Sports
Preston McGriff is a tower
of strength but he can’t carry
Seahawks by himself — 1C
Neighbors
Outdoor displays are light
ing up Christmas spirits —
and sometimes the sky -- IB
Our Town
Southport has granted a
conditional use permit for
Bald Head project — Page 2
Yaupon
sewer
Golf course plan
may be stymied
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
A new problem has arisen that may
put an end to plans to spray-irrigate
the Oak Island Golf and Country Club
golf course with treated effluent from
the Yaupon Beach wastewater treat
ment plant.
And, this new development places
additional pressure on Yaupon Beach
officials to seek an alternative means
of disposing of some 400,000 to
500,000 gallons of wastewater each
day.
Engineers had figured a naturally
existing pond on the 18th hole of the
golf course could be used as a reten
tion pond in which to store treated
wastewater prior to spraying it to ir
rigate the golf course. As engineers
See Yaupon, page 6
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mitted early.
The staff of The State Part
Pilot wishes you a happy and
safe Christmas holiday.
The adult and children’s choirs and drama ministry of Southport
Baptist Church joined a capacity congregation in celebration of the
Christmas season with “Festival of Carols” on Sunday evening.
Photo by Jim Harper
Observances of the most popular Christian holiday will continue in
community churches through Sunday, concluding with evening can
dlelight services (listed under “Sermon Topics” inside).
'Report Card'
Scores vary
by districts
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
Variations in socioeconomic conditions and levels of parental involvement
in Brunswick County largely explain the differences among end-of-course
test scores in county schools, officials say.
In general, schools in the southern part of the county scored above county
average, schools in the western part of the county scored about average and
schools in the northern part scored below average.
School officials say the scores reflect socioeconomic conditions in the three
sections of the county.
“I’ve been in some of these homes, and some people's pets have a better
See Scores, page 10
End-of-Course Percentiles
May Moore had distinguished career as Mayor
Retiring Yaupon Beach mayor
Legacy is incomplete
“The only two jobs I ever had were
garbage and mayor -- and I thoroughly
enjoyed being mayor.”
May Moore
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
The mayor who leaves behind as
her legacy toYaupon Beach a strong
commitment to the environment, to
sound financial planning, to develop
ment of the single biggest public
works project the town will ever un
dertake, began her career in town gov
ernment with garbage.
May Moore was appointed first to
the board of commissioners of the
Town of Yaupon Beach in April,
1983, and was promptly assigned the
role of garbage commissioner by her
trusting fellow board members and
mayor Bob Wilson. Well, she also had
a few other responsibilities ~ like
beachfront maintenance and recre
ation programs that scarcely existed
then. She was also put in charge of
mosquito control.
Last Monday, Moore presided over
her last meeting of the board of com
missioners of the Town of Yaupon
Beach. She opted not to seek reelec
tion this year.
But, the appointee of 1983 who
would win election in her own right
in 1985 and win election as mayor in
1987 by fellow commissioners for the
first of four times, doesn’t blame any
“ol’ boy” system of municipal poli
tics for her early and humble govern
ment assignments.
“I was the town mother in charge
of trash and I stayed so for many
years,” Moore said Thursday, three
days after she presided over her final
board meeting.
“It wasn’t that I was the only fe
male, that’s just where people tradi
tionally start - sanitation, recreation
and the beach.”
“1 think sanitation and thd beach
were hard,” the mayor recalled of her
earliest responsibilities in town gov
emment.
Those jobs were also a hard launch
ing pad from which to propel oneself
into a distinguished career in local
government.
“With the beach, it continues to
erode. With the garbage, it gets col
lected. With mosquitoes, they con
tinue to bite,” Moore observed.
But, distinguish herself Moore did.
And, when her predecessor Wilson
decided to end nine years as mayor
in 1987 Moore was ready to step into
the big job in town government.
And there she has stayed for the last
eight years, guiding the town through
its usual growing pains and through
its biggest challenge - development
of a public wastewater management
system begun in 1990 and, unfortu
nately, still uncompleted today.
The transition from “town mother
in charge of trash” to mayor allowed
See Legacy, page 11
Long
Beach
Town finances
in good shape
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
Three new councilors joined
mayor Joan Altman and three
returning councilors to repeat oaths
of office as the governing body of
the Town of Long Beach met and
reorganized Tuesday night.
Sworn to office by resident
District Court judge Napoleon B.
(Poli) Barefoot Jr. to succeed them
selves were mayor Altman and
councilors Horace Collier. Jeff
Ensminger and Kevin Bell, all
reelected in November. Repeating
the oath of office for the first time as
Long Beach town councilors were
newly elected members Helen
Cashwell, Frances Allen and Doris
Hertel.
But, amid the pomp and circum
stance of installation ceremonies,
independent auditor Menton Padgett
may have delivered the most signif
icant news of the night.
Last year, when presenting state
mandated audit results to council for
the year ending in June, 19$4,
Padgett pronounced Long Beach ‘in
the strongest cash position ever."
Padgett could have said the same
this year, but didn’t.
A synopsis of audit findings for
the year ended June 30, 1995.
showed the town increased fund
balances in its two government
funds and increased retained earn
See Long Beach, page 15
Northern
sewer plan
advanced
By Terry Pope
County Editor
A regional sewer plan for northern
Brunswick County is gaining support.
A resolution approved by the
Brunswick County Board of Com
missioners on Monday endorses the
Leland Sanitary District’s plan to link
resources with the Lower Cape Fear
Water and Sewer Authority and draft
a comprehensive sewer study for the
northern communities.
Leland town government has be
come bogged down in sewer negotia
tions with the Town of Belville, which
See Sewer plan, page 6
Forecast
A cold front moves through
the area bringing with it winter
weather. Highs each day only in
the 40's.
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