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Page 2-A-TUE BUL'NSWK'K BEACON. Thursday. July 23. 1987 Corps Engineer Fields Questions On Erosion At Ocean Isle Beach BY MARJORIE MEGI\ ERN Dredging of the Intraeoii.slal Waicrway ai Ocean Isle Beach, scheduled for fall, will provide some sand deposit on the island's east end. but the pumping of ad ditional sand would be at the town’s expense. This was the word Tuesday from Tom Jarrett. engineer with the U.S. Corps of Engineers, to the Ocean Isle Beach town board and a large gathering of proper ty owners. Owners of .six houses at the east end of 1st Street and 25 houses on the eastern tip of the Island are con cerned about the semi-circular pocket of erosion that has occurred in that area over the past several months. Hie Corps had previously told the towTi no water way dredging was planned this fall and that nuiterial from the Shallotie River was not suitable for depositing on the island. Jarrett. however, said at Tuesday’s meeting up to lOG.OOO cubic yards of sand would re.%uU from the c'nan- nel dredging to be done this fall. “Every time we do maintenance dredging like this, we’ll put the sand on the east end,'* Jarrett said, “but your experience is that it doesn’t hang around ver>' long.*’ .*\sked about his previous statement regarding un suitable spoil. Jarrett said. “We are authorized only to dredge the waterway channel to a uidth of 9 feet and a depth of 12 feet. Most of that sand is decent material.” He went on to describe Shallottc River spoil as very fine sill that “would only dirty up the water and wouldn’t stay. But we’re not authorized to dredge it.” Jarrett stressed that, while the government can’t pay for unauthorized dredging, the town could arrange to use Corps equipment while the dredge was in the vicinity to dredge a larger area at the town’s own cost. “If you can get state funds to partially fund this, you might approach a contractor to do the pumping.” he said. He estimated the one-quarter million cubic yards of sand needed on the east end would cost about $250,000. “It costs $2-$2.50 per cubic yard to pump it.” he said, “'riiat amount of sand would widen the beach 50 feet for one mile.” Nouris'ning such small areas, especially near an in let. Jarrett explained, is “an expensive proposition and it’s temporar>-.” Helen ’Wuuien iibuiit the {nissibUty of getting the Shallottc Inlet dredged at the same time the water way dredging is done. “The Corps has to cotLsider nearby projects, like the stabilized I.ittle River inlet, and work authorized in the IxK'kwood Folly inlet and Cape Fear River, when deciding on the commercial value of dredging another inlet.” Jarrett replied. Police Chief Bill Ozmenl interrupted. “I'd like to in terject that 1 was recently able to do two life-saving operations because of the inlet. Two adults and a cliild would be dead without Shallottc Inlet.” he .said. John Brockington. whose hoiLse is among the six at the end of 1st St. where erasion has occurred, a.sked. “rniiid ynii nnt the jlredee matennl larther Mown the island where we are. anil can yon augment it witli material from the spoil islands?” Mrs. Brockington said the concrete had washed out from under five liouses on her street, and the road behind them would go if something wasn’t done. “We need temporary things done now.” she said. Jarrett repeated. “We can only dredge what's in the Ciiannel. The only way to transfer niuterial from spoil islands is at town expense.” Tripp Sloane called attention to diking undenvay farther up the waterway behind Bricklandiiig, where a large spoil island has been created. • W^'nl about pump ing that material a little farther, to the ca.st end of Ocean Isle? Those people don’t want it there, anyway, and we desperately need it. ” Jarrett said he didn’t know anything about the operation in that part of the walenvay. Water Conunissioncr Odell Wiiiiamson said. “It depends on the contract where dredge material is put, and the dredge operators will use the closest and cheapest place, like Eagle Island and other spoil areas, unless the Corps forces them to run the line farther and SIX HOUSES at the end of 1st St. in Ocean Isle Beach are separated from the ocean by less than 30 fed. SI Af f PMOlO BV vioi. t Severe erosion occurred Jan. 1. at the time ot mil moon and high tide. put it on our beach.” "Tile Corps is restricted by law as to what we can do. Jarrett .said, “and we operate on a fixed budget.” Rac Sloane Cox asked whether emergency amend ments were ever made to the Corps budget, and was told the only conditions considered ’emergency’ were disasters following a specific event. has to come up with a few dollars for extra pumping, so be it.” Williamson summed up tlie matter: “We have an inlet problem and we need the cooperation of the Corps in channeling sand away from Eagle Island and other spoil locations to the east end of this beach. K this town .Jarrett promised to investigate the diking behind Bricklanding and discii.ss with his superiors any ways in which the Corps might help pump additional .sand on the beach. After Jarrett left the meeting. Brockington spoke up again. “ Thank you for asking the engineer to come here, but if the Corps doesn’t come through, we must look into some solution, whether it’s trucking in sand or building jetties. There are 25 houses endangered as a result of the last full moon high tides.” GOP's Bradsher Succeeds Redwine As BTC Trustee A former Republican candidate for county comrmssioner has been nam ed to the seat formerly held by Rep. E. David Redwine on the Brunswick 'Technical College Board of Trustees. Gov. Jim Martin has appointed William 'Thomas “Tommy” Brad sher of Brown’s landing to a four- year term that began July 1. Bradsher .said he didn’t ••politic” for the seat, that rather the governor asked three or four months ago if he would serve if appointed. Then he called again 1*2 weeks ago to make the appointment. ••I hope to be an asset on the board through my business experience and all,” he said. His first meeting was to be July 22. Bradsher. 37. was a candidate for the Brunswick County Board of Com missioners District 2 seat in 1984. 'The Grissettown native is a graduate of Shallottc High Schoool and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He is the owner of Bradsher’s Inc., an umbrella of several businesses, including real estate investment, a tire dealership, used car dealership and fann. He is a member of the Shaiioiic Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite Free Masonry. Bradsher is married to the former Wanda Parker of Supply. They have five children. \/ T arbrough Leaves School System For Better Job BY .MARJORIE MEGIVERN Dr. Gene Yarbrough made a sur- ;c announcement Fridav nf his resignation as superintendent of Brunswick County schools to take a position ns administrator of Bun combe County schools, effective Aug. 10. His new pasition will provide a hef ty raise. $75,000 € 'TOMMY BuAOSHER m. Commissioners Indictments- (Continued From Page 1-A) current memberisi of the board in question serving by appointment of the commissioners. No appointments would be ••called in” later by any commissioner, because of the record keeping problems posed for the clerk. Fly Ash Questioned In other action Thursday, the board asked that Walter Marley. the county’s soil engineer, investigate the hazardous potential of coal fly ash as well as its approved uses. Chairman Grace Beasley said the board wanted letters on those topics from the state and from the En- Agency, a recent National Association of Coun ty Commissioners conference in In dianapolis earlier this month, several commissioners said they had fieard licgative corrjncnts from of ficials in at least one conununity where fly ash was used commercial ly. They told us, •Don’t sign off,’ " said Commissioner Jim Poole. The commissioners must approve the location of any fly ash disposal site or transfer site in the county. Other Business In other business, commissioners: •Met behind clased doors for one hour and 15 minutes to discuss pro perty acquisition, taking no action on return to public session. •Heard from Ed Miller of the Calabash area, who .strenuously criticized county maintenance of green twx disposal sites in his area, passing photos around for commis sioners' inspection. ‘It’s a disgrace.” he said. •It’s not only a health threat but a blight on the land scape.” He asked the county to 'look into” the problem. •Approved tax refunds and releases for June. •Designated Chris Chappell voting delegate to the upcoming Nortli Carolina Association of County Com missioners conference, with Benny Ludlum as alternate. •Fonvarded to the stale road peti tions from residents of Shady Forest subdivision, the CCC Road in Bolivia and Barracuda Drive in Sandy Shoals subdivision. “Reduced retainage for Hall Con tracting Co. to $20,000 as recom mended by staff, not $10,000 as recommended by the consulting engineer. Hall employees are cur rently automating several pumping stations, including those at Sunny Point. Brunswick Technical College and Shallotte. •Adopted a project ordinance for Life.scape Indu.stries, designating that a $260,000 loan from the state will be u.sed as .stated in the applica tion. (Continued From Page 1-A) •Daniel l.ockc McNair, posse.ssion of 15.21 grams cocaine with intent to sell. •Jolin Allen Potter, arson. •Milton Price, conspiracy to com mit arson. • Donald I.. Varney, false pretense. plus benefits, as Jk opposed to i -V Brunswick Coun- ^ P ‘ ■ ty. Also. Uie Bun combe County system is Dic ^ sixth largest in the state, with 20,000 students. Yarbrough said his resignation is based on these factors, plus the fact he will be ’’going home.” He is from that county and worked there before coming to Brunswick County eight years ago as social studies super visor. When former superintendent Ben Brooks resigned under pressure in 1984. Yarbrough was promotc'd into tliat pasition. with a two-year con tract. In January of this year, the board approved another two-year contract, by a 4-1 vote, with new board member Dorothy Worth voting no. In making lliis annoucement. Yar brough stressed his good feelings about Brunswick County and said the school board and county commis sioners arc now on friendlier terms than in the past. During his brief tenure, Yarbrough has introduced the Alternative School in Bolivia as a means of ’The only person not surprj.scd by his resignation was Board of Educa tion Chairman James Forstiier, who had been informed by Yarbrough 24 hours earlier. ’Tm pleased for him.” Fonstner said. ’He was offered tlie job just two weeks ago, and it meant a bigger saiar>’, bigger system, a unanimous board, and it was home. You can’t sweeten a deal more than that ” According to Forslner. he and Yar brough had already written an adver tisement for newspapers across the state. “We’ll have a boird meeting about this July 28Ui or 30th,” he said. .ituui problems. He also conceived of the consor tium of elcmentar>' schools, under the direction of Bolivia Elementary School Principal Ed I..emon, a con cept that resulted in dramatic test score improvemenUs at Bolivia and Union Primary schools. In addition. Yarbrough re organized the central staff, transfer ring several employees to .state-paid positions. •Ricky Dale Bellamy, conspiracy to commit arson. •Ronnie I.ee Clemmons, as.sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill relating to an assault on a resi dent of the Reeves hou.se in Shallottc the night Reeves died. A grand jury has earlier charged Clemmons with murder in that death. •Gary Harris, possession of more than 28 grams cocaine, conspiracy to traffic by sale more than 28 graiiLs cocaine. •Kenneth Ward Harri.s. conspiracy to traffic by sale more than ’28 grams cocaine: •Adoph G. Holmes Jr., breaking or entering, larceny. •Robbie W. I.anier, pu.ssession stolen property, conspiracy to com mit larcenv. Hot, Sunny Is Weather Outlook Look for above-normal temperatures and below-norma! precipitation for the next few days, says Shallottc Point meleorologist Jackson Canady. degrees was recorded on the 19th. Rainfall for the period was measured at 1.08 inch. THE BfiUWSWICK^^BEACON Established Nov. 1. 1962 Telephone 754-689C Published Every Thursdoy At Main Street Shollotte. N. C. 28459 SUBICRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year S7.50 Six Months $4.00 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $10.00 Six Months $6.00 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. 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