idol , , -' ". 3^'^ ■ ■ V'.Cl?"-*- ><UwnF> ' •.•r- ■ • i r- vi*- * •5JJ, ■’xi'js,** $J5*c3lS.' ’. •»> •4si4®aSMsgfe®f*»»i _ ENTRANC) Neighbors Part four of a series on emergency care involves the work of the ER - IB The State Port VOLUME 64/ NUMBER 41 SOUTHPORT, N.C. 50 CENTS Sports West Brunswick dominates selections for the all-county baseball dream team ~ 1C Our Town Caswell will keep the same tax rate, while Yaupon may go up a half-cent — Page 2 M-I' zone passes By Terry Pope County Editor County commissioners want to maintain zoning control over the Mili tary Ocean Terminal Sunny Point de pot should it ever close as an Army ammunitions port. A plan approved Monday will set in motion the process to reach that goal. Sunny Point includes 5,000 acres north of Southport on the Cape Fear River and is the nation's largest am munitions seaport. It also has 3,000 acres of restrictive easements in a buffer zone where all building is pro hibited. It will take a joint planning effort by the county commissioners, zoning overlay study committee and the Brunswick County Planning Board to ensure all areas designated as M-l (military installations) are addressed in the county land use plan. District 3 commissioner Leslie Collier of Long Beach said she doesn't want a battle over the terri tory here like what has developed in Myrtle Beach, S. C., upon the clos ing of a military base there. A private company is developing a theme park See Zone passes, page 6 Father Robert Beasley of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church officiated at a blessing of the fleet Sunday off the Southport city pier. Sponsored by the Cape Photo by Jim Harper Fear Yacht Club, the blessing was generally offered to commercial fishing craft, power boats and even a canoe. Details to be worked out Yaupon sewer plan includes golf course By Richard Nubel Municipal Editor Yaupon Beach will look to the Oak Island Golf and Country Club golf course to solve the wastewater dis posal problem which has plagued the town for nearly a year and has forced a major change in disposal meth ods. Meeting Monday night, commissioners indicated they would pursue an overhaul of the town's wastewa ter disposal system to spray-irrigate the equivalent of 250,000 gallons per day of treated effluent on the golf course property. An additional 250,000-gallon-per-day disposal capacity will be retained at the town's rapid infiltration basin beside the treatment plant on Fish Factory Road. "We are going to go - provided we can get proper contracts — with the golf course as an alternative for effluent disposal," town clerk Nancy Wilson said Tues I ' . The decision clears the way for Yaupon Beach to receive state funds to expand treatment and disposal capacity to 500,000 gallons per day day. Wilson said town officials have had contact with golf course directors, who have expressed interest in receiving additional water to irrigate the golf course. The golf course can now only irrigate with about 60,000 gallons per day. The Town of Yaupon Beach began operation of a 400,000-gallon-per-day treatment plant in 1992. Shortly See Sewer, page 7 Pilot leads state The Metro Award that recog nizes best overall achievement was presented Friday to The State Port Pilot at the annual advertising conference of the North Carolina Press Associa tion. It is the second consecutive year the Pilot has won the award among weekly commu nity newspapers in North Caro lina. The award is determined by a point system that takes into account the 17 awards won by the newspaper's advertising See Pilot, page 7 Budget is presented Southport: same rate, higher fees By Richard Nubel Municipal Editor Southport's budget committee has submitted a $6.445-million budget proposal for fiscal year 1995-96 call ing for no increase in property taxes, but significant hikes in the cost of water, sewer and solid waste collec tion. A $5-per-vehicle auto registration fee will also be included in property tax billing this year. Residential cus tomers will see no increase in elec tric costs for the moment, but the city's largest users of electricity will pay greater demand rates. Here's what it will cost to live in the City of Southport in the year be ginning 1995-96 if the budget pro posal is adopted in its current form: •Property taxes. The budget pro Of all city departments, the police department will see the greatest rise in funding in the coming fiscal year if the budget proposal is adopted in its present form posal anticipates no increase in the city's 53-cent per $100 tax rate. To keep the tax rate level, the budget See Higher fees, page 8 Review continues Long Beach: council trims proposed hike By Richard Nubel Municipal Editor If town council stopped its budget deliberations now, the property tax rate in Long Beach for 1995-96 would be three cents higher than it is this year, or 39 cents per $100 assessed valuation. But, town manager Jerry Walters said, council is not through with its fine-tuning of his budget proposal yet. "We have not completed our re view," Walters said. "I think, where we are right now, we are about three cents above this year's 36 cents. We still have fire and rescue to review and we still have the accommodations tax fund. And, of course, council may revisit some issues." Earlief this month Walters pre sented a budget proposal for the year to begin July 1 which called for no increase in the town's current 36-cent 1 Manager cuts school budget By Holly Edwards Feature Editor The budget recommendation offered by county manager Charles McGinnis threatens to derail progress made jointly thus far by the boards of education and county commission ers, says school board member Billy Carter. McGinnis' proposal calls for a $708,000 decrease in fund ing to the school system this year, an amount he says repre sents total savings to the school system if it implements all See Manager, page 10 Public backs sheriff request for funding By Terry Pope ? County Editor Interim county manager Charles McGinnis recommends a $414,181 increase in the sheriff's budget for next year, but residents say that department deserves more. It was a cut in $112,456 for equipment -- vests and guns -- sheriff Ronald Hewett has re quested from the county that fibred up citizens last week. They spoke before the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners to let them know their priorities in a budget that already reflects a 12* cent tax hike. "We're getting mixed signals," said District 3 county comints* sioner Leslie Collier of Long Beach. "People are saying that they don't want that tax in crease, but many are saying they want more for the sheriff s department* Last year, the sheriff re ceived $2,088,436 in county tax dollars compared to a rec ommended $2,502,617 in the 1995-96 budget. That increase Set Funding, page 6 .V';' property tax rate and no increase in water rates or solid waste collection fees. Meeting last week, however, coun cil decided to abolish the solid waste collection fee by doing away with an enterprise — money-making — solid waste fund. The cost of solid waste collection and disposal was returned to the town's general fund, which de rives just less than 47 percent of its revenues from property taxes. The move to abolish the self-sus See Council, page 8 Forecast Partly cloudy skies will prevail for the period of Thursday through Sat urday with highs in the 80's and lows in the 70's. Tide table HIGH 3:42 a.m. 4:36 p.m. 4:45 a.m. 5:37 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 8 LOW FRIDAY, JUNE 9 10:12 a.m. 12:59 p.m. ll:10a.m. — p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 5:47 a.m. 12:00 a.m. 6:36 p.m. -p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 11 6:48 a.m. 12:58 a.m. 7:33 p.m. 1:04 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 12 7:47 a.m. 1:53 a.m. 8:28 pjn. 1:58 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 13 8:45 a.m. 2:47 a.m. 9:23 p.m. 2:52 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 9:42 a.m. 3:39 a.m. 10:16 p.m. 3:45 p.m. The following adjustments should be made: Bald Head Island, high -10, low -7; Caswell Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high 4-7, low 415; Lockwood Folly, high -22, low -8.

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