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THE F Twenty-seventh Year, Number 31 DA Vows No BY EAHN ADAMS Thirteen defendants?including seven local men?who were indicted on cocaine trafficking charges Monday by a Brunswick County investigative grand jury will not be allowed to plea bargain for reduced charges, according to 13th District Attorney Michael Easley. Easley announced the indictments Monday afternoon at a news conference in Bolivia. He said the 18 cocaine indictments involving the 13 defendants stemmed ^ from a 12-month special grand jury investigation?the third such drug trafficking probe to occur in ^ ^ Brunswick County in the past three fc jA years. The two earlier investigations f / ASH yielded 579 indictments involving 85 & Easley said only 13 defendants easi.ky L - f? ? / .. nSiiOpSti'I I VI :r-' tt*.-/: w I Z j i ./ I iMifeik THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY of Alpha Ward's two 1 located near this Brunswick County Health Departmci area pictured on the right is part of four vacant lots owi Inc. Main Street runs between the two lines of houses ii C n n rs*\ ?=& O L?^ ^ OUI OfcttJLJ i riupj Access To Formerl BY RAHN ADAMS of the plaintiff': Durham attorney Jim Maxwell is abandoned rig getting to be an old hand at represen- island's former ting Sunset Beach property owners in ding to Mrs. War lawsuits against the development Records on fil firm, Sunset Beach & Twin Lakes County Land Re Inc. office in Bolivia ! Maxwell?counsel for the Sunset seven lots are va< Beach Taxpayers Association?and vacant lots owne< the company's lawyers are waiting to Twin l^akes Inc. present oral arguments this summer the lots owned b; before the N.C. Court of Appeals, in a and Ms. Moore, case involving beach access through According ti a prime oceanfront lot at Sunset Management ai Beach. County Tax Depa In the meantime, Maxwell is ed tax value of t representing a local woman, Alpha perty is more tha Ward, who filed a lawsuit last month value of Mrs. 1 in Brunswick County Superior Civil $75,000. Court in an attempt to gain access to Court documei landlocked oceanfront property that Ward and her la at one time was submerged under B. Ward Jr., boi Tubbs Inlet. lots in 1955, wher Defendants in the case are Sunset existed. But fron Beach & Twin Lakes Inc., A.L. Mor- Inlet?which div rison Construction Co., Mr. and Mrs. and Ocean Is Harry W. Kruppenbach of Scotland westward and c< County, and Carol Ann Moore of ed the entire ea Bladen County. The four defendants Beach, including own seven lots that are located east ty. SE Holden Com miss BY DOUG RUTTER Holden Beach Commissioners will "J (Jon'f have to vote a second time before annexation of its first mainland ter- business ritory is official. . Members Monday night voted 3-2 DOUleVOi in favor of annexing the town's first mainland territory, one vote short of the four-fifths majority required for adoption of the ordinance on a single balloting. of 3-2 will be eno Before an anxious crowd of some 40 around, island and mainland residents, Com- The deciding \ missioners William Williamson, Gil place at a spec Bass ana nay airiiis voiea ill uivor ol Monday, J line 2f the controversial annexation pro- hall, posal, while Bob Buck and Georgia Commissioner Uingley cast opposing votes. the motion Mond Town Manager Gus Ulricli said a imately 67 acres margin of at least 4-1 is required 011 a ing the mainlan first vote, but that a simple majority was immediately >DI miciiii HO AG h bOr-lb Ev-Ok fcli?UbR/^ ^ > Plea Bargains As were indicted Monday because "we're pacing them a little better ... It doesn't blow a fuse on the system." He added that the special grand jury investigation remains underway. Local defendants named this week are: Kenneth Leon Thome, 29, of Calabash; Christopher Vcrlie Parham. 27. Seasidp* .bmn? w Rnhinonn i?* V7 c. , , ... .w?...ov..u..,?i,uui;lyv, Johnnie Robert Corbett, 44, Boones Neck; Dewey Earl Rhodes, 38, Holden Beach; Perry Dean Moore, Hickman's Crossroads; and Allison Leland Reaves, 30, Shallotte. Other defendants are Jerry L. High, 38, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Robert Fowler Ilewett, 25. California; Ellis C. Bordeaux, 55, Delco; Edward D. Wigner Jr., 25, Wilmington; and two Florida residents who Easley would not identify Monday, saying authorities currently are attempting to locate the pair. According to the district attorney, the defendants / -I /. - - . -S. ' % J?' VJ ? . oil MWBWU few; - A (^: /" / '/ J ,f'f spN? r i < ,, * . A'* > \ ? ' SIAf F PHOIOBY RAHN ADAMS ots in the dunes near the eastern end of Sunset Beach is it site evaluation marker (foreground). The undeveloped ned by the development firm, Sunset Beach & Twin Lakes n the background. erfy Owner Seeks y Submerged Lots 3 property, on the In 1968, the late M.C. Gore?father ht-of-way of the of Sunset Beach & Twin Lakes'presiMain Street, accor- dent, Ed Gore?reconstructed the d's complaint. eastern end of the island by dredging p at thp Rrunswinlr oon/i twtvm ? u~u:?> *1? _ _- janu iium me waici way uuimiu inc cords Management island and depositing the fill into show that five of the Tubbs Inlet, the documents say. The :ant, with four of the new land included the former site of i by Sunset Beach & the Ward lots. Houses are built on Eight years later, Sunset Beach & y the Kruppenbachs Twin Lakes resurveyed and remapped the east end, whose configuration 0 Land Records had changed in the reconstruction, id the Brunswick and moved Main Street to its present rtment, the combin- location. The defendants' lots in the ;he defendants' pro- current lawsuit lie between the Ward n $1 million. The tax property and the second Main Street. Ward's property is The only legal access to the Ward lots is from the ocean, its state that Mrs. Mrs. Ward won a 1980 lawsuit that te husband, George re-established her ownership of the jght two oceanfront two iots. However, a Brunswick 1 the old Main Street County District Civil Court judge and 1 1955 to 1967, Tubbs later the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled ides Sunset Beach that Mrs. Ward was not entitled to an le Beach?shifted easement to her property from the impletely submerg- present Main Street. Instead, the stern end of Sunset courts found that her easement was the Wards' proper- over the old Main Street right-of-way (See SUNSET, Page 2-A) :COND VOTE REQUIRED ;ion Votes 3-2 For A want to see shops and ;es up and down Ocean rd." ?William Williamson Holden Beach Commissioner ugh the second time Williamson prefaced his motion with comments that he would like to rote will likely hike see Holden Beach maintain its family ial meeting set for atmosphere and its residential I, at 7 p.m. in town nature on the island. "But the town also has to grow," he Williamson made continued, adding that the town ay to annex approx- needs to provide an area for commerof property border- cial growth and that the causeway is d causeway, and it the best place for that type of ' seconded by Bass. development. "I don't want to see CK&BE arolina, Thursday, June 8,1989 2 i 13 indicted On E who have been located have agreed to surrender themselves to authorities Wednesday morning at the sheriff's department. High, who also faces federal drug charges in South Carolina, was arrested June 1 in North Myrtle Beach, and was being held Monday on a $50,000 cash bond. Familiar Faces In Crowd Easley said the latest investigation was conducted by his office in conjunction with the SBI and Brunswick County Sheriffs Department. The special grand jury heard approximately 50 hours of testimony from 18 witnesses during the year-long inquiry, which the district attorney said was a "spin-off" of the April 1988 investigation. The probe expanded into Florida and South Carolina, as well as into three other North Carolina counties where indictments are expected later this month, Easley said. He added that one of the counties is Columbus, which also CORLEY, LEMON SWITCHED I rur k^fvc Said Reason F BY SUSAN USHER A need for change. That's the reason Brunswick Coun- Bar : ty school board members gave Mon- BR; day for switching principals of two county schools. Effective July 1, the switch returns p Harry E. (Ed) Lemon to West Brunswick High School after a fiveyear absence and sends David R. cori ey* Corley to Bolivia Elementary School after three years at West Brunswick. TWO A TO "We think a change is in order," said school board member Robert pOf NGW Slockett following Monday's meeting. "I think it's going to do both While neither 1 schools good." Ed Lemon may However, West Brunswick booster fortable with he Terry Rarbee of Ocean Isle Beach have new school told Slockett, "I think we're taking a the coming yeai big step backward." day they're rea m u ?nif r ?ew jobs on JulFrom February 1977, Lemon serv- . .. f ; ed 2Mt vears as West Brunswick's ,1 , lve>ec . . . . ... school expenen assistant principal and five years as , . it e ii 1 no < u years in educat its principal. In fall 1984 he joined the * , . central office staff as assistant fa.n a" 01 . . . . .I i , a , that level also, sunerintennent Hp kpnt that titlp during the first of his three years as assignment and principal of Bolivia Elementary 0 ?1 School. " . "Elementary Board of education members met ^eIT!a J. lmP?r for approximately two hours behind ? ?a" ^ei closed doors on several matters . . ??sn before voting on the switch. The vote J? ?Jus 1 ere on the motion by Dorothy Worth was IjCmor unanimous. tanks his expen Corley, accompanied by his wife, ,ra .? 1C.^ aa ef Doris, sat in shock as Superintendent ?ve a John Kaufhold recommended his ^ ? h?W ^ transfer. The Corleys left the .1 t } meeting without comment. .r wl f On Tuesday Corley told the Beacon e stude"tsl_ tf that last Friday the superintendent years ago, e s had advised that, "based on the facts," he planned to recommend to riculum and staff the board that Corley continue at ficials have not , , .. , . dividuals who sigi "When I heard it from his mouth Lemon said Tu then (Monday)," said Corley, "that requested a trans was when I knew (otherwise)." to the western en( Tuesday he said he hadn't asked not t0 a certajn Kaufhold about the change. "We just specified anything iuivcu i uameu ai an uniay, said anything unless s Corley. something," he sa On-the-street discussion of the possible transfer of the principals began last month when the school system administration received a petition seeking Lemon's return to wUlolL West Brunswick, saying he would benefit the school through its cur- II GOT IP Brunswick local environm day) concernir Annexation hold a public shops and businesses up and down Resource Wate Ocean Boulevard." of the Univers, Commissioners Bass and Atkins . '.0wer 'oc did not comment on the nrnnnsnl ave een non before this week's vote, but the two f*)r sPecial opponents both made lengthy public , How[cvc[. 1 statements. released Ma Reading from a prepared state- nver. Althoug mcnt. Buck said, "This may well be such as oysters the most important vote I will cast as standards for a commissioner. For years I have river s pollutio supported the idea of annexing the ,1 . ;Port causeway. I no longer do so." water in North As reasons for his vote against the and Ncw "anc proposal, he cited public opposition not commen to the plan from both the mainland tonight si and island and the fact that there cermng Oustai would likely be future annexations action on the s which could change the present Persons ur character of Ilolden Beach. inents to Cireg P.O. Box 27687 (See VOTE, Page 2-A) 5C Per Copy 40 Pages, 3 Sections )rug Charges is in the Kith District. Easley would not identify the other two counties; however, he indicated that they are not located in southeastern North Carolina. Monday's indictments named the "higher ups" in three separate alleged conspiracies that occurred between February 1987 and July 1988, Easley explained. He said other "less culpable" suspects involved in the same cases will be indicted over the next several months, along with persons allegedly involved in other conspiracies. One of the other rings reaches into the northeastern United States, he added. Easley noted that three of the current defendants?Corbett, Rhodes and High?were involved in marijuana smuggling cases here in the early 1980s. "I'm a little frustrated because ... all three of them have been convicted of drug trafficking in the past and were sent to prison," Easley said. |Rpp HA Pnirn 9-A\ inge' At West or Transfers Petitions Didn't Count? t Monday night, Superintendent J?hn Kaufhold and several board ! members said the transfer decision *")'. > was made without regard to petitions received in support of both Lemon and Corley serving as principal of t tan West Brunswick. \|| "The board felt we needed a /3n v?l change and so that's what we did," he said after the meeting. "We based D^nrlw ^ on what we consider to be the facts rv tJULJy an(j what we thought was best for the Starts sch001"We didn't base our decision on the David Corley nor people who supported Ed or David." be entirely com- Kaufhold did say that after receivnv they came to ing the first petition he had told Cor1 assignments for ley that the board needed to hear \ both said Tues- from his supporters as well, dy to begin their Speaks In Own Behalf /1. At the start of Monday's meeting, irs of elementary Corley spoke in his own behalf in ce in his 20-plus time that had been requested by ion, Corley said, spokespersons for various groups itstanding job at supporting his work. Corley outlined That's my new progress at the school in the areas of that's the job I'm academics, athletics and community support. More students are taking education is ex- the the Scholastic Aptitude Test, reint to the destiny quired for college admission; comlior high schools. petency test scores are up; and this to be an easier year's graduation was orderly and nt." dignified. 1 said Tuesday he The school's Quiz Bowl and lences at the cen- business teams placed first in county iementary school competitions; athletic teams won 0 his understan- nine county championships and two ing people learn. conference championships this year, lelp me deal bet- The PTA has been reactivated and rning process of the advisory board is united, he said, lan I did three 'Problems' Cited aid. While the school continues to have an internal problem, he noted, it also has a way to?and is dealing School system of- with?that problem, identified the in- Following Monday's meeting, led the petition. board member Bob Slockett referred esday that he had to those internal problems at the fer when available school as a factor in the decision. 1 of the county, but "\ye understand there has been a school. "I hadn't j0t 0f turmoil in West Brunswick ; or really expected High School, a lot of dissatisfaction omeone retired or among teachers and students," said lid- (See CORLEY, Page 2-A) inding Resource Waters ig Scheduled Tonight County shellfishermen and others concerned about the lent will have their chance to speak out tonight (Thurs ig special protection for Lockwood Folly River. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) will hearing on the classification of coastal Outstanding i s (ORWs) at 7 p.m. in Bryan Auditorium on the campus ty of North Carolina at Wilmington, ikwood Folly River is one of eight coastal waters that linated for designation as an ORW, which would be eligiprotection from pollution and increased development, a state Division of Environmental Management report irch recommended against the designation for the local h the report recognized the river's valuable resources ; and clams, it pointed out that the river does not meet the excellent water quality for the designation. It said the n problem needed to be addressed before it is considered, recommended ORW classification for six other bodies of Carolina. The Topsail and Middle sounds area in Pender ?ver counties is the only other area nominated that was ded for special protection. neeting is the last in a series of three public hearings conlding Resource Waters. The EMC is not expected to take pecial designation until at least September, lable to attend the public hearing can mail written cornThorpe, N.C. Division of Environmental Management, , Raleigh, N.C. 27611.
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