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VOLUME 66/ NUMBER 52 SOUTHPORT N.C.
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clean fun — IB
Town
Xuthority may
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put in uiy storage -- Page 2
Long Beach
Solid waste
issue should
involve town
15} Richard Niilul
News I-,in,,,
^l!l' lK ;,|Cl'k'' experience 111 urban management issues,
’run") li' shl’Lilsf involve Long Beach and its
lllUM Sl'111 ,M Sl'l-ing iho critical solid waste management '
lJllcni,lL! local governments here lace
' 1 a. .1.a. i aie in the positnm ol begging the coun
|;1 M'I|K' I1'“I'ci planning." mavor .loan Altman told
ll’u‘1 ' ll!l l! '"esd.r, nielli as that body met in regular
montliK -C'simi
in 1 "r:ih lh,cr hi>ui meeting, council also received a
k'p'’" consulting planner Bill l ams on a second
hridac c itridor development plan, which advocates Long
ik:|Jl •>' cowiiimeni agenev lo, developing the area
emending Horn Midvvav Roatl lo the Intracoastal
'v atervv av
;,t |lk meeting, council heard trom Brunswick
( "m,!N 1 •"mchuilders ... president Hank
Kv psc ha. vv l,o moused long Beach code enforcement
i’(1'vci I mv id l Iciiiniiuis ol dtsehaigmg Ins duties in an
lln!‘llL u l",,,llv "'"I pieiudici.il manner." and called lor
■see 1 ong Beach, page h
Southport
Movie-makers
will be subject
to local rules
IU Richard Nubtl
V u s 1 i! 11 ■ 11
James Pearson - for 21 years a route mechanic with the Brunswick Counts
schools garage - and his fellow workers labored hard in last week's heat so that
Photo bv Jim Harper
139 buses could deliver pupils for the opening of school today. The buses will all
be back w hen school closes early next June.
8,000 students answer the bell
By Holly Edwards
Feature F.uitor
More than S.()()() Brunswick County students went
to sch<u)l this morning as their summer vacation came
to ,in end
lodav is the first day of school tor most county stu
dents. although nearly I ,<S()() returned to school a month
ago when Lincoln. Union and Belville elementary
schools switched to a year-round school calendar.
One year after a new school administrative team took
tlie helm, Brunsw ick ( minty Board of Education chair
HEW PROGRAMS. PAGE 7
m;in Glenda Browning declared that the school sys
tem is “or the threshold of greatness."
I think this is the most exciting time in education
Biunswick County has ever seen." she said. “Fvery
thmg we do now revolves around the classroom We've
al ways had good teachers and students, hut classrooms
and teachers tin.illy have the support and the materials
i fey need to e we I. an el I think v\ e re on our wav to the
mp."
Last year w,.s a transitional period lor ihe school
'’V-'1 ■" v\tn.!i 'mm* ww pioipams designed to improve
ItiL- quality ot instruction were put in place, she said
I his year. Browning said, results ot the new programs
will be brought to Iruition.
' I Ins is the year it's ah going to come together." she
said.
Along with enhanced support programs lor teachers
";l :lu' Bom hue Browning said, there have been
stepped up et toils to maintain the appearance - ■( school
buildings
( )m schools look so much belter, and that's giving
See Students, page 9
S' >ul 11 [ n .r! ii'Mik'nis ;ii)J I lit-1 r on go\ c rumen I will make
1u' -"'■fiii him-making in this city and film-makers
^ 1!I he in11muictl a the icsuIis when the city is through.
1 hat message u as sent k .tullv and clearly to the director
"I hie Wilmington I,lm ol'tice I'hursdav night as the city's
hoard ot akk mien declareel it would conduct a workshop
op proposed teetil Ilion ot the film industry this week. A
task loree ot lesidimts 11. <m neighborhoods most frequently
‘dice led I w 11 lor ie - make1 [ s has | if oposed a set ot mew le regu
Iat ions and le cs - Ire , harped 11 Inc makers teir the city ser
r tews (her titih/i a Ink-on localion here.
Mark Strieklaiiel. elueetor e>I the regional film commis
sion m Wilmington, was told his help was not needed to
ilee elop 111ming guide! mes lor Southport.
Whaierer guidelines you adopt, mv office is basically
taking this as an emissary to Hollywood." Strickland told
a I ile hi ten. a elding lie ami the hoard w ere on the "same team.
Strieklaiiel sale! he was ottering Ills services to show
Sonthpi o t ‘dial is In iw ii w orks "
"'tou mar he on our team, hut rou're in a different uni
form. alelcrm.il) \e Ison Adams le del Strickland. "The people
who aie agnate el In the se- ( mor ie-makers) elon't care how
it works [he r sale- how res work
Stockland said ilie- regulations proposed In the hoard s
See laical rules, page 6
State rejects
Dosher pact
Bv Hollv Edwards
Feature Editor
A proposed settlement of an appeal of the state 's
decision to grant Dosher Memorial Hospital cer
tificatton to operate a bO-bed skilled nursing fa
cihtv was rejected by the state Certificate of Need
Section on legal grounds, Dosher administrator
Edgar Haywood said Monday.
Magnolia Health ( are, which proposed to in
clude the skilled nursing beds as part of a larger
retirement community at Supply, filed the appeal
with the state Office of Administrative Hearings.
Unless there is a major breakthrough, Haywood
said, the appeal will be decided by administra
See Dosher, page 9
County may help
Dutchman Acres
Though it is doubtful Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District
will have the capacity to treat wastewater front Dutchman Acres,
county commissioners Monday said they would help residents
of that community seek funds for construction of a wastewater
collection system.
At District 3 commissioner Leslie Collier’s insistence, county
staff will act as honest broker of a possible deal between Dutch
man Acres residents and SBSD commissioners.
"These are the kinds of situations of which we have to be aware
and see what role the county can play,” Collier said.
"We'll do anything we can to help them,” county manager Jim
Varner said.
In a portion of commissioners’ meeting devoted to accepting
public comment Monday, Thomas Johnson of the Dutchman
Acres community west of Southport said SBSD would build
See County, page 6
Garbage tipping fees
of no concern ... now
By Richard Nubel
News Editor
f aced w ith a $5-million annual cosi i mmg solid
waste management efforts in Brunswick 1 nity.
county commissioners Monday mcht M.ir.d a public
hearing on landfill tipping fees and cm ; . lection
from the public.
f ommissioners said all proposals to M c up solid
waste management efforts would be put 'lie table
and no tipping tees had actually been c- died vet,
even in theory.
We ve not established fees, we re co ring
them, commissioners’ chairman JoAm: b a my
Simmons told Yaupon Beach comnnsM. Nov
Johnson >a l',o-a iih Viupon Beach commissioner Hill
Smith w cm l he on I \ I'ao counts i cm dents lo address
tom miss 11 nitrs
Johnson s simple ' \\ h.il s ii ironic lo post 'i a upon
He,mil ’ -a cut un.insm cred
We no >a | us i need public led me about u ha I w e re
eome io do, counts manned Jim Vainer said.
Johnson said il had been rumored ’ annual solid
musie eosis to be passed from Brunswick Counts to
the tow n s on Id ranee as hi eh as SSI ).()(>() Phat would
rouehls double Vmpon Beach s cost and would loree
the tors n to charge Us residents more ill tees or taxes.
Smith said
< 'ouuts ott m i a I s lace some d.iununt’ dial lenses in
See Garbage, page 6
Hospital expansion
City approves permit,
may seek agreement
tty Richard Nuht-I
^ews Editor
Dosher Memori.il Hospital won
su|tt approval from eit\ .ikicrmcrt
Ihursday night ot .1 o'ialition.il use
[Xu nut to build and iipci.itc .1 (>4-hed
skilled nursing taeihi\ on the hospi
tal > umpus.
tt l!- the ease u ith u hieli ein otti
s mi' granted the hospital rei|ties! nun
eosi Dosher in the lone run
I he Smiths illc township hipi(;iI
plans to build the skilled nursing ta
s i111\ to the rear ot die existing num
hospital hmldinp and will relocate a
parkino lot on that site farther south
on Atlantic Avenue demolishme
( ape Harbor Apartments to make
w a\
Alderman Paul I ishei suggested
the eitv max have a rei|uest hospital
trustees can deal w nil
I has e no oh|ec lion to the b4
Feds. f isher told hospital adminis
trator Fdgar Haywood '1 do hast a
concern about Cape Harbor (Apart
ments) and $224,000 worth ot prop
erty taken oft the tax scrolls."
When Dosher recently bought the
apartment complex it became govern
ment property, therefore not subject
to ad valorem taxation bv the city.
f isher asked Haywood to schedule
.1 meeting between aldermen and hos
pital trustees. He said the hospital --
which collects a property tax of four
cents per $100 valuation from resi
dents of Smithville Township --
should pay Southport a sum ot money
annually in lieu of taxes.
Fisher may have gotten that idea
from his service as citv liaison to N
C. Fastern Municipal Power Agency.
See Permit, page f
INSIDE
Opinion 4
Obituaries 9
Police report I()
Church XB
TV schedule 9B
Calendar 12B
NASCAR 3C
Notices (,(;
Business 7(j
Fishing report 8(2
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