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Pa«« 1^A—THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. *nmn»da>. Jaouar>’ 29.1997
Holden Beach Planning Board
Continues Annexation Talks
BY ETTA SKilTH
Holden Beaui Planning and
Board members say annexation op
ponents who think the town would
collect $200,000 a year in taxes from
the move are wrong—and they’d like
a chance to tell causeway residents
wh>*.
At the board's Jan. 21 meeting
Chairman Alan Holden said he had
expected some causeway residents to
atterid. sir*?e he inWted them dstring
a recent meeting called by annexa
tion exponents.
He said he hoped to clear up the
misunderstanding about how the an
nexation area was chosen and clarify
the tax rate levied by the town.
“We're going to be hearing from
Dog Case C.^oes To Court Today
The fate of a dog declared vicious a
year ago by the Brunswick County
Health Department rests in the
hands of a district court Judge today
(Thursday).
According to a warrant taken out
by Briinswick Count>' Animal Control
Supervisor Zelma Babson. P.J.. a
calico owned by Lou and Rocky Hop-
chas, publisher of The Brunswick
Free Press in Shallottc. bit George
Hna oi Calabash Acres in the hand
last Dec. 23 as he was leaving the
newspaper office.
Defendant Lou Hopchas, P.J.'s
owner, is charged with failure to
comply with a vicious dog order
issued by former Health Director
Thomas Blum on Feb. 11.1966.
Under that order, P.J. was to be
controlled by leash when inside the
newspaper office during public
business hours.
According to the complaint, at the
time of the alleged incident, the dog
was in the office and was not leashed.
Health department records show
tliat Hricz is the fifth person bitten by
P.J. since Jan. 1, 1985. Before Dec.
23, the last Incident occurred on Feb.
11. 1986, prompting issuance of the
health director’s order.
The Hopchascs had successfully
appealed to the health board an
earlier declaration issued after a
June 30, 1985, biting Incident. The
board voted cn Aug. 11, in a 4-3 mo
tion. that the dog was not vicious.
At that time, three biting in
cidents—several involving
children—had been reported to the
animal control staff. The incidents
occurred on Jan. 1. Jan. 20 and June
30. 1985.
After the latest incident, on Dec.
23, P.J. was impounded immediate
ly. She was released from the count>*
pound 10 days later to W.L. Brooks.
According to a letter to the health
department from Mrs. Hopchas, the
d(^ has since been placed in a home
outside the count>'.
The bite to Hricz's hand required
medical treatment. It involved the
top of the middle finger and the area
between the little finger and the ring
finger.
Some Waters Close While Others Open
Some Brunswick County waters
were closed to shellfishing Tuesday
just hours after other areas were
opened.
In the Southport-Oak Island area,
the Elizabeth River, Dutchman’s
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were temporarily closed by order of
the N.C. Division of Marine
Fisheries, due to “unsatisfactory
bacteriological results" in the Cape
Fear River and Carolina Beach
areas.
Waters in New Hanover County
also are affected. Specifically, the
order refers to “ all waters bounded
on the northeast by the Wrightsville
Beach pre^bited area and on the
southwest by the Cape Fear River
prohibited area”.
Meanwhile, shellfishermen began
harvesting oysters Tuesday morning
from areas in the Lcckwccd’s F(^y,
Shallotte River and Eastern Channel
areas that had been closed since last
spring after they were planted with
stock taken polluted areas.
them soon and we'll be asked to go
over the formula we used to deter
mine the area,” said Holden.
“Hopefully, n joint meeting will give
us a better rapport with them."
Town conuui^ioners voted to draw
up a letter of intent to annex the area
on Jan. 5 after the plannirig and zon
ing beard had prepared a map of Uic
proposed area. The map is what
some opponents say they're upset
about, alleging it scleclivcl>' includes
as biLsiness area that already has
paved roads and water.
Perrian Padgett, an alternate on
tile planning and zoning board, said
he had received calls from some
causeway residents who feel the town
only wants to take in the area for
taxes.
Member Jack Scarborough added.
“The fact has been brought out in the
media tlwt we have a 25-cent tax
rate, and that needs to be straighten
ed out”
Opponent Cletis Clemmons told
about 50 people at a Jan. 8 meeting io
discuss annexation that based on a
25-cent tax rate. Holden Beach would
add about $200,000 in tax revenues
from the area if it were annexed—a
figure Holden Beach Town Ad-
minstrator Bob Buck said is ivrong.
Holden Beach’s tax valuation is 11
cents on everj' $100 of property, said
Buck. Based on a 90-percent collec
tion rate, the town expects to collect
only $220,000 on propcrt>’ taxes frcrni
all of Holden Beach this year, he
said.
Holden said the town couldn't
possibly collect that amount of
revenue if it annexed the causeway
area.
“It’s a question of what Holden
Beach can offer North Holden
Beach,” he added.
Study Discussed
Scarborough, chairman of a com
mittee that’s studying planned unit
development (PUD), reported that
the committee has received some
literature on the subject. He asked
any board members interested in the
subject to read the available
literature.
PUD is a type of development that
allows housing units to be built closer
together or combined into one struc
ture as opposed to several structures
without increasing population densi
ty, according to Brunswick County
Planning Director John Harvey, who
spoke to the committee Jan. 19 on the
subject.
Planned unit development is an in
novation that allows better use of
land, he said, and is a concept sup
ported by every planner he knows.
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DSS Board Rejects Pay For Off Days
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Title HI workers In the Brui»wlck
County Social Services Department
aren't pleased with the days they had
to take off from work over the
Christmas holidays.
Four of those workers told the
social services board at its Monduy
cvening meeting that tcmporuril.v
closing the nutrition sites where they
work put an unfair hardship on
them—and they’d like to be paid for
the time they had to take off from
work.
After a two-hour executive session,
the board approved u motion by
Chairman Krankic Habon not to pity
them, but to find a way to prevent
tliem from having to be off next year.
Board Member Louis Brown oast
the only dissenting vote.
The department closctl Utc four
count)' nutrition sites on Dec. 22
through 31 and Jan. 1 and 2, after a
survey showed few elderly patrons
would iwe them during that period.
The sites are located in Shallotte.
Inland, Southport and Oak Island.
Department Director Jamie Or-
rock said the seven affected workers
were offered the opportunity to par
ticipate in a training workshop with
pay for two of those days, but only
two of them expressed an interest.
He aUo said that one site manager
and one van driver had the option of
transporting food to the homes of
shut-ins, but didn't express an in
terest in that cither.
Leland Nutrition Site Manager
Doroth)' Harrison said she would
have washed windows or wliatcver
was needed to be able to work the few
days between Christmas and New
Year’s. She added that tlie days
mthout pay has hurt her financially.
“This is the first time this has ever
happened.” she said. “They always
paid us before when they shut down. ”
Board Chairman Frankie Rabon,
who Is also a count)’ coiiunissioner,
said, “We can’t pay you if you didn't
work; we’ve got a county personnel
policy to go by.”
Board member Louis Brown,
dissenting, said If other county
employees worked on the days bet
ween C^iristmas and New Year’s
Eve, then these workers should.
Transfer Pr^06cd
The board also approved Orrock’s
request to present a budget revision
to county commissicurers that would
transfer about $3,600 from the
Carolina Power and IJght Energy
Assistance Grant Program to the Aid
to Families With Dependent Children
(AFDC) crisis budget.
Orrock said that 50 percent of the
$41,000 in AFDC crisis funding tiad
been spent as of Jan 14. The pro
gram is designed to help families in
emergency situations pay their
power bills.
Unit Reports
The Protective Services unit
received 12 reports of child abuse
during December. Eighty-five people
were llstel on tlie Title XX program,
whore department-paid employees
help the eiiicriy with iuiusehuld
chore.s. Twenty-two persons received
in-home |)«rsonal care while eight
were served by the CAP, or ollcr-
nativo to nursing home program.
Eighteen people were interviewed
for the AFDC Energv' Assistance
Program and eight were approved
between Jon. 1 and 14.
During December, 215 Individuals
piirticlpated in the congregate meals
program for Uic elderly. According
to Ronnie Robinson, all but 28 of 1.60U
meals ordered for the program were
rnn«mned.
Contributions for those meals total-
oil $68 from the l.eland site, $95 from
Oak Island, $51 from Shallottc and
$33 from Southport.
Twenty-eight individuals par
ticipated in the home-delivered
meals program and all of the 368
meals .served were consumed. Con
tributions for Uie program totaled
$181.
The nutrition and medical
transportation unit reported 56
medical and hutiuiii services, and 444
slumping assistance calls.
The fraud unit reported $7,000 over-
IMiyinenbi In December. Of (hose
cases, $4,134 has been recovered
through repayment agreenKnts will)
clients.
The absent parent caseload was
1,280 as of Dec. 31. Fifteen paternity
casc.s were e.slnbllshed. four of which
were done through blood tc.sting.
Thirty-four court oniered support
cases were listed and 15 people were
ordered to pay medical coverage for
their children. 'I’hirty-two contempt
cases were processed a.nd five In
come withholding cases. Support col
lected In December totaled $22,356
through Utc department and $6,172
through the court.
Approved food .stamp recertifica
tions totaled 320 out of 326 applica-
lio.ns. New appllcanLs p.nd reappllca-
lions totaled 229.
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