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STAFF PHOTOS BY ERIC CARLSON Learning New Creations Dennis Wilson (in photo at left) makes a head necklace in last week's "A Very Special Art Festival" sponsored hy the Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department for participants in the Brunswick Community College Interagency Program. Above, staff member Joyce Munn (right) gets a lesson in gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing, from Frances Allen. Yarn am town Backing Continued Dredging Of Lockwood Folly Inlet BY none; RU ITER Varnamtown officials arc mailing a letter to Congressman Charlie Rose this week stating the town's unwavering support for the continued maintenance dredging of Lockwood Folly Inlet. Aldermen took the action Monday night in re sponse to a report that the Army Corps of En gineers was told it should stop dredging the inlet due to the lack of commercial fishermen who use it for ocean access. The Corps of Engineers district office in Wil mington has no plans to stop dredging the inlet between Holden Beach and Long Beach, spokesman Marty van Duyne said Tuesday. Just to be safe, town officials will send a letter to Rose in support of the annual maintenance dredging of the inlet, which is used by commer cial fishermen in Varnamtown. Alderman Will Mumford drafted the letter Tuesday and said it would be mailed this week along with a list of more than 30 commercial fish ermen who use the inlet at least 50 percent of the time. Alex Kuigre. one of Varnamtown's commer cial fisherman, said at Monday's town meeting that 37 commercial vessels use the inlet along with 12 party boats and more than 150 sportfish ing boats docked at Holden Beach Marina. In recent years, the Corps of Engineers has spent about $500,000 per year to keep Lockwood Folly Inlet navigable. I.ast year, the corps also dredged Lockwood Folly River. "The corps just spent all this money dredging the river so let's keep the mouth open," Mayor Pro Tem Ennis Swain said Monday. The Corps of Engineers recently began a study on the merits of opening Eastern Channel, which was the original inlet before the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway was dredged. Van Duyne said computer models will be used to see if opening Eastern Channel would in crease water How in the river and minimize the effects of pollution. The study should be finished by late summer or early fall. Land Swap Possible The town board's plans to purchase property for a boat ramp parking lot may ultimately in clude a land swap. Aldermen plan to pay $30.000 for one acre of land owned by Larry and Mary Knowles of Riegelwood. Town officials said Monday they also are ne gotiating with Terrence and Sue Galloway, who own the property next door, about trading some land to "square up" the irregularly-shaped parking lot property. "I see it as an advantage for both sides," Swain said of the trade. As proposed, the Gallo ways would give the town road frontage in ex change for property behind their house. Aldermen voted Monday to transfer $26,000 from the town's reserve fund to the community projects fund to help pay for the Knowles proper ty Swain said the (own already has about $9,000 in the community projects fund. "This is needful so when the time comes to do business our mayor and clerk can carry on," he said of the additional transfer. Varnam's Docks & Bulkheads recently com pleted a $20,000 improvement project at the boat ramp at the end of Fisherman Road. Next Project: Park Once the boat ramp parking project is com pleted. town officials plan to start focusing their attention on the town park property. Mumford said Monday he has been in contact with a Raleigh firm that can help the town decide how to best develop the 3^-acre site. He said the plans would cost between Sl(M) and $300. Public Input Needed Town board members want to know what res idents think about water and sewer systems and other issues that will affect the future of Varnamtown. Officials are in the beginning stages of draft ing the town's first land use plan and will use questionnaires to get input from residents. Alderman Ada McDonald, chairman of the planning board, said there hasn't been much pub lic input so far at the board's land use plan meet ings. "I would like to see us do something to get more input from the community," McDonald said. "It is absolutely essential. We can't do a land use plan without it." Town board members plan to hand deliver questionnaires to each of the community's 160 households this week. After filling them out, resi dents can drop tne questionnaires in the town hall mailbox. State law requires town to develop land use plans to help guide future development and pro tect and manage natural resources. Contractor Hired To Build Holden Beach Dune BY DOUG RUTTER I loldcn Beach officials have come up with a plan they hope will pro vide for construction of an ocean front sand dune on Hillside Drive without closing the street entirely. At a special meeting last Thurs day, commissioners established a "preservation zone" in the street's right of way and hired a contractor to build a berm along the entire length of the road. "This will save Hillside as near as a human being can come to saving it," Mayor Wally Ausley said. "What we're trying to do is protect ourselves from another March 13 storm or a category I or 2 hurri cane." Over the last few years, the ocean has washed away most of the beach front lots on Hillside Drive. The wa ter comes up to the pavement in some areas during high tides. The town has hired Wayne's Backhoe Service of Shallolte to con struct a berm along the south side of the street, leaving approximately 20 feet of right of way on the north side for vehicular traffic. Wayne's Backhoc Service submit ted the lowest of three bids on the project at $4.74 per cubic yard. Town Manager CJus Ulrich estimates the contractor will pile between 4,(MM) and 5,(MM) cubic yards along the road. Ulrich said the sand dune will av erage about four feet above the street surface, or 14 feet above sea level, and will be eight feet wide at the top and 2X feet wide at the base. Once the dune is built, town offi cials plan to plant beach grass and put up sand fence in an effort to sta bilize it. Ausley said dune construc tion is expected to take about 15 days. The sand for the project will be removed from a dtedge spoil area on the north side of island owned by 1 lolden Beach Enterprises. The company is donating the sand. In return, the town has agreed to have approximately I,(KM) cubic yards placed on dunes that protect property owned by lloldcn Beach Enterprises. Ulrich said the bid specifications require the contractor to leave the In a related matter last week, spoil area in good condition to pre- commissioners approved an addition vent the accumulation of water, to the public nuisance ordinance that There have been problems in the will allow the town to order cleanup past with mosquitoes breeding in the of structures damaged by a storm or area. erosion. "The idea is not to have any water r _ . ,r- ? , , .. ... ... .. - For months, town otticials have standing in there tor breeding mos- . . , . . & been trvinu to get a property owner uuitoes, Ausley said. . , , ?: ' .' ./. . 1 ? . . . . to tear down a damaged bulkhead on Residents and property owners ..... ?, ... ? .... .. ... . . Hillside Drive. I he ordinance will who need access to Hillside Drive . . ,. .... . .. permit the town to remove the struc will have to enter and exit on ; ,. ... .. ... . , .... . lure and bill the owner. Ranger Street. Barricades will be set up where Holden Road, Elizabeth The ordinance amendment applies Street and Bendigo Street enter to structures in danger of collapsing. Hillside. structures that will likely cause pcr Due to the lack of room that will sonal or property damage and struc be left for vehicles, parking will be lures or debris located in public trust prohibited on the street right of way. areas. A/ Dis IRA ?"ateS? Richard C. Glenn SECURITIES AMERICA, INC. PO Box 2865 18 Resort Plaza Shallotte, NC 28459 Shallotte (910)754-6771 Member NASD/SIPC Two Injured In One-Car Accident Saturday Night A driver and his passenger were paired. seriously injured in a one-car acci- The accident happened at approx denl on Old Georgetown Road imatcly 11:55 p.m., II.K miles shortly before midnight Saturday. southwest ofShallottc. James Scott Morrow. 35, of Morrow was traveling northeast Lincolnton. and Melissa Morrow, on Old Georgetown Road (S.R 27, of Little River, S.C.. were trans- 1163) at a high rate of speed when ported to The Brunswick Hospital his 1W3 Chevrolet came out of a with serious but non-incapacitating curve, ran off the right side of the injuries, according to the N.C. road and struck a telephone junction Highway Patrol office in Wilming- box. The car overturned three times ton. before coming to rest on its wheels. Trooper C.E. Ward charged James Damage to the vehicle was esti Morrow with driving while im- mated at $ 14.(KH). Jfic official HOLDEN BEACH TURTLE WATCH SHIRTS are ready for the 1994 season Exciting New Colorful Design! SIZES DONATION QUANTITY TOTAL Children 2-4 (S) $10.00 6-8 (M) $10.00 10-12 (L) $10.00 ADULT Small $11.00 Medium $11 00 Large $11.00 $11.00 $12.00 $12.00 . . \ Sub Total Shipping $2.50 per shirt Total Send check or money order to: ? 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