The Island Packet from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina • 4

4 A The Island Packet Sunday November 7 1993 LOCAL I A cVl CTTlin rm expect utum iuuuci oviixiv Mfrf Special to The Packet This photo was taken during the June 21 robbery of NationsBank at Pineland Mills Shops The' BI's loading suspect Patrick Michael Mitchell is expected to strike again soon 3M' At a glance rom staff reports Two island men rewarded by NAACP The Rev Ben Williams and Dr Jack McConnell head a list of Hilton Head Islanders cited for Awards by the island NAACP chapter Williams pastor of Mt Calvary Baptist Church was given an award for his outstanding service to the religious community McConnell founder of the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic was cited for his service to medicine Other winners were former Cincinnati Reds baseball player Dan Driessen for his involvement in local schools and the Island Recreation Center Abe Grant of Restaurant for his business and economic contributions to the community Curtis Bibb for his educational work and the role model group IMAGES for its work to build self esteem among students Driessen is an island native The five men were honored at the NAACP's recent reedom und Banquet $1000 stolen from library More than $1000 worth of cash and checks was stolen Thursday or riday from the Beaufort County Library branch on Hilton Head Island according to a Beaufort County Department report The theft of $1000 cash and $200 worth of checks occurred at the Hilton Head branch of the library between 5 30 pm Thursday and 3 pm riday according to the report No suspects were listed In other reports David Wingo of 714 Grant reported the theft Thursday of a $300 cellular telephone from a car parked near his home Orange tabby cat sought I Bill Byam of 11 Gannet St in North orest Beach is searching for anorange tabby that bit his 12 year old daughter last week 1 The child will have to take rabies shots if the cat found soon 1 Byam said his daughter was playing in the family's yard at the corner of Park Street after school Nov 1 when she was bitten by the cat The cat was wearing an orange flea collar A neighborhood search has failed to turn up the animal and Byam is asking that anyone with information about tie cat call him at 842 4410 Women voters to meet The League of Women Voters of Hilton Head Island will rheet at 9:30 am on Wednesday Nov 10 at Palmetto Electric on Mathews Drive Norman Harberger will discuss Beaufort County 2000 a group advocating better education in Beaufort County by reaching national education goals Board meeting time changed Members of the Beaufort County Board of Education will meet with NAACP leaders from northern Beaufort County at 6 pm Monday at the district office in Beaufort Officials earlier had set the meeting for 5: 15 pm but the time of the meeting was changed over the weekend School Board chairman York Glover and other officials Will meet with the NAACP to discuss the handling of a principal who called police after a 6 year bld was found with a knife at the Beaufort Elementary School Clothing store debuts Talbots a clothing chain opened its first store on Hilton Head Island to a packed house riday a Talbots employee said The 4200 square foot store at the main entrance to The Mall at Shelter Cove previously occupied by the Mesa prill had a steady stream of shoppers following ribbon putting ceremonies said store manager Joan Borick Islander Cheryl ogel winner of a $100 gift certificate jn a drawing riday morning joined Mayor Harvey Ewing Cultural Council chairman Cartha and Talbots officials cutting the red ribbon at (the Hingham Mass based company's signature reddoors I Proceeds from a Thursday night preview benefit and a iportion of the weekend sales will be donated to the (Cultural Council for its arts center and educa tional 'programs The island store will be Talbots' fifth in South Carolina and 340th retail location worldwide The company was founded in 1947 in Hingham Talbots employs more than 14800 people in the US and abroad By TOMSZAROLETA Packet staff writer Authorities are still on the lookout for the man who robbed a Hilton Head Island bank in June and say they expect him to holdup another bank soon scheme is he robs a bank every six said BI agent Dennis March "It coming up on six monins now Patrick Michael Mitchell 51 is the leading suspect in the June 21 robbery of the NationsBank branch at Pineland Mill Shops Mitchell a gourmet cook and fitness buff is on the Top Ten fugutive list and is wanted for a string of 10 bank robberies dating back to 1980 March special agent in the BI's Beaufort office said Mitchell is about 5 feet 10 inches tall weights 170 to 185 pounds and has blue eyes He had a mustache and brown hair at the time of the robbery but he may now have sail and pepper hair and a beard Marell said Muenell is known lo be a heavy user who likes to gamble and hang out upscale bars Ho has a chronic back problem and tattoos on his chest and his upper left arm Mitchell is a leading suspect in the ease because a wit ness to the robber) picked him out of a photo lineup The robber wore a rubber Halloween mask during lac roo bery but was seen as be took the mask off and drove away Mitchell has been a fugitn since 1988 hen be cseap three robberies He is wanted for a string of bank rob beries that bear similarities to the Hilton Head robbery Mitchell was probably living under the name Gary Weber or Webber when he lived in the Hilton Head area 1 March said he expects Mitchell to rob another bank sometime soon based on his prior history Anyone with information on Mitchell or the robbery can contact March at the Beaufort office at 1 525 0858 Three dozen offer support at erguson victory party By TOMSZAROLETA Packet Matt writer When Bill erguson was four years old he told his mother he wanted to be a lawyer Instead he became a landscaper and Tues day was elected to Hilton Head Island Town Council by a single vote beating 10 year in cumbent Henry Driessen 188 187 in the Ward 1 race About three dozen of erguson's supporters turned out for a victory party riday night at the Golden Rose Park restaurant There was a lot of congratulatory hugging and handshaking at the party as friends and well wishers greeted erguson Several of the supporters do not even live in Ward 1 which snakes through the north end of the island I could have voted for him! said Greg Caldwell who has known erguson since she moved to the island 14 years ago need more people like Bill erguson not only for the native island ers for the working class Johnnie Mitchell who represents Hilton Head on the Beaufort County Board of Educa tion said she has known erguson since the ergusonday he was born and thinks he is well erguson suited for the council job "I think he knows the is sues and going to bring a new voice to the Mitchell said a positive day because now the town has an opportunity to be come a town for the entire erguson said his mother Daisy was a major factor in getting him to run for office my inspiration" he said why I Daisy erguson said she was surprised when her son said he was entering the race but she is not surprised that he won She did her part casting her ballot early in the day Tuesday voted early that morning by 8 st erguson spoke briefly about Original Is landers Inc the non profit organization he is forming to help people of the Lowcountry im prove their lot in life Original Islanders aims to connect people in dead end jobs with pro grams that can put them on a road to better paying positions and to show employers that they need to leave the area to find qual ified workers amily homeless ire destroys trailer home of island couple 4 children By TOMSZAROLETA Packet staff writer A riday evening fire left a Hil ton Head Island couple and their four children homeless A family friend said the Chris Munocz family had no insurance on the trailer that was destroyed in a fire at 3 Place off Wild Horse Road Munocz was able to get his chil dren out of the trailer unharmed His wife was not home at the time of the fire authorities said Batallion Chief Allen Perry of Hilton Head Island ire Rescue said the fire started at 8:26 pm in a bedroom of the home By the time firefighters from the depart stations at Hilton Head Plantation and on Spanish Wells Road arrived flames and smoke were visible from the left side of the trailer Perry said the trailer was a total loss with damage estimated at $12000 The fire was extinguished at 8:39 pm but it destroyed the master bedroom and bathroom and smoke caused heavy damage throughout the rest of the home Perry said the trailer was a total loss with damage estimated at $12000 The fire is believed to have been started by an electrical shoft in a lamp cord near the bedr authorities said A friend of the family said the Munocz family did not have any insurance Anyone who wants to make a donation may contact Cambridge Building Corp at 681 2050 or Ken Crast at 671 1109 Juveniles jailed for carrying weapons to school By KATHY HEBERGER Special to The Packet BEAUORT Two Battery Creek High School students charged with carry ing a weapon on school property riday morning were being held in a juvenile fa cility in Columbia Saturday night One student was suspected of carrying a handgun at school Lt Steve Rogers of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Department said but no weapon was found on him when deputies arrivied at the school and conducted a search Another student was suspected of carry ing a can of mace which was found near him during the deputies' search for weap ons Rogers said Carrying a weapon on school property is a violation of the Safe Schools Act The students will be returned to Beau fort Monday for a detention hearing be fore a family court judge The judge will decide whether they should stay in the state juvenile holding facility until their family court date or be released to their parents Rogers said further details about the in cident and the ages of the students would not be available from police reports until today Several other students also told deputies that they saw the student point the handgun at another student Sgt John oskey said riday's incident was the second this school year A student called the Beaufort County Department from the high office at the beginning of school riday morning and reported seeing another student carrying a hand7 gun Rogers said I Several other students also told dep uties that they saw the student point the handgun at another student Sgt John oskey said Rogers said the student may have passed the gun to another student or thrown it into the woods near the school but he said no guns were found in a search of the woods incident was the second report this school year of a student having a gun at the school 3 Mitchell All Bulova Seiko and Pulsar watches 20 30 and 50 Off Everyday! 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