SOLES' SPLIT DENOUNCED
Calabash To Consider
Ocean Isle Plant
For Sewer System
BY ERIC CARLSON Carolina Shores.
Rebuffed in their efforts to get a At the board's previous meeting,
reduced price fqr the Carolina- the owners of Carolina-Blythe said
Blythc sewage treatment plant, the $4.5 million asking price for the
Calabash and Sunset Beach are now facility is "not negotiable." A major
investigating the possibility of using ily of the commissioners have ex
the Ocean Isle Beach system as the pressed doubts that the system is
cornerstone of a joint treatment sys- worth that much,
tem. In a March 23 letter to the com
Reprcscntativcs of Powell missioncrs, engineers Joseph
Associates, system engineers, Tombro and James Billups outlined
Tuesday asked the Calabash Board the steps that would be necessary "to
of Commissioners to approve a fca- fully develop the Ocean Isle Beach
sibility study of the new approach, alternative."
The study would be funded jointly First on the list was the feasibility
by the two towns at a cost of no study. Then the joint application for
more than S5,000 apiece. Farmers Home Administration fund
And in another matter, the board ing would have to be revised to re
voted unanimously to approve a fleet the new plan for the system us
sharply worded resolution condemn- ing the Ocean Isle Beach treatment
ing the efforts of State Senator R.C. facilities instead of Carolina-Blythe.
Soles to divide the town into two Next the towns would activate the
municipalities of Calabash and recently formed South Brunswick
Water and Scwcr Authority, "with areas of downtown Calabash,
certain limitations." One such re- Village Green and parts of Calabash
striction would be that the authority Acres.
would not purchase the Carolina- Billups said he had contacted "the
Blythc Utility system "unless and utilities director of Ocean Isle
until such time as the Carolina Beach," Odcll Williamson, and de
Shores Property Owners Association termincd that the town's treatment
provides evidence to the authority facility might be feasible and "with
that the majority of the residents fa- in the realm of user costs previously
vor such a purchase." targeted for the program which
Finally, revenue bonds would be J?" *** u.f of lhc
used to implement the Calabash por- Carol.na-Blythc System.
lion of the scwcr program "for all The Ocean Isle Beach system cur
costs in excess of any grant rendy has a treatment capacity of
amounts." This approach was rec- one million gallons per day, Billups
ommended so "users of the new sys- said. The Carolina-Blythc system,
tcm would bear all costs of the sys- when completed, will have a capaci
tem and there would be no obliga- ty of 925,000 gallons per day.
tion of the general tax base of the . . . .
-wn of r,.,K:,ch - 7,10 engineers also have asked the
Town of Calabash."
Implementation c
begin with service to the "Phase 1 A" to consider joining Calabash and
governing boards of Shallottc,
Implementation of the plan would Holden Beach and Ocean Isle Beach
Sunset Bcach in the formation of a It charges that Soles' proposal is
five-town environmental coalition to motivated by "pressure and influ
pursue state grant funding of a re- ence brought upon him by non-resi
gional sewage treatment system. dent business owners of the town
Representatives of the towns will and others who have been obliged to
meet at the Brunswick County comply with town zoning ordi
Emergency Services 911 building nances..."
March 30 at 6 p.m. to discuss the The resolution further states that
joint venture. The towns will be the split "would help only a privi
asked to consider asking Gov. Jim leged few; has no beneficial aspects
Hunt to designate the proposed sys- to the town or its citizens; would
tcm as a state demonstration project, create substantial fiscal, logistical
making it be eligible for special and jurisdictional problems and is
funding as an estuarinc water quality not in the overall best interest of the
improvements program. town..."
in another matter, the board voted In other business the board agreed
unanimously to approve the resolu- to schedule the week of March 29 to
tion opposing Sen. Soles efforts to April 2 for the town's annual spring
split the town, noting that a majority pick-up, including branches and oth
of citizens and residents oppose the cr yard debris left by the recent
division. The resolution will be sent storm. All leaves, pine straw and
to Soles, Rep. David Rcdwinc and pine cones must be bagged for pick
Rep. Dewey Hill. up.
BCC Student Seeks Aldermen's
Help In Tidying Shallotte Image
BY DOUG RUTTER
Nadine Murray cringes every
lime she drives through downtown
Shallottc. "I think Main Street looks
terrible," she says.
Instead of just complaining,
Murray proposed a solution in a re
cent paper she wrote for an English
composition class at Brunswick
Community College. The paper, "A
Town In Decay," describes Main
Street as a junk yard.
"There is endless rust, metal,
nails, cement, bricks and garbage...,"
she wrote. "The garhagc is revolt
ing. This is a town without pride.
Not only is it unsighdy, it's danger
ous."
Murray, a nursing student, started
following through on her thoughts
last week when she met with the
town board of aldermen to solicit its
support for her effort to clean up the
community.
Armed with color photos of par
ticularly unsightly spots, she sug
gested that enforcement of litter
laws, fresh coals of paint on curbs
and buildings and screening fences
at certain businesses would help.
In her paper, Murray names two
Main Street businesses that look like
"a graveyard for old lawn mowers"
and "a storage space for toxic
waste." The composition, by the
way, earned a grade of 100.
Murray, who lives just outside
Shallottc, also said the town could
use some public trash cans to dis
courage littering. The town present
ly doesn't have any garbage contain
ers for use by the public.
Shallottc town officials agree with
Murray that some sections of town
need improvement. They said last
week that if enough citizens and
merchants get involved, they could
make a difference.
"It's not that we're not concerned
about it," Mayor Sarah Tripp said at
last Tuesday's town meeting. "You
can't force people to clean up their
own private property."
Murray, who moved to the area
about 1 1/2 years ago, said she plans
to send personalized letters to busi
ness owners recommending im
provements they can make to beauti
fy the town.
Town officials said the litter law
is hard to enforce because you have
to catch liuerbugs in the act. They
also said getting buildings con
demned as health hazards can be
costly in terms of legal fees.
"The town coffers are not exactly
brimming," Alderman Roney
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Giles On District Superior Court Bench
Chief District Judge D. Jack
Hooks Jr. will replace retiring Judge
Giles Clark on the 13th Judicial
District bench following an appoint
ment last week by Governor Jim
Hunt.
Hooks will be sworn in Monday
by senior resident Superior Court
Judge William Gore.
The 39-year-old Hooks said
Tuesday he is "obviously pleased,
but also a little intimidated" at the
prospect of taking over for retiring
Judge Clark.
Hooks has served for the past two
years as chief district judge for the
district, which includes Columbus,
Bladen and Brunswick counties. He
will fill Clark's unexpired four-year
term which ends in 1996.
The governor said Hooks' "exem
plary record" as a district court
judge "makes him an ideal candidate
for the job. His deep roots in south
eastern North Carolina, and his ex
perience in private practice and on
the bench, will make him a fine su
perior court judge."
Hooks grew up in Whitevillc and
graduated from the University of
South Carolina in 1976. He earned
his law degree from Campbell
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sincc 1985 has served as district District Attorneys Ola Lewis and
court judge in the 13th district. He Donncll Kelly, former ADA Tom
was named chicf district judge in Aldridge and Seaside attorney
1991. Edmund Liles.
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