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BY DOL'G UUTTER
Oyster season ended statewide la
fects of the "red tide" lingered and a si
remained closed to clamming.
The state Division of Marine Fishe
season March 19, but announced pla
harvest of scallops next week.
Oyster beds affected by the state's
ed "red tide," which infested some are
ths. were never reopened to harvesting
William Hogarth, director of Mari
said earlier that the state would consi
season in areas which saw very little 1
Waters near Core Sound and Moi
closed to oystering just two weeks
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BY DOUG RUTTER
Calabash Town Council Tuesday
unanimously adopted a resolution of
consideration to annex properties far
beyond the current town limits.
The area of consideration stretches
along the Calabash River from the
existing town limits west to the South
Carolina state line and east to N.C.
904. The area also extends north from
the river to U.S. 17.
Among other smaller subdivisions,
the area of consideration includes
Carolina Shores, which is currently
considering incorporation, as well as
Village Green, Hunter's Trace and
The Village at Calabash.
Town Attorney Mike Ramos said
the resolution will have to be on file
for one year before town council can
adopt a resolution of intent and proceed
with public hearings. During
that yfear, town board members will
have to determine how it will extend
town services to the areas being considered
Although a large area is included in
the resolution of consideration,
various laws restrict the amount of
property a town can involuntarily annex
and the entire region could not be
brought into the town limits at one
time.
In other business relating to annexation,
council members heard from
representative Walter Stanaland that
owners of the W.M. Stanaland Estate
are interested in the tract becoming
part of the town.
Ramos said the town could annex
the property either by having all property
owners sign a petition agreeing
to be annexed or by adopting a
resolution of intent to annex and conducting
a feasibility study to determine
whether the town could provide
services currently provided to all
other town taxpayers.
Stanaland said it may be difficult
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BY RAHN ADAMS
An Ash man who will be tried for
murder later this year in Brunswick
County was sentenced to die last
week for a related shooting death in
Wilmington.
According to the New Hanover
County Clerk of Court's office,
Rayford Clayton Piver. 42. of Ash.
was convicted of first-degree murder
last Thursday in New Hanover County
Superior Court.
After about 5Ms hours of deliberations
Friday and Monday in the
sentencing phase of the trial, jurors
returned their verdict for the death
Regional Lab
A local labor organization has
publicly endorsed several candidates
for local and state office.
The Greater Cape Fear Central
Labor Body, whose membership includes
all local AFL-CIO unions in
the 7th Congressional District, has
endorsed candidates on both the
Democratic and Republican tickets
for the May 3 primary.
Democrats receiving endorsements
on March 15 include It
Glen Peterson, a candidate for the
District 14 House seat now held by
David Redwine. Peterson was also
recently endorsed by the N.C.
Academy of Trial lawyers.
"We had a little bit of difference on
the 14th House seat vote," said Kathy
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because of the bloo
st week while ef- Juanita Gaskil
ection of the coast tions with the stati
"It's not a closed !
ries closed oyster now to reopen oyst
ns to reopen the Meanwhile, tht
centrated in Bogue
first ever record- Sound and lower P
as up to four mon- all coastal waters
?. harvested year-rou
ne Fisheries, had Scallop harvest
der reopening the Wednesdays from
larvest this year. limited to 20 bushel
rehead City were According to G
into the season the shellfish sanita
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Consider
Annexation
to get all six property owners to
agree to voluntary annexation and
that the town would probably have to
go with a resolution of intent. "I
suspect that everybody's not going to
want to just jump right in," he added.
The tract is located on Colkin's
Neck west of N.C. 179 and borders the
western property line of subdivisions
located along that road. It extends
from the Calabash River to the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway.
Stanaland added that Odell
Williamson, who is developing Ocean
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nut uvi uuu v>uu? jc. ai mc rrtoici u up
of the acreage between the river and
waterway, may also De interested in
voluntary annexation.
Referring to the additional revenue
which would result from annexation
of the golf course development. Council
member Landis High remarked,
"That would be a real economic
boost."
Stanaland said he would return to
the April 12 meeting with more information.
Closed Session
In other business Tuesday, council
authorized Town Clerk Janet
Thomas to purchase a file cabinet for
the building inspections department
and adopted a town policy to start the
salaries of future town clerks and
secretaries at minimum wage. These
actions followed a 10-minute executive
session. The town's starting
pay had been above minimum wage
before.
Discussion Planned
Also Tuesday, Ken Weeden, who is
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miw vuluuiwiig viigmcbi tut uic turn 1 3
first land use plan, said he would
return next to Tuesday's meeting to
present the results of a citizen
survey.
He added that he wilt aiso discuss
existing land use and development
trends at that time.
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penalty Monday at 3:45 p.m.
Judge Bradford Tillery set Piver's
execution date for May 20. However,
as with any death sentence, Piver's
naco Will Ka Ollf r\rnn 1
\.uuv "xi ut auiv/nuniLciii^ d(J[n;diCU
to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Piver was represented by Wilmington
attorneys Richard Miller and
Susan Sutton. Assistant District Attorney
John Carriker prosecuted the
case.
Piver's conviction last week stemmed
from the Oct. 6, 1987, shooting
death of 32-year-old Wilmington resident
Nick Patelos outside a Wilmington
bar.
or Organization
Rich, president of the Central Labor
Body, "but we worked it out."
Also receiving the labor endorsement,
according to a news release,
were Board of Education candidates
C.C. Russ, District 1, Jonathan
Hankins, District 3, and Marvin
McKeithan, District 4; and County
Commissioner candidates Major
White, District 1; and Tom Simmons,
District 4. The group also gave its en
dorse merit to Clerk of Court candidate
Diana Morgan and Register of
Deeds candidate Robert Robinson.
In the Republican primary, the
group endorsed Teddi Neal for
District ! Board of Education; John
Ramsey, Clerk of Court; and for
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Division of Marine Fisheries, said,
subject, but there are no plans right
er season."
i harvest of scallops, which are conSound,
and to a lesser degree in Core
amlico Sound, will begin March 28 in
5. Unlike oysters, scallops can be
nd.
,ing will be permitted on Mondays and
7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fishermen will be
Is per day.
eorge Gilbert, assistant supervisor of
tion program of the N.C. Division of
Shallotte, North Carolina,
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In Brunswick County, the defen
dant is charged with the first-degree
murder of Michael Baker, 31, of
Wilmington, whose body was found
near U.S. 17 at Grissettown within
hours of the Patelos shooting.
District Attorney Mike Easley has
said he will also seek the death penalty
when Piver is tried in Brunswick
County. According to Easley, the
trial will be held no earlier than the
June session of Superior Court.
Piver is being represented in
Brunswick County by Shallotte attorneys
Rex Gore and Michael
Ramos.
Endorses Prima
County Commissioner, Robert
Smith, District 1.
Candidates who did not answer
questionnaires or did not meet for
pre-endorsement interviews were not
considered.
This is the second election year in
which ihe uiganizatioii lias ciiuurseil
primary candidates in Brunswick
County, the first being two years ago.
However, Rich said the group had
been endorsing In'cw Hanover County
candidates "for years."
The endorsement process, said
Rich, is designed to allow labor endorsement
of political candidates
resulting from tlie involvement of
members of all the unions in the
screening and evaluation of can
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Health Services, the edible part of t
is not toxic.
He said the state will continue t
toxicity and reopen areas still cli
shellfish are clear of all toxins. Tl
coastline between Harker's Island j
only area still closed to clamming.
Gilbert added, however, that th
not test oysters this week. "With
there's no sense in worrying about 1
bottom."
Shellfish sanitation officials nu
areas leased to private companies f
There were no changes in South
Thursday, March 24, 1988
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Minds Blow!
iirrtav afternoon at Holden Beach, with
eriect kiie-iiying cunriiiiuus. Jordan
imc tips on kite-flying from his mother,
the Holden Beach Fishing Pier.
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Ramos said Monday that Piver':
conviction in New Hanover "isn't bo
ing to make (his defense) anj
easier" in Brunswick.
The attorney noted that testimony
concerning the Baker murder wa:
used against Piver in the Wilmingtoi
case, as prosecutors attempted ti
show that the two killings wen
related.
Brunswick County lawmen in
eluding Det. Sgt. David Crocker, whi
arrested Piver following the murder
last October, testified in the Nev
Hanover trial.
(See PIVER, Page 2-A)
ry Candidates
didates. The process consisted of ir
dividual interviews with the car
didates, a review of their votini
records and completed question
naires distributed to the candidate
which concerned issues affcctin
North Carolina workers.
Endorsements of candidates fe
local offices were determined b,
local union members only; whil
committee recommendations fo
House and Senate endorsement
were brought to the entire Centra
I-abor Body for vote, she said.
Endorsement results will b
reported to the state AFI/-CIO whicf
along with area organizations, will b
working with the endorsed car
didates during the primary.
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he scaiiop, the heart, as waters north oi
shellfish ing.
0 test clam meats for Thorn Berry, s
a seel as soon as the Health and Envire
tie 45-mile stretch of wait until at least
and New River is the tests on shellfish m
Oyster and clai
ed to commercial J
e state will probably However, Berr
the season out now, expected closed ar
the oysters on public areas still close
fishermen only,
ly sample oysters in "Right now w
or harvest, he said. shellfish time to c
1 Carolina this week, just have to wait ai
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Robbery Si
Recapturec
i Escaping C
fe BY RAHN ADAMS
If county officials didn't believe
Sheriff John C. Davis needed more
jailers before, they may now, followr
ing Brunswick County's second jail
escape in the past seven months.
Inmate Dewayne E. Godwin, 25, of
Lake Waccamaw, was the subject of
an intense two-day iTianhurit that
ended Monday morning with his
recapture in Columbus County.
Godwin, who was initially arrested
March 14, had escaped once
before?on March 10 immediately
after being stopped and arrested on
N.C. 211 by a N.C. Highway Patrol
trooper following an armed robbery
at Wilson's Supermarket in Shallotte.
He was apprehended four days later
by area lawmen in I^ike Waccamaw.
m uic nine ui ma ltiiesi escape, me
suspect was being held in the
f Brunswick County Jail under a
$100,000 cash bond on charges including
armed robbery and assault
with a deadly weapon inflicting
serious injury.
According to Davis, the jailbreak
k occurred Saturday between noon and
is 3 p.m. The sheriff said Godwin "jimS
mied" the lock on his cell door and
I crawled from the cellblock, escaping
when visitors entered the jail. Some
8 children who were playing outside
the sheriff's department Saturday
afternoon saw Godwin leave the
; building.
Until new locks are installed in the
jail, Davis would not explain how
I Godwin opened the ceii door because
i he didn't want to "give some other
, people ideas," he said.
Davis said no disciplinary
measures would be taken against
Jaiier Louis Clark, who was on duty
alone at the time of the escape,
uecause nt; was trying 10 OO a IWOman
job."
The sheriff noted that it was standard
procedure to have only one
s jailer on duty at certain times since
- the sheriff's department does not
f have sufficient personnel to staff the
facility with two jailers full-time.
f The jail, which holds 44 prisoners
s and is full most of the time, was
i designed to be staffed by two jailers,
} he explained.
- "I will be requesting more jailers
in my budget," Davis said. He added
- that no other procedural changes
> could be made until additional jailers
s are on staff.
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Home Show O
At National Gi
Approximately 50 exhibitors wil
t- improvements this weekend during
i- Show.
g Held at the N.C. National Guar
i- sponsored for the third year by th
s Builders Association, a professional
g whose work is associated with the h
Admission is Si for tlinco aao 1ft c
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. tt WVa
y Show hours are 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.1
e and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,
r Exhibits will range from the lal
s floor coverings, lighting and horr
il refreshments will be available from
and the Brunswick County Extensi
e scale models of four different types
i, A number of the exhibitors will
e prii.es.
i- A number of this year's exhibitc
t
eopen
t Murreiis iniei remain closed to all
pokesman for the S.C. Department of
mmental Control, said the state will
next week before conducting toxicity
eats in areas still closed to harvesting,
m beds in Murrells Inlet were reopenlarvesting
two weeks ago.
y could not say whether state officials
eas to reopen in the near future. The
d are harvested by recreational
re're just waiting and giving those
leanse themselves," he said. "We'll
nd see what the numbers tell us."
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jspect
i After
bunty Jail
Last September, three inmates
escaped the Brunswick County Jail
but were all back behind bars in
three days. Their method of escape
was not determined, although Davis
speculated that a door was left
unlocked or that the inmates had access
to a key. The jailer on duty at the
time of the escape resigned the same
day the three were recaptured.
Godwin was apprehended Monday
around 11 a.m. inside a Lake Waccamaw
residence by officers from
the Brunswick and Columbus
sheriff's departments, Lake Waccamaw
Police, the Highway Patrol
and the Department of Corrections,
according to Columbus County
Sheriffs Detective Tom Mehalic.
After using roadblocks on N.C. 211,
bloodhounds and a Highway Patrol
helicopter to search for the escapee,
lawmen heard that Godwin had been
spotted in the Lake Waccamaw area,
Mehalic said.
"He was running around in the
woods, then he ran into the house and
hid," said Mehalic, who was one of
the officers involved in the arrest. He
added that the home was occupied by
two elderly relatives of the suspect.
The detective said about 17 officers
surrounded the residence, then
entered the home and found Godwin
hiding under a bed. He was taken into
custody without incident. No one was
hurt in the capture.
Davis said Godwin was
transported to Central Prison in
Raleigh Monday 14fnr
safekeeping .. . because they have
more personnel to watch him than I
have."
The sheriff's department Monday
also was investigating the possibility
that Godwin stole a car to return to
Columbus County.
Brunswick County Sheriff's Csni.
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rim rciijr octiu d cai ownea oy
Bolivia area resident Charles F. Lennon
of Old Lennon Road was reported
stolen Sunday around 5:45 p.m. and
was recovered by authorities about
three hours later near Lake Waccamaw.
In addition to the robbery-related
charges in Brunswick, Godwin is a
suspect in several recent armed robberies
in the Whiteville area,
although he had not been charged in
Columbus County as of Monday,
Mehalie said.
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pens Friday
jard Armory
1 share ideas for home and garden
the 1988 Brunswick Living Home
d Armory in Shallotte, the show is
e South Brunswick Islands Home
organization for builders and those
ome building industry,
ind older: children will be admitted
Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday,
test in mobile homes to cabinetry,
ie financing. Hotdcgs and other
the Shallotte Junior Woman's Club
on Service will be demonstrating
of septic tank systems,
offer give-aways and drawings for
?rs are new to the show.
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