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BY RAHN ADAMS
Although Sheriff John C. Davi
says he feels arrests will be made i
the "foreseeable future," ii
vestigative leads in Brunswick Coui
ty's two latest murder cases a|
parently are hard to come by.
The cases involve three famil
members who were slain last mont
at their VVinnabow area home and
local man who was shot to death i
September at his business nea
Grissettown.
No arrests have been made i
either case?just as five other loc;
murders in the past 10 years remai
unsolved. Substantial rewards are o
fered in four of the seven murde
cases.
Sheriff's Capt. Phil Perry said Fr
day that flyers on the Meetz
murders were being posted at store
Loch
BY DOUG RUTTER
State officials and Iocs
shellfishermen alike remain baffle
following last Thursday's closure (
Ix>ckwood Folly River, which cam
just one day after the river was opei
ed to oystering.
Shellfishermen gathered oysters i
the river during early morning loi
tides last Wednesday and Thursda
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down again because of high levels c
bacteria.
"Everybody is disappointed
naturally," said Annie Smigiel,
shellfisherman from Varnamtowr
"They can't understand what's haj
pening to the river."
The lower portion of Lockwood Fo
ly, downstream from Geneos Poir
on the west bank and Gore's I-andin
on the east, was reopened t
shellfishing last Wednesday a
sunrise after being closed for thre
months, but was shut down th
following morning at 9 a.m. It wa
the first time the area had been ope
to oyster harvest this season.
Bob Benton, director of the stat
shellfish sanitation branch, said th
river was opened following analysi
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li and industries in northern Brunswick
a County.
n The Meetze flyer, which was
ir printed by the SBI for the sheriff's
department, includes two
n photographs of the victims' house
il and the following information:
n "On or near midnight of Wednesf
day, Oct. 12, to Thursday, Oct. 13,
ir unknown person(s) entered the
residence of Marion E. Meetze
i- located on Highway 87, 3.9 miles
e north of its intersection with
s Highway 17, and brutally murdered
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wood Folly 5
of two consecutive water samples
il which tested below the critical level
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)f organisms per 100 milliliters of
e water.
j. Samples taken last Wednesday,
however, showed that the bacteria
n count had jumped back up to the
,v level it has been at since the summer,
y between 70 and 100 organisms per
it milliliter.
if Although oysters were harvested
last Wednesday and Thursday, after
1, bacteria levels had increased past
a the contamination point, Benton said
i. there was no danger of eating those
y shellfish since it takes a while for the
bacteria to affect the meat.
While the river was open, area
I- shellfishermen did well, according to
it Mrs. Smigiel. "There was a lot of
g people getting oysters out of there,"
o she said, adding that she picked five
t bushels the first day and seven the
e next.
e Meanwhile, Benton said he had no
s idea why the bacteria level chanced
n so quickly, particularly since the
area had not received any substane
tial rainfall which often carries
e pollutants to the river,
s "We just don't know what is caasS
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Community College Foundation to
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His debut was at the Wednesday
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toward anything
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knew."
?Sheriff John C. Davis
Mr. Meetze, his wife and child.
"Authorities are seeking any information
of person(s) or vehicle(s)
that may have been seen in the area
at this time. Contact the SBI or the
Brunswick County Sheriff's Department,
l-fiOO-672-6379."
Perry said similar flyers on the
county's other unsolved murder
cases also may be printed and
posted. "In every one of these cases,
I'm sure there is someone who could
help us with it if they would just step
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ing it," he said. "We have no earthly
idea."
Mrs. Smigiel, president of the local
environmental group Save Our
Shellfish (SOS), said, "Evidently,
somebody is putting something in
that water."
She noted that private tests
authorized by SOS have revealed
"hot spots," or areas of high
bacterial concentration, around
Lockwood Golf Links.
According to Benton, however,
bacteria levels in the river have fluctuated
greatly with each sampling,
and there is no one area where the
coliform counts have been consistently
higher than others. One
specific source of the pollution, he
said, cannot be pinpointed.
Although the river was opened for
only two mornings, Benton said the
quick turnaround will not affecl
future decisions to open the river,
which historically provides about 4C
ytitcin ui nit; annual oysier narvesi
in Brunswick County.
The decision will still be based or
water and oyster meat samples,
which he said were to be taken agair
on Monday with results expected
It's Not Over
The fishing's not over yet. Anglers i
in spots at local piers and black has
waters. The Fishing Report's on Pa,
Vednesday, November 23, 1988
Commissic
For Senior
BY RAHN ADAMS
The Shallotte Senior Citizens
Center will soon get a facelift that
will double its space, thanks to a
state grant and a $12,000 contribution
from the county.
Brunswick County Commissioners
Monday accepted a $20,000 state
grant for rehabilitation of the senior
citizens center located on U.S. 17 in
Shallotte. The monies, which
represented one of five grants approved
Monday for the county's older
adults program, required no matching
funds. However, the board
unanimously voted to make the additional
allocation to expand the
building and improve the existing
structure at the same time.
All five commissioners attended
Monday night's lV-i-hour meeting in
Bolivia. The session was Commissioners
Chris Chappell and Jim
Poole's last meeting, as a result of
their failed bids for re-election
earlier this month.
According to County Manager John
T. Smith, the $32,000 will be used to
build a 2,000 square foot addition and
an "A-frame" roof over the entire
building. Without constructing the
new roof, the extra space could be added
for about $20,000, he said. In
either case, construction would be
handled by the county.
Prior to the board's vote, Chairman
Grace Bcasley noted that
repairs to the building's flat roof
would eventually surpass the cost of
spending the additional $12,000 to
undertake the larger project now.
Smith told commissioners the
grant money must be spent and the
materials it pays for must be in place
uy Juiy laoa. rne grant was obtained
by the Brunswick County Department
of Social Services through N.C.
Senate Bill 1559. The county's older
adults programs are now administered
in a separate department.
Commissioner Frankie Rabon,
who also serves on the county Social
Services Board, said expanding the
Shallotte facility to approximately
4,300 square feet will allow it to be
recognized as an official "senior
center." As a result, extra grant funding
will be available for its operation.
Senior centers must be at least
4,000 square feet in size to be eligible
for certain funds, he said.
Other Senate Bill 1559 grants accepted
Monday included $10,000 for a
senior center outreach program in
the Shallotte and Waccamaw areas;
$3,375 for medical transportation;
Again
' Tuesday. "I have no idea when we
will find that we can open it, but we'll
keep trying," he said.
The only area in Lockwood Folly
remaining open to shellfishing is a
i small section of Eastern Channel at
the mouth of the river which opened a
few weeks ago.
According to Mrs. Smigiel,
t however, there are no oysters left in
I that area. "That was gone the first or
second day it was opened," she said.
"There isn't anything left around in
this area."
Rich Carpenter, regional manager
i for the state Division of Marine
! Fisheries in Wilmington, said last
" Thursday the quick closure disap!
pointed more than just the local
! shellfishermen. "That's just
discouraging," he said. "There's
some long faces up here this morn!
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, He added, however, that when the
I river does reopen, the Spring Branch
t and Drum Slough shellfish management
areas or "gardens" will also
i open to oystering. The state had plan,
ned to open those areas last Friday,
i but the river closed before a proI
clamation could take effect.
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continue to pull Supporters of the ill-l
;s from outside dum have nothing to
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and $2,200 for home improvement chan
and repair. No matching funds are he se
required. Also, a $855 supplemental bill a
services grant requiring $95 in mat- Go
ching funds was accepted. meet
Gore Changes Hats
In the only split vote at Monday's Alt
meeting, commissioners appointed
Southport attorney Grover Gore to Wayi
serve on the Brunswick County Air- sione
port Commission. has
Gore, who currently serves as the coun
commission's attorney, will com- thou;
plete the unexpired term of Burton "posi
Myers, who resigned Nov. 8 citing the :
"personal reasons" for leaving the over;
controversial panel. Since last Aci
December the airport board has been repoi
embroiled in a disnute over it?: lnacp millii
with the airport's fixed-base pedt!
operator, Airport Enterprises, milli
Myers' three-year term began in coun
January. balar
Commissioners Poole, Chappell comr
and Benny Ludlum supported Gore's spenc
nomination, which was entered by balar
Poole. Commissioners Beasley and budgi
Rabon voted to appoint Piedmont Th<
Airlines pilot Jim Minett of test
Southport. parec
Prior to the vote, Poole told board previ
members that Gore would resign his the c<
post as airport commission attorney about
if he were to be appointed to the the ri
panel. Poole joked that the only (See
Action Expected.
On Brunswick Po
Action is expected shortly on the pure
South Brunswick Islands Station of the Shi
to an owner of the proposed site for the fa
Although postal officials will not conl
the project, local developer Bill Benton s
work for a land purchase at Seaside has be
pects the sale to go through shortly. "We'r
closing on it this month," he said.
Benton is partial owner of a tract of lai
Ocean Isle Beach which the postal service I
cording to earlier statements by Benton.'
of land is located on N.C. 904 between Bill 1
Fashions Inc. *
John Gordon, real estate specialist wi
Greensboro and coordinator of the local pi
not in a position to provide any informatii
station.
"We're still pursuing it," he said, adt
good news to report in 60 or 90 days. "It's
still pursuing following the federal Omnibi
of 1987."
The federal act passed last December i
save $815 million in capital expenses over
caused the indefinite postponement of mar
region, according to Gordon.
Art Shealy, communications manag<
postal division, also said last week he hai
project. He added, however, that he may hi
about a month.
The South Brunswick Islands station w
in that area of Brunswick County. The off
affect mailing addresses or the ZIP code,
area for Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach i
Chamber Pror
Shopping At h
As the holiday rings in, the South Bn
Commerce is encouraging all shoppers to s
shopping needs.
And to promote shopping at home,
"Hometown Holidays."
On Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiv
member businesses will host open house I
light refreshments and providing the oppo
cash prizes. The chamber is placing a
business for registration and will award a
week for four consecutive weeks.
Drawings will be held Nov. 30, Dec. 7,:
being sponsored by area banks. Persons re
eligible for that particular week's drawing
According to Chamber Executive Dii
purpose of "Hometown Holidays" is to helj
the holiday season. "We simply want to enc
at home for their holiday gift buying instea
We want dollars to circulate within Bruns'
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fated Shallotte wine referencelebrate,
as aldermen conext
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ge would be that Gore wouldn't
inding the airport commission a
ny more for his legal services,
re did not attend Monday's
ing.
Audit Completed
hough the official report was
in the typewriter, accountant
tie Berry reported to commisrs
that the county's 1987-88 audit
been completed and that the
ty did "much better than you
?ht you were doing." Calling it a
itive report," Berry added that
audit should help the county's
ill financial rating,
cording to a sketch of the audit
t, the county raised about $30
an in revenue last year, but tophat
in expenditures by about $1.1
nn whinh nown f
w?f IIIIIVII CUlIiV/ U Ulll tllC
ty's unappropriated fund
ice. However, Berry pointed out
nissioners initially anticipated
ling $4.8 million from the fund
ice, according to their 1987-88
et.
; county's tax collection rate
year was 95.14 percent, eom1
to about 95.2 percent in
ous years. Also, revenue from
lunty water system increased to
: $61,000 last year, coming out of
sd thanks to the addition of the
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Shortly
st Office
i
hase of land for the proposed
allotte Post Office, according
cility.
Firm anything specific about
aid last week that all paperlen
completed and that he exe
looking forward to possibly
id between Sunset Beach and
has an option to purchase, acThe
120,000-square-foot piece
lenton Realty and Ocean Isle
th the U.S. Postal Service in
roject, said last week he was
in on the status of the postal
lino thaf tViaro mail Kr*
""(3 Viiufc U1V1S lliajr UC OUII1C
one of the few projects we're
is Budget Reconciliation Act
required the postal service to
the next two fiscal years and
ly planned post offices in this
:r with the Columbia, S.C.,
i no new information on the
ive some details to pass on in
as proposed to handle growth
ice, which is not expected to
will centralize the delivery
md Calabash.
notes
tome
onswick Islands Chamber of
fay at home for their holiday
the chamber is sponsoring
ing, participating cliamberfor
their customers, serving
rtunity for customers to win
box in each participating
minimum of $100 cash each
14 and 21, and prize money is
lust register each week to be
r
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ector Susanne Sartelle, the
) boost retail business during
ourage shoppers to stay here
id of traveling to other cities,
nick County."
ue through Tuesday, Dec. 20.
t