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POLICE FORCE EARNS PRAISF Sunset Council Eyeing Additions , Sewer System Sunset Beach Council members look several sieps Monday night with the town's future growth in mind. On unanimous voles the council cleared the way for the planning board to study several areas for pos sible annexation and adopted a fa cilities plan, setting the stage for long-term financ.al planning for sewer and other infrastructure im provements. The planning board will study surrounding areas such as Tabby Walk, Shoreline Woods and other subdivisions, as well as updating a study of two areas it had considered for annexation earlier ? Sugar Sands I and II and Oyster Bay Colony. Working with a planning consultant, the planning board will pass its rec ommendations on to the council for consideration one area as a time, as suggested by Barber. "We're goin? to be busy this year," he said, noting that a resolu tion of consideration would expire in one year's time. A resolution of intent to annex a specific area or areas is the next step in the process. Any such reso lution adopted this year can be pur sued beyond that limit, attorney Michael Iscnberg noted. Along with possible expansion, sewer service is on the board's mind. With adoption of the commu nity facilities plan, the council has made a commitment to begin next year setting aside designated funds for capital improvements such as a sewer system, town hall remodel ing, new fire, police, maintenance and water system improvements. At a two-hour workshop session last Friday attended by Mayor Mason Barber and three council members, "All four of us came in with sewer as our No. 1 priority for the town," said Barber. Improved water service was also a high priority, but one town offi cials think will be addressed by the county this year. Officers Praised Members of the council and the audience at Monday's meeting heaped praise on the Sunset Beach Police Department and other offi cers coming to its assistance in de taining and charging three suspects in connection with a series of 53 break-ins Jan. 25 and 27. Officer Lisa Hoagland was on routine patrol several days after the first scries of break-ins when she checked the background of an unfa miliar car. With mutual aid from two other agencies, she caught the suspects fleeing a residence. The entire department has worked on the follow-up investigation. After council members and Sun set Beach Taxpayers Association (SBTA) President Clctus YValdmiller praised the officers' work, Macon H. McDavid echoed their comments and added a note of her own. She thanked God that "the Sunset Bridge was not in its often configu rative position of opcn...ticd up...or broken, which allowed all of the as sistance to arrive to aid her." Other wise, she note, 'a very dangerous situation" could have resulted. Thanks, But No Thanks Mayor Barber quickly dec lint .. an offer from Waldmiller to speak at the March 30 meeting of the SBTA. Waldmiller suggested the address IN SERVICE Serving In Gulf War Army Staff Sgt. Grover L. Gausc, a Shallottc native and 1975 graduate of West Brunswick High School, is serving in Oper ation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. Gause has been in the Ar my for 16 years. He participated in the invasion of Grenada and Operation Just Cause in Pana ma and has served two European tours. Gausc is with the 126th Transpor tation Unit, Fort Bragg. He has a wife, Deborah, and two children, Travis and Tiara. Petty Officer Ken Adkins is serv ing as a machine ^ gunner aboard A the U.S.S. Mo- ^ A osbrugger in the Hll _ Red Sea in sup- 1 port of Opera- J \ I tion Desert H |L ,<V| Storm. The ship is X the flagship ves scl for an air- H^Hi craft carrier, and adkins is involved in anti-aircraft defense. Adkins is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ferguson of Pinnacle, formerly of Shallotte, and is a for mer West Brunswick High School student Ray Enlists U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Raleigh has announced the enlist ment of Terrence 'Terry" L. Ray, son of Montana Ray of Southport, in the Army Reserve's delayed en try program. He will leave for basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., next June. Upon completion of basic training, he will go to Fort Eustis, Va? for training in his military occupational specialty as a cargo specialist Ray is a 1990 graduate of South Brunswick High School, where he was a linebacker on the football learn. He also ran track for four years. He presently attends Chowan College at Murfrccsboro. Gause Trained Pvt. Gregory R. Gause, the son of John and Hazel Gause of Route 3, Shallotlc, has completed basic train ing at Fort Jackson, S.C. During the training, students re ceived instruction in drill and cere monies, weapons, map reading, tac tics, military courtesy, military jus tice, first aid and Army history and traditions. Gause is a 1989 graduate of West Brunswick High School. Receives Medal Maj. Thomas C. Home, the son of Thomas and Gertrude Home of Route 1 , Winnabow, has been deco rated with the Air Medal. The medal is awarded for merito rious achievement while participat ing in aerial flight. Home is a student at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The major graduated in 1971 from Bolivia High School and received a master's degree in 1987 from the University of South Florida, Tampa. Logan Recovering From Fall Brunswick County Emergency Management Coordinator Cecil Logan returned to work Tuesday morning but only for half a day. Logan was hospitalized last week for reconstructive surgery on his left wrist and arm which lie broke in eight places after falling while on a call at Ocean Isle Beach. Logan said a metal pin and plate had to be surgically im planted where the radius bone connects to his wrist. "It's the hurt in'est thing I've ever had happen to me, and I've logan been through a heart attack before," Logan said. A Brunswick County Sheriff's Department dispatcher radioed Lo gan Saturday night, Jan. 26, to re port that police officers at Ocean Isle Beach had heard a horn blow ing from the occan. Logan thought it might have been a distress call from a passing ship. Logan then drove to the east end of the island and walked beneath a house so the walls could keep the wind from blocking out the horn sound. 'The next thing I knew I had fall en off the concrete where the ocean had washed out beneath it," Logan said. "I knew then that something was wrong with my hand." In the fall, Logan had also cut his face. After determining that the horn wasn't a distress call, but was instead a sea buoy warning ships in the fog, Logan drove himself to his home at Seaside. His wife notified Logan's doctor in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She then drove Logan to Grand Strand Gen eral Hospital there. Surgery was perfomicd last Wednesday. 'This wasn't a dangerous call by any means," Logan said Tuesday. "I thought I was being cautious." Logan refit cted on the kinds of dangerous calls he has answered as county EMC and said it was a freak accident to "break something when this wasn't even a dangerous situa tion." AT BOONES NECK BRING HOME THffiBEACON On Sale At BILL'S QUICK STOP would provide an opportunity for Barber to address his expressed concern regarding the "rift" in the community over the bridge to the island, the subject of a 10-year con troversy in the town. But Barber, a former SBTA presi dent who resigned from the organi zation, thought otherwise. "I don't know if I'll be there or not," he said. "I don't really know what 1 could contribute, to tell the truth." Other Business In other business Monday council: ? Set a public hearing Monday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. on the pro posed Mainland Business i (MB-1) zoning of the shopping area on N.C. 904 recently annexed by the town, as recommended by the planning board. ? Amended the water ordinance to allow the levying of a 10 percent penalty on the unpaid balance of water bills not paid in full 20 days after the billing date. ? Amended the water ordinance to also allow more discretion in the choice of fire hydrants used. In the past, the ordinance specified the same brand specified in the county water ordinance. Now the ordinance provides for the hydrant to be 1) a three-way hydrant with two 2 1/2 inch pumper nozzles and 2) ap proved by the town's water depart ment head. Another hydrant is available that is cheaper, with more readily available parts, the town ad ministrator noted. ?Withdrew dedication of the last 30 feet of Stokes Drive East as request ed by Scrantom. The end section of the dead-end road had been owned but not maintained by the town. ? Approved a preliminary plat for Lots 25 through 59 in Kings Trail, as recommended by the planning board. ? Members Bud Scran torn and Julia Thomas urged the town to push for more emphasis on recycling county wide, given the July I deadline for all local governments to have recy cling programs in placc. Mayor Barber, who said he would check on the county effort, grinned and sug gested Scrantom prepare something in writing for the council to consider. ? Authorized the town administrator to rcadvcrtisc sale of a trenching machine at a much lower price than the S4.000 minimum bid previously sought. Ms. Flucgcl suggested the move, "unless you want to keep it here and make a planter out of it." ? Learned that during January the town issued eight permits for sin gle-family homes, one for a com mercial building, two for docks or piers, one for an addition and four for remodeling, collecting SI, 832 in fees for improvements and con struction valued at S867.665. ?Tabled consideration of a request from Risk Management Services, the town's liability insurer, to adopt as policy coverage of defense, de ductible and judgments for employ ees in situations where liability might arise in relation to their jobs that is not otherwise covered. The town could provide that coverage either through insurance premiums or a self-insurance fund. Council members wanted more information regarding cost, need and impact, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Gore Ed Gore wondering if such a policy might result in individuals taking less re sponsibility for their own behavior and not using their best judgment. Jet Skiers Bog Down In River Three South Carolina men were lcfl a few hours for the incoming tide Tuesday evening aflcr running their Jet Skis into mud flats and get ting stuck in the Calabash River. The unidentified men weren't injured when stranded about 100 yards west of the Calabash River bridge on N.C. 179 Tuesday around 4:30 p.m., said Brunswick County Emergency Management Coordina tor Cccil Logan. Each man was riding his own Jet Ski, which is a small motorized watcrcraft designed for one or two people. Logan said they were up to their knees in mud with no hope of getting out before the tide came back in. Logan used a public address system in his vehicle to communicate with the men. He said the men hollered back that their only request was for somebody to make a phone call saying they would be home a couple hours late. "They were OK and they said ihey were OK," Logan said. "They knew they would have lo wait on the high tide. They just decided to lay back on their Jet Skis and wait." Logan said he cxpcctcd the tide to be high enough so the men could get out of the river by 8 p.m. He said it usually doesn't take long for the water level in the Cala bash River lo drop once the tide changes. 'They just weren't familiar with that river," he said. Logan said he's seen several clammcrs get stuck on mud flaLs be fore. But, he added, 'That's the first time I think I've ever seen a Jet Ski get stuck in the mud." Corps Begins Lockwood Study Federal officials have begun a study designed lo find out if naviga tion projects near the Lockwood Folly River have affectcd water flow in the river. The results of the study should be available before the end of the year, said Mike Wulkowski, coastal engi neer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Wilmington. The impact study will focus on Eastern Channel, which is situated between the west end of Long Beach and Sheep Island at the mouth of the Lockwood Folly River. Eastern Channel served as the in let between Lockwood Folly River and the Atlantic Ocean before the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway was dredged and a new inlet was cut. Brunswick County fishermen say the Eastern Channel has filled in with sand in recent years, and the sand has restricted water flow and prevented bacterial pollution from escaping the river, which often is closed to shellfishing. Wutkowski said the numerical flow study of Lockwood Folly will be done on a computer using data from maps created before and after the inland waterway was constructed. Expected to cost $265,000, the study is just one part of a two-prong Corps of Engineers proposal involv ing the Eastern Channel. In September 1990, the U.S. House of Representatives autho rized a one-time dredging of the channel, with plans to monitor wa ter flow through the channel before and after it is dredged. The dredging would cost approx imately SI. 3 million. Congressman Charlie Rose is expected to seek funds for the project next fiscal year, according to spokesman Keith Pitts. APPAREL FACTORY GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE Everything Must Go! Women's? Men s? Children's Apparel Most items under $5.00 Sewing machines, all types Tables ? Chairs ? Benches ? Tools Thousands of cones of thread Zippers ? Elastic ? Trims Other miscellaneous items OCEAN ISLE FASHIONS Hwy. 904 East ? Seaside ? 579-2200 Open this week thru Saturday 9-5 DOT Says Seaside Junction Needs Turn Lane, Not Signal A center left-turn is needed at the busy intersection of N.C. 179 and N.C. 904 at Seaside, but not a traffic signal, the N.C. Department of Transportation has advised Sunset Beach town officials. Both the town council and Sea Trail Corporation had contacted the state requesting improvements at the intersection, which is in a com mercial area along the corridor between Ocean Isle and Sunset beaches. Town Administrator Linda Flucgcl said DOT officials indicated the traffic counts and accident history for the intersection do not justify in stallation of a signal. She said the turn lane is to be placed on a list of recommended pro jects, subject to availability of state funds. Town officials questioned the estimated $60,000 pricctag for the project, noting that Sea Trail Corp. has offered to donate the necessary right-of-way. Mayor Mason Barber said he would add the turn lane project to a list of several things he wants to discuss with the tranportation depart ment. DAMAGE OVER $45.000 Sunset Fire Truck Wrecks On Way To Seaside Blaze A Sunscl Bcach fire truck re sponding to a house fire in Marlcc Acres subdivision collided with a dump truck Tuesday afternoon on N.C. 179 at Seaside. Damage to the firc truck is an esti mated S45.000 to $50,000, said Cecil Logan, Brunswick County Em ergency Management coordinator. The home, owned by Jane Byrd. was a total loss, said Calabash Vol unteer Firc Department Chief Jerry Prince. "It was totally engulfed when we got there," Prince said. "It looked like it had started from a heater, that something close to a heater had caught on fire." Ms. Byrd had left the home to buy groceries and was gone about an hour, said Prince. Logan said the fire truck accidcni occurrcd when someone driving a van apparently pulled into the path of the truck near the intersection of N.C. 179 and N.C. 904 at Seaside. He said the van was not involved in the collision. There were no injuries in the ac cident, reported Sunset Bcach Po lice Officer Sam Grantham, who said Tuesday afternoon he is still in vestigating its cause. "The driver locked the brakes up on the fire truck," Logan said. Sunset Beach Firc Chief Greg Cain was driving the firc truck, which apparently skidded sideways and into the path of a dump truck owned by Simmons Construction Co. of Frccland, Logan said. "Nobody was injured, thank God," Logan said Tuesday after noon. "Both drivers arc okay." Officer Grantham said the acci dent occurred just south of the N.C. 904 and N.C. 179 intersection around 3:48 p.m. He said the driver of the dump truck was Steve Simmons. The fire truck was pulled back to the station at Sunset Beach Tuesday afternoon where firemen were b-isy removing equipment from it. The ladders and equipment in the rear were heavily damaged, Logan said. The frame of the truck may al so be warped. "A new truck like that costs about SI 00,000," he said. Both Ocean Isle and Calabash Volunteer fire departments were al ready en route to the house fire when the wreck occurred. They continued to fight the blazx as Sunset Beach firefighters assisted by bringing a tanker to the scene. Calabash Volunteer Rescue Squad was dispatched to the wreck, but no one was taken to the hospi tal, Logan said. Princc said the Byrd residence was a wooden structure. There were no injuries in the fire and no other residences were damaged. "They kept it under control," he said. Ihree Injured In Sunday Wreck A Boiling Spring Lakes couplc were injured Sunday morning in a near head-on collision on U.S. 17 just south of Bolivia. James Fredrick Gillespie, 66, and a passenger in his car, Helen Gilles pie, 64, were both taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center following the 11:55 a.m. accident. According to the State Highway Patrol, the couple's car was struck in the left side after they swerved to avoid an approaching car that had traveled across the centcr line and into their lane. State Trooper B.D. Barnhardt charged a Bolivia man, Teddy Ru dolph King, 34, with careless and reckless driving after the accident. According to Barnhardt, King's 1978 Mercury was traveling north on U.S. 17 when he crossed the cen tcr line. Gillespie ran off the road to avoid the collision, but his 1989 1 Chevrolet pickup truck was struck in the left side, causing the truck to skid across the road and land in a ditch, Bamhardt reported. King received minor injuries in the accident. Damages were listed at 51,000 to the King vehicle and $3,000 to the Gillespie truck. In another accident last Wednes day, a Shallotte man was seriously injured when his car hydroplaned on a wet highway and struck a tree. Richard Channing Joyner, 20, was traveling on Village Road about three miles cast of Shallotte when his car skidded off the road, report ed State Trooper Jerry Dove. Joyner reported he was traveling around 35 mph when the accident occurred around 2:45 p.m. No charges were filed in the accident. The driver was taken to The Brunswick Hospital in Supply. Damage was listed at $4,000 to the 1989 Nissan. 41 v V h RUG EMPOI^DM Overstocked Sal^ Sale Ends February 28 / WOOLS KASMIRE UNE SALE Reg. 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