Lottery Funds County Deaths by FULLER ROYAL the First Project, at Old Time Will Be About $750,000
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Monday, January 24, 2011 County native dies in Afghanistan attack nSinkler is the first active-duty last year, she was re-assigned to Fort A gunner for the mission, she was Volume 114, Number 60 soldier from Columbus County Richardson, Alaska. in the exposed turret of an armored Whiteville, North Carolina to die in combat since 1991’s Des- Last year, Sinkler married fellow MRAP vehicle when it was struck by a ert Storm when a Scud missile WCHS graduate Doug Sinkler. They rocket-propelled grenade. She was on 50 Cents attack took the life of Kenneth started dating in high school. The her second mission of the evening, her Perry. couple had made Anchorage their home. father said. Sinkler served in the 109th Trans- Insurgents hit the vehicle with a Chadbourn native Amy Renee Sin- portation Co., 17th Combat Sustain- rocket-propelled grenade at 11:40 p.m. Inside Today kler, a private first class in the U.S. ment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Three other soldiers were in the 3-A Army, was killed Thursday by a rocket- Enhancement Brigade, based at Fort vehicle, but the others weren’t injured. propelled grenade in Afghanistan’s Richardson. Sinkler died at 3:15 a.m., Thursday, Af- rTree students travel Baghlan Province, according to the A motor transport operator, she went ghanistan time. across nation. Army. with her company to Afghanistan last “Amy was the kind of girl who, when 4-A Sinkler, 23, was a 2006 graduate of July for a one-year tour. she wanted to do something, she did r"SSFTUTNBEFJO West Columbus High School. She was In a story published Jan. 21 in the it,” said Thompson, who added that his the daughter of Jackie Bullock and Anchorage Daily News, Sinkler was the daughter had turned down an offer to be rape, copper thefs. Randolph Thompson of Chadbourn. second female soldier and third overall a model to join the Army Sinkler joined the Army in August from the 109th, known as the “Rough At press time, funeral services are of 2009. She was initially stationed at Riders,” to die in combat since the pending. The family said that a service Pfc. Amy Renee Sinkler in Au- Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. In January of 150-soldier unit deployed in July. See Sinkler, page 2-A gust, 2009. David vows Columbus ofers change here county attorney to in prosecution by DA’s staf advise DSS board By NICOLE CARTRETTE nNew DA says jail over- Staff Writer Today’s crowding, old cases are American Profle his first priorities here. Commissioners voted after a closed session features “Te Write held Monday night to offer that County Attor- By BOB HIGH ney Mike Stephens serve as the legal advisor Stuf.” Saluting 20 Staff Writer to the Columbus County Social Service Board of America’s iconic via a memorandum of understanding. District Attorney Jon Da- The DSS board voted recently to seek the authors and poets. vid, in office for 20 days, said advice of an attorney after a closed person- Friday what a Superior Court- nel session that The News Reporter learned room full of supporters wanted involved DSS Director Gerald Fogle taking DIDYOB? to hear – the way crime is a vacation during his probationary period Did you observe ... handled in a Columbus County and questions about vacation time earned courtroom for nearly 20 years and used. Fogle did not want to comment on Flamingos with black will change. the nature of the closed sessions he has been “Today is when the Colum- involved in but did say that he had not done ribbons in Rev. Da- See DA, page 4-A anything that would warrant termination. vid Heller’s yard for Stephens said under state law he can serve his 50th birthday? ... See DSS, page 2-A Daniel Boren mak- Defnitions ing the Dean’s List at lake need at N.C. State his frst Committee picks semester back afer redefning three sites for new serving his country nLake hopes to elimi- as an 82nd Airborne nate future problems by courthouse annex tweaking camper ordi- paratrooper for fve nAll three keep the annex within nance. years? ... Muriel Hill walking distance of historic court- house having her name By JEFFERSON WEAVER drawn as the winner Staff Writer By NICOLE CARTRETTE Staff Writer of a Hill’s Food Stores Changes in camper trailers, gif certifcate at the campgrounds and construc- The Columbus County Courthouse commit- Lake Waccamaw tion codes will likely lead to tee will recommend three site options for the a renovation of sorts with location of a new, two-story, 40,000 square foot Woman’s Club dinner Lake Waccamaw’s camper court annex building to be used in conjunction ordinance. with the historic courthouse. Friday night? ... Area Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist The board of commission- Renovation of the old courthouse and con- residents relieved that ers last week instructed the struction of the new one alone would total Saturday’s anticipated planning board to review the On guard about $16 to $17 million and does not include ordinance, especially the por- National Guard soldiers in Bravo Company based in Whiteville and forzen precipitation land acquisition costs. tion dealing with porches and Lumberton marched fve miles from the armory through downtown All three of those sites would keep the new turned out to be noth- See Lake, page 7-A Whiteville and back Saturday morning as part of their regular training. See Courthouse, page 9-A ing? ... County schools table decision on lottery funds County Deaths By FULLER ROYAL The first project, at Old time will be about $750,000. beams are giving up. ing at a cost of $150,000. Staff Writer Dock Elementary School, is He said said that if the “It is an expensive project,” Nance emphasized that Whiteville for the total replacement of board approves the project, Nance said. “If the entire those items cannot wait. Louise Hyatt Whittington The Columbus County half of the main building’s crews would have to start in school (main building) was The other big project Bolton Board of Education has found floors and floor supports. June with a completion date done it would cost $1.6 mil- Another ongoing project, Toby Keith Lewis itself stuck between a rock Nance explained that the in mid-October. lion.” Nance explained, was the and a hard place in trying to timbers under the floor in “The noisy work would be School board member Wor- construction of a new athletic decide how to spend upcoming the 75-year-old building have done in the summer,” he said. ley Edwards asked if the cost complex at West Columbus lottery funds. rotted to the point they have Nance said the project cov- of a new building would be $6 High School. Phase 1 of that Index Tommy Nance, who over- to be replaced. He said that ers about 6,000 square feet. million. project is nearly complete – sees maintenance and const- an architect and an engineer School board member Monte Nance said a new 12-class- the preparation of the site &EJUPSJBMT" tuction projects for the county report that timbers and the ex- Herring asked if money had room building would cost $3.9 for new athletic fields for the 0CJUVBSJFT" schools, told the board during isting floor and its supporting been spent on a project last million. school, including a football Sports ................ 1-B its Jan. 18 meeting, that as structure had to be replaced. year. “I’d rather spend the money stadium with a track and new $SJNF" of Jan. 11, the lottery fund Nance said that the worst Nance said yes. The timber to replace it than spend it on a bleachers. balance for the county was section of the building in- supports had been shored up floor and then have to go back Nance said that the cost of -JGFTUZMFT" $686,000. cludes the six classrooms and some wood replaced in and fix the roof,” Herring said. Phase 2 of the project would He said that another nearest the gymnasium. one room. “I’m unsure of what we’ll run about $620,000. $400,000 in lottery funding is Included in that expense Nance said that the doors have in the future,” Board The cost includes $125,000 anticipated by June 30, giv- would be the creation of drain- are not closing and that the Chairman Norris Ebron said. for lights, $175,000 for new ing the county more than $1 age beneath the floor and door jams are warping as the Other needs bleachers, $90,000 to move million for construction and the removal of a long-term floor sags. Nance went on to explain existing bleachers to the visi- renovation projects. moisture problem that is the Herring, shaking his head, that Tabor City Middle School tors’ side, and either $152,000 Nance explained to the primary cause of the rot in said it’s hard to believe that has a roof that needs replacing for a paved track or $200,000 board that two major projects the timbers. they are considering putting at a cost of $100,000.