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BY TERRY POPE
Brunswick County Democrats will
elect a new party leader at their
county convention in April. Party
Chairman Glen Peterson announced
Tllesdav hp will not coal, ?;
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to the post next month.
Peterson said he wanted to announce
early that he was not seeking
the party chairmanship to "allow
anyone interested in the position to
initiate their campaign for the job."
The Democratic county convention is
set for April 13 unless it is postponed
due to the Azalea Festival in Wilmington.
New Hanover County has
already postponed its convention until
another weekend.
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Bad news, motorists. Shallotte town offi
by Town Hall between Wall and Cheer
tsinly resembles one. It's just a paved
tended for use by town vehicles and tht
through traffic and especially not largi
She Notts Gets
Two new stoplights for Shallotte, a
new bridge near Supply and new
roadway for Caswell Beach were approved
by the State Board of
iTansportation Friday in Raleigh,
said spokesman Bill Jones.
Costs of the projects exceed
$428,000.
As expected, the board ap
proprxatea lor installation of
the traffic lights, one at the intersection
of Waii Street, ShaiioUe Avenue
and U.S. 17, the other at the intersection
of Smith Avenue and the Hill's
Shopping Center Drive with U.S. 17.
The three-phase, fully-activated
lights will be coordinated with the existing
lights at N.C. 130 to regulate
the flow of traffic through town.
It Looks, Feeh
Daffodils and forsythia are blooming
and even a few azaleas as the
area continues to bask in warm, springlike
temperatures.
It's a trend that local meteorologist
Jackson Canady predicts will continue
over the next five to 10 days at
least.
Nighttime lows should average in
the mid-tOs; daytime highs, in the
mid-60s. The area should get about
one-half inch of rainfall.
"I've heard very few if any complaints
about the weather," Canady
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Shallotte attorney Rex Gore is the
only Democrat that has been mentioned
as being interested in the party
chairmanship, Peterson said.
Peterson added he understood Hnrp
"wanted the position but did not want
to run against me."
Ppfprcnn lictoH hie raennnelhilitiAe
to his family and law practice as
reubuiis for giving up the post. In a
prepared news release, he also stated
he owed himself some free time from
responsible positions within the
Democratic Party.
"At the time that I took the job
back in 1983, I stated that I had a
family that was growing as well as a
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connection between town offices injsc
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Another $130,000 was transferred
from n fund for emergencies and unforeseen
events for work on Casweil
Beach Road. It cost $35,000 for temporary
repairs to restore two-way
traffic after high tides and high
winds destroyed 1.000 feet of pavement
on Feb. 11. It will take another
$95,000 to relocate a half-mile section
of the road 100 feet of the existing
roadway to prevent further damage,
Jones said.
Carolina Bridge Co, of
Orangeburg, S.C., was awarded a
$265,315 contract to replace a bridge
over the l.ockwood Folly River on
S.R. 1501 near Supply. Work should
begin in late April or early May. said
Jones, with completion sometime in
December.
5 Like Spring
said. "All in all, we're making a very
nice transition into spring, although I
think we'll still have some pockets of
colder weather."
For the period March 5-11, Canady
recorded a maximum high reading of
77 degrees on the 8th and a minimum
nightly low'of 33 degrees on the 11th.
An average daily high of 73 degrees
combined with an average nightly
low of 44 degrees for an average daily
temperature of 58 degrees, about
seven degrees above normal, he said.
Precipitation measured 16-inch on
his backyard gauge.
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law practice that was growing,"
Peterson said, "but that I would try
to balance all these facets of my life.
That family has arrived and is now 18
month? old and the law practice is
very busy. My responsibilities to my
wife, Deedi, my son, Steve, and my
law partners, E.J. and James
Prcvatte, are such that I feel the
necessity to turn leadership over to
new hands."
Since becoming involved in county
politics, Peterson has served as a
state officer for the Young
Democrats, as campaign manager
for former State House Rep. Tom
Rabon and as party chairman since
1978. He retained the chairmanship
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BY SUSAN USHER
!t won't make much difference, but
at an upcoming public hearing
Brunswick County residents will get
to unload their feelings on the subject
while learning about countywide enforcement
of i'ne state building codes.
The Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners set the hearing Monday,
March 25, at 7:30 p.m. In the
public assembly building at the coun
ty government center at Bolivia.
They also approved, on first reading,
an ordinance package that will put
the codes into effect. A second
reading will be required within 100
days of Thursday's meeting.
By July 1 the county must have a
building inspection program in effect
and staff in place under a state law
that requires all local governments,
on a staggered schedule, to begin enforcing
all books of the state building
code.
The purpose of the ordinance and
its enforcement is to "provide for the
protection of the public health, safety
and welfare" of county citizens.
"Either we do this or the state is
going to come in and do ii for us," Attorney
David Clegg advised commissioners
Thnrsdnv night.
He proposed a hearing for informational
purposes only, since nnv input
received would have little if any effect
on the county's actions. "We
don't really have any choice. Either
our own people or the Department of
Insurance's people set up shop.
Copyright
Infringement
Suit Decided
Judge W. Earl Britt has ruled In
favor of The Brunswick Beacon In
its copyright infringement suit
against another Shallotte
newspaper, The Brunswick Free
Press.
Judge Britt's decision, filed Monday
in U.S. District Court in Wilmington,
directed the clerk to set a
hearing date for damages in the
case.
Magistrate Charles K. McCotter
Jr., who heard oral argrumenta on
motions for summary Judgment on
behalf of both newspapers last
August 30, uplield the Beacon's
claim that the Free Free8 ha*
engaged in copyright infringement
Despite objections to McCotter's
recommendations filed by attorneys
for the Free Press, Judge
Britt adopted McCotter's findings
in the case as those ?f the court.
The Beacon's lawsuit asks the
court to permanently stop the Free
Press from copying ads produced
by the Beacon and seeks payment
of damage, court costs and attorney
fees.
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in 1983 and led the party to what he
feels was a "good year locally while
trying to buck the Reagan trend."
"I will continue to remain very interested
and concerned about the
future of the county and the
Democratic party and at some future
time may become officially involved
again," Peterson added. "However, 1
will always be available to the party
for assistance in a non-official
capacity when I can provide it."
Before stepping down at the convention
next month, Peterson said he
will offer several recommendations
to the party, such as the need for a
permanent Democratic headfpc
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"It may be something we can't do
anything about, but it may cause problems."
Brunswick County enforces some
aspects of the state building codes
now, heating and air conditioning,
electrical and energy and insulation
volumes.
in aaaiuon to ail state volumes, the
new ordinance package will also incorporate
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resistive construction codes and
flood damage prevention ordinances
as required by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency in order for
unincorporated areas of the county to
qualify for federally-subsidized flood
insurance.
The ordinances will be effective in
all unincorporated areas of
Brunswick County where building
code enforcement Ls not already in effect
by a municipality within an
officially-designated extraterritorial
area.
The county's building inspection
program will come under the planning
department. The county planning
board would act as appeals board for
purposes of the flood damage protection
ordinance. It will hear and
decide uppeals ana requests fur
variances from the requirements of
the ordinance or decisions of the permit
officer. County Plunning Dlrcc
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The Democratic party needs a fulltime
chairman as well, he added, or
either volunteers to man the headquarters
full-time.
Peterson will also set up a
nominating committee before the
convention to help organize the campaign
for the chairmanship. He docs
not know when the committee will
begin organizing.
"There should be a campaign for
it." he added. "You should know who
your nominees are before you get to
the convention. Not to close anyone
out who wants to run for it, but to better
organize things."
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tor John Harvey, who will serve as
the development permit officer, will
attend the hearing.
Other Business
In other business, commissioners:
Took no action following a lengthy
closed-door session to discuss personnel
matters and attorney-client matters.
Directed Attorney David Ciegg to
uivcaugmv n tiinciia ouggvotluP,
that township lines and electoral
voting district lines coincide and
report back with suggestions. "We
just want to know what can and can't
be done," said Chris Chappell, chairman.
Increased the per diem pay for
membrs of the Brunswick County
Planning Bourd and Brunswick
County Bourd of Health from $20 tu
$35 per day, bringing reimbursement
for all members of county policymaking
boards (other than commissioners)
to the same level.
Accepted an SKI petition (or l,cxington
Avenue In Parkwood Estates
requesting it.s addition to the state
road system.
Accepted, subject to certain conditions,
dedication of subdivision
water unc.i for Stent Tree Plantation
and A.M. Parker subdivision.
Reappointed David Sherrlll of
lielund to the Brunswick Count}
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DEMOCRATIC Party Chairman
Glen Peterson announced Tuesday
he will not seek the chairman's scat
at the Democratic county convention
next month. He Is shown here
pointing out election results during
the primary last May.
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ement
Hospital Authority on Commissioner
Grace Beasley's nomination.
Amended the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department to reflect a
$2,772 contribution from the Belvillc
ABC Board, to be applied to
miscellaneous telephone expenses
and departmental supplies.
I/earned from County Manager
Billy (barter that three county garunder
repair at tne same time, one at
the county garage and two at Carrinuton
Power Prndiiots In
ington. In the meantime the county
rented trucks from Waste Management
and Waste Industries so that
pickup would not fall any further
behind.
Entered into a memorandum of
understanding with Boiling Spring
lakes, to protect the county from
liability while helping the town
develop its own animal control program.
Approved bid specifications for u
mobile filing Nystcm for the
Brunswick County Department of
Social Services.
Accepted a low bid of $85,793 from
Triple T of Wilmington for a truck
3.?| roll-off containers to bo used
with the county's first convenience
station, under development off Oxpen
Bond near liolden Beach.
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