Three Incumbents Survive Primary At Long Beach Three incumbents made it through an uneventful Long Beach primary Tuesday, with the clear-cut results setting the stage for the Nov. 2 municipal election. A mayor and three council mem bers will be elected. Councilman James Sloop did not file for re-elec tion. First-term Mayor Joan Altman will face challenger Rupert Riley, with former mayor Johnny Vereen out of the running. In the council race, challenger Frances Allen garnered 584 votes, more than any other candidate for council or mayor. She was followed closely by David Drummond. a for mer councilman, and Helen Cashwell. Also making the cut were incumbents Jeffrie Ensminger and Danny Leonard and another former councilman, Kevin Bell. Eliminated from the field were low-vote-getters Doris Hertel, Tim othy L. Jones, Dan Windsor and Carlton (Gene) Frazier. Forty -eight percent of the town's voters cast ballots in the primary, said Brunswick County Board of Elections Supervisor Lynda Britt. Of those, 39 voted absentee and 1,346 went to the polls at Long Beach Recreation Center. The election ran extremely smoothly, she said, with only two telephone calls received the entire day and no complaints filed. Totals were as follows, including absentee votes: Mayor: Altman, 569; Riley, 522, Vereen, 266. Council: Allen, 584; Drummond, 565; Cashwell, 547; Leonard, 472; Bell, 464; Ensminger, 452; Frazier, 284; Hertel, 246; Jones, 20i; and Windsor, 87. Sunset Board Goes Along With Bird Island Zoning (Continued From Page 1-A) the future for Bird Island proper." Bill Ducker, president of the 1,500-member Bird Island Pres ervation Society, lauded the council on its decision: "I think this is Sun set Beach saying not only to the lo cal public but to the public in the state 'we're going to be a first at es tablishing these areas.'" The year-old society is working to raise money and garner support for the purchase and public conserva tion of Bird Island. Pace and Poag have said they are open to an offer, but must first pursue state, federal and local permits to get an idea of the island's current worth and devel opment potential. In a later interview Ducker elabo rated, "It is a kind of milestone to me. I think it will go a long way to ward protecting what is pristine here. "The town could have legally set much more severe restrictions, but the planning board had compassion for everyone involved in this thing." While Mrs. Price had first pro posed developing only seven dwel lings on the island, her representa tivcs more recently had sought a re laxing of the proposed zoning to al low denser development and smaller oceanfront setbacks than those pro posed by the town. Following a public hearing two weeks ago, the council tabled a vote on the island's zoning to allow more time for consideration. The zoning adopted applies to the entire conservation reserve zoning district created by the board in an earlier vote Monday. The district in cludes Bird Island, the western tip of the Sunset Beach island, and the marshes surrounding Bird Island and Sunset Beach Island. Town Ad ministrator Linda Fluegel said it in cludes some areas other than Bird Island that might be suitable for de velopment in the future. The district is intended to provide long-term management of fragile, undeveloped or unique natural areas and is zoned to sharply rec'rict de velopment to single-family, low density uses in upland areas only. The Price counterproposal for zoning of Bird Island sought up to 66 units on 10,000 square-foot lots, with up to eight bedrooms per dwelling. STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG t UTTER Feels Like Fall A couple enjoys the crisp fall air as they walk up the ramp at Holden Beach Fishing Pier, silhouetted by one of the spectacular sunsets common in October. Shallotte Aldermen Ease Siqn Regulations BY DOUG RUTTER Shallotte merchants are now play ing on a level Held when it comes tp the signs they're allowed to have outside their businesses. Town aldermen voted 4-1 Tues day night to change the zoning code to make sign regulations consistent in both the Central Business and Highway Business districts. The amendment will allow busi ness owners in the both zoning dis tricts to erect signs as tall as 40 feet with an area up to 50 square feet. Under the old Central Business rules, signs were restricted to 6 feet high and 32 square feet. Most town board members said keeping the sign standards stricter for the Central Business district STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC CARLSON THOMAS HUGHES, president of American Refuse Systems, Inc., of Pinehurst asks Brunswick County commissioners to consider signing a contract with Columbus County to dispose of waste in a regional landfill his company plans to build there. At right is County Manager Wyman Yelton. County Discusses Landfill Option (Continued From Page 1-A) "If you want to participate, you need to negotiate," Hughes said. "If you wait too long, it may be there or it may not. Or it may be moved to another part of the county." County Engineer Robert Tucker told the board he agreed with the idea of lowering costs through par ticipation in regional disposal sites. But he cautioned against hauling garbage to Columbus County's old landfill before the regional facility is completed. He estimated that doing so would cost the county $7.39 more per ton than using the current land fill. "On a long-term basis, regional ization by all accounts is the prefer able way to go, Tucker said. "I am somewhat concerned about using the unlined landfill in Columbus County. You might be buying into their liability, environmentally. "I wouldn't want to see Bruns wick County put all its eggs into someone else's basket and have that basket fall and break." Tucker recommended the board keep the Columbus County option in mind as Brunswick moves ahead with its own landfill siting plans. Commissioner Jerry Jones agreed, calling Hughes' proposal "worthy of thought." He suggested that the sit ing committee should include partic ipation in a regional landfill as one of its options. In other business the board: ?Voted 4-to-l, with Jones dis senting, to award a contract for the public housing agency's weatheriza tion program to B&B Construction of Navassa. Although the company submitted the higher of two bids, the majority of commissioners went along with Yelton's recommendation to award the contract to B&B, which is owned by Navassa Mayor Louis Brown. Yelton said Interim Housing Expect Pleasant Fall Temps More pleasant fall weather is in the forecast, after a week that in cluded a brief taste of winter. Temperatures are expected to be near normal, averaging from the up per 50s at night into the upper 70s during the daytime, with no more than a half-inch of rainfall, said me teorologist Jackson Canady of Shallotte Point. For the period Sept. 28 through Oct. 4, Canady recorded a high of 88 degrees on Oct. 3 and a low of 45 degrees on Oct. 1 . That low, 15 degrees below the average for this time of year, was "probably close to a record if not a record," said Canady. "They broke the record at Wilmington (the National Weather Service office) the same day with basically the same temperature." For the period he recorded no rainfall, but that didn't reflect the month overall. During September, Canady recorded 9.23 inches of rain. Nearly two-thirds of that, 6.25 inch es, fell during early morning Sept. 5. "That was the heaviest period of rainfall I have recorded since the passage of (Hurricane) Diana in 1984," said Canady. Director Ihurman bverett had rec ommended Brown over Shallotte contractor Bob Ford because of his experience. ?Voted 4-to-l, with Jones dis senting, to return a proposed three part zoning ordinance amendment to the county planning board for recon sideration. Jones said he felt the board should have approved the sec tions dealing with a proposed map change and new mobile home park lot size regulations, while sending the third section back to the plan ning board. The latter proposal would return portions of Sandy Creek's extraterritorial jurisdiction to coijnty zoning control. THE BRUN$WKK$ftACON Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallotte, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year < $10.36 Six Months $5.55 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $14.86 Six Months $7.90 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year $15.95 Six Months $8.35 Second class postage paid at Shallotte, N.C. 28459. USPS 777 780. Postmaster, send address changes to: P.O. Box 2558, Shallotte, N.C. 28459-2558 would be discrimination, since the two commercial districts meet on Main Street. Alderman Paul Wayne Reeves cast the only vote against the change. He said stricter sign regula tions are needed in the Central Business area because of the close proximity of the buildings to the street. New Backhoe Coming Shallotte will soon be the owner of a new Ford 555D backhoe. Al dermen voted Tuesday to accept the apparent low bid from Sessions Farm Machinery Inc. of Whiteville. The anticipated cost is $31,384, but Public Works Director Albert Hughes was instructed to verify the bid because the proposal wasn't Hospice Sets Memorial Service Lower Cape Fear Hospice of Brunswick County will hold its an nual Hospice Memorial Service on Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. at St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church in Shallotte. The service will honor people who died under Hospice care from Nov. 1, 1992 to Sept. 30, 1993. 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