AT CALABASH
Commissioner
Will Resign To
Take Post
BY DOUG RUTTER
Calabash Commissioner Ed
Schaack will resign from ihc town
board and begin work Friday as ihe
town's building inspector instead.
Town commissioners voted Tues
day unanimously to hire Schaack as
building inspector and code en
forcement officer, provided he re
sign from the town board.
"We're thinking it's a conflict of
interest," Mayor Doug Simmons
said of the condition placed on the
hiring.
Contacted at his home Tuesday
night, Schaack said he will resign to
take the paid position with the town.
He said he decided to apply for the
job after taking office as commis
sioner and seeing the need for code
enforcement.
"I felt, with my background, I
could better serve the town as in
spector and code enforcement offi
cer," he said. "This is such a big
need for the town."
Schaack will start work Friday
when the probationary term of
Calabash's present building inspec
tor, Frank Adams, expires. Adams
was hired two years ago, but has not
received the certification necessary
to continue serving the town.
Calabash Commissioners plan to
fill the vacant scat on the town
board at their Feb. 13 meeting.
Since Schaack lives in Carolina
Shores (District II), the town com
mission will have to appoint a
Carolina Shores resident to fill the
vacancy.
Schaack was one of three appli
cants interviewed during a 90-min
ute executive session Tuesday, but
he did not take part in the selection
process. Town officials said he was
chosen from a field of 12 applicants
based on his qualifications.
Schaack has a bachelor's degree
in civil engineering and has been in
volved in construction all of his
professional life. He said he plans to
take state certification tests as soon
as possible.
The building inspector, who also
serves as code enforcement officer
in Calabash, works on a part-time
basis. The inspector is paid a per
centage of the fees he collects.
Commissioner Jon Sanborn was
the oniy board member absent
Tuesday.
German Shepherd
Puppies Available
Two female mixed German shep
herd puppies arc among the pets
available this week at the Bruns
wick County Animal Shelter.
A pair of male, domestic short
hair cats are also among the "Pets of
the Week."
These and other animals can be
seen weekdays from 8 am. until
4:30 p.m. at the Brunswick County
Animal Shelter located off N.C. 211
south of Supply.
Tri-Beach
Board Elected
During last week's annual meet
ing, Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire
Department elected its new
board of directors. Elected
(above) were, from left, front,
Roland Varnam, William Smith
and Bob Smith; back, president
Curtis Todd, vice-president
Johnny Craig, secretary Timmy
Phelps and treasurer Keith
Sawyer. Todd was also named
TYi-Beach fireman of the year.
Honored
For Service
Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire De
partment (serving the greater
Holden Beach area) honored
four members for distinguished
service during last week's annu
al meeting. They are (at right)
from left, front, Johnny Lock
amy and Mack Phelps, both for
20 years of service; back, Roland
Varnam, 20 years of service, and
Robert Norton, rookie of the
year.
Strickland Appeals Federal Prison
Sentence in Murder-For-Hire' Case
BY RAHN ADAMS
A Brunswick County man who
admitted plotting to kill his wife.
District Attorney Mike Easlcy and
two local iawmcn is appealing an
active federal prison sentence he re
ceived Jan. 23 in U.S. District
Court, Fayctteville.
Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced
Lloyd Ncill Strickland, 38, of Win
nabow, to a nine-year, seven-month
prison term for one count of using
the mail in the attempted murder
for-hire scheme, according to U.S.
Assistant District Attorney John
Bruce.
A spokesperson for the U.S.
District Clerk of Court's office in
Raleigh said last Thursday thai
Strickland appealed the federal sen
tence, which is to run at the expira
tion of consecutive 15-year and 10
year prison terms he is serving for
drug-trafficking and murder solici
tation convictions in Brunswick
County.
In June 1989, the defendant was
named in a 14-count federal indict
ment charging that he mailed 13 let
ters from the N.C. Department of
Corrections facility in Burgaw, in an
attempt to hire a hit man to kill Bar
bara Strickland, Easley, SBI Special
Agent Corey Duber and Brunswick
County Sheriff's Detective Lindsay
Walton.
Strickland pleaded guilty in Oct
ober 1989 to one of the 14 counts
and faced a possible maximum pri
son term of 10 years, Bruce said.
The usual prison sentence for the
charge against Strickland is no more
than eight years; however, the pros
ecution asked Briu to hand down a
stiffer sentence in Strickland's case,
the attorney noted.
Strickland was one of 32 individ
uals indicted on cocaine-trafficking
charges in June 1987 by the first in
vestigative grand jury in Brunswick
County and the state. He later re
ceived a 15-year prison term on the
drug charges.
In February 1989, Strickland was
scr.tcr.ccd sr. Brunswick County Su
perior Court to an additional 10
years in prison for attempting to
have his wife killed.
SBI Special Agent J R. Freeman,
who had posed as a professional
killer to trap Strickland, testified in
Superior Court that the U.S. Attor
ney's office authorized the sting op
eration at the Burgaw prison unit in
December 1988, after authorities
heard that the defendant "was look
ing for a hit man."
The agent testified that Strickland
agreed to pay $25,000 to have Eas
ley and Dubcr killed, and $10,000
apicce for Mrs. Strickland and Wal
ton's murders.
Strickland told the agent that he
wanted his wife killed because she
wouldn't bring their children to visit
him in prison and because she was
"taking all of his property," Free
man said in court.
Easley supervised the prosecution
of Strickland's 1987 drug case. Du
bcr, assigned to a DEA/SBI task
force in Wilmington, was a lead
agent in the 1987 investigative
grand jury drug probe. Walton was
involved in the local investigation
of the initial murder solicitation
charge against Strickland.
County Nominates Eight
For Governor's Schools
Eight students have been nomi
nated by the Brunswick County
Schools to attend Governor's Scho
ol this summer.
The students, all rising juniors or
seniors, were chosen from among
43 students nominated from the
county's three high schools.
From West Brunswick the nomi
nees are sophomores Nancy Mc
Gee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
McGee of Supply, natural science,
and Terrance Nawara, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Nawara of Cala
bash. math.
From South Brunswick the nomi
nees are Samuel Kirby, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Kirby of South
port, 10th, natural science; Kyle
Monday, 11th, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Curt Pack of Boiling Spring Lakes,
social science; Aaron Clemmons,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clem
mons of Southport, 11th, math;
John (Don) Shannon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Shannon of Long
Beach, 10th, art; and Amelia
Hawes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Hawes of Bolivia, 11th, in
strumental.
The only nominee chosen from
North Brunswick is sophomore Mi
chal Burton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Burton of Leland, in
English.
Students are to be notified re
garding their selection by March 26.
The state-sponsored Governor's
School provides an all-expense paid
residential learning experience for
giftced students. Participants con
centrate their studies in a major
area, but also are involved in a
broad range of other coursework,
seminars and activities aimed at
stimulating creative thinking and
leadership development.
Students attend one of the two
Governor's School campuses, at Sa
lem College in Winston-Salem and
St. Andrews Presbyterian College ai
Laurinburg.
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Six Students Suffer Minor
Injuries In Bus Accident
Six Wcsl Brunswick High School
students were slightly injured last
Thursday morning when their
school bus collided with a car in the
Grisscttown area, according to
Highway Patrol spokesperson Ruby
Oakley.
The accident happened last
Thursday at 7:25 a.m? 5.4 miles
south of Shalkxtc on Old Shallottc
Road, and involved a bus driven by
Sadie Mac Webster, 41, of Long
wood, and a 1987 Dodge driven by
Bulah Hill Bellamy, 36, of Ash.
Ms. Oakley said both vehicles
were traveling north on Old Shal
lotte Road, when the Bellamy auto
passed the bus and then stopped in
the roadway, causing the bus to run
into the rear end of the car. Ms.
Bellamy told Trtjper W.H. Thomp
son that she was trying to stop the
bus, Ms. Oakley added.
Ms. Bellamy and the six students
all complained of minor injuries and
were taken to The Brunswick Hos
pital at Supply for treatment. Ms.
Webster and 18 other passengers on
the school bus were not hurt.
The injured students were identi
fied as Heather Stanley, 15, James
Daniel, 16, and Taylia Marlowe, 17,
all of Shallotte; Alicia Smith, 16,
and Jenny Hill, 18, both of Ash; and
Cynthia Williams, 17, of Long
wood.
Thompson chargcd Ms. Bellamy
with an unsafe movement violation.
Damages were estimated at $2,000
to the Bellamy car and $50 to the
bus.
In another local traffic mishap
last week, a South Carolina man
was seriously injured in a two-car
wreck Friday in northern Brunswick
County.
Ms. Oakley said the collision oc
curred Friday at 3 p.m., 3.6 miles
south of Wilmington on U.S. 74 's
southbound ramp to U.S. 17.
Drivers were George Cornelius
Granger, 41, of Castle Haync, and
Earl Henry Thompson, 66, of Mur
rells Inlet, S.C,
The wreck happened when Gran
ger tried to change from the ramp's
left to right lanes in his 1984 Fiat
and struck Thompson's 1990 Su
baru, causing it to hit the guardrail.
Thompson suffered incapacitat
ing injuries and was taken by ambu
lance to New Hanover Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington for treat
ment. Granger was not hurt.
No charges were filed in the
wreck, although Trooper B.L.
Wilkes indicated that the accident
resulted from an unsafe movement
by Granger, Ms. Oakley said. Dam
ages were estimated at $3,000 to the
Thompson car, $500 to the Granger
auto and $500 to the guardrail.
Monday, in Shallotte, the driver
of an icc cream truck was charged
with failure to stop at a red light fol
lowing a two-vehicle accident.
The wreck happened at 11:30
ajn. Monday at the intersection of
U.S. 17 and Shallotte Avenue and
involved a Fine State Ice Cream
truck and a 1986 Ford Thunderbird,
according to a Shallotte police re
port
Larry Daniel James, 40, of Gre
enville, S.C., was driving the icc
cream truck south on U.S. 17; Juli
ane Maureen Hancock, 43, of Shal
lotte was traveling north on U.S. 17
in the Ford.
The 1984 truck collided with the
Ford when Mrs. Hancock attempted
to make a left turn from U.S. 17
onto Shallotte Avenue. Shallotte Pa
trolman Kathy McDonald charged
James with running a red light.
Mrs. Hancock was taken to The
Brunswick Hospital. James was not
injured.
The Ford sustained about $3,000
in damage, while damage to the
track was estimated at $300.
Repairs Close
N.C. 1 33 Bridge
The Jackcy's Creek bridge on
N.C. 133 ;s closed through Friday
(Feb. 2) for emergency repairs, ac
cording to the N.C. Department of
Transportation. Work on the bridge
was to begin Wednesday (Jan. 31).
Only local traffic is allowed on
N.C. 133 while repairs are under
way. Through traffic between the
Lcland and Southport areas is de
toured on U.S. 17 and N.C. 87.
Length of the detour is 21.8 miles.
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