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[ By Richard Nubel
[ Municipal Editor
Should he be reelected November
5, and should the Democratic Party
regain majority status of the N. C.
House of Representatives, David
Redwine of Brunswick County says
REDWINE
he will likely
seek election as
Speaker of the
House come
January.
"I've been en
couraged by a
number of my
friends to run for
speakership,”
Redwine said
Monday. I nave done some prelimi
nary sounding-out of my friends --
other members across the state -- and
they have been very supportive. Ob
viously, we have to win a majority
first.”
Redwine, 48, of Ocean Isle Beach
has represented the 14th House Dis
trict -- Brunswick and Columbus
counties and a portion of New
'y Vtanover County - for 13 years. At
1 the conclusion of the last session of
the General Assembly, Redwine was
ranked the third most effective mem
See Redwine, page 6
County
ballots
clarified
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
ll should have said "or AGAINST."
Brunswick County Board of Elec
tions supervisor l.ynda Britt this week
said a printing error in voting instruc
tions for the referendum on terms of
office for county commissioners and
school hoard members will he cor
rected in a special hand-out provided
each voter.
The proposition at referendum is:
“Election of the Brunswick Counts
Board of Commissioners and the
See Ballots, page 11
Forecast
Cool, crisp weather ahead with
mostly sunny skies and highs each
day 70 to 75. We can expect lows in
the 4l)'s lor the period of Thursday
through Sunday.
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new 500,000-gallon Long Beach water storage tower at 31st Street SE. The half-milli, ..-gallon capacity of the
tank is expected to assure the town enough storage capacity to see it through the m t 20 years.
BmnswickLearning Center
Teen moms discover
the learning formula
Quarry, restricted
Mining rules
adopted, but
battle looms
By Terry Pope
County Editor
New mining regulations adopted by
county commissioners Monday got
their first taste of opposition as Mar
tin Marietta Aggregates officials
questioned if the new rules are aimed
at halting the company's project off
Bethel Church Road.
Commissioners approved the rules
that ban quarrying from all current
zoning districts but allow the activity
in a rural industrial zone, a Boating
designation of which none presently
exists in the county.
"I m wondering it the zoning
amendment was for the purpose of
stopping the Martin Marietta project
between Bethel Church Road and the
See Mining, page 6
The rules clarify
definitions for
mining, borrow pits
and quarrying and
delete mining and
quarrying as
permitted activities
in heavy
manufacturing zones
Regional problem
Group wants
state's input
in waste plan
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
Municipal and county leaders and
the state's legislative delegation are
to meet with representatives of N. C.
Department of Environment, Health
and Natural Resources in Raleigh to
day (Wednesday) in hopes of form
ing a partnership to seek wastewater
disposal alternatives.
Members of the Brunswick County
Effluent Disposal Organization
(BCEDO), a coalition of municipal
governments and Brunsw ick County,
sought the meeting, said Long Beach
mayor Joan Altman, BCEDO s chair
man. Representatives E David
Redwine and Dewey Hill of the 14th
House District and Sen. R. C. Soles
See Waste, page 6
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‘We need to partner
with the state to
develop alternatives
to land application.
Right now the
options are limited
to land application.’
Joan Altman
BCEDO chairman
By Holly Edwards
I future Editor
Despite the high hurdles ahead of
them, teen moms pursuing their high
school diplomas at the Brunswick
I.earning Center seem remarkably
upbeat.
Some have been shunned by their
family and Iriends, most receive no
financial assistance from the babv's
hither, and all of them struggle daily
to attend to their baby's needs as well
as their own.
Yet. ask these girls what they be
lieve the tuture holds tor them and
most reply that they hope to obtain a
college degree and pursue careers in
fields such as law. psychology, medi
cine or the military.
"Before I got pregnant, I wasn't
worried about getting an education or
trying to get through high school,"
said Ih-year-old Jackie, who is due
to have her first child next month.
"But now that I'm pregnant I know
that I have to have an education for
the child. I think it made me more
responsible"
Many ol the teen mothers at the
learning center are dropouts who
opted to return to school when they
‘They had a lot of
choices along the
way, and they’ve
made some
courageous ones.’
Linda Shaddix
Project director
heard about the lccn Family Devel
opment project, headed by Linda
Shaddix.
I he main goals ot the project are
to make sure teens get through high
school without a second pregnanes
"This is the first time I've been
back at school in three years." said
17-year-old Rickie, who has a 17
month-old daughter. "My daughter
made me want to come back. School
is what helps me."
While all 24 ol the teen parents in
See Formula, page 6
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at the Southport Baptist ( liurch Lay School during Fire Prevention Week. Educational program
conducted at South Brunswick Middle School, the Montessori school and Southport Elementan
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