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Sports | South Brunswick travels to Whiteville Friday in search of 3rd conference win - 1C Road, school bonds Elementary, middle school construction By Holly Edwards Feature Editor A new elementary school, a new middle school, an additional 13 miles of paved road surface and the expedited construction of the Wilmington Outer Loop would be the primary benefits to Brunswick County if school construction and highway bond referenda are approved in the November 5 elec tion. That’s the consensus reached by community leaders who gathered Tuesday evening at Supply Elementary School to kick-off a countywide campaign in support of See Bonds, page 10 A-D-M tax value question By Terry Pope County Editor A tax consultant has been hired by Brunswick County to study the dis pute over property valuations at the Archer-Daniels-Midland Corp. plant near Southport. ADM doesn’t agree with the Brunswick County Tax Department’s assessment of taxes due on the citric acid plant and has filed for a hearing before the N. C. Property Tax Com mission. The county estimated ADM’s real property assessed value for 1995 at more than $19 million while ADM officials claim it is closer to*$13 million. The company did agree on personal property values assessed by the county and, in the midst of the dis pute, have paid 1994 taxes due. The company has filed a complaint for the 1995-96 tax years, prompting county commissioners to hire Thomas A. Tinker and Associates of Lexington, KY, to review figures before the dis pute heads to the state commission. “If someone with expertise in ap See Question, page 6 ' ■M* m*amssa»asBm The Easy Times family fishing team of Yaupon Beach were winners of the 1996 U. S. OpenKing Mackerel Tournament and combined top prizes of $40,885 awarded Saturday. Posing with the winning 37.75-poiind kmg mackerel are (from left) grandson Wally TVayah, brothers James and Charles Wilson Jr. and father and grandfather Charles Wilson Sr. of Yaupon Beach. Locals finish one-two in U. S. Open fishing D.. r»• 1_1 M..L ■■» J I1U1 U MUUVI Municipal Editor Nearly $51,000 of the more umn dwarueu ai me 1 vvo u. b. upen Kang Mack erel Tournament Saturday will stay home in Southport Oak Island. Charlie Wilson of Yaupon Beach and Donnie Potter of Southport led the local assault on the Cape Fear kingfish population, bringing home first and second prizes, respec tively. For Wilson, owner of Oak Island Sporting Goods, the U. S. Open was a family affair. Fishing with him aboard fcasy 1 imes were his sons Charlie and James and grandson Wally Trayah. Wilson says ihe winning catch was taken off Shallotte Inlet around 9 a.m. Saturday. “We knew we had a money fish and we felt like it would beat the one on Friday,” Wilson recalled as the 37.75-pounder was pulled into the boat. "So, as soon as we got it in the boat we headed in." Just before the winner struck one of the Easy Times crew’s lines, another king bumped the boat. “When that fish hit the line, it just ran a short distance See U. S. Open, page 10 'Unaffiliated1 grows 38,835 county voters eligible By lerry Pope County Editor The number of unaffiliated regis tered voters continues to grow in Brunswick County, currently at 11 percent. It is the fastest-growing segment of registered voters that help make up the pool of 38,835 now eligible to cast ballots on November 5. Those num bers are sure to increase this week before the deadline to register on Fri day, October 11. “It’s getting busier and busier here each day,” said Lynda Britt, Brunswick County Board of Elections supervisor, on Monday. She opened a stack of registration cards that arrived by mail from the N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles. One way to register to vote is by “mo tor-voter” registration when renewing or obtaining a driver’s license at the local examiner’s office. Current statistics show there are 20,672 Democrats, 13,878 Republicans and 4,281 unaffiliated registered voters in Brunswick County Another way is to obtain a mail-in application form at local libraries or the elections office at the government center near Bolivia. Or residents may want to register in person at the elec tions office, located inside the coop See Voters, page 6 Beavers to blame Blasting rules get shored-up By Terry Pope County Editor An anti-blasting ordinance the county adopted last month had to be replaced with a newer version on Monday. It flows back to beavers. Locally, explosives are used to de stroy beaver dams which are built in places that cause water to back up and flood property and highways. Under the former ordinance, those dynamite blasts were also prohibited. County agencies contract to blast beaver dams, but the money used to pay for the project comes in the form of special grants through the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. “They won i give a grant to any body that violates a local rule,” said county attorney Huey Marshall. Marshall, who was hired earlier this year, said he made what he thought was a complete investigation into the blasting industry before he proposed the public safety ordinance last month that protects the underground Castle Hayne aquifer from explosive activ ity. It will also block the Martin Marietta Aggregates Corp. from blasting for rock at a proposed min ing site north of Southport. “I have not seen any data that ex plains why it is necessary to allow for the vibration of the Castle Hayne aquifer," said Marshall. “That’s what explosives could do, vibrate and dam age the aquifer.” But being new to the county, Marshall wasn't aware of the battle against the beaver population the N. C. Department of Transportation and local farmers wage in a continuous battle against nature. “I had no idea there were so many in this county,” said Marshall. “1 thought they were nearly extinct.” The new ordinance still prohibits persons and private corporations from setting off any explosives in the county, but it doesn’t apply to any branch of the federal or stale govern ment from “prudent and necessary surface destruction of natural or arti See Blasting, page 6 Rain, high water left in Josephine's wake Tropical storm brings bigger tides than Fran By Richard Nubel Municipal Editor She was hardly a rival for the attention given her bigger, badder sisters Bertha and Fran, but extratro pical storm Josephine grabbed center stage in Southport s old yacht basin early Tuesday as she blew across the Southport-Oak Island area with sustained winds of 55 miles per hour. The Cape Fear pilots tower reported Josephine let go a gust of 64 miles per hour at 6:01 a.m. See Josephine, page 6 Kathy Melton shoves debris from the street in front of Potter’s Seafood Tuesday morning after tropical storm Josephine pushed tides higher than did either hurricanes Bertha or Fran. TOP STOKIfeS IFI> I HL IINTEKINET ww^MTthportn eF
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