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our authority" in obtaining equipment
needed for setting up town command
posts and encouraging upstate
residents not to come to the coast un
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Thursday afternoon (nan Ixing Beach
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(ended since dosing (he lune (o all
hat llolden Iteach West pro|>crty
owners and their guests in August.
11>e protesting group is also seeking
an opinion from the Attorney
General's office.
At issue Is the dirt rood thid extends
from where the pavement ends
.in rinnan U'.iO
Griffin, n principal partner in
Hidden Bench Knlreprlses Inc..
owners of tin' west end trod, sold the
rood luts been private and (Misted us
such since the 1960s Once the road Is
paved, the developers plan to turn
it - and the decision on whether to
reopen It to the public over to the
llolden Beach West Property Owners
Association
In late August ltd individuals, nuiny
of them iiuilnland residents, were
duirged with trespassing on private
property when they drove their
vehicles past tlx' barricade In protest
A ({alehouse has since ix-en
erected
Their eases were rescheduled (or
Brunswick County District Court on
Nov 4
A West Knd Fund has been
established to cover the cost of this
and any luture court costs, with
donations to be sent to West Knd
Fund, P.O. Bos 2872. Sluillotte. N C.
28459. Cope said
Meanwhile, the town luis twinned
(lurking alonit the shoulders of Ocean
Boulevard
ITrscntly the town docs not claim
Uie rood, a status questioned by attendees
at Saturday's meeting who
see garbage pickup and police patrol
as slitns the town lias recogiUied the
road as public right-of-way, not
private property
But if tlx- rtwnl were rawxinsl mil
not accepted by ll>e town. Maxwell
said hr's not certain how the town
could impose a no-parking tun there
'In any event/' he atilnl. this Is a
political question that may neest further
Investigation to he worked out
"Ihuslbly some lots alone that
area could he designated for public
parking.'' he addesl
However, litlffin said Monday that
Hohirti Heach Knlerpnsrs would not
sell Hokten Heach West lots for use ax
public parking, that they are
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Brunswick County Schools didn't
open Thursday or Friday.
Superintendent Gene Yarorough explained
that an early closing on
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restricted by deed to residential use
(iriffiu also reiterated his position
that a division in the group's favor
would represent an erosion of not only
his private property rights, but
theirs ulso.
i in uiiiy protecting WTUII i nave a
riKlit to protect," lie said "I only ask
that people look at It laith ways, not
Just selfishly. We're being made to
look like the had guys."
The group advocating public access
to the west end will meet again
Saturday, Oct. 12. at 10 a.m. at Holiday
Handles
tiriffin said Monday he couldn't
respond to a report at Saturday's
meeting that the west end luid been
closed to pedestrians as well as
motorists
"1 don't know if it lias been." he
said "We're not trying to keep
anybody off the beach...They're just
iimking It tougher and tougher for
themselves."
And he said, "A lot of people
around here who would let them use
their property until such tune as they
plan to use it" have changed their
minds "We're not going to allow it If
we lutve to fight to get our land
bark."
He would not name who the "lot of
people" were to whom he referred
In his letter to(iriffm. Maxwell the
attorney based his argument tliat the
road is public
"It is our belief an
interpretation .that once a road is
shown on a plat recorded in the pubic
records and thereafter lots are sold
off thud pint ami/or the pubic accepts
tlie road b\ usage. it becomes a
public right-of-wai
Maxwell said it ts his understanding
both have occurred at the west
end
The group also nuule plans to participate
in the N I' Festival By The
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boycott it as several members had
suggested A > aril and bake sale will
be held at the old Kaireioth service
station near the causeway entrance
to the beach
"hey also discussed backing candidates
for town office who are sympathetic
to the croup's concerns
about public access
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Thursday might have interfered with
efforts to set up shelters and
evacuate beach communities by mid
uay.
In Southport, as a precaution,
Pfizer Chemicals shut down its
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Power & light Co.'s Brunswick
Nuclear Plant. Unit 1 was shut down
several months ago and will remain
down for refueling, while Unit 2, shut
down Thursday, will remain closed
for maintenance about two weeks.
Shelters opened first at West and
South Brunswick High, Waccamaw
and Bolivia Elementary, and South
Brunswick Middle schools, then at
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oiiciiiuvic imuuic diiu nui in
Brunswick High schools.
Brunswick Hospital in Supply remained
open, as did Dosher
Memorial Hospital in Southport.
However, a caravan of rescue squad
ambulances from Brunswick County
and other counties evacuated about
10 Dosher patients and 18 nonambulatory
Ocean Trail Convalescent
Center residents to Columbus
County Hospital in Whiteville.
Another 80 residents of the Southport
convalescent center were evacuated
to Bolivia Klementary School.
I xigan cited the example of county
commissioners, who were at the
command center throughout Gloria,
as a positive influence, particularly
on the 200 or so county employees
either working or on call during the
storm.
"We had 100 percent cooperation
from the commissioners, which we
didn't have before. They were here.
They came on their own and stayed
on their own.
"The employees know if their commissioners
are up here working with
them they're going to stay here and
thi? lu>cf inh far Ihont lhat' ran \kJn
hoard no complaints."
Gloria Brings
Little Rain
Hurricane Gloria brought only half
an Inch of rain to the South
Brunswick Islands, according to
Shallotte Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady.
The daytime average for the period
of Sept. 24 through 30 was 80 degrees;
the average nighttime tow was 60
degrees.
A uuiximum high temperature of
83 degrees occurred on Sept 25. The
minimum low, 46 degrees, occurred
on Sept. 28.
Canady reports the outlook should
bo fairly norma! for this time of year.
Nighttime lows should be in the low
60s, and daytime highs should be in
the low 80s. Around a half an inch of
rain can be expected
Winnabow VFD
To Serve BBQ
Winnabow Volunteer Fire Department
will serve pork barbecue dinners
Saturday. Oct 5, from !1 a.m.
to 5 p in at the fire station on Gover
nor s Hand olf U S 17 nt Winnabow
Each W plate will include chopped
pork barbecue, coleslaw, potato
salad ami hushpuppies Drinks are
extra
A bake sale will also be held
Club Directory
To Be Published
Brunswick Technical College will
publish a directory of clubs,
orgaiuiaUons ami associations in the
county
Included will be dates and Uines of
meetings, club presidents and contact
persons
Deadline for submitting material
for inclusion ui the publication is Oct
10
(iiila, rescue squads or other
organisations who wish to be included
should contact Barbara Norris at
Brunswick Technical (.'allege
Veterans' Parade
Needs Participants
Participants are being sought from
across eastern North Carolina for the
New llanoser County Veterans Coun
ctl Veterans Day parade Nov 9
The event. in honor oi America s
irreraris. will feature high school
bands. floats. ROTC marching units,
a inarching pUUvn of local veterans
o Wwers. and other participants
Council Chairman Paul Williams
said every effort will be made to attract
participants compatible with
the Veterans' Cay theme and to promote
viewing by the widest possible
tudMact
l ather information is available by
callus hSJ-r?9
Deadline for entries |? Oct ?
AGAINST AN ARRAY of rcfleetior
didn't delay Thursday in taping til
family-owned busienss, Joe's Old-Fa
Federal PI
To Green
BY SUSAN USHER
A small, but "internationally
significant" addition will soon join
the N.C. Nature Conservancy's
Green Swamp preserve as a gift from
Federal Paperboard Co.
Meanwhile, the 92 acre tract,
which adjoins the Conservancy's existing
holdings of 13,850 acres, will
continue to lie set aside by Federal
for research now in progress, a company
official said Tuesday.
"We have committed to a study
area," said Robert Richardson,
woodlands vice-president for
Federal. "We feel now it is to our advantage
to convey the tract to the
Nature Conservancy. It apparently is
a very valuable piece of property for
research purposes."
The informal agreement will be
completed "sometime next year," he
expects.
Federal donated the existing
preserve, part of a larger area
designated a federal landmark. to
the Conservancy in July 1977.
The 92-acre addition, said Jesse
Clemmons, the volunteer monitor for
the preserve and a member of the
stewardship committee that helps
manage it, will be one of the
preserve's most scenic spots as well
as one of the most valuable
"It has a high concentration of
plants, it forms a significant community,"
he said.
The addition will include all of the
area known as Big Island Savannah,
according to Fred Annand, director
of acquistions and stewardship for
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miv naiuic vviocivauv.}.
"It's possibly one of the largest
savannahs of its type remaining tn
the southeast," he continued "It has
significance internationally because
of its diversity of plant life It probably
has the greatest diversity of
plant life per count of an area for any
area that small
"At last count we found 56 species
per square meter "
Dr Robert Peel, a plant ecologist
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, is conducting
research in the savannah under a National
Science Foundation grant He
is studying not only nutrient cycling
on Rig Island Savannah, but also the
nature of competition among its
various species That competition
raises questions, said Aruiand, about
how some species are able to survive
"A lot of time and energy had been
invested, but until now it had not
been secure that it would be
available for a long period of time."
added Clemmans
Negotiations between Federal and
the Nature Conservancy for these additional
lands have continued for
about two years, with a swap first
considered between the Big Island
Savannah and Conservancy lands on
the south side of its holdings that con
Man Charged
In Rape
Of Child
A Wuuutv* man his been arrested
and charged with firs* drgree
statutory rape
BUiy Sullivan, 19. of laisoc l-oop
K??d. makes his first court appearance
on Oct. 7
The warrant taken ont by
Sootbporl Pohce Officer Reward lee
alleges that or. Sept 9. Sullivan did
carnailj knew and abuse a child
under age li "
Since the victim was a mince. her
sjenctj in as released
Sil gjl
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is, Michael Hyatt in Shallotte. Man
e windows of his followed suit acr<
shioned Barbecue ing or boarding li
lans Major
Swamp Pr<
sists primarily of pine plantation.
"We had considered a value for
value trade, but we are very pleased
Federal has decided to make an
outright donation." said Annand.
The N.C. Nature Conservancy, on
Monday, announced a $2 million fundraising
drive to expand its land
holdings or create new preserves in
seven areas across the state and to
establish a fund to pay for future projects.
It plans to spend $125 million for acquisitions
and to pay off existing
acquisition-related debts. The conK?
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THESE PITCHER PLANTS look like
a wlregrass-long leaf pine savannah li
ly waiting for unwary inserts to fall it
Nature Conservancy preserve help rn
plant rommunitirs.
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With Two Se
A Route 2. 1/eland. man has been
charged with taking indecent liberties
and with first degree statutor)
sexual offense involving a child less
than 13 years old and more than five
years his junior
The warrants were served Tuesday
on John Wayne Parks, 27.
Parks was released on $5,000
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Published Every Thursooy
At Mom Street
Shollotte N C 28459
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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>ss the South Brunswick Islands, tapjrge
expanses ol glass.
Gift
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servancv plans to use the remaining
1750,000 to establish the North
Carolina land Protection Fund for
future property acquisitions
"It will enable us to move more
more quickly," said Annand.
Interest from the fund will be used
to help manage the Conservancy's 20
preserves across the state, including
the Green Swamp.
The private, non-profit organization
is dedicated to coaserving the
unique aspects fo the wild for the
education and benefit of all North
Carolina residents.
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they're gabbing among themselves in
i the Green Swamp, but they're artualito
their traps. These plants in the N.C.
lake up one of the world's most unique
Is Charaed
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secured bond. A Nov 10 court date
has been set
The complaints, taken out by
Brunswick County Sheriffs Detective
Lindsay Walton, allege that on or
about September IS, Parks took "immoral,
improper and indecent liberties.
for the purpose of arousing and
gratifying sexual desire." and engaged
in a sexual offense with the child,
[ a girl less than 13 years old
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