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taken into custody tiiis week it
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According to the Brunswick Count}
Clerk of Court's office, Thomn:
Vance Chamberlin, 38, of Henniker
N.H., was one of seven persons in
dieted on drug charges Monday by i
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BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick County Board of Educa
tion members spent more than three
hours behind closed doors Nlcndaj
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client and "student" matters.
Afterwards, Chairman Jame:
Forstner said the board reviewee
"name by name" students disciplin
ed following a incident involvinf
West Brunswick High School's Bus 61
on the last day of school, Dec. 18.
"We made no changes," he added
regarding the punishment meted out
although one parent appealed to the
board Monday to review his son'!
case. School board members review
ed the cases with the administrate
staff of the high school during a four
hour meeting at Bolivia Elementarj
School.
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s^urus cernaru 01 suppiy, wnost
son, Bryan, was one of nine Wes
Brunswick High School student)
suspended from school follwing th<
episode, asked the board to recon
sider the punishment given his sor
after reviewing the case. Bernart
said he thought it allowable tliat hi:
son had to surrender his bus and bui
license and be on probation.
But he said suspension from schoo
for 14 days, suspension from ritlinf
the bus the rest of the term ant
elimination from participation in ex
tracurricular activities was "tot
severe" for a student with no prioi
violet ions at that school.
The driver of the bus, charged witl
DWI, and eight other students al
received long-term or 14-day suspen
sions on Principal David Corley':
recommendation. Corley said Tues
day the suspensions are "until exam;
begin" for the current grading
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l Brunswick County Grand Jury.
3 In all, the grand jury returned 39
1 true bills of indictment for 23 per
sens.
Chamberlin was indicted on
fharaoc rjf CGHSplrSCy to trsfflc
f marijuana and trafficking by possess
sion of marijuana, with both counts
, involving more than 19,000 pounds of
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period, or 12 days given the snow
days taken Friday and Monday.
; Disciplinary measures taken with
' each student depended upon their
louoj nf inynU/omont in fho innitjont
such as whether they were drinking,
had brought alcohol on board the bus.
> Bernard said his son had not
1 reported that the driver of the bus
had been drinking because he feared
5 reprisal by others. Once before his
' son had been beaten when he
reported misbehavior on a bus. "He's
afraid it could happen again."
Also contributing to the situation,
he suggested, was the "atmosphere
s on campus."
He asked for a "prompt, written
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vised a decision would be made
' shortly.
Since the December 18 incident, by
? executive order, a staff member at
t each school is to check each bus
3 before its departure, Forstner noted
- later.
In a related matter, John
i Kaufhold, interim superintendent,
1 said procedures had been changed
3 for notifying parents of a student's
3 suspension, after or.e parent said he
didn't know his child had been
1 suspended.
5 In the pas: a letter was sent home
1 bv the student and calls were made
during school hours to the daytime
> "emergency" number provided by
r the parent. Now, staff is to continue
calling after hours at the parent's
i workplace or home until contact is
1 made, as well as mailing notice by
certified mail.
3 Most households no longer liave a
parent home during the day, said
s Forstner. "No one is equipped for
i this, but we're trying."
an Indicted
Bill Wolak indicated that the charges
stemmed from a May 1983 drug raid
at I>ake Wood Estates near Ocean
Isle Beach. Federal, state and local
law enforcement officers seized
more than 14,000 pounds of marijuana
and arrested five persons.
Wolak said warrants for
Chamberlin's arrest were issued in
1983. However, the suspect remained
a fugitive until his recent arrest by
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in last week's winter storm, say
Department of Transportation county
supervisor Bill Benton and other
local officials, even though it caused
hazardous driving conditions on icecovered
roads and bridges
throughout the county.
"'We led a charmed life during this
last (storm)," Benton said of last
Thursday's snowstorm?the first
since March 1933. "It lilt everybody
hard but Brunswick and New
Hanover counties ... We got off real
easy."
Brunswick County Emergency
Management Director Cecil Logan
agreed. "Overall we survived good in
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were no major (traffic) accidents or
major fires or people sheltered."
Weather forecasters warned of the
"well-developed, slow-moving
storm" several days before it reached
Brunswick County last Thursday
morning, bringing with it one-half
Fourth Demi
-t.
A fourth Democrat filed Tuesday
for the District 1 seat on the
Brunswick County Board -of Commissioners.
Parker Stanaland, 55, of Ash, will
square off in the primary against incumbent
Chris Cnappeii of Calabash
Acres; Major White of Ash; and
Harold Hickman of Route 4,
Qhallrttto
Investiaati<
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The cause of a 25-year-old
Calabash man's death last week remained
under investigation Monday
as authorities awaited a toxicology
report from the state medical examiner's
office.
Jeffery Lawrence High was found
dead by his wife last Wednesday
afternoon at the couple's mobile
home off Riverview Road in
Calabash, according to Brunswick
County Sheriff's Capt. Phil Perry.
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time," Perry said Monday. The case
Pigotte Pi
A Shallotte area man received an
active prison sentence this week
after pleading guilty to the July 1987
rape of an elderly local woman.
Tuesday morning in Brunswick
County Superior Court, Terry
I-aSnlle Pinotte. 29 entered a eniltv
pica to second-degree rape in a pleabargaining
arrangement, according
to Assistant District Attorney Tommy
Hicks.
As part of the piea agreement,
charges of first-degree burglary and
common law robbery against Pigotte
were dismissed.
Judge Samuel T. Currin sentenced
Pigotte to 40 years in prison?the
maximum sentence for seconddegree
rape, Hicks said.
"We felt we could get a substantial
sentence on him with a plea to
second-degree rape," Hicks commented
Tuesday, noting that Pigotte
had been facing a first-degree rape
charge. "I think it's an appropriate
sentence, with the kind of acts he per
formed and the age of the victim."
According to the Brunswick County
Clerk of Court's office, jury selection
began late Monday afternoon in the
case. Hicks told The Beacon he was
prepared to continue with jury selection
and the trial on the first-degree
rape count if Pigotte had not agreed
In 1983 Oc<
New Hampshire State Police.
Chamberlin waived extradition to
North Carolina and turned himself in
to local authorities Monday.
He was placed in the Brunswick
County Jail under a $200,000 bond,
with a court appearance set for Feb.
8, according to Jailer Linwood Gray.
Wolak added that one other
fugitive from the same 1983
case?Christopher James Mc
hursday, January 14, 1988
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inch to two inches of frozen precipitation
in different sections, according
to s'naiioiie Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady.
"We got off very, very light,"
Canady said. "This was not an overly
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oigiiuiv.nm onv?v> .nui ii i iui llic 1111mediate
coastal area. It could have
been a lot worse."
Canady said the Shallotte area's
last significant snowfall occurred in
1983, while an ice-storm hit the area
in February 1987.
Brunswick County schools closed
at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, just as the
snow changed to freezing rain, and
did not re-open until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Interim Superintendent John
Kaufhold said he delayed the closing
so that all buses could be serviced
and refueled, the system could get
credit for a "legal" day of school by
remaining in session a half-day, and
the children could be fed lunch. "The
earliest we could accomplish all
Dcrnt Files Fo
Also filing during the past week
were two incumbents from District 3.
James R Forstner, 40, of Southr^rt,
filed for re-election to the Brunswick
County Board of Education, which he
currently serves as chairman. James
L. (Jim) Poole, 53, of Long Beach, is
seeking re-election to the Brunswick
County Board of Commissioners.
Candidates for commissioner and
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was under investigation, pending
autopsy results.
Perry added that Sarah High told
investigators that her husband had
been ill since Dec. 31 and had gone to
the doctor two days before his death.
According to Perr>, Ms. High
returned home from work last
Wednesday around 1 p.m. and found
her husband dead. She reported the
death from a neighbor's residence.
The sheriff's department respond-J
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to the plea arrangement Tuesday
morning.
The defendant was represented by
Southport attorney Stephen Yount.
Charges against Pigotte stemmed
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BY DOUG RL'TTER
After a month-long search for a fif
cil member, Calabash has decided on
Town council Monday appointed
served three terms on the council dur
High, 45, is owner of Beck's Rest
long resident of Calabash.
He fills the seat vacated on Dec. 1
cilwoman Pati 1-ewellyn, who cited I
sonal reasons in declining to serve a s<
term on the town board.
With all eyes in Calabash on th
I water system. High said. "I think it':
the first step to really becoming a tov
He added that the proposed as<
could run restauranteurs such as hirr
appear to be the only way to establ
system.
High said that the previous town <
of which only one remains, did a ver
researching the possibilities for granl
"! really don't think it can be dom
he said. "Water is going to be benefici
son Isle Dn.
Cauley?was arrested by New Hampshire
authorities and is awaiting extradition
to Brunswick County.
Three Florida men also were indicted
Monday on cocaine trafficking
charges.
According to the clerk of court's office,
Larry David Andrews, 32, and
Ixirry Charles Green, 33, both of
Starke, Fla., each were indicted on
charges of conspiracy to traffic in co
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three was 12:30," he added.
In Shallotte, the N.C. National
Hisnrri Arrrsorv ononan ??c *? choitor
vjuui u i tt lllva > wjrvuvu u? ? jmvi?v>
Wednesday through Saturday night,
providing a warm place to stay, but
neither food nor cots. Logan said that
to his knowledge, no one stayed
there.
I^ast week, icy roads were the major
problem in Brunswick, especially
on the high-level bridges to Ocean
Isle Beach, Holden Beach and Oak
Island, said Benton.
Local DOT crews began preparing
for the storm early Thursday morning,
by mounting sand and salt
spreaders on maintenance trucks.
Within hours, the trucks were on the
road?where they stayed until early
Friday morning, Benton said.
He estimated that the local crews
spread as much as 75 tons of salt on
roadways last week. "The majority
of the salt went on the bridges," he
said, adding that "problem areas" on
U.S. 17 and U.S. 74 also were salted.
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the school board run from districts,
b jt are elected countywide.
From Columbus County. Judges
Jerry A. Jolly of Tabor City, D Jack
Hooks Jr. and William C. (Bill) Gore
Jr., both of Whiteville, have filed
with the State Board of Elections for
re-eieciion to the 13th District
judiciary. The district includes Columbus,
Brunswick and Bladen counties.
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Capt. Sonny Padgett, who was one
of the officers to respond, said High's
body was found on the floor of a
bedroom. Prescription medicines
were found at the scene.
An autopsy by Regional Medical
Examiner Dr. Charles Garrett last
Thursday morning at Onslow
Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville
did not determine the cause of death,
according to Brunswick County Coroner
Greg White.
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in the autopsy. White noted Monday.
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from the July 15,1987, sexual assault
and robbery of an 84-year-old
Shallotte woman at her Main Street
residence.
Pigotte was taken into custody in
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certainly the resta
th and final coun- looking towai
a board veteran. water may pave tf
Jo'in High, who definitely a step ir
ing the late 1970s. Another impor
aurant and a life- he added, is plann
He said that p<
r by former Coun- many other towns
business and per- begin before the tc
:cond consecutive High aiso said
subdivisions withii
ie proposed town tion area, the towr
? a necessity. It's tion.
vn " Although the
iessments, which areas without alio
lself about $3,000, people deserve th?
ish a town water become part of Ca
High Ls the firs
council members. He is expected t<
y thorough job of meeting,
t monies. "I was sor( 0f,
2 any other way,' "jfs gonna be a pe
al to the town and board after eight y
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eaine and trafficking by possession of
cocaine.
Robert Darrell Carter, 24, also of
Starke, was indicted on one count of
conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.
The three were arrested by the
State Bureau of Investigation Dec. 19
in Calabash as part of an undercover
drug operation.
All three initially were charged
(See INDICTMENTS, Page 2-A)
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Benton said the maintenance office
is restocking with a shipment of up to
100 tons of salt. "Wo will bo propBrod
within the next several days for a
storm of that size or larger," he added.
At Ocean Isle Beach, police
roadblocks stopped traffic on both
sides of the Odell Williamson Bridge
last Thursday afternoon until it was
sanded by DOT. Even then, only one
lane ot traffic was allowed on the
bridge at a time due to icy conditions,
according to Police Chief Bill Ozment.
Ozment said the only weatherreiaied
traffic accident at Ocean Isle
occurred last Thursday at 3 p.m.,
when a 1986 Mercedes driven by
Elizabeth Kirn Powell, about 23, of
Route 3, Shallotte, spun around three
times and skidded into the side railing
of the bridge, doing about $500
damage to the car. She was not injured.
(See COUNTY FARES, Page 7-Ai
smmissioner _
On Monday, longtime Sen. R.C.
Soles of Tabor City filed with the Columbus
County Board of Elections for
re-election from the 18th Senatorial
District, which includes Brunswick
Columbus and Bladen counties and
UoiU'OrHnin T a tti n n li i r.
?VU<VtUH?i lUUIIOIlip III
Cumberland County.
No Republicans have filed yet for
local office.
an's Death
"Nothing looked unusual. He (Garrett)
couldn't tell anything from the
autopsy itself until he sees the results
of the toxicology tests ... He said to
leave the cause of death as 'pending'
until we hear from the toxicology
report."
The toxicology report, which was
being done at the State Medical Examiner's
office in Chapel Hill, is expected
tc take at least two weeks to
complete.
Until ?vc hear frcr* ih?^ waVa nnt
commenting on it," said White.
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sentence
Florida on Aug. 1,1987, by Brunswick
County Sheriffs Det. Lindsey Walton
and Shallotte Police Lt. Rodney
Clause on an unrelated warrant for
felonious larceny.
ncil Member
urant owner*,"
rd the future, High said that town
le way to a town sewer system. "It's
i the right direction."
tant issue currently facing the town,
ing and zoning.
>or planning has been the downfall of
and that "tomorrow's planning must
>wn has grown out of proportion."
that due to the number of populated
i the town s extraterritorial jursdiei
must take a careful look at annexatown
can essentially govern these
wing residents to vote, he said the
: right to vote if they are willing to
labash.
t cousin of Councilman I Hindis High,
i take office at the Jan. 25 town
surprised to be nominated," he said,
culiar feeling being back on the town
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