f > The annual Freedom Run attracted 300 runners, but winners are familiar — 1C / Nej/ e Fou/ The Fou celebratec record-bn ‘Save the Cape’ at Bald Head points towards option from developer — Page 2 Brunswick Waste contract extended By Terry Pope County Editor Brunswick County has contracted with Waste Industries Inc. for another year to haul garbage to an incinerator near Fayetteville and to operate its three county transfer stations at Southport, l.eland and Ocean Isle Beach. "Has theit service improved to where I can in good conscience vote to extend the contract'.’" asked Dis trict 3 commissioner Leslie Collier of Long Beach last week. She referred to numerous com plaints from residents filed with com missioners over operation of the transfer stations in the past. Waste Industries has served the county since March, 1992, hut in the last six months it has operated under a new supervisor of services in Brunswick County. In the past, residents have com plained about the cleanliness of the See Waste, page 8 Assistants join Wise's school team By Holly Edwards feature Editor The personnel director for the N. C. Department of Public Instruction and the 1996 North Carolina princi pal of the vear were hired Monday to serve as assistant superintendents for Brunswick County schools. At the recommendation of super intendent of schools Marion Wise, the board ol education unanimously voted to hire Clarence Willie to serve as assistant superimendent for opera tional services, and Mary McDuflie as assistant superintendent for instruc tional services. Wiilie will replace Jan Calhoun, whose contract was not renewed last month, and McDuffie will replace Oscar Blanks Jr, who resigned last vear due to health reasons. Both will be paid S7(),(K)() a year but their contracts have not been ii nali/ed McDuffie's strong points include See School team, page 8 Forecast Hoi ami humid arc '.shat ssc have in store tor lire test ot the week and weekend lemperatures \s ill he in the upper Sd s and loss 'Mi s ss ith Ileal III dex readme.' up to lid INSIDE Hurricane map . 10 District Court .. jl Business . Obituaries Church .. Pilot TV . Classifieds . . • 13 ! 7 It Photo by Jim Harper Juan Manuel Rueda, backed by friends and well-wishers, sang for joy evening was Col. Donald Parker, and keynote speaker was former U. S. July 3 as he became a naturalized American citizen along with 55 oth- education secretary William Bennett, ers in a ceremony on the grounds of Fort Johnston. Host for the SBSD Plans change course By Richard Nubel Municipal Editor Consulting engineer David L. Pond brought Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District commissioners some good news and some bad news Monday morning. The bad: Soils at the Brunswick County Airport will only be suitable to accept some 60,000 gallons of treated wastewater effluent per day and not the 100,000 gpd engineers had hoped to spray on that property for irrigation. The good: Absorption tests on the planned golf course adjacent to the Arbor Creek subdivision indicate the entire 500,000-gpd projected treatment capacity of the district’s plant can be sprayed for irrigation there. Concentrating flow on the one golf course disposal site will save SBSD an estimated $600,000, the engineer said. “While the airport seems some what negative, if we can save $600,000 and redirect that to the City of Southport, that seems like a good option," Pond, of W. K. Dickson Inc. consulting engineers, said. He said if project costs were cut See Plans, page 8 A major concern Federal cuts threaten Lockwood Folly Inlet Bv Terry Pope County Editor It dredge funds are cut from the federal budget, maintenance of the Lockwood Folly River will all hut cease. Id local fishermen it is a tremendous concern. "II the Lockwood Folly Inlet is closed, I predict that within two or three years there will never be another shell I ish taken from that river,” said Arden Moore of Shallotte, president of the C'arolinas Commercial Fisherman’s Association. Moore has asked the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners to revive the county fishermen’s See Lockwood, page 8 ‘If the Lockwood Folly Inlet is closed, I predict that within two or three years there will never be another shellfish taken from that river.’ Arden Moore Shallotte fisherman Wilson's plans Live Oak store By Richard Nubel Municipal Editor Wilson's supermarket owners plan to locate a store at Live Oak Village Shopping Center, across from Food 1 ion on Long Beach Road. The long-rumored move was her alded in a July 3 letter to city man ager Rob Gandy from Wilson's con sulting engineers, who seek to have the Live Oak Village location -- for merly a Winn-Dixie supermarket -- removed from the City of Southport water system. Hannaford Brothers ( ompany, of Portland, ML, owner of Wilson's supermarkets, wish to install a sprinkler system in the Live Oak Village location. That sprinkler sys tem cannot be supported by meager How at the terminus of the city water system. A Brunswick County water main also runs by Live Oak Village, at the intersection of N. C. 21 1 and N. ('. 133, which will support the sprinkler system. Aldermen have been asked to "re lease" Wilson's supermarket from the city water system so it may connect to the county water system at Live Oak Village. The city board of aider men is to entertain that request Thurs day night as it meets in regular monthly session beginning at 7 p.m. "We are the civil engineers for a proposed Wilson's supermarket which is to be built in the existing building space at Live Oak (Village) See Wilson’s, page X Marine band performs here on Thursday Thought the Fourth of July celebration in Southport was over? Well, to keep the patriotic juices flowing in Southport just a little longer, the N. C. Fourth of July Festival Committee will present the renowned Second Marine Division Band from Camp Lejeune in concert on the Garrison at Fort Johnston Thursday. The free concert will begin at 7 p.m. The band will perform a tuneful array of military, classical, jazz and show music. The Second Division Marine Band has entertained presidents, the Queen of England and numerous heads of state. It has won many awards. Those attending the free concert are advised to bring lawn chairs or blankets to the Garrison for seating. Alcoholic bev erages are prohibited. / Beaches were packed too 'Largest ever' crowds (again) attend festival By Richard Nubel Municipal 1 • d i lor Where in the world did they all come from? By just about everybody's estima tion more people attended the N. C. Fourth of July Festival last week and more people visited Oak Island than at anv.time ever before. Official crowd estimates are hard to come by, but the word "largest" kept popping up in everybody’s con versation in immediate post-festival dav s. "F.veryone I've talked to, includ ing those who have seen more testi v als than I have, keeps telling me the parade and fireworks crowds were the largest ever," said 1996 festiv al presi dent Karen Sphar-Hope. "II that is true, I have a lot ot people to thank - - not only the many who attended the festival, but the many volunteers who served festival committees which en tertained the crowds once thev got here.” "It was the largest crowd that I hav e seen in Southport in my seven sears, both at the parade and at the Julv 4 evening entertainment and fire works," Southport police chiet Bob Gray said. The huge crowds that ventured to the city this Fourth of July could have been attributable to the unusuallv large population swell that hit Oak Island this holiday week. "I think it was the largest crowd I ve seen in I 1 years." l ong Beach police chiet Dannv L.aughren said. Laughren said more people mat have stayed in Long Beach than in any other week's period ever. Again, official estimates ol Long Beach and Oak Island population are [.ol made. "Everyone I talked to sass there were at least 50,000 people," chiet I aughren said. "Normally we t e got '5,000to 40,000 and there were much more than normal.” 1 he Biggest adaptation law en See Festival, page 6 TOP STORIES ON THE INTERNET www.southport.net

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