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Volume 67, Number 22
Published every Wednesday in Southport, NC
You might call it art -- a virtual arabesque at the water’s edge —
but in reality it was a matter of good, athletic follow-through as the
young lady on the Long Beach strand had to toss bird food high
Photos by Jim Harper
enough so gulls could catch it without interference from the hun
gry pooch below.
Filings
few, far
between
Unless more candidates present
themselves in the next 12 days,
Brunswick County voters won’t
- have many choices to make on pri
mary election day May 5.
Those wishing to run for election
to state and county offices have
until noon, February 2, to file notice
of their candidacy with the
Brunswick County Board of
Elections. To date, not many have
done so.
As of Tuesday, the only primary
races to be held would be for the
Democratic nomination to the N. C.
House of Representatives from the
14th District and for the Democratic
nomination to run for county com
missioner in District 1.
Incumbent state representatives E.
David Redwine, 50, of Ocean Isle
Beach and Dewey Hill, 72, of
Whiteville, both Democrats, will be
challenged for the two spots on the
ballot by fellow party member
Russell Edwin Tucker, 54, of Pink
Hill.
GOP stalwart Shirley C. Babson,
56, of Bolivia announced her candi
See Filings, page 6
King observances held
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
To overcome racial barriers and fear, both blacks
and whites must be willing to talk about race open
ly and directly and get to know each other as human
beings.
That was the consensus of approximately 200
area residents who gathered for breakfast and
roundtable discussion of race relations Monday at
the North Carolina Baptist Assembly in observance
of Martin Luther King Day.
The discussion focused on the questions: How
can you learn more about a person who is a racial,
cultural or physical stranger? What questions
would you like to ask of persons from another race
or culture? What makes you angry and what makes
you feel good about persons from another race or
culture?
Participants included representatives from munic
ipal and county governments, Brunswick County
See King, page 8
Bald Head
Council begins new
schedule of meeting
By Jim Harper
Staff Writer
The first work session/business session round
of Bald Head Island’s new village administra
tion last week developed largely as a table-set
ting for February meetings.
Planned improvements on Stede Bonnet
Wynd, a beach erosion study proposal and coun
cil prioritization of issues were all continued to
February for action.
Proposed widening ot Stede Bonnet Wynd,
including dividing of lanes in some places and
removal of trees, will be the subject of a 3 p.m.
“open house” exposition before the 4 p.m. coun
cil business session on February 20.
A proposed beach erosion study by Quaternary
See Bald Head, page 6
Long Beach
Council adopts
‘corridor’ plan
By Richard Nubel
News Editor
After accepting public comment on
the proposal for a second consecutive
month, town council Tuesday night
voted unanimously to adopt a Second
Bridge to Oak Island Corridor
Development Study as an amendment to
the Long Beach Land Use Plan.
The corridor development study, con
ducted with the aid of a grant from the
N. C. Division of Coastal Management,
sets out desirable land use policies for a
proposed roadway corridor which may
lead from the area of N. C. 211 and
Midway Road to the mainland side of a
second Oak Island bridge to North
Middleton Street. The plan attempts to
anticipate development patterns for the
next 20 to 25 years.
Target date for completion of a second
bridge to Oak Island is late 2000 or early
2001.
Under terms of the motion to adopt the
bridge corridor study as an amendment
to the town land use plan, two sugges
tions advanced at a first public hearing
last month were incorporated and coun
cil determined to seek amendment
approval by the N. C. Coastal Resources
Commission (CRGi, the statewide body
charged with developing and adminis
tering coastal policy.
CRC Advisory Board member Rosetta
Short, a Long Beach resident, has
expressed enthusiasm for the bridge cor
ridor amendment in both public hearing
‘We have a
responsibility to
look into the
future to pro
vide a plan for
growth.'
Joan Altman
Long Beach mayor
sessions. Her suggestions of last month
that Long Beach retain extraterritorial
jurisdiction over the planning area and
an environmental impact study be
required for any development over one
acre were incorporated in the amend
ment.
“I would like to commend council for
iVve pubUc participation that has been
. involved in the corridor plan,” Ms.
Short said. “That is one of the most
important things when it goes to the
CRC.”
Ms. Short noted a community worR
„ See Long Beach, page 6
Mayor answers
Allen criticisms
of bridge route
By Richard Nubel
News Editor
A second bridge to western Oak
Island has enjoyed the support of
Southport officials in the past. The idea
is worthy of Southport officials’ support
today, Long Beach mayor Joan Altman
says.
Perhaps engaging in a little damage
control, Altman, in a letter tp Southport
mayor Bill Crowe this week, said Long
Beach officials expect to work hand-in
hand with their counterparts in
Southport “with the benefit of com
plete, accurate information, to make this
long-awaited project a reality.”
Altman’s letter comes a week after
former Long Beach councilor Frances
Allen appeared before Southport aider
men, asserting the second bridge to Oak
Island, and a Second Bridge to Oak
Island Corridor Development Plan
commissioned by Long Beach, would
hurt small business interests in
Sputhport.
Allen also asserted, as she has in
recent speeches to Long Beach Town
Council and before the N. C. Coastal
Resources Commission, that DOT
Intends to pick a direct route for a road
corridor linking Midway Road and N.
C. 211 with the mainland side of the
planned bridge to North lyiiddleton
Street. She said this favored route was*
the sole area of the town’s corridor
study and, if chosen, the route would
wreak environmental damage on a sen
sitive area.
Allen contends a road from a western
Oak Island bridge should be routed
through Sunset Harbor.
DOT still has five corridor routes
under consideration.
In her letter to Crowe, Altman said no
corridor route has yet been selected by
the N. C. Department of Transportation,
which has committed significant
resources to appropriate corridor selec
See Answers, page 6
Year-round schools for whole county?
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
A year-round school calendar could be
implemented this year for all elementary and
middle schools in Brunswick C ounty ii'par
ents support the plan. ^
Union Primary, Supply Elementary and
Shallotte Middle schools announced last week
that they too were considering a year-round
schedule. Southport Elementary, Bolivia
Elementary and South Brunswick Middle
schools announced earlier this month they
were seeking parent input on a proposed year
round calendar, while Lincoln Primary,
Belville Elementary and Leland Middle
schools adopted a year-round calendar last
year.
Public hearings on the proposal have been
scheduled at 6:30 pm. tonight (Wednesday) at
South Brunswick Middle School; Thursday at
Southport Elementary; Thursday, February 5,
at Supply Elementary; Tuesday, February 10,
: at Union Primary; Thursday, February 12, at
Shallotte Middle.
The calendar would shorten summer vaca
tion from ten to five weeks but would provide
a three-week break after each nine-week
instructional period. This year, summer vaca
tion would be shortened by only two weeks
because qf a revised traditional calendar.
Proponents of the year-round calendar say it
provides more time for remediation of stu
dents at risk of academic failure, allows teach
ers more time for planning, and reduces the
stress level for both students and teachers.
Administrators could ask for school board
approval to implement the year-round sched
ule in July.
What’s inside
Police report 7
Obituaries 8
Business 9
Tar Heel Kitchen 3B
Calendar 4B
Church 5B
TV schedule 4C
District Court 6C
Notices 7C
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