Stakes An
When the Trojans play the Coug<
it than a friendly county title. At
for a conference crown and the !
Twenty-sixth Year, Number !
BOB JAMIESON (far right), Wil
manager for the N.C. Division of M
State: Ri
Solution
BY SUSAN USHER
Panelists representing a bevy of
aiaic agcncica ioiu ci group or inore
than 60 concerned residents last
week that the future of Lockwood
Folly is up to the local community as
well as the state.
Meeting Wednesday night at the
public assembly building in Bolivia,
the panel also made it clear that the
river's problems can't be blamed on
any one source, but rather on many
sources.
"The problem is. all of us," said
POLLING IS TUESDA'
Last-Minute
Registration
An unprecedented 28,346 people are
eligible to vote in Brunswick County
on Nov. 8, with a last-minute rush
pushing the total well beyond the
26,709 on the books as of Sept. 20.
According to County Board of Elections
Supervisor Lynda Britt, the new
figure breaks out to 18,046
Democrats, 9,267 Republicans and
i,ikm independents.
She's anticipating a turn-out of approximately
60 percent. In the last
presidential election year, 1984,
President Reagan's presence on the
ticket helped draw voters for a 63
percent-plus turnout locally, as did
several other factors.
"I don't know if Dukakis and Bush
will draw that much interest," she
added, noting that local contests are
not sparking that kind of interest
either.
In any case, those who go to the
polls will get to vote "about as big a
ticket as you can possibly have," said
Britt, excluding bond referenda and
constitutional amendments. Six
years ago there would have been
Rep. Re
State Rep. David Redwine's bid for
a third term is being challenged by a
former county commissioner?and a
former Democrat, Rozell Heweit, 70,
of Shallotte Point.
A Democrat, Redwine, 41, has
served Vk terms, having been appointed
to the 14th District House
seat following the resignation of Tom
B. Rabon Jr. in 1983. He was most
recently rated by the N.C. Center for
Public Policy Research as 28th in effectiveness
of 120 House members.
That effectiveness is reason enough
to send him back to Raleigh, he suggested.
He said he thinks he can provide
the leadership needed in Raleigh
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52
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latural Resources with three Sunset 1
ver Pollu
Shared f
George Gilbert, deputy director of
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aiiciuisu sanitation. 'it you pave,
build, farm, etc., it speeds the flow of
run-off and coliform. That's where
the bottom line is."
He was responding to Varnamtown
oyster house owner Carson Vamam,
who noted earlier that nothing of an
industrial nature had been built on
the river for 10 years, yet it had
deteriorated. "Somewhere,
somebody," Varnam said, should
claim responsibility for causing the
pollution, for making sure it doesn't
<_
Rush Pushes
Over 28,000
seven ballots. This year there were
plans for just one. However, the accidental
omission of three district
judges whose re-election is unopposed
led to printing of a second,
separate ballot.
For the fourth time this year,
voters will mark their ballots by connecting
the two pieces of an arrow.
The arrows make for more ao
curate electronic scanning of the
ballots, according to Britt, unlike
X's, which voters tended to make too
big, covering more than the intended
box.
With the growth in voter registration,
absentee balloting is up also.
More than 600 ballots had been requested,
she said.
"It's like Christmas?only seven
more shopping days," suggested
Britt.
In Shallotte, as many as 653
residents will vote on whether to
allow the off-premises sale of tablequality
wines within the town. The
referendum was requested by four
local grocery stores.
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The 14th District includes
Brunswick County and single
townships in New Hanover and
Pender counties.
Vice-president of Coastal Insurance
& Realty Inc. of Shallotte,
Redwine said he is seeking reelection
to ensure that the county has
"effective representation in
Raleigh," to articulate local needs.
Top concerns relate to economic
development, education and the environment,
he-said.
During his tenure, Redwine has
voted support for rural economic
development assistance, the Center
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STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHER
evelopment, talks after the meeting
ffarbor community property owners.
ition
3roblem
continue and for cleaning it up.
Chaired by Bom Jamieson, Wilmington
regional manager for the N.C.
Division of Natural Resources and
community Development, the 1
meeting was called at the request of '
Annie Smigiel, president of Save Our ?
Shellfish, SOS.
Though a small section opened
Saturday, local shellfishermen are \
concerned about the extended closing '
of the river to harvest since August. $
They're worried also about the poten- 1
tial effect of a marina proposed just
upstream of one of most productive 1
areas in the river. They believe the '
project would contribute to the pollu- '
tion that forced the closure of what 1
was thought to be a "safe" area hat q
included five shellfish management
areas just below Genoe's Point.
"Our common goal," said
Jamieson, "is to preserve the water
quality of the river and restore it, if
that's possible."
To that end, panelists fielded a
variety of questions and comments
from the audience, clearing up some
concerns while admitting answers to
some questions simply don't exist.
f
Proposal Coming (
There is some hope for the river. t
A reDOrt that should hp pnmnilod
"by late winter," said Preston i
Howard, regional supervisor for the
Division of Environmental Manage- f
ment, that will outline steps that can ,
be taken.
The recommendations will be bas- t
ed on a study of data collected by t
several agencies, including the c
federal Environmental Protection t
Agency. These include water c
samples taken in the river, main
tributaries and inlets, and studies of c
development and drainage practices s
in the river basin area. (
"If someone, maybe the Brunswick 5
Health Department or Planning (
Department, Shellfish Sanitation or j
any other agency can help with recti- (
fying this problem, that will be in the
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for Rural Development, and for the t
Marine Crescent, on whose governing
board he serves. He also also [
fought efforts to consider Brunswick i
County for a nuclear waste disposal f
site and to allow routine clam dredg- c
ing in local waters.
This year he has served as co- i
chairman of a legislative study com- 1
mittee. Last month the panel drafted {
a range of recommendations relating
to state septic tank regulations. t
Though he first voted for them, he s
now supports repeal of the so-called I
"Hardison handcuff" amendments, \
which prohibit the state from having r
environmental regulations stricter t
e Frolics'
af the N.C. Festival By The Sea,
rage of the sporting events,
irade in Sections A, B and C.
ursday, November 3, 1988
TOWNS AWARDED G
Acces:
Hold A
BY DOUG BUTTER
I^ast-minute action by the island's
primary developer prevented the
Town of Sunset Beach from joining
three other municipalities in the
county in receiving state beach and
estuarine access grants this week.
The largest of the local grants,
5213,000, was to have been awarded
Wednesday to Sunset Beach, for a
regional beach and estuarine access
Facility proposed at the east end.
However, island developer and
town council member Ed Gore has at
least temporarily blocked receipt of
the grant. Gore owns the land needed
For the facility, but he began building
a house on the property earlier this
week. I
Meanwhile, the N.C. Division of
Natural Resources and Community
Development (NRCD) awarded I
grants totaling $72,968 to three com- 1
munities: Ocean Isle Beach and Long
Beach for neighborhood beach ac- 1
cess areas and Navassa for an 1
estuarine access facility. I
At Sunset Beach, the state was '
prepared to award funds for a
egional facility which would have '
provided access to beaches fronting '
aoth the Atlantic Ocean and the bay
adjacent to Tubbs Inlet, said Town
Administrator Linda Fluegel.
The grant would have required
local matching funds of $24,500 and
n-kind services or donations of
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vould have been $262,100. '
State funds would have been used '
;o purchase the two lots needed for
;he facility, said Fluegel, while local 1
unds and donations would have provided
for construction of a restroom '
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Shallotte ?
Dukakis, J
Those big public opinion polls that s
)iek Vice President George Bush and r
lov. Jim Martin to win on Nov. 8 s
lon't mean a thing to eighth-grade t
>ocial studies students at Shallotte 1
rilUUlC OUI1UU1.
They're picking Michael Dukakis p
or president and Bob Jordan for v
;overnor anyway. p
Those were just two of the races t
hat Shallotte eighth-graders took to t
he "polls" last Wednesday in a mock
dection designed to promote better e
inderstanding of the electoral pro:ess.
F
Teacher Barbara Holcombe coorlinated
the local program, which
vas devised by the N.C. Department 6
>f Public Instruction's Division of
Social Studies. Other teachers whose ii
(lasses participated were Pauline
lewett, Cherry Basinger, Debra b
Carroll and Janice Gore.
In connection with the mock elec- 5
ion, local Democrat Ronald Hewett
In Bid For
han those of the federal government. |
Redwine advocates a regional aD
iroach to solid waste management,
las introduced bills to fund offshore 1
ishing reefs and coastal beach ac- 1
:ess.
He is proposing a model bill for
ecycling that would take a state and
ocal government partnership ap- I
iroach. |
As vice chairman of the appropriaions
committee that funds the
;tate's Department of Commerce, i
tedwine said he plans to find out v
vhat happened to 94,000 inquiries 1
lever answered by the state's
ourism development office. He was F
Election S
Before voting on Tuesday, Nov.
candidates inside this issue, as '
of the polls, Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9
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RANTS
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if Sunset
facility, boardwalks to both beaches
and an undetermined number of
parking spaces.
She said the lots form a "U" shape
where Main Street loops around to
Canal Drive at the extreme east end.
The total area of both lots is 14,015
square feet.
Don Follmer, NltCD director of
public affairs, said, "We were all set
to go with that one, but it just fell
through. It's as simple as that. The
deal just collapsed."
The state found out about work on
the Gore property Monday after pilings
had been nut in the around, he
said, and proceeded to cancel the
scheduled announcement that a
grant had been awarded to Sunset
Beach.
"That was a last-minute thing,"
Follmer said of the home construction.
"We thought we had it in place."
Although the town will not be
awarded the state grant immediately,
he said the town will receive some
Funding for beach or estuarine access
when a new location is determined.
He added, however, that the grant
may not be for the same amount of
money.
"The money will be held until they
can find another access area," said
Follmcr. "They will eventually gei a
grant."
When Sunset Beach Town Council
applied for state funding of the facility
in May, they also applied for beach
access grants at two other locations,
Fluegel said.
Gore could not be reached for comment
Tuesday afternoon.
While Sunset Beach residents will
lave to wait for improved beach and
Sth-OrnHp>r?
brdan In M
ind Brunswick County GOP Chairnan
John Dozier spoke to the
tudents about their respective pary's
principles, philosophy and
listory.
In turn, the eighth-graders
resented each party representative
vith two laminated posters of their
arty's mascot, donkey or elephant,
o be used during the remainder of
he 1988 campaign.
Voting in the mock election included
the following:
President?Dukakis/Bentsen 89,
tush/Quay le 62.
Governor?Jordan 81, Martin 42.
Lieutenant Governor?Tony Rand
3, Jim Gardner 63.
Secretary of State?John Carrngton
67, Rufus Edmisten 56.
Attorney General?I^cy Thorniurg
72, Sam Wilson 49.
State Senate?Randolph Sullivan
2, R.C. Soles Jr. 47.
State House?David Redwine 82,
Third Hous<
KEDWINE HEWETT
ntroduced lefiislatinn to psfohiich a
velcome center on the Shallotte U.S.
7 bypass.
While he sees nothing wrong with ,
partisan elections for the school
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well as a sample ballot and list
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Beach
estuarine access, their neighbors to
the west will receive state funds immediately
for a smaller,
neighborhood access area.
According to Ilaskell Rhett, field
representative with the N.C. Division
of Coastal Management in Wilmington,
Ocean Isle Beach was awarded
state mohies totaling $2,450 to improve
access at the east end of the
island.
Combined with $125 in local matching
funds and $125 worth of in-kind
services, the town will establish an
eight-vehicle parking area where
Whiteville Street ends near the
strand, said Rhett. The grant will
also help provide a dune crossover
and bike rack at that location.
When Ocean Isle Beach Commissioners
agreed to apply for the grant
in May, they viewed it as an important
step in reducing dune erosion at
the east end and providing easier access
to surf fishermen.
The largest of the state grants
awarded in Brunswick County went
to Navassa, where a regional
estuarine access facility has been
planned. It will be phased in over
several years with the first phase
funded tlus year.
AccordinR to Rhett, the waterfront
uark will be Ouilt on annrnximatplv
adjacent to Davis Creek on seven
acres of land previously dedicated to
the town by owner Donald Sneeden.
The land is valued at $39,350.
The state will provide $65,578,
which will be used to pave an entrance
road and construct two
gazebos, a boardwalk along the
creek, picnic and parking areas and
(See ACCESS, Page 2-A)
?Choose
ock Poll
Rozell Hewett 19.
Plonlr of PAi.rl IV/* ?
ViWi n Ui VAiUil. L/l(llia IViUl gcltl OO,
John Ramsey 47.
Register of Deeds?Robert Robinson
51, William Kirby 33.
County Commissioner, District
One?Chris Chappell 43, Kelly
Holden 24.
County Commissioner, District
Three?James Poole 61, Gene
Pinkerton 28.
County Commissioner, District
Four?Tom Simmons 44, Frankie
Rabon 36.
School Board, District
One?Douglas Baxley 55, Tom Pope
45.
School Board, District
Three?Robert Slockett 43, Jonathan
Hankins 38.
School Board, District
Four?Donna Baxter 48, John
Watkins 33.
Coroner?Greg White 69, Larry
Andrews 42.
HMmm ?
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board and submitted the bill that
established them in Brunswick County,
Redwine said he would be willing
to listen.
"I don't know what difference it
makes what vehicle you use to get
them there," he said. "If you make a
mess out of it nennle nin'ht tn ?alrn
you out. However, I would be willing
and able to listen, and to change if
need be."
He has supported funding to increase
the pay of educators and to
reduce classroom size.
While education legislation will be
of continuing importance, Redwine
(See REDWINE, Page 2-A)