Water Option May Become Requirement
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Inside Today By BOB HIGH By NICOLE CARTRETTE Staff Writer Staff Writer 4-A r.BOZCSFBLJOTPWFS An Hispanic family living in Today, those who construct new homes, UIFXFFLFOE a mobile-home park along U.S. with the exception of large residential devel- 701 just south of Clarkton and opers, have the option of drilling a private well the Bladen County line was or tapping on to county water if it is available. terrorized and beaten early Soon, Columbus County commissioners Friday by up to six black males will consider a proposal that may change that. who robbed the family and beat Under provisions recommended by the several of them. county public utilities and the county plan- The alarm was provided at ning board, an amendment to the subdivision 3:50 a.m. Authorities responded and mobile home park ordinances would es- quickly, and Whiteville police sentially require homeowners and developers chased a white Lincoln that within 300 feet of an existing waterline to tap was speeding through the city. on to the county water system. The car eventually wrecked at Major subdivisions with more than 10 lots the intersection of Slippery or homes are already required to tap on to Log and Pine Log roads, and county water lines if they are within 1,000 feet of the development. See Invasion, page 4-A The county’s mobile home park ordinance Today’s Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist currently calls for mobile home parks to tap on American Profle Mower racers to any source of water approved by the health features “Afer the Bypassing GrayAnna Freeman takes the lead past Roosevelt Jacobs during a department and includes private wells. riding mower fundraiser race behind the Waccamaw-Siouan Tribal Under the requested proposal, “any” pro- GOLD. Medal-win- posed manufactured mobile home park will be Grounds in Buckhead Saturday. ning athletes shine the bypass required to hook up to existing county water within 300 feet of its location. beyond the Olympic considered County Planner Robert Lewis said Monday limelight.” he will ask commissioners to set a public hear- By JEFFERSON WEAVER Request leads to quest ing on Aug. 6 on the matter that was approved Staff Writer See Water, page 2-A DIDYOB? nLibrarian working to list all done,” he said, “but there are still cemeteries in county. some we are missing.” Did you observe ... While it isn’t even on the drawing boards, much less The work started when Mize’s patron found death certificates list- the budget, plans are being By JEFFERSON WEAVER Newlyweds Michele ing Spring Hill Cemetery, but the Second primary discussed to build a second U.S. Staff Writer Turner and Duncan 701 Bypass in Whiteville. graveyard wasn’t on any of the lists Mize could locate. The first bypass, completed Dennis Mize regularly helps pa- Briley arriving by “Mapping had never heard of it,” is tomorrow more than 40 years ago, was trons of the Carolyn T. High Memo- he said, referring to the county’s horse-drawn car- built before proper planning rial Library while they are search- nPolls open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. map department. “None of our and zoning rules were in place. ing for genealogical information. riage at their recep- other resources listed it. We finally The resultant development has It’s one of many services offered by By NICOLE CARTRETTE tracked down some relatives and tion at Vineland caused congestion and traffic the library. Staff Writer found it, basically in the middle of jams along the busy highway. But one request has started Station Depot Sat- nowhere.” Mayor Terry Mann and Mize on a new mission – to create County election officials are not expecting As families move, die off or mar- urday night? ... Reba City Manager Larry Faison a coordinated, correlated list of all a big turnout Tuesday when all 26 polls across ry into other families, old burying Newman giving met with state Department of the cemeteries in Columbus County. the county open at 6:30 p.m. for a second pri- See Bypass, page 2-A “Some of the work has been See Cemeteries, page 3-A mary, but they would like to see one. her tomato plants Five state races remain undecided and lead Mountain Dew? ... to the need for a second primary for certain Republican and Democrat races. Te midges back at Martin gets bird’s eye Carla Strickland, county elections director, Lake Waccamaw? ... Rental seed said the early voter turnout has been very low across the state. Becky and Les High As of 1 p.m. Friday, just 65 voters had cast drill proves view of county government whitewater rafing ballots at the Columbus County Board of Elec- By NICOLE CARTRETTE There was a lot of tions office in Whiteville. A total of 21 absentee on the Nantahala popular Staff Writer homework but I by mail ballots have been executed. knew my stuff be- By RAY WYCHE Strickland said the cost of running the sec- River? ... cause of her. Now Staff Writer Sean Martin, 23, is spending his sum- ond primary includes renting sites, telephone mer getting familiar with Columbus I have a broad in- costs and hiring poll workers, among others, terest in politics A program to aid in plant- County government. and totals about $48,000. and things of that County Deaths ing small grains has proved to The Appalachian State University It could prove to be one of the costliest elec- nature.” be a popular service to county senior is interning with the county to tions per voter if Tuesday’s polls don’t draw Martin said his Whiteville farmers and at the same time, see firsthand how local government larger crowds. internship with Madelyn Peterson Hughes is helping a farm agency reach works. “The interest is just not there,” Strickland the county will go its goal of conserving land and Martin, who graduated from White- Sean Martin said. Clara Isabelle Suggs Watts toward fulfilling a keeping waterways cleaner. ville High School in 2007, is majoring in Voters who participate in the second pri- Liston William Cox requirement toward his degree. The new John Deere grain political science with a concentration mary will decide the outcome of several major Earnest M. Barnes Jr. “I’m finding out what goes into lo- drill is garaged at the Colum- in town, city and county management. state races. cal government, the county’s style of T.S. Creech bus Soil and Water Conserva- “My interest in local government Eight Republicans and two Democrats have management and how it operates,” Sondra Kay Hester tion District facility in Govern- management started in high school another opportunity to make it onto the No- Chadbourn civic classes,” Martin said. “Mrs. Helen Martin said. “I’ve learned a lot. Each vember ballot as their party’s nominee. See Seed drill, page 3-A Holden – I have her to thank for that. See Martin, page 3-A Sandy White Jr. See Primary, page 2-A Cerro Gordo Ann Marie A. Hinson Tabor City Long didn’t see many Viet Cong during his ‘Nam tour Victoria “Vicki” T. Ray nHallsboro man served with 503rd Infantry of pairing vehicles. I was given a card with my designation to be 173rd Airborne during 1970-71. a mechanic. I had worked for Robert Gore and Joe Barefoot in their garage, and had some mechanical training. Index By BOB HIGH Saved his life Staff Writer “When I got to Fort Bragg I saw a trash can full of the same &EJUPSJBMT" card I had, and sure enough, I was assigned to the 82nd Air- 0CJUVBSJFT" Roger Dickie Long, 63, of Hallsboro, recalls he didn’t see borne. Looking back, I feel the training I got in the airborne 4QPSUT# many Viet Cong during his year’s tour in South Vietnam from probably saved my life,” Long said. August 1970 to August 1971. “We moved from base to base while By the time he finished his airborne training, he was just $SJNF" we were on our search-and-destroy missions, one of eight soldiers left in his Fort -JGFTUZMFT" and we didn’t run into many VC. Bragg barracks. “It was almost a ghost “If we saw them it appeared to be a pure ac- town by the time I was shipped to cident,” Long declared. Vietnam. When I got to my unit near One thing he did see was “plenty of booby Pleiku I was the only person report- traps. They were everywhere, particularly ing there.” linked to discarded equipment. We had to be Before Long was sent overseas, his careful. I was, but many of the guys in my unit unit was sent to Washington, D.C., in weren’t as lucky as me,” Long stated. 1969 to guard the Pentagon during Long said he volunteered for the Army in the anti-war riots there. “We had live October 1968. “I knew I was going to be drafted, because I ammo, and we had daily physical training just like we’d never was 36th on the (Columbus County) list.