Local Teens Charged
In School Vandalism
Shallotte Police have charged two
local teen-agers with breaking into
Shallotte Middle School early Sun
day morning and causing an estimat
ed $4,000 in damage.
Police Chief Rodnev Gause said
someone broke into the school
through a back window Sunday ar
ound 2 a.m.
"They took all the fire extinguish
ers and sprayed all the hallways,"
Gause said. "They did a lot of dam
age with the fire extinguishers.
Every single one of the hallways
was covered. It was unreal."
Police have arrested Clifton
Dewayne Bland, 16, and a 15-year
old boy. Gause said both suspects
live in the Grissettown area and are
students at West Brunswick High
School.
Bland and the juvenile were both
charged with two counts of breaking
and entering and larceny, one count
of injury to real and personal proper
ty and one count of misdemeanor
larceny.
Gause said the teens are suspected
of stealing tools from Cars of Dis
tinction on Holden Beach Road and
T-shirts from Maxway, also Sunday
morning.
Shallotte Officer Keith Smith and
Brunswick County Sheriff's Deputy
Cathy Hamilton picked up the two
suspects Sunday night. TTiey were
riding bicycles near the Food Lion
grocery store.
Gause praised the work of Smith
and Hamilton. "That was pretty
good work, it happened Sunday
morning and they caught them
Sunday night," he said.
Teenager Fine After
School Van In Wreck
A Shallotte teenager is recovering
from minor injuries received last
Wednesday when a van transporting
the North Carolina School of Sci
ence and Mathematics volleyball
team collided with a wrecker.
NCSSM Senior Elizabeth Detrie,
17, is the daughter of Elizabeth
Detrie, a teacher at Union Elemen
tary School, and William Detrie,
testing coordinator for the Bruns
wick County Schools. She attended
West Brunswick High School for
two years before entering the state
supported residential school for aca
demically gifted students.
"She's doing fine," said Mrs.
Detrie follow a weekend visit to the
school's Durham campus. "She
banged up one leg, but she's fine."
According to school communica
tions officer David Stein, the girls'
team had won a first-round state
playoff game at Wallace-Rose Hill
in Duplin County Wednesday night.
The team and its driver were on the
way back to Durham on rain-slick
roads when the van struck a wreck
er.
Mrs. Detrie said the van spun
around, but didn't overturn.
One girl had a broken jaw, others
received less serious injuries and
were hoping to be in shape to play if
the second playoff game were
rescheduled from Saturday to early
this week.
"We were lucky," said Stein. "It
could have been much worse.
They're all a little shaken up and we
have them talking to counselors."
Health Care Fori
A "Pre-Election Health Care
Forum" is scheduled for Friday, Oct.
28, in the Odell Williamson Audi
torium, Brunswick Community Col
lege.
Spokesman Ella Gray said the
gathering is aimed at Brunswick
County residents who have no
health care insurance and those who
are paying high health insurance
premiums.
She said participants will be invit
ed to join an alliance to provide "ba
sic health care coverage" with pre
m Friday At BCC
miums of about $50 per month per
famiy, or $25 per month for individ
uals.
Robert C. Anderson, Republican
candidate for the 7th District, U.S.
House of Representatives, will be
guest speaker.
Gray said contributions from lo
cal businesses have enabled the
Clergy and Laymen's Alliance for
Justice to provide a free meal before
the meeting, beginning at 6 p.m.
For more information, call Ella
Gray at 842-6742.
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Warming Up The Crowd
South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce President Joe Stanley introduces the annual North Carolina Oyster Shucking
Championship competition Oct. 15. Lofton James of Shallotte took top honors, shucking /h o dozen raw oysters and arranging them on a
platter with an actual time of 2 minutes, 23 seconds and an adjusted time of 2 minutes, 49 seconds.
Brunswick Cty.
Waters Open
To Oystermen
Brunswick County coastal waters
were opened to shellfishing last
week, six days after the start of oys
ter season.
All local waters were closed Oct.
14 ? one day before the opening of
oyster season ? following a period
of heavy rainfall. Most local waters
were opened to harvesting last
Thursday.
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Lockwood Folly River, Eastern
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DISTRICT 2
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RE-ELECT
YVONNE LEWIS
BRIGHT
District 5
District 5 |
Board of Education!.
As your CANDIDATE FOR "RE-ELECTION." I would like for you to meet me. I
ami YVONNE LEWIS BRIGHT, actively seated vice chair of the Brunswick County
School Board, and. as Indicated, a CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION In the upcom.
lng November 8 General Election.
A lifetime resident of Brunswick County. I was away four years with my hus
band, David A. Bright while he was serving the United States Air Force. We have
two sons; David 31 and Scott 27. who with their respective families live In
Brunswick County. The daughter of Wayne and Blennle Lewis of Wlnnabow. I have
two sisters and a brother, they and their families reside In Brunswick County also.
As a student, I attended Bolivia School. Upon graduation I attended Miller Motte
Business School. In June of 1962. I married my husband, David, who is from
Hallsboro, North Carolina. I was employed as Office Manager of WENC Radio In
Whlteville, NC, until 1968. April 1968, I was employed by Federal Paper Board, Inc.
as secretary to the Technical Director which I continue through today.
Other aspects of my life and career are as follows: I have served in every capac
ity in the school system for which a lay person cam serve; civic and community
involvement; listed in 1980 Edition of "Outstanding Young Women of America;" Cub
Scout Den Mother; MYF Youth Leader; Dixie Softball State Director (three years);
National Secretary-Dixie Softball. Inc.. since 1983; President. Vice-President and
Recording Secretary Scotch Bonnet Chapter ABWA; Brunswick County Title I.
ESEA Chairman 1972-1975; organized Roddy Collins Radio-Thon; Secretary
Leland Dixie Youth Baseball; Treasurer 1979 Dixie Youth World Series Committee;
instrumental in bringing 1979 "Dixie Youth World Series" to Leland, outstandingly
successful; candidate for the Board of Education 1978; and many other civic and
community projects.
I am the ONLY actively seated school board member who can return to the
BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I am asking for your support in return
ing me to that Board. I will be returning with four years of previous experience,
serving with four new board members with NO previous experience. New board
members will be serving a two-year term which means that within ONLY ONE year
they will start campaigning for the next election.
My record shows that I have served you well in the past four years, being
elected to this position In 1990. I have attended ALL BOARD MEETINGS, ALL
COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND ALL GRIEVANCE MEETINGS on which I have had
the pleasure to serve. I have recently been nominated to serve on the North
Carolina State School Board of Directors. I have served you the only way I know to
serve. ..with INTEGRITY, TRUTH, AND FAIRNESS!!! I am asking you to help me to
continue to serve you in this capacity.
Thank you for voting Yvonne Lewis Bright
Brunswick Board of Education, November 8
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