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Volume 63/ Number 1
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August 25,1993/ 50 cents
Jogger dies
after falling
from trestle
The identity of a man who fell to
his death Tuesday morning while
jogging along railroad tracks ad
jacent to Military Ocean Terminal
Sunny Point remained a mystery late
Tuesday night, with no one in the
area yet reported missing.
Coroner Greg White said several
men working on the rail line saw the
jogger turn ana
look at a rail cart
coming behind
him on the
tracks. At that
point, the wit
nesses said, the
man lost his
footing and fell
off the bridge.
White said the
man fell about
6U feet, and was pronounced dead
on arrival at Dosher Memorial Hos
pital.
The results of an autopsy per
formed in Jacksonville Tuesday
afternoon listed the cause of death
as internal injuries. The body was
then returned to Dosher hospital
pending identification.
The accident occurred about 7:45
a.m. between Highway 133 and the
Sunny Point terminal, at an overpass
known as Orton Trestle. Sunny
Point spokesperson Myrt Meade in
dicated that Army personnel were
traveling on the tracks in rail
maintenance vehicles on their way
to repair sites.
He was described as a white male,
about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing
about 145 pounds, who appeared to
be in his mid-30s. He had dark
brown hair, a brown mustache,
brown eyes and was wearing cut-off
blue jeans, no shirt and short, olive
green boots, said a hospital
spokesperson.
Riverwalk, designed to provide a pleasant water
front view from many points in town, is receiving an
important addition -- a boardwalk and overlook
Photo by Jim Harper
across the marsh off Brunswick Street between the
yacht basin and the Southport Marina boat launch
ing ramp.
CP&L, commission meet
Late-fall startup likely
By Jim Harper
Staff Writer
Resumed production by Brunswick
nuclear plant Unit 1 in November, as
planned, appeared likely in a confer
ence of Carolina Power and Light Co.
and Nuclear Regulatory Commission
officials here Thursday.
"I see improvement at the plant,
and more significantly I can feel a
difference in attitude and morale,"
said NRC regional administrator
Stewart Ebneter.
While material deficiencies caused
the shutdown of both Brunswick units
in April, 1992, NRC comments have
always dealt both with the material
and human aspects of plant opera
tions.
After Brunswick managers briefed
the NRC on the reduction of mainte
nance problems before rod-pull (start
up) in the fall, Brunswick vice-presi
dent Roy Anderson told the group,
"Things are coming along. We've got
a lot of work to do and a lot of arms
and legs to do it The next month will
be very challenging."
Then Anderson noted that Unit 2,
which was put back in service May
IS, "is on the longest run the unit ever
had in start-up from a major outage,
and its third longest run on record."
Botti units were shut down by the •
company in April, 1992,initially fora
two-week repair period which'contin
ued to be extended as maintenance
and repair needs kept surfacing.
While not technically under shut- >
down order from the NRC, the com- >
pany is reporting to the agency in
monthly conferences and must un
dergo a pre-restart inspection by NRC
specialists.
A time-table for restarting Unit 1
presented by the company Thursday
See CP&L, page 6
Back-to-school
Get a head start on the
; school year with the Pilot's
special supplement, "Assign
ment: Back-to-School".
Highlighted are the local
schools, bus routes and other
information you'll need for
the school year ahead.
Dosher rates rise 7.1 percent
Dosher Memorial
93-94 Budget Allocation of $15 Million Revenue
Physician Peas (3.6%)
Supplies & Other (20.4%)
Depredation &
Interest (5.6%)
Employee Benefts (6.1%)
Costs No
Hospital income (1.0%)
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Salaries (24.5%)
Hospital a'tight ship'
By Marybeih Bianchi
Feature Editor
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Dosber Memorial Hospital trustees have approved an aver
age ?.i-percem rate increase for the upcoming fiscal year
which begins October t,
The rate increase is hie lowest in seven years, Gib Bartieef
finance committee chairman, said in presenting the 1993-94
budget for approval Monday night.
The increase will not affect services across tbe board, ex
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Financial report, page 2
Long Beach
Town will buy
future sewage
treatment site
By Holly Edwards
Municipal Editor
Long Beach must be in position to
determine its own future, and must
have leeway in developing a future
wastewater treatment program,
mayor Joan Altman told town coun
cil members and residents attending
a special meeting Tuesday.
Council members called the meet
ing to direct the mayor, town clerk
and town manager to purchase 95.63
acres of land from International
Paper Company that could be used
as a future site for a wastewater
treatment plant. The decision
marked the end of eight months of
clandestine negotiations, and was
greeted by applause from local resi
dents.
"The results of the (sewer)
referendum don’t relieve this town
council or any future town council
of their collective responsibility to
provide for the well-being and fu
ture of the town,” Altman declared.
The land’s northern boundary is
marked by Mercer Mill Creek, its
southern boundary is about 1.5
miles from the Intracoastal Water
way, and it is located about 1.5
miles off Sunset Harbor Road.
"Essentially, it’s in the middle of
nowhere," Altman said.
The town agreed to pay Intema
See Long Beach, page 6
Beach voters
can register
for primary
Long Beach residents who
warn to vote to the Octobers
primary election have until
Monday, September 13, to
register. The last day to reg
ister tovote in the November
2 general election will be
Monday, October 11.
Residents in bothprecincts
will vote at the Long Beach
Recreation Center in the pri
mary election. During the
general election, Oak Island
I voters will use the Caswell
• Beach Town Hall and Oak
Island II voters will use the
recreation center.
Currently there are ten
people contending for three
seats on the town council and
See Voters, paged
SAT scores up,
South is highest
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
South Brunswick High School has the highest average SAT scores in the
county, but West Brunswick students made the biggest gains over last year's
scores. North Brunswick, however, continued a four-year downward trend.
Overall the county’s average Scholastic Aptitude Test score was 806, 25
points higher than last year’s average. The state average rose just four points
to 859, while the national average, 902, was just three points higher than last
year.
The SAT is a major entry requirement to most colleges. A perfect score is
1600, while the minimum score a student can receive is 400. The test is divided
into two parts: verbal and mathematics.
In Brunswick County 223 students, or43 percent of those who were eligible,
took the test and scored an average of 385 on the verbal section and 421 on
mathematics. The scores have fluctuated up and down the past four years.
There are a lot of variables thpt affect the scores, commented Gloria Talley
of Brunswick County schools. She reasoned that scores rose this year because
more students are taking upper-level math courses like algebra and geometry.
"The emphasis the state is putting on testing is another variable," she said,
See SAT, page 6
OUTSIDE
Forecast
1 Same old same old.
The extended forecast
Thursday through Sat
urday calls for partly
cloudy skies with highs
in the mid-90s and
nighttime lows in the
mid-70s.
Tide table
high low
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
3:52 am. 9:59 am.
4:41p.m. 10£2 pjn.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
4:55 am. 11:00 a.m.
5:40 p.m. 11:46 pjn.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
5:51am. 1157ui.
6:30 pm. am.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29
6:42 am. 12:36 am.
7:18 pm. 12:46 pjn.
MONDAY, AUGUST 30
7:28 am. 121a.m.
8*0 pm. 121 pjn.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
8:10 am. 200 a.m.
8:37 pm. 2:14 pjn.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
8:49 ajn. 2:40 ajn.
9:14 p.m. 2:53 pm.
The following adjustment! should be nude:
Bald Head bland, high -10, low -7; Caswell
Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high >7,
low +15; Yaupcn Beach, high -32, low -45;
Lockwood Folly Inlet, high 22, low -8.