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L j* ' , V t <1 k; ( ? ' fj County School ;5i; BY RAHN ADAMS The talented nose of "Buddy" the narcotics-sniffing ; dog may get a little more work on Brunswick County campuses soon, thanks to a slip of the tongue by Superintendent John Kaufhold. At a joint meeting of the county's Board of Education and Health Board Monday night in Bolivia, Kaufhold casually mentioned to the o^iihorin,. ?? d ? .... ^Mtuviiiig it uu U1C D1U1ISWUJN County Sheriff's Department's drug dog had sniffed out two ounces of marijuana last week in a student's locker I < i H Twenty-sixth Year, Numb K PO A ? C.PRXN6F0R i School, oneriTt BY KAHN ADAMS That was the It doesn't hurt to play it safe, even school officials a if there turns out to be no real cause last week after for alarm. threat of violence | ' vrVv '' . . : , UNION PRIMARY TEACHER Tom Simmons ushers stud last Wednesday. The school used a "rainy day" loadi Drug Bust Yields BY RAHN ADAMS nett, 28, of Nort Three Oak Island residents re- Long Beach; his b mained in the Brunswick County Jail don Bennett, 26, Monday after they were arrested Whicker, 23, both with a Swansboro man last week on Yaupon Beach; c ocaine charges. Johnson, 30, of Sw According to Brunswick County Arrest warrant Narcotics Squad Det. Sgt. David Brunswick Count] Crocker, the arrests were made on office show that 1 Oak Island last Wednesday night and Johnson each wer< early Thursday morning as part of an spiracy to traffic undercover investigation by the SBI, grams of cocaine Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart- more than 400 gra ment, Yaupon Beach Police Depart- Whicker was chai ment, Long Beach Police Depart- ing in more than ment and Wilmington-New Hanover caine. County Vice and Narcotics Unit. Crocker said the Crocker said approximately one stemmed froi kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cocaine and authorities receive two vehicles were seized in making ing the Bennett br the arrests. The cocaine had an Using an SBI ai estimated StrPpt valno rvf oKntd unmnrlm,! w.. VVH . uiuv vt uuuui uiuiiamcu vcillUlv $104,000. last Wednesday ai Arrested were William Rick Ben- undercover agent VARNAM APPOINTED New StaU Wants To BY DOUG RUTTER gr; As the newest member of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, local oyster dealer Car- fot son Varnam wants to help develop programs tio which will conserve and protect coastal shi resources statewide. The 56-year-old native of Varnamtown was no appointed to the post last Wednesday as one of shi four members of the commission who must bu derive at least half of their income from commercial fishing. The commission is made up of 15 as members, all of whom are appointed by the sta governor. cia "Anytime you have such a position offered to to you it comes as surprise," Varnam said last week following the appointment. "I feel like the so commission can be a lot of help to the whole of coastal area." Varnam, a shellfisherman since childhood, Co has been a licensed seafood dealer in Brunswick tin County for more than 30 years. He currently pr< owns and operates Carson Varnam Oyster Com- Ch pany in Varnamtown. He said he hopes to serve on the panel to the best of his ability and repre- go' sent the county and state well. re{ One of his primary objectives as a member enl of the commission, he said, is to implement fisl various programs which will help preserve the aui remaining coastal resources. or "A lot of things are being depleted because hal of demand. There's more demand and est harvesting than there is replenishing," said Var- Th nam. "If we don't begin to look into some pro- clu * Comes Up Clean at South Brunswick Middle School during the dog's firstever use in local schools. But as it turned out, the superintendent was only half right: The dog was used recently at South Brunswick Middle School, for the first time in Brunswick County; but the marijuana was found next-door?by school ofr* * ? ?*? * " .... iiv-iciia?c?i ouum orunswicK rngn scnooi, not at the middle school. "I'll have to take responsibility for that," Kaufhold said Tuesday of the mixup. "I confused the two cases." ^ 1 /Li ol / - ^ BOX >rth Carolina, T T Ml A92S4 ?_ s Department Take I attitude taken by at Union Primary School near nd county lawmen Shallotte. The school serves approxan unconfirmed imately 855 students in kindergarten was reported Oct. 4 through third grade. lents to their buses precautionary measure last Tuesday I ing schedule as a tiated threat of violence was reportec > Four Arrests On C heast 22nd Street, ty" of cocaine from Johnson outside rother, Harry Gor- River Run Shopping Center at the inand Robin Marie tersection of Long Beach Road and of Norton Street, N.C. 211, Crocker said. Johnson's ind Leonard Alvis 1985 Nissan pickup truck also was ansboro. seized. s on file at the He added that lawmen then arf Clerk of Court's ranged for an undercover buy from both Bennetts and William Bennett, who apparently : charged with con- realized at the last second he was bein more than 400 ing set up and drove past the drop-off and trafficking in point. Bennett was arrested around ms of cocaine. Ms. 10 p.m. after a five-minute chase inrged with traffick- volving eight patrol cars, Crocker 400 grams of co- said. The suspect was forced to stop near the intersection of Oak Island i undercover probe Drive and Keziah Street. A seven-car n information roadblock also had been set up at the ;d in April concern- Oak Island Bridge to stop traffic, others. Bennett's 1988 GMC pickup truck rplane and several was confiscated. Also, lawmen is for surveillance recovered 18 ounces of cocaine and a ound 8:15 p.m., an double-barrel shotgun which the bought a "quanti- suspect allegedly threw from his 3 Fisheries Commiss Help Protect Resoui ams it's gonna bear less and less all the time." and recrea Vamam is vice chairman of the recently- Varnai med group Save Our Shellfish, an organiza- six-year t< n of local fishermen trying to preserve shellfishen ellfishing waters in the Lockwood Folly River. Sept. 30,19 Varnam emphasized, however, that he will Ritter t limit himself to serving the needs of local that the " ellfishermen as a member of the commission meeting thi t will look at the broader picture statewide. quirement, "I think you have to take one thing as much the appoint the other," he said, adding that needs of the Rozell ite's shrimpers and recreational and commer- to the seat il fishermen have to be considered in addition shortly aftc those of local shellfishermen. was retiree "I feel sure that some decision can be made requiremei we can look into programs that can help a lot Varnar different things," he continued. port of Wi Varnam is also a member of the the N.C. Division of astal Federation, an organization represen- local meml g the state's fishermen, seafood dealers and mission, lessors, and is an active member of Dixon "That apel United Methodist Church. shellfish," The purpose of the commission, according to good follow pernor's press assistant Bill Furney, is to set lot of respe dilations for the protection, preservation and Varnar nancement of the commercial and sport knowledge hery resources of the state. It can also he said, we thorize, license, regulate, prohibit, prescribe "I thin! restrict all forms of fishing activity and perience, e bitat alteration with respect to marine and added Casl uarine resources in coastal fishing waters. of the comi e commission was reorganized last year to in- man who w de more representation among commercial marine res In September D Kaufhold explained that a 16-year-old male student at South Brunswick High School was caught attempting to sell marijuana to other students. School officials found the student with two ounces of the controlled substance "on his person," Kaufhold said. o ?i ? * ?* ' oouin Brunswick High Principal Mose Lewis said Tuesday that the marijuana was turned over to the Boiling Spring I-akes Police Department following the Sept. 26 incident, as is required by the school system's drug/alcohol abuse policy. hursday, October 13, 1988 25c Per ( Precautions After R Allfhoritioc eoi/1 Mrx+WJrw* < oo.u nuiiiuig au^jjiLious However, prec happened last week on the school taken by the sc campus, located about five miles feeling among south of Shallotte on U.S. 17. "threat" was ol - from someone v * W''nlrl Bffh IS that a man had t v ' WB[|fr*" '"I at the school. ' j?. "There have b rj y. Wyljin.in^^i tiated threats ci I? T ' anc* third hanc " ' was going to get ,jr "With the thini STAFF PHOIO BY RAHN ADAMS vou can t affi ;hrough Thursday, after an unsubstan- chances," Mrs. C ' ing to shooting ?across the count one occurring k ^ g ? a wood. S C. 'Sr^Lf Precautionary B3>8VJ1 IV^ notifying the Sheriff's Deparl vehicle during the chase, Crocker threat; locking said. the school; not The detective said Harry Bennett leave the buildi and Ms. Whicker were arrested last sion; having s Thursday around 1 a.m. at their Nor- men he]p with ' ton Street residence, after loading buses ( authorities obtained a search war- schedule, Mrs. C rant and used the sheriff's depart- she noted that ment's narcotics dog to uncover less could be opened f than a kilogram of cocaine inside the ing with fire re? home. they could not b outside. Johnson was released last Thurs- Rather than lei day from the Brunswick County Jail parking lot unpi after he posted a $10,000 bond, their buses after William Bennett was being held Mon- were pulled up r day in lieu of a $750,000 bond; Harry and were loaded Bennett, $500,000 bond; and Ms. done on rainy day Whicker, $30,000 bond. The loading sche< All four made first appearances day through Thui last Thursday in Brunswick County Many children, District Criminal Court. Probable a chance to use cause hearings were scheduled for schedule. Mrs. Ci Oct. 19. from 75 to 100 si ioner "ces 'Jbi tional fishermen. n will serve the final 12 months of a ^ jrm vacated earlier this year by nan Lena Ritter. The term will expire 89. resigned the post in January stating red tide" was preventing her from b fishing income requirement. The re- '* * however, only applies at the time of v *" jg.' :ment and not later in the term. Hewett of Shallotte Point was named \ t in March but was ruled ineligible ir the appointment on the basis that he 1 and no longer met the fishing income it. , ;; n's appointment has drawn the sup- r- v't* Uiam Hogarth, director of the state v * ' Marine Fisheries, as well as the other I". >er of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Comc region is heavily dependent on ?y said Hogarth. "We feel like he has a *V'. ?j|y i?5i^5 'ing down there. He seems to have a .fff'fihg'' t?* ct of the people." * " "C^" n's work as a shellfisherman and his ~ of the commercial fishing business, v k-*~~ re other reasons for tho nnrvnintmont v ! - - ** ? ? Jl ,* /-j -I. k he can bring us a lot of years of ex- v, Jfej specially in the area of shellfishing," ^ 1 Caroon of Southport, vice chairman xiission. "He's a good, decent, honest CARSON VARNd ill do his best for the industry and our newest member c ourccs as a whole." preserve the rem ? \ irug Dog Search The student, who school administrators would not identify, was expelled for the remainder of the school year, according to Kaufhold and Lewis. Although she rnnlH net vprifv thn d~:i w ?? VI ??j vi IV. 0|JCV.U1C LdOC, UUUing Spring Lakes Pdlice Sgt. Sandra Weldrick confirmed that school officials had reported a drug matter to police last month and turned over a quantity of marijuana. Ms. Weldrick said arrest warrants were issued in that particular case. However, she referred further com(See COUNTY, Page 2-A) Copy 38 Pages, 3 Sections, Plus Insert umored Threat autionary measures out of school early last Wednesday, hool gave rise to a after their parents heard rumors of parents that the possible violence at the school. [ real substance?a When parents came to the office to ide the situation all pick up their children, they were told It for school officials everything school officials knew about the situation at that time, the unty Schools Assis- principal said. Reporters who called dent William Har- Union Primary last Wednesday were icon last Wednesday referred to the Brunswick County ary officials receiv- Public Schools office in Southport for all the previous day comment. ?ho said they heard Mrs. Carter said activity on camhreatened a teacher pus was more or less back to normal Thursday and Friday, except that at;en some unsubstan- tendance appeared to be down aming to us second somewhat, based on lower than nor1," Harrison said, mal lunch counts. Although she did very precaution we not have exact attendance figures, of it." ?hp QtJlH cnmo nornnfe w..w wu.u wuuiv jjoicuu ayyai Cllliy rrison and other kept their children home due to d not elaborate on rumors about the alleged threat, at, Principal Clara Chief Deputy John Marlow said a as "that the school uniformed officer was sent to the shot up." school Tuesday after the matter in;s that are going on, itially was reported. He also noted ord to take any that other lawmen, including himself barter added, referr- and Sheriff John C. Davis, visited the incidents at schools school campus at various times later ry, the most recent in the week. ist month in Green- "We're just using our normal routine, but we tell an officer that if measures included he's in the area to make a circle (by Brunswick County the campus) and be visible," Marlow iment of the alleged said Friday. all outside doors to He emphasized, however, that no allowing children to actual threat had been received by ng without -supervi- either the school or the sheriff's chool maintenance department. 'surveillance;" and "It's hearsay, but it's not >n a "rainy day" something we're overlooking," arter said. Marlow said Friday, later adding, the building's doors "It's because of what just happened rom inside, in keep- in South Carolina ... I tliink there's ;ulations; however, a reason to be concerned for the safee opened from the ty of little children." Without revealing any details, t students cross the Sheriff Davis said Monday that the rotected to get on man who allegedly made the threat school, the vehicles was located last Wednesday at his text to the building place of work, which is not near the one hv nnp as is cr?hrw?i t , ? ? swuuvii Lxiuuicu wdiuicu ine inan s, Mrs. Carter said, closely Wednesday and Thursday, lule was used Tues- and kept him under "loose sday afternoons. surveillance" Friday, Davis said, however, didn't get The man was not approached by the rainy day bus authorities, because "we didn't have irter estimated that tudents were taken (See RUMOR, Page 2-A) k . i 1 --- ^>1 t mmFt ggsBL a&jm ? Jppk. | |p STAFF PHOTO BY OOUG RUTTf R lM stands outside his oyster house in Varnamtown. As the ?f the state Marine Fisheries Commission, he hopes to help aining coastal resources.
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