Budget Up For Adoption Friday
(Continued From Page 1-A)
budget Friday depends on the status
of House Bill 1 1 1 (see related story
in this issue) and what it will allow
the county to chargc property own
ers to help finance its solid waste
disposal.
Holdcn was hopeful Tuesday that
legislation would be in place before
Friday's meeting to allow the coun
ty to chargc property owners an
"improved" parcel fee, a speculative
figure of around $40 per lot that
contains a dwelling or establish
ment, as opposed to S14 to SI 7 per
parcel.
If such legislation is not in placc
by Friday, Holdcn warned, then the
board would begin another round of
cuts. He wouldn't say which depart
ments may face the ax this time.
"There will be no sacred cows,"
Holdcn said.
In addition to Ms. Alexander's po
sition, the board also voted to elimi
nate those of assistant director of op
erations/water management coordi
nator, held by Pearly Vercen of
Exum, a former Democratic county
commissioner, and environmental
health supervisor I in the Brunswick
County Health Department, held by
Gary McDonald of Supply.
Hart said McDonald was in
Raleigh last Monday attending a
class as pan of his job training
when the board voted to fire him.
"He learned Tuesday about the
motion (to fire him)," said Hart.
At a budget workshop last week.
Commissioners Holdcn, Jerry Jones
and Donald Shaw voted to do away
with the positions. Board members
Frankie Rabon and Gene Pinkcrton
voted against the motion. ,
Chairman Holdcn said the cuts
were made to eliminate top-heavi
ness within departments, a follow
through to the recommendations
made in a recently commissioned
water system study. As a result of
that study, the board voted to follow
the outside firm's report and to fire
two supervisors within the water de
partment.
Ms. Alexander's duties as clerk
will be reassigned to the county
manager's secretary, Kelly Bare
foot. Ms. Alexander is black and
Ms. Barefoot is white. Com
missioners who voted for the move
said it was to cut costs and that nei
ther race nor party affiliation played
a role in their decision.
"They just seem to be laying off
the Democrats," charged Han, who
said Ms. Alexander was a model
employee. "There have been some
unfair labor practices, harassment
and threatening of employees. 1
asked that they bring the employees
back."
Hart said he will talk to District
Attorney Rex Gore this week about
investigating the commissioners'
personnel actions for their racist and
political tones.
"If 1 had to pick which is the
stronger, I'd have to say it's politi
cal," said Hart. "It appears the ma
jority of them arc Democrats. The
ones I know arc Democrats."
According to figure^ released by
the Brunswick County Board of
Election office Monday, of the 14
county employees facing layoffs,
seven are white and three arc black.
The race is not available for four
other workers facing layoff.
Partywise, the number of
Democrats facing layoffs outnum
ber Republicans nine to one with
another four workers unregistered,
according to the figures.
The disparity follows the pattern
for county employees. Of 485 coun
ty workers, Democrats outnumber
Republicans 356 to 62, with 59 not
registered and eight unaffiliated
with a party, the figures show.
Of the 34 workers facing a cut in
their hours, 15 are Democrats, sev
en arc Republicans and 12 arc not
registered. Of those 34 workers. 1 1
are while, 1 1 arc black and the race
for 12 is not recorded.
Holden said he asked that the fig
ures be made public to refute accu
sations that the board was making
cuts based on political affiliation.
Figures show that Brunswick
County's population is 35 percent
Republican, yet only 12 percent of
county workers arc Republicans,
Holden noted.
"1 was pretty much amazed by
that figure," Holden said.
A number of those workers fac
ing hourly cuts arc Department of
Social Services' 30 Chore workers,
who provide in-home care for elder
ly patients. To cut costs, their hours
will be trimmed from 40 to 36 per
week.
Last year, the county supplement
ed the chore program with S87.436
but will allocate no money toward
the program this year.
DSS Director Jamie Orrock said
commissioners want the chore pro
gram to operate on its own.
"I think we're better off to offer
90 percent than nothing," said
Orrock. "We no longer feel like we
can serve everyone. There's just not
enough money out there."
Orrock said he believes his de
partment's budget could have been
worse.
"I think they've (commissioners)
had the toughest budget decisions to
make than in any year I've seen,"
said Orrock.
Five vacant chore positions must
go unfilled under the new budget,
he said.
DSS Adult Services Supervisor
Evelyn Johnson said culling chore
workers' hours may have a harmful
effcct on the elderly clients.
"What's going to happen, with a
lot of them, is they're going to end
up in nursing homes," she said.
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fHOTO CONTRIBUTED
STATE TRANSPORTATION Secretary Thomas J. Harrelson (center) meets with members of
Brunswick County Travel Package, a local tourism development effort, on new road signs that will
help direct tourists to Brunswick County beaches. From the left are Allan Dameron, Annette Odom,
Harrelson, Susanne Sartelle and Terry Barbee.
Traffic Signs To Point Way
To Brunswick County Beaches
Motorists on Interstate 40 soon will see traffic
signs pointing the way to the beaches of Brunswick
County.
The signs are being crcctcd to help reduce the
number of vehicles on MO that crowd on to N.C. 132
in Wilmington, according to a news release from the
N.C. Dept. of Transportation. Highway 132 is at the
eastern most terminus of 1-40 and has seen a large in
crease in traffic since 1-40 opened last year.
New signs on 1-40 at the Castle Hayne exit (No.
414) will direct motorists headed to beaches in Bruns
wick County south on N.C. 133 and then west of
downtown Wilmington to U.S. 17 at the N.C.
Battleship Memorial.
Once on U.S. 17, motorists will sec a sign with
"Brunswick County beaches" printed at the top, with
a list of specific South Brunswick Islands beaches and
their respective distances. Signage for Oak Island
beaches is also being improved.
A similar sign will be located on U.S. 17 just north
of the South Carolina state line for motorists headed in
to North Carolina. A number of smaller signs on U.S.
17 pointing they way to the beaches will be replaces
with larger signs with eight-inch-high letters.
The signs arc being erected by the N.C.
Department of Transportation's traffic services unit
from Wilmington and are expected to be completed in
about two months, the release indicated.
Filing Period Opens Friday
(Continued From Page 1-A)
Boiling Spring Lakes
Boiling Spring Lakes voters will
elect a mayor and two commission
ers.
Mayor H.C. Boswell's post will
be up for grabs along with the town
board seats presenUy occupied by
Robert Glenn Long and Steven
Mark Stewart
Town commissioners are elected
to terms of four years, while the
mayor is elected every two years.
Long Beach
Long Beach voters will elect a
mayor and three commissioner in
November but could head to the
polls earlier for a primary, should
enough candidates Hie for office.
John Vereen presently serves as
mayor. Commissioner seats up for
grabs in November are those held
by David Drummond, Kevin Bell
and Jean Gray.
The mayor of Long Beach is
elected every two years, while com
missioners serve four-year terms.
A primary election will be held at
Long Beach if more than two peo
ple file for mayor or if more than
six file for the three available seats
on the town board.
Yaupon Beach
Three of the six seats on the
Yaupon Beach Board of Commis
sioners will be up for election.
They are occupied by Joseph
Broyles, James L. Poole Sr. and
May Moore, who presently serves
as mayor. Commissioners are elect
ed to four-year terms, and the full
board then appoints the mayor.
Caswell Beach
At Caswell Beach, voters will
elect someone to the mayor's post
presently held by Jack Cook and the
commissioner scat occupied by
George F. Kassler Jr.
Town board members are elected
for terms of four years, and the
mayor is clcctcd every two years.
Southport
Southport voters will elect a may
or and three people to the board of
aldermen this fall. Candidates for
alderman run from one of two
wards but arc clcctcd at large for
terms of four years.
Town board scats up for grabs in
November include the Ward II seats
now held by Nelson Adams and
Paul Sweeney. The Ward I scat held
by Mary Childs also comes up for
election.
The mayor's post, now held by
C.B. "Cash" Caroon, is filled every
two years. The mayor may run from
either ward.
Leland
In Leland, voters will elect a
mayor for two years and two people
to the town council for four-year
terms.
The mayor's post is presently
held by Russell Baldwin. Lyneue
Carlisle and Jane Gilbert occupy the
town council scats up for grabs in
November.
S.L. Doty, a former mayor of
Kure Beach, has already announced
his plans to run for mayor of Leland.
Sandy Creek
The two town council seats held
by Willie Millinor and Ray Flynn Jr.
are up for grabs this fall in Sandy
Creek.
Council members are elected to
four-year terms, and the town coun
cil appoints the mayor.
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Voters will elcct a mayor and two
commissioners this fall in Belville.
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da Watson hold the town board
seats coming up for election.
The mayor is elected every two
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The mayor's post presently held
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Smithville Township voters will
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This will be the first year for an
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ly held by Jimmy Price and Jamie
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Forecast
Sounds Like
Summer
Near normal temperatures and
rainfall are in the forecast for the
South Brunswick Islands.
Jackson Canady of Shallotte
Point said he expects temperatures
to range from around 70 degrees at
night to the upper 80s during the
daytime, with about three-quarters
of an inch of rain.
For the period of June 18 through
24, he recorded 1 .03 inches of rain.
Temperatures ranged from a high
of 93 degrees on June 22 and 23 to
a low of 67 degrees on June 24.
A .daily average high of 89 de
grees combined with an average
nightly low of 74 degrees for a daily
average temperature of 81 degrees,
which Canady said was about three
degrees above the average for this
time of year.
AT GRISSETTOWN
BRING HOME
THEfBEACON
On Sal* At
GRISSETTOWN SERVICE STATION
RANDY'S PORK CENTER
WENDELL SMITH'S
Committee Of 1 00 Organizes
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has done is invest in shell buildings.
"It's a sales tool," he said. "It's not
just bricks and mortar."
Wells said an industry shops for a
location the same way a lady shops
for a dress. A lady will not shop at a
store that has nothing to look at, and
an industry will not locate in an area
that has nothing to offer.
The Columbus County group has
already built and sold 24,000
squarc-foot shell buildings at Lake
Waccamaw and Tabor City. Another
is planned at Fair Bluff, and the
committee is considering an indus
trial park.
Ben DeBlois, vice president for
administrative services at Brunswick
Community College, said the Com
mittee of 100 and community col
lege system share a common goal of
improving the quality of life.
DeBlois said there presently isn't
a lot of opportunity in Brunswick
County for college graduates. As a
result, he said many of BCC's top
students leave the area to pursue
their careers.
The Committee of 100 can help
create opportunities so local resi
dents don't have to leave their
hometowns to find good jobs. "We
want to be able to keep the best that
we have here in the county," De
Blois said.
Wells, who owns a car dealership
in Whiteville, said apathy has been
the biggest problem in his county.
Quoting the late humorist Will
Rogers, he said, "Even if you're on
the right track, you'll get run over if
you just sit there."
Bobby Davis, chairman of the lo
cal steering committcc that helped
organize the Committee of 100,
stressed that there is strength in
numbers. "This is definitely not a
spectator organization," he said.
By the close of the organizational
meeting, the committee had more
than 100 individual, corporate or or
ganizational members signed up.
Charter memberships in the South
Brunswick Islands Committee of
100 will be accepted through July
23, when the group meets to elect a
nine-member board of directors.
Annual dues arc SI 00.
Charter members include the fol
lowing: Dr. Charles Locke, Sunset
Beach and Twin Lakes Inc., Powell
and Payne Attorneys, The Bruns
wick Hospital, Hoyt Hucks, Johnson
Architects, Dr. Tim Gibble, King's
Appliance, Simmons Realty, Greg
ory Rupp D.D.S., David and Kay
Batten, Southport-Oak Island Com
mittcc of 100, Jon Langston, Dos
Amigos, Marshall Tatum, Island
Realty, Sea Trail Corp., Coastal Drug
Store, Yarbrough-Farr Construction
Co.;
Dean Walters, Cindy Langston,
LaDane Bullington, Collier Gas
Company, Shallotte Insurance Agen
cy, South Brunswick Islands Cham
ber of Commerce, First Investors,
Brock, Padgett and Chandler C.P.A.,
Lewis Stanley, Sand Dollar Realty,
The Winds Beach Resort, Joe's
Photography, Burger King, Elroy
Stanley, Shady Park Exxon, Ouida
Hcwctt, Paula's A Touch of Elc
gancc, Joe and Moc's Auto Service,
W.T. Bowcns, Brunswick County
Resources Development Commis
sion, Dr. Lee Langston;
B. Kirby and Company, A.L.
Morrison Construction Co., United
Carolina Bank, Gordon's Net
Works, Joyner & Son Electric, Dale
Edwards, Brunswick Funeral Ser
vice, Security Savings and Loan,
Nationwide Insurance, Cellular One
of Coastal Carolina, Houston and
Associates, Village Pines Proper
ties, Coastal Insurance and Realty,
W.A. "Bill" Stanley, Century 21
Ocean Isle Properties, Southern
National Bank, Brunswick Internal
Medicine Associates, J.M. Parker &
Sons, Sandfiddler Restaurant, The
Brunswick Beacon ;
Davis Milligan C.P.A., Bruns
wick Community College, Steve
Stanley, Design Plus Architects,
Marsh Harbour Marina, Brunswick
Travel Inc., E.O. Bailey Construc
tion Co., NCNB, Lowell's Book
worm, H&R Block, Holden Broth
ers Produce, Atlantic Telephone
Membership Corp., Dr. Marilyn
Boehm, Ocean Isle IGA, Larry
Cheek D.D.S., Calabash Family
Medicine, Brunswick Electric
Membership Corp., Prescription For
Excellence, Steve Mann;
MAC Construction, Oceanside
Corp., Mary Stanley, attorney Ken
neth Bridges, Princess House Pro
ducts, WCCA radio station, Golf
Tours For Gals, Wells Oldsmobilc,
Margaret Means, Coastal Printing
and Graphics and Kirby's Sizzling
Sirloin Stcakhousc.
BACK IN THE SADDLE AT BEACH
Ulrich Hired As Interim Manager
BY DOUG RUTTER
Holdcn Bcach's first town man
ager was back in the saddle this
week. Gus Ulrich has been hired as
interim town
manager and in
terim town
clcrk until the
Holden Beach
Board of Com
missioners can
hire a town
manager.
The town
board voted to
employ Ulrich ULRICH
during a special meeting last Thurs
day. He started working Monday.
Mayor Pro tcm Gloria Barrett,
who serves on the personnel com
mittee, said Ulrich will be paid S14
per hour and rcccive no fringe bene
fits.
"We're still looking for a new
manager," she said. "1 was just glad
he was available and willing to
come help us out."
Town officials aren't sure how
long Ulrich's services will be need
ed. After receiving approximately
100 applications, commissioners
have narrowed the field to about
five and have conducted several in
tcrvicws.
Mayor John Tandy said one man
who was interviewed twice for the
manager's position turned down the
town's offer mainly bccause of fam
ily circumstances.
Tandy said the town board plans
to conduct four interviews Friday,
but he couldn't say for sure when a
manager will be hired. "It could be
30 days. It could be six months. But
hopefully it will be somewhere
around 60 days."
Commissioners have been sear
ching for a manager since January,
when Blake Proctor resigned under
pressure from the town board.
Deputy Town Clerk Diane Clark
was named interim town manager
immediately after Proctor's resigna
tion. However, she resigned May 31
due to an illness in the family.
Ulrich, who had served as town
manager in Gamer for 17 years be
fore moving to Brunswick County,
was the lop administrator at Holdcn
Beach from Jan. 9, 1989, through
Aug. 3, 1990.
In announcing his resignation,
Ulrich had said the responsibilities
of the job as he wanted to see it
done required more of his time than
he was willing to give.
Hired as a town administrator,
Ulrich bccame Holdcn Beach's first
town manager in May 1989 when
islanders voted to change the form
of government to one that employs
a manager.
Town managers typically have
more authority than administrators,
who usually can't hire or fire em
ployees without approval of the
governing board.
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