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County Board Proposes
$31.6 Million Budget
(Continued From Page 1-A)
•Cornier, $16,150;
•Courts, 133,702;
•Non-departaental, $1.4 million,
including $500,000 (or the start of a
mapping project and $100,000 in con
tingency fun^.
Contributions
The budget includes $218,400 in cur
rent expense or operating funds and
no capital outlay funds for Brunswick
Technical College.
Southeastern Mental Health would
be funded at $146,960; the Brunswick
County library, $110,000 the N.C.
Forestry Service contract, $105,826;
the Resources Devclc^ment Com
mission, $111,500; and the domestic
violence shelter in Wilmington,
$2,500.
Fire and rescue squads are slated
to receive $10,000 again tliis year,
with each district to also have a
$50,000 fund.
Following an idea used by Commis
sioner Jim Poole in District 3 last
year, the board is allocating $5,000
per district for senior citizens.
Also budgeted are $15,000 each to
the Ocean Isle and Brunswick County
airports and $60,000 to the chambers'
of commerce travel package.
The Brunswick County Law En
forcement Association and WHQR
public radio would get $1,000 each.
Lower Cape Fear Hospice, $300;
Special Olympics, $3,000; the
Bnmswick Arts Council, $1,250.
School Puud
The budget includes $1.3 million in
capital outlay funds for the
Brunswick County Board of Educa
tion, a cut of nearly $3 million from
its request. Not included are funds
for expansion at South Brunswick
High School and a new elementary
school in the Supply area. However,
commissioners had noted during
budget sessions that the N.C. General
Assembly is expected to set aside
funds for school construction.
Included is $4.77 million for the
schools' current expenses, a five per
cent irtcrease over the current year.
Other Funds
Commissioners also propose to
fund almost entirely requests from
the social services and health depart
ments that reflect recommendations
of consultants brought in at the
board's request Social services is
slated to receive $1,027 million and
public health, $807,309.
Another $140,024 will go to aging
programs—$99,673 for transporta
tion, $22,082 for home-delivered
meals and $113,432 for congregate
meals, with the balance for ad
ministration and case management
Commissioners have again set
aside $1.5 million for water system
projects, along with $56,250 for
revaluation and $500,000 for its
capital reserve fund.
Redwine Lists $38,500
In Pork Barrel Funds
Rep. E. David Redwine expects to distribute $38,500 in “special"
appropriations to Brunswick County organizations.
“That's tentative," he stressed Tuesday, saying it depends on
whether the funds are available and in what quantify. Some allocations
could be cut when the appropriations bill goes through at the end of the
legislature's session.
The largest single sums go to four organizations: Hope Harbor
Home Inc., a shelter for battered spouses and their children, would gel
$5,000; and the Old Baldy Foundation, $5,500, for preservation and
renovation of the old light house on Bald Head Island. Another $5,000
each would go to the N.C. Fourth of July Festival and the N.C. Oyster
Festival.
Other allocations are as follows:
•$3,C0C ssch to the sthieUc booster clubs at North, Sooth arsl West
Brunswick high schools;
•$3,000 to the Brunswick County Literacy Council;
•$2,000 to Uie 5th District Qvlc Center;
•$2,000 to the Leland Friends of the Library;
•$2,000 to the NAACP’s Oder Grove branch for the ACT-SO pro
gram.
While the local funds are ge.nerally called “pork barrel" alloca-
ti«is, Redwine said they are one of the “few things taxpayers in
Brunswick County get back (or the dollars they send to Raleigh. I try to
make sure we get our fair share.”
Calabash To Vote On Water
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quested earlier by the town council.
In interviews last week. Mayor
Doug Simmons and other council
members weren’t very optimistic
about the outcome of a referendum.
Several members suggested it would
kill town efforts to establish a water
system.
They also indicated Sen. Soles had
refus^ to discuss the issue over the
telephone with one councilwoman or
to consider information regarding
the town’s position.
After numerous trips to Raleigh,
Bolivia and other places to seek help,
the mayor said, if the referendum
(ails, it will mark the end of his per
sonal efforts to obtain water for
Calabash.
However, Simmons said the water
is desperately needed by this small.
restaurant-dominated community.
“With a little time," he added, “I
might be able to change a few
minds" before a referendum is held.
He and other council members said
they didn't think it was fair for some
residents to keep others from having
access to county water.
At hearings earlier this year,
residents said they had bad water
and not enough of it, causing them to
have to dig new wells and replace
water pumps too frequently.
Opponents to the assessments iri-
clude several residents who live
along the N.C. 179 county water line
that serves a segment of the town.
The town had proposed they also
pay an assessment, to cover the cost
of buying that segment of line from
the county.
Post Office Seeks Site
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served by it will keep their Calabash,
Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle Beach
addresses along with the 28459 zip
code.
“Unless there appears to be a pro
blem, it wiU remain that way," Shea-
ly said. “I know people there are con
cerned about losing their identity.'
In August 1986, more than IIX)
Calabash, Sunset Beach and Ocean
Isle residents attended a public hear
ing to criticize a move that would
have required them to use Shallotte
on the last line of their address.
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TOE BRUNSWICK ISLANDS JAYCEE chapter receiv
ed several awards at the recent North Carolina 50th an
niversary state convention in Winston-Salem. The local
group, organized In December, 1986, was named the
most outstanding first-year chapter in the state and
STArr PHOIO •• MMNNT C«AIO
also took two other awards (or membership growth. At
tending the convenUon are, from lefL presMenl Sean
MnlhoUand, Kathleen Henderson, Doug Vogle and
Rhonda Bellamy.
Brunswick Islands Joycees Honored
The Brunswick Islands Jaycecs
received four top awards at the 50th
anniversary state convention in
Winston-Salem Memorial Day
weekend.
The local group received one of on
ly three Milestone Awards given at
the N.C. State Jaycee Convention for
being named Um most ouLstanding
first-year chapter.
The local group also received the
Gold Miners Challenge Award for
membership growth among Division
I chapters, and tiie Gold Miners
Award for ouLstanding leadership,
dedication and commitment to
positive growth and development
The award was also given for In-
chapter extension of growth.
The state president's award of
Locals attending the convention
were Sean MulhoUand, Kathleen
Henderson, Doug Vogle and Rhonda
Bellamy.
Holden Eyes Tax Rate As
Residents Ask For Paving
BY TERRY POPE
At least one Holden Beach commis
sioner is willing to raise the town’s
tax rate to help residents pave their
streets.
“I’m not one for spending money,
but perhaps we need to take a look at
what we are spending on paving,”
said Commissioner Kai Stanley at a
public hearing on the 1987-68 propos
ed budget Monday night.
a reference to the town's funding of
the Jordan Boulevard regional beach
access project
Resident John Clarke also asked
the board to reconsider the amount it
proposes to donate to the Coastline
Volunteer Rescue Sq'jad. The board
has set aside $1,200 for Coastline and
$10,000 for ihe Tri-Beach Volunteer
Fire Department
•Approved the purchase of six
signs to be posted on the beach that
will list town ordinances regarding
pets, alcoholic beverage consump
tion and litter on the strand. Ad
ministrator Buck will receive price
esUnnates costs on the signs before
accepting the lowest
“I would be happy to raise the
taxes by two cents,” Stanley said. “If
we get a petition, I think within a
year we ought to be able to get that
street paved."
Residents on Dolphin Drive have
petiticned the town to have their
street paved. Streets and Accessway
Commissioner Gay Atkins said
Dolphin Drive is behind three others
(Sand Dollar, Tarpon and Swordfish)
scheduled to be paved by the town on
a priority basis.
Once a petition is received, the
town must front 100 percent of the
project cost^ It then sssssses
residents living along the street for 60
percent of the cost The board has set
aside funds to pave Sand Dollar
Drive during the 1987-88 fiscal year.
Each one-cent increase in the
town's tax rate generates an addi
tional $21,000 in revenues, said Town
Administrator Bob Buck.
The board has agreed to increase
the 1987-88 tax rate from 11 cents per
$100 of property valuation to 12 cents
to create a special fund for dune
repairs and maintenance.
"They should be able to say, 'If you
sign a petition, this is going to be
done within a specific length of time,'
" Stanley said of the residents’ road
petition process. He said residents
are taking the first step in circulating
a petition, so that “maybe we should
do our part”
Added Commissioner Graham
King, “When we’re spending our
money for non-residents it’s a little
hard to pay for these things,” making
Slickers Needed
Property owners have been slack
in purchasing the 1987 windshield
stickers that aUow them to return to
the island in the event of an evacua
tion, several board members
reported.
“There are a lot of people with blue
stickers on their cars," Stanley said,
“and mine is green. Are we going to
honor those blue stickers?”
The stickers for 1987 are green.
Stanley said property owners should
be reminded to purchase them since
the hurricane season has arrived.
Stanley said it should be publicized
that “u.".!e33 you’ve got the green
stickers, you will be delayed” in
returning to the island.
“Someone that has bought green
stickers ought to have precedence
over someone who hasn't,” he added.
The town plans to schedule a hur
ricane awareness program for its
residents.
“Maybe we can sell some stickers
at that time,” said (Commissioner
William Williamson.
Other Business
In other business Monday, the com
missioners:
•Approved a special trash collec
tion ordinance that allows the town to
charge $25 per load for the removal
of oversized trash (household items,
furniture, appliances, etc.). Property
owners will not be charged for the
first two requests to remove such
items in any one fiscal year. Scrap
materials from buildings and con
tractors wiU not be removed by the
town.
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Local Area Can
Expect Rain
After a very dry month, rain is in
the forecast (or the South Brunswick
Islands.
Shallotte Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady said the area can ex
pect near-normal temiierature and
rainfall. Temperatures should range
from the m!d-60s at night into the
mid-80s during the daytime, with
about one-half inch of rain.
During the period of May 28-June 1,
he said, he recorded no rainfall. And
during all of May, he said, the total
was less than a lialf-inch, a mere .42
inch. That is well below normal, he
noted.
For the period, he recorded a max
imum high of 87, which occurred on
June 1, and a minimum low of 5S
degrees, which occurred on the 29th.
An average dally high of 85 degrees
und an average morning low of 64
degrees combined for a dally
average temperature of 74 degrees,
which Canady said is about normal.
honor also went to the local chapter
for outstanding service.
North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin
was guest speaker at the Saturday
night awards banquet
Leland Middle
Wins Regional
Competition
The Leland Middle School team
won the Battle of the Books in
regional competition May 27 in
UOVIV9VIIV AA8V.
from New Bern-Craven, Sampson,
Duplin, Onslow and Wayne counties.
Members of the winning group are
Charlie Speight and Vonlyn Johnson,
sixth grade; Michal Burton, Evelyn
Hyatt, CTiristy Moore and Kevin
Willetts, seventh grade; Joey
Johnson, Ron Southern, Tracy
Copley and Karen Jones, eighth
grade.
•/yppouiieu leny TTiucua oS elec
trical inspector for a 30-day trial
period.
•Approved a change in the zoning
ordinance that requires property
owners of bulkheaded lots to restrict
the placing of house pilings to no
closer than six feet from the
bulkhead. The minimum lot depth of
75 feet wiU remain in place.
•Rescheduled its July meeting
from July 6 to July 13.
•Approved a request for a
fireworks permit to Carolina Seaside
Retreat for July 4.
•Heard building inspector Dwight
Carroll report that in May he issued
permits for 33 repairs and bulkheads
valued at $56,024 and for two new
h(Hnes valued at $110,898. There were
22 CAMA applications filed and $1,048
collected in fees.
•Heard the police report which
listed 59 parking citations, 13 warn
ing citations, two breaking and enter
ings, three breaking and entering
and larcenies and one report of van
dalism for the month of May.
Their coach was Mary Best Blan
ton, school librarian.
Battle of the Books is sponsored by
the Southeast Regional Education
Center, Division of School Media Pro
grams, and has been held in Onslow
County since 1981. It is the first year
Brunswick County has been involved
in the tournament
Students competing were required
to read 32 books selected by the spon
sors over a six-month time span.
They had to aiLswer in quiz-bowl
fashion questions concerning these
books.
Eiach member of the Leland team
received a medal and certificate, and
the school wiU receive a plaque.
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