Unofficial Results Of Tuesday's Primary . . . How The DEMOCRATS Voted
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74
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123
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138
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28
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38
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86
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Close Races Leave Incumbents
Nervous In Tuesday's Primary
(Continued From Page 1-A)
William D. "Billy" Carter of
Yaupon Beach, who defeated
Carlton Sligh and Stephanna Tewey
for the Democratic nomination in
District 3.
Republican Janet Pope of Shal
lotte narrowly defeated Joseph Brust
of Ocean Isle Beach for the District
1 nomination. She will face
Democrat Sam Frink.
Republican Patricia Young of
Winnabow took a close race against
Gene Sellers of Supply, winning the
party nomination for the District 4
seat on the Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners.
"I took some good advice that 1
received last night," explained Ms.
Young. "I voted this morning, visit
ed the precincts and picked straw
berries.
"Gene has been wonderful. He's
been a true gentleman. I hope we're
still friends."
Ms. Young will face Democrat
Tom Rabon Sr. of Winnabow, who
with 2,981 votes outdistanced two
other candidates to avoid a runoff.
Jo Ann Bellamy Simmons of
Shallotte had 2,586 votes and Tom
Simmons of Boiling Spring Lakes
had 1 ,027 votes.
Shallotlc's Lcphus Pigott with
drew from that race, but his name
still appeared on the ballot. He re
ceived 266 voles and denied rumors
Tuesday that he had entered the race
only to undermine Ms. Simmons'
chances.
"1 apologize for the comments
people are making," said Pigott,
"bccause that's not true. 1 think she
is capable of doing a good job."
Pigott said financial difficulty and
his plans to train for the N.C.
Highway Patrol this summer forced
him to resign.
The Register of Deeds race devel
oped into a three-way battle for most
of the night. When the totals were
in, Robinson had avoided a runoff
with challenger Edward "Porky"
Mint/, of Bolivia by just 57 votes,
2,893 to 2,187. Former Commis
sioner Grace Beaslcy tallied 2,012
votes.
"I'm just real delighted that 1
won," said Robinson. "1 think it
proves that we did our jobs. The
Democratic Party needs to come to
gether now and unite. I think we can
do that."
Robinson will face Republican
Arthur Knox, a former two-term
Register of Deeds.
In Brunswick County, State Rep.
E. David Redwine outdistanced
three others Democrats seeking one
of two seals in the 14th State House
District. Redwine, of Ocean Isle
Beach, had 4,176 votes. Others were
Dewey Hill of Lake Waccamaw,
2,510; Michael Mills of Bolton,
2,318; and Shirley Greene of Bladen
County, 746.
With most precincts reporting in
New Hanover, Columbus and Robe
son countics, the lau unofficial to
tals were Redwine, 8,141; Hill,
6,982; Mills, 5,693; and Greene,
1,924. It appeared that Redwine and
Hill would advance to the primary to
face Kelly Holden of Shalloue, who
had no primary.
In the minority 98th State House
District race. Democrats Ms.
Johnnie Fields gathered 219 votes to
Thomas Wright's 187 votes. The
98th District includes parts of north
ern Brunswick County.
With other precincts reporting in
New Hanover and Pender counties,
Wright had a 3,231 to 1,509 lead in
that race.
Incumbcnt Senator R.C. Soles Jr.
was the winner among Brunswick
County Democrats with 3,527 voles
to Ron Taylor's 2,817 votes and
Claude Spivey's 757 votes. The
18th Senatorial District also includes
Columbus County and part of Bla
den County.
With most precincts reporting in
New Hanover, Columbus and Bla
den counties. Soles held a 1 1,919 to
10,172 lead over Taylor, the former
Suite Representative who is attempt
ing a political comeback after serv
ing a prison sentence for conspiracy
to commit arson and bribery charge.
Spivey had 1,660 votes.
In ihc 7th Congressional District,
Republican Robert Anderson cap
tured 1,484 votes in Brunswick
County to Scott Dorman's 884.
With some precincts in Robeson and
Pender countics reporting, Anderson
was leading 2,170 to 1,231 late
Tuesday.
Overall, Tuesday's primary was
labeled a quick and quiet election by
Brunswick County Board of
Elections Supervisor Lynda Britt,
with all precincts reporting by 8:45
p.m. Results were then posted on a
board for viewing.
"It was really good," she said.
"It's been one of the quickest, for
there to be so many candidates. The
voting machines worked beautiful
ly"
She had predicted that fewer than
40 percent would vote Tuesday. The
35 percent turnout was 5 percent
fewer than in the 1990 primary.
Long wood
Man
Killed
In Wreck
(Continued From Page 1-A)
more than he did to try to avoid
the accident.
"He tried everything he could to
keep from hitting her," said Terry
Reed, owner of Reed's Country
Store.
Reed was behind the cash register
at his store when the accident hap
pened. "When I heard the brakes I
looked up. ..she had just come in and
was pulling out and pulled right out
in front of him."
Reed said the truck driver started
slowing down, blowing the horn and
pulling over to the right shoulder
when he saw the car pull out.
"She just didn't look at all I
guess," he continued. "She couldn't
have missed seeing him coming."
Reed said the crash caused a loud
"Kaboom" sound and the truck
pushed the car about 15 feet after
impact.
"If he wasn't slowing down he
would have knocked her for a loop,"
he said.
Another witness, Erma Goff, was
driving behind the truck on her way
to work at Reed's store at the time
of the wreck.
"1 saw the whole thing and like I
told one of the deputies, he couldn't
have stopped to save his life," she
said.
"He was all over that horn. He
layed down just as hard as he could
lay down on it," she said. "That poor
man never knew what hit him."
Calabash Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was called to the wreck when
nnatltAr I rtrtmiiA/vi
UVIlliVI i.lJV iu/ nil
VFD nor Waccamaw VFD had
enough volunteers to respond.
Emergency workers at the scene
said it was just another example of
the need for more volunteer fire and
rescue personnel throughout the
county.
They expect even more calls after
the 911 system goes on line with
both fire and rescue squads respond
ing to traffic accidents and fires.
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Student Cleared Of Arson
A North Brunswick High School
student accused of selling lire to a
school building in March was
cleared of those charges in Bruns
wick County District Court Monday.
Judge D. Jack Hooks Jr. ruled that
probable cause did not exist to
charge Blake Kennedy Hobbs, 16,
of Lcland with the crime. All
charges were dismissed against him.
The teen-ager had been charged
with felonious burning of a school
building following an investigation
of the fire that destroyed a mobile
classroom building March 14.
The building housed the school's
In School Suspension (ISS) pro
gram, where students who arc disci
plined spend their school day isolat
ed from other student';.
Gordon Hobbs, the teen-ager's fa
ther, said Tuesday thai his son ad
mitted to writing graffiti on the outer
wall with crayons while other stu
dents were gathered around, but that
he did not set fire to the building.
"He was there," said Hobbs, "but
so were a lot of other people. They
arc not even sure how it started."
The fire was reported around 1 :30
a.m. and destroyed the building. At
first, officials said damages were es
timated at around S25.000.
Hobbs said he is determined to
clear his son's name in the mailer.
He avM-i leu iiiui figures were inflat
ed for a building valued at around
S2,7(X) and thai officials made a
hasty arrest.
"No stone was left unturned to
magnify this uling," said Hobbs.
An ISS building burned on ihe
West Brunswick High School cam
pus ihc following week. No arrest
has been made in that ease.
When contacted Tuesday, Bruns
wick County Fin: Marshal Cecil
Logan said he had not heard the out
come of the North Brunswick case.
Expecting to be called as a witness,
Logan stayed at ihe government
complex in Bolivia on Monday but
was never called to the courtroom.
He referred questions regarding
the investigation to the Brunswick
Couniy Sheriffs Department. The
prosecutor in ihe case. Assistant
District Attorney Lee Bollinger, was
not available for comment Tuesday
afternoon.
Just prior to the fire, Hobbs and a
group of other parents were instru
mental in convincing the Brunswick
County Board of Education to hire
off-duty deputies to patrol the North
Brunswick campus during school
hours just prior to the fire.
Eight People Rescued
In Holden Beach Surf
(Continued From Page 1-A)
tims on ihe way lo the marina.
Rabon and mate Mike Hendricks
were towing another boat in to shore
when they heard the call over the ra
dio about a possible drowning.
Rabon said two of the victims were
"shaking uncontrollably" from hy
pothermia and another was suffering
leg cramps when they came aboard.
Rabon said he thinks several
lives were saved. "It was a very seri
ous situation. Another lew minutes
and I think we would have lost four
to five people."
Sawyer said the situation "had
the potential" to become a disaster,
but everything worked out.
"TTie Holden Beach police
bought the time for all of us to do
our jobs," he said.
The incident was the first true
test for Holden Beach's water rescue
team, which was formed last fall af
ter two visitors drowned in the surf
and three men drowned in a boating
related accident off Holden Beach.
"We were extremely pleased,"
Rabon said Sunday night. "I really
feel good about it because 1 kind of
wondered myself how the boat was
going to hold up in rough surf."
Rabon estimated that the waves
were about four feet, and maybe
bigger in the inlet where the people
were. That made it difficult to see
everyone from sea level.
The U.S. Forest Scrvice sent a
spotter plane which circled overhead
to look for people and confirm that
everyone was out of the water when
the rescue was completed.
"At one point, there was a little
bit of confusion if everybody was
out of the water," Sawyer explained.
Also responding was the Ocean
Isle Beach and Southport water res
cue teams and the U.S. Coast
Guard's heavy surf boat from Oak
Island.
Brunswick County Emergency
Management Coordinator Cccil
Logan had set up central communi
cations on the shore to coordinate
the effort.
Sawyer praised the response of
the agencies involved and other by
standers who assisted. "We want
people to know how seriously we
take helping someone down here,"
he said.
Cook said the inlet isn't a safe
place to swim, especially for about
one hour after high tide when a lot
of water rushes out the inlet to the
ocean.
"It could have been bad that
many people going out after two,"
Cook said. "We were lucky to have
all that help available."
Sawyer said he's concerned
about people who aren't aware of
the danger of rip currents, which he
believes were responsible for at least
one and possibly both of the drown
ings at the beach last summer.
The extremely strong currents
form when water rushes out to sea in
a narrow path, as when there is a
break in the sand bar off the bcach
or where a structure such as jetty or
groin diverts the current.
The town has put up posters at
all public bcach access areas that tell
people what they should do if
they're caught in a rip current. Area
businesses have also been given
copies.
Sawyer said he's encouraged
that the public education effort is
reaching some people. One water
rescue team member recently spot
ted a visitor reading one of the
posters at a local amusement area.
Cool, Wet
Spring Continues
More unseasonably cool, wei
weather is in store for the South
Brunswick Islands.
Shallottc Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady said the outlook
calls for temperatures ranging from
the mid-50s at night into the low 70s
during the daytime, with at least
three-quarters of an inch of rainfall.
This continues a pattern estab
lished several weeks ago, a pattern
Canady said he expects to continue
for the foreseeable future.
'This is a cooler than a normal
spring," he said, "which is not total
ly unexpected with the weather pat
tern we've had, a warmer winter
than usual.
Canady said the current weather
conditions will have a tendency to
slow growth, but will help retain soil
moisture going into the next 90-day
forecast period, which may have dri
er than usual weather.
For the period April 28 through
May 4, Canady recorded a maxi
mum high of 85 degrees on May 3
and a minimum low of 40 degrees
on April 29.
A daily average high of 76 de
grees combined with an average
nightly low of 5! degrees for a daily
average temperature of 63 degrees,
which Canady said is about 4 de
grees below average.
At his home near Shallottc Point,
Canady recorded nearly a half-inch
of rainfall, 0.47 inches.
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