Final Manager Candidate
To Have Interview Today
(Continued From Page 1-A)
1976. He later began an eight-year
tenure in Louden County, Va., a
county of 85,000 people about 35
miles of Washington, D.C. There
Sharp said he began as an assistant
to the county manager and "worked
my way up" to deputy manager.
Sharp was one of seven applicants
who met the specified qualifications
when Brunswick County advertised
for a new manager to replace David
Clcgg, who resigned from the job
March 15. The county commission
ers selected five finalists for public
interviews, of whom four agreed to
participate.
At their May 17 meeting, the
commissioners interviewed Michael
Hargctt, 40, a finance officer with
the City of Wilmington; Jimmy Var
ncr, 58, manager of Yadkin County;
and William Wyman Yelton, 56, a
former manager of Wayne and
Sampson counties. Varner and Yel
ton were unsuccessful applicants
who were interviewed with Clcgg
before he was made county manager
in 1991.
Sharp, 50, said he was contacted
for an interview last month but was
unable to attend bccausc he was on a
three-week mission to Poland,
where he was sent as a city manage
ment consultant for the U.S. Agency
for International Development.
Earlier this year, Sharp said he
had spent six weeks in Poland as
one of four volunteer delegates of
the International City Management
Association who went there "to
show their emerging city govern
ments how the American system
works."
Sharp said he feels "committed to
public service" and hopes the county
commissioners will look favorably
on his application.
"My heart is in local govern
ment," he said.
County Board Scraps Old Plan
For Million-Dollar Warehouse
(Continued From Page 1-A)
Shallollc Point water project in
which Utilities Director Jerry Webb
said construction was "back on
schedule and we're going to keep it
that way." He said that lines were
complete and ready for residential
taps in the areas around Wood
Street, Crest Street, Copas Road,
Loblolly Drive and Lakeshore
Drive.
?Reappointed Howard Benton of
Longwood to the Parks and
Recreation Advisory Board.
Appointments to the transportation
steering committee and the health,
social services and Brunswick
Community College boards were
deferred until a later date.
?Heard an update on the Geo
graphic Information Services system
from GIS Manager Steve Randonc,
who advised the board against a pro
posal to delete some mapping posi
tions from other departments.
The planning, tax supervisor, en
gineering and register of deed de
partments all require mapping ser
vices that eventually could be cen
tralized under GIS, he said. "But we
need to keep the old system in place
until the new system catches up."
?Announced that the last of four
finalists who applied for the job of
Brunswick County manager, Albert
Sharp Jr., will be interviewed at a re
cessed meeting of the commission
ers June 10 at 6 p.m. (See related
story.) A budget meeting will be
held that nieht at 7 o'clock.
Hot, Dry Weather Expected
Hoi and dry is the forecast for the
coming week, and possibly for the
summer overall.
Shallottc Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady said the immediate
forecast calls for above average tem
peratures and below average rain
fall. He expects temperatures to av
erage from the lower 70s at night to
the lower 90s during the daytime,
with one-half inch or less rainfall
generally, except from possible iso
lated thunderstorms.
The National Weather Service's
long-range forecast for June through
August anticipates a generally hot
and dry summer, especially along
the coast, with above average tem
peratures and below average rain
fail, Canady said.
However, Canady said he thinks it
is likely hot and dry conditions will
continue for a while, followed by an
extended period of wet, then back to
hot and dry. "It wouldn't be that un
usual for that to happen."
For the period of June 1 through 7
Canady recorded a high of 89 de
grees on both June 4 and 5 and a
nightly low of 58 degrees on June 7.
A daily average high of 85 de
grees and a nightly average low of
66 degrees combined for a daily av
erage temperature of 75 degrees,
which is about normal for this time
of year.
For the period Canady recorded
1.3 inches of rainfall.
One Wounded, Two Charged
In Gunfight At Supply Home
There were two bullet wounds,
two felony charges, four guns and
more than 30 rounds fired by four
people during a shootout between a
Shalloue man and his ex-girlfriend's
family in Supply Saturday after
noon, according to a Brunswick
County Sheriff's detective.
William Dean Heweu, 26, was
hospitalized after being hit in the
right calf and the left foot by shots
allegedly fired from a ,22-caliber ri
fle by Gina Tripp, 18, of Supply,
who is charged with assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious in
jury, Detective Nancy Simpson said
Monday.
Hewett is charged with firing a
.38-caliber revolver into an occupied
home.
The shooting started after Hewett
allegedly went to the home of his
ex-girlfricnd. Sherry Tripp, who is
Gina Tripp's sister, Simpson said.
"He wanted to talk to Sherry and
was in the woods watching for her
when her sister and her boyfriend
saw him," Simpson said. "They
went into the house and got guns
and came outside. It appears that she
fired first and he fired back."
Before long there were "bullets
flying everywhere" from two pis
tols, a rifle and a shotgun, Simpson
said. One shot, allegedly fired by
Hewett, went through the side of the
house and into the kitchen, where it
lodged in a wall.
Warrants also were drawn against
Hewett charging him with larceny of
a firearm and two counts of second
degree trespass, court records show.
No charges had been filed against
Sherry Tripp as of Monday after
noon.
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STAFF PHOTO BY LYNN CARLSON
Employees Honored
Ocean Isle Beach's 17 municipal employees enjoy a catered barbecue luncheon and a helping of
praise on Friday courtesy of the Ocean Isle Beach Property Owners Association. Above, Police Chief
Curt Pritchard (left) and Sgt. Tommy Allen (right) dig in as Commissioner Debbie Fox and Mayor
Betty Williamson chat in the background. 11 We do appreciate you," POA president Bob Jewell told the
employees as he passed out acrylic key chains bearing the town logo and employees' names. Jewell
said the picnic will become an annual event. Also on Friday, the POA unveiled the wheelchair ramp its
membership had constructed at the town gazebo.
Ocean Isle Beach Proposed
Budget Holds 20-Cent Rate
BY LYNN CARLSON
The Ocean Isle Beach Board of
Commissioners on Tuesday present
ed a S3.05 million budget for the
coming fiscal year, holding the tax
rate at 20 cents per $100 valuation.
If the budget is approved, proper
ty owners would pay S200 for each
$100,000 in property valuation.
Projected expenditures, by fund,
include:
?General, SI.059 million;
?Water and sewer, $1,455 mil
lion; and
?Other funds, S536.836
Projected general fund expendi
tures arc in eight divisions?admin
istration, building inspections, the
police department, first-respondcrs,
the mosquito control program, sani
tation, streets and municipal build
ings. Anticipated expenditures in
clude a $150,000 construction con
tribution to the town's sewer fund;
$50,000 to the airport fund; and
S93.547 for the beach rcnourishmcnt
and erosion control reserve.
Ad valorem tax revenues arc pro
jected at $623,660 on a total proper
ty valuation of $314,980?up from
S307.000 in the current fiscal year.
Other major revenue sources out
lined arc local option sales tax,
S50.000; franchise tax, $40,000;
general fund interest earnings,
S45.000; and liquor store revenues,
S54.000.
The town's water fund budget is
proposed at $413,215, including a
$45,000 capital project reserve fund;
S21.236 going toward debt service;
and SI60,000 to be paid to the
Brunswick County water system.
The commissioners anticipate col
lecting $325,000 in water charges.
Sewer fund expenditures are pro
jected at S378.325. The commis
sioners expect to collect $549,500 in
sewer charges and $93,900 in as
sessment fees for the current sewer
expansion project; and $108,700 in
tap-on fees.
Mayor Betty Williamson said the
current year's expansion of sewer
service on the island's east end had
consumed much of its sewer con
struction fund, and the $150,000
contribution from the general fund
would be a start toward re-building
A public hearing
on the budget
will be held
Tuesday, June
22, at 9 a.m. in
the town hall.
the fund to cover maintenance, re
pairs and other costs.
Sewer fund debt service is esti
mated at $378,325 and construction
costs at S393.000.
Accommodations tax fund rev
enues are projected at $366,000 in
the coming fiscal year. Of that,
S90.000 will go toward the town's
beach renourishment fund, along
with a $93,547 proposed contribu
tion from the general fund.
The general fund contribution for
bcach renourishment was based on 3
cents' valuation, a practice begun
with the current fiscal year's bud
get.The proposed new monies would
increase the beach renourishment
and erosion control reserve fund to.
$360,447.
Some 581,218 of the airport
fund's total estimated revenue of
589,468 is expected to come from
state revenues due from previous
years' projects. Projected airport
fund expenses include 575,000 for
land acquisition.
The town's underground utilities
fund would spend 5100,000 in the
coming Fiscal year to bury power
lines.
Water and sewer bond debt ser
vice, including principal and inter
est, would total S398.061.
The sewer capital project re
serve's contribution of 5150,000
from the general fund would in
crease it to S405.000. The water
capital reserve fund would receive
S45.000, bringing it to S80.000, the
same amount earmarked for expan
sion and construction.
"I feel the budget reflects the
needs of Ocean Isle Beach for the
future," the mayor told the commis
sioners and three spectators present
at Tuesday's regular monthly town
meeting.
The new fiscal year begins July 1.
A public hearing on the budget pro
posal was scheduled for Tuesday,
June 22, at 9 a.m. in the town kill. A
copy of the budget proposal is avail
able there for public inspection.
Judge Orders Inspector
Off Attorney's Property
A district court judge last week Attorney Mike Ramos, who was re
granted attorney Benedict Del Re a cently instructed by the town board
preliminary injunction prohibiting to take action against Del Re over an
Calabash Building Inspector Edward allegedly improper sign.
Schaack from coming onto Del Re's Undcr ^ of ^ injuncli
property unuI Jus lawsu.l against the Schaack ^ M ^ townJoffida]'
who owns commercial
? , , u i r.i^A ? coming onto the seven-unit Shops
property in Calabash, has filed a r .. . ^ ? r> K
v ' . ,, .. . .. . . of Calabash plaza that Del Re owns
complaint alleging that the town s Qn ^ ^ f
building inspector harassed him removal modificalion ?f
trespassed on his property and of- K
fered to take money for designing The injunction, signed by District
improvements that would allow Del Court Judge Jerry A. Jolly Thursday
Re to pass a building inspection. (June 3), will remain in effect until
The Holdcn Beach lawyer said he there has been a hearing and "final
filed the suit to head off an expected resolution and disposition" of the
civil suit by Calabash Town case.
Calabash Bans
Smoking In Its
Two Buildings
BY ERIC CARLSON
The town of Calabash only owns
iwo buildings. And now it also has a
law that outlaws smoking anywhere
inside them.
The Calabash Board of
Commissioners Tuesday adopted an
ordinance that prohibits smoking "in
all public rcstrooms, all public as
sembly rooms, all hallways and cor
ridors, employee lounges and any
other public area designated by the
department head in any public build
ing."
Don't be surprised if that lan
guage sounds familiar. It was taken
directly from the no-smoking ordi
nance recently adopted by the
Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners for all county
owned buildings.
"I just look the county ordinance
and plugged in Calabash," said town
clerk Janet Thomas, who presented
the draft regulation to the board at
its regular meeting Tuesday night.
Thomas said she wanted the com
missioners to adopt the ordinance to
"get something on the books" in
case a proposed state smoking law
goes into effect Oct. 1. She told the
board that for the first time in North
Carolina history, the legislature pro
poses to prohibit town and county
governments from adopting rules
that are more stringent than the
state's.
An amendment to the bill would
allow local smoking ordinances to
remain in effect as long as they are
adopted before Oct. 1.
"Die Calabash ordinance will pro
hibit smoking in all areas of the
town hall and in a small building at
the town's waste disposal site. It
provides for a fine of no more than
S50 and a jail term of up to 30 days
for violators.
Thomas said doesn't expect the
new law to meet much opposition
from town employees.
"Nobody here smokes anyway,"
she said.
In other business:
?Commissioner Jon Sanbom was
given permission to request advice
from the soil and water conservation
service in developing a plan to ad
dress drainage problems along
Northwest Drive.
?The board accepted a bid for
new fencing at the waste disposal
site and authorized the spending of
up to $2,300 to pave the recycling
area with asphalt or concrete.
?Canceled a June 16 work ses
sion with Powell and Associates of
North Myrtle Beach, engineers for
the town's joint sewage system pro
ject with Sunset Beach.
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