PUBLIC MEETING MONDAY
Land On Lockwood Folly Tributary Is Top Choice For New Landfill
BY ERR" CARLSON Last July, the group chose the five proposed sites from years of acquisition, site preparation and construction site and contiguous to its border
I he committee charged with selecting a location for among 12 proposed locations in the central and eastern before the new landfill could become operational. A fourth proposal would put the landfill on 4IM) acres
a new county landfill will hold a public meeting portions of the county. "We need to move forward," Tucker said. of land near Brunswick Funeral Home, hounded by
luesday (Jan. i I) to discuss which of five sites under In October, the five tracts were inspected by a task The proposed landfill site that topped the commit- U.S. 17 on the southeast. Beavcrdam Swamp to the
consideration in the Bolivia and Supply areas would be force of representatives from the state permitting agen- tee's list in July i', a 570 acre tract bordered on the northeast and Royal Oak Swamp to the west.
the best place lor a new solid waste disposal area. cies that will eventually lie asked to approve the coun- north by a tributary ot the Lockwood Folly River along The fifth site is a 300-acre tract located north ol 1 S
Public comments will he encouraged when the six- ty's choice for a new iandfiii site. The task force rec- Gilbert Road (SR 150!) about LX miles east of 17, west of N.C, 2!! and south of l.iule Macedonia
member landfill Siting Study Committee meets at 7:30 omniendations have not been announced. Tucker said. Antioch. Road. It is liordered on the west by the Middle River
p.m. in the public assembly building at the Brunswick "We scheduled this meeting in anticipation of having The second-rated site is a (>00 acre parcel adjacent to and on the soJth by Royal Oak Su amp
( ounty government complex in Bolivia, County their findings?and we still hope to have them before the first, located on the opposite side of Gilbert Road Detailed maps of the proposed landfill sites are
Lnginecr Robert Tucker said Tuesday. the meeting?but we've got to keep moving along w ith and bounded on the south by Old Lennon Road (SR available for inspection at the County I ngineering of
The committee, appointed by the county commis- our selection process." 1504). fice at the government complex in Bolivia. Maps will
sioners. includes one citizen representative from each Brunswick County must open a new landfill by Another area under consideration is a roughly 300- also be available at the public meeting. Tucker said,
voting district along with Commissioner Tom Rabon. 1W8. Once a location is selected, it normally takes five acre tract along U.S. 17 |ust north of the current landfill (Sec HEARING TUESDAY, Page 2-A)
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First In Filing
Four of tlu? five announced candidates for Brunswick County
Sheriff make their candidacies official Monday us filing opened
for the May 3 primaries. Shown a.' ihe county hoard of elections
office are Democrats (clockwise ftom top left) N.C. Highway
Patrolman Jerry Dove, Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy John
Marlow, the sheriff's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
officer Lt. Ronald Uewett and Long Reach Police Sgt. Hill Sisk,
vhnwn with Hoard of Elections Supervisor Lynda Unit.
Sheriff's Race Takes Spotlight As Filing Opens
BY KRIC CARLSON
And they're off!
As the clock struck noon Monday, the first day
of filing fur the May 3 primary, candidates lined
up at the Brunswick County Board of Elections to
jump into races for sheriff, five county commis
sioner slots and five seats on the school board.
In late filings Tuesday, Brunswick County
Clerk of Superior Court Diana Morgan officially
signed up to seek re-election, while former
Leland Mayor S.I. Doty entered the race lor
District 5 county commissioner.
Among those who entered the fray Monday,
N.C. Highway Patrolman Jerry Dove, Chief
Deputy John Marlow, Deputy I t Ronald Hcwelt
and Long Beach Police Sgt. Bill Sisk filed lor
what is expected to he a hotly-contested Demo
cratic primary race to replace retiring Sheriff John
Carr Davis Also filing late Monday was South
port businessman James Brown, who was en
dorsed by the local Republican Party executive
committee some four months ago.
County Commissioners Chairman Don Warren
and incumbent lorn Rabon made their bids tor re
election official on Monday, as dul school board
member Thurman (iause.
Newcomers to those races include I eland con
venience store owner Michael Ballard, who is
seeking .1 District 5 seat on the board ol commis
sioners, and Supply developer \V A "Alton/o
Roach, running for the District 2 slot.
Democrat Glenda Browning of Leland will run
lor a District 5 scat on the hoard of education,
along with Shallotte Democrat Olaf "Bud"
Thorsen. who is seeking to represent District i.
Five File On Monday
It Monday was any indication, the campaign
for sheriff promises to generate the most attention
among (he HH..d racc.->. As the noon hour ap
proached. a crowd of He welt supporters, many
holding printed signs, stood in the rain outside the
hoard of elections office to watch their candidate
speak with a television interv iewer.
Flanked by his wife and two children, Hewett
was the first candidate to pay his filing fee, sign
the necessary forms and listen as Board of
Flections Supervisor I nula Butt explained the
new procedures under which all candidates must
prepare regular reports of their campaign contri
butions.
A Brunswick County native and veteran ol 1(1
years as a sheriff's deputy, llewett stressed the
need lor a stronger effort to combat drug abuse,
especially among young people. He cited his
achievements as the sherd!'s department Drug
Abuse Resistance ( ducation (DARI) officer, for
which he \vas named United States DARI officer
ol the year last July.
"As a lati.'T ol two young children, I have a
strong personal conviction to work energetically
to attack our county's drug problem." Hewett
said. "Our children arc our most precious re
source. We must not lose them to the diug epi
demic."
Marlow also said he sees drug-related crime as
a major problem in the county and pledged to
give continued support to the DARl program. In
addition, he said he wants to begin a local pro
gram to help fill irate parents about druu aware
ness and ways to recognize the warning signs of
drug use in children.
Af ter 17 years in the sheriff 's department and a
decade as chief deputy, Marlow feels his experi
ence in law enforcement and departmental man
agement will make him the best qualified candi
date for sheriff. It elected, he said he hopes to im
prove the department's in-service training by hav
ing deputies take advanced law enforcement
courses at Brunswick Community College and
the N.C. Justice Academy.
Trooper Jerry Dove said he w as "a little appre
hensive" about retiring this week after 2<> years
with ihe N.C. Highway Patrol to seek the sheriff 's
post. However, he feels his experience would
serve him well as Brunswick County's top law
enforcement oil icer.
After serving in the U.S. Air Force as ,i police
canine handler. Dove worked as a police officer
in his home town ol North Wilkeshoio lor two
(See CANDIDATES, Page 2- \>
Anti-Mine Law
Approved In
uivided Vote
BY ERIC CARLSON
In two split votes less than a week
apart, a majority of the Brunswick
County Commissioners approved an
ordinance aimed at prohibiting Mar
tin Marietta Aggregates from open
ing its proposed limestone mine near
Southport.
At a special meeting last Wed
nesday (Dec. 21)) and auain this past
Tuesday. Chairman Don Warren w as
joined by commissioners Wayland
Vereen and Tom Ration in enacting a
law that bans the use of explosives
or the removal of ground water in
any mining operation within five
miles of either the Brunswick Nu
clear Plant or the military ammuni
tion terminal at Sunny Point.
The law was opposed at both
meetings by Commissioners Jerry
Jones and Donald Shaw.
Jones said he voted against the
measure because he felt state regula
tors would deny the company a min
ing permit if legitimate questions are
raised about its ability to operate the
nunc safely.
Shaw agreed with Jones and said
he felt that Martin Marietta is seri
ous in its threat to file suit against
the county to recover the S2 million
the company claims to have invested
in the l.OOO-acre site it purchased in
a zoning district designated to allow
mining.
Before the final vote Tuesday
night. Warren asked the dissenting
commissioners to join the uiajoiiiy
ami make the vote unanimous. In
hopes of persuading Shaw, he pro
duced a letter from the county's in
surance company indicating the
county and the commissioners
would be covered against damages
awarded in such a lawsuit.
"I have been assured that we have
the right and the duty m defend our
selves against any suit seeking those
damages," Warren said. "I assure
you they will pay your attorney tees.
Mr. Shaw."
"I've heard some say that we
ought to let the state do it." Warren
said. "But don't we as commission
ers have the duty and obligation,
when we see thai a danger does ex
ist. to do something about it?"
Several of those who led the
lengthy campaign to stop the mine
made brief final statements urging
the board to follow through on their
previous support for the ordinance.
"Let's stop the insanity now," said
Suzanne Osborne of lhe Brunswick
Mining Awareness Committee. "It's
time for the commissioners lo do
something lor the protection oi our
way of life."
Joe Pasulka ot Southporl accuse.)
Martin Marietta of treating
Brunswick County residents "with
contempt" and underestimating the
county's resolve to protect itself
against lhe dangers posed by the
mine
"They thought they'd encountered
a bunch of Bubbas who would roll
over and play dead because they of
fered us 20 jobs," Pasulka said.
"You were not hired just to make
simple decisions. Don't lei Martin
Marietta intimidate lhe county."
Bob Quinn. leading spokesperson
for the mining opposition, com
mended the board "for listening to
all we've said and for taking the
time io gei to the position you are in
tonight. We thank you for your pa
tience and we applaud your deci
sion."
After reading lhe ordinance a sec
ond time. Warren called for a vote.
Again the board split 3-to-2. Despite
the siim margin of victory, the law's
passage brought the crowd of about
75 people to its feet for a standing
(See MINE, Page 2-A)
After Split Vote, Calabash
Will Proceed With Sewer
BY KKir C \KLJiON
Undaunted by the Farmers Home
Administration's recent rejection of
its Sit) million grant-and-loan appli
cation, the Calabash Board of Com
missioners on Monday pushed
ahead with plans to finance its pro
posed sewer project with revenue
bonds and stale and federal loans.
By a vote of 4-to-2, with commis
sioners Boh Noe and Teddy Ai
treuter dissenting, the board agreed
to allocate a preliminary design hud
get of $100,000 for engineers to pre
pare construction drawings and to
obtain regulatory approval of a sew
er collection system for downtown
Calabash.
The vote also established an inter
im budget of $50,1)00 for prelimi
nary work on a wastewater treat
ment plant "while additional funding
is secured and the project scope is
defined."
The allocations authorizes the
Raleigh engineering firm of Pied
mont Olsen llensley to join Powell
Associates of North Myrtle Beach,
SC.. in preparing the necessary de
signs. drawings and applications that
should put Calabash in a position to
accept S.VK million in state loans lor
the project this summer.
It all goes according to plan,
Powell I nginecr Jim Billups told the
hoard that construction of .1 down
t,w% n vrn|h?(*liMn v\'vl.?m
could he completed in 1 l'lM. Service
could begin as early as next summer,
w ith wastewater pumped to a South
Carolina sewerage plant during the
three to lour years it will take for
Calabash to complete its own treat
ment plant.
The initial funding approved
Monday will allow Calabash to
move ahead with the design phase
of the joint sewerage project it plans
to build with the town ot Sunset
Beach. Once final permits are ap
proved for the proiivt Ihr two
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