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j Page 14-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEAC Caw ( BY SUSAN USHER County and soil conservation officials agree that salvaging an abandoned flood control and drainage project at the western end of the countyis a good idea. VYhltt the" Couldn't rpcnlvp in 1 '/2-hour meeting Monday is who- if anyone?is responsible for its restoration and maintenance. County commissioners will take up the subject again at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, after soil conservation officials compile costs estimates of for restoration and/or various levels of maintainance along the 17 miles of drainage ditching that comprise the Caw Caw watershed. Silting, sand bars, fallen trees and energetic beavers arc beginning to take their toil on the watershed project, officially titled Brunswick County Drainage District 1. Established in the mid 1960s, its channels and ditches were completed in 1967 at a cost of about $258,000. Property owners served by the district shared in the cost and were to be assessed for its maintenance. However, maintenance work was performed only once, in 1974. "It's in pretty good shape not to have been maintained," noted David Combs, area Soil Conservation Service area conservationist. "Witb some minimal maintenance it may lu?t another 100 years Hut if nothing Is done it will go downhill fast." Still District? Commissioners agree with County Attorney David Ciegg's contention?based in part on an Attorney General's opinion written by Dan Oakley?that the clerk of Brunswick County Superior Court didn't have legal authority to dissolve the district in December 1976 and that the county Is not responsible for the district. The clerk's order was based on u resolution by the county commissioners in which the rnnntv airreerl In ? ? 'V ~*o* -v" ,u assume the maintenance of the district as part of its water management and mosquito control program. They didn't specify what that maintenance might entail. A year later the same hoard of commissioners refused to take over an agreement the drainage district liad made witli the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service to maintain the drainage protect. Clegg suit) the county turn Severn) options that range from formally dissolving to reviving tlie district. He said the county could seek special legislation to dissolve tile district or file u writ of mandanius to have the W !lJ fc A11 Uv-1' 1 Is JlfO IJ$$3 ^ ^ UDmr |p J 1 ? Ms if i v ON, Thursday, August 29, 1985 law Dra clerk of court rescind the dissolution order and appoint drainage commissioners. Then the county could allocate money to the district the way it does to other agencies. "Until you get a clerk or judge to egy it ic 2 district," ?2msd jomoc Bellamy of Shailottc, "people aren't going to believe it." Bellamy, of Shallotte, is chairman of the county's Soil and Water Conservation District. He contends the county should logically assume the project, committing no more than $20,000 per year to the project. The county would get a good return on its investment, he added, from the development proposed in the area. But commissioners said that solution might cause more problems. "This whole situation raises whole barrclful of questioas about other legal entities in the county," said Clegg. Precedents For example, Commissioner Grace Beasley said she was concerned that a county take-over might prompt other taxing districts such as the Iceland Sanitary District to seek / nnnfu cimrinrf Chappcll was concerned about having taxpayers countywide pay for a service of direct benefit to only a portion of the county. "I'm a finn believer, if von receive the service you pay for it, that the people who benefit most pay," said Chairman Chris Chappell, a resident of the Caw Caw district. 13ut all agreed that any solution would prooaoiy involve county dollars. Support Divided From a shaky start in the mid-1960s to financial insolvency in the mid-1970s, the Caw Caw watershk COMPLETE INTEF jj DECORATING SER1 ?fi I ?Mini blinds ?C TH ?Verticol blinds ?V mjj ? Micro blinds ?u W ?Pictures Ocean *)&& IntetO. OrPg 3 Of nan Isle Squaru Ml Ocoon Itlv Ooach Cauiow< <??4 tmc fl T \ m to, WpUl irS ZV'111 l^jl~. ur II' '"1(1 HI II': I -, ^ j fi inage Pr< ed project was continuously plagued with divided support from the landowners the agricultural drainage project was intended to benefit. Differences between the property owners, including at one time several 1 Uliutbu ttMV Vppuotu IllVIUOtUII UI V1IV district and/or the levying of assessments?threw the matter into court, with Resident Judge Raymond B. Mallard ultimately instructing that drainage commissioners be either elected or appointed by the then Clerk of Court, Jack Brown. Brown had entered, on Feb. 21 1964, the original order that established the district. Still some property owners blocked Soil Conservation Service engineers and surveyers from entering their property and threatened them with violence. At one point, a group petitioned Brown to disqualify himself from the proceedings in order to avoid a potential conflict of interest because of a relationship by marriage with personalities involved in the conflict. Not until late 1971 and early 1972 were most of these differences essentially settled, the records show. When completed, the watershed project drained into the Waccamaw River 21,710.7 acres of Caw Caw, Lit tie Caw Caw and Shingletree swamps in the southwest corner of Shallotte Tnu/nchin Final cost of the 16 to 17 miles of canals and ditches was about $258,000, court records show, with the Soil Conservation Service share about $192,780 and that of the district's landowners, $65,361. The project has also cleared some 205.2 acres. Soil conservation officials say the same project couldn't be completed today tor $2 million?if permits could / / i, i 'I ; i ! Si p i it r!" : ! MOHid ' | 1 i I i! il ii III IK 1 1 ^ Dject Rer be obtained to drain the wetlands. At the end of the 1975 fiscal year, the district owed $11,191: to Waccamaw Bank & Trust, $3,500; to L.M. McLamb and Son Construction Co., $1,950 plus $157.71 interest; to A.D. McLamb i: Sc as 55,100 plus 5153.20 in interest. At tnal time, Drainage District Commissioner Wendell Bennett discussed the possibility of the county taking over the project under its water management and mosquito control program supervised by L.D. Benton. However, the court records note, the district understood it would Ope*> , (0, Mon-Sat 11 AM to 8 PM M Closed Sunday SANuniCH All SonJ* irhti Art SmrJ H'uh Koiktr Ihll Sfjrt SIIKIMP BURGER FISH SANDWICH I il? ?i( fah ?*h Iri'utt HAMBl'RGtK '/.lb httl tmcd with Irftucc. 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HWY. 130, MIL 1 In the Southport/Oak I: 1965 1HI BRUNSVMCK MACON WHAT IS PAh HOW MANY Y HOW DO I Ml HOW DO I IN We take out of F Come into our showroo of the many panels in c make your choice as if furniture Paneling is mi covering; it's an investrr home that will be enjoy Come in and talk with c They will show you the the various construction * ? ? omuw yuu iiuw iu measi your paneling needs Ar you how to put it up' Yes. we take the Myste paneling from us with c well as value, and pract i. M. PAI Hwys. 17 & 21 1, Supply nains In I have to pay off its note to A.D. McLamb in full before the county could proceed; the district planned to contact the bank regarding an additional loan. In a special meeting on Aug. 13, 207G Brunswick Cciir^y Ccrnrnissioners Rusty Huss, Steve J. Varnam Jr. Ira D. Butler Jr. and Franky Thomas voted unanimously to take over the district at such time as the district commissioners petitioned the clerk of court. On Aug. 27, the developers of Carolina Shores, CLA Properties Inc., agreed to a $6,000 settlement of ^pfidq^ E5 < nit Sl*n an J i / rtri ^ <" Spttnh Art Str*t, 2 5j) OCEAN PERCH C LAM SI KIPS ? on nam 2 50 DEVILED C RAB ( HAMBl'RGER ST n?l mnrnniiw 2-75 Srrvt?J ?.ih kiiucr tomato BAHBQl'E PLAT hjfon J.00 Smrt ??h cok fla? ?t%d i, BOILED SHRIMP ) 7? , 2.75 I ? COM 2.50 2 I Choict off kk Skrmtp, All pluirn iiKig 1.50 PECAN PIF. 3.50 CHEESE CAKE IP mixer. 4.15 5,5 COFFEI ICED T! .50 no Sandwich l'lalvn so|,T 11 .sa 1.M inclutitt FF, ro/i? */?ir una .IKEN SHOPPING CENTE sland area, visit THE SANE 2)?? JELING? CINDS ARE TH EASURE MY R STALL IT? * the 'aneling m See the styles and fee tur selection. From the di: your were choosing a pie Dre than just a decorative lent in quality and beauty ed for at least twenty yea >ur knowledgeable panelir different kinds of panelin s and where to apply the ire your rooms and how 1 id most important of all tl ry out of paneling You c onfidence! Find selection, ical advice Come in and IKER&SOI Limbo its district assessments, paying $1,500 down and agreeing to pay the remainder in annual installments over a three-year period. Several months later, on Nov. 29, the county board of commissioners to dear th? district'" rpmain. ing debts of $5,988.05, with Russ adding that "revenues generated from the District tax would more than offset the above amount." Then, on Dec. 1, Jack Brown, clerk of court, signed the order that was to have abolished the district and taken away its powers "as if it had never been brought into existence." Carry-?ut \ rv WinHnu Call 754-8168 SPECIALS i HuS Coir Sit" It mi h Frtri an J Huthpuppm 2.95 2.95 3) F.AK and (rench lit* . . 4.00 I I F. tench (no 3.75 fe and huthpupptci 5.95 Create Your Own ? B/XA TION PLA TTER 15.95 OyUtrx. ( 1mm Sir tf-x. DftrJ (tab amj StaOopi H hoott oar or all IK/ de fimch (no. cole ?! ? and hwihpwpp** DESSERT 100 1.50 DRINKS g i so RINKS .50 ? I pickle*. Rr SHALLOTTE FIDDLER on Hwy. 211 j ERE? OOM? fstery' I the textures splays, tee of fine wall for your irs. lg salespeople, g, explain m. They will to exactly figure hey will show an buy quality as see us today! NS, INC.; 754-4331 .
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