r$PMVNCVT$PVOUZCPXTPVUPGTUBUF%JYJF:PVUI.BKPST5PVSOBNFOUXJUI MPTTUP.POUHPNFSZJOCSBDLFUDIBNQJPOTIJQêOBMr1PTUTXFFQT)PQF .JMMTUPHBJOTUBUFUPVSOBNFOUCJEr8IJUFWJMMF0QUJNJTUUIVNQT&MJ[BCFUI UPXOJOTFDPOESPVOEPGTUBUF%JYJF:PVUI"""5PVSOBNFOU Sports 4FFQBHF# ThePublished News since 1890 every Monday and Tursday forReporter the County of Columbus and her people. Monday, July 23, 2012 ‘Chicken Man,’ Railroad passed nephew face Volume 122, Number 7 record drug over again for Whiteville, North Carolina case counts TIGER grant 75 Cents nTwo men using camper nLocal officials push for more support along Old Dothan Road, from South Carolina. Tabor City, face multiple Inside Today cocaine, pill and mari- By NICOLE CARTRETTE juana charges, a total of and ALLEN TRUNER 4-A 48 felonies. Staff Writers r'FXDSJNJOBMSFQPSUT EVSJOHXFFLFOE By BOB HIGH The Carolina Southern Railroad that runs Staff Writer through portions of Columbus, Horry and Marion counties in South Carolina, will not Harrison “Chicken Man” receive a $12.8 million federal grant sought Long, 55, of Old Dothan Road, from the latest round of specialty federal Tabor City, told Sheriff ’s Drug Department of Transportation (DOT) grants. Detective Justin Worley in 2009 Gary Lanier, economic developer for Co- – after Worley arrested him in lumbus County, told The News Reporter that a cocaine case – that he was the railroad was turned down on its second going to retire. attempt at funding to update or repair bridges “He told me Thursday he along the 95-mile track. had retired, but money was It leaves the fate of the rural railroad that tight, so he went back to selling has been idle since August 2011 unknown and drugs,” Worley related. officials here are desperate for alternatives. “Chicken Man” and his Getting a Transportation Investment Gen- nephew, Timothy “Trick” Mon- erating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant Today’s dale Long, 30, were arrested is no piece of cake. The U.S. Department of American Profle Thursday, July 19, on a re- Transportation received 703 grant applica- cord number of drug charges, tions seeking more than $10 billion this cycle features “America’s including counts involving See Railroad, page 2-A Toughest Ride: Te cocaine, pain medication and marijuana. one-day, 100-mile 48 felonies endurance test called A cream-colored camper, Board seeks bids used by the men as their sales the Tevis Cup.” headquarters and parked in the front yard of Harrison for abandoned Long’s home, was seized dur- DIDYOB? ing the search-warrant raid. structure razing See ‘Chicken Man’, page 4-A Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist Did you observe ... By NICOLE CARTRETTE Whiteville First Flying Staff Writer Josias Bieble “fies” past a barrage of dodge balls last week during va- Baptist Church’s Public asked cation Bible school at Highest Praise Church in Whiteville, which had An abandoned house along Old Lake Road youth group in Belize? as its theme this year; “Flying with Jesus.” near Acme-Delco School could become the first such structure that Columbus County Te group is helping for help on pays to demolish under an ordinance adopted build a church there a year ago. and conducting the deer diseases The board voted unanimously to get bids on the cost of demolishing what is left of a church’s frst vacation By JEFFERSON WEAVER DSS board adds new member structure at 16300 Old Lake Road and share Bible school. ... Rich- Staff Writer By NICOLE CARTRETTE community,” Noguera said, adding those bids with the landowner. Staff Writer that there is more to DSS than most The board was not ready to approve the cost ard Gore and Brenden A high number of sick deer people realize. of the project and County Manager Bill Clark Jones hosting their in two counties have Wildlife A former Social Services board Noguera said leadership is impor- sought clarification on the vote. Nesmith Street and officials concerned a wider member is back on the board. tant to the department and that he “It’s just to get bids – you are not commit- outbreak of a common disease Guillermo Noguera, a migrant would like to see the “department led ting money?” Clark asked of the motion made Hickman Road neigh- is looming. health coordinator for the Colum- by people who are capable.” by Buddy Byrd and seconded by Charles Mc- bors at a pig picking The N.C. Wildlife Resources bus County Community Health He comes onto the board at a time Dowell that gained full board approval. block party Tursday? Commission recently reported Center in Whiteville, is the Social when the board is finalizing a direc- Commissioner James Prevatte said placing an “unusually high” number Services board’s choice to replace tor’s search and is expected to have a lien on the property as stated in the ordi- ... Former Whiteville of cases of hemorrhagic dis- Ruth Storms on the board. a new director selected soon. nance was a possibility. resident Celia Barb- ease in white-tailed deer in Storms completed her appoint- “I will continue to address im- “I’d hate to go to that step,” Prevatte said. Wilkes and Surry counties ment and chose not to seek another proving health, improving services, The county Planning Board has requested ieri featured in Our this summer. Because of the three-year term. and I want the community to learn that commissioners consider a resolution to State magazine in reports, the WRC is asking Noguera served on the board from more about what Social Services demolish the structure and attach the cost of a multi-page spread the public to report sightings 2004 to 2011 as a state Social Services does,” Noguera said. the demolition as a lien on the property. of sick or diseased animals Commission appointment. Noguera said that Social Services Barbara Tamplin of Snellville , Ga., owns about the Asheville statewide. The commission appoints two does a lot of good that is not appreci- the heir property. River Arts District Most hemorrhagic disease members, county commissioners ated by most until it is needed. In response to county notices, Tamplin in- cases occur during August and appoint two members and the DSS “There are so many people that structed the planning committee to consider where 165 artists and September, but a large number board selects the fifth member of used to have a normal life that end demolishing the property and forwarding the crafers work? ... of animals have been found the board. up right there in the lobby looking bill to her. in June and July. Two closely Noguera said Chairman Michael for help,” Noguera said. “It could “I do not know anyone that can tear down related viruses — epizootic Lewis contacted him to see if he was be any of us. An accident, sickness, the old shell of the house,” Tamplin wrote in hemorrhagic disease (EHD) interested in serving on the board family troubles could mean they end April. “The owners of the property have died virus and bluetongue virus — again. up right there in the lobby.” and I am trying to get this taken care of,” she County Deaths cause hemorrhagic disease, “In my seven years I had real- Noguera resides in Chadbourn explained. “Anything you can do to help I will and both are spread by biting ized how important DSS is to this with his wife Roxanne Noguera. appreciate.” Whiteville See Deer, page 2-A See Bids, page 2-A Elbert Phillip Green Wayne Sellers Nakina Dixie Kay Long Reynolds Howard was a cook in the 173rd Airborne nNew York state man moved here two years Soldiers,” a nickname given them while the unit was ago after retirement as firefighter and EMT. stationed at Okinawa. Meals in field Index By BOB HIGH Howard’s experiences for 13 months included cook- Staff Writer ing for 200 men and going into the field to set up an &EJUPSJBMT" area to serve hot meals to soldiers unable to return to 0CJUVBSJFT" Lawrence “Larry” Lester Howard, 63, now a the brgade’s base. 4QPSUT# resident of the Mollie community in this county, was It was during these ventures into the boondocks of $SJNF" drafted into the Army in 1967 when he was living near southern Vietnam where Howard had some narrow -JGFTUZMFT" Buffalo, N.Y. – one of the places in escapes. “We were mortared a few times, this country that gets record snows and there seemed to be grenades thrown nearly every year. everywhere,” Howard recalled. He completed basic training and One particular night, he and three oth- was sent to Fort Dix, N.J., where he ers had just completed a guard-duty tour “learned” to cook in another eight- at a bunker on the perimeter of the small week session. In May 1968 he was sent base. “We had been relieved about 30 min- to South Vietnam as a replacement. utes before the Viet Cong attacked. They He arrived in An Loc, a small city overran the bunker where I was pulling 90 miles northwest of Saigon, and became a cook for guard, and killed all four guys there,” he recalled. Headquarters Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Flashbacks The 173rd Airborne was the first Army combat Howard tells of vividly remembering quad-.50 ma- unit sent to South Vietnam. They are known as “Sky See Howard, page 10-A Larry Howard 2-A – The News Reporter, Monday, July 23, 2012 This week, on... Railroad Continued from page 1-A but had just $500 million to you are seeking an infrastruc- but is tired. pick up. CEO of the Myrtle Beach Re- award. Only one project was ture grant and your own state “From what I could sense, GP had an official at the gional Economic Development awarded in either Carolina DOT doesn’t chip in, it kind of the railroad is so frustrated recent meeting in Chadbourn Commission, hopes to partici- this round and it went to an waves a red flag to the grant with that whole program that and is obviously interested pate in that meeting.