I ? WH, <*r W- V STAFF PHOTO BV EtIC CARLSON Touring The Beacon Students in Stephanie Marlowe's fourth-grade communications class at Bolivia Elementary School get a first-hand look at how a newspa per is produced last week during a tour of the Brunswick Beacon. Here Pressman William Manning explains how a large proccss camera is used to make photographs larger or smaller fur publication. Convicted Child Molester Gets Three-Year Sentence A 41-year-old Souihport man. convicted last September on three counts of molesting his daughter, re ceived a three-year prison sentence in an abbreviated two-day session of Bronswick County Superior Court last week. Jury selection had begun Tuesday in the trial of Alfon/a Lee Slalcy, a 24-year-old Camp Lejeune Marine charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend last May, when court was abruptly adjournal. Judge E. Lynn Johnson said he was postponing the trial because a close friend of his family had be come seriously ill, and Assistant District Aiiuuicy Lee Bollinger had just been informed of a death in his family. In court action Monday, Johnson gave Eddie Dale Holloman of Jabbertown Road, Southport, three years in prison for one of this three Sept. 3 convictions on charges of taking indecent liberties with a child. Holloman was given a six-year sentence in the other two cases, sus pended on the condition that he not be alone in the presence of minor children and that he take part in spe cial psychiatric program for sex of fenders. He was put on intensive probation. Deborah Fayc Holloman defend ed her husband, saying he was "a good provider." She said Holloman admitted that he had a problem and was willing to gel treatment, but she did not know what the problem was. "I can't pronounce the word that the doc tor used," she said. "He's just a little rough. Maybe a litUe strict. Other than that, I don't know." His employer, William Thomas Jones, said he had known Holloman all his life. Jones called Holloman a good worker who practically runs the company when he's not around. Holloman's lawyer, William Fairlcy, asked the judge to consider putting his client on probation with "very specialized treatment." Noting that Mrs. Holloman docs not work, Fairlcy said that if Holloman went to jail, "the home they've been work ing on for 12 years will be lost." Bollinger said that after the jury found him guilty, Holloman's daughter asked that he be given the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. "Eddie Ux>k advantage of a posi tion of trust and confidence on three occasions when his wife was ab sent," Bollinger said. "I've talked with the victim and she still feels some active time is appropriate." Dressed in a dark blue T-shirt and jeans, the bearded Holloman stood and spoke when Judge Johnson asked if he had anything to say be fore sentencing. "I realize I've got a problem and 1 need some help," he said. Holloman sat silently and stared down at the table as the decision was announced. His wife began qui etly sobbing when the judge said her husband would go to prison for one conviction and be ordered into treat ment on the other two counts. "You'll find that the prison sen tence not unduly lengthy," John son said. "The balance of the sen tence is aimed at treatment, based on your being a pedophile. "ChhxI luck to you, Mr. Hollo man," the judge said. In other cases heard Monday: ? Major Paul Ward, 27, of Wilm ington pleaded guilty to two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor child and was given a six-year sentence suspended on payment of a S2(X) fine, court costs and attorney fees. He was put on probation for five years and ordered to spend four days in the Brunswick County Jail. Ward was charged with having sex ual relations widi a neighbor's 15 year-old daughter while living in a Lcland mobile home park. The vic tim said she and her friends visited Ward's trailer on several occasions while skipping school. Although she said the incidents were "just some thing that happened," she added that Ward was aware of her age at the time. ?Troy Bcrdette Bernard, 40, of Route 6, Shallotte pleaded no con test to one count of felonious pos session of stolen goods. He was sen tenced to three years, suspended on payment of a S100 fine, court costs and SI50 in attorney fees. He was placed on supervised probation for three years. Bernard had also been charged with felonious breaking and entering. That charge was voluntari ly dismissed as part of a plea bar gain. ?Arnold Ray Mercer, 39, of Route 2, Supply, pleaded guilty to posses sion with intent to sell and deliver cocainc. He told the judge he be came dependent on drugs after he graduated from law school and failed the state bar exam. Johnson agreed to put off sentencing Mercer pending a request from the district attorney. <(Mif Wide Jomnuj, 6ag& 'Move the fmui iti ijom heat pomp \ checked\? I Must be a~ LENNOX ONDUlONlNG ? Hf AlING FINANCING AVAILABLE CI heat pump. Coin on fteon can xcsidt in a hiijhei than tioxmai cicctxic (tiU. 3? you would tide u\ to checA IJOlVi unit and mafic &uxe it i& ptouetEt/ chaujed with fieon, give u& a cait. 5l.?. Jnman cC Company,, Jjic. Since 1957 1 ?0 Blake Dr ? Shallotle ? 8-5 Mori Fri ? 754-4443 ? : ? ?Kenneth Johnson, 37, of Penny Road, Supply admitted violating the terms of his probation. Looking over what he called the defendant's "track record," the judge said, "You've been in and out of the court system enough to get you a law de gree. But I'm afraid you flunked probation." Johnson had his proba tion revoked and was sent to prison to serve a two-year sentence. ?William Dean Hewctt, 26, of Church Hill mobile home park. Sup ply, admitted violating his probation and asked that this two-year prison sentence be activated with credit for the lime he spent in jail awaiting a hearing. "Last I h:wl a iwo-vear conviction, I did 27 days," Hewctt said. The judge agreed to activate the sentence, noting, "You know the system better than I do." ?Joseph Lee Hall, 18, of Route 1, Leland, admitted violating the terms of his probation and had his sen tence activated. ?Julius Drake Lewis, 37, of Route 5, Lcland asked that his probation be revoked anil his prison sentence ac tivated. The judge agreed and rec ommended Lewis for work release. ? Michael McDuffic, 27, of Seaside admitted violating the terms of his probation by drinking alcohol while on work release. The judge allowed him to continue on probation. ?George Cornelius Wallace, 60, of Wilmington asked for a reduction in the SI million bond imposed after his arrest on multiple cocaine traf ficking charges. His attorney also asked that he be given permission to travel to New York "to tend to his bar business" while awaiting trial. Bollinger protested allowing Wallace to travel back and forth to New York, saying, "Presumably that's what he was doing when he was trafficking cocaine." The judge reduced the bond to S1(X),(XX) and allowed Wallace to leave the state as long as he stays in regular contact with attorneys here and in New York. Leland Man Busted On Marijuana Charge An arrcsi in Wilmington and a joint investigation by Brunswick and New Hanover county authorities led to the arrcsi Sunday of a 27 year-old Lcland man on charges of possessing about a pound of mari juana, police said Monday. Librado Hernandez of Gatlin's Mobile Home Park was taken tnio custody in the parking lot of the Leland Grocery store off Village Road at about 7 p.m. Sunday, ac cording to Detective Doug Todd of the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department narcotics division. 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