Commissioners Approve Jail P!ans/ Smith's Plan To Rearrange Offices BY RAHN ADAMS Brunswick County Commission ers took steps Monday night to ease overcrowding at the county govern ment center. They approved plans for an addition to the county jail as well as the county manager's pro posal to move eight offices out of the Bolivia complex. That action was taken during Monday's four-hour regular board meeting, attended by all five com missioners. The meeting included a one-hour, 45-minute executive ses sion requested by Commissioner Grace Bcaslcy to discuss "industrial location and expansion, and person nel." Commission Chairman Frankic Rabon said no action was taken during the closed-door meeting. However, the beard's final action before adjournment was to allocate S300.000 from the county's operat ing reserve fund for the Brunswick County Economic Development Corporation. When contacted immediately after the meeting, none of the com missioners would comment on how the 5300,000 would be spent by the economic development organiza tion. It was announced Tuesday that the corporation will use the money to purchase an industrial site in Lcland Industrial Park (see related story). Representatives of the Raleigh engineering and architectural firm, Pcirson and Whitman Inc., present ed plans for the jail expansion, which will add 30 beds to the over crowded 44-bcd facility. Estimated cost of the addition is $385,000. Construction bids arc expcctcd to be received late next month. Pcirson and Whitman Executive Yicc President Douglas D. Vaughn told commissioners that the plans have been approved by the N.C. Division of Facility Services. The plans call for the addition of 10 individual cells and a dormitory area containing 20 beds. Sheriff John Carr Davis said the plans were "acceptable to me, and the big thing is, they're acceptable to the state." Moves Approved Without a vote, the board con sented to County Manager John Smith's plan to relieve overcrowd ing elsewhere at the county com plex by movsng eight offices into two facilities near Bolivia and Supply. The county manager said the moves would be made "as soon as possible." But he emphasized that the departments "aren't all going to be moving tomorrow" and that the changes would be made gradually as new office space is prepared. Smith's proposal was presented to the commissioners in a memo randum they received on Aug. 7. No objections to it were expressed 1 6-Year-Old Girl Is Raped By Two Men Near Souihport No arrests were reported as of Monday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old Southport girl early Saturday in the Soulhport area. According to reports on file at the Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart ment, the sexual assault occurred Saturday around 12:30 a.m. on Bethel Church Road of! N.C. 87. The suspccts are two unidentified white men believed to be a father and son. Dct. I-arry Joyner said the victim did not know the two men. One was described as being about 40 years of age and having short blondish-brown hair with traces of gray on the sides. He had a brown mustache and week-old beard. The other man appeared to be about 20 years old, with shoulder-length, blondish-brown hair and blond highlights. The girl told officers thai a friend dropped her off at home Friday around 11:30 p.m., after the two left a local party together. The victim, however, started walking back toward the site of the party and ac cepted a ride from the two suspects near the intersection of N.C. 87 and N.C.211. After taking the Dosher Cut-Off Road off N.C. 211, they turned onto Bethel Church Road and pulled off the road. The suspects* vehicle was a tan, mid-sized car. Threatening to kill the girl if she resisted, the older man ordered her out of the car and told her to take off her pants. According to the report, ihe other suspect then report edly said, "Don't hurt her. Dad." After both men raped the girl, they left her lying on the ground and drove away from the scene, she said. The victim was able to walk to a Iricnd's residence and caii authori ties. The incident was reported to the sheriff's department Saturday at 2:34 am. Normal Temps, Rain Forecast Seasonable weather conditions are expected in the Shallolte area over the next several days, accord ing to Shallolte Point meteorologist Jackson Canady. Temperatures through the week cKai?M o' mro cte* fmm omnnH 1 C\ V,,U ? . w at night to the upper 80s during the day. Precipitation is expected to measure about three-quarters of an inch. For the period of Aug. 15 through 21, the daily average tem perature was 79 degrees, which Canady said was one degree below normal. The daily average high tempera ture was 87 degrees, and the nightly average low temperature was 71 degrees. The maximum high temperature during the period was 90 degrees on Aug. 20. The minimum low tem perature was 68 degrees on Aug. 16. Canady measured 0.49 of an inch of rain during the seven-day period. Board Asks For Time (Continued From Paee 1-A) mo?t of therr. frcm the ?uiu? school district served by over crowded Union Primary and Shal lotte Middle schools. The timetable outlined Monday by the two architects calls for the $286,000 planning and design phase of the project to be completed by May 1990; the $19,500 bidding phase by June 1990; the $5.2 mil lion construction and inspection phases by January 1992. Slockett explained that no addi f i r\n 1 1 /?Ann'o ???^??1/1 Un LI on J : COuiu; uiiut>uuuiid wuuiu uv ? ? 1 I *1 it. - I1CCUCU UI15 U^Cdl jrvoi, Willie uiv school board this year would car mark $800,000 in half-cent sales tax revenue for the project. During the 1990-91 fiscal year and the first six months of the 1991 92 fiscal year, the county would make monthly payments of $152,750, according to the school board's plan. In turn, the schools would allocate sales tax revenue of $950,000 in 1990-91 and $1 million in 1991-92. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 FOR AWARD-WINNING NEWS COVERAGE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr, Citizen In Brunswick County Q6.30 ?5.30 N.C. Sales Tax .32 .27 Postage Charge 3.68 3.68 TOTAL 10.30 9.25 Elsewhere in North Carolina 06.30 U5.30 N.C. Sales Tax .32 .27 Postage Charge 8.18 8.18 TOTAL 14.80 13.75 Outside North Carolina Q6.30 05.30 Postage Charge 9.65 9.65 TOTAL 15.95 14.95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name Address City, State Zip by the board Monday. All but one of the office reloca tions are expected to be temporary, lasting no more than two years until a proposed new Social Services Building is constructed and the county-owned former Bolivia Plaza Shopping Center in Bolivia is reno vated. The two vacant facilities that will be utilized in the upcoming moves are the old Agricultural Extension/ Brunswick Community College building on U.S. 17 near Supply and the old Alternative School on Old Piney Grove Road near Bolivia. According to Smith's plan, the Supply building will house the Brunswick County Emergency Management office and eventually a 911 emergency telephone system; the N.C. Employment Security Commission; and the N.C. Depart ment of Revenue. Offices that eventually will move to the old Alternative School arc the Volunteer and Information Center, School Bus Traffic Safety, Parks and Recreation and Aging. A new department. Clean County, also will be housed in the school building. Road Funds Outlined Also at Monday's meeting, N.C. Department of Transportation Dis trict Engineer Jim Cook brought commissioners up to date on changes in the county's secondary roads construction program for the coming year. Cook noted that his office origi nally estimated that Brunswick County would receive an extra $757,613 for secondary toads if the General Assembly passed a High way Revenue Bill this year. After the bill's passage, however, Bruns wick County's additional portion was $419,798. Approved by commissioners, his recommendations were to use the additional allocation and reserve funds to pave the following roads: one mile of Tar Landing Road, esti mated cost $90,000; 0.30 of a mile of Zion Hill Road, $30,000; 0.80 of a mile of Rourk's Landing Road, $80,000; 1.10 niiles of Maultsby Road, $110,000; Also, 0.90 of a mile of Live Oak Circle (includes state roads 1214, 1215 and 1216), $81,798; 0.31 of a mile cf Cedar Lane (incluucs siaic roads 1262, 1263 and 1264), $30,000; 0.33 of a mite of Summer Piacc Drive, $30,000; and 0. 1 5 of a mile of Booncsboro Road, $14,000. Appointments Made In other action, commissioners made appointments to four county boards and one regional board. Appointments to three of the five boards were contested. Commis sioners deviated from their usual practice of simply rubber-stamping individual commissioners' nomina tions to fill board scats for their own districts. On split votes, the commission appointed Elon King of Ash and Rudolph Simmons of Vamamtown to District 1 and District 2 seats, respectively, on the Brunswick County Utility Operations Board. Appointed to three-year terms, they rcplacc Ed Gore of Sunset Bcach and Alfon^a Roach of Supply. Nominated by District 3 Com missioner Gene Pinkerton, King and Simmons received additional support from Rabon and Ms. Beasley. District 1 Commissioner Kelly Holden and District 2 Commissioner Benny Ludlum nom inated Gore and Clctis Clcmmons of Supply, respectively, and voted for both. The other two split votes were divided along the same lines. Gary Shoemake of Long Beach was appointed to a three-year term on uie Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority, replacing Lynn Grissctt of Cedar Grove. Holden and Ludlum voted for Grissctt, who was nominated by Ludlum. Also, Dural Guyton of Lcland was reappointed to the Brunswick County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Board. Holden and Ludlum supported Bookie Taylor of Seaside. Commissioners unanimously re appointed Thomas Dixie of Leland and Michael Schaub of Winnabow to three-year terms on the Bruns wick County Planning Board. They unanimously appointed Dr. William Phillips of Southport to the Bruns wick County Board of Health to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Marilyn Boehm of Holden Beach, who recently resigned. Her term was to end in December. Other Business In other matters at Monday's meeting, commissioners: ? Were introduced to W.D. Sud duth, the new area director of Southeastern Mental Health. ? Voted to recommend to DOT the addition of Shingletree Acres Road to the state secondary road system. ? Approved a county health board recommendation to raise the costs of two types of tuberculosis ciic&i X-rays fioiu S19 to $23.72, and from $24 to $28.71, as a result of increased costs to ihe. health department. ? Agreed to collect taxes for the Town of Varnamtown at a 1.5 per cent collection fee. ? Set a public hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 5:30 p.m., in commissioners chambers on "verifi able goals for minority businesses," in relation to awarding construction bids next month on the jail addition. Due to the Labor Day holiday, commissioners will hold their next regular meeting on Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m., in Bolivia. Filing Period To I m-% ?/>? (*?*#? fwupci I ??? MW7UMU A o?va/?lrtl ftlinM Vioc 4 k OJAAiMU ? "Ulg, pviivu >M*0 been set up to allow the Town of Navassa to have a full slate of officers on its November ballot. William White withdrew as a town council candidate about two weeks ago. That left only one candidate and two council scats up for dec Don this fail. The Brunswick County Board of Elections voted last Wednes day to set up a two-week Tiling period for Navassa, Aug. 25 through Sept. 8, said Elections Supervisor Lynda Briu. The special filing period for Navassa will run the same two weeks as the emergency filing period in Calabash. (See related siory this issue.) Firm Announces Plans To Locate Here (Continued From Page 1-A1 Rabon told the Beacon Tuesday that the county offered Exide Elec tronics no other inducements. "It's just an opportunity we don't get very often," Rabon said, explaining the board's decision to allocate $300,000 for the land purchase. Dc Sherbinin said the new facili ty is expected to initially generate an estimated $450,000 per year in property tax revenues. During the press conference, Rabon commented, "This is the first time Brunswick County has ever recruited an industry this aggres sively." The recruitment effort began in January, officials said. The company will be the first electronics-based industry in Bruns wick County and will be among the area s largest employers. Kisher said that within the next several years, the firm hopes to employ up to 500 workers. Jobs wili include light assembly, testing, mainte nance, shipping and administrative positions. Exidc Electronics produces a broad range of products that protect computer and other high-tech equipment from power fluctuations and outages. Risher said the compa ny makes systems that range in price from $600 to several million dollars. According to Ward, the company picked Brunswick County over six other North Carolina countics for the new plant. "I think this projcct clcarly shows that teamwork is the key to economic development," Ward said, retemng to cooperative efforts among the county, state and Landmark Corporation, which is developer of the industrial park. Rishcr also noted that a building will be constructed near the plant to serve as a training center for em ployees. The training will be con ducted in conjunction with Bruns wick Community College, he said. In a prepared statement, de Sher binin said, "A number of considera tions went into Exidc Electronics' decision to locate satellite opera tions in Brunswick County. This location provided the company with a site suitable for future expansion, accessibility to a work force, appro pnatc training faciiiucs and prox i m ity to a satisfactory transit system." SB! Task Force Takes On Two Local Murder Cases BY RAHN ADAMS An agent from the SBI's Murder Unsolved Task Force (MUST) has trained his magnifying glass on two old Brunswick County murder cases that have confounded county sleuths. Sheriff John Carr Davis said Monday that SB1 agent Tony Cum mings began working with local lawmen last week on the 1987 mur der of Leland resident Beverly Potter Mintz; and the 1986 murder of Yaupon Beach resident lhomas G. Summer, who was Davis' son in-law. Davis said MUST selected the two murders from the county's six unsolved murder cases dating back to 1979. Another agent from the special, eight-member task force is expected to join Cummings in Brunswick County soon, the sheriff said. vc always gui tu uc upu ? ? t. - iiiiauw mat &vuyumi5 uiat uui uc done will be done," Davis said, adding that MUST can give the in vestigations "a different view from what we've given them." For three days last week, Cum mings worked with Capt. Phil Perry on the Mintz case and with CapL Douglas Padgett on the Summer case. Early this week, Cummings was involved in the Henry Levi Pigott murder trial in Brunswick County Superior Court. Davis said the agent's involvement in the trial was not related to the unsolved murder cases. In March, the sheriff said he had requested MUST's assistance three times in the previous two years; however, this is the first time the three-year-old task force has taken on any local cases. MUST agents initially were expected to come here in April but were delayed. Davis said the Mintz murder piubabiy was the case that prompt c*i iiini uu ask fui IvIUST's iieip. He added that the main difficulty in all of the county's unsolved cases has been a lack of witnesses. Except for the Mintz slaying, the other murders happened in relatively secluded areas. Occurring in February 1987, the 23-ycar-olu Mintz was found stab bed to death at her Village Road residence. There were no signs of forced entry into her home, and neighbors reported seeing nothing unusual around the time of the mur der. Summer, 52, was stabbed to death in December 1986. His body was found in his work van in an iso lated area near the Orton Plantation entrance. Authorities suspect the murder was drug related. Brunswick County's four other unsolved murder cases include: ? The October 1988 shooting deaths of Marion E. Meetzc, 48, his wife, Ginger Meetze, 32, and her daughter from a previous marriage, Ivliuiciic Aiiiulu, iG, |