Sports, page IB Classifieds, p. 1C inmost complete properties INSIDE Volume 63/ Number 1 Southport, N.C. i •fr-~»sV*v- - 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%) J / Salaries (24.5%) Hospital a'tight ship' By Marybeih Bianchi Feature Editor '*/< ' - ' ' ' 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 wir r:? m ii 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.

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