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Sports, page 14 Classifieds, p. 1C rs most complete j^tateproperties INSIDE > , MU MM pr US • ^ i -A im S ■ ** * i'Jr'-. n Volume 63/ Number 19 Southport, N.C January 5,1994/ 50 cents Sheriff's race main attraction By Terry Pope County Editor Of the first seven who filed for political office Monday, four entered the race for sheriff. "I don't think this many has ever filed for sheriff on the first day," said Lynda Britt, Brunswick County Board of Elections supervisor. Two sheriffs department employ ees, a State Highway Patrol trooper and a Long Beach police sergeant lined up before high noon to officially file for sheriff. The 1990 Republican nominee, James Brown of Southport, also re entered the race on Monday. Sheriff John Carr Davis plans to retire at the end of his term. The big showdown falls on May 3, when each will try to capture 40 per cent of the vote in the primary to avoid a runoff. The winner will serve four years with an annual base salary of $53,200. Ronald Hewett of the Holden Beach community had vowed to become the first person to file. The Democrat did so Monday. He shook hands with a fellow em ployee, chief deputy John W. Marlow of Calabash, who was the second can didate to file for sheriff. Hewett is the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program coor dinator and joined the department in July, 1983. "We must have leadership in the sheriffs office," said Hewett, "that is both progressive and responsive to the needs of our citizens. Our drug problem, a crime within itself, is clearly the root of so many other crimes." The order that one files for office has no weight on the official ballot. "They will be alphabetically listed, regardless," said Ms. Britt. "There may be other advantages of getting here early." Such as press coverage. Television cameras and reporters gathered to observe the usual first-day rush. Marlow, a Democrat, joined the Brunswick County Sheriffs Depart ment in September, 1977. He worked his way up the ladder as deputy, de tective and as chief of deputies, a position he has held for ten years. He is second in command and the department head in the absence of the sheriff. His focus is also on drug abuse prevention with another twist. "We must also educate the par ents," he told reporters, "and work with senior citizens." Bill Sisk of Long Beach ran as a Republican in the 1990 race but will enter as a Democrat this time. He has 32 years of experience as an officer and is a sergeant with the Long See Race, page 10 r PARTIAL POST it* .‘•vc' / s UNITED SWISS POST Office Members of a newly organized post of nee com mittee hope to get enough local aipport to con vince federal postal officials that a fuB-servfce xxst office, rather than contracted postal service, is leeded on Oak Island. Petition drive underway Postal patrons want a stamp of approval By Holly Edwards Municipal Editor \ The effort to obtain federal support for a lull-service post office on Oak Island is pick ing up steam, with petitions hliing up at local businesses and postal committee members poised to begin a letter-writing campaign to federal postal Officials and government repre sentatives. Long Beach mayor Joan Altman said she has contacted Leo Mercer, Gov. Jim Hunt's eastern representative, and Rep. Charlie Rose's office to invite them to meet with the postal j committee later this month and explain tire process involved in acquiring afirst-class post office. The committee will review the petitions and prepare for the tetter-writing campaign at its next meeting Monday. January 10, at 5 p.m. at the Yaupon Beach Town HalL Members of the public are invited to attend. "We ward to have our ducks in a row so wc can present to them the support we’ve gotten, mid let item know we're serious," said com mittee member Susan Warren, "The only thing the representatives will understand is steer ‘Even if they don t live here, even if they live out-of-state and own a home here, if they let their representatives in Washington know their concerns, then they might ask our local rep resentatives, "Why are my constituents having a problem in your area?"’ Susan Warren Committee member volume of effort" Altman indicated that the petitions she has seen so far list several pages of names, and that See Postal, page 6 Channel switching starts Monday Stay tuned for cable changes By Marybeth Bianchi Feature Editor Your favorite television stations won't be in their old familiar places next Monday. Vision Cable is rearranging the channels to make the service more "customer friendly," the company's general manager said this week. This latestchange facing cable television customers is the result of new regulations mandated by the Federal Communications Commission in September. And, it should be the last change. "This is just our final step in complying with all the FCC guidelines for re-regulation, as well as making our services as customer friendly as possible," said Bill Greene. One reason for the change is to eliminate "basic service" customers' need for a converter box, Greene explained. In the past, Vision Cable provided converter boxes at no cost to the customer, but Greene said, "The FCC won't let us do that.” The company must now charge customers for converter boxes: 71 cents a month for non-remote control models and $1.31 for those with a remote control. Also; as a result of the realignment, cable customers who subscribe to the "basic service" package will find the nine broadcast stations avail able to them grouped together from channels 2 to 12. With the change, the four-channel "superstation" package will also be available without having to rent a converter box, Greene said, as long as the customer has a cable-ready television set The stations will also be See Cable, page 6 Board votes 3-2 County bans area mining; lawsuit likely By Terry Pope County Editor Chairman Don Warren asked for an unanimous vote, but mining op ponents settled for a slim 3-2 major ity Tuesday on a move to ban mini ng north of Southport. The county ordinance adopted on second reading by Brunswick County commissioners immediately prohibits the use of explosives and dewatering within five miles of the Carolina Power and Light Co. Brunswick nuclear plant and the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point ammunitions seaport. Martin Marietta Aggregates has applied for state mining permits to open a rock quarry on a 1,000-acre tract in that area. Company officials have threatened to sue the county. "If it hadn’t been for the lawsuit, I’d been with them," said District 5 commissioner Donald Shaw. He and commissioner Jerry Jones voted no, as they did at a special meeting last Wednesday to force a second reading. "I know we don’t need it there be cause of explosives and sinkholes," said Shaw. "But if $2 million comes out of the taxpayers’ pockets, that’s a lot of money." Members of the Brunswick Mini ng Awareness Committee and others gave the board a standing ovation following the vote. Shaw said he heard from two or three sources the county has a $1 Related story, page 3 million ceiling on its insurance policy to pay for damages. Martin Marietta claims it has already in vested up to $2 million preparing and testing the quarry site. "That’s what I’m afraid of," said Shaw. "This would be a $2- or $3 million lawsuit." With Charter House Inc. of North Carolina, the county and the board of commissioners are covered under general liability insurance, and an attorney would be assigned by the firm. It also provides coverage for indi vidual commissioners with no limit on attorney fees to defend a suit. However, it does have a ceiling on See County bans, page 12 Lakes board is ‘repaid’ for $200 donation By Holly Edwards Municipal Editor Opposition to last month’s deci sion by the Boiling Spring Lakes Board of Commissioners to donate S200 of city funds set aside for charity to the Brunswick Mining Awareness Committee led a group of city residents on a fund-raising drive to repay the city and quell the controversy. Resident Tommy Prince presented the board with $200 Tuesday night See Lakes board, page 13 Strand survives high winds, tides The Long Beach strand survived this week's high winds and high tides virtually unscathed, with the excep tion of the area between 43rd and 58 th streets SE, said public works director Charles Derrick. The town spent about $6,000 last month to bulldoze sand between 10th Place West and 58th Street SE, and Derrick indicated that most of that work remains intact. "So far, so good," he said. "It seems like the majority of the beach did well. We apparently had a lot of sand build-up over the past two days, and that's encouraging." However, Derrick added that a sec tion of the beach between 43rd and 58th streets SE, near the middle of Oak Island, apparently did not benefit from sandbuild-upand therefore fared worse during the storm. "It seems like the west end is look ing good, the east end does okay, but See Winds, page 6 OUTSIDE Forecast The forecast for Thursday through Sat urday cadis for mostly cloudy skies, with rain likely on Friday. Highs are expected to be in the SOs, with nighttime lows in the 30s. Tide table HIGH LOW THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 2:36 am. 8:51 am. 2:48 p.m. 9:07 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 3:41 am. 9:57 am. 3:54 p.m. 10:09 pjn. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 4:44 am. 10:58 am. 4:57 p.m. 11:08 p.m. SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 5:43 a.m. 1154 a.m. 5:55 p.m. -p-m. MONDAY, JANUARY 10 6:37 am. 1203 am. 6:50 p.m. 12:46 pjn. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 728 am. 12:54 am. 7:40 am. 1:34 pjn. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 8:14 am. 1:42 am. 8:26 p.m. 2:19 pjn. The following adjustments should be male Bald Head Island, high -10, low -7; Caswell Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high +7, low +15; Yaupoo Beach, high *32, low *45; Lockwood FoUy Inlet, high -22, low -8. New Year’s resolution: Keep up with local news by reading The State Port Pilot
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