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PiKc 2-A—THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thunday. Kcbniary' Causeway Group Disappointed After Holden Beach Meeting BY ETTA SMITH Representatives of the causeway group who attended Monday night's meeting of the Holden Beach Com* mission to discuss annexation went away dissappointed. The only discussion by the town board of the controversial subject was to tabic hiring another surveyor to map the causeway area boundar>' being eyed for possible annexation. The first surveyor hired for the task declined after learning of op position by some property owners who vowed not to let survey teams on their property. Of the five causeway represen tatives who attended, only two of them spoke briefly before commis sioners began discussing other items on the agenda. “They Invited us over there for a show." causeway resident Cletis Clemmons said Tuesday. “Uwasjust so they could tell Sen. (R.C.) Soles and Rep. (David) Redwine they had invited us." At the beginning of the meeting Mayor Pro-tem Gay Atkins asked the representatives if they had any com ments to make. CleUs Clemmons and J.W. Robinson both said the area's property owners want some say as to whether they would be annexed and what areas would be included. After Clemmons and Robinson spoke. Atkins asked if there were any mere comments. When no one answered she opened discussion on another matter. A short time later, Robinson asked why causeway residents had been In vited if the board wasn't going to talk about annoxatian. Atkins told him that when Mayor John Tandy returns from vacation on March 6. a committee would discu.ss annexation with the causeway group. After Uic meeting Atkins said the causeway visitors all had an oppor tunity to speak, and that when Robin son attempted to continue discussing annexation sne naa au^ady* moved on to the next item on the agenda. "I had no intention of cutting them short," she said. "But I had moved on to Uie next item and couldn’t turn back." ‘T asked them all if they had anything to say and had no reply, .so I moved on." she said. Thp raii.seway group re«'pntly hsK- ed Sen. Soles and Rep. Redwine to in troduce legislation to have the area incorporated to avoid annexation by the town. But on Saturday Soles ask ed Holden Beach conunissioners to stop annexation proceedings and causeway residents to end their cf- furls to incorporate until the two can seek other solutions. If cither side fails to honor his request. Soles said he and Redwine would introduce legislation to stop them. Clemmons said Tuesday that lus group will be happy to meet with the Holden Beach commissioners again—if they want to talk about an- Koitowing the meeting. Holden Beach resident H.G. "Chic" Sim mons said. "These people came over here In gc^ faith and they weren't treated properly. They didn’t get the opportunity to ventilate their opi nions. Nothing was accomplished by Die meeting and I doubt that they'll be back." Amendments Proposed Commissioners received no public comments on proposed amendments to the town's zoning ordinance during a public hearing held before the regular meeting. The first amendment will limit to 11 feet the height of vegetation or structures that can be placed on lots at intersections. The second amend ment will add lot front and lot width to definitions in the ordinance. Conv missioners are expected to approve the amendments at their March 2 meeting. Reports Heard Public Safety Committee Chair man Graham King repuiivd bhat ens pet. 11 speeding and five state viola- Uutis were IssUcil in January, along with nine warning tickets. Three breaking and entering incidents and three breaking and enterings with larcenies were reported, he said. The police department conducted 11 in vestigations and made no arrests during the month. One fire and rescue call each were reported. Commissioner Lyn Holden reported that the town will be negotiating a new contract for sanita tion services. He asked that anyone with comments or complaints about the current service contact him. Building Inspector Dvvight Carroll was absent. According to his written report. 26 repair and bulkhead per mits wei'e issued in January for con struction valued at fl8,250. During the month six permits were also issued for new house construction valued at $318,714. The town collected $l,«Ki In building permit fees. At the erwi of the inonUi 26 houses and two condominium unils were under cuu- slrucUuii. Other Business In other business, tlie board: •Tabled action on .several items, In- cludinn an elccUon board request for the town to pay poll volunteers and amending tlic personnel policy to allow town employees to be paid Umc-nnd-a-half for working on holidays they’re scheduled to be off. The personnel committee will study the amendment and make a recom mendation to Uic board. •Temporarily suspended on or dinance that prohibits burning on the strand, to allow property owners to bum debris from the Jan. 1 storm, after gclUng advance permission from town haU. •Voted to cliarge only $10 for returned checks. The town has been charging $15, but state law allows on ly $10 to be charged. Legislators Want Causeway Status Put On Hold (CoaUnued Fmm Page 1-.4) department and re.squc .sound if they were annexed. Alan Holden, who owns property on both sides of the bridge and is the island's planning board chairman, said the town gives the fire depart ment about $15,000 a year and that many people from both side.s of the waterway work together on the rescue squad. "One man I know on Holden Beach even gave you an ambulance," he coi/l "The group leading this thing (in corporation) is infuriating everybody." he said. Holden said that the facts being given to people are wrong, like the $200,000 figure the town will collect yearly on taxes from the causeway. 'We’ve got lifelong friendships here. Let’s look at the tacts before we go around accusing each other of this stuff," he added. Holden asked where North Holden Beach would be if it's incorporated. He said he hasn't seen any maos, and people need to know how far those boundaries reach. Clemmons replied that it would in clude the exact same area as what Holden Reach plans to annex. "We’re not forcing anybody into an>'thlng," said Clemmons. He added that with iricorporation there would bo no taxes. RpHwine said that unless North Holden Beach plans to provide ser vices it will not be Incorporated. He said many "paper towns" are unin corporated after they become a separate town because they can't provide any needed sendees to the residents. Following the meeting Soles said that he and Redwine had talked brief ly about halting the race between in corporation and annexation. He said that more details needed to be work ed out at home before any action is taken in the legislature. "It's like getting married," he said. "Before North Holden Beach con be incorporated, they (pro ponents) need to show that its needs can be provided for. "I hope that both sides will halt their efforts and think about this some more," he said. *Tm asking them to please not put us on the spot and have us stop it in the leeislature.” He said he was recently appointed to the Municipal Incorporations Com mittee. which was formed to avoid establishment of more "paper towns.” The committee has yet to have its first meeting, he said. Drainage At The Forefront (Continued From Page 1-A) "We only have $5,(XX) budgeted for s drainage and it's going to take a lot more," Ms. Hunt told Uie residents. "Drainage is at the forefront of our needs right now. The sidewalks will be mush If we don't fix the streets first." Other Business In other business Monday, the board: •Approved the 1936 audit report. The board delayed a vote on the audit at its Jan. 5 meeting. Ms. Hunt said she met with Uie auditors last month to "clear up" the board's que.stions. •Voted to purcha.se 2,500 wind shield stickers for property* owners. The slickers must be shown when seeking access to the Island in the event of a hurricane. Property owners will be allowed to purchase more than one sticker. •Heard the police report for January that included one larceny, one town citation, one state citation, one auto wreck, five uses of fireworks and two disturbances of the peace. The board also hired Ed ward Rudloff as an officer. Rudioff has served four months as an aux iliary officer. He will earn $13,585 a year. •Heard the building report for JV.ou^ry' that included issuance of permits for 15 repairs valued at $222,000 and for three new houses valued at $180,326. One CAMA ap plication was also filed. •Agreed to hold a joint meeting with the town ABC board to discuss future upgrading and enlarging of the ABC store. The ABC board is re- que.sting additional funds to pay for a new btiiluiiig, but it "did uCt ilniiCatO what kind of money they are asking for,” Ms. Hunt said. •Accepted the final section of the recodified town zoning codes compil ed by a committee of council members and planning board members. The codes will be sent to Raleigh for printing. Before the final copies are printed, the board agreed to review a section cn residential multi-family dimensions after Coun cilman Gore said the dimensions are too restrictive for the island lots. •Voted 3-1 to ask N.C. Sea Grant program coordinator Spencer Rogers to visit Uie island and give ad vice on how to begin a dune building program. The town has a supply of Chri.stmas trees It wants to place along the beach strand to trap sand. Mayor James Gordon suggested the town place a bulldozer on the strand to push up sand around the trees, but Hunt said it would do more harm than good and voted against the mo tion. "I firmly do not believe that this town should spend its revenues to protect a single row of houses,” said Hunt, an oceanfront property owner. •At Gore’s request, adopted two resolutions supporting mandatory hoak-ons to the county water system and county^vldc zoning. The town piaiiitnig lAMt similar support. tlo fviu Lots Of Rain Fell In January A lot of rain fell in January—9.45 inches, according to measurements taken by Shallotte Point meteorologist Jackson Canady, about three times more than normal. And there’s more on the way. The forecast for the next few days calls for above normal rainfall, at least three|uarters of an inch, Canady said Tuesday. During the period Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, the area got some relief from heavy rainfall, with only .09 inch recorded. A maximum high of 61 degrees was recorded on Feb. 2, while the minimum low of 24 degree.^ occurred on both Jan. 27 and 29. .An svemge dell*' high of $2 degrees combined with an average nighiiy low of 31 degrees for a average daily temperature of 42 degrees, about three degree.s below normal. However, during the next few days the outlook calls for temperatures to THE BRUNSWiCKllBEACON EsTablishedNov. 1. 1962 Telephone 754*6890 Published Every Thursdoy At .V.ain Stroot Shallotte. N. C. 26459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Yeor $7.50 Six Months $4.00 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CARCUHA One Year $10.00 I Six Months $6.00 { iLirWHEitt in u.S.A. One Year $12.50 Six Months $7.00 Second doss postage paid at the Post Office in SholloMe, N. C. 28459. USPS 777*780. Half-Cent Sales Tax Added (Continued From Page 1-A) development policy to the county, but rather someone who can help the county organize its own ideas and thoughts on paper in a format acceptable to the state. "We don’t need any more discussion (in the media) like we’ve had," added Holden. "People don’t unders tand the normal process (of reviewing the plan)." Other Business In other business, commissioners: •Heard from the Cedar Grove NAACP, again re questing the county to adopt Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday as a paid, legal holiday for county employees. ^Agreed te forward tb** n p opnart- ment of Transportation on behalf of roads in Hurricane Haven subdivision, Long Acres subdivision and BJvers and James Streets in Fisherman’s Village subdivision. •Approved the following appointments: Resources Development Commission—District 1 Commissioner C'nappell Reappointed Medford Mintz. Poole delayed the District 3 appointment to tlic scat resigned recently by Francis until April. Commissioners are also looking for a senior citizen to serve on the COG Aging Advisory Committee. •Authorized Operations Department head Darry Somersett to advertise bids for a small tractor to do maintenance work in jhe construction department and project completion work. •Approved a budget amendment accepting a $2,100 Grassroots Art grant for the Brunswick County Parks and Rprrealion Department for the Very Special Arts Festival and Arts on the Move programs. •Reserved March 31 as the data for a reception for General Assembly members hosted by local counties in Raleigh. Beacon Wins Awards In Newspaper Contests V. . Contest ... The Brunswick Beacon is winner of two second place awards in the 198G newspaper contests sponsored by the North Carolina Press Association. Awards were presented by Gov. Jim Martin last Thursday night at the 62nd annual N.C. Newspaper In stitute at Chapel HUl. Associate Editor Marjorie Megivem won second place in the weekly divisicn for editorial writing and the newspaper won second place for its editorial page. Both awards were accepted by Megivem. This year’s awards bring to 18 the number of N.C. Press Association awards won by the Beacon in the past six years. The contests were judged this year by members of the Kentucky Press Association. Here Is wliat the judge had to say about Megivern’s editorials; "Interesting and effective leads en courage reader to consider editorial. Hopefully, the students will read valuable editorial concerning their behavior during their awards ceremony. That editorial made dif ference in strong competition." About the Beacon’s editorial page, the judge wrote: "Effective page. Ha.s a good, well- written local column, local editorials, variety of comment. Close to first place. Suggest a letters box here, too, which solicits letters and gives policy. Very easy to read. Editorial on state room tax was well research ed." Another Brunswick County weekly newspaper, The State Port Pilot of Scuthpart, won three awards in the contests, including a first place for investigative reporting presented to Richard Nubcl, news editor of the Pilot and a former Beacon staff writer. Other Pilot awards were third place for appearance and design, and second place for news coverage. ASSOCUTE EDITOR MARJORIE MEGIVERN accepts her award from the N.C. Press Association for editorial writing. Treat Your Valentine To A Special Evening! Make reservations to enjoy a special dinner we're planning for Sat., Feb. 14... NOW LEASING be near normal, ranging from the mid-30s during the night into the mid*60s during the daytime. at Shallotte's prestige address... Village ...a delicious dinner in a quiet, relaxed atmosphere. 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