DATE: Wednesday, November 5, 1997           TAG: 9711051371

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 

SOURCE: BY LANE DEGREGORY, STAFF WRITER 

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3 INCUMBENTS WIN IN KITTY HAWK; NEWCOMERS IN MANTEO, S. SHORES

Political newcomers landed seats in Manteo and Southern Shores while all three incumbents running in Kitty Hawk were re-elected.

MANTEO elected three commissioners to its five-member board.

Political newcomer David Farrow, retired from the Coast Guard, received the most votes. Incumbent commissioners Dellerva Collins and Edward Etheridge each were elected to another four-year term. Commissioner Curtis Creech failed in his bid for re-election.

Manteo Mayor Lee Tugwell was unopposed.

About 27 percent of the town's 767 registered voters cast ballots Tuesday.

In SOUTHERN SHORES, a political newcomer also garnered the most votes in the race for Town Council. Paul Sutherland won a seat on the town's five-member board.

Incumbent Commissioner Carl Berntsen was re-elected to the other open seat.

Joe Campbell lost his first election bid in the town.

About 42 percent of the town's 1,656 registered voters cast ballots Tuesday.

Each seat carries a four-year term.

KITTY HAWK voters chose all three incumbents running to keep their seats on the five-member Town Council: Leo Antonucci, Ken Hollowell and Paul Pruitt.

Bill Fruit, a newcomer to the town's political arena, lost his first bid for election.

Each seat carries a four-year term.

The town councils in Southern Shores and Kitty Hawk will choose their own mayors. ILLUSTRATION: UNOPPOSED

Manteo Mayor Lee Tugwell was unopposed.

About 27 percent of the town's 767 registered voters cast ballots

Tuesday. KEYWORDS: ELECTION RESULTS NORTH CAROLINA

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