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tourney here
this weekend
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
Disappointed as weather has forced
cancellation of two major North Caro
■ lina tournaments this year, hundreds
of king mackerel fishermen will roll
into Southport as registration for the
granddaddy of them all, the U. S.
Open King Mackerel Tournament, is
held Thursday.
Held annually on the first weekend
in October at Southport Marina, the
U. S. Open is the oldest competitive
king mackerel fishing tournament in
the state.
“We have had to fight a few rumors
of our cancellation this year,” said
Southport-Oak Island Chamber of
Commerce executive vice-president
Karen Sphar. “There has been a good
deal of speculation that, because the
other two tournaments had to cancel
See Season, page 8
Mosquito
spraying
to begin
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Aerial spraying will begin this
week across Brunswick County to
combat a mosquito infestation which
has state and local health officials
concerned.
The state has contracted with K&K.
Aircraft Inc. of Bridgewater, VA, to
spray the county along with neighbor
ing Columbus, Bljd€n, Duplin,
Sampson and Robeson counties.
Planes will apply three ounces per
acre of Fyfanon, a technical grade of
malathion, an insecticide Brunswick
County Vector Control now uses to
spray communities by truck.
“It’s because of the health con
cerns, actually,” said Rick Hickman,
supervisor of Brunswick County Vec
tor Control. “As many mosquitoes as
there are out there, we’ve got to do
something. The older they become,
too, the more possible vectors they
become.”
State officials believe excessive
numbers of mosquitoes near popu
lated areas pose a health hazard be
See Mosquito, page 5
Forecast
Expect mostly sunny skies with
highs each day near 80 and lows near
60 for the period of Thursday through
Sunday.
INSIDE
Opinion. 4
Police report ... 10
Business ...... 12
Obituaries . . 13
Church......,, 5B
TV schedule ..,. OB
District Court . .* 7C
Classifieds ,.,.. ID
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AH sorts of people, including at least one buccaneer, turned out for
the Long Beach Family Fest in Middleton Park on Saturday. The low
pressure event was staffed by Long Beach town employees as well as
Photo by Jim Harper
other volunteers, and good food, good fun and good conversation was
shared by all.
Mine
games
First reading
of ordinance
next Monday
By Terry Pope
County Editor
A zoning change that faces a first
reading by county commissioners
Monday prohibits mining in heavy
manufacturing zones, including the
1,000 acres where Martin Marietta
Aggregates wants to open a rock
quarry just north of Southport.
It is the second phase of short-term
solutions commissioners have de
cided to pursue while awaiting word
from the N. C. Court of Appeals on
whether an anti-mining county ordi
nance, adopted in 1994 that Martin
Marietta has challenged is legally
binding. That ordinance was struck
down by the courts as unconstitu
tional this spring but the ruling has
been appealed by the county.
On September 3, commissioners
approved another countywide ordi
nance that prohibits all explosives,
including ones used to extract rock
from the ground, as a public safety
measure.
If first reading on the zoning
change is approved next week, a pub
lic hearing and final approval will
likely be held October 21. The rec
ommendations were quietly for
warded from the Brunswick County
Planning Board last week after no one
spoke at a public hearing. Martin
Marietta didn’t send any representa
tives to voice opposition to the
amendment, and no correspondence
has been received by county officials.
Martin Marietta has withdrawn its
state application to obtain a mining
permit for the 1,000-acre tract off
Bethel Church Road, but company
officials say they still have plans to
pursue the project at a later date.
The amendment would remove
mining as a permitted use from all
heavy manufacturing zones and make
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See Games, page 9
BRUNSWICK SCHOOLS
‘Our schools
deserve and need
our support, our
interest, our money,
our compassion and
our commitment.’
Rep. David Redwine
New ABC's a fresh start
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
Some federal and state legislators would
abolish the public school system if given the
chance, so educators must remain vigilant
and let their lawmakers know how they feel
about public education, Rep. David Redwine
(D-Ocean Isle Beach) told Brunswick
County teachers of the year at a Communi
ties In Schools luncheon last week.
“You need to be a good advocate and sit
down and write that letter or make that phone
call,” Redwine said. “There is an attempt by
some people to condemn the public school
system as we know it, and there are people
out there who will throw you in a ditch and
leave you there.”
State legislators have harmed public edu
cation by passing education reform plans and
then abandoning them before they have a
chance to work, he said. But, he added, with
the passage of the “New ABCs” plan, indi
vidual schools finally will have the flexibil
ity they need to develop student perfor
mance improvement programs tailored to
unique student populations.
“The ABCs plan is based on the philoso
phy that we all believe in but haven’t had
the good sense to put into effect until now,”
Redwine said. “That philosophy is simply
that local school boards and, even more
importantly, individual school committees,
parents, teachers, administrators know a
whole lot more about what is needed in their
See Start, page 11
Bond support organized
Brunswick County community leaders will convene Tbesday, October 8,6:30 p.m.,
at Supply Elementary School to kick-off a campaign in support of school construc
tion and highway bond referenda that will appear on state ballots in the November 5
election.
If approved, the bonds will provide $1.8 billion for school construction and $950
million for highways and roads.
Brunswick County’s share of the funding would be $7.86 million for school con
struction and $1.37 million for roads.
The joint bond campaign is being organized at the state level by the North Carolina
Partnership for Schools and Roads, and is headed locally by Brunswick County su
perintendent of schools Marion Wise.
“Superintendents in every school district in our state have been asked to take the
lead in convening an organizational meeting to form a local committee to support the
statewide bond campaign,” Wise said. “Leaders throughout the county need to join
hands to form a Brunswick County Partnership for Schools and Roads. This is a monu
mental endeavor that is to be initiated in a short period of time.”
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McDuffie
on TV
. Assistant superintendent of Brunswick
County schools and Wachovia Bank’s 19%
Principal of the Year Mary McDuffie will dis
cuss the state’s public school system on the
UNC-TV program “North Carolina People”
to air Friday, October 4,8:30 p.m., and again
on Sunday, October 6,5:30 p.m.
McDuffie was principal of Seventy-First
High School in Fayetteville when she won the
prestigious award and recently was hired as
Brunswick County’s assistant superintendent
: for curriculum and instruction.
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