Til HO B i sp Volume 23, Numb BY SUSAN USHER About 100 hunters vigorously defended their freedom to hunt from the right of way of state-maintained roads Tuesday night at an "informational" meeting sponsored by the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners. Tiie board listened for 1% hours but, as planned, took no action. The meeting was generally low-key, though loud applause sometimes broke the tension along with an occasional "boo." Tuesday's meeting was called in irs)miuc iu ci ifvjul-ai iaai iiiviii.ii from 46 property owners in the Goodman Road area who asked for a ban ? ? Kunfinn (rnm olnnrr norfain rAoHc VM -o ?? o ?- ~ ? in their community because of the threat posed to the safety of their families and property. The board also took up the issue of firelighting deer at night. "We're concerned for the safety of the landowners whose property borders these roads on ooin sides (except for one section of N.C. 87)," said Dyion Skipper, a resident of N.C. 87 near Goodman Road and one cf the petitioning property owners. "I feel that it's the county's responsibility to protect the landowners who are paying taxes on the property bordering these roads. "I don't really think it is anyone else's business since they (the hunters) don't have the land." he continued. "How would they like for us to go stand and hunt in front of their homes or near them with a shotgun?" Several Options There are two broad routes the county can take if it chooses to regulate hunting locally, indicated County Attorney David Clegg?adopting a county ordinance that would be enforced by the sheriffs department or seeking special legislation that would apply only to Brunswick County. In that case, the Wildlife Resources Commission would be Thre BY SUSAN USHER Three nursing home companies are asking the state to take a second look at applications to build a nursing facility in Brunswick County. Lee Hoffman, a certificate of need project analyst with the N.C. Division of facility Services, said the appeals were filed Monday, in advance of a & p.m. deadline set 30 days earlier. On March 29 the section approved a J \ i INVESTIGATORS dclermii*d Mc beavih damaged the Haterlroct S la Seaakle vts aeC The fire broke a Arson Rule An early rooming fire that partia ly destroyed the Waterfront Seafoo Restaurant at Seaside Morvtsv ha been ruled arson, said Brunswic Count; Emergency Managemer Coordinator Cecil Logan. State Bureau of Investigatic agents were called in Monday mar tag to determine the cwi* of It blare that broke out in the back of if restaurant near a storage roan Logan Mid. Detectives from U Brunswick County Sheriffs Depar I IF ms OG & SONS BOOK BINDERY 1 ?/3 'RINGPORT MI 43284 Defend f charged with enforcement. Commissioners had previously discussed making any action adopted effective countywide, but Mrs. Shelton and her neighbor, Dyion Skipper, stressed their request was for their community only. Representatives of five or six hunt clubs srgusd Tuesday that thpv too are concerned about safety. Road hunting is safer, they added, than hunting from adjoining woodlands because of improved visibility. Hunters along the road sometimes turn deer back toward bv thAfo?v1 Rr ttanrnr! damage ut to the rear of the id In Seaside Re: >- merit are also investigating the fire d "After the fire was put out," Loga is said, "we went in and found thi it there had been a breaking and ente; it ing and larceny of a cash register an stereo equipment We believe the fir was set to cover up a breaking an m entering " > Logan said only $10 to $12 in chang k was kept in the cash register A * estimate of damages caused by It X fire has not been determined, he adi * ed, but the fire caused enoug V damage to close the restaurant -swi North Carolina :reedom her car every time she saw the hunters' trucks nearby and began harassing the hunters while they were on a public road. "I feel really insulted," Mrs. Shelton responded, adding that she hated to see the conflict become personal or "neighbor against neighbor and community against community." But she said the hunter had cursed her in front of her two young boys. The problems with hunters, she added, have continued over a five-year period, though efforts h?d hppn ma Hp by she and members of at least one :"-isC 'I' 0( Ocean Isle Beach Police Chief Jerry the department's newest vehicle, a donated to the town Saturday by th Property Owner* Association. The manned by a uniformed officer and k Overturn mended approval of the Autumn proposal. The appeals filed during the 30-day period allowed are of two types: 1) requests for a reconsideration hearing; and 2) requests for a contested case hearing. Autumn was one of six firms vying for a certificate of need, or approval, for its project. The company's main contender for the certificate of need?Beverly Enterprises?filed > ' 'Hr'C . ; .... : ' STaj# fHO'Orr ritr* a storage room, causing extensive staurant Fire Members of the Sunset Beach an n Ocean Isle Beach volunteer fir it departments responded to the btoe r- that was called in at 4:23 a m Mot d day The Calabash Rescue Squa * also responded, but no injuries wer d reported. [e The restaurant, located on the 1; n tra coastal Waterway in Seaside. : * owned by Steve Gore. The land wa changed in February by the Sunv h Beach council from VtH-1 tmotnl bone > to MB-1 for commercial use > CK# , Thursday, May 2, 1985 To Hunl hunting club to work out their differences by the club giving notice when it was rounding up dogs on her property or the like. But not all the hunters belonged to that club, some to no club at all. "Let them hunt in their own com? munity, let them hunt on their own land," she suggested Tuesday. When questioned by Commissioner Frankie Habon, Sheriff John CanDavis said he couldn't recall any complaints regarding hunting from the roadside. If they exist, he added, "I know there's been no abundance of them." IW -". :ean Isle Gefs New Cy Gurganus sits atop safe beach activl three-wheel Honda "nd to provide en e Ocean Isle Reach met Saturday fo patrol cycle will be campaign on th< used to monitor un- cycle presentath Of Nursing both types of appeals. Britthaven Inc. of Hookerton, <1 strong early contender in the highly competitive process, is also seeking a reconsideration hearing while ilea Hi Care and Retirement Corp. ol America iliCRi has asked for a con tested case hearing. In seeking review of their own ap plications, the firms also asked thai Autumn Corp.'s application b< reviewed simultaneously. Neither of the other two contender; for the certificate?Triad Medica Services, which operates Ocean Trai Convalescent Center, and Urnfoui Medical Management, which hat proposed to operate a nursing hom< as part of a life care center neai i Bolivia?filed appeals Beth Britthaven and H?! (Heartland of Brunswick) propose to build 130-bed facilities in or nea Shallotte that would include skille care, intermediate care and home fo the aged beds. Britthaven's plan also included tw SCHEDULED JUNE 1 Point VFC Offers $3, BY SUSAN USHER ' Thirteen fish will be worth $3,000 i ' cash and praes during the Shallot! Point Volunteer Fire Department' Flounder Tournament That's an increase in 1500 over th tournament's first orize not a vea ago. said spokesman Joyce Land. "We learned a lot last year dunn d our first tournament and we've mad e a lot of improvements." she sax e "We've added more prizes and a fit fry. d "We're really excited about tb e year's tournament" The ISMS tournament will be hd June 7 and S at Tripp's Falun >. Center at Shaikitte Powt A majc is change in schedule u the addition i is a Saturday night fish fish fry free 1 S tournament entrants and SB 50 ps ie plate for all others An entry fee of 130 per boat will t 6EACI 25c Per Copy 28 From R< When property is posted, the sheriffs department can enforce a law against trespassing on private land, but Davis said his agency can't enforce against hunting from the road. Getting The Dogs Another man, from Ash, said hunters have to retrieve their dogs, which represent a substantial investment. "When you turn a pack of dogs loose those dogs aren't going to stop at any boundaries or even the state line." he said. Dyion Skipper said he and others in If * it. - H * i$mm& SIAFf PHOTO B* TfPP* POPf 'de ties, vehicle violations. Illegal littering nergcncv assistance. Property Owners r their annual "Trash Bash" clean-up Island and ended with lunch and the >n. i Home* Anr I - ? - -r r 2-bedroom retirement apartment i and four 1-bedroom retlrcmen apartments, i Ms. Hoffman said the section ha: i 30 days in which to make a decisioi [ regarding the requests for rceon sideration hearings. "We'll act more quickly than 31 days on those," she said. I Where such a request is refused : the firm has another 30 days fron notification in which to file for a con i tested case hearing. 1 I If a reconsideration hearing i r granted, it must commence withi i the 20-day period. ; A reconsideration hearing i r granted if the applicant shows goo cause to hold it, Ms. Hoffman saic These reasons include one or more c i? uas, ivuwnutQd Presenting significant and rel< r vant information not previously cot d sidered by the agency and that th r applicant could not reasonably hav been expected to provide earlier; o Identifying a major change in fa< ) Flounder 1 000 In Cash charged, up 85 from last year. TT n deadline lor receipt of all entries is e a.m. June 7. s Boat will fish both days, with a ca| tain's choice weather date. There at e no limits on the size boat that can 1 ir used. Tournament boundaries at g Lodcwood Folly River and Atlant le Intra coastal Waterway Marker 36 I I. the Utile River Inlet h All fish mast be caught by hot from a hut indicated Vht I end r u must meet the state's minimum so of 11 inches A Fishing iriil commence each day, g 7 o'clock with a signal from the coo ir mittee boat Checkout will be fro 11 the mouth of the Shallotte River be ja ween Intracoastal Waterwa f Vlarkers No 76 and 76. Check-m wi be at the same location, c Aiq boat thai bu reached c(et 6 1 \ 3N Pages Plus Supplement xidsides his community had no objections to hunters rounding up their dogs and sometimes helped. "But," he added, "I don't think you have to have a shotgun on you to catch a dog." Ray Skipper of Inland submitted a 31-name petition countering the Goodman Road petition, with a promise of still more names to come. The petition began circulating the day after news articles appeared about the first petition. Ray Skipper said members of the Wolf Ridge Hunting Club stay at least 500 yards from any residence. While no hunting club owns or leases property adjoining the roads in question. Wolf Ridge once leased about 50 to 60 acres adjoining the Goodman property. Vice President Ronnie Sellers said. The club no longer leases the land, which is now owned by BoiseCascade. The company does allow hunting on it. While Rav Skipper said hunting from the road was safer than hunting frr.ni "jVi cHJWp. wwlo Dyion Skipper said that since the club doesn't have land along the road, "if they're 200 yards from a house or a road, they'e on somebody else's property." Barden Mcl/elland of Wilmington urged both hunters and property owners to be sportsmanlike and show respect for each other. In regard to a second, unrelated hunting matter on the agenda, several men spoke in favor of further restricting the practice of firelighting or shining a light for deer after dark. Several counties have laws that ban firelighting from a half-hour past sunset to a luilf-hour before sunrise. Presently in Brunswick County it is against the law to shoot a deer after dark, but hunters can use lights to locate them from one hour after <8ee HUNTERS, Page t-A) >roval 3 tors or circumstances that existed at t the time of the agency's decision; Showing the agency materially s failed to follow its adopted proi cedures in reaching a decision; and r 'Offering anything else the agency determines constitutes good cause. 3 The certificate of need section does not handle requests for contested case hearings, Ms. Hoffman said. i "There are no time frames on h- these," she said. "They can take a year to two years to resolve." The contested case hearings are s held before an impartial hearing ofn ficer, with the state represented by staff lawyers assigned to the N.C. s Division of Facility Services by the d Attorney General's Office. 1. The time required depends In part >f on the number of cases contested and reviewed at the same tune and the s number of extensioas to gather infory mat!on that are requested by the ate torneys involved, e Until all the appeals are resolved, no certificate of need is issued and * n/wiafim dalntiiul LwiMM mUvtS u tournament ), Prizes >e points by 5 p.m. will be disqualified 7 from that day's fishing results. All fish will be weighed In at p- Tripp's Fishing Center and can be e presented between t a.m. and 6 p m. k daily. All fish weighed in become the property of the Shallctte Point e Volunteer Fire Department ic Also, she said, all fish entered will to be subject to terry meter testing Only one prize may be awarded to A a boat. Awards will be presented td after 6:19 p.m. June S at the fishing te center. In the evert of a poundage tie, the winner will be selected by length. it iJecuwca of the nun committee i> *ill be final. rn The largest fUh caught to the tour< raiment will net $1,000. while the *ey ?wd largest bring* WOO. the third ill largest. $300. and new thu year, a $100 prat far the (earth largest fish, k- (See FtXMLTKDEK, Page 2-A) /