Health Board To Review Seafood Ordinance
BY TKRRY POPK
An ordinance aimed at regulating
seafood vendors goes lo the Bruns
wick County Board of Health for
review Monday.
The main thrust of lite ordinance
would impose health standards on
persons who sell fish, shrimp or
other shellfish along the roadside,
said Health Board Chairman Bill
Rabon.
"The major section deals with
sales from vehicles," he added.
If the board accepts the ordinance
as written Monday, the new rules
must go to a public hearing before
adoption, said Health Director
Michael Rhodes.
In August, District 3 County
Commissioner Gene Pinkcrton
asked the health board to consider
an ordinance to protect residents
from old seafood, frozen seafotnl
being sold as frcsh and the trash left
behind at the vending sites.
Pinkcrton said he was also con
cerned that there arc no toilet facili
ties for the people who staff the
sites all day. making it potentially
unsanitary for them to handle fresh
seafood.
The ordinance would require
those selling from the back of vehi
clcs U> be within 1(X) yards of a toi
let and handwashing facility and to
sign a contract with the owner stat
ing permission to use the facility.
" Rial's a major item the roadside
vendors will be facing in this ordi
nance." said John Cruwdcr, envi
ronmental health supervisor.
Crowdcr and three members of
the board. Hill Phillips. Brad Willi
ams and Pal Nutter, drafted the ordi
nance based on similar ones found
m New Hanover. Craven and Cum
berland counties.
It would require persons who sell
seafood to obtain permits from the
health department and face routine
inspections, like grocery stores and
restaurants. Hie board has not set a
price for the ix'mnts. but has men
tioned a range of S10 to SI 5.
Ihe health department mailed
surveys to seafood vendors last year
asking if the businesses favored per
mits and routine inspections. The
survey was not well-received, said
Crowder.
He estimates there are 70 to 80
places to buy seafood in Brunswick
County. Of those, approximately 40
are established businesses that sell
seafood from buildings. Another 30
to 40 persons sell seafood from
roadside stands or vehicles, he said,
mostly during the summer tourist
season.
'The 70 to 80 range is a conser
vative figure." Crow tier said.
Che ordinance would require thai
the permit he posted in the market
or roadside stand so the public can
easily rccogni/.e which businesses
are complying with the law.
The health department must also
approve plans for construction or
remodeling of seafood markets.
Standards for floors, walls, ceilings,
lighting, ventilation, toilet and
handwashing facilities, storage
spaces, water supply, solid and liq
uid waste disposal, insect and ro
dent control, cleaning of utensils
and refrigeration are spelled out in
the new ordinance.
Fish markets and shellfish dealers
who have been in operation and
previously permitted would be ex
empt from the additional construc
tion requirements imposed in the or
dinance, if ownership of the busi
ness does not change.
Some seafood market owners at
tended the health board meeting last
month. They asked if their business
would have to remodel to meet the
standards required by the proposed
ordinance.
C row ilc r said a grandfather
clause would protect established
businesses Irom having to make
those costly changes.
Under the proposal, a person may
ap|val the denial or revocation of a
permit to the health department pro
vided a written petition is filed
within 10 days. A hearing would
then he held before three members
of the environmental health divi
sion.
If the matter remained unre
solved, the health board would hear
the case and vote to either uphold or
reverse the environmental health di
vision's recommendation.
Persons found guilty of violating
the ordinance could be fined up to
$50 and face up to 30 days in jail.
Pinkerton also told commission
ers that he is concerned over lost
sales tax revenues from roadside
seafood vendors. That matter must
be resolved by commissioners in
stead of the health board.
"I am not interested in handicap
ping our people from whatever their
business interests arc," said
Pinkerton, "only that it is done pro
perly and in the interest of health
for our citizens."
Local Business Owners Face Gambling Charges
A Sunsci Beach businessman was one of six
people who appeared in Brunswick County
District Court last week on illegal slot machine
charges.
Hubert Alan Jones, 50, owner of Pi//J
Country USA, pleaded no contest to possession
of a gambling device.
In a plea agreement, Jones surrendered his
ABC license and S49X seized during a raid on
his business by N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement
agents last month.
Agents seized the machines, claiming they
are in violation of state gambling laws. Defense
attorney Roy Trcst argued thai county residents
arc not sure which machines require skill to op
erate and which are considered gambling de
vices.
Charles Augusta Shore, 49. of Long Beach,
supplied the machines that were sci/.cd from
area businesses during the sweep.
A similar operation held in New Hanover
County last month sparked debate between the
state Attorney General's office and local district
attorneys over what constitutes gambling.
Illegal machines are those that involve more
chance at winning than skill.
Taken from area businesses were "eight-lin
er." "spin out." ' sharpshooter" and "joker pok
er" machines, according 10 arrest warrants filed
by ALE agent Mark Senter.
Shore pleaded no contest to unlawful agree
ment involving a slot machine and was ordered
by Brunswick County District Court Judge
Napoleon "Poli" Barefoot Jr. to surrender the
machines to ALE agents.
Also. $91.80 seized is to be turned over to
ALE for training purposes. Shore must also pay
an SS5 fee to ALE for a truck agents rented to
haul away the machines.
The machines seized from area businesses
paid winners in coupons, good for up to S 10 in
merchandise, instead of cash.
Others charged were as follows:
?Joanne Pantalco, Ocean Aire Estates, Ocean
Isle Beach, charged with operation or posses
sion of a slot machine and gambling violation,
had those charges dismissed. A co-defendant,
Jones of Pizza Country USA, pleaded guilty in
stead.
?Joseph Lindy Lcnins, 43, East Bcach Drive,
Long Bcach, chargcd with operation or posses
sion of a slot machine and a gambling violation
had those charges voluntarily dismissed. He is
owner of Oasis Bcach Club, Long Bcach.
?Linda Crystal Roscis/.fwski, 29, of Crowcll
Street, Yaupon Bcach, chargcd with playing an
illegal slot machine and a gambling violation
had those charges dismissed. She is employed
by Maclcnc's Raw Bar in Yaupon Bcach.
?Maclcnc McGil Edwards, 57, of Troll
Sireci, Yaupon Beach, owner of Maclcnc's Raw
Bar, chargcd w>:h operation or possession of a
slot machine and a gambling violation had those
charges voluntarily dismissed.
?Gene Austin Hardee, 53, East Second
Street, Ocean Isle Beach, chargcd with posses
sion of a slot machine and a gambling violation
at The Breakers, of Ocean Isle Bcach. Trial was
postponed until Nov. 6.
?Timothy Edward Holcombe, 23, East First
Street, Ocean Isle Bcach, chargcd with opera
tion or possession of a slot machine and gam
bling violations at The Breakers, Ocean Isle.
His trial was postponed until Nov. 6.
Jealousy Over Girlfriend May Have Led To Shooting
BY TKRRY POPE
Detectives believe jealousy over
a girlfriend led lo the fatal shooting
of a Leland man in a school parking
lot last Thursday evening.
James Glenn Nlaynard, 28, of the
Long subdivision in Leland, has
been charged with first-degree mur
der, said Brunswick County
Sheriff's Deieciivc Ken Messer.
He was being held in the
Brunswick County Jail without
bond Tuesday, charged with the
murder of Alex Dale "Baby Hew
ey" Hcwctt, 25, of Route 5, Leland.
"Basically, it was jealousy over a
girlfriend from what wc under
stand," said Mcsscr. "That was the
motive for the incident."
Mcsscr said he didn't know what
specifically led to the shooting once
the men met.
Maynard is accused of firing a
.20-gauge shotgun at Hewett in the
vacant parking lot of Lincoln
Primary School in Leland. Hewett
was shot once in the face and lower
neck area and was taken to New
Hanover Regional Medical Center
in Wilmington, where he died
Friday morning.
The suspect has also been
charged wiih assault wilh a deadly
weapon with intent to kill, indicting
serious injury, and with possession
of a firearm on school properly, said
Mcsscr.
Hewett and a friend, Danrell
Woolen, of Lcland, had met
Maynard in the parking lol around
6:30 p.m., said Mcsscr. The shoot
ing happened about 10 minutes lat
er.
A pellet from the shotgun blast
struck Woolen in the hand, Mcsscr
said, causing him to lose a finger.
He also suffered powder burns lo
his left eye and left side of his face.
"He (Woolen) was there as a
friend of the victim," said Messcr.
Maynard was initially charged
with two counts of assault with a
deadly weapon and was preparing
to make a first appearance in
Brunswick County District Court
Friday when the victim died around
11 a.m.
One assault charge was then
changed to first-degree murder. He
had been placed under S60.000
bond, but has since been ordered
held without bond.
"Nothing was going on at the
school at the time," said Messcr.
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Contestants can enter at the site until
immediately before the start of com
petition.
The long-driving competition
tees off at 3 p.m. Saturday at the
Holden Beach Driving Range on
N.C. 130 East. Interested partici
pants can call Sylvia or Benny
Ludlum, 842-6253.
More sporting events include a
kite flying contest Saturday at 2
p.m. at the bandstand and volleyball
games and a sand sculpture contest
at the Campground by the Sea at 3
p.m. The campground is located
near the west end of the island.
Saturday's entertainment, sched
uled from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in
cludes a contemporary dance show
by Brunswick Dance Studio at 1
p.m., storytelling under the bridge
at 2 p.m. and plenty of taped bcach
music for listening enjoyment.
Saturday from 7:3(5 p.m. to 11:30
p.m. the bandstand under the bridge
will light up with live music from
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mix of beach, country and oldies.
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WCCA, which is sponsoring the
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Along with arts, crafts and food
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animals can dctcct gas from bodies
on both land and water. It was the
first time the special dogs have been
used in Brunswick County, said
Marlowe.
"If we get something concrete,
they'll be back," he said.
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should range from the mid-60s at
night to the mid-70s during the day
time, he predicted, with no more
than a half-inch of rainfall.
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recorded 1.79 inches of rainfall. The
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"It was a gullywasher," he said.
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