Freelon Sings Farewell
Nncntia Freelon will sing her goodbye as
visiting artist to Brunswick County and
Brunswick Community College Friday
night, before going to Wayne Community
College. The story is on Page 13-A.
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Debate Continues
An ongoing debate over how to regulate
parking on Hillside Drive consumed much of
the Holden Beach Commissioners' meeting
Monday, with nothing resolved. For the story,
see Page 7 -A.
Small Business Expo
Check out the Expo, where 29 area businesses will
offer their products and services to the public,
Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Sea Trail
Plantation buildings at the intersection of N.C. 179
and N.C. 904 at Seaside. See Page 1 1-A.
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Twenty-eighth Year, Number 26
CI WO THE BRUNSWICK BEACON
Shallotte, North Carolina, Thursday, May 10, 1990
25C Per Copy
38 Pages, 3 Sections
Brunswick County
Election Results
(Contested Races Oniy)
Brunswick County Commissioner
District 2
Democrat
Allan Dameron 1,829
W.A. (Alfonza) Roach 2,116
Joseph Stevenson 2,879
Republican
Eugene Hewett 1,097
Jerry Jones 1,262
District 5
Democrat
Grace Beasley 2,850
V.A. Creech, Jr. 1,763
Mike Holmes 1,523
Republican candidate Donald Shaw has no
opposition in this race.
Brunswick County Sheriff
Democrat
John Carr Davis 5,649 1
J.R. (Jim) Vaughan 1,432
Republican
James Brown 1,203
Carl G. Collins 123
David L. Gause 588
Charlie M. Long 326
William (Bill) Sisk 291
Brunswick County
Board of Education
District 2
Democrat
Joseph B. (Joe) Carter 2,818
Polly G. Russ 3,100
Dorothy A. Worth 915
There are no Republican candidates.
District 5
Democrat
James (Jimbo) Clemmons 3,622
Julie Strickland 3,147
There are no Republican candidates in this
race.
District Attorney
Democrat
Tom Aldridge Jr. 1,377
Rex Gore 4,367
Michael T. Mills 1,254
There are no Republican candidates in this
race.
N.C. House of Representatives
Democrat
Ralph King 3,310
E. David Redwine 3,955
There are no Republican candidates in this
race.
U.S. Senator
Democrat
Mike Easley 4,152
Harvey B. Gantt 1,582
Lloyd Garner 75
Robert L. (Bob) Hannon 45
John Ingram 91 1
R.R (Bo) Thomas 484
Republican
Jesse A. Helms 2,037
L. C. Nixon 273
George Wimbish 212
U.S. Congress
Republican
Robert C. Anderson 1,378
Fries Shaffner 832
Democratic Congressman Charlie Rose has
no primary opposition.
District Court Judge
Democrat
Wayne Long 4,149
David G. Wall 2,557
There are no Republican candidates in this
race.
Judge Of Court Of Appeals
Democrat
Eugene H. (Gene) Phillips 3,749
Ellen Bradshaw Scouten 2,150
There are no Republican candidates in this
race.
Redwine Fends
Off Run By King
To Keep Seat
HY SUSAN USHF.R
Rep. David Redwine and his wife. Penny, were keep
ing a close waich on the tote board Tuesday night in the
Public Assembly Building at Bolivia as primary results
streaming in from Brunswick County's 22 precincts
showed a close 14th District House race.
The suspense ended, early as Redwine secured a 645
vote lead over challenger Ralph King of Ash. who con
ceded shortly after 9:30 p.m. with a handshake and
words of congratulations for the winner.
"It was a tough race," Redwine said. "What you saw
tonight was a general election fight in a primary. Re
publicans were working the polls for my opponent; I
was fighting some Democrats and some Republicans.
That made it difficult.
"I feel very fortunate about getting to represent the
district again," he said. "My opponent and his people
worked hard."
Elsewhere in the 14th District Rcdwinc led King in
Topsail Precinct in Pender County 779 to 322, while re
sults were unavailable for Castle Hayne Precinct in
New Hanover County.
Election returns came in smoothly Tuesday night, re
ported Board of Elections member Horic Gore of
Southport, with a voter tum-out of 39.03 percent. The
first returns were in before 8 p.m. and totals in approxi
mately two hours after the polls closed.
A new 40 percent rule paid off for candidates in races
with more than two candidates, with no local second
primaries set based on Tuesday's unofficial results.
However, official canvass of the returns is set for 10
a.m. today (Thursday).
Rex Gore, a former assistant district attorney, will go
up against Republican Frank Stanley of Tabor City in
November in the 13th District Attorney's race. Gore
won the Democratic primary with 47 percent of the
three -county vote, or 1 1 ,172 of the 23,896 votes cast.
In his second bid for the office. Gore credited a
strong, 62.4 percent showing in Brunswick County with
the victory over competitors Tom Aldridge and Michael
Mills. "TTie main difference was that the people of
Brunswick County got to know me over the past eight
years through my work with Democratic Party and with
community organizations and they really supported
(See RED WINE, Page 2-A)
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STATE REP. E. David Hedwine and h >{fe Penny intently study the board as Brunswick County election
results are posted Tuesday night. Polly Russ, in flowered dress and a candidate for the Brunswick
County school board, also watches closely, as does Shallotte Mayor Jerry Jones, in striped shirt, who
was seeking a county commissioner seat. All three won nomination.
Ulrich Resigns As
Manager Of Holden
BY DOUG RUTTER
Holden Bcach Town Manager Gus Ulrich resigned
Monday night but will work through July 12 to help the
town get through the busy July 4 holiday and give the
Board of Commissioners time to find a replacement
Town commissioners accepted Ulrich's resignation at
the close of Monday night's regular monthly meeting,
following a 90-minute executive
session that Mayor John Tandy said
was called to discuss a personnel
matter.
Ulrich said his resignation had
nothing to do with the executive
session and that none of the town
board members had asked him to
resign. "I had my letter (of resigna
tion) prepared before I came here
tonight," he said. "I've been think
ing about it for some time." ulrich
Police Chief Raymond Simpson met with commis
sioners for most of the closed session. Simpson has
been criticized recently by some town officials and resi
dents for poor enforcement of town ordinances. No ac
tion was taken in open session relating to the police de
partment.
After the meeting, Ulrich said he is resigning because
the responsibilities of the job as he would like to see it
(See ULRICH, Page 2-A)
Site Seiected For Hoiden Beach ABC Store
BY BOB HORNE
The Brunswick County Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board look the first step toward establishing an ABC
store in the Holdcn Beach area last Wednesday.
After adjourning a Tuesday meeting to Wednesday,
the board inspected the location and decided to negoti
ate with Glenn Farrell of Greensboro to lease the for
mer convenience store on Holdcn Beach Road. The
building is located beside the Holden Beach U Lock It
Mini Storage, one-half mile before the merger of
Holden Beach Road and Seashore Road and 1 1/2 miles
from the entrance to the causeway.
A sign was posted on the building identifying it as a
prospective ABC store site and the North Carolina ABC
Board was notified of that action last Thursday.
During the 30-day period the building is posted, any
objections to use of the building as an ABC store will
be heard by the board. Objections can be mailed to
Brunswick County ABC Board, P.O. Box 249, Bolivia,
N.C. 28422.
The fledgling board decided April 24 to move to
ward opening an ABC store in the Holden Beach area
this summer. It eventually plans to also open stores in
the Supply, Southport and Bolivia areas, but felt Holden
Beach currently is the area least served and the area
where profits could be built faster.
In addition to the Holdcn Beach area receiving an
ABC store, the establishment of such a store would
pave the way for the issuance of mixed-drink permits
countywide, because the store would be operated by the
SWF PHOTOS BY BOB HOUNE
THIS BUILDING, on H olden Beach Road, has been selected by the Brunswick County ABC Board
to house the board's first ABC store.
county ABC Board instead of a municipality ABC
Board.
Towns in Brunswick County with ABC stores in
clude Belville, Boiling Spring Lakes, Calabash, Long
Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Shalloue, Southport, Sunset
Beach and Yaupon Beach.
Passage of last November's county wide ABC refer
endum and previous votes in individual municipalities
already allow mixed-drink permits to be obtained by el
igible businesses in those towns. Special legislation also
allows the sale of mixed drinks at Bald Head Island.
The cost of opening the new store has been estimat
ed at 5136,000, according to board Chairman Joyce
Vereen.
On Tuesday, the board hired the CPA firm of Brock
Berry and Padgett to handle its accounting.
Lightning Strike Leaves 8,300 Without Dial Tone
BY SUSAN USHER
Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. employees
and customers were rebounding Monday from what
one official described as "the worst week" in his tenure
with the cooperauve.
Lightning knocked out the 579 exchange mid-after
noon Saturday, as a severe thunderstorm swept through
the area, leaving more than 8,300 customers in southern
Brunswick County without a dial tone, said Percy
Woodard, ATMC member services director. The strike
also affected the 2X7 exchange in the Longwood-Ash
area, which is serviced through the Seaside-Calabash
substation.
'This is the worst week we've ever had in my 26
years with Atlantic Telephone," General Manager Rus
sell D. Price said Monday, as crews continued repair ef
forts. "Since last Monday, it's been the most extensive
damage we've encountered since I've been here."
The strike was the latest in a series of weather-relat
ed problems that began last Monday night when a se
ries of four lightning-packcd thunderstorms damaged
electronic components and temporarily disrupted tele
phone and cable operations.
To help deal with the effects of Saturday's storm,
ATMC called in a trouble-shooter Saturday from
Stromberg-Carlson, an electronics component supplier,
and had replacement pans arriving by air Sunday and
Monday.
Service had been restored to all but 2,400 customers
as of Sunday, but was still erratic for some members as
repairs continued Monday, Price said. He said he ex
pected to have all customers "at 100 percent" by mid
night that day.
Price estimated damage from the weekend storm
alone at $100,000.
Monday's storm required repairs of mainly diodes
and chips on electronic cards, but damage from the
weekend storm required replacement of thousands of
the electronic cards themselves, as well as other equip
ment, Price said.
Some of those Calabash Seaside area customers left
without a dial tone had already been without cable tele
vision service part of the weekend.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, late-night ca
ble watchers in the Seaside-Calabash area lost service
when a power unit "burned up." Price said he thought
the unit may have been severely damaged in Monday's
storm, damage that was exacerbated by a power surge
when electricity was restored Friday following a fire in
the Sunset Beach area.
Price said he and Malcolm Grissetl, outside plant
manager, replaced the power unit themselves, with ser
vice restored to customers by 6:45 a.m. Saturday.
Price's cable television went down again during the
Saturday thunderstorm, he said. He tried to call a com
pany dispatcher by telephone and couldn't, resorting in
stead to two-way radio. After the power was restored,
cable television service resumed within five to 10 min
utes, as it was programmed to do. "I thought we had
dodged the bullet," Price recalled.
But later that afternoon, he said, he encountered a
Calabash customer who was without telephone service.
"I contacted our supervisors and they were frantic,"
Price said. "We had lost the entire system. They didn't
know just how bad it was but knew it was pretty bad,
because they couldn't get the maintenance processor up
in order to check the damage."
Price said he hopes ATMC has seen an end to
storm-related damage for a while. "It was terrible. 1
hope this will hold us at least until September," he said.
"We deserve it."