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Volume 63/ Number 6
Southport, N.C.
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September 29,1993/ 50 cents
Wit
LONG BEACH ELECTION
Council
primary
Tuesday
Long Beach voters will go to
the polls Tuesday, October 5, to
eliminate four of ten candidates
for town council and one may
oral candidate.
All voting for the primary elec
tions will be conducted at the
Long Beach Recreation Center.
Polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and
close at 7:30 p.m.
Voters will be asked to select
three council candidates and one
mayoral candidate. The top six
vote-getters vying for a seat on
the town council and the top two
mayoral vote-getters will then
move to the general election on
November 2.
The deadline to register to vote
in the general election is Octo
ber 11. There now are 2,830
Long Beach residents eligible to
cast ballots.
Profiles of candidatesand their
responses to five questions can
be found on pages 8 and 9 of this
edition. All three mayoral can
didates and nine of ten council
candidates responded to the
questionnaire. Responses to the
five questions were limited to
50 words.
Interviews,
profiles, p. 8-9
Audience reaction to the "Meet Your Candi
dates" forum held at Middleton Park in Long
Beach Saturday varied, but most residents said
they knew more about the candidates when they
> ‘‘ Photo by Holly Edwards
left than* they did when they arrived. All
mayoral candidates mid all but two council can
didates participated.
Forum draws mixed reviews
By Holly Edwards -
Municipal Editor
A Long Beach "Meet Your Candidates" forum held Saturday at
Middleton Park received mixed reviews from town residents.
Some said the event was informative and confirmed or helped
them make a decision; others said it served only to illustrate the
divisivencss of Long Beach politics.
"1 am thoroughly disgusted with this town, with the town council
and with some of the citizens." resident Marion Hilliard told the
candidates, his voice choked with emotion, 'i happen to be a senior
citizen because the good Lord let me live that long."
After the forum, Hilliard said he was one of the original members
of the Concerned Citizens of Long Beach, but eventually grew tired
of the name-calling among council members and citizens.
"All 1 warn Is honest decent town government,** he said, "but this
is the same old tune."
Another resident said she was surprised and saddened by the
i "personal attacks" among candidates and citizens.
"I don’t like all the dissension," declared Cecilia Melton, who said
shejust moved to town. "Jtmakes me want tonot vote, and Fve voted
all my life."
While some, like Melton, said the forum did not help them make
up their minds, others said their opinions were solidified.
"I thought it was very informative," said resident Gloria Fox. “1
didn't know who 1 was going to vote for, butnowlVe made up my
mind.”
All of the mayoral candidates and all but two council candidates
attended the forum. Council member Danny Leonard said he had
See Forum, page 6
Senior
palates
pleased
By Terry Pope
County Editor
A new menu will delete some
food items senior citizens say
were not edible at congregate
meal sites across the county.
Residents sent a petition to the
Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners recently to com
plain about the quality of food
served by Service America Corp.
of Wilmington at the nutrition
centers.
However, no complaints have
been filed the past couple weeks,
saidJamieOnock, director of the
Brunswick County Department
of Social Services. DSS oversees
the Department of Aging, which
administers the nutrition pro
gram.
"Based on that, my conclusion
See Pleased, page 7
Over $100,000 at stake
'Open' season on king
mackerel starts Friday
The 15th annual U. S. Open King
Mackerel Tournament -- the capstone
event for the local fishing season —
begins at sunup Friday and by Satur
day evening over $100,000 will be
distributed among more than 50 skill
ful anglers who have proven their
worth.
A field of nearly 500 boats is antici
pated for the tournament that will pay
a $25,000 first prize, $10,000 second
prize and $5,000 third prize. Other
cash awards range down to $250 for
41st-through-50th-place finishers.
Check-out times will be at 7 a m
Friday and Saturday, with check-in at
5 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday.
Awards will be presented after a
fish fry and entertainment at the
Southport Marina tournament head
quarters Saturday evening.
Don Hughes,chairman of this year's
event, welcomed participants and
spectators to the tournament activi
ties on Monday, urging everyone to
join in the good time.
Hughes said that the prize structure
is essentially the same as last year,
when the top fish -• a 40.15-pound
king - brought winner Jack Woqd a
total of $43,855.
Hughes noted that daily aggregate
prizes are limited to first and second
place, with the money savings turned
back into additional fish-bowl prizes.
He pointed out a fundamental
change in check-in procedure at the
Southport Marina weighing site.
Instead of checking in at the marina
entrance, participants will check in
with clearly identified boats anchored
some ISO yards to the east and west of
the entrance.
Offloading of catches will be at the
marina's "A" dock, with larger craft
handled at the pier end and smaller
boats moving shoreward to a floating
stage.
Morning check-outs will be at
Caswell Dock, Lockwood Folly Inlet
and Masonboro Inlet
Rules and procedures for the tour
nament will be discussed in captain's
meetings at the marina at S and 7 p.m.
Thursday. Registration will continue
there through midnight. The entry fee
is $240, with an additional $100
charged for participating in the "tour
See King, page 6
Martin Marietta
Mine project
uncovers some
local concerns
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Southport area residents continue
to raise questions about a proposed
mining operation north of the city.
Some county officials say they’d
like more public meetings held on the
project.
Martin Marietta Aggregates held a
press conference last week to unearth
its plan to dig for limestone in two pits
between Bethel Church Road and the
access road to Military Ocean Termi
nal Sunny Point.
Neighbors in the immediate area
point to potential problems with wel Is
and local water supplies while resi
dents as a whole say added truck
traffic will make roads more danger
ous in the Southport community.
"That’s a concern for me, too." said
Don Warren, chairman of the
Brunswick County Board of Com
missioners. "I don't see four-laning
Highway 211. Really, just looking at
it, there are some questions about
what if it is approved. That's a big if."
Martin Marietta completed land
deals a few weeks ago to clear the way
for its plan to dig for rock about 90
feet below the surface. Miners will
pump away up to ten million gallons
of water per day to expose the rock
bed, which could cause some shallow
‘The question I
asked was where
they planned to put
the water. To me,
that’s a vital con
cern. They say it’s
as pure as a
mountain stream,
but I’m not so sure.’
Don Warren
County commissioner
wells within 2.500 feet of the pits to
go dry.
About 60 trucks per day will haul
crushed rock from the site for 264
days per year. Operations may ex
pand by up to 180 trucks per day
within ten years.
Officials predict 70 percent of the
traffic will travel southward on N. C.
133 to N. C. 211, where it will travel
westward to U. S. 17 for locations
south of Wilmington or in the area of
See Marietta, page 7
CP&L nuclear plant
Unit 1 shroud
to be repaired
By Jim Harper
Staff Writer
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
which began studying potential crack
ing in the reactor core shroud of
Brunswick nuclear Unit 1 in July,
said Tuesday that it will repair cracks
it has found, delaying restart of the
unit at least until December.
"We took a proactive stance," said
Roy Anderson, CP&L Brunswick
vice-president. "We saw cracking
where we looked and assumed that it
was cracked everywhere. The crack
ing was a marginal concern, but we
said, 'Is this the type of plant we are?
No. So we'll fix it.'"
Fixing it -- repairing the stainless
steel cylinder which serves to direct
the flow of water inside the reactor --
will require development of both re
pair materia] and tools to install it.
Anderson said.
Holes will be drilled and stiffening
braces will be bolted into place.
"All the work has to be done under
80 feet of water." Anderson said.
"Tools have to be designed and manu
factured, as do the stiffeners.
"We're making the tooling to drill
the holes and we're having to design
the structural stiffeners, and we're
See CP&L, page 6

Forecast
The extended forecast
Thursday through Sat
urday calls for fair
weather throughout the
period. Highs are ex
pected to range from
the mid-60s to mid-70s,
with nighttime lows
forecast between 50
and 55 degrees. Cool.
Tide table
HIGH LOW
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
8:20 a.m. 2:07 a.m.
8:42 p.m. 2:28 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
8:53 un. 2:43 a.m.
9:14 p.m. 3:07 pan.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
9:30 a.m. 3:54 a.m.
9:46 p.m. 422 pjn.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
10:02 aon. 3:54 a.m.
10:17 pm. 4:22 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4
10:36 aon. 4:28 aon.
10:49 pan. 4:59 pan.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER S
11:13 a.m. 5:05 aon.
11:23 pan. 5:40pan.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
11:59 aon. r 5:47 a.m.
-p.m. 6:26 pm.
The following adjustment! should be made:
Bald Head Iuand, high -10, low -7; Caswell
Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high +7,
‘ low +15; Yaupon Beach, high -32, low -45;
Lockwood Folly Inlet, high -22, low -8.