Stanley Recalls His Years Living in 1910 Jail Relay Starts Friday
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Columbus County commissioners denied Waste Industries’ request for more time to 4-A Interim HealthCare of the present new figures to the board related to a Eastern Carolinas Inc. an- proposal for waste services. r'#*KPJOT nounced Wednesday that Don- Instead, the majority of the board in a 5-1 $IBECPVSOQSPCF na “Lou” Byrd of Pittsboro vote instructed county staff to continue ne- and the Holden Beach area gotiations with Waste Management. The firm has acquired 100 percent of its that is the county’s present provider is offering a stock from Stephen M. (Steve) five-year contract that will result in about $10 mil- Next Issue Smith of Whiteville. lion in savings to the county, county officials say. Byrd owns the Interim HealthCare franchises in Ra- See Trash, page 7-A leigh, Durham and Asheville and will eventually consolidate the corporate office functions for those locations to White- Hospital hopes ville. She will relocate perma- nently to the Holden Beach to extend lease, area and will maintain her primary office in Whiteville. borrow $25 million Smith, who began the fran- chise in January 1984, will By JEFFERSON WEAVER continue indefinitely in an Staff Writer See Interim, page 12-A Columbus Regional Healthcare Monday Monday’s asked county commissioners to extend its American Profle lease through 2043 so the hospital can borrow features “Te Best $25 million. Relay CEO Henry Hawthorne told the board Beaches from Sea Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist about the proposal during the annual presen- tation of the hospital’s financial audit. to Shining Sea.” Spirits aloft The hospital’s lease on the county-owned Te story includes starts DSS Child Protective Services Manager Melinda Lane, left, and Guard- facility is up in 2017. CRHS pays all expenses ian ad Litem Director Christy Haik prepare balloons for release during for any improvements and repairs at the nearby Holden hospital, Hawthorne noted, with no tax dol- a ceremony Wednesday to commemorate 20 North Carolina children Friday lars from the county. The property and all Beach. killed through violence or neglect in 2010. The annual event was held Columbus County’s 17th An- behind the DSS offces in Whiteville. See Hospital, page 6-A nual American Cancer Society DIDYOB? (ACS) Relay for Life kicks off Friday at noon and concludes Did you observe ... on Saturday at noon. Hosted for the eighth time Chicken swapping and shopping County schools Troop 513 Life Scout on the front campus at South- Cameron Bland be- easteern Community College, has home in Cerro Gordo awarded $3.1 ing awarded his Eagle Relay for Life is the ACS’s signature fund-raising event nFor more on the chicken swap, with flashlights to cut through the Scout rank by U.S. Rep. taking place around the globe, see the Living Page on 1-C. dark and get a first look at what is million bond Mike McIntyre Sun- making it the largest annual available. not-for-profit fundraising event As the sun rises above the hori- nPayback is 50 percent of total at day? ... Sydney Brown, By NICOLE CARTRETTE low-interest. in the world. Staff Writer zon, dozens of people, young and old, daughter of Macky And Friends, family, co-workers long-time farmers and hobby farm- By FULLER ROYAL Becky Brown, winning and neighbors come together It is a crisp, foggy Saturday morn- ing professionals, stroll past cages Staff Writer a third-place ribbon to form Relay teams that col- ing before sunrise. and boxes full of birds, pigeons, lect donations leading up to Drivers of small, large, old and ducks and rare and common chick- in the horse show at The Columbus County Schools learned the event. new pickup trucks begin staking out ens. There are even some rabbits and last week that its application for Qualified Hugh McRae Park in On Relay day, the teams set their territory along a grassy lot in a few dogs for sale today. School Construction Bonds (QSCB) has been Wilmington Saturday? up campsites. Members take Columbus County. There are handshakes and hugs, approved to the tune of $3,132,537.50. turns walking around the Inside their truck beds are pens serious negotiations and chipper ... Gary Bass working From a letter from the State Board of Edu- track during the 24 hours of holding all kinds of chickens – chitchat. Laughter and lots of ca- on his short game in cation’s Division of School Support, Columbus Relay, making sure someone is strange ones, plain birds, fancy fowl, maraderie abound from this diverse County Board of Education Superintendent his front yard 0Tues- on the track at all times. old chickens, new ones – cheap and crowd that includes some who travel Alan Faulk learned that the 2012 reallocation Teams sell food, crafts, ser- expensive. from counties far away to get here. day evening? ... Pete round of the QSCB program applications Padrick celebrating 30 vices and other items with all The early risers come equipped See Chicken, page 2-A years as owner of Pizza See Relay, page 2-A See Bond, page 2-A Village today? County Deaths Stanley recalls his years living in 1910 jail Whiteville nSon of Jailer Thomas D. Stanley remembers the position with the Sheriff ’s Department. He had dif- Janie Sue Bardin hectic weekends at jail, particularly during ficulty finding what used to be the large kitchen where the Strawberry Festival. his mother, Ruth, cooked the inmates their meals. “She David Lee Hill was a good cook, and we had good food,” he remembered. Hallsboro By BOB HIGH Stanley and his family retained a Royal typewriter Keith D. Gachett Staff Writer and a Smith Corona adding machine that were used to Delco type records and obtain certain sums in the old jail, one Leola Mitchell Edwin Stanley, a longtime resident of Ruth Stanley of two jails to be demolished. The 1855 jail, the only 19th century county building, will also fall victim to progress. Riegelwood Lane off Chadbourn Highway near the N.C. Forest Service and Legion Stadium, visited his early childhood Demolition of both is because county commissioners Sandie Shaw home recently, courtesy of Columbus County. decided to remove the structures instead of locating the “It’s all been changed so much it’s difficult for me new annex building on one of the other sites available. to figure out what’s what anymore,” Stanley said as he Edwin’s father operated a heating and air condi- Index walked through the 1910 jail that is scheduled for demoli- tioning business, plus plumbing, before he became the tion to make way for a courthouse annex. county jailer. Edwin has the Town of Whiteville’s permit &EJUPSJBMT" Edwin’s father, Thomas D. Stanley, was jailer for for his father to work as a plumber here in 1940, and let- Bondsman Gene Stevens is shown on 0CJUVBSJFT" Sheriff J.R. Pridgen from 1956 to 1960, and Edwin and terhead stationery for his father’s firm headquartered the front steps, facing Smith Street, of 4QPSUT# his mother and father lived in the first-floor space un- in the New Columbus Hotel, another local landmark, the 1910 jail with his son, in the middle derneath the large cell area on the second floor. also removed by demolition in the 1960s. of the photo, and Edwin Stanley, son of $SJNF" Only child -JWJOH$ Good food Jailer Thomas D. Stanley, in this 1950s Edwin was about 18 months old when his father took See Stanley, page 9-A photo. ELECT SHEILA District Court Judge The Right Decision www.McLambforJudge.com McLAMB Paid for by the Committee to Elect Sheila K. McLamb 2-A – The News Reporter, Thursday, April 19, 2012 Relay Continued from page 1-A monies raised going to the fighting cancer. ACS programs that focus on Some celebrate cancer sur- four distinct areas: research, Relay For Life Schedule vivors, while others help us education, advocacy and ser- honor and remember those vice. Friday, April 20 Team Banner Lap/Commit- 1 a.m. Boot Scootin’ Boo- 7:30 a.m. Team Spirit Lap gone too soon. All represent During the 24-hour Relay 12 noon Relay for Life tee Lap, Power of Purple/Cel- gie Lap; Gone Country (Coun- 8 a.m. Name That Tune someone special who has been event, a wide variety of activi- event begins; All vehicles ebrating More Birthdays Lap try Music and Line Dancin’) Theme Song Game profoundly affected by cancer ties are scheduled, including must be off track; Campsite 7 p.m. 1970’s Lap/Favorite 1:30 a.m. Tockin’ to The 8:30 a.m. Team Tug-Of- and the family and friends the Survivor Lap and the and other set-up Sports Team Lap; Youth Tal- Oldies Pajama Party War who continue to fight back in Luminaria. Opening welcome/an- ent Showcase 2 a.m. Toga! Toga! Lap 9 a.m. Kid’s Walk Begins/ their honor. The Survivor Lap, which nouncements; Rockin’ chair 8 p.m. 1980’s Lap/Quitter’s (Prize awarded to wearer of Kid’s Activities; Best Friend Relay is also an oppor- starts at 6:30 p.m., serves as relay on-stage throughout Lap (ex-smokers and other ex- wackiest bedsheet); Air Gui- Lap tunity to deliver life-saving the ceremonial start of the event.