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The State Port VOLUME 67/ NUMBER 18 SOUTHPORT N,C 50 CENTS m Sports South Brunswick’s girls meet one of the top teams in the state in Hoggard — 1C Music 1 during th througho 3 JX Negot; of senior Long Be; SBSD Sewer billing ■ Laundromat owner says $2,862 bill more than he bargained for By Richard Nubel News Editor A Long Beach Road laundry owner says it will be hard to stay in business if he has to keep paying his sewer bills. But, Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District’s new manager said without sewer service, River Run Laundromat would absolutely be out of business. In a letter to The State Port Pilot this week, River Run Laundromat owner Kenneth Conley said he expected to pay less for sewer ser vice from SBSD. His first sewer bill — for the period October 15 to November 14 — was a hefty $2,862, he said. We were told sewer would bring down our price,” Conley wrote. “It is going to be difficult to stay in business paying these rates.” SBSD manager Woody Wilson Monday said Conley had not con tacted him nor the SBSD office about his billing concerns. While the laundromat may pay more for sewer than Conley had anticipated, the laundromat would have had to stop operating without it. Located in the River Run Shopping Center, the laundromat formerly discharged into a package wastewater treatment plant operat ed by the shopping center owners. The state’s Division of Environmental Management found the package plant to be a source of pollution for the Dutchman Creek system and ordered River Run owners to either present an alterna tive wastewater plan or close. With construction of a SBSD wastewater treatment plant still a year off, the district, shopping cen ter owners and the City of Southport forged an agreement whereby Southport will treat up to See Sewer bill, page 8 t . ** rv?$R Photo by Jim Harper The living manger scene at Cape Fear Alliance Church over the weekend was a popular attraction, both for the devotional mood it encouraged and for the opportunity to get one’s hands on a real baby goat. Brunswick County schools Officials neutral on car seizures By Holly Edwards Feature Editor Vehicles operated by drunk drivers previously convicted of driving while impaired and driving while their license is revoked will be impounded and turned over to local boards of education for auction. But Brunswick County school officials don’t know if the state law that became effective December 1 will be a blessing or a burden. While the DWI case is pending in court, the school system must pay towing expenses, storage fees and insurance on the vehicle, and can be held liable for damage done to the vehicle if it is ulti mately returned to the owner, said Brunswick County superintendent of schools Marion Wise. “It could, in effect, cost us money,” he said. “It could take months for the case to be resolved and we have to store the vehicle and be responsible for any damage. We could invest over $1,000 in a vehi cle that we may not be able to sell for that, if we can sell it at all.” The school system is not equipped to tow vehi cles, so it would have to pay either a private towing company or the N. C. Highway Patrol to tow the impounded vehicle to a safe storage area, Wise said. “In either case, we gotta pay.” he said. “And if we can’t store the vehicles at the bus garage, we could have to pay $5 per day to have the vehicle stored. In six months, we could have almost $1,000 in storage See Vehicles, page 7 4 We’re just going to get into all kinds of stuff and we don't know if it’s going to be a good thing or not yet.’ Supt. Marion Wise Oak Island project Bridge still has support, Mills says By Richard Nubel News Editor Transportation secretary Garland Garrett this week called for a State Bureau of Investigation probe of former transportation board member Odell Williamson and a Charlotte newspaper said the U. S. Department of Transportation will investigate use of federal money for North Carolina transportation pro jects including the second bridge to Oak Island. But, one state transportation board member says Gov. James B. Hunt, secretary Garrett and state DOT ■ division engineer Doug Bowers all continue to support the roadway and bridge which would link North Middleton Street in Long Beach to the mainland and N.-C. 211 at Road. : “This project is important to the governor, it’s important to the DOT board, it’s important to the secretary, to the division engineer, and it’s important to me,” said transporta tion board member Michael Mills of Wilmington. Mills, who has strong ties to Brunswick County, is an at-large gubernatorial appointment to the policy arm of the state Department of Transportation which annually awards over SI billion in transporta tion improvement contracts. "This is a good project, a worthy project,” Mills said of the second ‘...we are going to build that road in an as environmen tally sound and sensitive manner as possible. But, we are going to build that road. ’ Michael Mills Transportation member bridge to Oak Island. “It is an easy project to defend. It is an easy pro ject- to support, because it is vitally needed. This bridge and road will help ordinary citizens — the people we are supposed to be serving.” But, as “easy to defend” as is the second bridge for which Oak Islanders have lobbied for nearly 20 years, the project has recently appeared mired in controversy. Last month, Ocean Isle Beach developer Williamson was called before Gov. Hunt and told to resign his seat on the state Board of See Bridge, page 7 Student smokers may see the light By Holly Edwards Feature Editor When students are suspended from school for smoking they usu ally return with the same habit: They still smoke, and they still aren't fully aware of the health effects of cigarettes, said assistant superintendent of schools Mary McDuffie. "They go home for a few days and when they come back they still smoke," McDuffie said. “I think one of the key roles for us is to educate students about how danger ous smoking is.” To accomplish this goal McDuffie solicited the help of the Brunswick County Health Department to develop a stop Sce Smokers, page 7 ‘I think when stu dents are caught making bad choic es, providing an option that isn't punitive is a very positive thing.’ Glenda Browning School chairman m City pool hall raid brings nine arrests By Richard Nubel News Editor Execution of a search warrant at Dee’s Pool Hall in Southport and an adjacent home resulted in arrest of nine persons on drug, weapons and gambling charges Friday night. City police teamed with Brunswick County sheriff’s deputies wearing body video cameras and state Alcohol Law Enforcement Division officers to make the arrests at the North Lord Street establishment. Southport police chief Bob Gray and Brunswick County sheriff Ronald E. Hewett said the warrant was drawn in response to numerous citizen complaints about the pool hall and an adjacent home. "Southport and ALE were working on a nuisance law viola tion on the scene,” said deputy Billy Ingram “We joined in in nrcSBPjtl hopes of helping them along on their nuisance case.” Sheriff Hewett said at least two arrests came when deputies working undercover were able to purchase drugs at dr near Dee’s. “The city had received quite a few complaints about the area and we conducted an undercover operation which resulted in numerous drug buys, w hich resulted in execution of the search See City raid, page 8 wnars insiae Opinion Police report Obituaries Church Schools TV-schedule Master Garden District Court Business Real estate NEWS on me rmi: www.soumport
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