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The Department of Cultural Resources over the weekend sponsored
a Living History Encampment as part of the Civil War Program at the
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson state historic site. Guns were fired,
rnoio oy Jim narper
campaigns were explained and in some c:w s fantasies were played out.
More photos in the Neighbors section.
CAMA
concerns
voiced
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
Balancing economic growth and
environmental protection was the
major concern expressed by residents
attending the fourth of seven Coastal
Area Management Act (CAMA) pub
lic meetings Monday night at the
CP&L Visitors Center near
Southport. '—s
By law, Brunswick County mu&t
update its CAMA land use plan ev
ery five years and public input is the
foundation of the plan, said planning
consultant Glenn Harbeck.
Policies contained in the CAMA
land use plan affect local zoning regu
lations as well as decisions of state
and federal agencies, Harbeck noted.
‘ You folks are speaking for an aw
See Concerns, page 6
Former chairman:
County’s action
should not deter
long-range goal
By Terry Pope
County Editor
County native Michael Royal says
he’s disappointed that county com
missioners disbanded the long-range
planning committee so suddenly last
week.
But he doesn’t believe the action
will kill long-range planning.
The Boiling Spring Lakes resident
was chairman of the panel which last
year gave county officials a list of 16
recommendations to better prepare
for county growth over the next 25
years.
However, amid criticism of not
having enough rural representation
See Action, page 7
‘I believe ... our
communities, our
towns and our county
realize the importance
of a unified and
cooperative effort to
preserve our quality
of life.’
Michael Royal
Lockwood
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Shifting sands and erosion
stemming from the
L ockwood Folly Inlet con
tinue to threaten oyster har
vests from the river and prop
erty along the beachfront.
It is a problem longtime
Holden Beach resident John
Holden wants resolved, partly
by pressure from the
Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners.
He asked the board Monday
to implement a study of the
circulation patterns at the
mouth of the Lockwood Folly
River and of the inlet that lies
between Long Beach and
Holden Beach. With aerial
See Lockwood, page 11
Water everywhere
Leland district
may abandon
county system
ny lerry rope
County Editor
The county’s second-largest whole
sale water customer is threatening to
pull out, too, if water prices keep ris
ing and if bond debt is passed on to
users.
Leland Sanitary District director
Jean Speight told county commission
ers Monday that officials should not
only be concerned about Tong
Beach’s threat to build its own water
system but that Leland has entertained
the idea as well.
At a retreat earlier this month, com
missioners agreed to aggressively
pursue a self-supporting water system
and to increase its customer base to
help dig it out of debt. And District 2
commissioner David Sandifer sug
gested commissioners need to “tuck
their tail between their legs” and talk
to Long Beach officials about not
leaving the county water system.
Long Beach has committed
when you say
you need to deal
with one of us you
need to deal with all
of us, and all of us
fairly.’
Jean Speight
Leland Sanitary District
$ 100,000 for a study that indicates the
town could build its own water treat
ment plant which would save the
town money in the long run. The town
is in the process of digging test wells.
The debate has been ongoing since
last year when the county raised its
See Leland, page 8
Long Beach
‘Assessment’
rumor brings
council action
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
For the record -- and the action
appeared to be just that -- Lone
Beach Town Council Tuesday voted
not to consider funding for beach
nourishment until it begins budget
deliberations or untii a specific
beach nourishment project is pre
sented by federal authorities.
That unanimous vote ol council
brought to an end a meeting begun
in acrimony, fueled apparently by
rumors circulating throughout town
for several days that council was
prepared in assess all property own
ers between $4,500 and $4,800.
What council heard Tuesday night
while meeting in regular monthly
session was a report from Long
Beach Erosion Control Committee
chairman Russ Morrison on on
going efforts to bulldoze sand into
berms on the beachfront.
Councilor Helen Cashwell, how
ever, said she had placed an agenda
item "Discussion concerning beach
nourishment and financing" because
she felt mayor Joan Altman had
committed Long Beach to spend
See Long Beach, page 7
Forecast
The extended forecast calls for
mostly sunny skies Thursday through
Saturday with highs in the 60's.
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Complaints of junk
Neighborhood
requests help
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
Minings after a frustrated group of Smithville Woods residents left Southport
City Hall Thursday night, city attorney Mike Isenberg found an answer to
their problem.
The City of Southport can clear old junked vehicles, broken restaurant equip
ment and discarded oil and antifreeze cans from Joe Mintz’s property. Just
how to deal with the Mintz property — in Southport and at Smithville Woods
— will be the subject of a special “workshop session” of the board of alder
men Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
“State law gi^es you the authority to remove any condition that constitutes
a health hazard in the city or within one mile” of city limits, Isenberg told
aldermen.
Earlier, residents of Smithville Woods complained Mintz, a resident of 520
See Junk, page 6
Residents of Smithville Woods say Joe Mintz moved his junked vehicles and logs from h.s pulpwood busi
ness to a lot he owns adjacent to a dirt service road running parallel to Robert Ruark Drive. Southport ofli
cials are to decide a course of action Thursday night in a special Workshop” session. _
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