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.
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