Skills of Artist, Carver Decorate Motel Lobby Horse Neglect Under Sheriff Investigation
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Staff Writer up a Tabor City pharmacy technician, 11, Sept. 6, and Dec. 6. The sales were a current part-time security employee for approximately $6 each. She’s also Inside Today They were from Whiteville, Tabor at Columbus Regional Healthcare, and charged with maintaining her vehicle 4-A City, Chadbourn, Hallsboro, Lumber- several other residents of Whiteville, as a place to keep and illegally sell pills. ton, Shallotte, Nakina, Cerro Gordo, plus others who understood the pro- s(ARRY$OUGLAS7ARD OF .ORTH r1SJTPOJO-BLF Clarkton and Clarendon. All were sur- cess of arrest based on their personal Lee Street, Whiteville – A former TFYDBTF prised Tuesday and Wednesday when buyers. history. fulltime security guard at Columbus r"MMESVH served warrants from the Sheriff’s Although there wasn’t a frost Tues- The list of 34 arrests includes: Regional Healthcare, Ward told officers Drug Unit charging them with selling day morning, the various suspects s"ILLIE*O3TEVENS OF #AROLINA he still works part time at the hospital. TVTQFDUTQJDUVSFE pain medication or cocaine, marijuana were “bitten” by drug detectives, Road, Tabor City – She’s a pharmacy or methamphetamine to undercover regular detectives, uniformed depu- technician at The Medicine Mart in See Frostbitten, page 4-A Next Issue Crowd calls Horse neglect for saving post ofce under sherif nNearly 200 attend pub- lic meeting Wednesday. investigation By JEFFERSON WEAVER By JEFFERSON WEAVER Staff Writer Staff Writer Three of four horses behind an empty home Monday’s Patrons of the Lake Wacca- near the county line are in need of food and maw post office turned out in medical care—but officials cannot contact the American Profle droves Wednesday to express owner of the animals. features “Working their dismay at a study that Neighbors say the horses regularly get Christmas Eve.” Find- could result in closing the out of their small pen, and one woman called ing holiday spirit on branch there. the Columbus County Sheriff ’s Department Jackie Williams, District Sunday. the job. Discontinuance Coordinator A report from the sheriff ’s office said the for the Mid-Carolinas office horses were without food or water at the of the Postal Service, told the time, and one horse had damaged a home at DIDYOB? crowd that “Contrary to what 60 Michael’s Pathway when it fell. Deputies Did you observe ... you might believe, no decision tracked down the owner of the animals, Calvin Beach music icon has been made. Don’t get hung Norton, via the Whiteville Police. Norton put up on anyone’s minds being the horses back in the pen Sunday night. Maurice Williams of made up to close the Post of- Norton gave the horses hay and water Sun- the Zodiacs planning a See Post Office, page 10-A day night and Monday, according to neighbors, stopover at Jimmy G’s but the neighbors also noted it was one of the TimeSaver in Tabor See Neglect, page 8-A City today at 1:15 p.m. for a fried chicken and Towns to barbecue lunch afer talk trash Lake park making promotional appearances along the with county named State Grand Strand? ... Tique- sha Wright and Jordan nRequest for proposals being finished by town Park of Year Priest, members of the trash compact; bids could By RAY WYCHE Whiteville High School be solicited soon. Staff Writer Band, singing a duet of Lake Waccamaw State Park is the second By JEFFERSON WEAVER “Have Yourself A Merry state park to be honored by being named State Staff Writer Little Christmas,” dur- Park of the Year in a new program of the North Carolina Department of Environment ing the band’s Christ- Representatives from White- and Natural Resources. mas concert following ville and other municipalities The award was presented Monday after- will attend a county commis- the Candlewalk Monday noon to Chris Helms, superintendent of the sioners’ meeting next month lake park, by Angelia Allcox, director of the night? ... Te number of to discuss seeking a better deal South District of the N.C. State Parks. normally healthy adults on solid waste disposal. In a short ceremony attended by Lake Wac- Whiteville, Lake Waccamaw who have been way- camaw and county officials, members of the and Chadbourn are working laid by bronchitis and park’s advisory council and other supporters, closely with other municipali- Allcox commended Helms and his staff “for walking pneumonia this ties in the county to explore your exemplary contributions to the North options on solid waste haulers. week? ... Carolina State Parks.” The compact had originally Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist She also thanked the park staff for its invited the county to join the “stewardship, public safety and education in proposal, but county commis- Riding into Christmas this park.” County Deaths sioners last week rejected a Whiteville Debbie Soltysiak of Whiteville rides her Morgan horse, Charm, in the During the current year, park personnel See Trash, page 7-A Irena Delilah Rogers Fair Bluff Christmas Parade on Main Street Saturday. See State park, page 9-A Hallsboro Irvin Daniel Smith Boardman Richard R. Sealey Skills of artist, carver decorate motel lobby By RAY WYCHE animals. Staff Writer It’s a different kind of art and the Index subjects fit in with the décor of the re- &EJUPSJBMT" Interior decorator Kim Honeycutt’s mainder of the lobby’s furnishings that eye for what is attractive, and Winfred include large paintings of tropical birds. 0CJUVBSJFT" Thompson’s skill with a carving tool Two large, handcarved heads of 4QPSUT# and knife have made the main lobby of elephants serve as corbels (decorative $SJNF" Quality Inn Hotel on North J. K. Powell figures supporting the top cross-piece -JWJOH$ Boulevard different from most roadside of a large opening) over the registration motels. desk. There is a carved parrot-like bird The artwork is in the form of objects on a stand on the main desk. cut out of a thin board, in silhouette Thompson used a hand-held Dremel fashion, glued to a backing board of tool, a small electrical tool into which he contrasting color. The cutout objects, on fitted a cutting router bit. In the hands six framed panels, each about 16 by 30 of a careful expert, the combination is inches in size, are fastened to the front capable of cutting intricate patterns in of the front desk in the lobby. wood. The theme of the entire grouping is To add realism to the project, Thomp- tropical and Thompson’s cutout figures son used a knife to cut several small lines show jungle-like foliage and trees, along representing the veins in leaves on the with representations of jungle birds and See Skills, page 2-A Winfred Thompson with a set of his carved wall panels. 2-A – The News Reporter, Thursday, December 15, 2011 Skills Educating Columbus: SCHOOL PROFILES Continued from page 1-A panels. The patterns that Thomp- son followed so faithfully were sketched on the wood by Honeycutt, putting her college art training as well as her experience as an interior decorator to work. Honeycutt says she used an early British colonial theme in decorating the lobby. “The birds and animals were appropriate for that area at that time,” she says, referring to a time when Eng- land was colonizing tropical places. The elephant corbels fit in well with the tropical theme. Honeycutt says she can’t re- member where she bought the life-like carvings. “If it’s something unusual and catches my eye, I’ll buy it,” she says, even though she has no immediate plans to use it. She and Thompson have worked together on other projects. “He has worked with me for a number of years,” Honeycutt says. Cutting wood is nothing new to Thompson. “I’m really a carpenter,” Working on a class project keeps this youngster glued to his assignment. Happy with her results. he says. “This is the first time I’ve done something like this. I had no idea I could do it when I started. I learned as I went along.” Acme-Delco Elementary serves many needs Thompson estimates he spent from eight to 10 hours Story and Photos gree in elementary education cutting out the figures on each by FULLER ROYAL from the UNC-Wilmington. of the six panels. Staff Writer “I wanted to be a teacher because I wanted to have a Acme-Delco Elementary career that made a difference Ray Wyche in people’s lives,” she said. “I School hosts 311 children 910-642-4104 ext. 229 in grades pre-kindergarten don’t make the most money in through fifth. the world, but I enjoy what I do There are 22 children in and it is a very rewarding job.” the pre-kindergarten program School strengths and 62 students in kindergar- Hedrick said one of the PRODUCE ten.