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LBUP:
Replace
majority
By Richard Nubel
Municipal F.ditur
Long Beach United for Progress, in
a letter mailed to selected addresses
last week, has called for replacement
ot a “majority" of town council mem
bers and mayor Joan P. Altman this
election vear.
LBUP president Rupert Riley says
the group will unveil the candidates
it will support this year at a 7 p.m.
meeting Thursday at the VFW Post
building on 50th Street SE.
"Please support us in our effort to
replace the current council majority
and mayor," Riley wrote. "Attend our
next meeting ... and meet the candi
dates we support for election to re
place this majority and mayor."
The undated letter, sent to "Deai
Friend" and signed bv Riley, does not
identify the town councilors the r« c
istered political action comm, ve
considers to be "the currem r 1 i
council majority." The lettt■- n.
ever, asks citizens to suppo :
dates who will replace this mat ty.
wnne me letter also ' s u mr
supports replacement of ma ,. 'oan
Altman, she will run unopposed in li
November 7 election i> ."ing the
emergence of a write-in candidate.
The deadline by which candidates
were to have filed notice of intent to
seek election expired at noon August
1.
"We are full-time residents living
mostly in the wooded area and thor
ough! \ enjoy our wonderful
lifestyle." Riley wrote in the letter
many received last week. "We feel
that the current town council major
ity and the mayor are ignoring oppor
tunities to improve this Idestvle for
all of us. We seek support of candi
dates to replace the current town
council majority and mayor."
The Riley letter -- which he asks
recipients to keep "for reference on
Election Day” -- outlines 12 things
LBIJP supports: Community Watch,
paid tire and rescue personnel, en
torcement of town ordinances, state
and federal laws, a town personnel
board and personnel policy, relocation
of street lights to intersections, under
ground utilities, removal of fallen
trees and brush from vacant lots as
mosquito control, recycling and open
See Majority, page 8
‘We feel that the
current town council
majority and the
mayor are ignoring
opportunities to
improve this
lifestyle for all of
us;
INSIDE
Opinion 4
Police report 11
Business 15
Obituaries 16
Church 4B
TV schedule 6B
Notices 6C
District Court 7C
Classifieds II)
1'h , * . . I’hoto by Jim Harper
i ne crisp autumn days of football season will be upon us soon enough, but No. 53 and other county ath
Ictes will swelter through a lot more hot and muggy practices hefbre then. Competition for South Brunswick
High gridders begins August 22 with the.UCB Jamboree in W ilmington.
Monday session
Citizens to have input
on trash ’tipping fees’
By Terry Pope
County liditoi
County commissioners will give residents an open
microphone Monday to voice iheir concerns about gar
bage tipping lees and restructuring how the county
handles its trash
A public hearing will he held August lb at 5 pan. in
the commission chambers at the county government cen
ter near Is
green box
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truck then -
Su ppK
The pi.i!
com e n ice
build cil 1
Commissioners « .1:11 to eliminate all
disposal sites, build more manned con
' and require all eoinmereial haulers to
de to a transler siali. ai at the laitdlill near
're commissioners uould tub. existing
Hons and re\ \cling centers tor residents,
onal stations and keep the big mir ks from
-See Trash, page It)
Learning the ABCs
A challenge for county schools
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
1 hree Brunsw ick ( ounty schools achieved exemplary
orow th in student performance during the 1W6-97 school
year, three met expected growth and three did not reach
expected growth, according to first-year results of the
New ABC's program, the school improvement plan imple
mented last year hy the state Department of Public In
struction.
Elementary and middle schools entered the program
last year and high schools will be added this year.
"Exemplary" schools in Brunswick County are South
Brunswick Middle, Shallotte Middle and Waccamaw
Llcincii
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1 achieved expected growth ne 1 eland
‘ Elementary and 1 man 1’rimai v Schools
et expected growth are Sonlhpoi [ Idemen
Liementary Lincoln Piimarv schools and
mary.
est scores that summari/e student pertor
ing. writing and math wgie used to deter
a school met its expected growth standard
re reported as a percentage ot 'Indents per
ide level.
Helville Elementarv and Lincoln Pnmarv
- omhined to measure student grow th in kin
See Learning, page 6
'Bottom line'
Yaupon stays
the course on
sewer priority
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
Caswell Beach residents have
never been properly educated about
the cleanliness and safety of treated
wastewater spray-irrigation systems,
a consulting engineer told Yaupon
Beach commissioners.
They must he, said Coy Batten of
The Wooten Company, which inked
a SI 3,425 Engineering Services
Agreement for Wastew ater Treatment
Studies with Yaupon Beach Monday
night. The chief charge to the engi
neers is to boost Yaupon Beach's
treated wastewater disposal capacity
to its treatment capacity, 400,000 gal
lons per day (gpd) or more.
To do so. Yaupon Beach must look
to the Oak Island Golf and Country
Club as an area to spray treated efflu
ent for irrigation. While the five golf
course holes w hich he exclusively in
Yaupon Beach may provide sufficient
area to accept more than 400,000 gpd.
the town will look at the entire 18
hole golf course as a possible disposal
‘I think the reason
people (in Caswell
Beach) didn’t want
it before is because
they didn’t
understand it. We
need to educate
them.’
Coy Batten
Consulting engineer
site.
To fully utilize the golf course,
Yaupon Beach will need the coopera
tion ot Caswell Beach. Commission
ers in that town last year voted a ban
See Sewer, page S
Committee report
It's showtime
for local films
By Richard Nubel
Municipal fditor
A task force appointed h\ cit\ al
dermen has called tor establishment
ot a Southport Film Board and adop
tion of an ordinance setting out pro
cedures by which film production
companies may operate in Southport
and tees these companies will pav the
city to film movies here
1 he task force also has recom
mended the city move to torcetullv
protect use ot Us name a net idenlitv
“ The name Southport.' the citv
seal or flags, mav not be used with
out the written authorization ot the
Southport Board ot Aldermen,' the
committee has recommended.
t 1 tv aldermen will receive a final
report ot the task force when they
meet in regular monthlv session
Thursday night at ( itv Hall.
File Film task lorce was created
City aldermen will
receive a final report
of the task force
when they meet in
regular monthly
session Thursday
night at City Hall
earlier this summer when some resi
dents near the old vucht basin com
plained ot noise and traffic conges
tion associated with Screen Gems
Studios filming of the feature film
I Know What You Did Last Sum
mer Screen Gems received no re
See Films, page 10
fBRUNSWICK COUNTY SCHOOLS
j 997ABC's Growth & Performance
SCHOOL COMPOSITE STATUS
Bo/irille/Lincoln.55.2 No Recognition
.63.4 No Recognition
l*l*nd.62.9 Expected
Shpllotte.65.9 Exemplary
Sooth Brant. Middle.73.2 Exemplary
fouthport.64.9 No Recognition
Supply.67.8
ppion.63.6
Waccamaw.63.6
Expected
Expected
Exemplary
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