Yv September 14, 1994 SOUTHPORT. N.C. 50 CENTS VOLUME 64/ NUMBER 3 Sports South Brunswick, behind a 203-yard effort from O. J. Morris, wins its first ~ 11B Our Town Strength in numbers - area towns will try that approach after area meeting — Page 2 Neighbors A special supplement for retirees and senior residents will be published in October Forecast The extended forecast calls for fair weather for the period of Th ursday through Sunday with highs each day in the 80's and lows each night in the 60's. Tide table high low THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS 4:58 a.m. 11:06 a.m. 5:39 p.m. 11:47 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 5:56 a.m. —— a.m. 6:32 p.m. 12:03 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 6:49 a.m. 12:37 a.m. 7:20 p.m. 12:54 p.m. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 7:36 a.m. 1:22 a.m. 8:03 p.m. 1:41 p.m. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 8:19 a.m. 2:04 a.m. 8:43 p.m. 2:24 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 8:59 am. 2:43 am. 9:21p.m. 3:05 p.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 9:36 a.m. 3:21a.m. 9:56 p.m. 3:44 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. Schools get more funds from judge By Holly Edwards Feature Editor Superior Court judge Jack Thompson ruled this week that Brunswick County schools should receive an additional $700,000 in local funding for the current school year, thereby increasing the total amount of local funding for the year from $8.7 million to $9.4 million. State law requires the county to fund the schools at the same level as last year pending result of the county's appeal of a $ 14-million jury award to the school sys tem. Thompson decided that the additional $700,000 was justified because school officials spent $600,000 of their fund bal ance and an additional $100,000 in local funding last year. The $700,000 increase will mean the schools' monthly allocation from the county will increase from $725,000 to approximately $784,000 beginning next month. However, school board member Bill Fairley said Monday night that the in crease was not enough to operate the schools at the level they should be func tioning. And, he said, even if the $ 14-million award is upheld by the N. C. Court of Appeals, it wilj likely be next spring be fore the school system actually receives the additional funding. "I just want everyone to know that by See Schools, page 8 When Supply Elementary School opened last year a drive to collect a million pennies to buy playground equipment was started among students and- in the community, and the response was phenomenal. With the reopening of school, princi - ■■ iap**L-.v\-v•-. ,’ Fhoto by Jim Harper pal Carolyn Willlafns talked with Student on closed-circuit TV to get their help in reviving the $10,000 drive. They have 280,000 more pennies to go. By her reckoning, Williams said, the folding money will be in hand by Halloween. Yelton has managed to get back on the job for county By Terry Pope County Editor From 7 to 9 a.m. each morning, Wyman Yelton will continue with daily therapy sessions to build strength in his arms and legs. Then he'll change clothes and head to work as Brunswick County man ager, just as he did on Monday, tak ing another step on the road to recov ery. It has been five months since Yelton was almost killed in a car wreck on Interstate 40 near Durham. The crash claimed the lives of his wife, Kay Yelton, 52, of Southport, and the driver of a car that crossed the me dian and struck the Yelton's car head on. "It's just a traumatic experience, to say the least, when you lose your wife, one, and, two, to go through all of the injuries,” said Yelton. "Recov ering is going to be a two-year pro cess." Yelton must get reacquainted with the task of running a county, for a lot has happened in his absence. The county budget was approved, a jury awarded the schools $14 million in a controversial decision which has been appealed and day-to-day operations were handled by interim Charles McGinnis, whose last day was Fri day. Yelton's return to Southport and the county where he has planned to retire is bittersweet. Treated to brunch by several county department man agers Monday, Yelton was blunt in telling them which hand to shake or which shoulder to touch. He has steel plates in his left leg and arm, which were shattered in the crash. He has yet to regain full use of his right hand, walks with a limp and is still recovering from multiple frac tures of the ribs caused by the seat belt that also saved his life. Since leaving Duke Medical Cen ter, he has regained 20 of the 30 ‘The main thing is, if you have a problem like I’ve had, is to focus on maintaining a posi tive attitude.... That’s all I can say about that.’ Wyman Yelton County manager pounds he lost and started daily therapy at Dosher Memorial Hospi See Yelton, page 6 Recycling a key County expects to join regional trash-haul plan By Terry Pope County Editor County commissioners are close to signing a 25-year deal to haul garbage out of the county to be burned. BCH Energy Corp., which will operate the incinerator at the DuPont Co. site in Cumberland County, will receive no less than 50,000 tons of garbage per year from the county if an agreement is reached. Commissioners see the pact as a way to help reach mandated re cycling goals and to stop depen dence on shrinking landfill space. But some final details must be ironed out, said board chairman Don Warren. A vote was expected last week, but commissioners delayed a de cision until next Monday, Sep tember 19. "I still think it's the most viable alternative," said Warren, "mainly because of the recycling program." The incinerator will be built by Vedco Energy Corp. of Texas and include a sorting system to re move aluminum, glass, plastic and newspapers from the solid waste *1 still think it’s the most viable alternative, mainly because of the recy cling program.’ Don Warren Board chairman to be burned. Residents will use spe cial blue garbage bags for recyclables and mix them with household trash. The county must build a $700,000 transfer station near Supply and pay a $37.22-per-ton tipping fee. BCH, an acronym for Bladen, Cumberland and Hoke counties, would haul from the local transfer stations to the DuPont plant. BCH officials formed the partner ship that welcomed Vedco to build near Fayetteville, 95 miles from Bo livia. The company plans to start burn ing trash by June, 1995. The Brunswick County contract See Trash, page 8 College septic system found to be leaking By Terry Pope and Holly Edwards Pilot staff members County health inspectors now digging out from one major septic tank problem at Supply have located another educational building with a failing system on its hands. A sewer system that serves the main classroom and administration building at Brunswick Community College has failed and is seeping raw sewage from the ground. "I actually observed the sewage ponding on the surface," said Bruce Withrow, environmental health program specialist with the Brunswick County Health Department. "We did a very thorough inspection." A violation notice will be issued this week, once the paperwork is completed by Withrow's office. The state permitted the system, which is one of several larger ones recently released back to county control as state laws are revised. The problem at BCC is similar to one that has been an on-going problem See College, page 8 'Gentlemen's agreement' may not work Menhaden rule pursued By Kictaard Nubel Municipal Editor While a negotiated settlement to a dispute between Brunswick County beach towns and menhaden fishermen working waters off their shores is in the works, Long Beach wants its request for a rule forcing pogey fishermen farther offshore kept active. Mayor Joan Altman notified the state Marine Fisheries Commis sion of the town's desire to keep its request for a rule active in a September 1 letter to commission chairman Robert Lucas. Long Beach has asked other county beach towns to send similar letters. "The towns remain willing to negotiate such an agreement and are interested in reaching a compromise on this issue; however, we ask • that our request for a rule remain active," Altman wrote. Early this summer at the urging of commissioner Jeff Ensminger, Long Beach's town council adopted a resolution asking the Marine Fisheries Commission to adopt a rule banning menhaden fishing from within 1.5 nautical miles of the Brunswick County shoreline from May 1 to September 30. The resolution also asked that menhaden fishing be banned from within a half-mile of the beachfront from October 1 to December 31. Five other Brunswick County beach towns, including Caswell Beach and Yaupon Beach, joined Long Beach in its request, adopting similar resolutions. But, Marine Fisheries Commission members did not directly enter tain the towns' requests at an August 27 meeting in which the resolutions appeared on the commission's agenda. "At the Marine Fisheries Commission meeting, the commission’s counsel stated that the towns' request did not constitute a request for See Menhaden, page 8 Big Sweep clean-up invites volunteers to day at beach Boaters, sunbathers and fishermen all contribute to the problem of aquatic litter. Each year in Brunswick County, thousands of pounds of plastic wrap pers, plastic bottles, aluminum carta and cigarette butts are either tossed directly into the water, or thrown to the ground where they eventually are washed by rain into the nearest water way. The debris poses a danger not only to fish and wildlife, but also to hu mans. To mitigate the problem* thousands of volunteers lata out statewide each year for the First Citizens Bank Big Sweep waterway cleanup. Last yew, tans of trash from the state's water ways. The event will be held in Brun swick Geunty this Saturday, Sep her 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ft 111 In the Southport-Oak Island area

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