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Title chase South Brunswick hooters begin their quest of a state championship tonight (Wednesday) aUipme November 3,1999/ 50 cehts Jv ? .. ... . Vffc-i m aL Published .very "/ednesday in Southport, N. C. Bratton results isounipoit Mayor Holden 644 Crowe 168 AMemianMMI Chads 399 Mitchell 312 UdmnaiiMMir Powell 450 Callari 355 Adams 345 Delaney 221 !i: takes Mayor Kinney Tully . Commissioner Roney Walters Toland Akers Vaughan 541 313 433 425 343 301 158 ;-a Caswell Beach Mayor Simmons Bausch Commissioner Spake Zalewski Vest Oak Island Council (Yaupon) King Aman Donahue 189 Wolfe Councfl (Long Beach) Kivett 994 j Oxford 573 Felts 112 •-'.'iS 165 Bald Head Island Gounca Timmons Berne Rozar Henson 103 99 99 73 1st lames Council Dye si# Becker Gunter Ulrichs Steck Madsen r*. Comer 376 363 348 325 296 255 226 fSIBninswlck 1 Sanitary District | Commissioner Austin Roberti V Goins McWells Formy-Duval 104 84 55 26 20 Dostier Hospital Trustee Newnam 2227 Blake College issue barely fails $83.5-miIlion school bom ■:$qo *-3 <S> *<S> * (S> o«s> <S) 00 fSi <$> 'U <S) OS > ' Q ' > asses By Diana D’Abruzzo Staff Writer Brunswick County Schools walked away from Tuesday's election with the $83.5-million prize, thanks to a wave of voters who crammed die polls with “yes” ballots in favor of the school bond refer endum. By a 6,549 to 5,502 vote, county residents showed their approval of the school system’s long range facilities plan, which promises to upgrade ■HEapmn and renovate outdated classrooms and build two new schools. “It was a historical day for the children of this county,” said Marion Wise, superintendent of Brunswick County Schools. “It’s all about building futures, and the voters have come through today to do just that.”. Though the public schools came out of the elec tion on top, Brunswick Community College’s $14 million bond referendum failed by fewer than 250 votes. The bond, which would have gone toward building a continuing education center and a satel lite campus in the western part of the county, pro duced 6,107 “no” votes and 5,877 “yes” votes. “It was disappointing—I knew it would be close, but it was disappointing,” said Mike Reaves, presi dent of Brunswick Community College. “But I’m happy for the school system. We both were in this together as far as education goes, and I'm happy they were able to get the support to meet their obvi ous needs.” Reaves said the failed bond vote won’t deter the ( n college from expanding its campus and providing new facilities to meet growing needs. “We have a strategic plan together, and it's not going to change," he said. “We'll find ways to build the facilities in the strategic plan. We'll seek fund ing from federal and state and private sources and make this a reality." The college bond likely failed because some res idents found themselves making a choice — whether to vote “kids versus continuing educa See Schools, page 12 Photo by Jim Harper Southport’s new Community Center was officially opened Sunday with the ribbon-cutting by Ken Mabe, chairman of the build ing committee, architect John Thompson, alderman Meezie Childs, mayor Bill Crowe, city manage Gandy and aldermen Paul Fisher and Nelson Adams. Town of St. James Fire fee district requested By Terry Pope Staff Writer A volunteer fire department is still being constructed for the Town of St James, but already the unit is preparing its future fund ing plan through a fee-supported district. The department Monday became the fifth in the county to gain approval from the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners to establish a fee district where property owners will pay annual assessments to better fund volunteers. “I wish other departments were working as quickly as you have been,” said District 3 commissioner Leslie Collier of Long Beach. Boards of directors for volunteer units at Winnabow, Tri-Beach, Sunset Haibor-Zion Hill and Boiling Spring Lakes previously gained approval to establish fee districts. A preliminary map out lining the five-mile radius that will be assessed for St. James will be sent to Brunswick County tax supervisor Boyd Williamson for approval. All volunteer departments in the county are eligible to set up fee districts under special legislation adopted by the N. C. General Assembly in July. Petitions from the five departments were for mally approved, so Williamson can now order the drafting of maps that will be sent back to commissioners. Commissioners have indi See Fire fees, page 11 - —,—,— -*—i—i*-rrm.-■—i BanaapBii Shooting death still unresolved A virtual information embargo shrouds an investigation of the October 22 shooting death of Bald Head Island police officer Davina (Dee) Buff Jones. Jones, 33, was found shot to death beneath the Bald Head Island lighthouse just after 11:30 that night She had notified a county telecommuni cator she would be out of ho- vehicle at that site with three persons she did not describe. Among the few pieces of information about her death that have surfaced: A state medical examiner said it was possible officer Jones’ Wound was self-inflicted. It has been determined Jones died of one gunshot wound to the head from a .40-caliber weapon. Bald Head Island See Officer, page 9 Photo by Jim Harper Pilot den I inrhdntm (left) of Jacksonville and three lucky passengers landed in the Lowe’s construction site with only damage to landing gear when they lost power in a flight over the area Saturday. Tuesday’s vote Mayoral switch in three towns; other changes Regional theme among priorities By Richard Nlibel Staff Writer Voters elected new mayors in Stoutli|x»ii. C'a.swetl 1Rc;icb ;mtl Bulling Spring Lakes Tuesday and made incumbency a mostly unbettrable bur den for those seeking return to boards of commissioners and town councils. ' Mayors-elect Norman Holden of Southport, Harry Simmons of Caswell Beach and Joan Kinney of Boiling Spring Lakes each spoke of new roles for their towns and cities and vowed cooperation in pursuit of larger, regional goals. Holden will reclaim in December the job he has held on two other occa sions for a total of eight years. In his defeat of incumbent Bill Crowe, Holden led an apparent backlash vote against incumbents that ended the reign of 21-year west-side aldennan Nelson Adams and multi-term incum bent Bill Delaney. Only Ward I incum bent Meezie Childs won the right to another term. Political newcomers Stuart Callari and James Powell will replace Delaney and Adams in Ward n. The burden of incumbency was not lost on Holden. “New leadership,” was what the vot ers of Southport were looking for, mayor-elect Holden said. “My whole campaign was positive leadership to bring the community back together.” Holden said he encountered a vast See Election, page 12 W I HOLDEN KINNEY SIMMONS City share: $26 million Proposal could relieve burden By Richard Nubel Staff Writer Plans submitted to a state study commission outline the means by which Southport could be relieved of the $23-million debt share it holds as a member of the N. C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency. The N. C. Study Commission on the Future of Electric Service this week heard proposals from four major groups that have addressed the issue of stranded debt upon the deregulation of the electric industry. One of those proposals copies from Electricities itself. Electricities is the management arm of the N. C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency and its sister. Power Agency One. Together the two agencies — and their mem bers cities, including Southport — assumed a $6-biilion debt in the 1970s and 1980s to purchase ownership shares in power-generating .facilities. When growth estimates and projected need for electricity did not pan out, the agencies were left servicing debt on some of the most expensive nuclear power generation facilities in the state, i nduding Brunswick See Power agency, page 9
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