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IN YOUR FACE
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South Brunswick lineman D. Force put forth extra effort to gain the right
Frif/6 fH-bS!frCOaCh B°b SUPP at t,U‘ ,,oniecoming Day pep rally last
Friday. His dihgence paid off. the pep rally worked, and the' C.’pugart
defeated hast ( nlumbns 40 14. More on 10.
Homecoming in Neighbors.
rnoe in Spoils; more on the
Oak Island mainland site
Donation brings 6Y’ to its
By Laura Kimball
Staff Writer
With donation of ten acres of land by the Town of Oak Island. Brunswick County
is closer to having its first YMCA.
The land, located on the mainland side of the Intracoastal Waterway, will accom
modate a 45.000-square-foot facility complete with lap pool, therapeutic pool,
gym, free weight room, cardiovascular area, treadmills, aerobics room and other
meeting rooms.
Expected cost for the facility is approximately $4 million.
The momentum for building a Brunswick County YMCA came from Jim and
Connie Enyait. St. James residents who drive to the Wilmington YMCA three or
four times a week to swim. By chance, Jim met Bob Caldwell, chief executive olli
. See YMCA, page 19
This is not a stan
dard “Y.” There will
be more focus on the
senior population.'
Kate Pysher
County coordinator
Couiiaceptives,
commandments
board concerns
By 'fern !' >|«'
Stall
Thou shall not distribute contracep
tives to minors.
Thais what Brunswick Countv com
missioners want to see established as
law lot the Mate's public health depart
ments.
The board of commissioners also
adopted a resolution Mondav which
asks lor legislation that would allow
See County, page 13
Strand
accesses
in limbo
By Richard Nubel
Staff Writer
A program of beach access —
public and private — is a work in
progress in Oak Island.
When Hurricane Floyd took
away the town’s frontal dune sys
tem, it also took with it the street
end public access crosswalks tax
payers had built and the numerous
private dune crosswalks and stair
cases oceanfront property owners
had built to their homes.
With the dunes gone, the town
now finds itself in need not only
of the protection dunes afforded,
but also the legal points of refer
ence dunes provided. In the next
days and weeks the N. C. Divi
sion of Coastal Management.
(DCM) will set a line from wfflch
building setbacks will be mea
sured. Federal Emergency Man
agement Agency (FEMA) offi
cials will set a line at which that
agency' will develop a new protec
tive berm. The U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers will set a line at
which it will begin its Sea Turtle
Habitat Restoration Project and its
delivery of beach-nourishing sand
front the Wilmington Harbor
See Access, page 15
Referendum Nov. 2
County voters
asked to meet
obvious needs
By Diana D'Abruzzo
Staff Writer
Students built molecules — at times chasing heads that
rolled off their slanted classroom desks - as theircliem
- istry teacher squeezed through the crowded room to
check their work.
It’s not the ideal way to run a science'lab. said Gary
Cavender, chairman of the science department at South
Brunswick High School.
But it's all they've got at South, .where most of the
classrcxtms haven't changed a smidgen — with the
exception of a coat ol paint every now and then —'since
the school was built in Ib7J
Science labs are outdated — there are no gas lines into
the rooms for experiments, the six lab stations' don't offer
enough space f or the 25-plus students in each class/and
' See Referendum, page 6
REFERENDUM
Details, page 7
Q&A, page 8
. . Hido l>\ .|m. M,ir[.cr
Students in Gary (lavender's chemistry class at South Brunswick
School practice making molecules using heads. Because of limited space at
science lab stations, the students use their desks for mam experiments, t nder
the bond referendum, money is budgeted to build labs at all Ih.-h schools.
Hurricane Irene
Oak Island, county report little damage
By Richard Nubel
Stall'Writer
She was a lightweight threat to I ream
with ;uid dealt only a leather's blow to
the storm-weary Southport-Oak Island
ttrea.
Hurricane Irene ambled her way up
the East Coast from Florida Sunday
afternoon with winds reaching 80
miles per hour at times, but took a mer
ciful jog to the northeast in the late
afternoon, just brushing by Cape Fear.
Irene was the third hurricane of the
1999 season to challenge Sbuthport
Oak Island and Brunswick County.
While she dumped an estimated six
inches of new rain on already saturated
Brunswick County, winds were light
and storm surge was no more than a
couple feet.
Though Irene proved unworthy of all
the attention, cautious Brunswick
County officials ordered a mandatory
evacuation of all beach towns, includ
ing Oak Island and Caswell Beach, at 6
p in. Saturday, but far fewer lied the
weak Category I storm th;ui did when
powerful Hurricane Floyd approached
for its September 15-16 appearance
here.
About 100 persons sought shelter at
South Brunswick High School in
Boiling Spring Lakes and at North
Brunswick High School in Leland.
Only tour sheltered themselves at West
Brunswick High School in Shallotle.
Still suffering' the effects of a roof
See Irene, page 5
Photo In Jim llariKT
This was Oak Island on Monti > morning alter Hurricane Irene passed —
Yaupon Pier intact, houses exp eti by Hurricane Floyd still standing, town
Tf Tt" T °n Kast Beaeh Driv«* ""'ins new sand pushed well
inland by Sunday s surging waves. More photos on page 3.