Volume 62/Number 16 ___Southport, N.C. December 9,1992 / 50 cents
A BLINK OF THE EYE
Saint Nicholas - or was it Mrs, Claus?»showed
up for the Christ mas-by-the-Sea parade on
Oak Island Saturday, one of a number of ap~
Photo by Jim Harper
pearances expected in the community before
that right jolly old elf gets down to serious toys*
and-goodies work on Christmas Eve.
Change was anticipated
County board keeps
Clegg; 'wait and see'
BJ Holly Edwards
County Editor
A reorganized Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners voted
quickly Monday night to reappoint
county manager/attorney David
Clegg, as well as clerk to the board
Kelly Barefoot, following weeks of
speculation that Clegg would be axed
by new board members, and a request
from Democratic party chairman Bill
Stanley for the new Democratic ma
jority to ask for Clegg's resignation.
However, new board members
Wayland Vereen, Don Warren and
Tom Rabon, Sr., stressed after the
meeting that Clegg and Barefoot serve
at the board's pleasure, and can be
terminated at any time.
"(Clegg) serves from meeting to
Baxter gets
3rd term as
school chair
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Re-elected chairman of the
Brunswick County Board of Educa
tion for a third consecutive term,
Donna Baxter said she believes the
action Monday night was a vote of
confidence in her ability to lead the
board.
"I am happy they want me back. It
shows something positive has hap
pened,” Baxter said following the brief
meeting which included the swear
ing-in of recently elected board mem
bers. "I think I built a good relation
See Baxter, page 16
District still plans on zoning
Commissioners will be updated on
loan arrangements with Farmers
Home Administration in the South
east Brunswick Sanitary Districtmeet
ing December 14, but not until Janu
ary are they expected to move ahead
with zoning of the district.
Chairman James W. Smith said
Friday that other business of the dis
trict is "on hold" until the federal
funding - held up while an environ
mental impact study was completed -
- is "finalized."
"Then we'll concentrate on getting
the zoning done," Smith said.
Zoning of the district was an impor
tant issue in September and October,
when it appeared the county was about
to impose zoning strictures on the
‘We’re looking at the first of January to
get serious and get down to zoning.... We
hope to get it done in time to take effect
with the county zoning.’
James W. Smith
District chairman
proposed treatment site on Beaverdam
Creek.
Since then, however, the county
refined its zoning plan to avoid con
flict with the district, and moreover
accepted the task of zoning the north
ern portion of the district - including
the business area around the Highway
211-Beach Road intersection - with
the blessing of the district board.
The board said it would zone the
southern half of the district -- gener
ally south of Fish Factory Road and
its intersection with Beach Road -
but no progress on that zoning has
been made.
County zoning takes effect in July,
1993.
Smith said last week he had been in
contact with county planing director
John Harvey, who told him his office
is "willing and ready to assist us in
doing the zoning when it is time."
"We're looking at the first of Janu
ary to get serious and get down to
zoning that (southern) portion of the
district," Smith said. "We hope to get
it done in time to take effect with the
county zoning."
City begins manager review
Aldermen take time looking for right choice
By Amitabh Pal
Municipal Editor
“Someone who is young and ambitious" would meet part of
alderman Bill Crowe’s requirements for a new Southport city
manager. "Someone who has experience working in a small
community."
Alderman Nelson Adams is looking for "somebody with the
fortitude, foresight and capability to keep the momentum going."
Alderman Jim Brown wants experience and good personality in
a self-starter who is good at supervising city employees.
When the Southport board meets tonight (Wednesday) to start
winnowing a field of 27 manager applicants alderman Meezie
Quids will be looking for someone who is "creative and energetic
mm
and works well with people."
"We want somebody compatible with the community," alder*
man Harry Gore said earlier this week. "Someone who can woric
with the board and with the people employed directly by the city.
We want the city and the administration to be running smoothly."
The applicants -* from North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia - will not be present for the session. When the board gets
through the evening, mayor Norman Holden said, the field will
likely be pared to less than a half-dozen, each with a requisite
master's degree in public administration and at least three years’
management experience.
Alderman Bill Delaney said this week he would prefer a family
man because this would make it less likely that a manager would
See Manager, page 16
meeting, and the same with the clerk
to the board," said Warren, the new
commissioners chairman. "There's no
contract whatsoever. He could be ter
minated at our next meeting."
Vereen was the only commissioner
who voted against Clegg's reappoint
ment. He said he had not had enough
time to evaluate Clegg's performance
and therefore could not vote in favor
of reappointing him.
"I'm not sure I know him good
enough," Vereen explained.
Rabon was the only new board
member who said the commissioners
needed Clegg's administrative expe
rience.
"He has a wealth of information
that will help us in the future." said
Rabon, who was elected vice-chair
man. "We haven't given him a chance
to show us what he can do."
Clegg said he was pleased by the
See Clegg, page 16
‘(Clegg) serves
from meeting to
meeting, and the
same with the clerk
to the board.
There’s no contract
whatsoever. He
could be terminated
at our next meet
ing.’
Don Warren
New chairman
Anderson selected
newest CP&L chief
Roy Anders Anderson, 44, has been
named vice-president in charge of
Carolina Power and Light Co.’s idle
Brunswick nuclear plant operation
effective January 4.
Presently Brunswick is under in
terim leadership as R. B. Richey, for
merly in charge there, began work on
a company assignment in Washing
ton, D. C., this week. Richey had been
assigned to Brunswick in April after
. duty as vice-president in c harge of the
Harris nuclear plant near Raleigh.
Brunswick shut down April 21 and
remains closed while CP&L seeks to
repair the plant and reduce mainte
nance backlogs under Nuclear Regu
latory Commission supervision.
A startup of Unit 2 is planned for
March, with startup of Unit 1 some
time thereafter.
Anderson, a senior vice-president
with the Boston Edison Company,
where he has been since 1987, previ
ously held nuclear management posi
tions with General Electric.
When Richey’s transfer was an
nounced in November a company
spokesman said his replacement was
to be someone with “specific experi
ence in managing major plant modifi
cations and a long-term nuclear plant
improvement program.’’
In a press release Friday CP&L
president and chief operating officer
William Cavanaugh, III, said Ander
son “brings to CP&L valuable experi
ence in managing major plant modifi
cations and long-term nuclear plant
improvement programs.”
At Boston Edison, Anderson served
as planning and outage manager and
general plant manager at the Pilgrim
plant, and as vice-president of nuclear
operations before becoming a senior
vice-president. He is a graduate of the
State University of New York and
received a master's degree from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Thursday
hearing on
plant work
Representatives of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commis
sion and Carolina Power and
Light Co. will hold a public
meeting” at 3 p,m. Thursday to
discuss progress in getting the
Idle Brunswick nuclear plant
back in commission.
The company plans to restart
Unit 2 in March, and Unit 1
sometime thereafter.
Thursday’sraecting is expected
to give some indication how
CP&L is progressing toward
those deadlines.
The plant was shut down by
CP&L last April because of
needed repairs, but remains
under an effective NRC shut
down order while the commis
sion reviews work progress.
The meeting will be in the
public assembly building at the
visitors center.
| OUTSIDE
Forecast
The extended forecast
calls for cloudy skies
Thursday and Friday with
rain likely. On Saturday,
skies are expected to be
partly cloudy and the
temperatures lower, with
highs in the 20s to low
30s. Highs each day are
forecast to be in the 40s.
Tide table
HIGH LOW
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
7:51a.m. 1:32 a.m.
8:10 p.m. 2:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11
8:37 a.m. 2:19 a.m.
8:58 p.m. 3:01 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12
9:26 a.m. 3:06 a.m.
9:51 p.m. 3:48 pjn.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13
10:15 ajn. 3:56 a.m.
10:44 pjn. 4:36 pjn.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
11:08 ajn. 4:49 ajn.
} 1:43 p.m. 5:27 p.m.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS
-ajn. 5:48 am.
12:02 pjn. 6:22 pjn.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
12:44 ajn. 6:49 am.
1:01 p.m. 7:18 p.m.
The following adjustment! should be made:
Bald Head Island, high -10, low >7; Caswell
Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, hi|h +7.
low +15; Yaupon Beach, high -32, low -45;
Lockwood Folly, high -22, low -8.