Beach
COMMISSIONER
Joseph W. Broyles 170
»^May W. Moore 164
✓ Howard J. BrackeH 118
J.M. Worren Sr 108
TURN-OUT LIGHT IN AAANY TOWNS
Colabosh El©cts N©w-Look Council
BY DOUG RUTTER
Ten write-in candidates for the
Calabash Town Council were
separated by only 27 voles Tuesday,
when two incumbents and three new
faces were elected to the town board.
Incumbents Patricia l.cwcllyn and
Sonia Stevens were re-elected, and
will serve along with first-time board
members Keith Hardee, Ronnie Pitt
man and l^ndis High.
The election was conducted with no
candidates on the ballot for any seat
other than mayor.
According to High, a four-person
ticket which canvassed door-to-door
in Calabash with the promise of
change included Stevens, Hardee and
Pittman, in addition to himself.
•We all pul our heads together and
thought that there should be some
new faces on city council,” said High,
who was born and raised in
Calabash.
According to l^jwellyri. all three
newly-elected candidates were
among those who signed a petition
opposing upfront assessments for a
town water system.
She said that while the new board
members may hurt the town’s
chances to build a complete town
water system, the first phase wliich
includes Ivey High Hoad, Oak Street
and Riverview Drive is so far in mo
tion that it would be difficult to erase
what the the present board has ac
complished.
According to High, assessments for
a town water system may not be
necessary after further study and
search for additional funds. “There
may be some other possibilities
which haven’t been fully
researched,” said High of the poten
tial water line assessments.
Mayor Doug Simmons was unop
posed in his bid for re-election.
In towns other than Calabash,
write-in candidates didn’t fare as
well.
At Sunset Beach, newly-elected
Mayor M. Mason Barber Jr. said he
plan.s to work for the betterment of
the community, just as he promised.
•Tin tickled to death that the vote
turned out the way it did,” he said.
Barber, president of the Sunset
Beach Taxpayers Association, was
challenged in a write-in campaign by
current council member Ed Gore Sr.
which fell 34 votes short.
‘T knew it was coming," said
Barber. “But that’s anybody’s
privilege to do if they please.”
In Ocean Isle Beach, mayoral
write-in candidate Harold Wooten
garnered 57 votes to Mayor Betty
Williamson’s 92 votes. At Holden
Beach, former mayor Kenner Amos
received several write-in votes for
mayor. And at l4>ng Beach, Doris
Werner, who was defeated in a
primary bid for mayor, only received
a handful of votes in a write-in cam
paign for the town board.
Turn-out was relatively low except
in towns with crowded ballots, as in
Long Beach and Holden Beach.
In contrast to those beach com
munities, in Bolivia, Navassa and
Shallotte candidates were elected to
office without opposition. Less than
50 voters cast ballots in Shallotte.
compared to more Uian 100 two years
ago when three available posts were
contested.
Overall Tuesday, County Board of
Elections Chairman Glenda Walker
said, “The elections went .smoothly.
It was long, but pretty good.”
At Long Beach, unofficial results
showed Mayor Johnny Vereen winn
ing re-election by a slim margin in a
contest said to offer voters a clear
choice in the future direction of local
government.
Challenger Mike Oxford, a com
missioner, said he plans to consult
with the county board of elections
regarding his options.
’•R was awfully close,” he noted,
adding he wants to find out why the
Long Beach polling place temporari
ly ran out ballots late 'Tuesday and
had to turn away voters until more
arrived.
“For 35 minutes they turned people
away. It was right around five
o’clock when people get off work." he
said.
•It might not liavc made a bit of
difference, but I want to know what
happened and why and if the proper
proceilurc.s were followed.”
The county board of elections, sis
well as town election boards at
Vaupon Beach, Ocean Isle Beach and
Holden Beach, will caiivas.s the votes
Thursday, tabulating official results
and deciding any challenges or other
procedural questions.
Plyler Tapped For AAorehead Nomination
West Brunswick High School senior
Pamela Plyler is Brunswick
County’s nominee for a Morehead
Award to the University of North
Carolina.
She is the daughter of Richard and
Faith Plyler of Sunset Beach.
The Brunswick County Morehead
Award Selection Committee chose
Plyler from among seven seniors
nominated by their high schools
following interviews conducted Fri
day.
In the next step of the selection pro
cess, she will be interviewed in mid-
December by the District 3 Selection
Committee. District nominees are in
vited to Chapel Hill for interviews
with the Morehead Award Commit
tee.
Plyler was one of two nominees
from West Brunswick High School.
Also nominated was Brent Tyndall.
17, son of Georgia Tyndall of Supply.
At West Plyler is a science assis
tant, honor student and member of
the National Honor Society and other
organizations. In 1985 she was chosen
to attend Governor’s School in the
natural sciences and the Hugh
O’Brien l4?adership Conference at
UNC-C’harlotte and was chief junior
marshal.
She earned an honorable mention
jor in pharmacy at UNC.
“Both are very fine candidates,”
said West senior guidance counselor
Judy Harris.
Other students considered for the
county nomination include Carolyn
Busse and Bryon Chandler of South
Brunswick High School and Angelie
Mane Newman, Jamin Derrek Skip
per and Franklin Williams of North
Brunswick High School.
Serving on the county selection
committee are Henry Foy, chair-
Dr. John Ward, Teresa Conrad, Glen
Peterson and Tommy Harrelson,
who was unable to participate in Fri-
PLYLER
A
TYNDALL
in the 1986 North Carolina State
Science Fair for a project on lasers
and holography, also the subject of
an independent study undertaken
this year. Also, .she earned honorable
mention in the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test.
She is playing for her fourth year
on the VVest Brunswick men’s golf
team.
At UNC she plans to major in
physics.
Like Plyler, Tyndall is a science
assistant and honor student and was
a junior marshal last year. He is
president of the Spanish Club.
Tyndall also works 20 hours each
week at Kerr Drugs and plans to ma-
Morehead Awards are based soley
on merit, without regard for financial
need. They are awarded by the
Morehead Foundation, established in
1945 by the late John Motley
Morehead. He was a North Carolina
native and a 1891 graduate of the
University. The awards are
presented to seniors with exceptional
qualities of leadership, academic
standing, character and physical
vigor.
The basic awards program pro
vides for four years of undergraduate
study with summer work/.sludy and
travel opportunities.
Hearing On Cawcaw Drainage District Scheduled Friday
BY RAHN ADAMS
County officials say this week’s up
coming public hearing on re
activation of the Cawcaw Drainage
District is the first step toward solv
ing stonnwater runoff problems in
the district.
The hearing is set for Friday at
G:.30 p.m. at the ('alaljash Fire Sta
tion.
•We've got to .sUirt crawling Ixiforc
we sUirt walking, and Die first thing
we’ve got to do is gel the district
ri.'organized," Commissioner (.’hns
'hap}>ell .said last week.
Uist month, Brunswick County
Commissioners-at Chappell's re
quest-scheduled the upcoming
public hearing, to gather input from
residents on how to restore the more
than 16 miles of overgrown,
neglected canals which make up the
(‘awcaw drainage system.
•We need the majority of the peo
ple to voice their opinions atul ex-
pre.ss what direction they wjuit to go
iwith the dLstricl' Chappell said.
On Oct. 1. Chappell, reprc.sen-
talives of Carolina Shores .sulxhvi-
sion and local, .state and federal con
servation officials met in Calabash to
discuss alternatives involving the
Cawcaw Drainage District.
Alternatives discussed included re
activating the district. csUiblishing a
county service district, or forming a
one-time special a.ssessment district.
The group last month agreed that
rc-aetivating the ilistrict was the
most fca.sible direction to take.
According to Chappell, if a majori
ty of citizens support re-aclivaling
the drainage district at Uie public
hearing, then conuiiissioners could
continue review of the matter and
work with conservation officials to
have the district re-established
through the clerk of court's office.
As discussed in the meeting last
month, options then would include
seeking financial help from the coun
ty for restoration of the canals; seek
ing dissolution of the district by
legislative action and possible crea
tion of a service or special assess
ment district in its place; or realign
ing the l>oun(laric.s of the existing
di.stricl and coming up with a belter
.system of assessing residents.
Extensive development of areas
above the original drainage district
has increased (he need for maintain
ing the canal system, according to
Brunswick County Soil and Water
Conservation District Chairman
James Bellamy.
”Thc watershed was designed to
take care of the original watershed
boundary,” Bellamy said. “On
Shingletrce and Little Cawcaw (ex
tensions), there’s been more added
because of development than was
originally designed.”
The district was first established in
1959, with 16.5 miles of canals or dit
ches begun in 1963 and completed in
1967. The system was designed to
drain approximately 16,000 acres ot
potential farmland.
In 1976, a Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners agreed to Uike
over maintenance of the system, and
paid off $5,988 in debts owed by the
district for maintenance work. The
clerk of court then dissolved tlie
district.
However, succeeding bofirds of
commissioners-iiududing the cur
rent county boiinl-have not fuiidnl
(See IIKAHING. Page 2-A1