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Harrelson Is Appointed To Transportation Panel ? 1 Stale Transportation Secretary Thomas J. Harrelson of Southport has been appointed to a key nation wide panel that is expected to play an impor tant role in ca ating a new U.S. policy on high way funding. Harrelson was chosen to the 12-mcmbcr executive com mittee of the HARRKl.SON American Association of Suite Highway and Transportation Offi cials at the organization's annual meeting earlier this month. The nationwide organization is expected to have a strong say in a new federal funding formula affect ing highways and public transport;! lion programs, according to an N.C. Department of Transportation news release. "I plan to use my position on the executive committee to help North Carolina geLs its rightful share of federal funding," Harrelson said. "We obviously believe the current funding formula has been unfair to our residents. 1 intend to correct that." North Carolina has fared poorly in getting its share of federal fund ing since the interstate highway sys tcm was started in W56. the news release -uues.The suite has rcccived over the past U years the smallest proportion of federal highway funds of any state, receiving 83 cents for every dollar it contributes to the Federal Highway Trust Fund. Suite transportation officials esti mate North Carolina has fallen Sl? billion short of its share since 1956, according to the news release. As an executive committee mem ber, Harrelson will be part of an in fluential panel that will bo instru mcnuil in developing plans for the country's transportation system. Federal programs for highways and public transportation expire next year and must be reauthorized by Congress. Besides selection to the executive committee. Harrelson became a co chairman of the Southeastern Asso ciation of Highway and Transporta tion Officials, a subgroup of the na tionwide organization. The regional association represents 12 southeast ern states. Harrelson also was selected to the executive committee of the Trans portation Research Board, which is part of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. The council is the focal point for federal, state, university and pri vate-sector transportation research in the country, the release indicated. County Says It Legally Can't Release Cadillac Attorneys for Brunswick County say the sheriff's department has nc ver gotten permission to release an automobile impounded from a Sea side couple who filed suit in October. Harry L. and Beverly Markley Heilig of Route 5, Seaside, claim a 1986 Cadillac registered to Ms. Heilig should not have been part of the property sei/.cd by the sheriff's department in a court order handed down Dec. 1, 1989, in Wake County District Court. In Brunswick County Superior Court, Harry Heilig, a local attor ney, and his wife sued the county. Sheriff John Carr Davis and Deputy Lislon Hawcs Oct. 29 seeking SI0,000 in damages. Hie car has been impounded at the government complex impound lot in Bolivia since April. The county answered the suit on Dec. 19 through its attorneys, Thomas M. Van Camp of Winston Salem and County Attorney David Clcgg. Van Camp, of the firm of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridgc and Rice of Winston-Salem, is retained by the county's liability insurers. Their response claims the vehicle is jointly owned by both Harry and Beverly Heilig instead of registered to just Mrs. Heilig. The county has never received an official turnover order by the bankruptcy court or bankruptcy trustee ordering the re turn of the car, it states. Triple J. Investments received a default judgment in Wake County against Heilig for money owed to the company. The attorney's proper ly, including a set of law books, was ordered seized Deputy Hawcs look the books from Heilig's office on April 25 while the couple was at tending a seminar in Virginia. The following day, the sheriff's depart ment seized the Cadillac from a res idence at Oyster Bay. Heilig filed for bankruptcy July 9. He claims the couple was not mar ried when Triple J. received its court order and that the car was not in cluded in a notice of sale published in The Brunswick Beacon May 17. Hie Hciligs' lawsuit states that Triple J. received its judgment Dec. 1 while the couple was married Dec. 9. Mrs. Heilig was not a party to the litigation filed by Triple J., their suit maintains. Heilig says he filed for relief of his debts in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on July 18 and was relieved of debts on Sept. 21. They also claim the car was dam aged when it was towed without first releasing the front-end drive mechanism and that holes were punched in the leather scats as de puties tried to bypass the electronic burglar alarm system. County attorneys deny the dam ages. They also state that the county is not responsible for the actions of Sheriff Davis or Deputy Hawcs, who arc not agents or employees of the county. According to the N.C. Rules of Civil Procedure, punitive damages are not recoverable against the county or Sheriff Davis and his men while they are acting in their official capacity, the response states. In defense, the county has pled "governmental immunity" to the charges. Therefore, the attorneys ask that the Heiiigs' claim for puni tive damages be denied. THE TRANE XL 1200 HEAT PUMP SAVES YOU COLD CASH. . ? C j> Cold cash That s t he . '?"$?- .- ..T^i i nterested i n the money you pay out " * V- 'IVane XL 1200. even- month to A. ? $/ yA-. 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"Serving Brunswick County and surrounding areas since 1957" 120 Blake St., Shallotte ? 754-4443 - SWF PHOTO BY ?DOIt S WE ATT Original Steps Uncovered Two sets of steps on the strand at H olden Beach in the 600 block of Ocean Boulevard West measure the erosion since Hurricane Hugo. The steps nearest the dune on the right in the photo were built shortly after Hugo. They were covered when sand was pushed from the strand to form an artificial dune last year. The steps at the left of the photo were built across the artificial dune, most of which has been re claimed bv the ocean. Offices Close For Holiday Local government officcs as well Brunswick Community College as some businesses plan to close closed for winter break Dec. 21, Jan. 1 for the New Year's holiday. with students and staff lo report The Brunswick County Ciovcrm back Jan. 2. mcnt Center at Bolivia, all branches ?. ... . , of the Brunswick County Librarv .,Post <*"*?? Wl" ?^ra,c on ? ho' and the town halls at Shallouc, Sun- ,da>' xhaiuk Tuesday, with no set Beach. Calabash, Holdcn Beach coun,cr or ruraI dcI,vcry and Occan Isle Beach w ill be closed Local financial institutions will Tucsdav. also be closed. Officers Answer 1,081 Calls Brunswick County Sheriff's offi- papers; summoned 307 witnesses; cers answered 1,081 calls during and found three doors and windows November, including 102 related to open. domestic violence. Officers also spent 745 on-duty Officers recovered property val- and three off-duty hours in court ued at $3,450, made 60 arrests as and traveled 83,862 miles on 5,756 prosecuting witness and made 267 gallons of gasoline. Travel included investigations. 24 trips out of the county and 1,101 They served 425 civil papers, 280 miles on the transport van. local warrants, three foreign war- Twenty-one crime prevention rants and six mental and inebriate meetings were held. Full rich flavor, not full price. 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