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Volume 63/ Number 11
Southport, N.C.
November 3,1993/ 50 cents
ELECTION
RESULTS’
Southport
Mayor
0 Holden 640
Alderman Ward I
0 Fisher 532
0 Brown 384
□ Crowe 300
Alderman Ward II
0 Joyner 415
0 Gorman 153
Yaupon Beach
Commissioner
0 Slockett 181
0 Smith 176
0 Kelly 143
□ Zachary 124
□ Vereen 91
Caswell Beach
Commissioner
0 Boyd 85
0 O’Brien 75
0 Spake 47
0 Terry 42
Long Beach
Mayor
0 Altman 1,042
0 Riley 719
Town council
0 Bell 939
0 Leonard 897
0 Ensminger 862
0 Cashwell 759
0 Allen 739
Drummond 737
Boiling Spring Lakes
Mayor
0 Stewart 344
0 Bunten 134
Commissioner
0 Prince 228
0 Simmons 227
0 Schneiders 162
0 Hicks 157
0 Bunten 72
Other results, page 3
The barkentine Gazela Philadelphia sailed into
Southport harbor Friday afternoon seeking shelter
Photo by Jim Harper
from predicted stormy weather. The ship left Sun
day bound for New Orleans.
School funding transfer
County just says 'no'
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Action by county commissioners Monday blocks
school officials from shifting funds to pay for equipment
and supplies at area schools.
The Brunswick County Board of Education asked that
$308,000 in half-cent tax revenues be moved to pay for
furniture and equipment under "category II" needs.
But the two boards differ on where the money should
be spent.
Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to
designate the funds toward a new elementary school in
Leland.
"At this point," said school superintendent Ralph
Johnston on Tuesday. "I really don't know how we’re
going to provide category II equipment funds. I was just
surprised."
Don Warren, chairman of the Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners, asked if the school board was aware
in August that it would need the $308,000 for school
supplies.
Tlie school board obtained a consent judgment, legal
action against commissioners, that mandates funds for a
new school in Leland and an increase in operating costs
See Funding, page 6
Board opposes mine operation
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Pressured by more than 250
area residents to do something
to stop Martin Marietta Aggre
gates from mining north of
: Southport county commission
llifiis went on record Monday to
oppose the project.
They also voted, 3-2, to halt
county stoning which began
p Monday.
But county attorney Mifce
il^vRamiOS says the Raleigh-based
company already has one state
mining permit for the 1,000*
Citizen reaction, page 2
acre site northof Bethel Church
Road and has established it as
an area for mining.
A permit to dig cm live acres
may be transferred to Martin
Marietta, which purchased land
earlier this year from Bill and
Lucille Laster.
State officials issued the
Laster permit on January 15.
according to Beth Chesson,
assistant mining specialist for
the Land Quality Sectionof the
N« C Department of Environ^
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ment, Health and Natural Re
sources. There was no oj^pos*
tlon to the permit to dig for
sand and gravel.
"Thai application is not to go
any deeper than 20 feet down,”
said Ms. Chesson, ”and they’re
not proposing to de-water.”
Martin Marietta says it does
not want to modify the Laster
permit in any way. It applied
last week for state permits to
open two larger pits on the
1^00-acre tract and plans to
reach depths of up to 90 feet.
The company purchased or
leased property from at least
live landowners in the area,
including large tracts from the
Pfizer Co., Mac Construction
Co. and the Hunter Heath trust.
State officials have seta pub
lic hearing on the mining per*
wits for Tuesday, November
30,7 p.m., in the public assem
bly building of tbe government
center near Bolivia.
The company plans to incor
porate the Laster permit with
tbe one for the larger project if
See Board, page 7
Long Beach
Incumbents,
Bell win easy
in heavy vote
By Holly Edwards
Municipal Editor
More than half of the registered
voters in Long Beach turned out
Tuesday to soundly defeat candi
dates supported by "Concerned
Citizens of Long Beach" and re
elect the incumbents and council
candidate Kevin Bell.
Incumbent mayor Joan Altman
was the top vote-getter with 1,042
votes, while mayoral candidate
Rupert Riley was the lowest with
719 votes.
Kevin Bell led the council candi
dates with 939 votes, incumbent
Danny Leonard received 897 votes
and incumbent Jeff Ensminger was
named on 862 ballots.
The highest vote-getter of the
"concerned citizens" candidates was
Helen Cashwell with 759 votes.
Frances Allen received 739 votes
and David Drummond received 737
votes.
Board of elections director Lynda
Britt could not provide an exact fig
7 think the results
speak very well for
themselves. Most
voters support a
positive,
responsible govern
ment for our town.
I’m greatly honored
by the support....’
Mayor Joan Altman
ure Tuesday night for the number of
people who voted in Long Beach,
but said there were 1,409 voters in
Precinct I and 737 voters in Precinct
II, A portion of voters in Precinct II
See Election, page 13
Beach election
review by state
may bring SBI
By Holly Edwards
Municipal Editor
The state campaign reporting of
fice this week concluded its investi
gation into political fund-raising in
Long Beach, and is expected to present
a number of recommendations to the
state board of elections at its next
scheduled meeting November 23.
All Long Beach candidates, five
property managers involved'in a fund
raising effort for incumbents and
"Concerned Citizens of Long Beach"
were requited to file financial reports
last week after the state received com
plaints about the legality of some lo
cal fund-raising efforts.
Typically, financial statements are
required only of candidates in mu
nicipalities with populations greater
See Election, page 6
‘One of the acts of
the state board of
elections may be to
ask for an investiga
tion by the SBI.
We’ve got to do
something to dispel
this great cloak of
secrecy’
Yvonne Southerland
Deputy director
Board of Elections
Forecast
The extended forecast
Thursday and Friday
calls for partly cloudy
skies with high
temperatures in the 60s
and lows in the 50s.
Colder weather is ex
pected for the weekend,
with highs in the 50s
under mostly sunny
skies and nighttime
lows in the 40s.
Tide table
HIGH LOW
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4
10:36 ajn. 4:25 a.m.
10:55 p.m. 5:06 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
11:27 a.m. 5:14 a.m.
11:53 pjn. 5:57 pjn.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
— »•">• 6:09 a.m.
12:22 pjn. 6:53 pjn.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
12:57 ajn. 7:13 a.m.
1:25 p.m. 7:54 pjn.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
2:04 a.m. 8:21a.m.
2:27 p.m. 8:54 pjn.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
3:11a.m. 9:28 a.m.
3:31pm. 9:53 pjn.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
4:14 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
*31 P-m- 10:51 pjn.
Hie following adjustments should be made:
Bald Head Island, 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.