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VOLUME 66/ NUMBER 40 SOUTHPORT, N C. _ 50 CENTS
Sports .
North Brunswick player,
coach lead all-Brunswick
baseball squat! -- Page 1C
Nil
Cleaning
disposal c
unusual c
OiL
What's the take on future
movie-filming here? Time
for speaking parts — Page 2
County
sewer
Service district
recommended
By Terry Pope
< 'ounly Bditor
A vote earlier this month to up
grade l.eland Industrial Park's sewer
plant tor northern communities put
county commissioners in the sewer
business
Now a committee which has stud
ied the sewer issue closely recom
mends that either a counts wide wa
ter and sewer district or a "service
district" he created to oversee the
project. It would encompass all areas
where the counts otters sewer.
“The counts is gross ing very rap
idly. and there need m he a simple
way it can he uddeo n " said Mas
Moore ot Yaupon Bench chairman of
the Rrunsssich Counts Storinss ater
Management and Sew nee Treatment
Osersigh! ('omniittee
Although the counts chose to en
ter the sewer business, it svill focus
oil svhere the greatest need for ssaste
svater seis ice lies - m mine densely
populated areas
"There are areas ot the county
where it is hard io s isualt/e sesvet w ill
ever be needed.' said Ms. Moore
See Sewer, page
Councilor
found NG
of assault
By Richard \u!>cl
Municipal Ldiloi
Dish i c t (curl | iicluf Jcn\ Jolls
Luesdas afternoon pinckls found
Long Beach lined councilor Horace
Collier not guilts o| mo counts ot
assault on ,i temale - ills' charges
brought hv toss u lesulent Bells
Weaver and councilor I ranees Allen.
In a case that look aboul an hour
anil 20 minutes to us Weasei con
tended Collier hast struck her ssilh a
plastic drink bottle subses|uent to the
February IS town council meeting at
the Long Beach Recreation Center
Allen claimed ( olliei had pushed het
aside as she uppioached V\eaver and
Collier in the llnoes ot then dispute
that night
Key to Col I ic i s de tense ssas coun
cilor Mars Snead, ss ho had just been
sworn to ottice and had participated
in her first council meeting the night
ot Lebiuars IS Councilor Snead anil
her husband. I airs Snead, teslilied
they ssitnessed sirtually the entire
exchange ms ols mg ( oilier. .Allen and
Weas er that night and saw ueithei the
alleged poking i it Weas er w ilh a drink
bottle not the alleged shosing ot
Allen
"(( oilier) had a drink bottle in Ins
See Assault, page 6
I'lutlo In Jim Harper
Although it's been in service on the Southport-hurt fisher fern run for several months, the vessel
Southport was officially welcomed to duty Friday w hen (iai land < iarrett. secretary of the N. ( Department
of I ransportation, broke a bottle of bubbly across her how. Dignitaries and invited guests, including the
Duke blue Devil, embarked on a short cruise that demonstrated the remarkable maneuverability of the new
ferry.
Three dollars out, one dollar in
Fire, rescue proposal
costly to Long Beach
Ifv Richard Nuhel
Mmnc 11>aI l-.ditor
I mu; Reach liomeow ners. business operators and lot
owners would pay .in estimated $2h<>.55() in new taxes
loi lue and rescue funding in Brunsw ick ( 'ountv next seat
it counts commissioners adopt a proposal ad\ anced In a
committee on emergence serxice funding last week
I lie low not long Beach would receive onl\ iS7.()()()
lor its volunteer tire and rescue departments under the
same piopox.il
lJav Sdh(o50 Reeeive SS7.000. Is tins fair ’
See Proposal, page 6
‘Our big concern all along has
been equi!\ That money
raised here, stay here. That's
not what ^ proposed.'
Joan Altman
Long Hindi ni.oor
$15.3 million
Schools request
draws favorable
county response
By Holly Kdwards
Feature Lditor
A man mi s 1,1 Btumsw is k ( d afrits
commissioners said fucsslas night
l i ic \ support the school hoard's
S I 5.3-million local budget request
lor fiscal s car I d<)7 os and ai c
ready to place responsihilits loi
improving the school ssstcm
squarels on the shottldeis of those
who run it
"1 think we’ve reached a lime in
Brunswick Counts wlieic we need
to gi\e the school ss stem die hcncl it
ol the doubt.” deelaied 1 listnct '
commissioner Leslie ('oilier 1 lie
end result of it is n puts die hall m
their court. It lhe\ get what thc\
need then they will he responsible
for the results, and th id w hat the
publu ecp.’cis ”
ill lus budge1 pra.os.il mai.
manager .Inn Varner leconmiended a
S I 2.3- million dlocation to the
.. a v sm,n \\ '
added to da. i i ua c - M ■ i.s
'If they get what
they need then they
will be responsible
for the results, and
that's what the pub
lie expects.'
Leslie Collier
District 3 commissioner
enue. the school system s total local
htulyet would he about SI4 million,
or moo' than SI milium Us, than
. h- ii >1 ot l oils say tiles need.
While three ot live commissioners
sun! luesdas m si In dies supported
See Schools, [lape
BEAT workshop
Water quality
is emphasized
By Tern Pope
l 'ounts l.dilor
Residents concerned with ssatei
i|ualit\ in Brunswick ( \>unt\ helt.in
to arm themsels es ss ith tacts I uesdas
m hopes ot protecting the ( ape t ear
Riser and I ockwood l olls Rise!
trom terms ot pollution sshich base
alreads slrickcned the Neuse Riser
ami turned it into a killme mound.
We he I ms e a problem is not 11 \
able until it is s isihle. ' said Jail Bar
ns. president ot the Hrunsw ick l;ns i -
ronmental Action leant (HI Al t.
which held a counts sside meeting
near Suppls "I hat is ss In see at -
ranged the ssorkstn>p
HI AI w as organized last seal as a
art nip ot concerned citizens ss ho pro
mote ssise stewardship ot natural re
sources in the counts and better ss as s
to manage long-range gross th. It has
taken keen interest in planning issues
this sear since the counts is draltmg
its tise-se.ir land use plan update that
outlines boss to manage coastal
cross th. a plan mandated by the
'... it is a lot easier
to point a finger at a
boat than it is to
point it at all of us.
We're kind of loving
our eoast to death.’
Jo Ann Burkholder
Fisheries member
Coastal Area Management Act
(C AMA |.
(iene lomlinson ot Southport,
chairman ol the N C\ Coastal Re
sources Commission, a hoard that
must approve county land use plans,
said water quality has become a ma
im concern ol the ( R( ’ He said state
See Water, page 9
Is there room for a compromise?
Bv Richard Nulud
Municipal I’dimt
With no oMK'!i'.;i' at home and a walthnu 1 ravel and
I nurism ( oal 11m at m K ileieh. Kep I l)a\ ul Kedvv me told
Brunsvv tek C ounlv leaders I rivlav he would decide earls this
\\eek \v bethel 10 lichi toi a consolidated occupancv lav hill
in this session ol the (leneral \ssemhlv 01 lei the matter
drop altoeelhet
Ae tnaiI v - Kedvv me told members ol the Hr tinsvv ink ('ounlv
( Vcupaiicv lav I ask I nice he laced lout options this week
when he returned lo Rulemh lie could
OCCUPANCY TAX ,
• Do nothing. He could withdraw House Hill '
creates ,i tirst-time one-pereeni counts w ule on up.m.
to pros isle up to $450,00(1 annually toi travel on.I tor
in Brunsss ick Counts, .met \s ,ut as Hi unsss ick ( our
Unite to IniiId consensus. The lull also allow s bench i ■
municipal occupancy taxes, hut limits use ol those h:
approved by the N. ('. I ravel and Tout ism ( oalit r
tel. motel and other statewide tourism mteiests
He could introduce a bill establishing the one pen
I w Inch
vpected
’motion
rs con
ncrease
tiv ities
of ho
ts vs ide
CVC u pa nc x i,1 \ 11 ni i 11 'u is ire e leaf lx xhx kick! i mi xx lietlu i
oi ik >i i, ''(kiklinc bimtahons on which the Iraxel
.m,| |, un ism ( mIhumi tus nisiskkt ( ompoundmg ihc prob
lem. ones .nkl i 1 w ns w .in' i three-percent i net ease in mu
me i pal oemipaikx taxes In six petcent 1 he coalition has
insisted oil a s;\ peicent cap on occupancx taxes in am po
litical suhdix isimi oi the stale, so i In one-perceni countx w ide
tax is enae ted in Himisw mk municipalities would be lim
ited to Is, pets s 111 incieases lone Beach and Soulhpott
otlieials wete so aiiceied hx this liiex hare asked Redwme
to xx ithdruw those towns (torn anx pending legislation this
See Compromise, page l)
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