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BLUEPRINTS for Brunswick Technics
million classroom building received a c!
last week after an anonymous donor a|
all contributions to the lund. inspcctli
plans are, from left, BTC Vlce-Presiden1
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Support Ft
Plans to construct a $2.2 million
classroom building at Brunswick r
Technical College received u boost I
last week from a mysterious donor. 1
BTC President Joseph Carter an- s
nmmced last week that the school has ?
received a telephone call from a per- c
son who said they wanted to match,
dollar-for-dollar, all donations from t
people and agencies toward the BTC f
r ounaauon s building tund. I
"We ere counting on friends of the
college, former students and others c
who have benefited from the college c
nwiiie to the rescue with financial u
contributions which our anonymous ti
donor wilt match." Carter said. I'
"Without tills support, Brunswick b
Tech will be unable to continue the t
high level of educational training we I
have been able to provide '' I
The foundation was organized in
October to accept donations for lite t
school's classroom building. As of t
last week, only $15,000 had been collected
toward the initial goal of i
$250,000 to begin the first phase of ?
construction on the two-story i
building. Of that amount, >10,000 was s
donated by United Carolina Bank.
Beer-Wine
A May 14 date has been set for a
beer and wine referendum in
Shallottc.
The date was announced by the
Brunswick County Board of Elections,
which met last Wednesday.
Shaliottc officials called for the
referendum, which will ask voters
to decide whether to allow the sale
Bills >
BY SUSAN USHER (
A !9<H dispute over control of the ?
saltwater marsh near a subdivision
along the Intracoasta! Waterway c
nay soon be laid to rest. t
A group of five bills introduced in <
the N.C General Assembly late last t
month would resolve claims to c
private ownership of thousands of >
acres of submerged lands in ,
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munsniua uwin? # ??? vuiri i
coastal counties. including the mar- (
shes viewed from Crown Creek sub- \
division across the Intracoastal
Waterway from Ocean Isle Beach l
In March 19M a 13th District Court i
juogc in maoen i ounty dented u re- i
quest by Ocean !s!c Boach developer {
Odell Williamson for an injunction i
against Crown Creek lnc to stop construction
of a "OO-foot deck extending
from the mainland across the mar- ]
shes to within 8S feet of the dredged i
lnlracoastal Waterway channel
Th? princtpftli in Crnwri (>*<>
Inc.?Connor and Rae Cox and
Cowries anu Debbie Fes?contended
at the time that the area between the
high water and tow water mark is
held by the state in public trust
They had obtained a U5 Army
Corps of Engineers permit for the
dock, which is intended far use by
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il College's $2.2 BTC Board of T
loser inspection BTC Presid"nt
greed to match has cited buildir
ig the building or mc urgent i
I Vernon Ward; Carter said.
s Donor P
Dr BTC Bui
Although the donor's name will re
nain anonymous, the person is fron
Irunswick County and has set m
imit on the amount of money he o
he is willing to match, said Willian
Itanley, chairman of the BTC Boari
if Trustees.
"It's one of the biggest oppor
unities we've evpr had to get mono;
or our huilding program through ou
oundation," Stanley said.
The school hopes to build th<
lassroom building on lis permanen
nmpus near Supply In two phases
atnfT it $375,000 state grant to po
award the project for the first $!.:
uillion phase. The stale grant mus
>e committed to a construction con
ract by September 1985, or spent b;
December, or it may be withdrawn
artpr said
"We're going to gel our ne\
milding," Stanley said. We can sel
he light at the end of the tunnel."
Brunswick Tech is the only schorl
n the state system that does not hav
i permanent campus with an ad
mnistration building on it. Stanle
aid.
After the school applied to the NX
Vote Comt
of beer or other rush beverages
for consumption on the premises
of Class A restaurants, hotels and
motels: whether to allow the sale
of unfortified wines for onpremises
consumption at eating
places; and whether to allow the
sale of unfortified wines by retail
vtArnc frvj* rJt ?
u,v,vo ?"* ?M-jn??ww vunswiip*
A/ould Set
>own Creek residents, not th
;enera! public
However, Williamson claimet
iwnershlp of the marshlands by vir
ue of a deed. He says his ownershii
extends?with only a few excef
ions?from below the high tide marl
>n the mainland side to the low wate
nark of the Atlantic Ocean froti
link's Creek to Big Cut Creek, ir
riiisivr ".{ the marshes wit
casements granted for the Ir
racoasta! Waterway
Crown Creek further contende
hat if the courts ruled Wtlliamso
ywnved the marshes, they still had
right to build the pier because of th
public trust issue, of state centre!
not ownership.
Prnnn Pra?V I nc oncworo
Williamson's suit, but as of raic
February no further action had sten
mod from the anginal complaint
Statewide claims such as this u
coirs ? mnrh as TO percent at a
marshlands and tidal waters be
Vorehead i-rtjr and the Soul
Carolina line, indicates Rep. Dan
Red-nine He co-sponsored the bil
and also served on a legislative coa
mission that studied means of reading
the claims Sen R C Soles J
was co-chairman of the commith
mm
Shallotte, North Carolina,
fwm a M
Qgyr mus am
rustees Chairman William Stanley and
Joseph Carter. The college foundation
igs as its top priority in funding because
icru iur auumonai classroom space,
ledges
ilding
Department of Community Colleges
i for funds to help build a unified cams
pus, BTC was ranked 52nd of the 58
r requests received from community
l colleges and teclmical schools,
i However, the formula used to rank
the SChoi>iS uiu uut take iiiUi Uiii -
sidcration the condition of the
If buildings or other problems caused
r by the separate campuses, has stated
school Vice-President Vernon Ward
e in the past. The formula is based on
t the ratio ot instructional square
, footage available to the hours need
t ed. ' I
2 Expenses for maintaining and
t repairing the old buildings and
r iUOCI !v uTum ? rV iiuu uic |
y school. Carter said. He estimates the
. school could save in excess of $50,000
a year in telephone, utility and pecs'
sonnel expenses if the schoui had a
r permanent location.
>1 Tax deductible contributions may
e be made to the Brunswick Technical
I- College Foundation, P.O. Box 30,
y Supply or delivered to one of the
three campus locations in Supply or
Southport.
?s May 14
m
tions.
Fortified wines would continue
to be sold for off-premises consumption
only by retail outlets
and the Shallotte ABC Store. Beer
and other malt beverages are
already available through retail
outlets for off-premises consumption.
t i _ n a _ A=*i
ne rnvciTe
e but has not sponsored parallel
legislation in the Senate.
A Hearing Set
A public hearing on the bills is
p scheduled Wednesday, March 13, at 3
v pm in the auditorium of the
k Legislative Building in Raleigh. It is
r sponsored by the House Judiciary IV
n committee, of which Paul Pulley is
e chairman. He was the House coll
chairman of the study commission,
i- and like Kedwine, sees a need for adAMol
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d Redwine said he was concerned
n because attendance was poor at
a earlier hearings held in Raleigh on
e filing of the "203" claims, so named
if because they were authorized by G S
113-203 No one spoke in objection to
d the claims procedure
I- It provides for anyone who launs
v an interest that's greater thar. the
stale's to hie a claim. The attorney
v general's office was given the task of
1> determining the validity of the claim
I- based primarily on sometimes
h "muddied" existing law. historical
d practices and a general policy on the
Is state's position adopted in 19B4
> The proposed legislation package.
v- he added, doesn't fully "take into
r consideration the people on the coast
* (See BILLS. Page !-A i
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rhursday, March 7, 1985
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Debated
BY SljsAN USHEK
Sunset Beach property owners
voiced mixed opinions Monday night
regarding the "public good" to be
aninpd fritm Ihn fnujn'e nrnnnmJ
o ?V"" o p?upu.icu
abandonment of several streets and
portions of streets.
Council members took no action on
the proposal after going into regular
session following the hearing.
Opponents charged that tne closings
would benefit only "a narrow interest,"
while proponents said the
closings would add to the town's tax
base by permitting development on
lots otherwise unsuitable because of
septic tank regulations. The changes
would increase the size while also
nrnwirlino mnro cot hark fnr tho Intc
all of which are along either canals or
marshes classified as having SA or
shellfishing quality water.
The town proposes to permanently
close or narrow portions of North
Shore Drive, Canal Avenue, Hickory
Avenue, Cobia, Sailfish, Dolphin,
Marlin, Main, Dunes Street and
Mary's Drive.
It would retain utility casements
and, said Gore, the board will probably
extend the setback for those
properties the same distance as the
difference between the new and old
boundaries for the lots. On North
Shore Drive, lots abutting the marsh
would sot nn o.ddpd 20 On the
canal lots, however, where houses on
both sides are along the water, each
would get an added 10 feet. The lots
musi be 10C feet deep to qualify for
septic tank permits.
CouncllvoinHn Ksthv Hi!) ssid tbp
town needs to make sure it can abandon
property on one side of the street
only before voting on the closings.
A number of the streets arc In
1955 and September 1963, but were
never created or dedicated to tlie
Bar Seiects N<
BY TERRY POPE
The 13th District Bar Association
will meet today (Thursday) at 4 p.m
at the Columbus County Courthouse
to nominate three attorneys to
replace District Court Judge Wayne
I xing who resigned last week.
Three attorneys from either
Brunswick, Columbus or Bladen
counties will be nominated by the bar
and recommended to Gov. Jim Martin
for approval. Gov Martin will
chose one nominee to fill the seat left
vacant after Ixing resigned last Monday
morning following his arrest for
driving while impaired in Durham.
Nominees must be of the same
political party as Ixing (Democrat)
and be presently practicing in the
13th Judicial District.
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tha" those shown on the maps. o\
Sev'-ra! were previously abandoned t>
by the town at the property owners' pi
reduests, Gore said, but the actions r<
were never recorded or reflected on a'
nu'PS- w
fie said there is no consolidated ri
history of the actions for research or di
reference. The changes incorporate u]
"a'i inai uiigiH have been done in the
past whether properly or n
improperly," he said. "It is a
y IU UlAJUlllCIll Wlliil IUI3 VI
been done and what will be t<
dene?and in a useful manner." si
Immediate answers were not c
available to property owners asking o
who would be resnonsibible for ob- h
taining deeds for the property for in- p
dividual property owners and for the
tax liability. v
John McCarthy, an officer in the n
Sunset Beach Taxpayers Associa- t
tjon, charged that the closings were a t
' clear attempt to circumvent" state V
environmental laws. Further, he
argued they represent a "clear con- s
fjict of interest" for Gore, who owns I
or has partial interest in, some of the *
]pts in question, and possibly for 1
Councilman Donald Safrit, a builder, t
[Ic asked they disqualify themselves '
from any vote on the closings. t
He said the association is
'unalterably opposed to the a ban- c
donment," against any effort to in- a
Crease density.
Opponents also challenged the d
validity of the resolution itself, say- t
pig it didn't conform to the map and
Chat advertisements published in The t
peacon regarding the closing showed s
ehunges In the first paragraph. <
However, the only cliange in the ad |
from one publication to another was
Insertion of tlie time and date of the i
hearing. I
Donald McCoy of Fayetteville, an
imin^Q For h irlr
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Bar association President K.lva
Jess, a Southport attorney, said each I
county has tad its own bar association
meeting since Ixmg's resignation i
was announced last week. The I
Brunswick County Bar Association
met Monday night and named three l
attorneys interested in the position, I
including Jess, County Attorney
David Clegg and Shallotte attorney
Sheila Mciamb.
Although originally expressing an |
interest in the position, Jess said
Tuesday afternoon she was not sure
if she is still interested. The Columbus
County Bar Association has also
named three attorneys who may be
interested in the position, while
Bladen County has made no recommendations.
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saying the resolution was
epared in January before the
jfcrenccd maps were made
mailable on Feb. 4. "If the maps
ere not in existence, then the
^solution is not valid because you
id not know what you were acting
pon," he said.
McCov slso challenged !bo tnwn\
otification of only property owners
djoining tlie affected lots, as itiicated
in the advertisement. He con:nded
all property owners on each
treet should have been notified, inluding
his wife, who owns property
n Main Street. "1 don't think you
ave given proper notice to the peole
on Mam street, iie sniu.
McCoy also alleged the closings
.ould serve the interests of "some
arrow, private interests" rather
han the general citizenry of the
teach, a sentiment echoed by Henry
Viedmaicr.
Arthur Marlow recommended
igainst the closing of a portion of
fickorv Avenue, saying a pier there
vas used by the public while the
tridge was under repair and a
nakeshift ferry service established.
'It's more or less for the public inprp?it
tn Ipnvp it nnpn " hp miirl
Supporters of the closings include
lore, Torn Tucker, Alan Morrison
nd Richard Plyler.
Morrison, a Dolphin Street resilent,
said he didn't object to the closng.
"The farther we can put septic
ank fields from the water and marihes,"
he explained, "the Ik-tier
ptahly ot Ufe we'll have and tha l<etler
shellflshing we'll have.
"I can't sec where the city giving
jd its casements would be for the
benefit of anyone other than the
(See ROAD, Page 3-A)
jeship Today
"I have given it some serious
drought and had decided i was not interested,"
Jess said. However, bar
members voted Monday night to submit
Jess' name at today's meeting.
Although members may nominate
more than three attorneys from the
rioor, the three receiving tire most
votes will be recommended to Gov.
Martin.
There are fewer attorneys practicing
in b laden County, which accounts
for the no apparent interest in the
seat from that county, Jess said.
Both Brunswick and Columbus counI
!< (. h'llio almnf an rwmot nnrv'.l jtr of
eligible attorneys, she added.
Among the attorneys named in Columbus
County who arc interested in
the seat are Jack Hooks and Mike
Willis.
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