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Volume 63/ Number 20
Southport, N.C.
January 12, 1994/ 50 cents
King's
birthday
observed
The birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. will be observed this Friday,
January 15, at Brunswick Commu
nity College.
Dr. Fred D. Hall, assistant profes
sor of sociology at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will be
the featured speaker. He will share his
thoughts on "Keeping the Dream
Alive" in a keynote address sched
uled for 7 p.m.
Hall holds master's and Ph.D. de
grees from UNC-Chapel Hill. His
bachelor's degree is from Frances
Marion College. He taught briefly at
Wittenburg University in Springfield,
Ohio, before returning to UNC for
post-doctoral studies and a faculty
appointment.
His teaching and research interests
focus on race relations and industrial
relations, with attention to issues of
poverty, employment and labor mar
kets.
Dick Lee. WCC A radio station news
and public affairs director, will serve
as master of ceremonies.
The Rev. Dr. Richard Warner of St.
James the Fisherman Episcopal
See King, page 7
Incumbents
tossing their
hats in ring
AH five incumbent Brunswick
County commissioners have filed for
re-election to office.
So far, a primary race has devel
oped for just one, Donald Shaw of
District 5.
He faces opposition on the Repub
lican ballot from formerLe land mayor
S. L. Doty, who lost his bid for an
other term on the town board in No
vember.
Both Shaw and Republican Jerry
Jones filed Friday afternoon.
District 3 incumbent commissioner
Wayland Vereen, a Democrat, filed
Tuesday morning.
Filing will continue until noon
Monday. February 7. The primary
election is Tuesday, May 3.
A primary race has also developed
for the District 1 seat on the Brun
swick County Board of Education.
Olaf (Bud) Thorsen of Shallotte
will face incumbent Thurman Gause
on the Democratic ballot.
A former board member, George F.
Wilson of Supply, filed for the Dis
trict 2 seat on Tuesday.
Incumbent Republicans Bill
Fairley, of District 3, and Yvonne
Bright, of District 5, will also run
See Incumbents, page 7
Phase I of Long Beach’s underground utility
project is complete with the exception of
Southern Bell phone lines. Mayor Joan Altman
and public works director Charles Derrick met
with Brunswick Electric Membership Corpora
tion officials Monday, and learned that phase II
of the project, encompassing the area between
Middleton Street and 19th Place East, will begin
within the next few weeks. The telephone lines in
phase I are expected to be underground by mid
February.
Committee recommends BHI
association acquire creek site
By Jim Harper
Staff Writer
A committee has reiterated a recommendation that the
Bald Head Association purchase the Bald Head Creek
small boat access and launching site to perpetuate the
facility for community use.
The committee was appointed after the island devel
oper offered to sell the site for $142,000. They recom
mended the purchase in November, but were asked to
provide further information.
Islanders have been using the facility on a temporary
basis because the site was optioned to the Lighthouse
Landing subdeveloper. It was offered to the association
after that option lapsed.
Committee members Bob Timmons and Chuck Pardee
suggest in a written report that the site be purchased for
$142,000. with a $25,000 down payment and S25.000
paid annually to the developer at an interest rate of one
percentage point above the prime rate.
The committee says the developer's offer for sale and
financing stands until February 28.
The committee said it considered having the site on
Lighthouse Creek purchased by the Bald Head Island
Club, by the village and by the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission.
The club has no interest, they report; mayor Bill
See Creek, page 6
County is reviewing ordinance
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Trailer relocation is restricted
, County Editor
To some, an older mobile home Is a dangerous eyesore. To
others, it'sthe ordyhome they can afford.
That's why an amendment to rearid used mobile homes from
wheeling into Brunswick County faces a shaky bathe,
Some residents claim the coumy zoning ordinance is too strict
on mobile home owners, and commissioners ha ve agreed to study
the plan.
Targeted ate manufactured homes built before luiy 1,197$, or
... ones which may not meet minimum standards.
sion?
•They have moved thm up enmasse from under parks tbatbave
closed In Horry County (S„ C.),B said John Harvey. Brunswick
County planning director.
Before county zoning took effect January there was no age
limit. Local municipal tieshavetheirown standards, and they vary
from a five-year limit to none at a!L
"For yews, we've been a dumping ground,* Harvey said.
Most county zoning ordinances set a ten-year age limit on
mobile homes. Ones older are not allowed to move In or must
'93 Report Card
County school
system again
fails the test
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
What does one top school official
have to say about Brunswick County
schools' 1993 Report Card?
"I don't think we're very good,” was
the response given by Jan Calhoun,
assistant superintendent for instruc
tion.
"Low", "very low", "very disap
pointing and unusually low" were a
few of the terms Calhoun used in
describing the county's showing on
the latest state Report Card to the
school board Monday night.
On a positive note, he pointed out,
"I think we're doing better in read
ing," but added, "It’s not where we
want to be. I won't say it’s acceptable.
It’s not acceptable."
Compared to seven neighboring
school systems in southeastern North
Carolina, Brunswick County is fourth
in the three academic areas measured
by the Report Card.
"We're very competitive and a little
bit better than some of our neigh
‘Education has to
change. Students
come to school
today with different
characteristics than
they did ten years
ago and we haven*t
changed much at
all....*
Jan Calhoun
Assistant superintendent
bors." Calhoun pointed out during an
interview last week.
However, he thinks a far better
comparison of Brunswick County's
See Report card, page 3
Groups to seek
legislative help
in mining fight
By Terry Pope
County Editor
The next battle for local mining
opponents may lie in the hands of
legislators.
The Brunswick Mining Awareness
Committee has asked State Sen. R. C.
Soles Jr. of Tabor City to arm state
agencies with power to reject mining
permits that are incomplete.
"This is obviously the only way to
correct a Hawed system,” said Su/.anne
Osborne, legislative coordinator for
the mining committee.
Last week, the Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners adopted an
ordinance to prohibit deep mining
within five miles of Carolina Power
and Light Co.'s Brunswick nuclear
plant and Military Ocean Terminal
Sunny Point ammunitions seaport
north of Southport. Deep mines use
Martin Marietta
filed its state permit
October 29, but it
doesn’t contain all
the information
state agencies
claim is needed to
reach a proper de
cision
explosives and dewatering of the aqui
fer to reach the rock.
Martin Marietta Aggregates has
applied to mine for limestone on a
See Mine, page 7
Forecast
The extended forecast
calls for partly cloudy
skies Thursday with
highs in the 60s and
lows in the 40s. Mostly
sunny skies are ex
pected Friday with
highs in the 50s and
lows in the 30s. Even
cooler Saturday, with
highs only in the 30s
and lows in the 20s.
Tide table
HIGH LOW
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13
8:58 am. 2:27 am.
9:10 p.m. 3:01 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14
9:39 a.m. • 3:11a.m.
9:52 p.m. 3:42 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15
10:18 am. 3:53 am.
11:33 pm. 4:22 pm.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16
10:57 am. 4:35 am.
11:15 pm. 5:03 pm.
MONDAY, JANUARY 17
11:36am. 5:18 am.
11:58 pm. 5:44 pm.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18
12:17 am. 6:05 am.
-p.m. 6:29 pm.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19
12:44 am. 6:56 am.
1:03 pm. 7:18 pm.
The following adjustment! 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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