I New He A New Hampshire man who hat eluded authorities since 1983 was taken into custody tiiis week it Brunswick County after his indict msnt on a charge of trafficking mat i iitnnn JUCMICS* 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 | a a ! Twenty-sixth Year, Numb N ? ! ?mw\ | g| 1 jPPil I iasLr'!!nk \ "[ .* 1' w \) r .V.; -U ' ^- '7-rsv >-""V 1 *ig*%:... ~ - -' *~i\u -' .->x \ Xj K I I /vowner Last week's rainy, frigid conditions This sign along U.S. 17 seems to ind tral Brunswick County felt the imp: I Bus 61 Diseiol j Supported By I BY SUSAN USHER Brunswick County Board of Educa tion members spent more than three hours behind closed doors Nlcndaj nidht Hicn??ccir?0 rvrcnnnol attni-nou. o* * i -? ? J 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. rt AS? r-? - e n i ? 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 I f. ampshire Mc 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 - the controlled substance. ] Special Assistant District Attorney it DDI xpF: j NQPOR i ^ ^ er 1C ? a RF&ru a II Ul m. 3 I as * i ? w txt * a *. \(J s s .a m r i i l k Kii it j =/1 1M ^ flHA. t' PBBUi 'I1' ^shuhl pnjfflnMi L 1 STAFF r HOTO BY OOUG RUTIIB e To Hide left almost everything coated with ice. icnte that everv nnnk nnrt rmnv In mh. ict. ine Measures School Board 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 * rpcnnnnn" tr* Hie? ronuaet n?/l Wf?/I>uv ?v UIO V.L|UV "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 mrur Jarolina, T rrw mix "?" / DMinn??ttnl? "rtrtf rtff OOCu" uiuiwntwn vywumj (,w ^ 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 ?LA ?? T HTUArn uic vvwoj) uvga:t aaiu> i ii\.i v 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< w 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. 1 nei e ?a uu aigu uf fuui play at iiiia 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 HIGH-RISE Bl f Fares Wgi 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 ciftnif innnf 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 Dn Underway a 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 t. 1! - 4 -f CU IU HIV, V.UU UV ViiV. i tVJU'-Jl ut Calabash Volunteer Rescue Squad. eads Guiity, C to the plea arrangement Tuesday morning. The defendant was represented by Southport attorney Stephen Yount. Charges against Pigotte stemmed I ? Calabash Ap 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 25c Per Copy RIDGES ICY II In \A/in+c*r m m m m v r i I I 9 w 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. r District 1 Cc 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. Into Local M 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. *v_ ? -f e?i nu ?? itU VI "Ui uia t ?**.?*. v, ? iv?v in in the autopsy. White noted Monday. n _x a r\ \ / ^ers 4U-Year 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 points Fifth Coui * 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 jg Case 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) . 30 Poges ^ Stnrm V Wl mum 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 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 nM r"<* QW m