Incumbent Mayor, Aldermen Face Opposition In Shallotte Shallotte voters will choose be Iween two mayoral candidates and elect lour town Inianl members when Iky go to the |h>IIs next week. I lit iiiiilvnl Sarah Tripp and for mer mayor lieamon Newell are run "|"K l,,r ''if mayor's seat, while nine candidates are running lor the lour seats on the town board. While there are only two candi dates lor mayor, the town hoard race is more contusing. Seven candidates are seeking election to the three available seals that have lour- year terms, and two others are vying lor a town board seat with a two-year term. Incumbents David Cause, Jody Simmons and Joe Hewett and chal lengers Koncy Cheers, Sam liiniaii. Gene Frink and Morris Hall are run ning lor the four-year seats. Voters will choose incumbent Alderman Wilton llarrelson or Odell "Oilie" Johnson to serve the two-year term. //?? Brunswick Beacon sent ques tionnaires to each of the candidates in August. Mrs. Tripp and Joe Hewett were the only ones who did not respond. ItKAMON IIKWKTT Hewett, who served as mayor from 1968 to 1985. listed road re pairs, drainage work and sidewalks on Main Street as three of the ^ V most important m ' issues the town 1 *) will lace in the I ' next four years. \ jP Other top pri orities are building a sew er treatment ! plant on the A south end of HKW'KVr town, lowering impact and acreage lees to stimulate growth, codifying ordinances, enforcing sign regula tions and managing the budget bet ter Hewett, who served as alderman Irom I9(>4 to 1968. said his famil iarity witli the town makes him the most qualified candidate for mayor. "J know the Town of Shallotte in and out, helped write most of the ordinances, worked with most of the board members and town em ployees," he said. Hewett said he is seeking the mayor's [Hist because he believes he can "bring unity back to the town bo;ird and gel the town moving for ward again." Hie former mayor served on the Cape f-ear Council of Governments board for 10 years, from 1975 to 1985. Hewett owns Ace Hardware in Shallotte and is an automotive in structor at West Brunswick High School. He has been an instructor at both Cape F ear Community College and Brunswick Community College, gowned a garage from 1959 to Hewett is a high schixil graduate. He received a certificate in voca tional education from N.C. Suite University in 1968, which has been renewed four times. WILTON IIARRKLSON Wilton llarrelson said expansion ol utilities, particularly the sewer system, is die most important issue the town board should address in the next four years. Harrelson said he lavors impact and acreage fees that make the users Y pay for water and sewer ser vice. "I contin ue to favor that ?Mi any growth should be fi nanced by those coming on to the system." The two-term incumbcm also HAKRK1.SON sajd ^ (ow? board should start looking at estab lishing a form of government that uses a tow n manager "1 would be in favor of this at the right time," he said. Harrelson, a retired owner of a farm and garden supply store, was elected to the town board in I'M and re-elected in 1987. "I want to sec Shallotte to contin ue grow ill in an orderly and con trolled manner so thai the quality of life as wc know it may be pre served," he said. Harrelson said it is best left to ihe good judgment and discretion of the voters to decide what makes him the most qualified candidate for the post. "1 feel that the intangible quali ties of a candidate such as character, integrity and motives behind the de cisions should carry more weight than education or experience," he said. llarrelson graduated Irom N.C. State University with a bachelor of science degree in agronomy. He has served as president of the Shallotte I. ions Club, master of ihe Shallotte Masonic Lodge and held various church olfices. < >1)1 l.l. JOHNSON rtani ,Ssue the town board should address in the coining term. "e also si?d the board ol alder men should woik 10 maintain and improve Shallotic as a great place to live, work, play, raise a lainily, shop and trade, operate a business and re tire. Johnson, a retired retail executive with Sears, Roebuck anil Co., has served on die bo;ird ol directors ol a chamber ol commerce and two country flubs. He has also held offices in Kiwanis and volunteered lor United Way campaigns. 'After doing business wuii many eily. Johnson county and slate purchasing depart ments. I have been aina/.ed at the waste I ul and unprofessional manner taxpayer money is spent," he said. As a retiree, Johnson said he has no axe to grind" except to repre sent the people of Shallotte. "Having operated multi-million dollar ofvrations in every phase of management for 23 years 1 feel I can be helpful to the board of aldermen of Shallotte," he said. Johnson graduated from Anderson High School in Indiana anu studied marketing at the University of Cincinnati and engi neering at Colorado Stale University. He served in World War 11 with the Army's 387th Intelligence and Reconnaissance Unit in fin rope and Asia. MORRIS. I. IIALL A retired teacher from Fairfax, Va., Morris Hall said he is runnint; lor oil ice because he wants to see a Inter -tree and revitalized Shallotte. Hall said he wants to find out why there are so many empty com mercial buildings in town and find a way to make use of them. I would like to see a town coun cil that has more unity that can work together to make the town of Shallotte a cleaner and sale plate that we as residents can be proud ol," he said. Hall, a former platoon leader in the U.S. Marine Corps, has served as president of the Brier wood Men's Golf Association and secretary of thi United Methodist Men's Club at Camp UMC Church. He received an undergraduate de gree from Guilford College and a master's degree in education from the University of Virginia. Hall was a teacher lor 27 years in elementary and junior high schools and worked two years with the Fairlax County Health Department SAM INMAN Sam Inuian saiil trail ic control and fiscal re sponsibility are two of the most important issues die town board will face over the next four years. Inman said town officials must consider prohibiting parking and widening tlie turn lane on Main Street. He also said the town should be gin a purchase order system to keep better track ol how much money the town is spending. Inman said he thinks town em ployees should receive pay raises based on job performance instead of across-the-board increases. The first-time candidate said al most 40 years of business experi ence make him the most ijualilied person running for town board. Frior to becoming assistant man ager at Brunswick Building Supplies, Inman managed Shallotic Lumber Company for eight years. "I have worked for many years in other building supply companies where I have been in the decision making process," he said. Inman graduated from Waccainaw High School in 1952. lie served on a local school com mittee one year, and was a charter member and former president of the Shallotte Jaycees. KONKY W. CIIKKRS Roney Cheers, a former mayor and town board member, said plan ning for orga nized growth and financial re sponsibility arc two of the most important issues the town must address in the coming term. Cheers said the town will have to do some "belt-tightening" in die next four years due to cutbacks in stale and federal funds that are given to towns. r \ X k r INMAN CIIKKRS He also thinks the town boaid needs to map out where future streets will Ik- located. Cheers, who serveil 10 years on the town board and 1 2 years as mayor, has been out ol the Shallotte political scene since IW>X. He said he is running lor oil ice "to lend my ex|vrience and ideas lor future growth to the governing Ixnly and the citi/.cns ol Shallotte." A native ol Shallotte, C'heers said he has watched the town grow. "I have the utmost desire to see it de velop and grow to be the trading center ol Brunswick County," he said. Cheers, a IV39 graduate ol Shallotte High School, retired alter more than 22 years as a local ma^is irate and six years as justice ol the peacc. CKNK I KINK Gene Frink. a retired postal ser vice employee, said street improve ment and removing friction I'rom town government are among the most important issues facing the town board. Frink also said he wants to help get Shallotte growing again. "It is now dying," he said. "Being that 1 am retired. I now have the time that tins office would require to make a proper decision to improve the Town of Shallotte," he Villi l iink, a high school graduate, vml he has no tics to any businesses or people hi Shallotie. lie saul he doesn't waul to hue or lire any ol the town employees. "I can make an impartial decision which woultl l>e in the l>est interest ol Shallotie." lie saul. I)AV ll> I.. CiAliSK David Ciausc saul piepanng lor future ex|?ansi;5!i ol the sewer sys tem ami keeping the tax rate low arc two ol the most iui|M>iLini issues the town hoard will lace in the next lour years. "At this time, our sewage system is in lauly good shape, hut at the same lime we must prepare our selves to handle the growth that will be placed on it hi the luture," Gause said. (iause, who was elected as an al derman in i yx < anil re elected iu 19X7, saul he is seeking the I >osi again lor several reasons. "I want to continue to sec this town grow as it has in the past and to also see that our tax dollars are spent wisely." Gause, a retired enforcement olli ? ;.\i si: tor with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. said ho is tlio most i|ualiliod candidate' lor the }H>siiioii because ho Ikis time to spoilt! on town business. Besides his two straight terms on the town Inianl, Clause also serves on The Brunswick Hospital Hoard ol Trustees and is past president ol the Brunswick County l.aw Liitorcemeiii Association. Cause graduated from Lli/.abclhlown High School and has taken courses at the N.C. Institute ol' Government at Chapel Hill. ".|OI)Y" SIMMONS Jmly Simmons says lowering acreage Iocs lo entourage growth, establishing a tommertial sewer rate and improving streets and side walks arc the lop issues lacing the town board. Simmons said existing acreage Iocs are too high and discourage growth. He thinks they will cost taxpayers unless they are lowered to promote growth. Lowering the Ices and setting up a commercial sewer rate to charge the major users of the sewer system are two areas Simmons says the town board has lo address in the coming term. Simmons was elected to his lirst term as alderman in 19X7 and said ho is seeking re-election for another four years u> help keep Shallotte growing as the commercial hub ot Ihe South Brunswick Islands. The mcuinbent also saul he wants residents to have someone they can call at any time to find out why they pay taxes or why he voted a certain way. Simmons said he is the most quail Tied candi date because he will represent the people ot Shailotte and see they have a voice on the town board. "I believe the best govern ment is one lor the people and by the people and one that will lis ten to the people," he said. Simmons, a real estate broker with Village Pines Properties & Associates, graduated from West Brunswick Hiph School. He has attended Southeastern and Brunswick community colleges, completed courses in plumbing and is a licensed teal estate broker. Simmons has served as president of die Brunswick Islands Jaycees, vice chairman of the N.C. Oyster Festival and has held oil ices with the Brunswick Islands Board ot Realtors. SIMMONS IfYouThink ATMs Should Be Free, Check With UCB. How often do you use an automated teller machine? 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