Sewer Expansion Is High Priority For Shalloffe In Land Plan Update
IIY DOUCi RUTTER the document. except the wastewater plant should be ade- during the next one to two years.
Future expansion of the community's "It's being finalized." Durham said last l>Wp' VP YlOt llliftinQ Clt quate lo serve the community over the next "It's critical," Durham said of expansion,
sewer system capacity is one of the most Friday, three days after die board met with c> five to 10 years. "We're not hurting at all right now, but to
important issues featured in the proposed consultant Howard Capps of Wilmington to sill riolit Y1()W hilt tf) llllt '^2. Shallotte was pumping put a sewer system in takes so long. That's
1992 Town of Shallotte Land Use Plan review state comments on the preliminary ? ' . 130,000 to 140,000 gallons of water into its the criucal thing, is uming."
Update. draft. S6WCT SVStPUl Ifl tClU.CS scwcr P^nt per day. The facility has a Shallotte's official population, which is
Town officials will take steps toward The 85-page plan includes sections on * 208,0<X) gallon-pcr-day capacity. well below town estimates, increased from
treatment plant expansion over the next two existing land use, constraints lo develop- SO lone. That's the "You could have a couple things happen 6X0 people in 1980 to 1,073 in 1990 for a
years to ensure continued commercial and mcnt and current plans, policies and rcgula- . ... . . in the existing town limits, and depending growth rate of 57.8 percent. Town officials
residential growth, according to a prclimi- lions. The heart of the plan is policy slate- CfltlCCll trlltlg, IS on what it is, it could lake up a lot of our believe the current population is closcr to
nary draft of the plan. menus on issues ranging from resource pro- . . ? existing capacity," Durham said. 1,400.
Since last February, the Shallotte lection to economic and community devel- 11 till 11^. The board chairman said another depart- According lo U.S. Census figures, the
Planning Board has been working on up- opmcnt. , menl store wouldn't hurt the lown, but a population grew significantly older during
dating the town's 1987 land use plan. Among the proposed policies is one Carson Durham, Chairman big hotel could, because it would use a lot the 1980s. The percentage of residents age
Board Chairman Carson Durham says the dealing with sewer system expansion. Shallotte Planilins Board of water. Shallotte plans lo work toward ex- 65 and over jumped from 11 percent in
group is within a few months of completing According to the plan, all town facilities ? pansion of its sewage treatment capacity See SKWKR, Page 2-A)
Tr nn,,"swiCK?
Thirty-First Yeor, Number bhallotte, North Carolina, Tnuisday, February 18, 1993 50<t Per Copy 32 Pages, 3 Sections, 2 Inserts
New Safety Task Force Wants
Tough School Weapons Policy
Promoted, Firmly Enforced
m y -
STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHfct
RICHARD HAIJi was hard at work Monday on a model home being built on Village Point Road near
Shallotte. Contractors are busier across the entire South Rrunswick Islands area than a year ago this
month.
Home Building Increased In
County, On Beaches
During '92
BY SUSAN USHER
Residential construction increased
across most of Brunswick County
last year, with the greatest activity
still along the barrier islands of the
South Brunswick Islands.
Figures from the Brunswick
County Building Inspections De
partment, for example, reflect a con
tinuing gain after declines in resi
dential construction in the county's
unincorporated areas for several
years. Some of the decline, however,
reflected expansion of permitting by
towns in areas previously served by
the county.
In 1992, county permits for single
family homes increased 21 percent,
from 165 houses to 201, with a valu
ation of S14.2 million.
Brunswick County issues permits
for the unincorporated areas of the
county, plus Varnamtown, Leland,
Bolivia, Belville, Navassa and
Sandy Creek.
The county issued permits for 768
mobile homes, down from 845 the
year before. Other permits were for
two multi-family buildings with four
units, totaling S217,200; and for
seven commercial structures, valued
at S2.29 million.
The total value of all construction
was down for the year, from S29
million to S19.7 million. Don
Eggeri, the county planner who
compiles the data, said that unlike
the 1992 numbers, the 1991 figures
included two large public projects,
the county's cmcrgcncy services
building and Supply Elementary
School.
Calabash Building Inspector Ed
Area Construction In 7 992
AREA YEAR S/F HOMES *VALUATION
Calabash
Sunset Beach
Ocean Isle
Shallotte
1992
1991_
1992
1991
1992
1991
1992
1991
69 4.09
62 ! N/A
90 1 6.14
76 5.64
36 r 4.96
32 I 4.02
21 ] 2.46
N/A N/A
Holden Beach
1992
1991
48
59
4.03
4.25
?County
201
1992
1991 1 165
*To the nearest millions of dollars
14.16
11.0
Schaack permitted 69 single-family
homes in both the town and its ex
traterritorial area, with a valuation
estimated at $4.09 million, reported
Mary Bruton. That was up from 62
in 1991.
Also, 31 mobile homes or other
types of manufactured houses were
permitted with an estimated value of
SI.4 million. A permit was issued
for one office valued at S5,(XX) and
for a store valued at S54,4(X).
Some of the most dramatic
growth is at Sunset Beach, where 90
single-family homes were permitted
last year in the expanding town
proper and extraterritorial area, with
an estimated valuation of S6.14 mil
lion. In 1991, 76 were permitted and
in 1990, 59.
Additional Sunset Beach permits
covcrcd six 2-family houses valued
at $565,320; four multifamily dwell
ings valued al $597,600; and 17 mo
bile homes.
Already this year, said Building
Inspector Danny Cordcll, single
family new construction alone was
up 50 percent in January over the
same time last year.
In 1992, two commercial build
ings valued al S176.800 total also
were permitted.
At Ocean Isle Beach, Inspector
Druied Roberson saw 36 homes per
muted within the town limits with a
valuation of $4.96 million, with no
multiple family or commercial per
mits issued. In the extraterritorial
area, permits were issued for 15 sin
gle-family homes valued at $1.4
See CONSTRUCTION, Page 2-A)
PSYCHIATRIC EXAM ORDERED
Burroff Pleads Guilty To Molestation Charges
BY KRIC CARLSON his family to prevent them from testifying against him
Robert Nelson Burroff Jr., who gained national nolo- aflcr [K. was indicted on the rape and
riety when he disappeared with his faindy in an effort to indecent liberties charges Aug. 31.
avoid prosecution, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts Responses to the TV broadcasts
Uiking indecent liberties wilh his children. helped Brunswick authorities tracc
A charge of first-degree rape of a child was dismissed the Burroffs to homeless shelters in
in Brunswick County Superior Court as part of a plea Texas and Nevada.
bargain in which Burroff admitted his guilt in two * ft \ Jm Assistant District Attorney Lee
charges of fondling his two daughters, age 11 and 12. , Bollinger said Monday that he
At the request of his attorney. Judge t. Lynn Johnson "4 tr** agreed to the plea bargain with Bur
delayed sentencing unul Burroff receives a psychiatric "jr roff to avoid a jury trial at which the
examination at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh. children would have had to testify.
Burrofl was captured in Reno, Ncv., along with his IURROKF "Their family situation has dctcri
wife Ciail and their four children after their Sept. 5, 1992 orated significantly and we fell that it would have been
disappearance from Brunswick County was featured on very difficult lor the daughters he was charged with mo
the "America's Most Wanted" television program. lesting to come forward and testify at this time,"
Local authorities feared Burrofl might have abducted See I-A I'llKK, Page 2-A)
BY SUSAN USHER ?Establishing a hotline for receiving anonymous tips
A get-tough weapons policy proposed by the from students and others regarding weapons, drugs or
Brunswick County Board of Education would help make potential incidents.
local schools safer, a task force agreed Monday after- "Wc need to make this as important as winning a ball
noon, but only if well publicized and consistently en- game," said parent Joe Bryant of the school safety cf
forccd. fort. "Wc have to sell the program."
A stronger policy (see related story. Page 2-A) is just School personnel and West Brunswick High School
one of the approaches to ridding senior Jason Benton agreed that
campuses of weapons, crime and mnlcfi this: some students already share infor
violcnce touched on during a one rltZtU IU f/lCiKt: IrtlS mation and rumors about
and one-half hour meeting iyy-ir}s\ytn tit n c weapons, drug or violence with
Monday of the Brunswick County ' appropriate adults on campus.
Task Force on Safety in Schools. WlYlYllYl 0 (1 ball game. such as a guidance counselor.
The 1 /-member group includes ? ? teacher or deputy. Major John
school system, law enforcement Wg haVC tO SCll the Marlow, chief deputy of the
and court personnel, parents and Brunswick County Sheriff's
students. It is charged with mak- Dt'OQt'aDl. Department, said students have
ing recommendations to the ' p Tao Rn ant helped break school-related cases,
school board. r arc III JOc Dry dill The group rejected the idea of
The task force will meet again offering a taped outgoing mcs
March 4 at 4 p.m. at Bolivia Elementary School to con- sage from the school system giving a status report on sit
sider additional recommendations to be developed by a uations in the school.
working committee of seven members. "As a parent," said 13th District Attorney Rex Gore,
Monday members generally agreed on several other "until you build a track record that you're serious about
jpproachrs ttutf shodd hsip improve school safety: wcapcru in schools, that you arc serious about Aiacifli/ic
-Providing in-service education to teach school per- in the schools, I'm not going to have any confidence in a
sonnel how to identify and deal with weapons posses- recorded message."
sion and potentially violent situations. One step that would help build that track record, he
?Educating studenLs and parents on the dangers of suggested, is to stop trying to cover up incidents that
having weapons on campus, policies and laws governing happen at school and developing a system instead of re
weapons and the consequences of bringing them on porting incidents and how they were dealt with, without
campus. Sheriff John Carr Davis said this information identifying students by name.
should be presented starting with second and third "You need to take the position 'we're going to deal
graders. with them and we're going to let you know how,'" he
?Developing a school climate in which students feel suggested, "and I don't see that now."
responsible for reporting weapons on campus for their Task force members agreed that the schools should
safety and the safety of the entire school. strictly and consistently enforce weapons policies or dis
?Devcloping guidelines clarifying the role of ciplinc code rules relating to campus violence or crime,
deputies on campus. (Each high school has a deputy on Last year, the school board changed the policy on
staff.) See TASK FORCE, Page 2-A)
Freeman's To Be
Padlocked A Year;
Could Reopen
BY ERIC CARLSON
Freeman's Place, ihe Shallotte
nightclub closed under a court order
last week, will remain padlocked for
a year "to abate a nuisance" under
an agreement signed Tuesday by a
superior court judge, the district at
torney's office and the club's own
ers.
Under the consent order, the pad
locks arc to remain in placc until
Feb. 5, 1994. The club owners, Free
man Hankins and Labile Hankins
Jr., arc prohibited from using the
building at the north end of Mul
berry Street for any purpose.
The agreement extends a tempo
rary restraining order issued Feb. 5
by Superior Court Judge William C.
Gore, who ordered Freeman's clos
ed after reviewing evidence docu- i
menting four years of liquor viola
tions, drug arrests and violence at '
the club.
The owners are allowed to re
move perishable items from the I
See NIGHTCLUB, Page 2-A)
Inside...
Birthdays .. 2B
Business News 7 A
Calendar of Events 9A
Church News 8A
Classified 1-7C
Court Docket IOC
Crime Report 7C
Entertainment 2B
Golf JOB
Obituaries 8A
Opinion 4-5 A
People In The News 4B
Plant Doctor 3B
Sports...- .. 6-10B
Television Listings ....8-9C
STAff PHOTO BY SUSAN USHfc*
Running The Gauntlet
Motorists began running a confusing gauntlet of orange and white
striped barrels, signs and lights last Tuesday as traffic was switched
to new lanes on U.S. 17 between Shallotte and N.C. 211 at Supply.
O.T. Anderson, assistant resident N.C. Department of Trans
portation engineer, said contractor Carolina Dickerson Inc. still
expects to finish the four-laning by June I, though behind sched
ule now. The final bit of work will require closing one lane of traf
fic at a time for a final layer of asphalt, line-painting and reinstal
lation of pavement reflectors.