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July 21,1999 Volume 68, Number 48 Help wanted Good help is easy to cc Oak Island summer i Former NFL quarterbi his effort behind fund] Published ever) 50 cents Like a good neighbor Villas request asking move to new town By Richard Nubel Staff Writer ! Deannexation. The word imay not be in the dictio nary, but that’s what the Oak Island Beach Villas Owners Association Board of Directors has asked of the Town of Caswell Beach: Deannexa tion, as prelude to the 172-unit condomini um complex joining the Town of Oak Island. “It appears that Caswell Beach has no interest in becoming a part of the new Town of Oak Island, North Carolina; therefore, we intend to actively engage to be dean nexed from Caswell Beach and annexed to Oak Island,” OTBV board members wrote Caswell Beach mayor Joe O'Brien on July 10. A copy of that letter was sent to Oak Island co-mayors Dot Kelly and Joan Altman, as well as the area’s delegation to the General Assembly: Rep. E. David Redwine, Rep. Dewey Hill and Sen. R. C. Soles. According to the letter signed by OIBV Owners Association president Denny Franklin and six other directors, the villas board wanted Caswell Beach to join the consolidation to create the Town of Oak Island early on. Only days after the October 1, 1998, announcement by Long Beach and Yaupon Beach governing boards that they would explore consolidation, the OIBV owners board called on Caswell Beach to join in that effort. “At our quarterly meeting of October 9, 1998, the Board of Directors of the Oak Island Beach Villas Owners Association approved a resolution urg ing that ‘Caswell Beach be a part of any action to create a single governmental entity on Oak Island to include the towns of Caswell Beach, Yaupon and Long Beach,”’ the directors’ letter to O’Brien says. The owners association membership approved that resolution at an October 10 meeting unanimously. with one abstention. The lone abstainer was Caswell Beach commissioner Marcia Whiting, an OIBV resident. Members of the owners association believe the new Town of Oak Island is better positioned to provide essential services than the smaller Town of Caswell Beach, minutes of the associa ‘I think if Jerry (Walters, Oak Island town manager) puts a pencil to it in terms of cost realities, we’re not going to get a free ride. ’ Herbert Smith OIBV board member tion owners 1998 annual members meet ing indicate. “This resolution rec ognizes the continuous need for critical and emergency services provided by the Town of Yaupon Beach,” the minutes say. Oak Island Beach Villas is served by for mer the Yaupon Beach — now Oak Island — wastewater manage ment system. Caswell Beach commissioners in 'he early 1990s allowed villas residents to seek this service from Yaupon Beach, but cautioned villas owners they would have to participate in capitalizing any : Caswell Beach waste water management sys tem that was built and would be required to cbnvert to its service if a Caswell Beach system were built. Oak Island Beach Villas owners pay the Town of Oak Island an additional 25-percent surcharge as out-of-town users of the wastewater management system. But, the owners association minutes suggest members are just as concerned about services other than wastewater management. “Much discussion followed, with the consensus being that the villas would greatly benefit by such a consolidation, with the idea that services such as fire protection, water and sewer treatment and emergency medical services could better be provided by the larger munic ipality,” the association meeting min utes of October 10, 1998, say. Associ ation minutes also indicate members believe the Caswell Beach area would be better positioned to receive funding for beach nourishment projects if it were part of the larger Town of Oak See Villas, page 7 AIR BRUSH Photo by Jim Harper This hooded figure is Shane Kingery, member of a three-man crew from Southern Corrosion finishing up the 'paint job on the Southport water tower on Sunday. In addition to painting, the workers made some welding repairs to the tank. > nie tax approval granted By Terry Pope Staff Writer A bill that allows creation of fee-sup ported fire districts in Brunswick County was ratified by the state House on Monday. The final version, which passed the Senate, last week keeps intact the list of maximum fees allowed each year, as county officials had requested. Fees are $50 for single-family homes, $5 for all unimproved lots, $50 for small busi nesses less than 5,000 square feet and $100 for larger commercial businesses. Greenhouses and animal production operations can be charged up to $ 10 for each structure. Although fire department funding was kept in the county’s 1999-2000 fis cal year budget at the same,level as last year, departments can start organizing their requests to establish fee districts before the fiscal year ends next June 30. In fact, it is encouraged. “We're kind of hoping that people don’t wait until then,’’ said county attor ney Huey Marshall. “We're hoping that people will get organized now.” That's because the fire district fees will be collected from the property tax bills that are due in January. In the cur rent budget, the county allocated more i Vharv %\A mVYVvorv fot \hc 'll tire depart ments now in operation. Fees have the potential to increase funding to what departments feel they need in order to operate effectively and to possibly add paid positions. The state House previously had See District choices, page 9 Brunswick Learning Center New apparel code fits school to a tee By Diana D’Abruzzo Staff Writer Students at Brunswick Learning Center won’t have to worry about the peer pressure of wearing brand-name clothing in school. The only name allowed on their T-shirts this year will be “Brunswick Learning Center.” A uniform of sorts for the alternative school was approved by the Brunswick County Board of Education at its meeting Monday. Under the new dress code, each student will be issued three T shirts at no cost. Additional shirts can be pur chased, if needed. Pants and shorts — or skirts for females — will have to be either khaki or jeans. And it' the student doesn't want to wear the school-spirited T-shirt, the only alternative will be a solid color shirt with no logos or pictures on it, said principal Bob Rhyne. “We feel very strongly as a faculty that this will assist us in tiying to maintain behavior on cam pus,” Rhyne said. "It will also take away that com petitive spirit as far as being jealous or concerned that someone has a Tommy Hiltiger shirt and I only have a Roses tee.” While schools are allowed to draw up their own dress code without board approval, Brunswick Learning Center's dress code called for a uniform and, therefore, needed the school system's stamp See Dress code, page 8 Williamson’s named school gets $500,000 By Diana D’Abruzzo StaffWriter ■ Virginia Williamson's namesake — the new ele mentary schoolat Winding River Plantation, which opens next week —- will be the recipient of $100,000 a year in spending money for the next five years. The donation, made by Odell and Virginia Williamson, was accepted by the Brunswick County Board of Education at its regular meeting on Monday. “I think it’s a wonderful gesture on the part of the Williamsons,” said Marion Wise, Brunswick County schools superintendent. "The money cer See Williamson, page 12 School bond vote planned in September By Terry Pope Staff Writer County officials will pursue a September 25 public referendum that may award the sale of $83.5 million in bonds fpr schools and $14 mil lion for Brunswick Community College. The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to ask the Local Government Commission for approval to hold the referendum- on the last Saturday in September. The LGC will review the request at its meeting August 3. “I was scared of it to begin with,” said county commission chairman JoAnn Bellamy Simmons. ‘Tm still a little frightened of it,” What’s frightening is the amount of funds being sought at one time. But the Brunswick See Votes, page 7 •wto by Jim Harper Dosher administrator Edgar Haywood surveys progress on new nursing facility. Subject to public okay Dosher receives state approval for tax levy By Richard Nubel Staff Writer The N. C. General Assembly Tuesday swung open the dun to public financing under the best possible terms for Dosher Memorial Hospital. • With its position as a “public hospital" secured, Dosher tmstees can move now to build public sup port for a major expansion of hospital facilities and services. House Bill 279 was ratified Tuesday, “moderniz ing” the laws that govern operation of Dosher, the state's only remaining township hospital. The mea sure also will allow Dosher hospital tax district to continue and to levy a property tax ol up to four cents per $100 valuation — the key to publicly financing the hospital’s master facility plan. Hospital administrator Edgar Haywood said Tuesday that Dosher trustees sought public hospital status ahd the continued taxing authority in recogni tion of Dosher’s need to grow.: “All of a sudden you turn around and you see an operating room that was basically designed when Dr. Z (Zukoski) came to town and was our only sur geon,” Haywood said. “Now we’ve got ten sur geons cutting in there. “Or, you look at the emergency room five to six months out of the year,” he said. “We’ve got six examining bays and 30 people waiting to use them. We just need more space.” Last year, consulting architects Wilkerson and See Dosher, page 14 NEWS on the NET: wwwjsouthport.net
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