Page 6-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEACO Suspect Arre n ? i_ '-r: __ ? * m v a i i r 1 u^n iy| 11 i i I^J BY RAHN If it had been Christmas, a Calal was Santa Claus or maybe even the C her chimney early Sunday morning. Instead, it was a South Carolina ting to break into her home. And a< wearing anything close to a Santa su Brunswick County Sheriff's Capt 21. of Route 1, I/jngs, S.C., was cha and entering Sunday after he was i Sherry Herd residence on Hickman 1 After being trapped in the chimm easier time getting out of jail. He was a $75 bond. According to Perry, Ms. Herd urnitn/l cnr?i\ | mediately! A N. Thursday. Mureh 31. 1988 ?sted After Qr:: I I l syv| w ^ ADAMS >ash woman might have thought it irinch who she heard coming down man who apparently was attemp:cording to authorities, he wasn't lit either?just a T-shirt. . Phil Perry said Tony !-ee Smith, rged with misdemeanor breaking rescued from the chimney at the toad. ey for several hours. Smith had an > released from custody Sunday on said she was awakened Sunday lg for help inside the house. She s department after she found the cor Fire Department were dispatic would-be intruder, in the chimney, and 1 saw a foot . Ronnie Gore said Monday, imper was what kept the suspect id the chimney. inith from the roof and pulled the e said. It took about 10 minutes to it was estimated to be about 120 t the rope around him." Gore said. ffer a clue as to why Smith was lot injured in the freak incident, trapped in the chimney for about at he had gone down the chimney investigat Oui i itfS In Hester said. Defendants named in the suit in :lude Sheriff Davis, District At torney Michael Easley and N.C At torney General Lacy Thornburg. According to court records District Court Judge D. Jack Hook! Jr. issued a temporary restraining order on March 10 which kept loca authorities from "arresting or pro secuting any of the plaintiffs." However, on March 18 Hook! rescinded the restraining order, say ing he hadn't had the authority ti issue it in the first place, sine Hester's motion involved a felon statute. District Court has no felon jurisdiction, the judge said. The Hesters' lawsuit states that th business uses "instant bingo" game to promote the sale of "sundr items," which their attorney descrit ed Monday as concessions includin drinks and candy. "In connection with the sale an purchase of sundry items, the pui chaser/donor receives free bing cards and may participate in a fre bingo game," the lawsuit says. Clifton Hester said Monday ths one point of his clients' complaint i that state bingo laws are vague an need to be clarified. rtttorumg 10 me lawsuit, in business owners contacted the stai attorney general's office earlier thi year and were told that bingo game were not iiiegai if the game was pri vided "free of charge" and was use DESIGN C Is Closed dl Remaining MUST LIQUIDATION and MON., APRII 3tors*Stackable Washer/Dr 2r Microwaves*Range Hoo ?rs (5,000, 8,000, 12,000, 1 ?se are new GE appliar arranties being sold Al NOW-CASH & C t-Varnish-Cabinets-And Mc All At Carry Away P ALL SALES Fll cl \ a/ uintri ji iuwiuuiii ui iu tvuici k ses and all remaining mere! ?e & Pop* 79, between Ocean Isle & Suns< Parks And BY n,\HN ADAMS If a plan by county parks and recreation officials is realized, Shallotte's historic Sunny Side school building will again bustle with activity soon?but in a different location. According to Chairperson Ouida Hewett, the Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board plans to propose moving the building from the corner of Main Street and N.C. 130 West to Shallotte Township District Park on U.S. 17 south of Shallotte. "We'd like to move it to the Shallotte (Township) Park site and restore it to its original status?the original Sunny Side School," Ms. Hewett said in an interview last week. "To me, I love Sunny Side," she added. "There are so many good memories there." The four-room frame structure, which was built in 1915, has already made one move in its 73-year history. Until the construction of its replacement, the building stood on the site of Shallotte Middle School on N.C. 179. Rather than destroy the old school building, the Brunswick County Board of Education turned it over to the Town of Shallotte, and it was moved to a temporary location?where it now stands?on property now owned by David Rourk of Shallotte. ing Leland only to promote business. The sheriff's department last week - received its own memorandum from - the attorney general's office concerning an interpretation of bingo laws. , Davis said Tuesday thai Assistant ? District Attorney Napoleon Barefoot ; Jr. was reviewing the memo. 1 In the meantime, Clifton Hester - said Monday that his clients have not decided whether or not to seek a s dismissal of their complaint in - District Court and file the case in a Superior Court. > I wholesale I ^ S I d I SHALLUirt | ; \Steztnic d I , | SUffJLY is I Phone (919)754-6000 s ^ Shallotte, NC > ^ JB d IIIWIMIM UWMil?Big^ :ENTEi^ And... Appliances GO! SALE L 1, 2, & 4, 9-5 pm yer*Electric Ranges ds by GE and Nutone 3,000 and 24,000 BTU's) ices with full \ or Below Cost ARRY SALE jny Other Items rices! vl Al jusc is under rsriovot on landise must be sold imz O (D te y s Corp. 1 >t Beach, 579-3800 I Rec To Propo '< fh** 1 iP?'gV ft HI S ? ... i i ?m?~g ^ b lyy^si Y_ v;"*- j9|r^ PARKS AND RECREATION OFFI sent a proposal to Shallotte Town Ci corning the possible relocation of But according to Shallotte Mayor Jerry Jones, a five-year agreement to keep the building on the Rourk property has expired, and the town has been unabie to buy or iease the iand. Shallotte lias nowhere of its own to move the building, the mayor said. Ho added that until a permanent location is found, the town is hesitant to make any significant improvements to the building. It is currently used for storage space. "It's a situation of the building sitting on someone else's property," Jones explained last week. The town allocates a small amount of money each year for the building's upkeep. I-ast summer, a project by the Shallotte Junior Women's Club fixed up the exterior of the old school. However, the interior remains in disrepair. Ms. Hewett said she and Parks and Recreation Director Bobby Jones hope to present a written proposal concerning the relocation to Shallotte Town Council at the town board's April meeting. Jones said he also intends to bring the matter to council members' at Rep. E. David Red During his curr House, Represe and continues U * $30.y million tc * $5 million to er and jobs in eco * $4 million to pi * $30 million Cle and Water Poll * State Income T jobs in Brunsw $465,000 for M( Center at Brun Widening of Hi and Shallotte E Four-lane High REM EXPERIENCE. ] ; pi ' SKlPPfRdHAPHIClS ? se Sunny Side ^ ii fi 8 11,1 1II fr CLALS plan to pre- from its current si nuncil in April con- Township District Sunny Side School community buildir tention for their "thoughts and suggestions" at the board's next session. "There are pros and cons (to the proposal)," Jones said, "but it needs to be in a permanent site where it can be used. "I'd be open to any suggestions of where to put it and what to do with it," he added, Ms. Hewett's suggestion is to move Sunny Side to the park, restore the building's interior and use it as a community building for club meetings and other activities. Local groups currently meet "wherever they can," mainly at the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation office or in churches, she noted. Ms. Hewett said she doesn't think Shallotte would have to give up ownership of the building to facilitate the move to the county-owned park. At a March 18 joint meeting between the parks and recreation board and county commissioners, Ms. Hewett unveiled her plan for relocation of the building. Commissioners discouraged the use of county parks and recreation funds but agreed that mtor , rect TOECC wine ent term in the No ntative Redwine h o support: ) expand and moderr icourage industrial d nomically depressed *omote rural economi an Water Loan and I ution Control Revolv 'ax Credit to employe ick and Pender coun mtally Handicapped swick Community C< ghway 133?Southpc lypass Construction way 17 to state line J EMBER TO VOTE Fi \ND EFFECTIVENE TT Li *H?l PAIO POllIICAl ANNOUNCFMFNT b Relocation | 1 i STAFF PHOTO BY RAHN ADAMS B te inside the city limits to Shallotte Park, where it would be used as a the county could possibly seek grant monies for the project. Another benefit of the proposed move is that the historic building E would be located on the fenced-in park grounds where it would be protected, Ms. Hewett said. Also, Sunny Side could be cleaned by parks and recreation employees. Although no estimates of the cost of renovation have been made, much of the work also could be done by parks and recreation employees, who restored a community building at Waccamaw Township Park several years ago, she said. She estimated that the cost of moving the building would be about $5,000. If the project is approved by all parties and funding is obtained, Ms. Hewett said she intends to ask the K public to provide photographs of the building's interior to aid in restoration. E Sunny Side consists of three large classrooms and a small auditorium. When it was in use, the building housed about 125 students, Ms. Hewett said. 1[ the 3rd... | VES 3NOMIC iOPMENT i i I i rth Carolina as worked for I I lize state ports I evelopment 1 areas c development 1 Grant Program ring Fund I jrs who create ties 1 Training | allege )rt/Oak Island ^ E OR I :ss MA Y 3RD. - 1 I JIE HCHOUsil I m