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Sports, page IB Classifieds, p. 2 most complete properties INSIDE Ws - \ V Volume 63/ Number 15 Southport, N.C. i—SL December 1,1993/ 50 cents State asked to just say no to quarry Legislators join opposition to proposed Martin Marietta site By Terry Pope County Editor A local legislative delegation joined residents Tuesday to blast Martin Marietta’s plan to open a rock quarry north of Southport. State Rep. David Redwine (D Ocean Isle Beach) topped a three hour state permit hearing held at Bolivia by rallying opponents to a standing ovation when he asked state officials to halt the mine. More than 300 people attended; no one spoke in favor of the permit. Redwine 'asked officials with the N. C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources to find a reason to deny the permit based on the seven listed criteria which must be met by the company. "I say that as a person who feels very strongly in economic develop ment," said Redwine. He was joined by a local delega tion of state Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. (D Tabor City) and state Rep. Dewey Hill (D-Lake Waccamaw),. both of whom oppose the project. Con gressman Charlie Rose (D-7th Dis Jack Snyder of Southport addresses the state panel before a crowd of around 300 people at Bolivia at Tuesday night’s mining permit hear ing for the Martin Marietta proposed rock quarry. Another hearing is planned although a date has not yet been set. trict) also opposes the mine. "I’m no nuclear scientist, but com mon sense tells me that with the potential for blasting there," added Redwine, "if something happens we would have all kinds of other en vironmental damage." Martin Marietta Aggregates plans to mine for limestone on a 1,000 acre tract north of Bethel Church Road. It applied for state mining permits on October 29. Sieve Reid, with the N. C. Divi sion of Land Resources, said a sec ond public hearing will be held on the proposed Brunswick application "to make sure we address all con cerns." A date has not been set. The department must either grant Dr deny the permit within 60 days ifter it was filed or request addi :ional information. Once the data is forwarded, the office has another 30 fays to act. Traffic problems caused by a pro posed mine are not one of the seven criteria used to evaluate a permit. That’s one reason why the Mining Act of 1971 needs to be amended, j said Soles. 1 "If there’s not enough teeth in it to stop this kind of operation from locating in Brunswick County," said Soles, "then there’s something ob viously wrong with it. "If the law has to be amended to' stop this kind of operation, 1 intend to be leading the fight in Raleigh." Soles said he is already working on those amendments for the next session of the N. C. General As sembly. Opponents have also asked for changes in the county zoning laws to prohibit mines. Martin Marietta officials did not speak at the hearing but stayed after ward to answer questions. They say the mine poses no threat to the local environment, to structures, the un derground aquifer or to the Cape Fear River. Up to ten million gallons of water per day must be pumped from the ground to expose the 60 See Opposition, page 10 End-of-grade results ’need improvement* > By Marybeth Bianchi Feature Editor Southport Elementary School third graders performed above the state average in all four subject areas measured on end-of-grade tests administered last spring. In fact, Southport's fifth grade was the only group at that school to fall below the state average in any subject area, and those students were less than three points below the state average in math. Although Brunswick County has had its test results for months, statewide results were only recently validated to allow local school officials to see how their students compare. End-of-grade tests were administered in grades three through eight for the first time during the 1992-93 school year, replacing the nationally normed California Achievement Test. The CAT is considered a measure of basic skills in reading, math and language mechanics, which state education officials felt did not meet requirements for success in today's society. In contrast, the end of-grade tests are aligned with the state's standard course of study in reading, math, science and social studies. In addition to multiple choice questions, the state tests use open ended questions which require students to write out their thoughts rather than select the correct answer from several choices. The county is still awaiting results of this portion of the tests. The multiple-question test results are reported in percentiles. Southport READING . Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 mm Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 56% 49% 50% 49% 49% 48% 61% Grade 3 Grade 6 Grade 8 SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 3 Grade 6 Grade 8 56% 44% 40% 47% 51% 42% 54% 68% 64% 43% 43% 44% 44% 46% 46% 48% 63% 45% 48% 43% 42% 40% 44% 45% 47% 41% 41% 43% 43% 49% .51% 53% 44% 59% 49% 42% 48% 47% 46% 48% 47% 46% 47% 47% 47% 50% 52% 51% 50% 60% 52% 58% 56% 46% 51% which do not refer to the percentage of items answered correctly but rather the percentage of students in the norm group who fall below a particular point, explained Jan Calhoun, assistant superintendent for instruction. The higher the percentile the better the score, he said, admitting, "It's a statistical measure that's confusing." For example, fifth graders at Waccamaw scored at the 25 percentile in math. That means 75 percent of the fifth graders across the state scored higher than those at Waccamaw, and 24 percent scored lower. Fifth graders at Southport Elementary were right in the middle in reading with a percentile of 50, See Results, page 6 State concerned about group Evidence points to illegal fund-raising By Holly Edwards Municipal Editor The state board of elections has asked the district attorney to investi gate alleged anonymous political fund-raising conducted by "Con cerned Citizens of Long Beach". The board also called attention a campaign law prohibiting a person from publishing in a newspaper or brochure any derogatory charge against a candidate intended to pro mote another candidate without indi cating the party responsible for the charge. Deputy director Yvonne Southerland emphasized that politi ‘This ... seems to prove the existence of an organized group attempting to remain anonymous that may or may not have used monies from businesses for political activity for political purposes. ’ Yvonne Southerland Deputy director cal fund-raising and activity must be done openly and cannot be conducted anonymously. "The 'concerned citizens' seem well-organized and very active. They appear to be seeking local legal ad vice that leaves them doing things just inside the law," Southerland wrote in a memo to the board. "The'concerned citizens' group remains anonymous to the dismay of the media and others who did not support their views." She also told the board of elections that the campaign reporting office received, sender unidentified, a copy of a check written to the "Concerned Citizens of Long Beach" in care of council candidate Frances Allen, who was supported by the group. "This additional item seems to prove the existence of an organized group attempting to remain anonymous that may or may not have used monies See Group, page 6 CP&L report: no evidence of crack coverup By Jim Harper Staff Writer A Carolina Power and Light Co. committee reported Tuesday it found no support for a claim that the company covered up knowledge of the cracked reactor shroud which is keeping Brunswick Unit 1 off the line. The question remains open, however, as the Nuclear Regula tory Commission's office of in vestigation is conducting an en quiry into the allegation that CP&L covered up knowledge of the shroud crack since 1984. Charges were made in October by the National Whistleblower Center, the Coastal Alliance for a Safe Environment and former CP&L contract worker Charles Webb that the company "discov ered cracks in the shroud some nine years earlier" than last sum mer, when the Unit 1 outage was extended about four months to repair the cracks. In a petition to the NRC the center, the alliance and Webb said these accusa tions were made publicly. This is not an investigation to vindicate ourselves, but an investigation to get at the facts.’ Roy Anderson CP&L vice-president that in 1984 engineers called com pany attention to the cracks in the reactor shroud. The shroud is a stain less steel cylinder within the reactor that helps direct the How of water around the heating elements — bundles of nuclear fuel. Cracks were reported by CP&L when a 1991 videotape inspection of See CP&L, page 8 Forecast The extended forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Thursday and Fri day with high tempera tures in the 50-60 range, and lows in the 40s. Mostly cloudy skies are expected Sat urday, but warmer, with highs in the 60s and lows in the 50s. Tide table HIGH LOW THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 9:36 a.m. 3:24 a.m. 9:57 p.m. 4:02 p.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 10:21a.m. 4:09 a.m. 10:47 p.m. 4:47 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 11:09 a.m. 4:58 a.m. 11:43 p.m. 5:35 p.m. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 -a.m. 5:53 a.m. 12:01 p.m. 6:28 p.m. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6 12:43 a.m. 6:56 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:26 p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 1:47 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 12:01 p.m. 8:25 pjn. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 2:53 a.m. 9:08 a.m. 3:06 p.m. 9:26 p.m. The 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.
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