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STAfF PHOTO BY DOUG HUTTM A WOOD-BURNING HEATER was the source of a fire that damaged this Shallotte area residence Monday. A Tuesday morning fire in Winnabow that destroyed a house under construction also was caused by a wood-burning heater. Wood-Burning Heaters Spark Fires Wood-burning heaters were the sources of two fires this week that damaged a brick home near Shallot tc and a house under construction at Winnabow. Fire sparked by a wood-burning heater destroyed a home under con struction off Bell Swamp Road at Winnabow early Tuesday morning, said Brunswick County Emergency Management Coordinator Cecil Lo gan. Neighbors reported the fire at 4:02 a.m. Tuesday and firefighters from Winnabow and Bolivia VFDs responded. Logan said the house was being built b?ck in a field and probably had burned two or three hours before anyone noticed. Logan said the house owned by Michael Stringficld was between 85 percent and 90 percent built prior to the fire. He said the owner had ap parently used the heater to keep the house warm so floor covering could be put down. On Monday afternoon, fire dam aged the home of Franklin and Carolyn Gales located on Gray Bridge Road outside Shallottc. Civictown Fire Chief A1 Nord said a wood heater was the source of the fire, which caused extensive damage in the living room. He said the house was a total loss because flames burned through the floor beams. Firefighters from Civietown and Shallottc VFDs responded around 2:30 p.m. and were on the scene for approximately six hours. Nord said they salvaged a lot of personal be longings from areas other than the living room. Regina McCall, Sandra Williams and Kelwin Ferguson said they re ported the blaze. Ms. McCall and Ms. Williams said they noticed smoke when they drove past the single-story brick ranch style home. Car Bashing Vandals Strike County Again BY TERRY POPE Car bashing appears to be the lat est fad on the criminal scene in Brunswick County. People who leave cars that are broke down along the roadside or parked in vacant lots for a period of time are liable to become the next victims. A number of reports have been filed with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department recently by owners who return to pick up their cars to find that the windows, head lights and mirrors have been broken and the tires slashed by vandals. Two such reports were filed over the weekend involving cars in two different sections of the county. James Preston Byrd Jr. of Shal lotte told sheriff's deputies that he left his truck parked on N.C. 211 near the water treatment plant in Southport for about two hours early Friday morning after it broke down. When he returned, someone had broken every window, the wind shield, the rear glass and headlights on his 1979 Ford truck, reported Sgt. Gene Browning. All four tires had also been slash ed. The driver's side door had been shot with a .38-caliber handgun and a stereo speaker had been stolen. It all happened within two hours, between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Choir Slates Fashion Show The Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Young Adult Choir is sponsoring a Fall Cabaret of Fashion Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Piney Grove Commun ity Center in Bolivia. A buffet-style banquet will be served, with entertainment and door prizes planned. Tickets are being sold in advance for $4 for adults and S2 for children ages six and older. Children ages five and under will be admitted free. Admission at the door will be S5 and $2.50 respectively. Tickets are available from members of the choir, in Bolivia from Nat and Wan da Parker Beauty Shop and South Bound Mini Mart on U.S. 17, and at Southport Video, Southport Rabies Clinic Set Jan. 26 Rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats will be offered at reduced rates Saturday, Jan. 26, at a rabies clinic sponsored by the Brunswick County Animal Control section of the Brunswick County Health Depart ment and local veterinary offices. Clinic hours will be 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Participating will be Brunswick Animal Hospital in Supply, Com panion Animal Hospital in Shallotte and Dineen Veterinary Clinic in Leland. More information on state animal laws relating to rabies shots or the clinic is available from the animal control staff at 754-8204 or 1-800 233-2169, or the Brunswick County Health Department. CRIME REPORT Another car bashing incident oc curred over the weekend in the Maco community in northwestern Brunswick County. Charles Wayne Ivey reported that his 1989 Mazda was parketl on the shoulder of the west bound lane of U.S. 74-76 near the intersection with N.C. 87. Someone broke the passenger window and slashed the rear tires, reported Deputy W.F. Moore. The sheriff's department is warn ing motorists not to leave their cars unattended along the roadside for any period of lime. In other reports on file at the sheriff's department: B Detectives have ruled that a man hit by a bullet at a Leland residence early Sunday was accidentally shot. No charges will be filed in the 7 a.m. incident that left Terry Perkins shot once in the right leg. Deputy M.S. Mason reported. A .22 -caliber hand gun was discharged toward the floor and hit the victim below the knee. The man with the gun had not threat ened the victim, the report states. ? Woodbum Presbyterian Church was broken into late Friday but noth ing was taken, reported Deputy Ma son. Someone entered through a rear classroom window and broke a win dow in the pastor's study, causing about $125 in damages. A check of nearby Leland Baptist Church re vealed someone had removed a rear storm window and screen but had not gained entry to the church building. ? Pinchurst Builders in Calabash re ported someone stole a 1985 Chev rolet truck from the business on Jan. 10, reported Deputy George Stan ley. The blue and silver truck is val ued at $4,500. ? E.E. Mcdlin Logging Co. reported that a "fellow buncher", a piece of heavy machinery, had been moved at a work site near Red Oak Estates in Leland. The $22,000 piece of machinery was found in a remote area near the site Sunday, Deputy Mason reported. ? A train engineer was hit in the head with a rock near the Du Pont plant in Leland last Wednesday around 9 p.m. The engineer was hit in the right temple and was knocked from the driver's scat by a rock thrown by an unknown suspect, re ported Deputy Ken Messer. A yel low and black bicycle was found where the rock had been thrown. ? A Ford van left for several days in the McDonald's parking lot in Le land had been reported stolen from an Alabama man on Jan. 4. Deputy Messer reported a trace on the van last Friday showed it had been stolen from J.W. Sharpe of Jemison, Ala. ? An estimated $5,835 in jewelry, coins and silverware were taken from a mobile home in the Leland area between Dec. 22 and Jan. 8, re ported Deputy Brian Sanders. ? A home in Ocean Haven was bro ken into between Jan. 9 and Jan. 13. An estimated $6,500 in jewelry, ap pliances and guns were taken, re ported Deputy Marshall Evans. ?Another $1,200 in appliances and jewelry was taken from a home in Hideaway Estates. The suspect en tered through a back bedroom win dow, reported Deputy Stanley. ? A home in Longwood was also burglarized last Thursday. An esti mated SI, 000 in jewelry was taken from that residence after the suspect entered through a bedroom window, reported Deputy Shelton Caison. ? The Old Fort Golf Course on N.C. 133 was also broken into Fri day, but nothing was reported mis sing. Someone broke the glass to a rear door and lore the electricity meter from the building. A tele phone line had also been cut, report ed Deputy Moore. ?Someone stole about $5,000 in tools from a storage shed at the Capt. Jim Marina at Calabash late Friday. The lock on the shed had been cut, reported Deputy Darryl Marlow. The Senior Advantage A new membership organization for senior citizens 55 and older. Call 754-5515 for details. "We make time for you. " Thursday's CRABBY- ODDWATER5 Restaurant and Bar Serving Dinner at 5 pm Thurs. thru Mon. mtr % Upstairs at Bill's Seafood 579-6372 ? All ABC Permits *Crabby-Odd\vaters serves only the freshest seafood from Bill's Seafood. No seafood is cooked before you order it, so please relax & allow time for preparation & we'll give you a meal worth wating for. (Large parties are advised to call ahead) Oyster Roast, Choice Fish-Of-The Day, Shellfish. Shrimp, Steak. Chicken & More! ^pf , ? ? ? - ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "? ? ? w. MM sGl ilfi '< sfe iHMKSEIi Wilmington Men L-aught After Running From Shallotte Cop Two Wilmington men were ar rested last week after running from a Shallotte policeman who tried to question them about selling stolen property at a local pawn shop. Shallotte Del. Tom Hunter said a man came to the police department last Wednesday around 10:45 a.m. and said two men tried to sell him what he thought was stolen mer chandise. The man told police that the two men were driving north on U.S. 17 in an old pickup truck full of power tools, camping and fishing equip ment and other items. Hunter said he notified the Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart ment and drove to the north end of Shallotte where he spotted a pickup truck matching the description park ed outside Ken's Pawn Shop. Hunter said he went inside the shop and saw two men who were trying to sell property. The detective said he requested identification from the men and when they went outside to the police car, the two men ran into a wooded area behind the shop. Hunter said he called the sheriff's department and approximately eight units responded immediately. Police sealed off the area, setting up police car blocks on U.S. 17, Holdcn Beach Road and Red Bug Road. Police received a phone call around 1 1 a.m. from somebody who saw two men in a field near the ce ment plant on Red Bug Road. Hunter said he later found the two men hiding at a tobacco barn in the field. "They realized they were surrounded and gave up peaceful ly," Hunter said. The two men were turned over to New Hanover County Sheriff's dep uties who placed them under arrest. James Arnold Jcnncss, 31, and Joseph Mac Powell, 34, both were charged with breaking and entering and larceny. Hunter said more charges are pending in Brunswick County in connection with stolen goods sold to local pawn shops. 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