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111 an atmosphere charged with h
member .l.iiiios i icmmnns, uic t
Board of education approved Motuki
nel affecting four principal positions
Kii lemon. assistant superin
ruuUim. was assigned as principal j
tat >. w hose principal Carlton Sligh w
Middle: Clara Carter, now prineipa
I'mon Prunar> as principal: Kreenw
that {Hvation to he assigned to a new
cipalship at the Alternative Fdu
Bolivia: Jean Parker. Waccamau
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Chamber
Gets New
President,
Directors
Knur new members joined the
hoard oi directors (if (he South
Brunswick islands Chamber
of Commerce July 8. They are,
frmn left above, Donald Kay
l.ong. David Hattcu. Tom
Haley and Debbie Sloane Fox.
I heir terms end in June, 1989.
Alan iloldeii deft in bottom
photo | new president of the
chamber, presents a gavel
plaque to outgoing president
l.eo Johnson.
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?V SUSAN IJSHF.K
In nn opinion filed June 17, the N'.C.
Court of Appeals holds that the
Brunswick County Board of oticial
Services didn't have the authority to
enter into a settlement with former
departmental secretary Alinda (1.
Meares.
Barring further appcaLs, the opinion
clears Ihc way foi a .suit filed i>>
Ms. Meares against the county in
IfriM to he heard in Brunswick County
Superior Court. It also returns the
Meai es-Board of Social Services settlement
to the State Personnel Coinmission
for reconsideration.
On July 1, County Attorney David
Clegg filed a motion seeking
dismissal of the Meares suit. It seeks
enforcement of a settlement agreement
between her and the social services
board.
Since the court ruled that the board
didn't have the authority to enter into
that contract, said Clogg, the suit
against the county should he dismissed
since it is based on the same con
tract theory. Ik? has asked fur the
motion to be hoard the week of
August If.
Ms. Meares filed suit in lirunswick
County Superior Court nearly two
years asking the court to force the
county to give tier back her old job as
administrative secretary in the
social services department. County
commissioners iiaii steadfastly
refused to reinstate her or to provide
the financial compensation railed for
in the settlement.
hire liy Social Services Director
Jamie Orrock on Sept ft, Ififtl.
:hool Pr/r
I'KN cipal. will move
ustility from l>onnt Mutemaket. social
irwiswick i outu> position at wai ratt
iv shifts in person- Superintendent
el unices ns part e
tendent for cur- $400,000 from tin* s<
it Bolivia Clemen- when county toinun
ill move to I.eland from local funding.
1 there, will i;o to We'll save SI
m (lause will leave from lncally-fundc<
state-funded prin- explained. adding tl
cation Center in int: the expansion ii
elemental y prm- Two locally-p
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Mcares has since been involved in an i
extended legal battle to regain the ?
post. She has a wrongful firing suit
penning in U.S. District Court. ;
Hearing of her suit in the local !
court was delayed pending a judicial
review in Wake County Superior 1
Court of the Suite Personnel Coin- t
mission ruling which was the liasis
for the settlement.
The Appeals Court opinion was i
written by Judge Sarah Parker with |
the concurrence of Chief .fudge It A.
Iledrick and Judge John Wchh. II i
upheld Wake County Superior Court ;
Judge Poii Bailey's tilling tlml State
Personnel Director Harold Wchh erPedestrian
Dies
Accident At Sur
A teen-age boy died Saturday in (j
New Hanover Memorial Hospital |
from injuries sustained when he ran
into the patli of a car at Sunset Beach
on July 8. |.
Jess Daniel Clayton, 14. of Vienna, p
Va., had been in critical condition p
since !(1I- (iiriili-iil last lucsday i
night, according to Andra West,
NIIM1I public information officer.
tie was walking cast in the roail- 's
way of ivioiii Sueel , m >. i. r. at 11 ,
ft : 10 p.m. when he ran into the path of
a westbound Huick operated by t
Pamela Elene (ritih, 21, of Itoute I. s
Ash. She was traveling at an v
eslinuited X> mph to :'R inpli. aecorI
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icipals SI
Iti the central office; and Bill
studies coordinator, will take her
law
( cue Y?'.rbroui*h announced the
?f his solution to the loss "f over
L'hool system's general fund budget
issioners cut tli.it amount last month
110.219 by moving some personnel
I positions to state-funded ones." he
tiat the rest would come from dropp*
udtfel
aid administrators. Lemon and
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tonal services board became the
local appoint Inn authority" in tin'
ibseiuf- 4>f .i t ull-tkii'iv director and
hercfore had the rinht to enter into a
settlement agreement with Meares.
tailey had ordered the matter hack
o the Commission.
Meares appealed.
The Appeals court was also oi the
ipinion that the county was a proper
larty to the proceedings since it was
'aggrieved" financially by the setleincnt.
which provided hack pay
ind benefits to Ms. Meares.
Further, said Parker, failure to in(See
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Following
iset Beach
Unit to a report filed by Sunset lleaclt
'olice I.t. Joeseph I). O'Brien.
A witness, Matthew McMichaels of
'h<(lallul* NlM lUtlimi Mlfll /'li.nln.i
iirned suddenly to Uic left iiihI rail in
tin- (Kith of the vehicle. His body hit
Ls fender an.' ' Clayton's head
made contact" with the front wind
hield at the exact point u here the inflection
.sticker was located, the
epori indicaied.
O'Brien said that Clayton was
lirown about five feel to the south
ide of the road wliere he'd Ix-en
balking. about IK feet west of the 7th
licet intersection.
lifted in
Shoemaker. would move to slated untie
am) their positions eliminated
CI* r.iir.oiv. ar.kcd. "Why !
before to which Yarbrou
"Because we just put it kindlier alinui
tioon "
t 'lemtiiuifs immediately moved to I
cd transfers, saying he needed time
them, but his motion (lied without a
Someone must have had prior kilt
he said angrily, and Yarhrouith repli
did."
"Vou should have ^ivon me the cu
i 17. 1986
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On Stornr
BY MAIUOHIK MKG1VKKN
The Environmental Management
Commission agreed Thursday, in an
fMi vote, to postpone a decision on
stomiwulcr runoff regulations. It
had previously promised the Coastal
Resources Commission to luive rules
in place by May.
The agency will hold a work session
on the subject in August, then
put the matter on its September
agenda. Jim Shepherd, public information
officer for EMC, said.
This postponement came after
about two years of meetings, studies
and public hearings on an issue that
pits developers and builders against
fishing and environmental interests.
Public hearings in May led tlse KMC
staff to draft rcgulati >ns somewhat
different than those proposed earlier.
Stormwater is tliat which runs off
solid surfaces in developed areas,
picks up bacteria and other
pollutants and carries them into
shellfish waters. Increased development
in any area usually means increased
pollution of this kind.
One of the points of contention
before the KMC last week was the
regulation describing the severity of
a storm builders would have to
prepare for. The proposed rule was
Nursing Ho
Wait Begins
BY SUSAN LSHKK
A hearing contesting the slate's
decision to permit Autumn Corp. of
Itocky Mount to buihl a nursing home
in the Sliallotte area adjourned Tuesday
in Italeigh, several days earlier
than first anticipated.
In March 1985 the N.C. Division of
Pneiiitv Services announced its intent
to issue the certificate of need,
which would allow Autumn to build a
ll(U>cd facility in Sliallotte
Beverly Enterprises, one of
several oilier firuu aiao seeking the
rii'.hl to txiilcl a nursing home in the
county, challenged that decision,
leading to this week's contested case
hearing.
Once the case record is compiled,
the hearing officer will make a
recommendation to Division of
Facility Services Director Ira .1.
NVilkerson Jr He will make the final
agency decision based on the
officer's recommendation and the
case record.
Construction of a nursing home in
the county has been delayed pending
the outcome of the case.
Initially, at the request of Beverly
Knterprises. the hearing was to be
moved to Brunswick County July
14-16 after four days of testimony in
Haleigh at the division's hearing
room on the Dorothea Dix Hospital
campus, then return to Haleigh for
the last two days. However, Beverly
later decided il wasn't necessary to
go to Brunswick County, according to
I >'? Hoffman. Area 5 project analyst
ior the division's certificate of need
section.
'This way we get through and get a
decision sooner and he able tube construe!
a nursing home sooner,"
Beverly spokesman Mark Davis said
optimistically Tuesday Beverly had
planned to locate its facility next to
Brunswick Hospital in Supply, and to
share certain utilities and services
with the hospital
I la Monday and Tuesday the hear
Tense Me
tl ()r;iu tiKils!ii|>s iih about it,"''k'liuiioi
The upennternlent
'.!?? in. ?r?t t li:iirni:tn mu! ;
p?h responded, ?t''" ami Knrstiier quid
t 3: 1*0 this after- Is it true) on have
i ii iiifiiaiLs asked Yarhi
lablethi'propus- ' I'hat':. 1 rti?*. bi
tc? think about principals..."
rood < h inrnons mterruf
itvledite of this." Yarbrouuli. stru?;i;linj?
I'd, "Yes. some ciin tell when a school
isn't."
urtcsy of telling (Sec ! '(
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water Regui
that drainage systems must be built d'
to kindle the worst storm exported in d<
a two-year period, which is 4.5 inches
of water in *24 hours. In ati earlier b<
draft, that regulation had called for VI
preparation for a ten-year stonu. or 7 li
inches ot water. In
Shepherd said, however, that it tv
was not any specific regulation that st
prompted the EMC to postpone its ti
decision. " The real reason is that this n
is an important, complicated issue, tl
and they didn't want to rush into it," ir
he said.
si
.Jerry I a; wis of Shaliottc, a new ft
EMC member, was one of those v
voting against postponement. "The oi
feeling in the group was that the pro- E
joscd regulations were too inflexible, fa
voted tbe way I did because 1 bad an jc
intendment that would have made p
them more flexible," said Lewis. who fi
formerly served eight anil a half
years oil (lie commission. p
"I really don't know what everyone si
clue was thinking, but it's my per- a
sonal opinion that some who are not p
from the coastal area wanted to have h
time to understand these v,
regulations," he went on. "The issue ti
was born and Restated in eino- ol
tionnlism. We need to calm things fi
me Hearing A
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ing was instead relocated to the Uiw rt
Building hearing room in downtown
Raleigh. ai
The state's decision to issue the tl
certificate overrode a recommenda- of
tion by Cardinal Health Systems
Agency Board of Directors and project
evaluation committee that the d<
certificate go to Beverly Kai licr, dj
Cardinal's professional stall had
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County To Lose
In Household Tc
BY SUSANU
A decision by the General Asscmbl;
perty tax may come as a surprise v
owners, but not for local governments
July 1.
According to Assistant Brunswick
Young, the county stands to lose be
revenues next year or the equivalent o:
The tax was done away with last wi
lee accented as Dart of a rnmnrnrni?o a.
It had been tacked on to the bill by rep
of the House leadership.
Young and Tax Supervisor Boyd 1
about 30,000 households, with houschol
about (1,200 to (1,500.
The tax is figured in one of sevc
assessed at 5% of the value of their h
renters cun be assessed at 10 times I
owner may also nsk to liave their honu
"It's not going to affect us like it wl
noting that several neighboring coun
revenues making up n larger portion ol
County Finance Officer Uthla Halt
pact the loss of revenue might have oi
based on a real property valuation of
valued at about (1 billion.
"You'll have to ask the budget offici
ty Manager Billy Carter. He was out of
Naiienui Association of Counties confer
When contacted by the Beacon, sevi
calculated wluil impact the lass of the t
The elimination of the levy will lie
fall.
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'eting
IS IILSIStcd
turned to l)r .lames Forstncr,
isked *|)id 1 tiiIk l<? vou about
'.!y replied. No."
not evaluated your principals?"
rcuuli
it I've worked with these
>ted to restate his question, and
to remain calm, explained. "I
is beinn run well and when it
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own and know exactly what we re
iing."
The KMC lost its leader shortly
ofore the July 10 meeting. Tommy
arrelson of Southport. candidate for
10 7th District Congressional seal
l'UI by Charlie Rose, resigned about
vo weeks agu as chairman. He had
leered the KMC through deliberates
early this year that resulted in
.'gulations that were approved b>
le Coastal Resources Commission
i April.
Aside from the issue of drainage
.stems required, disagreement lias
cused on the percentage of imperious
' watertight > surface allowed
i a building project. Regulations the
MC saw Thursday limited such surice
coverage to 20 percent for proicts
within 75 feet of estuaries, or 30
ercent for tliose farther than 75 feet
'om estuaries.
Developers have said regulations
roposed thus far will add
i?iiiiicuiiu} iu mi? cosi 01 uuiiuing
nd make some construction imossible.
Fishermen, on the other
and. point to the downward trend of
arious species of fish, which they at ibute
to increased pollution. A part
f that pollution they believe comes
'om stormwater runoff.
djourns;
?ndation
Krommended in favor of Autumn.
During the proceedings the state
id both health care firms presented
leir cases to a setting similar to that
' a trial.
If cither party disputes Wilkerson's
?cision, it will have 30 days from the
ite of issuance to file notice of ap
:nl to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
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housands
IV pQi/arii in
i" 1 X w v rue
SHER
y to eliminate trie household pro indfall
for individual property
who fixed their budgets back on
County Tax Supervisor Ronnie
tween $300,000 and $400,000 In
f about 1< on the tax rate,
eek, when a conference commiteal
on the Highway Finance bill,
rcsentatives over the objections
iVilliamson said the county has
d property worth an average of
ral ways. Homeowners can be
iousp, not including land, while
heir monthly rent. A property
: visited and property itemized.
II a lot of counties," said Young,
ties levy a 10% tax, with the
r their annual budget.
>i said she wasn't sure what Im.
the county budget, which was
$2.2 billion and other property
or," she said, referring to Countown
for tlic week at the annual
enee in luis Vegas, Calif.
>ral local municipalities had not
ax would have on their budgets,
reflected ir. lower tax bills this