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BY MMUOHIK .MKCIVKKN
Holden Roach commissioners officially
registered I heir interest in
annexation of the causeway area
north of the island In unanimous approval
Monday of a "notice of consideration."
The action came after extensive
discussion of a report from Planning
Board Chairman Alan Holden on annexation
possibilities.
liolden said his board had been
asked to look at the factual pros and
cons of taking in tls.it area from the
Intracoastal Waterway to just
beyond N.C. 130 on the north. "We
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Beach Break-Ins
Three men were arrested and
charged Saturday by Hidden Beach
Police in connection with a series of
breaking and entering* that occurred
last week.
The arrests followed a 2:110 a.m.
search Saturday of a residence at 34'J
Ocean Boulevard East by the full
five-man police force.
Arrested were Arthur Edward
iEd) Carter Jr.. 42, and Melvin Curtis
Roark, 33, both of Kannapolis, and
Randy Eugene Sloop, nicknamed
"Rambo," of Concord. They were
charged with two counts each of
breaking and entering with larceny
and one count each of larceny of a
firearm.
Officers recovered three guns from
the house, including a .32-cal., twoinch
revolver officers identified as
stolen. The suspects had no proot of
ownership of the other two weapons,
a .44-cal. Special Smith and Wesson
six-inch revolver and a .45-cal.
Llama.
Also recovered were several
radios, CB radios, binoculars, fishing
rods and reels, firecrackers, a hot
glue gun and hoots.
As of Tuesday morning. Carter had
Ijeen released on $15,000 secured
bond and $500 unsecured bond. Hoark
and Sloop were being held in lieu of
identical bonds.
The arrests culminated a three-day
investigation by the department that
began after a series of seven or eight
break-ins in the neighborhood on
Wednesday and Thursday. At about ft
p.m. Thursday Officer George Atkins
saw nc matched footprints at the site
of a breaking and entciing to those
found outside the residence at .'<40
Ocean Boulevard Mast.
"I just about caught one of them,"
he told The Brunswick Beacon.
Subsequent investigation Friday
morning uncovered several fishing
rods iichind the residence, which led
officers to obtain their search warrant.
Officers Atkins and Jeff Williams
made the actual arrests after calling
out off-duty officers to lielji in the
search. Participating with them
were Chief Raymond Simpson and of(Sce
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are not proponents for this or against
it," he said, "and I want to make it
clear no town board member or official
has taken a sland one way or
the other. We were just asked to net
some facts."
Ile said the hoard's study shows the
area satisfies state guidelines for annexation.
with sufficient total area
and sufficient footage adjoining
liolden Beach. One-eighth of the
{terimcler of an area to be annexed
must adjoin the town boundary.
"We looked at the expenses of providing
services required, and that
means primarily water," he said.
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Bryant Among
BY ETTA SMITH
A Brunswick County Assistant
District Attorney is among three
nominations Gov. James Martin will
consider to replace District Judge
D'e J. "Buliba" Greer Jr.
Greer, who ran unopposed for a second
four-year term Nov. 4, died
Nov. 21 from injuries he received in
an Oct. 6 car accidcr.t.
Brunswick County Assistant
Distiiet Attorney Wanda Bryant,
Tom Aldridge of Columbus County
anu Uaviu wall of Bladen County
were nominated from five interested
attorneys by about 80 members of the
13th District Bar Association last
Wednesday.
About 50 members attended the
meeting and another 30 voted by
written proxy.
The three received the most votes
from members of the association,
and one of the three will be chosen by
Gov. Martin within GO days.
Brunswick County Attorney David
Clem; and attorney Mike Willis were
also considered for the position.
If chosen, Bryant would be the first
woman and the first black person to
serve the bench in the 1 Iltti .luiliciiil
District, according to Jean Stuley,
clerk in the Columbus County
District Attorney's office.
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"The county has a water line running
down the causeway, so the town
wouldn't have that exneiuo. There
would In- just two short lilies to bo run
from the causeway, one to the cast,
the other west."
Commissioner Mai Stanley asked
about procedures leading to annexation.
Town Manager Hob Buck said
the first step is a notice of intent to be
passed by the board, at which time a
public hearing would be set, to be
held from 45-90 days later.
Then a study would be authorized,
to be available within .'<0 days and
prior to the hearing. It would define
Its Jeff Williams when three men w
covered Saturday tiou with a rash of
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WANDA HKYANT
Gary Grady, president of llic
district bar association, said all three
nominees are well qualified and he
feels any of them will do an excellent
job as judge
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the boundaries of the area in question,
show that area and population
requirements arc met, and how all
services available in the annexing
town are to be provided in the annexed
area.
"Up to this point, and even after
the public hearini1.. the town is not
obligated al alt. It can back o(f and '
forget it," Buck said. "After the |
(tearing it can pass an annexation ordinance.
and annexation would not be
effective until a year later. The
quickest it could happen is, if the
board passed a notice of intent on
Jan. 5, 1987, annexation could not be
ere arrested and charged ia caniierhreak-ins
/ For Judgeship
district attorneys for four years and
Wall has practiced both civil and
criminal law during his nine-year
career, said Grady.
Bryant told The Brunswick Beacon
last week, "I worked with Judge
Greer when he was prosecuting for
Brunswick County.
"Even before I started working I
sat in court with him to get an idea
how to work the district docket."
If appointed, she said she would
like to continue the tradition of
fairness characteristic of Judge
Greer.
"I hope to always Ihj fair and impartial,'
she said. "With fairness,
justice will prevail " Bryant, the
daughter of Dolphus and
Christcrliellc Bryant of Supply, is
married to attorney Itonald Steven
Douglas.
Before becoming a prosecutor for
Brunswick County, she was an
associate attorney :t( Walton, ! .iirley
and Jess in Southport. a law clerk in
the Durham City Attorney's office,
and a consumer specialist in the N.C.
Attorney General's office in Italei^h.
She is a member of the American
and National liar Associations, the
American Jurisprudence Society,
Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity and
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
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effective before the summer of l'JM."
Mayor John Tandy asked for a
rough estimate of the number of
resiucnis in mis area, lo which
iinldrn replied, "About -10. give or
take a half-dozen." Buck said he
counted about 35 mobile homes and
about .15 residences there, but had no
idea how many permanent residents
lived in them.
""How would this i annexation i affect
our police force?" Tandy asked,
and Holden replied, "We'd have to
add to it"
In attempting to estimate the tax
valuation of the area. Stanley said,
Carolina She
Idea Of Inco
BY MAKJOKIE MEG1VF.RN
Property owners living in Carolina
Shores voted down the question of incorporation
Saturday, 193 to 142.
A vote of all property owners, including
those who own lots but live
elsewhere, favored the action 346 to
284.
Because any incorporation bill
presented to the N.C. General
Assembly would include a referendum
involving registered voters only.
the proposal would fail, according
to A1 Houghton, president of the
Carolina Shores Property Owners
Association. "Since it would be
defeated, we're just dropping the
whole thing for now," he said.
This subject has engaged the attention
of Carolina Shores residents
and property owners for over a year,
said Houghton. The subdivision includes
425 houses, 800 buildablc lots
and 700 permanent and part-lime
residents. Its tax valuation has been
estimated at more than $50 million.
"We maintain our own water and
sewage system with Carolina Blythe
Utility in Florence, S.C.," Houghton
said, "and we maintain 16 miles of
roads and nine miles of drainage
canals."
Residents are also active in supMayor
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BY MAIUORIE MF.GWERN
Ocean Isle Beach Mayor 1 .a Dane
Bullington said Monday she's "thinkinn
Jilu.nl" Ihn rn/.? for
nant governor in 1988.
'Tin good nt bringing people and
issues together and that's what the
lieutenant governor does." she said.
"I've liecn mayor for 14 years and a
good mayor has to bring everybody's
desires in line. Hint's how things get
done. The lieutenant governor
presides over the Senate and lias to
do that kind of thing there."
Ilnllington, who serves on the
Coastal Resources Advisory Council
and the Capital Building Authority,
lias been close to public life since
childhood.
"I go back a long way," she said.
"1 was a page during the final session
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"There would be $1 million in three
pieces of property alone."
Town Attorney Doug Ledgett said
zonint! of annexed torritnrv is nsuullv
sot along with the annexation ordinance.
"Otherwise, it's R1 until
zoning is done," he said.
Ijedgett also explained tliat no
referendum is required among
residents to be annexed, if the annexing
town has a population under
5,000.
In response to a question about
possible incorporation during the annexation
study, Ledgett said the
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porting the local volunteer fire and
rescue squads.
The advantage of incorporation
would be the access to Powell Bill
ironm ana omer stale and tederal
funds to provide and maintain such
sendees.
As part of the Carolina Shores
perimeter adjoins Calabash, there
has been mention of possible annexation
in meetings of the Calabash
town council.
Houghton said, "I would not be opposed
to wholesale annexation of
Carolina Shores, but piecemeal
would be horrible. Also, what services
could they (Calabash) offer?
They can't even maintain their own
streets."
Hep. E. David "Butch" Redwine
has discussed incorporation with
Carolina Shores representatives,
and said he would present a petition
for it in the General Assembly only if
the community held public meetings
and voted. Over the last several
months five presentations have been
made, outlining the pros and cons of
the aetion.
The vote following this preparation
doesn't mean the end of the
idea, according to Houghton, but for
now "it's pretty decisive."
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of the legislature in the old building,
and was with inv father during his 12
years in the House."
Bullington's father, Odell Williamson,
was the first mayor of Ocean Isle
Beach, and is owner/developer of the
island.
Going back even further, she recounted
her first political campaign.
wiien sne won election as state
secretary of the Beta Club, an
honorary high school society. "I
don't like to say I'm a politician, but
I've always been public-minded."
She laughed as slw revealed a birthday
request in 1973. "I asked my
parents for a set of the general
statutes for my birthday, and they
gave them to me," she said. "Since
then I found out how expensive it is to
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