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Ackerman began the swim at 8:30 a.m., entering the water at the yacht club, 401 S. Lumina Ave. with approximately 1,200 fellow competitors in the Half Iron Distance competition. Wrightsville Beach officials declined to identify the paddle-boarder who pulled Ackerman on his board and then onto a nearby safety boat. The paddle-boarder, one of several dozen contracted by Set Up Events to monitor swim activity, began performing CPR as the boat transported Ackerman to a n See Judicial Page A5 Memories of the MOI By Emmy Errante Staff Writer In 1957, Tony Bennett sang the lyrics “in the middle of an island, in the middle of an ocean,” accompanied by a mel-low Hawaiian guitar. That same year, Charlie Fells built a mod-est, one-story building on Harbor Island. Fells’ wife, Iris Kelly, named the establishment Middle of the Island. Kelly’s son, Allen Kelly, remembered the restaurant hav-ing a large outdoor patio in the early years where locals caroused on warm summer evenings. It endured through the decades, gaining popularity for its diner atmosphere and delicious food. For Christopher Wright Rogers, who grew up on the island in the 1970s, pancakes and bacon at Middle of the Island with his grandfather was a morn-ing routine on the way to school. The routine stuck, even after Rogers began driving himself. The restaurant was also a pop-ular lunch spot, with patrons waiting in long lines just to sit down at a table. Rogers recalled seeing surfers feasting after a morning surf session, police officers relaxing on their lunch breaks, his classmates from n See MOi Page A5 By Emmy Errante Staff Writer The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen and the Wrightsville Beach Planning Board held a joint workshop Oct. 28 to discuss improvements to crosswalks on Waynick Boulevard and the ini-tial phases of appealing FEMA’s preliminary flood zone maps, among other issues. Town manager Tim Owens presented an image illustrating changes to several crosswalks on Waynick Boulevard to make them more visible to motorists. The improvements included yield signs on either side of the crosswalk. Alderwomen Lisa Weeks and Elizabeth King voiced concerns about crosswalks at the inter-section of Waynick Boulevard and Causeway Drive. Weeks said there is a blind spot where n See wOrkshOp Page A5 n See MasOnbOrO Page A5 Judicial candidates outline experience, philosophies By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer Voters will choose between two judicial newcomers to replace longtime 5th Judicial District Court Judge Rebecca Blackmore during the 2014 gen-eral election, while District Court Judge Melissa Crouch defends her seat on the bench from a challenger. District courts, considered an entry-level trial court, are where most people facing legal charges find themselves. District courts hear all civil cases involving less than $10,000 in controversy, family law cases and juvenile cases, and misdemeanor crimi-nal cases. The 5th Judicial District encom-passes New Hanover and Pender counties. Kent Harrell, a private attorney from Burgaw, ran an unsuccess-ful campaign against Blackmore in 2006. He cited his Pender County roots as both his motivation to run Staff photo by Cole Dittimer Heather Wells, North Carolina Coastal Reserve and Estuarine Research Reserve research biologist, leads a discussion during a public input meeting for the coastal reserve’s management plan update Monday, Oct. 27, at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science. Staff photo by Emmy Errante Mayor Bill Blair and planning board chairman Ace Cofer attend the joint meeting between the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen and the planning board Tuesday, Oct. 28. public, committee discuss Masonboro management By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer The future management of Masonboro Island was the topic of dis-cussion during two meetings Monday, Oct. 27, and Tuesday, Oct. 28, during which the public and members of the Masonboro Island Local Advisory Committee shared opinions about the subject. Chris Ellis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration social scientist, and staff from the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and Estuarine Research Reserve coordinated both meetings. Every five years the coastal reserve is tasked with updating its management plan for its 10 statewide sites and the meetings serve as one of the first steps in drafting the 2016-2012 management plan. The public input meeting Monday evening drew a crowd of 37 peo-ple. A group of those in attendance were members of Masonboro.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the island. The crowd was split into groups to develop ideas about differ-ent topics surrounding the island’s management, like current and emerging issues, public perception of the coastal reserve, commu-nity benefits of Masonboro Island and how the coastal reserve could improve its relationship with the community. Wrightsville Beach Parking Season ends Free parking begins saturday, nov. 1 through saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Daylight Savings Time ends Daylight savings time will end at 2 a.m. sunday, nov. 2. at this time clocks should be set back one hour. Daylight savings time will return at 2 a.m. sunday, march 8.
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