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STAFF PHOTO BY LYNN CARLSON Waterway Standout This unusually-rigged ketch stood out from the crowd of runabouts and personal watercrafi populat ing the Intracoastal Waterway over Labor Day Weekend. The vessel is the Starbound out of Annapolis, Md. ' Two Drivers Injured Friday In Stone Chimney Road Wreck Both drivers were seriously in jured last Friday, May 28, in a two vehicle collision that happened at 2 p.m. two miles west of Vamamtown at Stone Chimney Road. Paula Price, 29, was traveling cast on Stone Chimney Road (S.R. 1115) in a 1984 Chevrolet Nancy Eliza beth Schilz, 26, also of Shalloue, was stopped at the Stone Chimney Road (S.R. 1119) intersection with Old Ferry Road (S.R. 1115), report ed N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper W.H. Thompson. She attempted to make a left turn onto Old Ferry Road, failing to yield the right of way to the oncoming Price vehicle. The two vehicles collided, com ing to rest in the eastbound lane of Old Ferry Road. Schilz was charged with failure to yield. Price and Schilz were transported to The Brunswick Hospital with se rious, non-incapacitating injuries. Damage to Price's vehicle was an estimated $1,500 and to Schilz's Nissan, $3,000. Two persons received minor in juries in another accident on Stone Chimney Road Wednesday, May 26, at about 1:40 p.m., also involving two vehicles. Terry William Pickard, 31, of Shalloue, was driving east on Stan ley Road (S.R. 1119) and George William Higginbotham, 63, of Sup ply, was traveling south on Stone Chimney Road (S.R. 1115) in a 1985 Mercury. The two vehicles collided when Pickard failed to stop at the intersec tion stop sign and failed to yield the right of way to Higginbotham, ac cording to the report filed by Troop er T.C. Cauldcr. Higginbotham and a passenger in Pickard's vehicle, Rhiannon Ken dall, 17, of Supply, were transported to The Brunswick Hospital with mi nor injuries. Cauldcr chargcd Pickard wilh dri ving with license revoked, failure to yield the right of way, having no in surance and no registration. Damages to Pickard's vehicle were estimated at $4,500, and to Higginbotham's, $5,000. A driver and his passenger were injured in a two-car accident that happened 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 28, on Village Road (S.R. 1472) east of Nav&ssa Road (S.R. 1435), inside the Leland town limits. Edward James Awad, 49, of Rocky Point, had stopped his 1980 Honda station wagon in the right turn lane of Village Road, waiting for traffic to clear. A 1979 Ford operated by Kenneth Dean Rathburn, 28, of Leland, was stopped in the center tum lane wait ing for traffic to clear. According to the report filed by Trooper David Lewis, an unknown driver stopped in the westbound lane and motioned Rath bum across. As he started to make the left turn, his car ran into the front of the Awad station wagon. Both Awad and his passenger, Charles Davis, 27, of Wilmington were transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilming ton, with serious, but non-incapaci tating injuries. Rathburn, who was charged with a yield violation, was not injured. Damage to the vehicles was an estimated $500 each. No charges were filed in a one-car collision that happened about 6 p.m. Saturday, May 29, on Old Fayct tevillc Road (S.R. 1437) west of Moore Road (S.R. 1481) and a half mile west of Leland. Barbara Anderson Andrews, 33, Leland, was traveling north on Pickct Ridge Road when the brakes of her 1983 Chevrolet failed. When she came to the T-intcrscction with Old Fayettevillc Road, she couldn't stop al the stop sign. The Chevrolet ran straight across the road and struck a tree, reported Trooper David Lewis, and passenger, Anth ony Andrews, 13. Neither Andrews nor her passen ger, Anthony Andrews, 13, were in jured. Damage to the car was esti mated at S500. Few accidents involving injuries or substantial property damage on Brunswick County roadways were reported over the long Memorial Day weekend, said Sgt Anthony Midgett of the N.C. Highway Patrol Wilmington office. "It was kind of quiet." Calabash EMS Takes 83 Calls During April The Calabash Volunteer Emerg ency Medical Service answered 83 calls in April, worked 254 manhours and traveled 2,781 miles. Assistant Chief Sharon Lucase reported to the organization's board of directors on May 20. Forty-two calls were in Calabash, 22 in Sunset Beach and 19 else where. There were 15 fire calls, one to a structure. Car Wrecks Are Dangerous To Your HeaJtH: Almost every auto accident causes neck or lower back injury which the victim may not be immediately aware of. Watch out for those danger signals: ?Headache -Dizziness 'Nervous Tension 'Indigestion ?Nausea ?Numbness ?Neck and Lower Back Pain -Arm and Shoulder Pain s| V* /X~ ?Initial Consultation ?Billing to your insurance company ?No out of pocket expenses for our services (through accepted atty liens)* ?No appointment necessary *Ca? for details LABOD CHIROPRACTIC CENTER (803)249-9787 1670F Hwy. 17. Little River, SC (Complex across from Hardees) BRUNSWICK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Burroff Gets Suspended Term, Probation On Molestation Charges Last October he sparked a na tionwide manhunt when his wife and four children disappeared from their Supply mobile home after he was indicted on charges of raping and taking indecent liberties with one of his daughters. Last November he was captured at a Reno, Ncv., homeless shelter af ter his picture was shown on the "America's Most Wanted" television program. Last February he pleaded guilty to two charges of talking indecent liberties with children. Last week he was allowed to go free. After reading a psychological assessment of confessed child mo lester Robert Nelson Burroff, Superior Court Judge Dexter Brooks gave the 37-year old Shalloltc man a 20-year suspended, jail sentence and put him on five years supervised probation. "The judge followed the recom mendation of a pre-trial diagnostic examination of Mr. Burroff," Assistant District Attorney Lee Bollinger said last week. "He also gave him the maximum sentence al lowable and suspended it. So if Mr. Burroff steps out of line, he's going to prison for 20 years." Brooks found that the psychi atric examination indicated BurrofT had committed the offenses "under compulsion which was insufficient to constitute a defense, but signifi cantly reduced his culpability." "Hie findings of the examination were ordered sealed. BurrofT was given a six-month active jail sentence with credit for the seven months he has spent be hind bars since his arrest. He was fined $200 and court costs and or dered to pay S500 for his court-ap pointed lawyer. He will be required to undergo counseling while on pro bation and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service within 180 days. In other superior court action last week: ?Carl Henry Hewett, 34, of Supply pleaded no contest a charge of tak ing indecent liberties with a child and was given a 10-year suspended prison sentence. He had been charged with two counts of raping a child and two counts of taking inde cent liberties. He was fined SI00 and court costs and ordered to pay $5,000 in attorney fees, SI00 in community service fees and restitu tion for the counseling of his victim. Hewett will be required to perform 100 ours of community service. He was put on five years probation. ?David Aycd Desfonds, 17, of Route 1, Winnabow, was given a 10 year suspended sentence on a charge of taking indecent liberties. He was fined $100 and court costs and or dered to pay $600 in legal fees, $100 in community service fees and resti tution for the treatment of his vic tim. He was put on supervised pro bation for five years. ?Robert Scott Eubanks, 29, of Brunswick Mobile Home Park, Leland, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to one charge of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and one charge of selling or delivering the drug. The sentence is to run concur rently with any sentence he is now serving. Eubanks was ordered to pay $100 restitution to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department under cover fund. ?Carl Henry Alston, 19, of Fifty Lakes Drive, Boiling Spring Lakes, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of selling cocaine, two counts of selling marijuana, one count of lar ceny and one count of forgery. He also admitted violating the terms of his probation. He was ordered to pay court cost, restitution and S430 in at torney fees. He will serve his sen tence as a committed youthful of fender. ?Rodney Gene Little, 46, of Leland was sent to prison for two years af ter admitting that he violated the terms of his probation. ?Icri Philpott Crisp, 32, of Village Road, Leland had a two-year sen tence activating after admitting a probation violation. Crisp was or dered to pay SI80 in attorney fees. ?James Franklin Sullivan, age un available, of Winnabow was sent to prison for two yean? after asking that his probation be revoked. ?Richard Lynn Drum, 48, of Rutherford was sentenced to seven days in the Burke or Brunswick County Jail after pleading guilty to a charge of driving while he was im paired by alcoholic beverages. He was given a one-year suspended prison sentence and put on two years probation. Drum was fined S150and ordered to pay court costs. ?Joe Edward Steele, 55, of Shipwatch Lane, Ocean Isle Beach, pleaded guilty to assault inflicting serious injury and was given a two year suspended prison sentence. He had been charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious in jury. He was put on two years proba tion and ordered to pay restitution to his victim. ?Odcll Dyson Freedlc, 38, of Route 6, Shallotte, and Shannon Lea Beaslcy, 23, of Ocean Isle Beach pleaded guilty to a charge of injur ing property and were each given a two-year suspended prison sentence. They had been charged with dis charging a weapon into occupied property. Each was ordered to pay a S50 fine, court costs and S300 in at torney fees. They are to pay SI,640 jointly as restitution. Each was put on supervised probation for three years. ?James Goodwin of Hale Swamp Road, Shalloitc, pleaded guilty to felonious possession of cocaine and was given a five-year suspended sentence and put on probation. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine, court costs, S300 in attorney fees and $30 restitution to the Shallottc Police Department. ?Alfred Lewis, 40, of Longwood, pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and was given a two-year suspended prison sentence. He was put on pro bation for three years and ordered to pay a $100 fine, court costs, $240 in attorney fees and $100 in communi ty service fees. He was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service within 180 days. ?Rose Marie Lylcs, 19, of Big Macedonia Road, Supply, was given a two-year suspended sentence and five years probation after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing LSD. She was fined $100 and or dered to pay court costs, S300 in at torney fees and $100 in community service fees. She was ordered to per form 100 hours of community ser vice within 200 days. ?Sally Melissa Crumblcy of Shell Point Road, Shallottc, pleaded guilty to a charge of communicating threats. The judge issued a prayer for judgment continued. ?Lloyd Lee Bolts, 25, of Leland pleaded guilty to two counts of breaking and entering and was given a six-year suspended sentence and five years probation. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine, court costs, $360 in attorney fees, $100 in community service fees and $1,600 restitution. He must perform 100 hours of com munity service within 180 days. ?Barbara Patrick, 25, of Leland pleaded guilty to a charge of cocaine trafficking by transporting the drug. Prayer for judgment was continued. ?Larry Franklin Potter, 43, of West Street, Souihport, admitted violating the terms of his probation and was allowed to remain on probation. ?Dewey E. Rhodes of Oak Road, Holden Beach, denied violating the terms of his probation. A hearing scheduled for June 28. Chicora Medical Group Your Family Physician-a special kind of caring. Lee Langston, MD Bl|rjp Roger F. 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