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An InvitaHon to share promotional Ideas In naUonal presentaUons has
generated special recognition for Bear Bright, the Brunswick Electric
Mcmbcrehlp Corporation’s promoUonal teddy bear. General Manager
avid J. Batten, pictured with Bear Bright, was Invited by the National
Rural Electric Association to accompay the teddy to Denver, NasbvUle,
M^lnncapo Is and Baltimore. Batten gave a slide presentation on the use of
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y I EMC .s member services department to promote security lighting and
other services. Judy N. Gore, manager of member services, also made a
presentation In Baltimore on the many member service activities of BEMC.
Bexird To Study Road
And Bridge Projects
Eight road and bridge projects in
Brunswick County will be on the
agenda of the N.C. Board of
Transportation when it meets Friday
morning in Fayetteville.
Additional funds are being re
quested for preliminary engineering
in the building of bridges over Town
Creek and a branch of Town Creek
west of Winnabow.
At the same time, a reduction of
funds is sought for a bridge on state
road 133 over Juniper Creek at the
Brunswick-Columbus county line.
/y right-of-way resolution will be
Summer Schedule
Begins June 15
Brunswick Tecimical College will
begin its regular sununer schedule
June 15. The hours of operation will
be 7:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Monday
through Thursday. The college will
close on Friday.
Registration for summer quarter
classes vvill be held from 8 a.m.-l
p.m. and 5 p.m.-8 p.m. June 23 on the
Supply campus.
submitted for ten projects, including
the Shallotte bypass, from .411 miles
west of state road 1316 to state road
1136.
Funds will also be requested for
utilities in the 13.5-mile primary road
project on U.S. 17 from N.C. 211 north
of Supply to N.C. 87 at Bell Swamp.
Secondary road projects on the
agenda include drainage improve
ment on state road 1269 in Seaside
Heights subdivision, paving of .42
miles of state road 1450, and the addi
tion of state road 1317 to countywide
spot stabilization projects.
Approval of fun^ will be requested
for installation of a traffic signal and
extension of the existing left-turn
lane in Long Beach, at the intersec
tion of state road 1104,58thStreet and
state road 1190, Oak Island Drive.
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THE BRUNSWICK BEIACON, Thursday, June 11, 1987—Page IS-A
Apartment Vacancies Put Project On Hold
BY SUSAN USHER
Continuing vacancies in one
Shallotte housing project have pro
mpted caution on the part of
Farmers Home Administration of
ficials reviewing plans for a similar
project.
"We want to see if it will clear up in
the sunnmer as we anticipate,’’ said
Terry Wade of DTH Development,
which proposes to build Shallotte
Village Apartments off Smith
Avenue with FmHA financing.
He asked Shallotte aldermen last
Wednesday night to extend the firm's
sewer service option into the next
FmHA funding cycle. The town las
set aside 11,000 gallons per day of its
13,000 gpd excess treatment plant
capacity for the project, which
restricts wlat it can offer othu. pro
jects. It took no action on Wade’s re
quest.
Plans were proceeding on
schedule, he said, until around the
first of the year when FmHA learned
of “subtantial vacancies” and the
absence of a waiting list at Shallotte
Manor project.
FmHA doesn’t see the market as
top-rated anymore, he indicated.
"We were surprised; it was a shock
to all of us with DTH.
“However, we won’t give the go-
ahead to build where is no
demonstrated need.”
Construction of ShaUotte Manor
Apartments on N.C. 130 West, was
subsidized by FmHA, as is proposed
for the DTH project.
Permits have been cbtslned from
the state that allow the town to pro
vide the apartment complex sewer
service, with a 90-day grace period
granted with issuance of the permit
An earlier study, said Wade, in
dicated the maritet for the apart
ments is good in the area, one of the
best in this district.
Ordinance Amended
Amendments made to the town’s
sign ordinance Wednesday are in
tended to address, among other con
cerns, continuing problems with the
use of flashing light and other so-
called portable signs within the town.
Portable signs are not allowed,
other than those grandfathered in
when the sign ordinance was
adopted.
However, the board noted, to get
around that provision businesses
have taken otherwise readily
moveable signs oft their chassis or
trailer.
“Several more have popped up,”
said Mayor Jones. “I really think we
need to address this problem."
The changes in the ordinance re
quire, specifically, that:
•off-premise:, signs, defined as
located "farther than 150 feet from
the business building, parking area
or property line" and used only for
businesses located within the town’s
corporate limits, must be not more
than four feet square in area and the
bottom of the sign not less than three
feet from street level and not more
than five feet from street level in
residential areas.
•In conunercial areas, the restric
tion for most signs is not less than
five feet or more than 40 feet from
street level.
•temporary real estate signs, no
more than two square feet in size,
must not be less than three feet or
more than five feet from street level,
while temporary signs directing the
way to non-profit group events,
limited to 16 .square feet, must meet
the same placement restrictions.
•Signs announcing the name of a
subdivision or housing project,
located on the property at the en
trances, are to be submitted to the
planning board and zoning board for
approval.
F’ees Reaffirmed
On a divided vote, aldermen decid
ed Shallotte residents will continue
paying the same fees for electrical
inspections as before.
With the retirement of contract
electrical inspector Van Weeks, the
town recently hired David Moore on
a 36-day trial status.
I-ast Wednesday, with Aldermen
David Gause voting in opposition, the
Lions Club Sets Installation
Money Game
Course Offered
Shallotte Lions Club will hold its in
stallation night June 18 at 7 p.m. at
Jane’s Seafood House on Holden
Beach Road, with visiting Lions and
their guests invited.
The date was announced at the
June 4 meeting of the Lions at Joe’s
Barbecue.
President Harry Pigott also an
nounced that $300 would be given to
the Boys and Girls Home at Lake
Waccamaw for use of the Lions Cabin
there.
In other business, the club was
reminded that Barbara Jones of Ash
begins training this month at the
Brunswick Technical College will
sponsor a course entitled, “The
Money Game and How To Play It,"
during the summer quarter through
its Continuing Education Depart
ment.
The class will meet from 6:30
p.m.-9:30 p.m. on Thursday in Room
156 at West Brunswick High School,
beginning June 18. The registration
fee will be $15 plus the cost of a tex
tbook. Students may register at the
first class meeting.
Topics to be covered in the course
include investments, stocks, bonds,
mutual funds, and other forms of tax
free investments. Instruction will be
offered in the areas of estate taxes
and retirement financial planning.
More information about the course
is available by calling the Continuing
Education Department.
Rabies Clinics
Notary Class
To Be Offered
Set Saturday
Rabies clinics will be held Satur
day, June 13, at veterinary offices in
Supply, Calabash and Southport from
9 a.m. until noon.
The clinics are sponsored in con
junction with the Brunswick County
Health Department.
Rabies shots will be $5 each, while
distemper and parvo shots will be of
fered at the regular rates.
State law requires that both cats
and dogs be vaccinated for rabies.
For more information, contact the
Brunswick County Animal Control
section or Health Department.
Participating are Brunswick
Animal Haspital, Supply; Cape Fear
Animal Hospital, Southport; and
Calabash Animal Hospital,
Calabash.
Brunswick Technical College will
sponsor a notary public education
class in the law library of the cour
thouse In the county complex in
Bolivia June 15 and 18 from6:30 until
9:30 p.m. The registration fee is $15
and a $5 textbook is required.
Robert Robinson, register of deeds,
will be the instructor. More informa
tion is available by calling the Conti
nuing Education Department at
Brunswick Technical College.
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board decided to continue charging
$17. per visit, the standard charge us
ed by the county and most local
municipalities. Charges are reduced
for the fourth or other additional
visits, whUe conunercial rates are
$50 for up to the first 50 circuits, then
$1 for each additional circuit A tem
porary service is another $17.
“I stlli think it’s too high when the
inspector lives here in town,’’ said
Gause.
A typical inspection requires three
trips to approve phases of work,
totaling up to four hours for a house
and up to eight hours for a business.
Said Moore, "I think it’s worth it if
it’s done right”
Meeting Set
Town aldermen, members of the
planning board and the general
public will discuss a first draft of the
town’s land use plan update at a
meeting scheduled Monday, June 15,
at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall.
Budget Adjusted
To reflect a $1,723 increase in Blue
Cross/Blue Shield coverage without
increasing the tax rate, aldermen
made slight changes in several line
items, without changing the total
budget figure.
The changes came after a public
hearing on the budget during which
no comments weie received.
Aldermen are expected to adopt
the budget at their June 17 meeting.
The tax rate should be unchanged, at
44 cents per $100 of property valua
tion, with expected collections of
about $220,138.
Parking To Change
Several parking spaces along U.S.
17 in front of Coastal Insurance and
the ShaUotte Post Office wiU likely be
elinoinated in the near future, accor
ding to Mayor Jerry Jones, along
with some spaces along N.C. 179 near
ShaUotte Middle School.
Postal carrier Danna Moore told
the board carriers and the general
pubUc had trouble seeing to make
left-hand turns from Pine Street.
Jones said the town staff had taU(-
ed about the problem earUer with the
N.C. Department of Transportation
and expect to include both groups of
spaces In one resolution to be adopted
by the board.
Loitering Noted
^oUowing several complaints, the
town Is also looking for a way to
eliminate loitering by undesirables in
ShaUotte Municipal Park at the In-
tersecUon of U.S. 17 and N.C. 130
West.
“They sit there all day and return
after the poUce go through," said
Mayor Jones. "Somehow or another
we’re going to do something.”
Officer Joins
Shallotte PD
Tommy Allen has joined the
Shallotte Police
Department as a
patrolman,
following a
unanimous vote
by tlje ShaUotte ^ A J
Board of ■■ >4-an
Aldermen last Ww V
Wednesday. ,
AUen, 29, has
worked as a
patrolman with the Rockingham,
EUerbe and Ocean Isle poUce depart
ments. Most recently he has been
employed with a surveying firm and
as an auxiliary oficer with the Ocean
Isle Beach PoUce Department
He wUl work a six-month standard
probaUonary period.
Allen fills the slot that was earUer
offered to and accepted by Steve
Edge, who at the last minute could
not relocate to ShaUotte.
AUen’s appointment at Chief Don
StovaU’s request was was approved
foUowing a 17-minute executive ses
sion.
I.eader Dog School in Rochesta,
Mich. She returns July 2 and wiU be
accompanied by her dog. The club Is
financing her training. .. ‘
Speaker at the June 4 meeting was
Leland Lions Club member John
Crowder, environmental health
.supervisor with the Brunswick Coun
ty Health Department He spd(e on
the agency’s preventative medicine
programs and also noted that the
thrust of the environmental health
section is "to offset the consequences
of man’s impact on the
environment,” reported Jess Parker.
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