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''age lft-B?THE BRUNSWICK BEACOP Island G BY SUSAN USHER As the first councilmen for the state's youngest and most unusual municipality took office Friday aftermu>n ?n Hold Unnd Tolonst c harge was simple. "Please tend to our business as we throw out our hooks " asked Bs!d ^ Head Island Association President George Freeman, who had previously distributed copies of a handbook for municipal officials, each bound in pink ribbon. Moments earlier, at the foot of Old Baldy," one of the oldest i lighthouses on the east coast, N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jack Cozort administered the oaths of office to councilmen Thad Wester, John Messick, Kent Mitchell, Jim Harrington and John Lindsey. Watching was an audience of about 100 people that included property owners, local municipal officials and state legislators. I^ater that afternoon. Wester was elected mayor and Messick mayor pro tern in the council's first meeting. Wester, president of the Bald Head Island Nature Conservancy, also is Kobeson County's public health director. Messick is director of marketing for Bald Head Island Ltd. '("heir council meeting was to continue Sntlirdav mnrnino nrnnnH Hap. a r ington's pool. A former Bald Head | Island executive, Harrington also is rn state secretary of transportation. H Joe McCutcheon, finance officer p< for Bald Head Island Ltd., will serve b? ;is interim clerk and budget officer. ty The council plans to meet at 9:30 ambrequii i = ! ON PRE! G PAINT Olympic Oil Stains Semi-transparent or s< Made with Unseed oil Protects the beauty of Strengthens wood tibe V I L/ITEX Olympic Solid Color La Rich opaque colors ei wood texture and pat Fast drying Posy water clean-up L IAKUI PLUMBII K Hoi Xfv have the i, Thursday, July 25, 1985 ives Non-R APPEALS COURT JUDGE Jack ceremony beneath "Old Baldy." .m. the third Friday of each month. Brunswick County's 14th unicipality, the Village of Bald ead Island is unlike any other incor>rated community in the state .'cause it gives non-resident properowners a voice in decision-making. In fact, all five councilmen own seidecorate Your Home < I ?Quality Upholstering , ?Name Brand Wallpapei 'S ?Carpet ||j -Custom Drapes & Bed: |j In-Hon, T G&M 1 GEORGE & MARY JONES MAIN STREET #1 HARBOR SQUARl SAVE! mumIqi iiy/I/IPTC rSANDSTi Olympic Weathe Semi-transport Mid colors Screens out the protection wood Penetrates to p >rs rot and decay I M|| t?x Stains ihances tems Olympic Overco Available in a Both Hal and sc UNA HARDWi Nv & ELECTRl Mlliken Shopping Plaza den Beach Rd. Shallott< 754-4847 inside on outside pt lesidents V< " ' 8 JRi ? l Cozort administers the oath of office t cond homes on the island rather than primary residences. Charters for other towns require voters to be registered there before they can vote in local elections. At Baid Head, however, with approximately 10 year-round residents, members of the first council were ap? it an Affordable Price! ?Delmar Mini-Blinds r -Lambrequins ?Headboards spreads -Cornices <e Consultation Interiors OWNERS -15 YEARS EXPERIENCE . SHAllOTTE. 754-9100 E. LITTLE RIVER. (803)249 2889 J I ? JAUTY UNS jbiy/WRcr H **/f>?nscRfw I |j ?m I ir Screen Oil Stains mt or solid colors > weather lor extra reserve wood trom 31 House Paints variety o! colors it in finish ARE. C INC. & otection. Mt'i u ill v i usui i-vacauon oriented ana i want non-structured living. We need- I 1TTTTT H'lil if n 111 TH 1 i3NK Dice In Govi ill STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHER 0 the Bald Head village council in a pointed by the developers and the board of directors of the property owners' association. The directors, in turn, are elected by the property owners. The decision to incorporate in this fashion, said Wester, grew from a combination of factors. "We had a desire to insure we could determine a municipal struc1 ture to meet our unique needs." he said. "Many of the people who come srnmeni ed health and protective services, but not really a lot of other things." The island's property owners also wanted to guard against future annexation by adjoining towns, he added. Incorporation also resolves another dilemma for the communityr where the illegal restaurant sale of alcoholic beverages was abruptly ended last winter. The village's chartering bill in ciuaes an addition to t,napter ihb of | the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control laws that presently affects only | Bald Head Island. It allows "offshore resorts"?developed islands off the state's coast not connected to the mainland?to apply for and receive certain ABC permits without benefit ! of a referendum. All that is required is the favorable vote of the village council. I The bill to incorporate the village | was first readied for introduction by Rep. Daviu Redwine in 1981, but was withdrawn at the request of the property owners' association. It was introduced in the 1985 session by Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. In dealing with the proposed annexations of Shallotte Point and Calabash this year, Redwine had pledged not to introduce any bill for incorporation that did not require a referendum of the residents of the proposed area. Bald Head Island. 3ls miles from Southport, is reached by private passenger ferry. It is one of three islands that make up the Smith Island complex; the others are Middle and Bluff islands. According to an article in the July issue of "Wildlife in North Carolina." the complex is "perhaps the most significant maritime forest in North Carolina." Mr|M| B I USED CAB CLOSEOUT! SAL! 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