Holden Beach To Tear Down
Section Of Pavilion Bulkhead
BY DOUG RUTTER
Holdcn Beach officials plan to remove part of a
large bulkhead that helps protect an occan front business
and two streets from the encroaching sea.
Commissioners voted 4-1 Monday night to tear
down the two wooden "wings" that arc part of the con
crete seawall at Surfside Pavilion near the east end of
the island.
Property alongside and behind the bulkhead has
been eroding since early spring, forcing the town to
close the southern ends of Holden Street and Ferry
Road and beach walkways near those streets.
Town officials have blamed the erosion on the bulk
head, which sticks out into the ocean past the natural
dune line.
Last month, the town erected a chain link fence
around the eiudcd area to keep people from falling and
injuring themselves. There is a steep drop-off from the
streets to the strand below.
Holdcn Beach officials said at Monday night's town
meeting that the wooden wings, which are loeated on
town property, have deteriorated and become potential
ly dangerous.
Commissioner Judy Bryan said the pilings are
cracked and should be removed for safety reasons.
"They're cracking. They arc dangerous. They could go
into splinters."
Brothers Alan and Lyn Holdcn, who own the pavil
ion property, said earlier this year that they had paid
about 560,000 for the ccment bulkhead. The town con
tributed $8,000 to help pay for the section that protects
the streets.
Commissioner Gay Atkins cast the only vote against
removing the wooden structures, saying she didn't want
to vote on it without knowing whether the town could be
held liable for further erosion damage.
"I just hope we don't all get sued." Ms. Atkins said.
Prior to the vole. Town attorney Kenneth Campbell
told the board there is always a chance of being sued.
However, he said the town board could order re
moval of the wooden structures if they arc causing the
erosion of town property and private property.
"At some point, you've got decide where you want
to allow nature to be at fault, so to speak," Campbell
said.
Town officials voiced different opinions about what
will happen once the wooden sections of the bulkhead
are removed.
Commissioner Bob Buck said he doesn't think the
erosion will be any worse without the wooden bulk
heads.
But Mayor John Tandy believes water will swirl
around behind the ccmcnt seawall and erode the Holden
property.
Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Barrett voted in favor of the
plan, but said during the discussion that she wanted to
meet with the Holden brothers and a Federal
Emergency Management Agency representative before
doing anything.
Other Business
In other business Monday, commissioners:
?Adopted resolutions directing the paving of
Salisbury and Shrimp streets. The town board has not
yet received bids for the paving work or awarded a con
tract.
?Decided not to require a defects guarantee for
Yacht Watch subdivision, which is being developed by
Waterway Development Corp. In the past, the town
board has not required defects guarantees, which arc
documents guaranteeing for a period of time streets and
utilities that are dedicated to the town.
?Set a public hearing on the 1991-92 budget for
Monday, June 17, at 7 p.m. in town hall. The budget
features no change in the 18-ccnt tax rate but does in
clude an increase in the water rate.
?Took formal action on items that were tentatively
approved during a board workshop last month. The
board voted to spend up to $4,500 for "Keep Off The
Dune" signs, S2.650 to replace and relocate a heat
pump and $1,500 for two lights at the foot of the
bridge. The board also voted to allow use of an all-ter
rain vehicle on the strand.
?Met in executive session for about 35 minutes to
discuss a personnel matter. Mayor Tandy said no action
was taken.
?Adopted a resolution opposing reductions in state
revenues that are given annually to municipalities. To
balance the state budget, legislators arc considering cut
ting reimbursements to towns such as Holdcn Beach.
?Set a public hearing on the Holdcn Beach Land
Use Plan Update for Monday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. in the
town hall.
?Discussed at length the issue of canal dredging,
but look no action. Town officials don't plan to do any
thing else on the matter until they learn from an engi
neer what work needs to be done and how much it will
cost.
?Took no action on a proposal to amend the zoning
ordinance and require bulkheads on all canal lots before
they are developed. Commissioners have asked the
town attorney to find out if the town can require owners
of vacant canal lots to build bulkheads.
?Took no action on a request from Coastline
Volunteer Rescuc Squad for more money. President
Kevin Mulholland asked the town to increase its SI ,200
donation, pointing out that the town gives S20.000 per
year to the Tri-Bcach Volunteer Fire Department
Mulholland said the Town of Varnamtown, which is
much smaller than Holdcn Beach, gives SI, 600 per year
to the rescuc squad.
?Received a town flag from Johnny Craig, presi
dent of the Greater Holdcn Bcach Merchants Associa
tion. The flag is blue with a pelican in the center. It will
be flown outside town hall.
Town Runs By Committee
In Absence Of Manager I
Holdcn Bcach Mayor John Tandy
has appointed commissioners to
serve on several committees while
the town operates without a manager.
Diane Clark, who had served as
interim town manager since Janu
ary, worked her final day last Fri
day. She resigned due to illness in
the family.
To keep the town running in the
abscnce of a manager, Tandy has ap
pointed the following committees:
Policc: Judy Bryan and Bob Buck.
Utilities: Gloria Barrett and Mrs.
Bryan.
Access, Roads and Buildings:
Gay Atkins and Buck.
Finance: Kcnner Amos and Buck.
Sanitation and Recycling: Ms.
Atkins and Mrs. Bryan.
Personnel: Amos and Mrs. Bar
rett.
At their regular meeting Monday
night, commissioners voted to give
Mrs. Clark a pay raise from SI 7,000
to S22.000 retroactive to when she
started working as interim manager.
Commissioner Bob Buck said
Mrs. Clark would receive a lump
sum of S 1 ,500 for past work and
SI 2 per hour for assisting the town
with ongoing projects as needed.
Buck said Mrs. Clark was expect
ed to "hold the fort" as interim man
ager, but went beyond that and help
ed uC ioviTi beard solve more seri
ous management problems. He said
the SI 7,000 salary was not adequate
compensation for the work she did.
Meanwhile, the search for a new
town manager continues. Commis
sioners have waded through approx
imately 100 applications and have
interviewed several top candidates
over the last two weeks.
Mayor Tandy said commissioners
interviewed one of the applicants
for a second time Saturday. The
North Carolina resident is the only
applicant for the post that has been
interviewed twice so far.
Tandy said he hopes the town
will have a new manager on the job
in two or three months.
DA WON'T PROSECUTE CASE
Democrats File Late Reports
BY DOUG R UTTER
District Attorney Rex Gore said
he will not prosecute the Brunswick
County Democratic Party Executive
Committee for filing financial re
ports several months late.
Two financial statements cover
ing the last eight months of 1990
and $200 in penalties were received
at the N.C. Board of Elections of
fice Monday, said Yvonne Souther
land, supervisor of the campaign re
porting office.
One of the reports was due Oct.
29, 1990, the other, Jan. 25. The par
ty executive committee was fined
$100 for each late report
Glen Peterson, who was chairman
of the Brunswick County Demo
cratic Party in 1990, said he mailed
the financial reports May 28.
Peterson said the statements were
late partly because he had to ac
count for a lot of donations to the
party's building fund. "It was diffi
cult to pull together, especially
when you're working by yourself."
He said earlier that party officials
had inadvertently neglected to file on
time two of the three reports due for
1990. "It was just a matter of having
too much to do and not enough time
to do it," Peterson had said.
In April, the state elections office
asked the local district attorney to
prosecute the executive committee
for its failure to file the reports as
required by state law.
North Carolina statute says the
district attorney shall begin prose
cuting within 45 days of receiving
notice from the board of elections.
The two reports had not been filed
when the 45 days ran out May 23.
However, Gore said Monday he
will not prosecute the case because
the party executive committee has
complied with the requirement "It
just doesn't make economic sense
or any other kind of sense to prose
cute," he said.
The state's Campaign Reporting
Act does not require the district at
torney to prosecute since the party is
in compliance, Ms. Southerland said.
While he said the matter of late
filing is not "frivolous," Gore said
his office and the court system have
more important things to handle.
"We don't need something like
this taking up court time," he said.
"The intent of the legislation has
been met."
Gore also said there is a question
about exactly who could have been
prosecuted. "Apparently they've
never had to do this so they don't
know."
Although filing financial reports
usually is handled by the treasurer.
Gore said the party chairman is ulti
matcly responsible for getting it
done.
Ms. Southcrland said the two re
ports for the period April 22, 1990,
through Dec. 31, 1990, showed ex
penses totaling S61.996 and contri
butions of S19.363.
The party executive committee
took out a S26.100 loan which was
paid off before the end of the year.
The committee also took out a
$50,000 loan.
State law requires political par
ties, political action committees and
some candidates to file financial
disclosure statements every year
with the Board of Elections.
Political parties must file three
reports in even-numbered years
when county, state and federal offi
cials are elected.
The Brunswick County Democ
ratic Party was one of 21 political
parties, committees or candidates
that failed to file reports for 1990
and were reported to local district
attorneys.
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Bolivia Bears Multiply
The number of "bears" at Bolivia Elementary School multiplied
recently through the efforts of volunteers. Fourteen new wood
crafted and handpainted teddy bears, the school mascot, now deco
rate the school's media center. Parents picked out bear designs and
enlarged them on heavy paper, then Tom Ragsdale cut the large
bears out of wood. His wife, Bonnie Ragsdale (left above) and
Sandy Sullivan (right above) painted the bears with acrylics and
then Ragsdale hung them. Media Coordinator Pat Ellis invites
parents to come by and see them.
Ordinance Adopted
To Bans Adult Clubs
If the idea of opening an adult en
tertainment club at Holdcn Beach
has ever crossed your mind, forget it.
Town officials, who take pride in
the island community's "family at
mosphere" adopted an ordinance
Monday night that bans such clubs.
"We probably don't need this or
dinance right now, but it's probably
something to have on the books,"
Mayor John Tandy said Monday.
Town commissioners unanimous
ly adopted the ordinance Monday
night without the open discussion
typical of the board.
The ordinance prohibits the oper
ation of adult clubs, which are de
fined as "establishments used for
any type presentation depicting, ex
hibiting or describing specified sex
ual activities or specified anatomical
areas" for observation by patrons.
Specified sexual activities are de
fined as the "depiction or exhibition
of human genitals, acts of human
masturbation, sexual intercourse,
sodomy, masochism, sadism or sad
omasochism, and fondling, exhibi
tion of erotic touching of human
r
genitals, pubic region, bullock or fe
male breast."
The ordinance defines specified
anatomical areas as "less than com
pletely and opaquely covered hu
man genitals, pubic region, bullock
and female breast below a point im
mediately above the lop of the areo
la, and, human male genitals in a
discernibly turgid state even if tom
pletely and opaquely covered."
Tandy introduced the ordinance
at Monday's town meeting by read
ing the definition of an adult club.
"It goes on," Tandy said. "It is not a
nice thing to read."
The mayor said he didn't want to
embarrass anyone by reading the
rest of the ordinance. Tandy said it
would be posted on the bulletin
board in town hall for anybody who
wanted to read it.
Sid Swart s, acting chairman of
the planning and zoning board, said
he hopes the town will never need
the ordinance.
He added, "It would be a terrible
thing if we needed it and didn't
have it on the books."
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Beach Appoint Boards
Holdcn Beach Commissioners re
appointed the town's entire board of
elections Monday, but made several
changes on the planning and zoning
board and board of adjustment.
Elizabeth Dameron, Mabel Dut
ton and Norma Swarts will continue
on the elections board, which will
handle the election this November
of five town commissioners and the
mayor.
Commissioners reappointed Per
rian Padgett as a regular member of
the planning board for another three
years.
Roger Williams, who had been
serving as an alternate on the plan
ning board, also was appointed as a
regular member. He received three
votes and two other nominees re
ceived one vote each.
Williams takes the seat previously
held by Sid Swarts, who was not eli
gible for reappointment because he
had served two consecutive terms.
The town board appointed John
ny Craig as an alternate and reap
pointed Harold Steorts as an alter
nate. Alternates can vote when reg
ular members arc absent.
On the board of adjustment, Al
lan Dameron was reappointed for a
second three-year term as a regular
member, and Crawford Hart was
reappointed as an alternate.
Alfred Bell lost his seat as a rcgu
lar board member to Louise Greene.
Commissioners Bob Buck, Judy
Bryan and Gloria Barren voted for
Mrs. Greene, and Kcnner Amos and
Gay Atkins voted for Bell.
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WHAT: South Brunswick Islands Committee of 100
Organizational Dinner Meeting
WHERE: Sea Trail-Jones-Byrd Clubhouse
WHEN: Thursday. June 20
Existing members, potential members and anyone
interested in learning more about the South
Brunswick Islands Committee of 100 and its
investment and commitment to our community
should attend this meeting. Bring your questions
and your enthusiasm. We look forward to seeing
you. Call Angela (919)754-6644 or Lisa Strickland
(919)754-4391 for further details.