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THE BF Ci 990 T>?C BHUNSWJCK 9EACON Twenty-ninth Year, Number 1 Shallotte, North Carolina, Thursday, Novemuer 8,1990 25c Per Copy 36 Pages, 3 Sections, 1 Insert IN COMPLETE CONTROL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1972 Republicans Win Both Commission Seats Election Results At A Glance (Contested Races Only) SHERIFF Jemes Brown (R) 7.010 ?John Carr Davis (D) 9,621 CLERK OF COURT~ /Diana Morgan (D).. ...10,607 Donold L. Willetts (R) 6,351 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 2 ?Jerry Jones (R) 8,692 Joseph Stevenson (D) 7,660 DISTRICT 5 Grace Beasley (D) 7,827 ?Donald Shaw (R) 8,689 BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 2 W. James Payne (R) 7,410 ?Polly Russ(D) 9,114 DISTRICT 5 ?Yvonne I. Brighf (R) ....8,586 James Clemmons (D) 8,022 13TH DISTRICT ATTORNEY ?Rex Gore (D) 10,115 Frank Stanley (R) 6,318 STATE SENATOR 18TH DISTRICT ?R.C. Soles Jr. (D) 9,137 LeRoy Stocks (R) 7,523 U.S. CONGRESS " 7TH DISTRICT Robert Anderson (R) 7,156 ?Charles Rose III (D) 9,865 U.S. SENATOR Horvey B. Gantt (D) 7,798 ?Jesse A. Helms (R) 8,839 Shallotte Board To Name Mayor It's up to the Shallotte Board of Aldermen to choose the town's ne.M mayor, following the election of Mayor Jerry Jones to the Brunswick ' ?niH} BoanI ?>? Cnmntidinners iucsday. ? Jones, elected mayor of Shallotte in November 1985, will lake the oath of officc as the District 11 com missioner on Dec. 3, leaving the town's five aldermen to appoint his replacement. Mayor Pro Tern Paul Wayne Reeves can serve in the mayor's ab sence until a replacement is named. Under the town's code of ordi nances, the new mayor will be ap pointed to serve the remainder of Jones' four-year term, which ex pires in 1993. In a turnout rivaling that of a presidential election year. Demo crats Tuesday helped Brunswick County Republicans gain three local offices. The CiOP filled the two county commissioners' seats held by Democrats and claimed one of two seats available on the school board. Election of Donald Shaw of Leland and Jerry Jones of Shallotte gives Republicans complete control of the board of commissioners' for the first time since the i972 general election. Countywide, registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 16,820 to 9,802. Yvonne Lewis Bright of Leland emerged as a sleeper in the Board of Education race, defeating longtime board member James (Jimbo) Clcmmons 8,586 to 8.022 for the District 5 scat. Her election creates a Republican majority on that board. Those were the only losses for Democrats, who saw Sheriff John Carr Davis and Clerk of Court Diana Morgan rc-clcclcd by sub stantial margins in hotly-contested races. Democrat Polly Russ o! Shallotte claimed an easy win over newcomer James Payne, also of Shallotte, for the scat now held by Dorothy Worth, who lost the Democratic primary. Approximately 17.922 voters cast ballots, for a estimated 65 percent turnout. In the 1988 election ap proximately 62.5 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. The official canvass of county election results was scheduled today (Thursday) at the Brunswick County Board of Elections office in Bolivia. Most of Tuesday's activity for elections hoard employees resulted trom Uie neavy turnout, said Ms. Bnll, with more talis than usual from people wanting to know where they voted. At Grissettown precinct, she said, "the bottoms of the voting machines filled to the point there was no where for the ballots to go." As the machines filled, workers took balloLs out and stored them in wooden boxes to clear room for more ballots to be fed into the ma chines. Mrs. Britt interpreted the heavy turnout as a message from voters at the county, state and national level. staff pmoto by If MY POPE REPUBLICANS Donald Shaw of District 5 (left) and Jerry Jones of District 2 congratulate one an other for winning their respective races for Brunswick County commissioner during returns Tuesday night. "There seems to be some dissatis faction and unrest." District I Commissioner Kelly Holdcn, who has found himself vot ing in the minority on numerous is sues since his election, saw a clear message from loca! voters. "The message is that it's time for progres sive government in Brunswick County, time to address the issues, time to stop attacking mole hills and start attacking mountains." In the District 5 county commis sioner's race, Shaw uelcutcU iiicum bent Democrat Grace Beasley, 8.689 to 7,827. Ms. Beasley was elected to the board in 1984 and re elected in 1986. "I'll put it like this," Shaw said. "I think the voters in Brunswick County had their say today. It's very obvious they wanted a change. I'll work very hard to regain the pub lic's trust." Shaw said he spent a lot of time studying the county's problems since he ran for the District 5 seal in 1986. "I had a lot of friends out there and I've talked to a lot of people," he added. It was Ms. Beaslcy's home precinct of Woodburn that was last in the returns Tuesday night, not re porting until after 10:30 p.m. Although Ms. Beaslcy carried that precinct, Shaw took the Leland precinct. Both candidates reside in Leland. In the District 2 county commis sioner's race. Republican Jerry June* in Shallotlc detected Democrat Joe Stevenson of Supply, 8,692 to 7,660, in unofficial totals. Jones, mayor of Shalloitc, spent much of the night watching the re turns at the Brunswick County Republican headquarters in Supply before making his way to the gov ernment complex. "Since the senate race was heal ed, I thought there would be a large turnout," Jones said. "I feel real good about the outcome and 1 look forward to serving." In the District 5 Brunswick County Board of Education racc. Republican winner Yvonne Bright said she thought her opponent "took a lot for granted." "I think he thought he had it sewed up. 1 carried my home precinct by one vote," she said. "I stayed there all day and carried it by one vote." "It was a lot of long days and late nights, but we pulled it out," said Mrs. Bright, watching returns from GOP headquarters. "I'm proud of LJru.?.s>vicK Co* nt>, that they sup ported me today." When early returns showed heavy voter turnout across the coun ty, both political parlies were unsure before returns were completed how turnout would affect the individual races. "We got the ones out that we wanted to get out to vote," said Glen Peterson, chairman of the Brunswick County Democratic Party. "It went beyond our expecta tions really. It depends now on how that added vote breaks." In the 13th Judicial District Attorney's racc. Democrat Rex Core ol Shalloltc swept Brunswick County over Republican Frank Stanley of Tabor City, 10,115 to 6,318 on his way to election. Districtwide he received 25,912 votes to Stanley's 12,538. "We ran a real good primary race," Gore said. "That race set the tone for this racc. I look forward to living up to the confidence they placed in mc." The 13th District includes Brunswick, Columbus and Bladen counties. Gore is a former assistant district attorney. Democrat incumbent Clerk of Court Diana Morgan picked up the most votes of any challenged candi date in Brunswick County. She de feated her Republican challenger Donald WillctLs. 10,607 to 6,351, unofficially. Ms. Morgan attributed the wide margin in her racc to experience at the job. "People arc interested in experi ence in government and they vote accordingly," Ms. Morgan said. "I'm. naturally, very pleased with the way it turned out, but I'm very sorry the rest of the party didn't fare as well." Other Results Results for the unopposed candi dates for local office were as fol lows: Rep. E. David Redwine, 11, 974; 13th District Judge David G. Wall, 10,294; and for the Brunswick County Soil and Conservation District Board, James D. Bellamy Jr., 7,292. and Harold Robinson, 6,851 In regional races, with all coun ties reporting. Suae Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City easily defeated his Republican challenger. Columbus Count. GOP Chairman LeRoy Slocks. Soles received 24,217 votes to Stocks' 15,353 to return to Raleigh With 161 of 177 precincts in the district reporting, GOP candidate Robert Anderson's failed in his challenge of Congressman Charles G. Rose Ill's re-election bid, garner ing 48,814 votes to Rose's 85,776. Brunswick County voters fol lowed the state lead in the U.S. Senate race, giving Democrat Harvey Gantt 7,798 votes to incum bent Jesse Helms' 8,839. STREET MAY BE RELOCATED High Tides Chip Away At Holden Beach Dunes BY DOUG RUTTER Abnormally high tides this week chipped away more of the fragile sand dunes at Holden Beach, while most of the Brunswick County coast escaped with little or no damage. Although there was no wind to kick up rough seas, the exceptional ly high tide Monday morning sheer ed off dunes and undermined a small section of Ocean Boulevard East at Holden 2\x?ch. Most of the serious erosion oc curred at the rar east end of the is land, but dunes also were damaged between 700 and 8(X) Ocean Boule vard West, said Town Manager Blake Proctor. The unusually high "spring" tides resulted from the position of the moon and sun. High tides were about two feet above normal be cause the moon and sun were on op posite sides of the Earth, which in creased gravitational pull. "Spring" tides in November and December arc even higher than nor mal spring tides bccause the moon is at its closest point 10 the Earth dur ing those months. The next abnor mal spring tide is expected Dec. 2. For the second time in three weeks, the N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) reinforced Ocean Boulevard East with loads of dirt. The DOT also piled dirt beside the road in mid-October when tropi cal storms caused erosion. Recent erosion near the east end of the island has renewed interest in relocating part of Ocean Boulevard East away from ihe ocean to behind a row of houses that are now con sidered second row. Proctor said at Monday's town meeting he's concerned about the safety of several east-end houses. "It seems like we might lose that end of the street," he said. Commissioners Gay Atkins and Bob Buck said they were among the people who worked on plans to re locate the street the last lime it was discussed, which was several years ago. Mrs. Atkins said some homeown ers in the area opposed the plan at STAFf PHOTO BY DOUG HUTTM LEONARD COMPTON of Martinsville, Va., continued f'ching Monday morning despite erosion damage near the east end of IIolden Heach. Hecause of recent erosion, town officials are again con sidering moving a section of Ocean Boulevard East away from the encroaching sea. the ume because they thought the town was going to take away some of their land to put in a new street. Buck said the issue died last lime because sand was dumped on the beach and it saved the end of the road. "There's no question it needs to be done," he said. "It should have been done beiorc." Mayor John Tandy said Holden Beach is in line to receive sand dredged from Lockwood Folly Inlet this winter and should request sand from Eastern Channel if and w hen it is dredged. Elsewhere along the Brunswick County coast, town officials said the high tides early this week caused very little erosion and no property Sunset Beach Town Administra tor Linda Fluegel said the high tides didn't cause any ciosion, but the bridge linking the island and main land was closed to car traffic for about 45 minutes Monday morning. The floating bridge was tied to its pilings to keep the high tide from pushing the bridge too far upward and damaging it, Mrs. Fluegel said. Up the road at Ocean Isle Beach, Building Inspector Druied Roberson said the high water washed away dirt that was piled last month at the end of Hast Second Street. Roberson said he plans to apply for a sandbagging permit so the town doesn't have to continue pro tecting the street with ij|??l?hW? pill's of dirt. Bald Head Island Town Manager Wallace Martin said water washed over some low frontal dunes Mon day morning but didn't cause any damage. "We had some fhx>dmg but lucki ly we had no wind associated with it," Martin said. "It had no force be hind it. It just washed over the dunes and gently washed back." Closings Mark Veterans Day Three U.S. flags will fly in front of the Brunswick County Govern ment Complex in Bolivia starting Monday, the Veterans Day holiday, and continuing until Christmas. County Commissioners voted Monday night to remove the state and county flags from display and to fly only U.S. flags during the holiday season to show support for U.S. Armed Forces overseas. The request came from Jess Parker, county Veterans Service Officer. The Veterans Administration is asking local governments to join in the observance. Formerly called Armistice Day, Nov. 11 marks the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918. Since it falls on a Sunday this year, the holiday will be observed on Monday by state and federal employees. Monday will also be a holiday for county employees. County and state offices will be closed Monday at the government complex in Bolivia. Brunswick County schools will also be closed Monday; however, local banks will remain open. Post offices will also be closed Monday. There will be no window service, rural or box deliveries or pickups made, although employees will be working to sort mail. r unty Wants To Keep Sand For Area Beaches BY TERRY POPK Sand from a proposal dredging projcct on a liny Brunswick County island is scheduled to help renourish Kure Beach in New Hanover County. Brunswick County Commission ers adopted a resolution Monday night objecting to the moving of dredged sand from Jaybird Shoals to neighboring Pleasure Island by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Jay bird Shoals is an island near the mouth of the Cape F ear River off of Caswell Beach. According to Laroi Axforii, siuuy manager for the Corps office in Wilmington, the October 19% pro ject is considered too expensive for Long and Yaupon beaches. By 1989 estimates, it would cost more than $48 million to protect Oak Island beaches with the material from Jay bird Shoals. "These costs were so high," Ms. Axlord said, "that it will be cheaper to repair the anticipated storm dam ages than to try to protect against them." According to Commission Chair man Gene Pinkerton, Oak Island residents are furious that Brunswick County sands might be leaving the area to benefit residents in another county. He asked the txwrd Monday to endorse the resolution asking the Corps to keep the sand on Bruns wick County beaches. His motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Frankie Rabon was away on work ItldlVU UUJIIIV-JJ. "There is a lot of material there that's real suitable for placing on the beaches," said Ms. Axford, a civil engineer. She was in charge of a re cent "Area South of Carolina Beach" Corps study to develop cost estimates to determine the economic feasibility >f rebuilding ihe beaches at Long and Yaupon beaches. (See SAM), Page 2-A)
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