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Commissioners Hear Point Residents' Water Request BY RAHN ADAMS Before Monday night's confron tation with county commissioners over the need for county water ser vice at Shallottc Point, former com missioner Rozell He well comment ed that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." After a 20-minutc discussion with commissioners, Hcwctt and at least 30 other Shallottc Point resi dents who packed the commission chambers found out that their squeaky wheel won't be greased at least until the results of a county wide water system study arc avail able this fall. The 520,000 study, being done by the Daniel and Associates engi neering firm of Cary, is expected to identity "missing limes " in the water system. The study initially was expected to be finished by April, but has been delayed until October. Commission Chairman Frankic Rabon told the gathering that com missioners "ccrtainly haven't for gotten about you," and that hopeful ly the study will give the board additional direction in expanding the water system where service is needed most. But Hcwctt pointed out that stud ies done over the past eight years already have shown that Shallotte Point needs water service. When plans for system expansion were first announced, Shallottc Point ini tially was seventh on the priority list for water service and then 14th on a subsequent list, he said. However, alter the county formed its Utility Operations Board in late 1986, Shallottc Point was not Woman Charged With Assault A Bladen County woman was arrested Saturday after she alleged ly stabbed her boyfriend at a Lcland area mobile home park. Ida Belle Robinson, 42, of Route 1, Kelly, was charged by the Brunswick County Sheriff's De partment with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicting serious injury, according to Dct. Larry Joyner. ioyner said the viciim ? Juaquin Garcia, 38, of Lcland ? was listed in serious condition Sunday at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. Garcia underwent surgery Saturday for slab wounds to the chest. The detective and a sheriff's de partment report indicated that the assault apparently followed a dom estic argument between the couple at Garcia's residence in Chadwick Mobile Home Park. Leland. The man was stabbed with two steak knives. The incident was reported to the sheriff's department Saturday at 8 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene, they found Ms. Robinson in lui "iilCOllClClli" MillC Ull liio glOUIIU outside the residence. Joyner said she apparendy suffered from a medical condition unrelated to the altercation. Garcia already had been trans ported to New Haiiovcr Memorial Hospital by the time officers ar rived at the trailer park. Ms. Robinson was treated at the hospi tal, then taken into custody. Joyner siiid Ms. Robinson wns released Sundav from the Bruns wick County on a $10,000 bond. Club Sets Fish Fry The Artisans Club of Zion Hill community will sponsor a prc Labor Day fish fry at Cox's Land ing on Saturday, Sept. 2, beginning at 6 p.m. The landing is located near Sun set Harbor. PlatCS Will COSt S3. 50 CuCii, With a discount for senior citizens. Pro ceeds will be used to finance the club's charitable work in the com munity. HAIR DESIGNS welcomes Fronnie L. Huggins BARBER STYLIST (919)579-4122 SALT MARSH SQUARE HIGHWAY 179 CALABASH included on the UOB's priority list of special assessment water districts (SADs). Utility officials have said Shallottc Point was left off the list because the community is not locat ed on an existing trunk line. By the end of August, the county will have completed water line con struction in nine districts in the two year-old SAD program. Those SADs arc located near Holdcn Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Seaside, Calabash and Long Beach. "It has a good name," Hcwctt told commissioners. "It's a 'SAD' situation, the way it's being run now... I think the general public thinks it's all for the developers." The former commissioner added that he has "called the Attorney General's office to find out ways to get (the UOB) investigated." Hewett also noted that the 1,800 households in the Shailottc Point community were justification enough for the county to build the five -mile water line. The entire water system now has only about 2,300 accounts, he said. His figure apparendy did not include individu al customers in local municipalities that buy water from the county. The Shallotte Point residents' appearance before the county board Monday was prompted by the com missioners' Aug. 7 action defeating Commissioner Kelly Holdcn's motion for the county to build a SI. 2 million water line to Shallottc Point. Commissioners Holdcn and Benny Ludlum supported the motion; Rabon, Grace Bcasley and Gene Pinkerton voted against it. STAFF PHOTO BY RAHN ADAMS SHALLOTTE POINT RESIDENTS crowd the county commissioners' chambers Monday as spokesman Rozell Hewett (right) asks commissioners to extend county water service into the group's community. Holdcn's plan was to allocate $600,000 to begin the projcct in the current budget and designate anoth er $600,000 next year for the water line. Commissioners who voted against the motion based their opposition on what they said was an unavailability of county funds for capital projects. On Monday, Pinkcrton reminded the residents that the county is involved in other "mandated" capi tal projects such as construction of a new Social Services Building and an addition to the county jail. He also mentioned that school officials were in attendance Monday to ask for capital funds (see related story). "I can assure you that the prob lem is being worked on and studied and worried about as much as any problem before the commission ers," he said. He added later, though, that "just to pull something out of the hat and say spend a mil lion over here and a million over there is not the way I think it should be done." However, Pinkerton and Holdcn difTered over whether or not county funds are available now for capital improvements such as a Shallotte Point water line. Holdcn said the county has S1.7 million in capital improvement funds that were car ried over from the last fiscal year. That amount should be enough to pay for the DSS building and jail addition, he said. Also, Holden noted that almost $900,000 was left in an "operating reserve" account that commission ers funded this year with a property lax rate increase. Later in the meet ing, the board allocated $300,000 from that account to the Brunswick County Economic Development Corporation (see related story) But the need for good water ? not money ? was what speakers from Shallottc Point had on their minds at Monday's meeting. "If there's any place in Brunswick County that needs water, it's S'naiioiic Point," said Hewctt. He added that ground water is both in short supply and of poor quality in the community. Allison Hughes of Hughes Marina told commissioners that her business had to run 3,200 feet of water line from a well at Milliken's Oyster House in order to get usable water. Hill AI<?TinHf?r toM amnn ?!*'?? "??? r4?WA4i..?iWi he recently had his water supply tested and that it contained "tolera ble" levels of mineral elements. Still, he speculated that many Shallottc Point residents might be drinking seepage from their neigh bors' septic tanks. R.C. Eaton observed that wells in one mobile home park at Shallottc Point appear to be located within 25 feet of septic tanks. "We need water," he said. "It's gotten to where we can't drink it." One of the last speakers, Edna Millikcn, translated her feelings by referring to a billboard on the North Carolina-South Carolina state line that says North Carolina is dry for individuals under 21 years of age. She commented, "It's dry for every one at Shallottc Point.1' - L'/y v ^otUpByDecembhiIst And Mm IookIIe Oiher Wkt if i i ? ? If you owe back taxes, here's your chance to face up to it without facing penalties or prosecution. The state of North Carolina is offering a special Tax Amnesty to delinquent taxpayers, individuals and businesses alike. So, between now and midnight December 1, 1989, you can pay all your back state taxes, including in terest, and no action will be taken. Of course, once Amnesty ends, tax evasion will North Carolina Department (M Revcnue be a felony The penalties will be tougher than ever And we intend to enforce those new penalties more aggressively than ever. To apply for Tax Amnesty, call 1-800-446-2829 today. (In Wake County, call 733-7413.)1 And pay up bv December 1st. Because, after that, we stop looking the other way. And start looking your way. Pay Up By December 1st
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