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October 4,1995
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VOLUME 65/ NUMBER 6 SOUTHPORT, N.C. 50 CENTS
Sports
Will South Brunswick be
tooting its own horn after
Friday night’s game? 1C
'Open'
season
on fish
By Richard Nuhel
Municipal Lditor
Southport assumes center stage
this weekend as the Southport-Oak
Island Chamber of Commerce and
Southport Marina host the 17th an
nual U. S. Open King Mackerel
Tournament, perhaps the most re
spected saltwater fishing tourna
ment on the Last Coast.
Over Slot).IKK) in cash prizes
have been guaranteed -- including
$25,000 to the lucky crew which
boats the largest king mackerel --
and another S50.000 has been
added to the purse for a state record
in excess of 70 pounds.
1005 tournament chairman D. V.
Jones stationed himself squarely at
the fool of A Dock at Southport
Marina, gazing out over the
Intracoastal Waterway, planning
last-minute details of the weekend.
He and his committee are planning
for a big 'un.
"We’re looking for about 500 to
550 boats." Jones said. "Some
where in that neighborhood. We’re
gearing up for that many any way."
If ever the stage were set for a
great turnout at the C. S. Open, this
is the year. Although sportsfishing
craft have been tossed about this
late summer and early fall by a
string of tropical storms and worse.
Monday and Tuesday of this week
brought scarcely a breeze across
the Southport-Oak Island area and
itsolfshore waters. Hurricane Opal
may threatened a blow in the Gulf,
but the Atlantic showed no signs
of disruption.
Most of all. the kings are biting.
"The fish are in our vicinity and
we just want them all to "come out'
and catch them,’; Jones said.
Area waters have already pro
See Fish, page 10
Forecast
The extended forecast calls for
partly cloudy skies with a chance of
showers and warm weather with
highs each day in the mid 8U's .
Tide table
HIGH LOW
THURSDAY. OCTOBER S
1:01a.m. 8:30 a.m.
1:25 p.m. 0:06 p.m.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6
3:16 a.m. 0:21a.m.
3:50 p.m. 10:02 p.m.
SATU RDAY.OCTOBER 7
4:00a.m. 10:15a.m.
4:44 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
5:04 a.m. 11:10 a.m.
5:38 p.m. 11:57 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9
6:50 a.m. 12:04 a.m.
6:20 p.m. 12:40 p.m.'
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10
6:51a.m. „ 12:55 a.m.
7:17 p.m. -p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER U
8:30 a.m. 1:36 a.m.
8:01a.m. 1:43 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; Lockwood Folly, high -22, low -8.
Long Beach primary is Tuesday
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
Long Beach voters will go to the polls Tuesday to narrow
the field of those who would be members of town council.
Only two of the 14 candidates who filed notice of their in
tent to seek election in May will be cut from the field. The
remaining 12 will go on to vie for six council seats in the No
vember 7 general election.
All balloting will be conducted at the Long Beach Recre
ation Center. The polling place will open at 6:30 a.m. and will
close at 7:30 p.m. Ballots will be counted bv electronic tabula
tor as voting progresses through the day. In the absence of any
mechanical anomalies, the results should be read minutes af
ter the voting machine is cracked open Tuesday night. Elec
tion results will be canvassed. and likely certified, next Thurs
day at the county board of elections office at Bolivia.
The election of 1945 marks the first time in decades that all
members of council will stand for election at one time. That
event was spurred by the move to a two-year council term
imposed as the result of a special, referendum prior to the 1993
municipal election.
Long Beach began employing the non-partisan primary elec
tion process in 1985. The election of 1983 drew 13 candidates
for election to three contested seats on the board of commis
sioners and many voters complained of the plurality election
held that year brought to office candidates who were not the
choice of a clear majority. The non-partisan primary was to
pair the number of candidates to two per available seat on the
board.
Tuesday's ballot will not feature a race tor mavor of Long
Beach, as only two candidates - incumbent .loan P. Altman
and challenger Marvin Watson - have tiled in nice of intent to
seek that office.
The names of the 14 council candidates will appear on the
single ballot and voters w ill be asked to chose up to six candi
dates. The top 12 vote-getters bv evening's end will go on to
seek voter approval in the general election.
All incumbent council members hav e chosen to seek re-elec
tion. They are. in order of their appearance on the ballot: Kevin
M. Bell. R. W hitnev Bovd. Horace Collier. William D. Haslev
III. Jeffrie D. Lnsmihger and Danny C Leonard. Challengers,
in ballot-order are. Frances Allen. David 1. Buchman. Helen
C. Cashvvell. Joann 1 indsay Crosby. Doris Hertel. l.ubv (i
Hollingsworth. Rupert Riley and J. K. Somers
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
• .<* hi in .—■ m ■■ i
The Clown family — Sassy, Frassy and Boo —
helped celebrate Family Fest 1995 and the 40th
birthday of Long Beach Saturday in Middleton
Photo by Jim Harper
Park when residents were treated to band and
choral music, clogging, dunking fun, a piece of
birthday cake and a general good time.
Long distance^ a hangup
Other chambers seek
extended area service
The South Brunswick Islands and North Brunswick
chambers of commerce have joined the Southport-Oak
Island chamber in an effort to extend local calling
throughout Brunswtck County.
Local calling service in Brunswick is divided between
Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. and Southern Bell
territories. Support is mounting to petition the Public
Utilities Commission for a cost study of extending
countywide the locaI*calling area.
The extended service would not change one’s local
carrier but would add a monthly charge for the extra
service. In 1980 a cost study computed the additional
charge at $1.65 per month.
The Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce
Business Development Committee has been working for
several months to secure resolutions of support from
municipalities in the county.
To date, the committee has received resolutions of sup
port from the Brunswick County Board of Commission
ers, Brunswick County Economic Development Com
mission, Bald Head Island, Boiling Spring Lakes, Bo
livia, Caswell Beach, Long Beach, Southport, Yaupon
Beach and the Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District.
The committee plans to request support from all mu
nicipalities in the county.
Those who have supported the resolution feel that true
countywide local calling would bring Brunswick County
closer and be aservice to business and residents.
Municipalities affected
County water
rate increases
recommended
By Terry Pope
County Uditor
Water rates are going up. It's just a
matter of when.
Recommendations forwarded to
the Brunsw ick County Board of Com
missioners Monday include retail and
wholesale hikes to eliminate system
dependency on tax dollars within four
years. That could raise customer bills
the first year by 79 percent.
But commissioners won't make a
final decision until October lb.
At a special meeting Monday, the
Brunsw ick County Utility Operations
Board held off on a proposal to charge
See Water, page 6
If wholesale rate
increases are
passed on to
municipal
customers, as
expected, it could
result in a 79
percent jump in
water bills the first
year
Schools' agenda
full on Thursday
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
An upcoming curriculum audit, a meeting w ith the North Carolina Asso
ciation of Educators (NCAE) attorney, a report on findings of a salary study,
discussion with a consultant about plans for construction of a new central
office, a proposal by principals to create time for staff development, and a
discussion of the pros and cons of site-based management are among items
on the agenda for discussion Thursday by the Brunswick County Board of
Education.
The board has scheduled the planning session to begin at ft a.m. at Brunsw ick
See Schools, page 10
Dupont plant manager Rob Burger (right) and employee Claude
Robinson present a $20,000 check to Brunswick County Communities
‘ In Schools executive director Cynthia Tart. The grant will help CIS
address the educational needs of children at risk of academic failure for
any number of reasons, Tart said. Tart is seeking businesses and indi
viduals throughout the county to help bring community resources into
county schools.