t.r' ' i 2/31/31 t 10 AG & ';.0N:.. fcOUr- LiINOEF P . O . Bo X 1 ?. i t.PR I NGPOftT Mi 49284 Thirtieth Year, Number 7 , North Carolina, Thursday, December 19, 1991 50c Per Copy 44 Pbg ? H irrrr;; easrns M l y ->1A . ?A Commission Chairman Won't Seek Re-Election BY TKKRY I'OI'K Brunswick County Board ol Commissioners Chairman Kc In a prcpa sialcmcni, H den told his fcl low hoard mem- HOl.DF.N hers at the conclusion of Monday's meeting that he will leave his options open, raising speculation that he may enter the race for the 1 3th District State House scat held by Democrat David Red wine of Ocean Isle. "I haven't decided what I want to do," said Holden. At the Dec. 2 meeting, District 3 Commissioner Gene Pmkerton an nounced that he would not seek re election to the board, saying he needed more lime to devote to his grow ing import business. I loldcn nounccd Mi day that he v not seek re-el tion to the bo in 1992. Mi Holdcn. of District 1 , won his seal on the board by an overwhelming margin in 19XX over Democratic in cumbent Chris Chappell. Me was ap pointed chairman of the board last December and again Dec. 2. "It's not a big letdown," ex plained Holdcn tollowing the meet ing. "I'm not going to drop out of sight. As lar as my personal and po litical options go. I'm not discount ing anything." The seats open for election next year are those held by Holdcn, Pinkerton and District 4 Commis sioner Frankie Rabon. So far, Rabon hasn't indicated if he will seek re election. Seats held by Donald Shaw, of District 5, and Jerry' Jones, of District 4, will be up for election in 1994, when voters will elect a slate of five candidates. Residents voted last month to be gin electing commissioners and school hoard candidates to two-year terms rather than staggered, four (See HOLDKN. Page 2-A) Most Shallotte Postal Operations Moving To South Brunswick Branch BY SUSAN USHER When the South Brunswick postal station opens in February, most mail-handling operations and a majority of the employees at the Shallotte main office will be re assigned to Sunset Beach. However, Postmaster Frank Bringoli said his plans call for window and box service to continue at the Shailotlc site, which will remain the serv ice area's main (X)>t office. "Everything gets handled the same," he said. "Anything ucclcd Iron. Shallotte will ha?e a Shallotte if V /'neUwor -'Ivv 'i e "The bottom line is nothing is changm except that there will be no carriers working out ol here, but there will be carriers slopping here lor mail," Bringoli con "It's the only way that makes sense to me." ? Frank Bringoli Shallotte Postmaster fm 'MV.'Cvl Incoming mail wil! be sorted at Che South Brunswick station, and carriers for all Hi area routes will work out of the branch office. Also, both Bringoli and Ronald Reeves, superinten dent of postal operations, will work from offices at the South Brunswick location. "Both Ron and 1 will be going back and lorth, with one of us in the Shallotte office for at least a part of ev ery day," he said. "We won't leave the staff here unsu pervised." Individuals who contact the Shallotte office with problems the suit! there cannot handle, he said, will be referred to the station in Sunset Beach. The Shallotte office woul.l be staffed by two win dow clerks. Brineoli s,>id he doesn't ant-eip-ite aiv change in service hours, now X:30 a.m. to 4:.