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CHRISTMAS IS COMING and town .
were busy Tuesday morning mount!
route of Saturday's holiday parade.
Saturday's
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Santa Claus arrives in Shallottt
time for tho Christmas oaradc, aji
clowns and marching units.
The parade begins at 10 a.m., p
U.S 17 and N.C. 130 West, north to
fice. Town employees mounted ne\
parade route Tuesday, replacing th
Ninety-four unit3 will participa
from the south end traffic light ba
Drive (N.C. 179).
To smooth traffic before and afu
Don Stovall said several streets wi
day.
Come
"if you're coming to the parade
get where you're going to be by 9: +
At 9 a.m.. said Stovall, Blake S
with Village Drive from its inters*
Drive. This is to accommodate the
At 9:45 a.m., U.S. 17 from the s
Avenue signal will be closed, with t)
130 West. Bridges Koad and Shallc
closed for the duration of the parade
from Mulberry Street, Wall Street.
(N.C. 179) and the entrance to C'oasl
17 entrance will remain open.
After the parade, traffic office!
from parking lots and side roads ha
"Maybe we can get them where
"We're making a special effort to k
He urged motorists to follow the
told what to do," the chief continue
Stovall and Brunswick County S
parade, with Santa Claus marking
truck.
In between will march the West
School bands and Junior HOTC um
Corps from Wilmington The parade
Thunderbolts mimcars and the Cedi
groups, a saddle club. 16 commerc
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Beauty queens will include Miss
ndmg In Roy Simmons' Model A rep
Quhji TaHu'w Giisseti and Fvm
Brunswick County Kim Dans; Te
Malonee; West's Miss Trojam: Uttl
Miss Calabash Rescue Squad. Utl
Fawn, and a number of visiting que
BY SUSAN USHER
Ocean Isle Beach builders balked
Monday morning at proposed toning
amendments thai would restrict the
square footage at future heroes constructed
on the island
Buslscr Tom Pope contended
limiting house sixes would
discourage development and lower
property values
What you have here is completely
unworkable.'* said Tnpp Sloanr "I
don t tana the town sixvixi get into
the business J telling a mac bow
man} square feet he can build his
house People aren't gong to put up
with that
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employees like Larry I'igott, above,
ng new street decorations along the
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in fa's Visit
: Saturday morning. Dec. 7, Just in
on? with a ifjvy of queens, floats,
rogressmg from the intersection of
the United Carolina Bank main ofv
Christmas decorations along the
e nged garlands of previous years,
ite in Saturday's parade, lining up
ick along Blake Street and Village
;r the event, Shallotte Police Chief
11 be closed at various times SaturEarly
he said, "you need to be sure and
s a.m."
wii! be closed to tniffic sIoHq
ction with Blake Street to Sellers
parade line-up.
outh end traffic signal to the Smith
irough traffic detoured around N.C.
>tte Avenue to Smith Avenue. Also
will be the outlets onto Main Street
Shallotte Avenue and Village Drive
:ai Flaxa on Village Dnve. The US.
s will regulate the (low of vehicles
ickontoU^. 17 i Main Street),
they're going faster." Stovall said
eep traffic flowing."
officers' directions "They've been
d.
he riff John Carr Davis will lead the
its end from atop a Shallotte fire
t. South and North Brunswick High
ts and the Sudan Drum and Bugle
will also feature the popular Sudan
ir Grove Choir as well as two clown
ial floats, emergency vehicles and
Brunswick County Belinda Jacobs,
reduction car; N.C. Oyster Festival
cess Dawti Baldwin, little Miss
en Miss Brunswick County Kristi
e Miss Fourth ei July Kelly White;
le Miss Reindeer and Little Miss
ens
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"When a man pays ?0.000 to
tin1, ior a lot. be should bare a little
freeckro m what he builds."
Zoning changes are needed, said
Major taDwne Bollingtcei. to limit
density in single-family
neighborhoods.
Rentals are big business at Ocean
Isle Beach, so house sues have been
increasing steadily." she said
When the town sewer system goes
into operation, said the mayor,
heaith deportment rrguiaboas that
heat the number of bedroom in a
single-family home will no longer apP?T
It's time w* limit ourselves."she
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Sunset E
BY EDDIE SWEATT
The ban on parking at Sunset
Beach was lifted Monday night when
the Tnwn Council vnteft l.1) tn resrind
a controversial "no parking" ordinance
passed this summer.
Minnie K. Hunt, who was sworn in
at the meeting, made the motion to
rescind the ordinance which had banned
parking along the Main Street
right-of-way from Mad Inlet to Canal
Street, and along Sunset Boulevard
from the northern town limits to the
oeeanfront.
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Hill. Alter lengthy discussion. Hunt
and Hill were joined by Mary
Katherine Griffith in voting for the
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BY CAROLYN SWKATT
Holden Beach Board of Commissioners,
including newly-elected
members Gay Atkins and William
Williamson, moved swiftly Monday
night to abolish a moratorium on
moving houses on the island.
On a motion by Commissioner
Graham King, the unanimous vote
lifts the ban imposed last spring after
property owners in at least two of the
island subdivisions complained that
older, run-down houses were being
moved into their neighborhoods,
causing eyesores and depreciated
property values. The older tiomes
were moved from oeeanfront lots to
enable lot owners to take advantage
of premium values placed on limited
ocoanlrort property
King explained the reasons for his
motion by saying that new. stricter
town ordinances now prohibit earlier
situations which caused problems. "I
think the safeguards are built in now.
We have no further use for the
moratorium." he said.
Commissic
BY SUSAN USHER
It took only one polling of the
Brunswick County Democratic Executive
Committee Monday night to
nominate Greg White for county coroner.
County commissioners voted
unanimously later Monday to appoint
White to the position that has been
vacant since Nov. 16, when the
resignation of Tommy Gilbert of
South port became effective.
Gilbert's four-year term does not
expire until December 1988, but the
position may be abolished during the
1986 term of the N.C. General
Assembly County commissioners
said Monday night that Hep. David
Red wine has said he is willing to introduce
the necessary bill if asked to
do so.
Commissioners have said they plan
to discuss whether to abolish the position
dunng budget deliberations next
spring. If abolished, the county would
rely entirely upon the medical ex
minor'; ?2VCT?d by 96 Gf th?
state's 100 counties.
While, 24, of Route 2. Supply, is an
emergency medical technician
(EMTl with a degree in mortuary
science A member erf the Shallotte
Volunteer Rescue Squad, he is
employed by Brunswick Funeral Service
of Shallotte
ders Object
said
With the construction of
"barracks-type" single-family
bouses by multiple-family owners.
she and. "We're getting * lot at density
in the swgte-fanuly tones That
is sea- what ! tank we want to encourage."
Density, she ccctuaied. a a rssjeeoncern
of developer OdeJl Williamson.
who controls or owns roost of the
undeveloped land an the island "Be
u not concerned about these aaieatjtnests
de-valuing property He is concerned
about creating density that
would krss- property raises."
Monday's hearing was held )otnQy
ecember 5, 1985 1
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motion. Councilmen Ed Gore and
Don Safrit voted no.
Hunt said the parking ban had
caused more problems than it has
solved and challenged its original
passage for safety reasons since
there has been no serious accident involving
parking on the beach in
years.
Gore, who had leased two vacant
lots to the town for $1 per month to be
used for parking, said the ordinance
was written to strengthen security
and get rid of nuisances as well as for
safety.
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security has not been improved by
the parking ban, which, she added,
has caused rather than cured
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Safeguards referred to arc outlined
in the procedures required for moving
a building on the island:
The applicant submits plans to the
building inspector. These plans must
be approved by both the inspector
and the Board of Adjustment. A
substantial performance bond (an
amount equal to the estimated cost of
relocation or $25,000, whichever is
greater l and a $50 processing fee are
required Property owners within 200
feet of the affected area are notified
by certified mail of the date of a
public hearing before the Board of
Adjustment. If the move is approved
by that board, the structure must be
brought up to state building codes
and the entire relocation must be
completed within 90 days.
Strict building code requirements
would likely preclude moving older
structures on the island, due to cost.
Commissioner Lyn Holden pointed
out that some older hnnwa not 1'nrth
remodeling will likely be "shot right
off the island" after the new bridge is
>ners Appo
He received *5 votes to 29 cast for
Pam Bellamy Gurganus and 44 for
Dr. Charles Savarese.
The executive committee is comprised
of the chairman and vice
chairman of each precinct, party officers
and the president of the
Democratic Women. Two precincts,
Southport 1 and Waccamaw, were
not represented Monday night
Gurganus, also an EMT with the
Shallotte Volunteer Rescue Squad
and a registered nurse, ran unsuccessfully
for the coroner's position
last year. She lost to the incumbent,
Gilbert, by 357 votes.
Brunswick County has had a dual
system, with both a coroner and five
medical examiners on call.
Savarese. a medical examiner
since 1979, had earlier written a letter
to the county commissioners supporting
the coroner's system and the
appointment if Assistant Coroner
larry Andrews to the post.
Andrews had sought the job. but
was not considered because he is a
Republican.
Savarese told committee members
he had talked with State Chief
Medical Examiner Page Hudson,
who he said favors Brunswick County
moving to the medical examiner's
seat
He said he was running tor coroner
To House S
by the town's planning board and
board cf commissioners, but two out
of three comrm&sMoers present, Debbie
Fax and Betty Williamson, were
among the builders who questioned
the proposed anvenrnnenU. In all, 1#
builders or developers attended the
hearing.
Commissioners Connor Cos and
VUrvtn Stanley, who will leave office
thu month, were absent Virginia
Gibson sat lift at the coovnsaMcers'
table, wKk pbxsnmg board
members Terry Bartx*. Bill Boliingtxo
end Pat KosteOr at a tabie to
on* ode
The town piabeifig board lrUl
BEACl
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nuisances.
Arguing before and after the vote,
Gore and Mayor James E. Gordon
disputed Hunt's and Hill's contention
that the no-parking ordinance had
closed access to the beach for some
people.
Gore told Hunt she was not
representing the people who had just
elected her to office when she voted
to reinstate parking. "I believe I
am," she replied.
The ban on parking has drawn fire
since its passage on June 23. Petitions
against the no-parking signs
?1HVC oHont|nn frnrn Iho
Department of Transportation,
which was to meet with the town
council on the subject today (ThursEN
BEACH
'atorium
opened.
This is not the case with the less
than five-year-old east end oceanfront
house owned by Mrs. Ralph Inman
of Tabor City. She requested
permission to move the erosionthreatened
house last month but was
unable to get a definitive answer
from the board as to whether she
could permanently relocate the
house on a second row lot she owns.
Tne house has been moved back from
the ocean and still sits on supports, in
Umbo. Now tliat the moratorium has
been lifted, the Board of Adjustment
will review the request at a
December 16 pubUc hearing.
Committee Appointments
After the swearing in of newlyelected
Mayor John Tandy and Commissioners
Atkins and WiUiamson,
the board approved the following
committee appointments: finance,
Hal Stanley; pubUc safety, Graham
King; streets and accesses, Gay
Atkins; sanitaUon, l.yn Holden; and
water and sewer, William Williamiin+
White A
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greg white:
New Coroner
with the idea of the position being
abolished when the 1S8&-86 budget is
approved
"They had decided not to leave It
vacant," he told The Beacon "That's
why I decided to run, to make the
transition to medical examiner
orderly.
Hopefully, we will join With the
legislature to do away with it," he
told The Beacon
Chris Chappell, chairman at the
ize Restricts
renew its discussion again on Monday.
Dec 8, at 4 30 a m at the town
hall and is expected to present its
recommendation at the town
council's Dec. W meeting
The amendments, if adopted exactly
as written, would.
?vn MU wsere the rear yard
borders the water, extend the rear
yard setback from B feet to 10 feet
from mean ht<fr water mark Excluded
would be lots on Canals 14. 17, 11.
71 and O
Require that structures tn the R-l
iingieHfarral) district contain at least
1.200 square feet or. their first floor,
the area (o include porches and
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n Lifted
day) at 10 a.m.
Mayor Gordon tried unsuccessfully
to postpone the vote on parking until
after the meeting with DOT.
Town Hail was packed with spectators
at Monday night's meeting. A
couple of times Mayor Gordon asked
the audience to be quiet when the
council discussed the parking issue.
New Hoard Organises
Town Clerk Unda Fluegel ad
ministered the oath of office to the
new councilwoman. Hunt, to Gore,
who was re-oleeted for another term,
and Mayor Gordon, who ran unopposf?
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itialiy been appointed. Gore was
chosen by the council to be mayor
(See HUNT, PageZ-A)
yolished
son. Atkins was named mayor protem,
following the tradition of
delegating the position to the top
vote-getter.
A request from the Brunswick
County Volunteer and Information
Center for a contribution was
discussed and then referred to the
Merchants' Association. Stanley
questioned where the line should be
drawn between responsiblltles of
guTcnuiicm aiiu vuiuilicers, particularly
when tax money is involved
Committee Reports
King reported that work should
begin within to days on the paving ot
Tuna Drive and the resurfacing of
Rothschild Street and Brunswick
Avenue.
The board will hold a special
meeting today (Thursday) at 11:30
a.m. to meet with representative* of
DOT concerning the prohibition of
vehicle parking along Ocean
Boulevard East and West.
Building Inspector Dwight Carroll
(See HOLD EN BEACH, Page Z-A)
ts Coroner
county board of commissioners,
earlier Monday told The Beacon he
would motion to do away with the
coroner's position if Savaresc were
nominated, but for quite different
reasons
He and other commissioners said
Monday they liad been told that
Savarese planned to lake the position
in name only, appointing Andrews
his deputy and directing calls to him.
"If Savarese ts nominated I will
make a motion at our next meeting
that thp ffiPnntir'o rviaiHnn K*? ?</ ?".
away with," Chappcll said. "And you
can quote me."
Savarese had predicted Immediately
before the voting that the
rumor would undoubtedly hurt him Iri
Monday night's election He said
Gilbert had been the only applicant
for deputy coroner as of Monday
night
A disappointed Gurganus raised
the question of sexism in Monday's
voting. She told The Beacon after the
election that six precinct chairmen
had toid her they could not vote for
ner because she was a wuflidft.
"A showing at the polls means
nothing to the party." she said
She asked to be quoted as saying.
"Oscar Wilde ?ald there were two
disasters in life. One U not getting
what you want and the other is that
you get it"
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structures contain no more than onethird
the lot area; and
Require that exterior walla of all
dwellings In the district tie kreted no
ckaer than seven feet erf the ode yard
Man.
Tbe town's working definition erf
"mean high water mark' would alio
be amended to make It conaisteril
with the definition uaed by the
Coastal Resources ConasSsason.
By reatncUng the house to a
smaller portion erf the led, the town
will provide more space lor parking
, See OCEAN St*, Page VAI
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