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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
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reported thp break-in to the sheriff
man caught in her chimney.
Members of the Calabash Volunt
ched Sunday around 4 a.m. to free th
"I went in the house and looked
hanging there," Calabash VFD Capt
Gore noted that the fireplace da
from being able to completely descei
One fireman lowered a rope to S
trapped man from the chimney. Gori
rescue the small man. whose weigl
pounds.
"We had no problems once we goi
"We got him on the first try."
Neither Gore nor Perry could o
wearing only a T-shirt when he was i
According to Gore, Smith was i
although the suspect apparently was
five hours. Smith told his rescuers th
around 11 p.m.. Gore said.
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BY RAHN ADAMS 1
The attorney for the owners of a
, Leland business said this week his <
j clients are taking a wait and see ap- I
preach to a sheriff's department pro- I
be before they take the next step in a
court dispute over bingo games I
played at the establishment.
"A lot of that's up to them," *
Elizabethtown attorney Clifton i
Hester said Monday, in reference to
his clients' options. "There are
strategic reasons for waiting to see
what the other side does."
Brunswick County Sheriff John C.
Davis?the other side?said Tuesday
that his department's investigation
of the Leland business is continuing.
No charges had been filed as of Tuesday.
According to Davis, the business is
located on Old U.S. 74-76 in Leland,
and is identified only by a sign that
reads "Triangle."
Sheriff's Capt. Phil Perry said
Monday, "If we catch anyone in a
violation of the North Carolina
general statntp fnr hinon aomoc
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will be charged."
The business is owned by Charles
Hester, Dennis Hester and Rachel
Hester, who filed a suit March 8 in
Brunswick County District Civil
Court to seek a restraining order and
injunction against law enforcement
authorities, and a judgment interpreting
the state's bingo laws.
The three piaintitts are distantly
related to their attorney, Clifton
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>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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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