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| VOLUME 63/ NUMBER 38 SOUTHPORT, N.C.50 CENTS c ■ May 18, 1994 Our Town The Caswell Beach board won’t endorse two more members; vote is expected Sports North Brunswick’s terrific trio enters post-season play Tuesday with South Stanly Neighbors Dosher Memorial Hospital Health Fair gives first-hand look at available services Forecast The extended forecast calls for fair weather throughout the week end. High temperatures are expected in the 70s on Thursday, reaching the 80-degree mark on Friday and Sat urday. Lows each night are expected to be in the 50s. The State Port Pilot Pilot Line THE TALKING NEWSPAPER Weather updates are available on Pilot Line. Dial 457-5084, then ex tension 191. Tide table HIGH 2:45 a.m. 3:35 p.m. 3:48 a.m. 4:38 p.m. 4:51 a.m. LOW THURSDAY, MAY 19 9:16 a.m. 9:53 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 20 10:15 a.m. 10:58 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 21 11:14 a.m. 5:40 p.m. 5:53 a.m. 6:38 p.m. 6:52 a.m. 7:35 p.m. 7:50 a.m. -p.m. SUNDAY, MAY 22 12:00 a.m. -p.m. MONDAY, MAY 23 12:58 a.m. 1:06 p.m. TUESDAY, MAY 24 1:53 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 1:59 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 8:47 a.m. 2:46 a.m. v 9:24 p.m. 2:51 p.m. The following adjustments should be made: Bald Head Island, high -10, low -7; Caswell Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high +7, low +15; Yaupon Beach, high -32, low -45; Lockwood Folly Inlet, high -22, low -8. County rejects request By Terry Pope County Editor In a split vote Monday, county commis sioners refused to rezone a 58-acre tract north of Southport to allow manufactur ing development there. Residents of the adjacent Moore's Creek and South wood Estates subdivisions, pre viously surprised to find their homes are in a commercial zone, are pleased with this latest move. But they have one more battle to fight - - to have their community rezoned to residential use. A public hearing on that request is scheduled June 20. Long Bay Properties Inc. filed to rezone its pie-shaped tract across from the en See Request, page 6 School expenses up one-third Fairley: Request based on need, not past funding By Terry Pope County Editor Local operating expenses and the capital outlay requests together represent a 57.8-percent increase over what the schools received from county commissioners last year. The proposed budget approved by the Brunswick County Board of Education last week will ask the county for a 29.2 percent increase, or $11.2 million, in local operating expenses - compared with the $8.4 million it got last year. Commissioners appropriated no local capital outlay dollars for repairs or building needs in the last budget, but school officials are asking for $2.4 million this year. The biggest sale on the figures was perhaps to some school board members themselves. "Isn't that abit ridiculous?" asked Thurman Gause of District 1, at the start of a budget meeting last week. "What I'm asking is, has our budget increased that much - 29 percent over last year?” By the end of the meeting, all members were convinced the budget covered only realistic needs. It was approved unani mously. The total figure, including state and local funds, is around $44 million. "That's exactly right," added District 3 member Bill Fairley. "The budget should be driven by our needs, not by how much they will give us." A copy was submitted to county finance officer Lithia Hahn on Friday. Don Warren, chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners, plans to deliver the county’s budget See Expenses, page 6 Nothing marks the progress of the seasons in this area better than the appearance of fishermen cast-netting for bait in the shallows around Southport and Oak Island. Will Austin was Photo by Jim Harper having good luck catching shrimp and small shad in Davis Creek last Friday. Long Beach Sewer to move forward By Holly Edwards Municipal Editor Long Beach council members moved for ward Tuesday night with preparations for a future central wastewater treatment system. They directed town staff to develop esti mates of current and future waste flows, and to prepare a Request for Proposal (RFP) docu ment for selection of a consulting engineer. The engineering firm would be hired to gather information and perform research required for the town to comply with Environmental Pro tection Agency (EPA) mandates stated in the land use plan - such as taking water samples, identifying future development patterns and land uses, and developing alternative wastewa ter treatment options - and would not be hired to design a sewer system, said mayor Joan Altman. Cape Fear Council of Governments execu tive director Jerry Walters is serving as a con sultant to the council in the absence of a town manager, and has outlined the steps involved in He called the EPA's guidelines for develop ment of sewer systems "sound" and urged the council to move forward with the process. "It should be noted that the language in the plan clearly states that this strategy be em ployed as the process for determining ultimate aspects of wastewater treatment," Walters said in a memo to the council. "Put another way, the determination has been made that a wastewater treatment system is necessary for the commu nity." The land use plan states that the town sup ports construction of a central wastewater col lection and treatment system. The planning board recommended to the council last month that it proceed with de velop See Sewer, page 7 Aldermen wary of AEC proposal By Holly Edwards Municipal Editor Southport aldermen were asked Thurs day night to weigh the environment against the rights of property owners, and decided they did not have enough information to make a decision. The board voted 4-2 against recom mending to the Coastal Resources Com mission that the Walden Creek estuarine system - the proposed site of the Martin Marietta limestone quarry - be declared an area of environmental concern (AEC). Aldermen who voted against the pro See Aldermen, page 7 I cannot afford to . have a bunch of bureaucrats come down here and tell me what I Can and can9t do with that land.9 Pat Newton Resident, property owner Gore chosen parade marshal LI. Col. Harry W. Gore Jr. will serve as parade marshal for the annual Independence Day celebration in Southport. The announcement was made this week by the N. C. Fourth of July Festival Committee, which oversees the state's official observance. The three-day event will be held July 2-4. Gore, 45, is theson of Harry W. Gore Sr. of . Southport and Olivia Sloan Gore of Wilmington. He was graduated from Hamp ton (Va.) High School in 1968 and from Vir | giniaMilitary Institute in 1972withabachelor’s ‘ degree in math and a commission as a second lieutenant to the U. S. Air Force. , - Gore entered active duty and attended un dergraduate pilot training at Craig Air Force Base, Ala. At the completion pf UPT he re mained at Craig as a T-37 instructor pilot “ i ' '. ^ li MiA* it His next assignment was piloting C-141 transports at Charleston AFB, S. C. He trav eled extensively during this assignment, pri marily to Europe and the Middle East, but also visited South America, Africa and Asia. He attended North Carolina State University and earned a master of science degree in ap plied mathematics, followed by a four-year. tour on the faculty of the U. S. Air Force Academy. < He resumed flying duties in his next assign*; inept, returning to the C-141 at Travis AFB, « Calif. He traveled throughout the Pacific, in addition to occasional trips to Europe, South America and Australia. After four years in the cockpit he was se lected for a one-year remote assignment as See Marshal, page 7 am I_ :-,'T ! Good Communityf • Call 457-4568 for
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