THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON
Edward M. Sural! and Carolyn II. Sweaii Vublither*
Edward M. Sweatl. Editor
Susan Usher.. JMMt *ew? Editor
K'. Terry Pope S**ff ?Wrer
Johnny Craig Sport? Editor
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Steve Anderson Pressman
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Page 4-A Thursday, January 24,1985
County's Already Won
The Gold Rush Of '85
The gold rush of '85 will soon be history. Six firms nave
been prospecting in Brunswick County, eagerly seeking permission
to build 105-bed nursing homes here. One will soon
strike gold.
Still in the running are Beverly Enterprises, with regional
headquarters in Maryland, and Autumn Corp. of Rocky
Mount.
One the national giant of trie industry, the other a North
r-y 11 i 1 r: a._ i i. p. ?i.. 1.1
^aronna-uaseu iinn; one warning 10 lueaie 111 ouppiy, me
other in Shallotte. One with corporate ties to the firm that
leases the Brunswick Hospital, the other without. Both with
excellent reputations in their field.
The N.C. Division of Facility Services will decide who gets
'mining rights,' based in part on a recommendation from the
regional health planning board.
Several months of work developing community support
paid off for Beverly last week with a stack of endorsements,
while Autumn has just intensified its efforts.
l>ast Wednesday, because there was evidence of
' widespread community support from a!! over the county." a
majority of Cardinal's project evaluation committee supported
Beverly over Autumn, the firm recommended by the
health professionals on the Cardinal staff.
The questions boiled down to one: Shallotte or Supply?
With a split vote on record and a minority report due
Wednesday, Beverly's position at the top of the heap was
precarious going into the meeting, just as Autumn's had been
a week earlier.
Cardinul was faced with making a tough choice; a close
vote was predicted.
Regardless of which company Cardinal recommends,
Brunswick County already lias won. It is one of only three
counties allocated iongterm care beds in the suite medical
plan after a moratorium on nursing homes development was
lifted July 1, 1984. It was allocated the most beds, 100, clear
recognition of the increasing proportion of senior citizens who
live here and of the number of nursing home patients forced to
seek care outside the county.
We're going to get the beds and they're going to be near
most of the people?give or take six tniies in one direction or
the other?not up on Juniper Creek or over near Dark Branch
or In Wilmington or WhiteviUe. And several ways have also
been identified for Southport to gain some of the skilled care
ucun vei y ttiuCu iiccviC'u in that community.
It's an all-win situation tor Brunswick County?as long as
the competing factions keep it fair and friendly.
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Offer Temporary Heip
Zoning changes tliat would place tougher restrictions on
home building on Holden Beach are needed to cut down on
ground pollution and density, but only if the town does not plan
to eventually install its own sewer system.
Increasing minimum setbacks between homes from five
t\ cutron ftuif ?nn?i Imln t\rn<i??4 !?.? ~ J?
ru uv? vii ivv? i ( hit licip piwcm 111 CO, UUt 9tHVUI^ UflHUUUl
limits and lot coverage now may be too little, too late. Even
with such limitations, the growth rate may eventually force
the town to either build a sewer system, like at Ocean Isle, or
lo 'nail aii home construction.
Planning board member Jim Founder has a fear of one
day being told by the Brunswick County Health Department,
which keeps a regular check on the pollution seeping into the
bench's canals, tluit no more homes can be built on the island
becnuse of septic tank pollution.
Kournier's fears should concern all residents,
homeowners, developers and fishermen on Holden Beach. If
the homes already on the island were occupied year-round, the
beach would probably already have a severe pollution problem.
The planning board hopes to limit bedroom space by adopting
a creative formula that divides the lot site by 1,500 to
come up witli the number of allowed bedrooms, which would
be limited to 10 percent of the heated space of a home.
I ?x ill ??.? .tlitoitixlix f .10 p /\{ iViil ll iti rVi an
niuivufsn OUWII piun ? MI uv% v iiiMUHitv MIX. !v?.. i" JJviiULiOi! ":r
tirely, it will help ease the threat.
A three-bedroom home may be the vacation spot for more
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uian one mmuy wno snare rent anil expenses for their place in
the sun. thus ruining the planning board's fonnula for
estimating how much sewage is being placed in the ground.
Ijving rooms and dens on house plans have a way of
wCCC?Tlin? |wwjr.\nr>\e An/Vt CCn^tTUCtiCTi ii; JinlcVuvH PllttinO
number and site of bedrooms may get residents to at least
seriously consider the pollution problem.
Bedroom lunitations and lot coverage will not hurt the
beach, if anything it will temporarily help. However, town officials
should not give up on discussing the longterm solutions.
The time may come sooner than expected when
Founder's tears become a reality, and the town receives a
disturbing message from the health department concerning
now Kanvn COT^lT''CtlOTj
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I'll Never
Although I grew up surrounded by
soybeans, corn fields and wooded
areas in a county (Brunswick) loaded
with hunters, I've never had the
desire to join those who find pleasure
in .shooting deer or other animals.
For me, there has been no middle
ground in trying to understand the
"game" or "sport" of hunting,
although I tried hard to find it as a
youngster.
I've found that either you hunt and
enjoy it, or else you dislike hunting
and grow to dislike it more everyday.
I even went as lar as to get a
.410-uauge shotgun for Christmas one
year, which I have rarely used since
then except for target shooting in the
backyard.
There were opportunities to use the
gun, but I could never gain whatever
it takes for the hunter to null the trigger
and declare the kill a "sport."
Neither could I find an authority to
tell me that hunting was wrong, or
else the right thing to do if you were
an able-bodied male living in tbe
country. The desire to hunt seemed to
derive from one's genes, and I didn't
seem to possess a particular trait for
hunting.
Instead, for one full summer, I
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Worker* were uu?y Sum week 5cuS
span* in place for Ocean Isle Beach'
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I (At: ? |????* i ttai < ui tuf^t a m npa
barge on (he Atlantic Intracoasta! Wi
week, were hoisted onto tractor tre
quick trip up the causeway. ^ Once
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Calendar
Thursday, Jan. 24
PEACH TREKS ordered in May I
Agricultural Extension Service can
hour public meeting on peach tr
Brunswick County Extension Office
unclaimed ones will nut be stored.
.M OTION AND COVERED-DISH DP
munlty Watch Association, at the
ment, 6 30 p.m.
TIMBER OWNERS MEETING spons
Woodlot Committee to discuss sellu
Agriculture BuiUlinit. Brunswick Ci
Friday, Jan. 25
BRUNSWICK COUNTV EXTENSION
night program, public assembly bu
Center, 6:tS p m Reservations nee
GAME NIGHT at the American leeior
US. 17. R p m
Snhirrtsv .Inn. 26
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HtKRKCt'F. PIATKS will he sold by
merit 11 a m to 6 p.m., $3.50 pee p
coeds (to to the department
OPES AUDITIONS continue today ? .
Show. 3 p.m. to 6 pm at the school,
fee u chanted
GAME NIGHT resumes at the Calabt
day, Keb. 1. (t 8 pro and continues
notice
Monday, Jan. 28
CAUUSI TOWN rot Ntlt. meets I
pm
BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OK
sesstcn at the social services depar
Center. J 30 p m
Wydsssdsy, Jan. JO
BRUNSWICK TO ASTM.VSTV.RS. CU
Restaurant. Snu'hport. 7 a :r. J a
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spent my afternoons walking to a '
soybean Feld behind my parents'
house in Maco. It wasn't hunting I
season then and every afternoon, in 1
one corner of the field, several deer i
would come to eat. There were a i
buck with a huge rack of antlers, a 1
doe, and several fawns. !
it was like watching a family. I'd '
walk around the edge of the field and i
the deer would often stop to stare at
me. Although I was within shooting I
range, they didn't seem to bother, <
and would only run if I tried to get too I
close. i
Eventually, we began to wonder i
wny me uog wouiu Dars ai nigni ana <
we found deer tracks behind the <
house within 100 feet of the dog pen.
The deer had started to wander into i
my father's garden to feast on field '
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Bridge Spans Arrive
ng the concrete ihe trucks by craoc
s new 65-ft. high workers atop the co
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uy tapiuitu uic attcu
iterway late last along the causewa;
Her trucks for a Both the Ocean Is
adjacent to the ilolden Beach Is s<
Vil'S' Hl'.rU T roll) 19M,
111 'i,1M s, S
Of Events
984 through the Brunswick County
be picked up in conjunction with s one
ee care and maintenance, 10 a.m.,
, Bolivia. All trees will he distributed;
n'NRK meeting of the Sea Trail CoinSunset
Beach Volunteer Fire Depart
ored by the Brunswick County Small
ig Umber and forestry products, at the
xinty Government Center. 7 p.m
HOMEMAKERS annual achievement
tiding. Brunswick County Government
ded
i Building one mile south of Shallotte on
the PjiUhftch Vninntfef Vire fWert.
tale with cairyouts available All proit
the North Brunswick High Variety
single acts and groups; small audition
ish Volunteer Fir* Department Satureach
Saturday thereafter until further
it the town hall in regular session i: SO
SOCIAL SERVICES meets in regular
tmrnt. Brunswick County Government
H MM meets at the Ship's Chandler
m Guests welcome Call Donald An
I The Hunte
jeas, within a sione's throw from the di
tiouse. e<
I was careful not to tell anyone, for hi
I knew the deer would be killed as p<
soon as hunting season started, th
However, others discovered the deer tr
wei e there and trespassed acrms mv di
parent's property to shoot the buck,
rhe hunters also had the gall to drive m
:heir trucks down a private drive and tc
across the field to load the deer, 01
without ever asking for permission. ai
I got kidded at school by some di
'riends who learned the hunters had 11
rilled my "pet deer." They couldn't h,
mderstand why I hadn't beaten the
luillei s IU llic full. UlI uic humu, "
I wondered what would make a per- is
son so eager to kill a deer that he nr
would ignore laws and sneak onto so- a
neone's private property. t!
I began tc dislike hunters, but not bi
:o the extent of those who have ti
rrganized anti-hunter groups across
Ihe country. A recent article in "Om- a
li" magazine pointed out the tactics ol
jsed by such groups as Friends of 1?
\nimals Inc., or the Coalition fc
\gainst Sport Hunting (CASH).
Concerning CASH, "Omni" ti
eporter Douglas Starr recently d
wrote, "From a small band of tr
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ncrcte pillars (below). The action
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C Saturday to view the moment,
le bridge and a similar one at
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Brunswick County Commissioners }
were to begin meeting individually ;
with county department heads (
Wednesday at 1 p.m., beginning with |
County Manager Billy Carter. j
Commissioners had asked that the ]
appointments be scheduled back to '
back through the remainder of the J
day. "as long as it takes." The purpose
of the sessions is to establish !
lines of nnthnritv and '
tion. to discuss mutual expectations '
and to acquaint commissioners with '
the responsibilities of each department.
At one-hour intervals, the last of
the IS sessions would have begun at 6
am Thursday
However. Chairman Chns Chappell
said the toard would meet with
as many department heads as time
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CUIVWIM nruiiccstn;. u au wtit ir.n j
seen, interviews would be reschedul- |
ed.
Department beads were to be "on
standby " to meet with the cocncius- |
.doners |
t_ - < JI>1 - a? rt?a? *?- -* ?
u: MttUUl U> IC1 , V-AOt uue io
meet with commissioners were
David Cleu. county attorney;
Rr-gma White, clerk to the bcwrd,
Robert .Smith, cafeteria manager.
Nancy Moore, tax collector, Perns
Price, public bousing. Regtna
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r's Mind f;
ehards, the movement has expand
1 to include thousands of people who
irass hunters and scare away
atential game. Some blare tapes in
le woods. Others spring animal
aps or spray scent to confuse
Jgs."
Last fall, when authorities anaunced
plans to implement a lottery
i award 800 permits for deer hunting
1 a Florida wildlife refuge, such
iti-huriting groups mailed in hunreds
of permit applications. When
le hunt had ended, only two deer
ad been killed.
In response to such tactics, one
.o.ior ronlipd in the February 1985
sue of "Omni," "Hunting is a
leans of caring for animals as well
s putting food on the table. Surely
iere aie ytfupie wuu give limiting a
ad name, but this is true of any acvity.
"My advice to these do-gooder
nti-hunters is to stay out of my neck
[ the woods where I am hunting
gal'v I might mistake one of them
>r a ten-point buck."
How nice and how horrible of an atluue
iu take. There may be no midle
ground, and I may never undersinu
the mind of the hunter.
ETTER TO THE EDITOR
Marooned, Yes;
Abandoned, No
o the editor:
As a permanent resident of Sunset
each, I simply must thank the many
ersons who saw to the prompt
jpair of our bridge.
From the Department of Transporition
workers who helped me haul
roceries and my two-year-oia from
le mainland to the island, to Town
lanager Wallace Martin who phond
to advise us about school transporitioh
for my son, everyone was
ourteous and so helpful that,
Ithough we were marooned here at
le beach, we certainly didn't feel
bandoned.
Brunswick County Emergency
oordinator Cecil Logan and the
eparuueni 01 transportation otriais
handled tiu* entire sihmiinn in
way that assured us and our
eighbcrs that we were protected
ad tiiat complete and speedy at tenon
would be given should any
ledical or emergency, need se.
Of course, thanks are in order to P
le many who volunteered their
me. their boats and assistance to
le people living here. The Sunset
each Volunteer Fire Department,
'aecamaw Rescue Squad and many
idividuais whs worked throughout
le chilly weather to give us rides
cross the waterway and keep us in)rmed.
certainly illustrated what
eally meant.
Since moving here last April from
ietroit, my family and 1 have enjyed
tlie friendliness and hospitality
f Brunswick County. During Huricane
Diana and this bridge indent,
we imve found iiie spii it of Cuttr
s*ir?rlvH ??rv 1 ser%*iee here
a these times of need. We're certainy
glad to have made our home here
mong you
Anne Marie Schettini
Sunset Beach
>rs To Meet I
rient Heads
ilcKeithan, data processing; Dan !
ihields, engineer; Kenneth Hewett,
vater plant supervisor; John
larvey, plamung director; Ellouise
tuss, housekeeping supervisor; Maor
White, landfill director; Darry _ j
iomersett, mosquito control direcor;
Bobby Jones, parks and recrea- H
An T rt? 1 - ? - - ?' - ?? ? lervice
officer; Cecil Logan,
irnergency management coorlir.ator:
and R.C. Diion, building
tnd grounds superintendent
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Sets Barbecue 1
Leland Volunteer Fire Department
grill hold a barbecue dinner Satur- j|
say. Jan 26, from 11 am to6 pm at
the department, located on old U.S.
14-76. ?
Spokesman Jack Spencer said each
(3 plate mil include chopped pork I
barbecue, coleslaw, potato salad and
hushpuppies and a choice of tea or
coffeeTakeouts
are available. Orders of
five or more plates wiQ be delivered
anywhere in the county, sold ?
Spencer, by calling 371-7TZ7 Proceeds
go to the fire department |
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