Around Brunswick
Shores: Refund for
SBWSA bills due
CAROLINA SHORES - Now '
that the break between Carolina
Shores and Calabash is complete,
residents here should not have to
pay for the stormwater and waste
water management plans of
Southwest Brunswick Water and
Sewer Authority, officials of the
new town say.
In fact, Carolina Shores commis
sioners say, residents should be
refunded payments they have
already made to the regional
authority.
While a part of Calabash, resi
dents of Carolina Shores were
liable for authority costs along with
residents of Sunset Beach and other
portions of southwestern
Brunswick County the authority
plans to serve.
But, now a separate entity, the
authority’s services are not needed.
Carolina Shores is served by the
private Carolina Blythe sewer sys- •
tern. The town also has taken over
a stormwater management system
from a property owners association.
In a letter to authority director Joe
Tombro, Carolina Shores commis
sioners say they want to stop
assessing property owners and for
give unpaid stormwater assessment
bills residents have received. The
board also wants all previous
assessments refunded Carolina
Shores property owners.
Tombro has not commented pub
licly on the demands. SBWSA is
defending itself against a lawsuit
brought by a group protesting
stormwater assessments. Carolina
Shores commissioner Gere Dale is
president of the protest organization
and mayor Teddy Altreuter is an
active member of the group.
Schools to get over
$225 K from feds
WASHINGTON, DC
Brunswick County’s school system
will receive $225,342 from the fed
eral government this year to help
increase faculty size and cut class
size, 7th District U. S. congressman
Mike McIntyre announced this
week.
The sum for Brunswick County is
part of a $4-million package headed
for southeastern North Carolina
schools, the congressman said.
“There is nothing more important
to this country’s future than making
sure our children have a good edu
cation,” McIntyre said. “In order
for our kids to learn and compete in
the global economy, America's
schools must be able to accommo
date smaller class sizes.”
The federal appropriations bill
will provide $1.2 billion nationally
for the first year of a proposal to
reduce class size in the first through
third grades to an average of 18
students.
Registrar publishes
September report
BOLIVIA — Services of the
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Replace and repair: Approval of a November s bond referendum will increase the pool of funds available to communities.
Of life and livelihood
Local and state leaders urge $800 million bond issue
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
City of Southport officials have begun
to grapple with the need for money to
expand the city’s inadequate waste
water treatment capacity which will facilitate
a spate of residential growth.
But first, city officials must face the need
to complete more than $400,000 worth of
repairs to Southport’s aging wastewater col
lection system.
Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District may
need money soon to expand treatment capac
ity in its service area along bustling Long
Beach Road. Officials there expect flow to
be near capacity when the district's 500,000
gal lon-per-day treatment plant comes on line
later this year.
Long Beach has just announced plans to
begin the first phase of a municipal waste
water collection system and it is projected
Yaupon Beach will neei to add capacity to
its wastewater treatment plant as its partner
ship with neighboring L< ig Beach contin
ues. 'a,
All wastewater management system devel
opment on Oak Island is being undertaken
with the idea that each individual improve
ment will become part of a larger, regional
wastewater management system sering most
of southeastern Brunsw ick County s>me day.
Water and sewer project
needs exceed $11.34 bil
lion in North Carolina.
Boiling Spring Lakes has asked Brunswick
County to help it construct a water distribu
tion system, but will examine other ways to
bring a public drinking water supply to resi
See Clean water, page 6
Brunswick County Register of
Deeds office generated $152,522 ir
September, nearly $20,000 more
than in the same month one year
ago, registrar Robert J. Robinson
reported this week.
Recordation of deeds, deeds of
trust, plats, maps and other instru
ments generated $36,555. Issuance
of marriage licenses brought $2,72(
to the office. Miscellaneous income
totaled $4,797 in the month and
excise tax collections totaled
$108,450.
The Brunswick County Register
of Deeds office processed 2,464
documents in the month, 304 more
than in September, 1997.
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Redwine supports
juvenile justice bill
I RALEIGH - Rep. E. David
Redwine, of Brunswick County and
House District 14, voted
Wednesday of last week for an
overhaul of the state’s juvenile jus
tice system. The measure before the
House aims at ensuring swift, sure
punishment for juvenile offenders
The compromise bill includes
stiffer penalties and more facilities
to hold juvenile offenders, and
community based prevention
efforts to deter juvenile crime in the
state.
“Passage of this bill marks a
major accomplishment for the 1998
session of the General Assembly,”
said Redwine, who was a sponsor
of the bill. "We came to town
knowing that jin unite justice
reform would be a major item on
the agenda and we have addressed
this serious, complex problem.”
Major portions of the bill grew
out of a special commission
appointed by Gov. James B. Hunt
last year to study the problem of
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committee.
Key components of the bill
include: The establishment of an
Office of Juvenile Justice; the abili
ty to hold juveniles who commit
the most serious crimes until the
age.of 21, instead of 18, the current
age for release; the ability to hold
juveniles committing other crimes
until the age of 19; a provision
whereby the State Bureau of
Investigation can keep fingerprints
of juvenile offenders untilthe
offender is 18 years of age or 18
months after his release, whichever
is longer.
“The final bill strikes the right
s ^api
balance between tougher penalties
for juvenile offenders and increased
treatment and prevention pro
grams,” said Redwine, who helped
craft the compromise between
House and Senate negotiators.
Budget considerations are still to
be worked out by another confer
ence committee. The House version
of the bill includes a $6.5-million
budget for the first year; a Senate
version contains $19.8 million for
the first year. Much of the differ
ence was in prevention programs.
Plant fined for level
of effluent chlorine
CAROLINA SHORES - The
privately owned Carolina Blythe
wastewater treatment plant has
been fined for exceeding permissi
ble levels of chlorine in system
effluent.
A representative of the N. C.
Division of Water Quality said high
levels of chlorine were detected in
system effluent on ten unannounced
inspections. Chlorine may not be
present in wastewater system efflu
ent in concentrations higher than 17
parts per billion, under state law.
The plant’s operator said a new
ultraviolet light sanitizing system
had been installed to replace chlori
nation as the final step in the ter
tiary treatment process. But, the
plant continued to introduce chlo
rine into the effluent in warm
weather to eliminate algae.
The UV system itself is of con
cern to the Division of Water
Quality. Carolina Blythe installed
the system without first applying
for appropriate state permits.
Permit applications are now being
made after the fact, company offi
cials say.
CRP enrollment for
farmers has begun
BOLIVIA — Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment
will be conducted for seven weeks
beginning October 26, R. Coke
Gray, of Brunswick County Farm
Service Agency, said.
CRP allows farmers, ranchers and
other cropland managers to enter
into contract with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Commodity Credit Corporation to
place erosion-prone lands into other
environmentally sensitive uses for
periods of between ten and 15
years.
“This is another opportunity for
landowners to sign up for a volun
tary program to get financial and
technical assistance for improving
their land, water and wildlife
resources,” Gray said. “If you
haven’t tried to get into the pro
gram, if your CRP contract offers
were not accepted in the past, or if
you have contracts expiring, this is
the time to make new contract
offers,” Gray said.
Interested landowners may write
Brunswick County Farm Service
Agency at P. O. Box 110, Bolivia,
NC 28422. The telephone number
is 253-4448.
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