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BY DOUG RUTTER
In light of rule changes now being
proposed by the N.C. Division of
Health Services, Holden Beach Commissioners
have been asked to
withdraw a petition they approved
last week that seeks revisions in state
septic tank laws.
The rule changes proposed by the
state, which are presently in rough
draft form, are expected to go to
public hearings the first half of next
year and could be adopted by the
N.C. Health Services Commission in
May.
Although the regulations could be
cnanged or rejected by the staff or
commission along the way, one staff
member said this week the revisioas
would likely free up more local land
Lawmen Pre
Third Blaze !
BY RAHN ADAMS
I,ocal and state authorities Monday
continued their investigations of two
suspicious residential fires at
Seaside and Calabash, while an accidental
blaze last week in Ash
destroyed a barn containing at least
1.500 rabbits.
No arrests had been reported as of
Tuesday in either suspicious fire,
both of which were under inunction
t ion by the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department and the SBI.
Besides the animals that were killed
in the burned barn, no injuries
were reported in any of the fires.
The first blaze occurred early Friday
morning at a mobile home owned
and occupied by Mary L. Trammell
on Davis Drive in the Seaside community,
according to Sheriff's Captain
Phil Perry.
Brunswick County Emergency
Management Coordinator Cecil
Logan said Sunset Beach volunteer
firemen responded to the fire Friday
around 5 a.m. No one was home at
the time of the fire.
Firefighters were able to ex- i
tinguisii the blaze after only about a
third of the dwelling was extensively
damaged, Logan said. Fire damage,
which was estimated at $25,000 to
$30,000, was confined to the kitchen,
where the fire started, and to the living
room. However, the rest of the
nobile home sustained heat and
.smoke damage.
Ix)gan noted Monday that the blaze
was "definitely a set fire," but he
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mitting payback of the investment in
less than three years.
In managing a growing town with a
population of 16,000, his responsibilities
have included overseeing
six department heads and an assistant
manager as well as preparing
and presenting the annual budget.
Prior to assuming his position at
Garner, Ulrich worked for the City of
Winston-Salem for 16 months as
deputy director for staff of the Model
City Commission.
He also has four years experience
as town manager at Kernersville,
three years as administrative assistant
to the city manager of
Greensboro and one year in the
Greensboro city planning department.
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for development.
The Holden Beach petition approved
Nov. 7 seeks a change in the state
law that requires at least one foot of
"naturally-occurring" soil above the
water table in order for the site to be
approved for a septic tank permit. It
also seeks amendment to the rule
that prohibits placement of a septic
tank or its components under an impervious
surface such as a driveway.
Holden Beach Commissioner
Georgia Langley, who worked on the
petition and has served as the town's
link with the state concerning the
sewage treatment problems on the
island, said Monday she would make
a recommendation on the petition
during a special town meeting set for
Monday, Nov. 28, at 10 a.m. In the
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Destroys Rabk
said the exact cause of the fire had
not been determined. Several
suspects were under investigation by
authorities, he added.
Both Logan and Sheriff's Detective
Nancy Simpson said another mobile
home owned by Trammell burned in
the same location in a possible arson
several years ago.
Another suspicious fire occurred
Monday morning at an unoccupied
house on N.C. 179 located between
Eastside Calabash Restaurant and
Callahan's Nautical Gifts in
Calabash. According to Town Clerk
Janet Thomas, owner of the house is
Cuma Odell of Eden.
Although the fire's cause also was
under investigation Monday, Logan
said the blaze possibly was started by |
a vagrant, since it began in a utility I
room on the small wood-frame <
house's carport. No electrical sendee |
was connected to the utility room.
After the fire was spotted Monday <
around 3:45 a.m. by a Calabash <
volunteer fireman who was passing |
by on his way to work, Calabash and |
Sunset Beach firefighters answered |
the call and knocked down the blaze |
in about 30 minutes, but were on the (
scene until around 9:30 a.m., Ixigan
said.
Estimated at $30,000, tire damage
was confined to the utility room, as
well as to part of the kitchen and attic
due to an LP gas line running into the
kitchen from the carport area, he
said.
In another fire, about 25
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Authority in Chattanooga. He also
spent five years in the U.S. Air
Force, where he served as an analog
computer programmer, a pilot and
an electronic engineer.
Following his work in Norway,
Ulrich earned a master's degree in
public administration from Syracuse
University, N.Y. In 1954, he had
received a bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering from N.C. State
University.
The decision to hire Ulrich came
about three weeks after the board
voted to hire Les Roark as interim
town administrator. Roark will serve
by contract through the end of
December, and Mayor Tandy said
Roark will probably be available until
Ulrich arrives the second week in
January.
The search for a permanent administrator
began in early
September when Tom Birmingham
resigned to take a position with the
Brunswick County Planning Department.
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meantime, she said she would review
the proposed rule changes and
discuss them with Jay Houston, consulting
engineer for the town's
wastewater treatment needs study.
Chris Hoke, head of the legal office
with Health Services, said Tuesday
the division suggested withdrawal of
the petition because rules proposed
by the staff and supported by the
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consideration than a town petition
alone.
"We have proposed rules that address
the problems in Brunswick
County with the fill dirt," he said,
noting that the rules would affect
development throughout the state.
"That's going to cariy an awful lot of
weight."
The division staff, he added, has
lling Fires;
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firefighters from four departments
were called to Nelson's Pine Straw
Feed and Nursery on Ash-Little
River Road Friday at 12:10 p.m., according
to Logan and Waccamaw
VFD Chief Gregg Warren. The
business is owned by David Nelson.
Both officials said the fire started
while employees were burning peat
bags behind the barn. Part of a burni
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story of the structure where hay
and straw were being stored.
By the time firemen arrived, the
40-foot by 100-foot barn, which contained
1,500 to 2,500 rabbits, was fully
involved in flames, Warren said. He
added that Waccamaw VFD Assistant
Chief Glenda Smith, who was the
First firefighter on the scene, told him
that as she arrived she saw flames
coming out of both sides of the wood'rame
and sheet metal stnicture.
Logan said personnel from Waccamaw,
Sunset Beach, Calabash and
jrissettown-Longwood VFDs were
here for about 4% hours. With the
aarn and animals already destroyed,
he firemen's main task was to protect
other nearby structures including
hog pens and a mobile home,
Warren said.
He said several compressed gas
containers ruptured inside the barn
during the fire, but no firemen or
bystanders were hurt.
The fire resulted in from $80,000 to
$100,000 in damage, Warren said. He
added that Nelson raised the rabbits
for sale to a processing plant in South
Carolina.
Normal Temps,
Rain Forecast
After experiencing warmer than
normal temperatures and below
average rainfall last week, the
Shallotte area should see a return to
seasonable weather conditions over
the next several days.
According to Shallotte Point
meteorologist Jackson Canady,
temperatures through the weekend
should range from the mid 40s at
night into the mid 60s during the day.
The area should receive about onehalf
inch of rain.
During the period of Nov. 8 through
14, the average daily temperature in
the Shallotte area was 60 degrees,
which Canady said was four degrees
above normal.
The average daily high
temperature was 73 degrees, and the
average daily low temperature was
47 degrees.
The maximum high temperature
during the period was 77 degrees, occurring
on Nov. 10. The minimum
low temperature was 37 degrees, occurring
on Nov. 8.
Canady measured no nreciniation
during the seven-day period.
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been working on the proposed rule '
changes for on-site sewage treatment J
for more than a year. He said the
draft rules will be available for 1
public review and comment after i
Dec. 1. :
Although he would not provide any ;
detailed information on the proposed 1
rule changes, Hoke said, "I think it's i
quite possible this will enable more s
lots to be developed appropriately." [
According to Commissioner \
Langley, the revised rules would i
allow more fill dirt to be added to lots
to make them suitable for on-site i
sewage treatment. This, she added, a
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on the island, but it will allow \
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building in the Leland area to house a e
small manufacturing operation, ac- b
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official. S
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Director Michael de Sherbinin said <
the pending purchase was one of four
prospective industrial projects i
discussed at the RDC's monthly <
meeting Monday in Bolivia. t
Although de Sherbinin would i
reveal few details about the company 1
or where it plans to locate, he said the i
facility is located in the county's "in- (
dustrial corridor" near Leland.
The building's current owner has <
agreed to a counter-offer made by <
the firm, de Sherbinin said. An en- i
vironmental assessment of the I
building and grounds is being done
before the sale is finalized. \
He added that if the assessment is
satisfactory, tne sale should be com- i
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"Once I found that out, we just
dropped it," Fowler said.
Piggly Wiggly Manager Gerald
Long, who supported earlier efforts
to make unfortified wine sales legal
here, expressed more frustration
than disappointment. "I've been
through so much with it that I'm not
disappointed any more."
Just In Case
If the election turns out to be valid,
Hester said his office will have to
receive certified referendum results
from the county and state boards of
elections before any unfortified
wines can be sold in town stores.
Once the election is confirmed, he
said store managers must then apply
for an unfortified wine permit which
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she said.
Some property owners at Holden
Beach, especially those who own lots
n the island's three canal subdivisions,
have had trouble over the past
>'car obtaining septic tank permits.
Last year the local health departnent
changed its interpretation of
state regulations concerning the
placement of tanks in areas built up
vith fill dirt, saying that before the
ules not been followed properly.
Hoke said once the draft rules are
nade public next month, the state
vill accept comments for one month
x;fore reviewing those comments
ind making any necessary revisions.
"We want the best rules possible so
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utility room, carport, kitchen and atti<
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leted by year's end. The company
lans to start a small manufacturing
peration in early 1988. It would
mploy up to 30 workers, de Sherinin
said.
In his director's report Monday, de
Iherbinin also brought the RDC up to
late on three other industrial proects
that his office has been working
jn during the past month.
He said all three projects involve
nanufacturing firms that are considering
locating in Brunswick Coun;y.
He added that the projects involve
i French company, a joint venture
jetween a German company and an
\merican company, and another
iomestic firm.
Also at Monday's meeting, the
:ommission heard a presentation on
iesktop publishing from Glenda Kot:hish,
representing a local computer
iirm.
De Sherbinin said the commission
took no action after reviewing three
separate computer systems, but asked
the RDC staff to study the matter
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costs $lt)0. The store will be investigated
by the N.C. Alcohol Law
Enforcement Division out of Wilmington
before a permit is issued.
Hester said it commonly takes between
two and three weeks for all of
this to happen once the referendum is
confirmed. As of Tuesday his office
had not been notified of the results of
the referendum.
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possible," said Iloke.
The state Division of Health Services
will then begin the formal rulemaking
process by publishing those
proposed rules in the N.C. Registry.
Public hearings will follow, and the
rules will eventually go before the
Health Services Commission for actinn
"Our aim is to have sewage
systems for any person who owns a
lot and wants to develop it," added
Hoke. "Our goal is to find a system
that will work on that lot. But our
goal is also to make sure the system
can function properly on that lot."
Any rule changes, he concluded,
will have to be beneficial for land
developers while still protecting the
environment.
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further and make a recommendation
to the board at a later meeting.
If cost effective, the RDC would
publish its own statistical abstract
and other brochures including its
guide to local tourist attractions, de
Sherbinin said.
He noted that the abstract, which
has grown from 20 pages to 50 pages
over the past few years, could be
simplified and shortened through the
use of computer graphics instead of
just raw statistics. The quarterly
abstract is published in-house.
In other business, the RDC's
1987-88 audit was presented. De Sherbinin
said the audit, which was completed
last month by the local accounting
firm of Brock, Berry and
Padgett, shows that "every account
was in nrripr" anrl that thp pnmmic.
sion's funds balanced "to the penny."
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