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•Columbus County boys soccer should be competitive this fall. •In Dixie Angels X-Play World Series, South Columbus grabs wins over Florida, South Carolina. •Wolfpack cross country holds high ex- Sports pectations. See page 1-B. ThePublished News since 1890 every Monday and Thursday Reporterfor the County of Columbus and her people. Monday, August 10, 2015 Long-range Volume 125, Number 12 Whiteville, North Carolina facilities 75 Cents plan for local Inside schools gains 2-A momentum •More volunteers By NICOLE CARTRETTE needed for Go Tell News Editor Columbus Crusade here. The Columbus County School Board has initiated the first step in what could lead to a countywide facilities study of all school 5-A buildings and sites. •Wildlife Action David Clinton of Szotak Design, a Chapel camps are environ- Hill architectural firm, proposed all preK-8 schools in the county school system be in- mentally enlightening cluded in the roughly $40,000 study. experiences. A new site inventory (not updated since the late 1970s) is part of the proposal. A com- 4-A prehensive report on recommended facility •Long list of break- Staff photo by Les High improvements, energy costs, facility replace- in and theft victims; ment and consolidation options would be part Make your own shade of the study. robbery here Sunday. Fred Price, an employee of the Town of Brunswick, found that hot days require an extra large um- “We are not looking at new campuses. We brella. are looking at existing campuses,” Clinton 11-A said. The county will pay half of the cost of •New N.C. 11 bridge the entire study to include Whiteville City could open and Columbus County Schools. Each district Labor Day. CCCA’s career tech students would pay a quarter of the cost if they agree to participate. County school board officials were recep- DIDYOB? compete in national competition tive to the plan but wanted high schools to be included in the process. Did you observe ... By NICOLE CARTRETTE East and West Columbus High Schools are News Editor at slightly more than 50 percent capacity, of- ficials say. The POP! team Students from Columbus Career “We have schools with 450 students that selecting the Self- and College Academy competed at are designed for 800,” said Worley Edwards, the national SkillsUSA competition school board member. “We should include all ieOlympics win- in Louisville, Ky. in June. of the schools.” ner? ... Anna Ezzell Cierra McNeil, secretary for the “We definitely need it on all the schools,” school’s SkillsUSA chapter, placed said Chairman Junior Dew. taking her first solo 16th in the national career and Monte Herring, school board member, drive after receiving technical education competition for agreed. He added that population projections commercial baking with her Pine- her license and her apple Pie cookies, cinnamon rolls See Schools, page 2-A parents Mardy and and coffee rings. “I wanted to go because I wanted Melvin posting a to experience what it was like and photo on Facebook? test myself against the people around the nation,” McNeil said. Land use Cierra McNeil placed 16th in Allegra Diaz placed 35th in res- ... Jennifer Patrick “Overall, the entire trip was a great commercial baking at the Skill- taurant service at the SkillsUSA experience and I would recommend beating Chuck Cribb sUSA National competition in National competition in Lou- it to anyone who has the opportunity hearing on Louisville, Ky. She is a student isville, Ky. She is a student of in mini-golf? ... to go because it’s so much fun.” of Sherman Axelberg at CCCA. Sherman Axelberg at CCCA. Ryan Lantrip being McNeil, who enjoys baking at home, placed sixth in commercial solar farms inducted into the baking at the state and regional Kisha Lopez of Chadbourn, placed actually served and hosted at a res- levels leading up to the state com- Whiteville Rotary 35th in the restaurant service com- taurant,” Diaz said. petition. Club as its newest petition. “Everybody was trying to do their Aug. 17 “Its fun to go and compete. I just Diaz said her competitors were thing. Everybody was nervous,” like baking because it’s fun to see member? ... “motivated” and the competition Diaz said. “Somebody hit my tray By ALLEN TURNER your finished product,” McNeil said. “tough.” and my wine glasses fell and they Staff Writer McNeil is the daughter of De- “It was a great opportunity for broke. I just got back up and kept nita Mitchell and the late Rev. Keith me,” Diaz said. going. I felt like I wanted to quit but Another public hearing on possible revi- McNeil. County Deaths “I thought I was going to make I didn’t.” sions to the county’s land use ordinance is Allegra Diaz, the daughter of omelets and fold napkins but we planned for 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 17 at the Whiteville See Skills, page 9-A Dempsey Herring Courthouse Annex. Samuel V. Thompson Jr. The board of commissioners had already Gladys E. Moore Watts discussed the ordinance at length in other Vernon “Woody” Grice public hearings, but decided to consider Chadbourn Beachgoing customers can bite back recommendations made during those public hearings. Margie Mercer McPherson By JEFFERSON WEAVER meat can be traced to television The most sweeping proposed change would Tabor City Staff Writer shows and movies featuring the car- be establishment of a quasi-judicial board of Nichole Elizabeth Puckett nivorous fish, as well as recent news adjustments to have final authority over land Elizabeth Sykes Harrelson Take that, Jaws. accounts of shark bites. Eight have use changes. That authority now rests with been reported in the state this year. Robert Kay Hughes Tourists traveling through Co- commissioners. lumbus County en route to the Since many of the weekend Public input will be sought on suggested Nakina beaches have been snapping up customers at Livingston Creek are solar farm regulations. Stephen F. Frotton some unusual seafood at Livingston headed for the beaches, Graham A 50-foot setback from a highway right-of- Creek Farmers Market and Seafood said he figured shark would be a way and 30-foot setback from property lines in Delco – shark. good seller. would be required for a solar farm, under Shark filets and steaks have “I didn’t know how good,” he said. those provisions. Vegetative buffers would Index proven so popular at the market that “It’s been great.” also be required. The brightly-painted market Editorials ........ 10-A they’re hard to keep in stock. In addition, all solar farms must comply “Shark sells like strawberry was built as a combination tourist with all building and electrical codes and Obituaries ......... 7-A shortcake,” said Danny Graham, attraction and business last year. In cannot create a visual safety hazard for any Sports ................ 1-B owner of the market. addition to healthy soft drinks and passing motorist or aircraft. Crime ................ 4-A The farmers market specializes produce, the facility offers a rest stop The ordinance would require that all Danny Graham displays shark fi- Lifestyles ........... 5-A in locally grown and organic pro- for weary travelers. evidence of the existence of a solar farm be duce, as well as a custom seafood lets. Visitors can stretch their legs, removed, at the expense of either the property market. The fare in the fish house have a picnic, enjoy an old-fashioned owner or the solar farm operator, within 180 varies daily, depending on what thing else new when he saw the tire swing and visit the resident days of a planning department determination Graham finds from his suppliers. shark at one of his wholesalers. The donkeys – John, Freda, Mary Eliza- that the facility no longer is being maintained “We can have the freshest fish supplier said the shark was a good beth, Midas and Baby Nestor – at the in an operable state of good repair or is no around by getting what’s available,” seller, and Graham said he “grabbed petting zoo. A chicken pen onsite longer supplying solar power. he said. all I could.” provides the fresh eggs sold in the The proposal calls for “all solar farms” to be In addition to the traditional “It’s good meat,” he said. “It’s market, and Graham hopes the pair “maintained in a reasonable fashion with re- flounder, snapper, shrimp and live surprising. Like anything, you have of peacocks raise a brood of chicks gard to the facility grounds such that the facil- crabs, the seafood market offers to prepare it right, but shark is good this year to add to the menagerie. ity does not become a public eyesore or contain crawfish in season and gator tail. fish.” undergrowth which may harbor vermin” due Graham was searching for some- Some of the popularity of shark See Shark, page 10-A to excessive grass or other vegetation. 2-A – The News Reporter, Monday, August 10, 2015 More volunteers needed for Go Tell Columbus Crusade here Oct. 4-7 nUshers, counselors, as- remaining we need a commit- Go Tell Columbus program sistance with youth pro- ment from every person who during the four-day October grams, choir members is willing to do something campaign to bring the Word and help with hospitality – anything! If I could have of God to Columbus County needed for massive cru- everyone’s ear for just one residents. sade effort. sentence it would be – Don’t On Saturday, Aug. 22, Ann miss out on the blessing you Platz will be the speaker at By BOB HIGH will receive by being part of an “Inspire Women’s Lun- Staff Writer Go Tell Columbus by waiting cheon” to begin at 11:30 a.m.

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