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Arson Blar
Waters I ide
Near Hold
Arson was the cause of the Saturday
night blaze which resulted in
$10,000 worth of damage to Magic
Mountain Waterslide near Holden
Beach, its owner .iames Houbs said
Monday.
Hobbs said lie will not prosecute
inose mi my 01 oeuoeraieiy seuing
the fire if they confess and make
restitution by Jan. 1. Damage to the
waterslide was not covered by insurance.
"If they do not come forward I will
prosecute," Hobbs warned.
The fire was discovered about 8:30
p.m. Saturday It was nearly midnight
tiefore firefighters were able to
leave the smouldering scene.
Hobbs said the fire was started in
the tunnel of the waterslide. The
fiberglass ignited, at one point sending
20-foot high flames into the air.
Hobbs is convinced the fire Saturday
night is linked to an incident at
the waterslide about three weeks ago
when he ran off a group of young people
who had climbed the fence and
were skateboarding on the
South Carolir
In '82 Smugc
BY SUSAN USHKK
More than three years after a converted
trawler called the Brlxham II
was confiscated in the Shallotte Inlet
with its load of marijuana and
hashish, another defendant has been
charged in the case.
Kandy David Salter, 31, of North
Augusta, S C., was charged with trafficking
in excess of 10,000 pounds of
marijuana Friday in a first appeurance
Friday in Brunswick County
District Court Bond of $1 million
was reduced to $500,000 Salter remained
in the Brunswick County Jail
as of Monday afternoon
lie was arrested in Georgia last
week on a warrant obtained by DEA
Agent Fred McKinney of the
agency's Wilmington office. McKinney
and Brunswick County Sheriff's
Detective Douglas "Sonny" Padgett
transferred Salter from the Fulton
County Jail in Atlanta. Ga.. on Dec.
13 after Salter chose not to fight extradition
Two Winner
BY SUSAN USHER
Two Brunswick County residents
celebrated Christmas early last Friday
as cash winners in The
Brunswick Beacon s Shop r or
Christmas in the South Brunswick
Islands" campaign
Sandy Duran of Route 3. Shallotte
won the first prize of $160. while Jam
C. Faulk of Route 1, Bolivia, won so
cond prize, worth $75 in cash
Shallotte Police Chief Don Stoval
drew the winning tickets in a drawini
held at TV Brunswick Beacon at 1
p m. Friday Advertising Represen
tative Cecelia Gore presented t)v
first prue
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en Beach
waterslidc, which has been closed
since the end of the season.
Hobbs suspects some or all of the
same group returned Saturday to get
back at him by setting fire to the
waterslidc.
"These are basically good kids. 1
don't want to see them go to prison,"
Hobbs said, adding that if they don't
come forward by Jan. 1 he will
definitely prosecute.
The building that houses the snack
bar at the watcrslide was broken into
but nothing was taken or damaged,
according to ilobbs. "There was
nothing in the building to take," he
added.
Emergency Management Coordinator
Cecil I xigan, who was on the
scene Saturday night, said the fire
apparently was deliberately set.
Deputy Sheriff Billy ltivenbark continued
to investigate the case Monday
at the site.
The fiberglass sections of the
waterslide destroyed by the fire will
cost $200 per foot to replace, according
to Hobbs.
lian Charged
jling Episode
On the night of Nov. 27. 1982, the
72-foot converted trawler called Brixham
II entered Ixxrkwood's Folly Inlet
and traveled west to the Shallotte
Inlet, where it deliberately ran
aground on a sand bar for offloading
of an estimated 33,0(8) pounds of
marijuana and 158 pounds of hashish,
But federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies had beer
monitoring the boat's progress foi
nearly a month and were waiting on
shore at Shallotte Point and Wind)
Point.
in lhe inov. it raid, uiey arrestee
most of the individuals involved in of
floading the cargo at a Windy Poiss
dock. Twelve persons, two local an<
10 from out of state, were charge*
with trafficking, conspiracy and/o
possession of marijuana, with mor
arrests anticipated at the tune
District Attorney Michael Kasle;
could not be reached for commen
Monday.
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While shocked at winning. t>ot
women knew inunediately how the
planned to sjiend their winnings
"There are some presents I ha
wanted to get." said Mrs. Duran. "
will use it for some last rrunut
Christmas shopping "
A private piano teacher, she has
daughter. Charity, who wtU be thrt
years old in February. She and h?
husband Gregory are expecting U
1 birth of their second child i
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r when you don't even know where yi
e put your name in the pot. " she co
tlnueil "I've registered ft
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Calabash C<
A new Calabash town council tacked
along the same course Monday
afternoon that they charted at their
first meeting two weeks ago.
AH members were present except
Sonia Stevens Their conversation
again ranged fror plans for a town
hall to possible participation in the
federai flood insurance program
At the suggestion of fcouncilwoman
i Pali lewellyn, the board is seriously
considering scaling down the size of a
proposed town hall by about half.
I from 1,500 square feet to approximately
700 square feet. Lewellyn
1 estimated the hall could be built at a
cost of about $33 per square foot, a
t reasonable cost given the cash
1 reserves the town has set aside for
J the project.
r The original plan included space
e for future expansion; the scaleddown
version would be designed to
y allow for adding on in the future,
it Sometime in January, said Town
Clerk Janet Thomas, the engineering
iristmas Cash
h evetything "
y It was the first tune she's won a
contest since the age of 12, when she
d won a bicycle
1 Mrs Faulk, who said she
e registered only once?at Kirby's Ben
Franklin in Shallotte. said she would
a use her winnings to buy her husband
* a special jacket
r
ie The shop-at-home campaign grew
in out of a project sponsored by United
Carolina Bank arid area merchants
[y in 1978. This year's contest was the
mi fourth m which a cash prize has been
n- awarded and the first year in which
>r two persons shared the prize money
Shoppers could register at any cf 2D
participating stores throughout the
South Brunswick Islands
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Q* JANE C. FUXX ?4 Bolivia d?pu>i
brr rash ?umi?gs of f7i
sday, December 2b, lVbb
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near Holden Beach sustained $10,000 wori
Duncil Renews
firm of l>ewis & Associates of sai
Shallotte should have a rough draft of I
a preliminary water and sewer study mi
ready to present to the board. eli
"It will give us some figures to ph
work with." she said, noting that the ha
town at tins point plans to proceed ne
with only water distribution lines, not co
sewer
Members also brought their sti
recommendations for appointment to Vi
the planning board Before nomina- tig
Hons are made, the persons will be th
asked if they arc willing to serve, rn
Tires, Cash Tc
Six Firestone tires and ussorted w
cash were taken in a break-in of si
Dyke's Exxon and Tire Center last rt
Wednesday night, reports the
Shallottc Police Department.
According to Officer Nellie Evans'
report, owner Dykes Hewett reported VS
the loss Thursday morning. tr
Burglars gained entry sometime w
between 8:30 p m Wednesday and V
7.30 am Thursday through a rear w
window of the service station, located tl
at the intersection of U.S 17 and P
Shallotte Avenue in downtown a
Shall ot te b
A file cabinet was moved to the
garage area and opened, apparently h
Appeals Cour
Copyright Sui
Round three of The Brunswick 1'
Beacon's copyright infringement suit
against the Brunswick Free Press
begins Tuesday. Jan 7 in the US
Court of Appeals in Richmond. Va
On that date the appeals court wili
hear oral arguments by attorneys
representing both newspapers
The U S. District Court in Wilmington
found the Free Press guilty
March 12 of copying three
copyrighted ads from the Beacon.
Judge W Earl Bna's ruling upheld
recommendations of US Magistrate
tisanes K Mcloiler Jr , who first '
heard oral argument5 in the case
Aug ?. 15W I
In his ruling at the end of round two i
on June 17 of this year. Judge Brrtt
awarded the Beacon M.O00 in
1 damages, reimbursement of
reasonable ' attorney fees and permanently
enjoined the Free Press
from publishing any copyrighted
materia! from the Beacon
The Free Press has asked the appeals
court to reverse ail the findings
of the Vrwer court
The Beacon has appealed oni> the
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:h uf damage Saturday night by a (ire I
Town Hall, \
id Thomas.
iewellyn and another new council
;mber, Robert Weber, are not l
gibtc for the seats they held on the
inning board. They said the board
d been inactive in the past and
eded to be reconstituted and enuraged
to become active.
The council also authorized inflation
of two street lights in
llage Green subdivision. The
;hts, authorized and approved by
e previous board, only recently arred.
aken In Gara
ith the use of a screwdriver ami
edge hammer A safe also was
ported damaged
The case is under investigation
Also on Thursday, Charles
'illtams of Shallotte Manor Apartlents
reported the larceny of two
ire spoke hubcaps from his 1980
lercury Monarch. The hubcabs
ere taken apparently either While
le auto was parked at the -S'f.aiiolte
ost Office or in the parking lot of the
partment complex ot> N C. 130 west,
e told Officer W I.ewb
Williams estimated the value of the
ubcaps at {158 each.
t Will Hear
t Jan. 7
ower court's release of Caroline
Ichock of WmstorwSairrn, one of the
hree publishers of the Free Press,
rom personal liablitiy in the case
[he lower court ruled that the two
Aher publishers. Bernard Charles
Rocky i Hope has and Pncilla S.
Ijm i Hopchas are active ui the dayo-day
operation of the newspaper
iifrs Schock u Mrs Hopchas'
nother
The f ree Press filed a motion for a
itay of execution of the civil )udgnefit
against them in the case, but
acre uimea oown oy me sower cwn
P* appeals court, however, granted
[he slay 'A execution until the appeal
is decided
The Beacon filed the lawsuit April
13, 1584. citing three infringements ai
copyright (A advertisement* in the
August 15, 1303. and Sept, 3, 15(3
issues.
In his order. Judge Beta noted that
the Free Press continued to infringe
the Beacon's copyrighted advertisements
alter the Beacon notified
the Free Press to slop and after the
(See APPEAL, Page 2-A i
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/Voter Talk
Thomas said council members also
said they wanted to explore the
benefits and casts of participating in
the Federal Flood Insurance Program.
This is the only program
through which property owners' insurance
is available in flood-prone
ureas. Participation in the program
has been a prerequisite to qualify for
certain types of federal funding.
Council members also enjoyed a
brief social and get-acquainted
period before adjourning
ige Break-In
Several driving-related arrests
also were reported.
Officer W.K. (Kddiel Reynolds
charged William Dean llewett. 18. of
Civietown, with driving without an
operator's license, without auto tags
and with driving under the influence
Saturday at approximately 1 30 a in
HpvnfilHn rfivirtivl that Wcwftj li?ft
the Oasis convenience market on
N.C. 130 cast "at a high rate of
speed." He stopped the auto, which
tilt driver said was owned by lewis
Auto Sales, at the intersection of Ited
Bug Road and N.C. i.w> F.ast
Hewett registered a 08 on a
breathalyzer test administered
shortly after 3 a.m.
On Dec. 18, Reynolds charged
Melvin King Daniels, 30, of
l>ongwood, with driving with an expired
licease and passing in an area
not marked for passing
According to his report, Daniels
pulled out of the parking lot at the
Shallotte Host Office and overtook
and passed a vehicle proceeding in
the same direction Reynolds said
Daniels used the center turn lane to
pass a car whose driver was signaling
his intent to make a right tum
Deadlines Earlier
For Jan. 2 Issue
Deadline* for next week's issue of
The Bronx wick Beacon will be
earlier becauxe of Ifce .Sew Year holiday
The newspaper will carry the usual
Thursday dateline and should reach
mail labtcrtbers on regular
schedule The i*we will be printed
earlier, however, and will be
available from rack* and dealers
Tuesday afternoon
Deadline for real estate advertising
far next week's issue i* & p m this
Friday. Dec. V For all <vU*r advertising
and r**5 jten* the de/KiVi* ts
Monday, Dec. X
The Beacon office wtll be clr/ied
Wednesday, Jan. I.
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