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INSIDE Volume 62/ Number 15 Southport, N.C. December 2,1992 / 50 cents / / T / ffJ I 1 1 A young crewmember of the schooner Bill of Rights climbs the rigging of the vessel at the Southport city pier over Thanksgiving Smooth sailing is VisionQuest goal Program helps youths navigate proper course By Amitabh Pal Municipal Editor A replica 18th-century schooner which serves as a training vessel for troubled youths spent her Thanksgiving in Southport last week. The Bill of Rig fits, operated by a private group called VisionQuest as part of a program for troubled inner-city teenagers, docked at the city pier last Tuesday afternoon and sailed Friday for Florida. 4 ■ ■ - "We’re headed south for the winter," said Mike Bengivengo, a member of the treatment staff which teaches and counsels the juveniles onboard. The 136-foot gaff-rigged schooner, built 20 years ago in Maine, is sailing with 33 people, including 17 youths ages 15 to 18 years, and two 4. dogs. There are four marine professionals -* captain, first and second mates and the cook. The rest of the adults are counseling staff. The BiU of Rights has an auxiliary engine bat Bengivengo said the crew prefers sailing. The ship hugs die coastline, usually not venturing more than 20 miles offshore. : Weatherpennitttng, we sail five days a week, and usually dock once a weds" said Steve Rank, chief deputy project master on staff. The crew began the current journey from Bristol, Maine, several weeks ago and will head back northward afterthe winter Break In Florida. The ship dockedin Wilmington briefly before the crew decided to spend Thanksgiving In Southport. All hands on board spent part of Thanksgiv Council wants more details New beach fire station is not a burning issue Long Beach town council will await further informa tion before acting on a fire department request to con struct a new station near Middleton Street. Mayor Joan Altman Tuesday night asked town man ager Tim Johnson and the department to supply more details of the proposal to council so it might make a de cision at its December 15 meeting. At the November 17 council meeting fire chief Tim Pittman handed over to the town $53,386 with the re quest that it be combined with money the town had saved for a new fire truck and pay the remaining debt on a fire truck currently in use. The $13,000 saved on interest, Pittman said at, the Tuesday night workshop, could be used to begin construction of a new station near Middleton Street. Pittman estimated that a new building would cost between S260.000 and $279,000. Councilman Bill Easley expressed concern that if the town put all its money into financing a structure there would be no money to purchase needed equipment — like fire trucks. Pittman said that once the building is constructed the department could move most of its operation from the police-fire-rescue squad building, leaving behind just one truck. He said this would leave office space for po lice and the rescue squad and would also allow space tor special town meetings and elections. * Councilman David Durr asked whether the department would be willing to share the proposed building with the rescue squad. Pittman said the department would prefer that the building be used solely by the fire de partment but would share it if necessary. Pittman presented building plans to council members but said they weren’t final and were to be viewed as "starting points." Retiring commissioner Pinkerton is pleased with 4-year progress By Holly Edwards County Editor Effective December 7, Gene Pinkerton will vacate his District 3 seat on the county board of commis sioners and Wayland Vereen will be swom-in to represent the Southport Oak Island area. Vereen has yet to define his agenda, so one can only speculate on the fu ture. But, Pinkerton said he believes people can become stale in a four year term, and that a new commis sioner can infuse the board with fresh ideas. Commissioners Frankie Rabon and chairman Kelly Holden are also leav ing office on December 7, and will be replaced by Tom Rabon, Sr., and Don Warren. "At 55, it's time to slow down and stop giving half my time (to the board of commissioners)," Pinkerton said. "But, you might read in the paper sometime that I died, but you'll never read that I've retired." Pinkerton said he intends to devote more time to his family and business, and to serving on the county library board and the LowerCape Fear Water and Sewer Authority. How does Pinkerton view his four years of service to the board? "I feel like we did the right things, whether it was accidentally or out of stupidity, we did 'em," he declared. "And I feel a fairly high percentage of satisfaction the I've done what I prom ised to do." Pinkerton said he has tried to focus on buoying industrial development and the local business community, and that the high point of his term was the initiation of the industrial educa tion center at Brunswick Community College. There was a considerable amount of opposition to the center — which local industries now use foremployee training - and commissioners nar See Pinkerton, page 5 County unemployment rate still second worst Brunswick County’s unemployment rate remains the second Worst among North Carolina’s 100 counties, according to the state Employment Security Commission’s report for October, Brunswick's 12.6-percent jobless rate ranks behind only Gra ham County, which reported a 18.3-percent level of unemploy ment. Only five North Carolina counties had unemployment rates * above ten percent during the month. The October rate in this county is down two-tenths on a percentage point mom September Tri October, 1991, the jobless rate here was reported to be 11.3 percent. The report says 2,490 persons among a labor force of 19,820 were without jobs in October. That is 130 fewer jobless persons than in September, but the ESC says 650 fewer persons were in the labor force than the month before. Other area counties and their unemployment rates indude Bladen, 10.2 (fourth worst in the state); Columbus, 9.3 percent, and New Hanover, 6.2 percent. Statewide, the jobless rate was 54! percent; the ESC considers five percent to be a "near (un employment situation." Beach recycling needs restart By Amitabh Pal Municipal Editor Long Beach town manager Tim Johnson has appealed to residents to use the recycling center that reopened November 1, saying that utilization so far has been far below what he expected. In the first week only ten bags of recyclable material was turned in. "I don't understand," Johnson said this week. "When the center was manned by volunteers there was very good usage." The center on 48th Street SE is open from 8 a.m. to S p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. News papers, cardboard and certain types of glass, plastics and aluminum are ac cepted by a worker on hand. Johnson said citizens should real ize that the center no longer is a free service. The town pays Waste Indus tries $35,000tooperate thecenterand of phone solicitation The spirit of giving among Southport area resents sbauld he restrained if the solicitor claims to represent the Police Benevolent Association, city police chief Bob Gray has advised. Telephone solicitors were active in this area over the weekend, Gray * said. One called him, he said, but was unable to list any benefits local .• - officers might derive from a contribution to the PBA. . 4 "In feet, no local officers are members of the PBA," the Southport'1 chief said. “We urge area residents to beiaafious whenasted to ;njai«s!:l concents about these solicitations. & y *0 ' m ■MM the cost is covered by monthly gar bage fees. Johnson said he feels poor utiliza tion of the facility is "due to lack of public information. We assumed that because they were doing it before they would continue doing it again." He said civic organizations are be ing contacted to encourage greater participation. Johnson said under-utilization of the recycling process could result in the county imposing a tipping fee for waste disposal, which would be passed along to property owners. Johnson said, however, the most important reason for a recycling cen ter is that recycling is the right thing to See Recycling, page 5 FOUTSIDE Forecast The extended forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies Thursday and Fri day, breezy on Saturday and fair skies on Sunday. Highs during the period in the 50s, lows in the 30s; Tide table HIGH LOW THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 2:04 a.m. 8:16 a.m. 2:24 p.m. 8:44 pjn. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 2:57 a.m. 9:16 a.m. 3:19 p.m. 9:34 pjn. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 3:51a.m. 10:12 a.m. 4:11p.m. 10:24 pjn. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 4:42 a.m. 1105 a.m. 5:01p.m. 11:12p.m. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 5:30a.m. 11:56 a.m. 5:49 am. pjn. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 6:18 a.m. 1200 a.m. 6:37 pjn. 12:42 pjn. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 705 a.m. 12:47 a.m. 7:23 p.m. l:30pjn. The following adjuitmenta thould be made: Bald Head bland, high -10, low -7; Caswell Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high +7, low +15; Yaupon Beach, high -32, low -45; Lockwood Folly, high -22, low -8.
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