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Serving Up Spots
Pastor Bob Tilley (right) and Harvey Champion were in charge of frying tasty spots during the Dixon Chapel United Methodist Church
oyster roast Nov. 5. The annual event raised about $4,000 for the Varnamtown church.
EDC Opposes 'Critical Habitat'
Rule For Threatened Wildlife
BY ERIC CARLSON
Fearing potential new restrictions
on industrial and residential devel
opment, the Brunswick County
Economic Development Commis
sion on Monday agreed to draft a
resolution opposing a state plan to
designate large areas of land as
"critical habitat" for threatened and
endangered wildlife.
The new rules would effect all ar
eas within 575 feet of a river or
stream, making them "automatically
off-limits for development," EDC
Director Tom Monks told his board
at its regular monthly meeting.
Monks estimated that a quarter of
the county would be affected by the
"critical habitat rule" adopted by
the North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission at its July 20
meeting.
All potential areas for industrial
development along the Cape Fear
River, which account for half the
building sites marketed for commer
cial use by the EDC, would be re
stricted by the rule change, said
Monks.
"That would effectively put us out
of business," said EDC member
Arthur Clawson.
Monks called the new regulations
"an unjust environmental restriction
on development" and said it would
affect "one sixth of the state." He
asked the EDC to join other business
and industry groups in voicing op
position to the rule.
Other organizations who have
gone on record against the new rule
include the N.C. Association of
County Commissioners, the N.C.
Home Builders Association, the
N.C. League of Municipalities and
the N.C. Economic Developers
Association, Monks said.
The.EDC was alerted to the new
regulations in a memorandum from
the N.C. Citizens for Business and
Industry in Raleigh, which warned
that the rules "will substantially
harm economic development" in
North Carolina. "The intent is to
limit new or expanded sewer dis
charges, development and other ac
tivities" which might impact endan
gered specics downstream from the
proposed site.
"We believe that a reasonable bal
ance between environmental con
cerns and economic impacts must be
taken into account before critical
habitat area is designated." the orga
nization warns. "The current rule
does not require any consideration
of economic factors before the Wild
life Resources Commission desig
nates an area (as critical habitat)."
The board voted unanimously to
authorize Monks to draft a resolu
tion opposing the new regulation.
Member V.A. Creech Jr. said he
would present the statement to State
Senator R.C. Soles and N.C. Re
presentatives David Redwine and
Dewey Hill at a meeting with local
chambers of commerce this week.
Carter Resigns
In other business, EDC board
member William (Billy) Carter Sr.
announced his resignation, effective
immediately. Carter was elected to
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the Brunswick County Board of
Education Nov. 8. The EDC holds
its regular monthly meetings on the
same night as the school board.
Chairman Don Hughes congratu
lated Carter on his new elective of
fice and (hanked him for service on
the EDC board, lie called Carter's
input "very helpful and a great as
set" to the group's work.
"We'll try to get some more in
dustry in here to raise more tax
money to help you with the
schools," Creech told Carter.
The EDC board went into closed
session to "discuss matters relating
to the expansion or location of in
dustry." Its next regular meeting will
be Dec. 12 at St. James Plantation.
Board Hires Nine Teachers
Routine personnel actions by the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation Monday included hiring of
nine teachers.
Hired were Gregory Holley, Boi
ling Spring Lakes, interim carpentry
teacher. South Brunswick High;
Ruth Kuykendall of Brunswick, in
terim remediation teacher, Wacca
maw Elementary; Kaihvrn Barutis.
Long Beach, interim six-hour reme
diation teacher, and Kay Fitzgibbon,
Myrtle Beach, S.C., interim Spanish
teacher. Supply Elementary;
Roger Harts, Ocean Isle Beach,
elementary teacher, and Sandra
Raymond, interim half-time acade
mically gifted teacher. Union
Elementary; Martha Cabral, South
port, half-time interim special edu
cation teacher. North Brunswick
High; Jcanie Phillips, Shallotte. half
time interim art teacher, Shallotte
Middle; Sarah Ward, Calabash,
Chapter 1 pre-K home-based teacher
for Supply. Waccamaw and Bolivia
elementary schools.
Resignations were accepted from
South Brunswick High School
teachers Karl Tlitt, English, and
Garrett Mellor, carpentry; Supply
Elementary French teacher Marg
uerite York; Rafel Bland, West
Brunswick High custodian; and
Loris Crisco, part-time custodian.
South Brunswick Middle.
Transferred were Retha Rusk
Wilmington, from Bolivia Elemen
tary elementary teacher to remedia
tion teacher at Supply Elementary;
Carolyn McCain, Leland, in-school
suspension teacher assistant. South
Brunswick Middle.
Medical leaves of absences were
approved for Barbara Clark, AG
teacher, Southport Elementary; Bil
lie Milligan, Chapter I/reading tea
cher, Waccamaw; The I ma Fullwood,
Bolivia Elementary elementary tea
cher; and Bettie Godwin, teacher as
sistant, Union Elementary.
Twehty-thrce substitute teachers
were approved.
LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE
GIVES TIIANKS
EOR Ol'R VOLUNTEERS
November is tl?e month of I hanksgiving. It is also National
I lospice Montli. l^ower Cape 1'ear I lospice is tliatikful for our
dec! ica ted volunteers. We wish to mark this special montli liy
honoring these volunteer* for tlie support and assistance tliey
pnwide to our terminally-ill patients and tlieir families, and the
Ixwer Cape I'ear I lospice team. A Volunteer Appreciation
Reception sponsored l>v Coble Ward-Smith I uneral Service will
be l\,eld at Brunswick Community College <111 lliursdav,
November 17 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. I>'wer Cape I'ear
I lospice volunteers and tlieir spouses or a friend are invited.
Volunteers are tlie heart of I^iwer Cape l~ear I lospice.
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