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rBullock paces Stallion victory over West Bladen. rLady rVikings trip Purnell Swett. rWarriors open season with two victories. rLady Gator comeback leads to win over Pender. rGators defeat Pender to put record at 4-2. rLady Pack booters sufer frst loss. rPack netters win Sports fve of frst six. rStallions fall to Fairmont. See page 1-B. ThePublished News since 1896 every Monday and Tursday forReporter the County of Columbus and her people. Tursday, March 17, 2011 Te anatomy of illegal sales of prescription medicine nInformant provides drug de- Detective Justin Worley and fellow The resident told pain medication in the community Volume 114, Number 75 tectives the who, what, when, officers “managed” an informant in callers he wasn’t Cross, along Bullard and Westside roads where and how. recent days through purchases of pain but they insisted he known as “The Ponderosa,” southwest Whiteville, North Carolina pills and Xanax tablets. was, and asked he set up of Chadbourn. By BOB HIGH Worley provided the following se- a time for them to pur- Wants pain pills 50 Cents Staff Writer quence of events leading to the arrest chase medication. The The caller told Worley that Cross Monday of Christopher Corey Cross, resident’s prefix num- sold his entire prescription to a man The shady methods of illegal sales 42, of Chadbourn: ber for his cell phone who was identified as being arrested of prescription medication across Wrong number Cross was one number differ- by the drug unit in January for dealing Inside Today Columbus County that have plagued A county resident called Worley ent from that of Cross, and the last four in pain medication. 4-A law enforcement and caused many on Feb. 21 and said he was getting cell numbers were identical. The person giving information on overdoses – some resulting in death – phone calls from various people want- Worley received another call on Feb. Cross’ activities began acting as an rB.J. still held. have been brought into the light by de- ing to buy pills, plus leaving word for 22 from another person who witnessed informant for Worley. The informant rMan fees court, tectives from the Sheriff ’s Drug Unit. Cross to return their calls. Cross sell pills from his prescribed See Illegal sales, page 5-A caught near primary school. Medicine Hill to introduce addition for Green Next Issue drop here Saturday Swamp protection By JEFFERSON WEAVER nOld pills can be given Staff Writer to law enforcement to be destroyed in Family Af- A bill credited with stopping a landfill in fair Day. the Green Swamp will soon be modified to help prevent a septage field on the same property. By BOB HIGH Rep. Dewey Hill said Wednesday he will introduce an amendment to Senate Bill 1492, Staff Writer which was passed in the 2007 session under the There are thousands of old guidance of former Sen. R.C. Soles. The bill pills – prescription and over- prohibits landfills within a certain distance the-counter medicine – in vari- of public Game Lands. ous containers in thousands of Waste Management originally planned Monday’s homes across the county. to build a landfill near Juniper Creek in the American Profle Residents have a chance Green Swamp Game Lands. A non-profit con- Saturday to safely discard servancy group worked with legislators and features “Where medication of all types during other organizations to defeat the landfill. the Wild Tings a Family Affair Day co-spon- Waste Management applied for a permit sored by the Columbus Baptist earlier this year to use the same 600-plus acre Are.” Exploring Association, the Sheriff ’s Of- tract, located south of Bolton, for a septage nine of the nation’s fice, Whiteville police, and SBI. field. Wastewater from portable toilets and oth- The event begins at 9 a.m. in er disposal systems would be sprayed across top animal attrac- the Walmart parking area here, the property to allow natural breakdown of tions. and will include free hotdogs, the materials. Critics fear Waste Management soft drinks, bottled water, plus might apply for more spray capacity on the property and pollute the sensitive ecosystem games and face painting for Staff photo by Les High DIDYOB? children. Dr. David Heller, in the area. They are also worried about the chaplain for the Sheriff ’s Of- smell and other effects of the septage applica- Did you observe ... School petition tion. See Medicine drop, page 4-A Rosa Brown, right, of Chadbourn is so concerned about cuts in school Hill said he was contacted by a number of High school and funding that she started a petition she will present at a “Fund Schools See Protection, page 7-A middle school stu- First” forum tonight at 7 at West Columbus High School. The petition dents in the city and had 215 names Wednesday morning. Brown stopped people “in the McIntyre grocery stores, parking lots and doctors’ offces” to tell them her con- county schools mak- cerns and to have them sign the petition. Helping her was her grand- Green Swamp is ing fnal prepara- meets with daughter, Kaitlyn Chavis, left, a fourth-grader at Chadbourn Elemen- tions for next week’s tary. “It’s all about her,” Brown said. “If they cut the public schools like national natural citizens at they say they are, these kids won’t get what they need.” annual Celebrate the Arts, scheduled City Hall landmark to be at South Co- By NICOLE CARTRETTE By JEFFERSON WEAVER Staff Writer lumbus High School? Staff Writer Record crowd expected ... Area high school The Green Swamp is one of 13 national Voters with questions about natural landmarks designated by the U.S. De- junior and senior everything from jobs and na- at Old Farm Show at lake partment of the Interior National Park Service girls starting to tional security to how to wade By RAY WYCHE crowd estimated at more than 6,000 as being a nationally significant example of through the federal bureau- Staff Writer people during its two-day run. the nation’s heritage. look at dresses for cracy had a willing ear in Robert Mills of Delco, event co- The National Natural Landmarks Program the upcoming prom Whiteville last week. Attendance at the first two ordinator, said indications are that (NNLP) was established in 1962 under the Rep. Mike McIntyre had a Southern Farm Days at Boys and more people will be on hand this authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 season? .... “one-on-one” session at the Girls Homes arena and grounds year to view old rural methods of to encourage the preservation of such sites Whiteville City Hall March 7. at Lake Waccamaw surpassed the such household and farm tasks as evaluated by “qualified scientists,” according Between 30 and 35 area resi- sponsors’ expectations, and a larger making lye soap, cutting wood with to the NNLP Registry. dents attended, according to crowd is anticipated for this year’s a crosscut saw, and turning grains The 2009 registry notes that the Green County Deaths McIntyre spokesman Dean show on Saturday and Sunday. of corn into corn meal. Swamp is the “largest and most unique mosaic Mitchell. The one-on-one meet- This is the third year that the “We’ve heard that some are com- of wetland communities in the Carolinas and Whiteville ings are a chance for the rep- Cape Fear Farm Heritage Associa- ing by the busload from churches in is a refuge for rare plant and animal species,” Ruby Hinson Gore resentative to get a more per- tion, a volunteer group interested Wilmington,” he said. designated as such in 1974. Tabor City sonal feel for what concerns in preserving old farm equipment Probably the biggest attraction There are 586 NNLP sites nationwide with voters in the Seventh U.S. and keeping alive the old ways of will be the old farm equipment, about one-third of them privately-owned like Lesa Ann Long House District, according to rural living, will have put on the and this year promises to have the Hallsboro the Green Swamp. Mitchell. show that last year attracted a See Farm Show, page 3-A Barbara Kay T. Tokoly See McIntyre, page 7-A See Green Swamp, page 7-A Roseland Sterling Cartrette Columbus County Schools featured in national magazine Index The March-April edition of Edu- It is presented here in its entirety. from serving a few hundred students for the district. cation Executive magazine features “A Plan for Growth” in its elementary and middle “We’re located in a rural and eco- a four-page story on the Columbus schools to 700 students in the nomically depressed area of Editorials ......... 10-A By Michelle McNickle County Schools and how a strategic district’s largest high school. the state,” he said. “De- Obituaries ......... 8-A plan developed by Superintendent Dr. Dan Strickland is no stranger In addition to its traditional spite our surround- Sports ................ 1-B Dan Strickland and the system’s to strategic planning. As superinten- facilities, Columbus has an ings, I knew Colum- Crime ................ 4-A staff and teachers took the district dent of Columbus County Schools in early college high school, bus was doing a good Living ................ 1-C from “good to excellent.” North Carolina, Strickland and his a school located in a Boys job with its students. “We were excited about the possi- team recently set out to improve the and Girls home, and a ca- However, I wanted to bility of being featured in the maga- district’s test scores, collaborative reer technical education challenge our district to zine,” Strickland said.

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