Shallotte Board Wants
To Keep Parade Sweet
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Shallotte officials waiil u> keep
sweets in tlie town's annual Christ -
inas l*aiaile. Inn are eoneemeil about
children scrambling in the street lor
candy tossed from floats.
AUk'rnuin Jody Simmons last
week agreed to work with a parade
committee which is considering
several changes lor this year's
event, including a restriction on
who can throw sweets.
Discussing the parade at last Wed
nesday's town meeting, officials said
they would like to sec adults loss the
candy so it doesn't fall near parade
entries and endanger little kids.
Throwing candy has become pan
of the Christinas Parade tradition.
Even the mayor and town board
members toss candy from their ve
hicle near the front of the lineup.
Alderman David Clause said the
candy thrown out during the parade
is the only candy sonic children get
at Chrisunas. "I do hate to take that
away from them," he said.
Mayor Sarah Tripp said the com
pany that rents floats for the parade
told her that Shallotte is the last re
maining town it works with that al
lows candy to Ik thrown because of
the potential liability.
Simmons said the Jaycccs have
offered to walk the parade route this
year to keep the entries moving
along and to keep children out of
the street.
Appointments Kxtended
In other business last week, al
dermen extended the appointments
ol three members of the town plan
ning board.
Hie terms of Davis Milligan,
11. A. Stanaland Jr. and Conrad
Pigoti were extended until the first
meeting in January The terms ex
pired July 31, and aldermen are
considering appointees.
Calling It ItlufT?
Meanwhile, a request from
Brunswick County to rename two
streets was passed along to the plan
ning board last week for a recom
mendation.
'Hie county has asked the town to
rename a section of Mint/ Street
and change part of Bluff Drive to
Copas Road.
The county wants the section of
Bluff Drive between Village Point
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want Santa Clans and other
Christmas parade participants
to keep tossing candy, but
they're concerned about the
possiblity of kids getting hurt
while scrambling for the
sweets.
Road and Copas Road changed to
Copas Road.
County officials have been work
ing on sueel names in preparation
for the 911 emergency telephone
system. 'I hey want to do away with
all duplicate names and names thai
could confuse emergency personnel
and slow response time.
" That's deadly time for emergen
cy," Alderman Joe Hcwetl said last
week. "It's life or death."
Some town board members said
they would like to keep the name
Blull Drive, which has been used
longer than Copas Road.
"If that's the only thing that's go
ing to confuse anybody, we're in
great shape," said Alderman Wilton
Harrelson.
Employee Accused Of Fraud
An (Xcaii Isle Bcach business
has filed charges against its book
keeper, claiming she diverted
SI3X,(HH) from the business to a
company her husband owns in
Wilmington.
Catha Mitchell, 37, of Mason
boro Loop Road, Wilmington, was
charged with obtaining property by
false pretenses and with three
counts i)l forgery and uttering after
the funds were reported missing
from Sloane/Anderson Builders Inc.
at Ocean Isle.
George A. Sloanc III pressed
charges against Ms. Mitchell before
a Brunswick County magistrate.
She was scheduled to make a first
appearance in Brunswick County
District Court Tuesday.
According to the warrants, Ms.
Mitchell is accused of changing a
S45,tXKi wire transfer document in
tended lor High Point Sprinkler Co.
so that S25,(XK) was transferred to
Atlantic Coast Environmental Con
sulting on July I instead.
The warrant suites that Ms.
Mitchell "knowingly and designed
ly with the intent to cheat and de
fraud" obtained the money from
Sloane/Anderson Builders.
The consulting linn is owned by
Ms. Mitchell's husband, the warrant
states.
She is also accused of placing
unauthorized signatures upon anoth
er wire document that allowed her
to transfer $75, (XX) to her husband's
account on June 2X.
Two other warrants allege that
she placed unauthorized signatures
upon checks drawn on Sloanc/
Anderson Builders' account, allow
ing the transfer of S35,(KK5 and
S3.HX) to Gary Mitchell of Atlantic
Coast Environmental Consulting.
Those checks were said to have
been cashed on July 9 and Aug. 30,
the warrants state.
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Fire Near Oak Island May Have Been Set
BY TKRKY I'OI'K
A deputy on patrol late Saturday
was the lirst to spot a lire that de
stroyed an office building near Oak
Island.
Investigators believe an office lor
Standard Products and an adjacent
storage building were intentionally
set on fire along Pish Factory Road,
beneath the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway bridge leading to Oak
Island.
Deputy Charles Wilson said he
was on routine patrol on Long
Beach Road when he spotted the
bla/.e.
The office building, fully in
volved in flames when he arrived,
was declared a total loss.
Deputies found that someone had
also set "some type of material" on
fire in the center of a storage build
ing behind the office, Wilson re
ported.
"The dix>r was pushed shut," said
Wilson, "and the lire just smol
dered. There was no internal dam
age to the building."
The lire is still under investiga
tion as possible arson.
In other reports on file at the
sheriff's department:
?An estimated S6.150 in goods was
reported stolen Sunday from
Jennies Branch Baptist Church on
N.C. 179 south of Shallotte, Deputy
CRIME REPORT
Phil Bryant rc|H>rted. 'I he sus|>eci
lorceil open a door upstairs anil
took sonic jewelry anil coins.
?Someone tried to break into
Lelanil Grocery on Old Village
Road Friday, reported Deputy I'ete
Moore. The sus|Kct tried to pry
open a rear door, but was unable to
gain entry. An alarm was also acti
vated.
?A car reported stolen from a
Fisherman's Village home on
Oxpcn Road was loutid wrecked
along N.C. 130 Sunday, reported
l>cpuly Richard Long. 'Ilie 1977
Dalsun, valued at $2,500, was
found by State Trooper B.D.
Bamhardt. The owner had reported
it stolen Saturday.
? Iishing gear, jewelry and appli
ances worth over SI, 400 were
stolen from a home in Cypress
Lakes alter someone pried open a
front door, reported Deputy Cathy
Hamilton. The homeowner discov
ered the burglary Friday.
?At Pelican's Roost, someone
broke into a home between Sept. 26
and Oct. 6 and stole a microwave
oven, lood, vacuum cleaner and
fishing gear, all valued at S 1,365,
reported Deputy Pain Hcwctl.
? Thieves broke into two homes
along Seashore Komi. At one, S3 10
in gmnls were taken Irom a home in
Kobinwood, reported Long. Another
S502 in appliances, linens anil lish
ing gear was uiken Irom a home,
with SI 05 in damage to a lioor.
?Someone broke into a Palm Drive
home, taking S325 111 tools and ap
pliances and causing S200 damage
to a door, Ms. Hcwclt reported.
?A battery charger, i<k>I box aiul
watch were taken Irom a home on
N.C. 87 south near Winnabow
Sunday, Deputy Steve Mason re
ported.
? ' >amage was estimated at S7W to
a home at Shell Point Acres 11 lol
loping a break-in there between
Oct. .*-(>, Ms. Hewett reported.
Taken were a video recorder and a
revolver.
?A homeowner on Georgetown
Road reported someone took a mi
crowave oven, cooler and linens,
with a combined value of more than
S7(*i, during a break-in there be
tween July 4 and Sept. 21. Sgt.
Wendell Bennett reported.
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