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The U.S. Coast Guard has charged
the operator of a tugboat that rammed
the Sunset Beach Bridge last
month with three counts of negligent
operation of a towing vessel.
Lt. James Carter, investigating officer
for the Wilmington District
Marine Safety Office, said a federal
judge will hear evidence in the case
Wednesday, March 6, at 9:30 a.m. at
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BY SUSAN USHER
Contractors building seawalls
along the occanfront at Holden Beach
will be able to sink pilings using city
water if they're willing to wait their
turn for the one meter available.
They will also pay $1.70 per 1,000
galloas rather than the regular water
charge $1.20 per 1,000 gallons under a
motion made last Thursday morning
by Jim Griffin.
meeting in special session to
discuss the land use plan, public- accessways,
hiring of a new policeman
and the strand patrol, the board
readily added Griffin's request to
discuss "the east end and the
emergency situation that exists down
there" to the agenda. Then they approved
his suggestion unanimousiy.
The one meter thai works wiiii tin.town's
fire hydrants will be loaned
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A new Brunswick County Departm?
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July under a plan approved by the
Brunswick County Board of Co minis
doners Monday night.
"This is a way we can meet the
needs ef a Serge bioc segment of the
population," said Commissioner
James Poole.
The aging department is the second
new department created by the
commissioners this month. On Feb. 4
they pooled existing personnel and
equipmeni io create a construction
and maintenance office
Also Monday, commissioners appointed
a new county finance director
after meeting behind closed doors
for an hour on personnel, land acquisition
and litigation. They took no
action on land and legal matters.
In establishing the department on
aging, commissioners agreed to hire
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in Wilmington.
Among those scheduled to testify
are Sunset Beach Bridgetender Danny
Hewett, Ocean Isle Beach
Bridgetender Ruby Bellamy and
Sunset Beach Police Chief William
Hill.
The southbound tugboat A.-igc/n ?
out of Virginia Beach, Va., pushing a
65-foot barge loaded with pipe to
Jacksonville, Fla., struck the bridge
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first-come, first-served based on the
order in which applications were
received. Presently the meter is in
use at the Holden pa vilion on the east
end, where the old 332-foot wooden
seawall is being replaced with a
steel-reinforced concrete wall. The
town had allowed use of city water
there, at charge, because it has invested
$8,800 in the project to protect
two streets and two public acCcoon'SyS.
In two day's time?Tuesday to
Thursday?seven persons had applied
for local CAMA permits to
repair or construct seawalls following
a winter storm last Monday
night, said Building Inspector
Dwight Carroll after the meeting.
More uppuCaiiuTiS were expected.
Vfiillc Commissioner Jiin Gnffin
estimated erosion of 20 to 26 feet in
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a department head in May, using
county funds to pay the salary until
Cfofa arvi-l (a^apoI fnrw4o oro av.
pected to pay the salary beginning
July I, indicated Unda Bedo, who administers
programs for the aging for
the Cape Fear Council of Governments.
She will help the county
establish the department
The department's manager will
report directly to commissioners and
will work with tilt county's nutrition
sites, home-delivered meals, chore
and transportation services, home
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supported by Title 111 B and C federal
programs. Many of those programs
are now administered by the
Brunswick County Department of
Social Services. The department
may also seek new or additional
sources of funding for senior programming.
Ms. Bedo said that a separate ag
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p.m. It knocked out the fender and d
three 17-foot sections of the bridge I
and damaged a fourth section, clos- f
ing the bridge to vehicular traffic un- ?
til the following Wed lesday evening. S
Jim Kelly of Virginia Beach, Va.,
was operating the tugboat, ti
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some locations, Carroll said he knew
of one location where a measured 12
ieet was iosi.
At the request of a homeowner
seeking a seawall construction permit,
on Monday he had measured the
site. At 32 feet from the erosion scarp
to the house foundation, it fell 12 feet
short of qualifying for a permit. To be
considered endangered the foundation
must lie within 20 feet of the erosion
scarp or the toe of the dune.
When Carroll measured attain
Tuesday morning, the location r
qualified.
Even though contractors will have '1
to take turns using the meter, commissioners
said they thought all pro- y
perty owners would have time to get I
their nilings jetted and have con- S
struetion under way hv March 1. I
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"fill in the gaps" in existing programs
for Brunswick County's growing
number of senior citizens. She
estimated the number of elderly in "
the county would increase irom the *
6,763 counted in 1980 to 8,381 in 1990. |
The irena boih stalewiuc arid Ui the ?
area is toward establishment of
separate aging departments, she adJ_
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She cautioned the department
could become political because of the
senior citizens lobby, that there
would be some objections to making
a change and that the department
could become more costly.
"But all the cons may in reality
benefit the senior citizens of the counfar
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BY TERRY POPE
Southern hospitality anu beautiful I
golf courses are two ingredients the I
Sou'h Brunswick Islands Chamber of i
Commerce plans to emphasize in a I
travel guide designed to attract more
: tourists to the area
According to figures released last ]
week by the N.C. Department of i
Commerce, Bruitswick^ Coufl; led
by collecting more than $100 million, * i
said Mason Anderson, a member of
the chamber board of directors.
"|p Brunswick *nd
tourism take a second seat to
nothing," Anderson said at the
s chambers' ninth antral membership
e meeting in Calabash Friday night
He added that the "dramatic increase"
in tourism revenues shows
what kind o( Job the chamber has
* dcoe in the past nine years.
In IS?S the cscssy cchccUd JiS
million in tourism dollars, which
pimped to 11) million by 1900. he
said. By 1SS3, u* ?u taoi to
more than $S5 million and last year
exceeded the tiOO miiltoa mark.
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sle Beach Bridge, 2) damage to the i
ender system of the Ocean Isle !
leach Bridge and 3) damage to the
iunset Beach Bridge.
Based on the evidence presented,
he judge will determine if the U.S.
I oast Guard has proven negligence
a any or all of the three counts.
The penalty levied is also deter?
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w'OHKERS were driving the last tsilii
a new seawall Hearing completion
pavilion on the east end of Holden Ren
lag to begin this week. The new stee
crete structure replaces a wooden
John F. Holden in 1967. At least sevi
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Even with such growth in tourism
Income, the chamber still hopes to
tiring more visitors to the area by
starting a travel package in conjunction
with travel agents and Piedmont
Airlines.
Paul Himmelsbach, a Myrtle
Beach publisher who owns mm
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magazines highlighting the South
Brunswick Islands. The plans will be
presented to the chamber board of
rtiiw-tjTr* for study
Under the themes, "We Bring You
Wide Smiles and Wide Beaches." and
"We Bring You Wide Smiles and
Wide Fairways." the magazines
would act as travel guides to be placed
in travel agent offices world aide
The booklets would attempt to draw
oo Brunswick County's hosptxaioy,
beaches and god courses, Hicnmelsboch
said.
"You're not only developing a year
round business." Hinsneisbacii said,
"bat you're developing an area that
will really set you apart in the years
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could, for instance, suspend the
operator's license, pending six months'
probation.
The N.C. Department of Transportation
is awaiting the outcome of the
U.S. Coast Guard investigation
before initiating action to recover
damages in the incident, indicated
DOT spokesman Rill Jones.
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Hirnmelsbach publishes six
magazines in the Grand Strand area,
including "On the Green," which
features the Myrtle Beach area golf
courses, and "On the Town"
magazines for Charleston.
Developing a travel package to the
Brunswick County area would also be
laYoraue to Piedmont Airlines, said
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president for marketing. McGee was
guest speaker at the banquet held at
the Harbortown Seafood Restaurant
Piedmont has become known as
the "golfers airline" since it services
airports in both Wilmington and Myrtle
Beach, easily accessible to area
golf courses, McGee said.
"We carry more goiferx than most
me rihar sM'swa " aA4a^ Unfla.,
estimated *?.0M golfers passed
me terminals at mjTut
Beach and Wilmington last year
That figure vtB increase to XAJXO
golfers in 1985, be said.
"We're extremely interested ifi the
promotion of tourism,'' McGee added.
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vehicles to strike the bridge in about
a week's time. A U.S. Army landing
craft utility boat struck the bridge on
Jan. 21, in the same area damaged by
the tug-barge. The bridge was closed
temporarily for repairs.
Carter said his office is not investigating
that incident now since it
involved another federal agency;
any further action would be taken by
the U.S. Army.
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McGee said he was also interested
In promoting more airline packages
to the area for smaller conventions
that may be held either in the Sooth
Brunswick Islands or the Grand
Strand area.
Chamber President Tripp Sloane
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neip prur.'aXe ila "auuuaczti iwoyiirir
ty" these by wearing buttons saying.
"We Have Wide Smiles " .
Sloane said the chamber itself has
ala/i Kaaw orn?mo in jKa ria rf 9^
years, from 120 members to 2U
members Travel writers featuring
the area In national magazine* have
also helped increase the number of
inquiries the chamber received last
year by 49 percent
In other business Friday night, the
c-hnrrthmr pniZZHC 112 gflTiggf
Presidential Award to Shaliotte
businessman Deedy White (or providing
the old rile for the chamber office
fur five years.
A plaque will be given to White
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