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At the other end of the shopping
center, as the double wall underwent
an unexpected trial by fire. Milliken
was taking no chances. He and
employees, firefighters and other
volunteers began hauling merchandise
out of the store.
But as the flames subsided, it
became apparent the fire wall had
held its own.
From the beginning the things we
were trying to save were the ends of
the building,' l.ogan said, referring
to Tripp's Jewelry to the south and
Miauotie tuectric lo the north
At first, the water supply wasn't as
large as needed "You can't pump
but so much from these hydrants."
Ixtgan said. As more trucks arrived,
firemen set up three drop tanks, portable
pools that the trucks kept refilling
throughout the morning.
Before the fire, the renovation of
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BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick County Commissioners
will hold two public hearings on Sept.
29 relating to efforts by a new company
to obtain funds to help it locate
in the Iceland Industrial Park.
One hearing, at 0:30 p.m.. will
describe the Community Development
Block Grant program; the sefnnrt
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the proposed project.
Creative lifestyles Inc.. run by
Robert Keith of Wilmington, wants to
build patio furniture out of PVC pipe,
primarily for an overseas market.
Keith plans to apply to the state for a
$750,000 Community Development
Block Grant to help the company
locate a 20,000 square foot facility in
the Iceland Industrial Park. It lias obtained
an option on a 10-acre tract
from the Brunswick County
Economic Development Corp.
The company expects to initially
employ 25 persons, according to
Michael deShcrbinin, executive
director of the county's Resources
Development Commission.
He said the hearing schedule would
allow Keith to meet an Oct. 1
deadline for applying for the grant,
which w ould be administered by the
RDC.
Registration De<
Brunswick County voters have until
CXt. 6 to register for the Nov. 4
election, according to Lynda Brill.
Brunswick County Board of Licelions
Supervisor.
Voters can register at the elections
board or driver's license offices in
Bolivia, at any branch of the
Brunswick County library or with
any registrar.
Oct. 6 is also the deadline for
changing precincts and addresses
and correcting names.
Persons who won't l>e in the county
to vote on Nov. 4 will liave more opportunities
to vote absentee this
year. Absentee ballots will be mailed
>N. Thursday. Soplcmhor IS. I9S6
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the plaza was beginning to show vis
Lilt- It'MllLs
Mrs Cox said she had tenan
waiting for two of the three uno
c 11 pied storefronts. The only vacant
was the spot previously leased I
Shallotte Hexall Drugstore
We were getting it ready ft
them." she said. In addition to tl
fire wall, workmen had replaced U
flat roof, stuccoed the walls and wei
abnost through refurbishing tl
facade.
The Coxes said they weren't sui
what would come next , that it wou
depend in part on what the tenan
want to do.
Mrs. Cox said they had assumt
existing insurance on the structur
with coverage about equal to tl
money already invested in tl
renovation. "We had talked with 01
insurance agent just yesterday aboi
obtaining more coverage."
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Contractors Unpaid
Several .subcontractors working <
the county water distribution syste
have i.ct been paid by thecontracto
who hired them, according to Cor
missioner Benny Ludlum. How eve
until the companies with the problc
file a proper lien against the count
Brunswick County Attorney Dav
Clegg said the county ecu Id't refu
to pay the contractors for work lh(
have done.
He added, "Rut then we can hold
all the way up the line."
Ludlum was concerned that befo
the proper liens were filed, the co
tractors involved would have cor
pleted their jobs and left the cou
ty?with the local subcontractors st
unpaid.
Other Business
In other business, commissioner.*
Met behind closc-d doors for a
proximately one hour to discu
litigation and client-attorney ms
ters.
Amended the county personn
policy to stipulate that writtc
reprimands are to be retained in pe
sonnel records for three years ai
then removed and destroyed, rath
than remaining on file indefinitely
for varying periods of time. Conn
udline Nearing
out through Oct. 28.
"One-stop** application ar
absentee voting begins at the elc
lions office on Oct. 7 and will contim
through Oct. 31.
More information is available fro
the elections office.
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10 Chief Janice llargis lend to Shallotte 1
ie ped over a hose while at a point of no;
,r fireman to aetua)l> "gn down." F.merg
ll* Logan said all the firefighters on the s
ing.
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Manager Billy Carter said the board
!>n had niade that decision about six
in months ago. but that it was not
rs reflected in the minutes.
11- Agreed to Chairman Chris Cliapr.
pell's appointment of DeCarol
in Williamson of Ocean Isle Reach to
y, the Lower Cape Fear Water L Sewer
id Authority and to Frankie Habon's apse
pointmenl of Mexia Jackson of
y Inland to replace Morry Watkins on
the Private Industry Council,
it Authorized llie health board to institute
a $20 fee for recertification of
re sewage disposal and systems. Acting
n- Health Director John Crowder said
n- the department handled 201 requests
n- between January and June, then a
ill high of 80 or 90 in July alone. The
recertifications are required by some
lending agencies before existing
s: homes are sold or before homes can
p- be refinanced at lower interest rates,
ss The health board bad recommended
it- continuing the service but charging
for it.
el *Since no bids were received,
?n agreed to re-advertise bids for 10
r- sheriffs patrol vehicles, specifying
1(1 1986 or 1987 models,
er Amended the budget to reflect odor
ditionoi revenue for the Agricultural
ty extension Service's Integrated Pest
Management Program and to reflect
General Assembly contributions of
$8,500 to the Brunswick County Parks
and Recreation budget to be divided
between the Town Creek and llolden
Reach senior citizen organizations
and the I.eland and Pearly Vereen
M (Waccamaw) community centers.
c" Kach commissioner will approve ex"c
penditure of the funds in their respecIS#
lasting im
On the causeway. Suit
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IS Minor Ifewett. Hetty Hcwctt and
'oiiil fireman Kay Jackson, who trij>ar
exhaustion. While he was the only
lency Management Coordinator Cecil
cene went their limit Tuesda) morn5atio
Plant
live district.
Amended the engineering budget
to reflect SlO.OOft from the contingency
fund for operation of the county
utility operations board.
Heard, in opening comments,
from a Shallolte Point resident concerned
that some of the $1.5 million
set aside in the budget fur water
system extension projects would Ik*
spent to build a pump station for the
western end of the county rather than
lateral lines. Chairman Chris Cliap|k*1I
said die pump station is needed
to provide water for the new lines.
Agreed to reduce rotainaee to f?
percent for Sheriff Construction for
Segments 2 and 2 only.
Heleased as uncollcctublc $77,150
in county taxes and $10,787 in I tosher
Hospital taxes for 1070. The figure for
uncollectahles is clown $10,000 from a
year ago, according to Tax Collector
Nancy Moore and will reflect more
drastic increases in future years
because of the foreclosure program.
Heard from Register of Deeds
Robert Robinson of a study committee
recommendation that the register
of deeds function be taken over by the
state. The change would mean a loss
of any local control of the agency,
and for several large counties and for
Brunswick County, a significant loss
of revenues, he said. Salarv is one
area of the office not regulated by the
state. Salaries vary' widely from
county to county, which was the initial
concern that prompted the
study. However, he said the register
of deeds organization is expected to
endorse the proposal for consideration
by the legislature.
er the variety of
bold accessories, gilts
>uvenirs at .. .
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A ih*\v Brunswick County Health
director is expected to begin work
Nov. 1. ending a search that began on
May 15.
Micliai I It bodes, director of environmental
health for New Hanover
County, was the unanimous choice of
the Brunswick County Health Hoard
Monday night. He succeeds Thomas
Blum, who resigned in mid-May to
accept a similar position in Ohio.
Health Board Chairman John
Madison said the hoard set out to find
a person who was skilled in dealing
with the public as well as a competent
administrator. He said the board
is notitiiistic Khinlfv: nn>i>t< Imth r??.
quircments. "In his iKickground and
ability to work with people and personnel
he came highly recommended,"
said Madison.
Khodes, 34. has been environmental
health director in New Hanover
County since November 1983, ami
joined the department in December
1982 as a sanitarian supervisor.
Previously he liad been employed as
a sanitarian with the (ireene County
Health Department and the WilsonGrcen
Health Services District.
Khodes earned a bachelor's degree in
sociology from Atlantic Christian
College and holds a master's degree
in administrative sendees from Kast
Carolina University.
In his new past, he will cam within
the advertised salary range for the
job: *:;l\500 to $39,000, but Madison
said the final salary must be approved
by the county commissioners.
Khodes was one of 35 candidates
for the job. not all of whom met the
state's minimum requirements. Of
Weather Loc
Near-normal temperatures and
rainfall are in the weather outlook,
according to Shallotte Point
meteorologist Jackson Canadv.
Temperatures should he pleasant,
ranging from the inid-UOs at night into
the mid-Ads (luring the daytime,
with about a half-inch of rainfall.
Kor the period of Sept. 9-15, Canadv
reported a maximum high of 8?
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distance of at least one quarter-mile.
Currently the co-op has 4.14(5 cable
customers, 3,218 of whom live in
unincorporated areas.
Aji engineering feasibility study
should be completed by Dec. 31. in
anticipation for the extension project.
Price said the co-op has also
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tluit number, eight were invited for
interviews with a search committee
Of those, five were actually interviewed
and three invited hack for interviews
with the full hoard Of those,
one withdrew.
Madison said the Ixwrd basically
made its decision at a Sept. A
meeting. "But we agreed tliat when
the decision was reached we would
do a thorough background check.
"An interview is basically impressions,
a popularity contest. We
wanted to make sure those impressions
were verified by past pet formalice,"
he continued. Madison added
that Khodes checked out "very
well."
Before beginning candidate interviews,
the health board spent several
weeks hammering out a profile of the
type person it would look for.
"We decided that we were interested
in a person who really cared
about the people we're delivering
service for," said Madison. "Public
relations is extremely important,
especially in environmental health
"When a person has a S.IO.OW lot
that won't pass a perei olationi test,
you need a person that can at least
understand their situation and who
will try to help to the extent possible
without breaking the law.
"We don't want to he so much an
enforcement agency as a service
agency. We want to help solve a problem
where there is a solution."
Madison also praised the performance
of Environmental Health
Supervisor John Crowdcr, who is serving
as acting director of the agency.
"He has done a super job. We've been
very pleased."
)ks Pleasant
degrees that occurred on both the
11th ami 15th and a minimum low of
57 degrees on the 14th.
An average daily high of 84 degrees
combined with an average morning
low of 65 degrees, for an average daily
temperature of 74 degrees. Cnnndy
said that was "fairly near" normal.
He measured eight-hundredths of
an inch in rainfall.
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interest loans.
Depending on the results of the
survey and approval of the KKA's
lien policy, he said the co-op may he
able to start construction of Phase II I
by the third quarter of 11)87.
ATMC is presently the only
telephone cooperative in North
Carolina providing CATV service to
its members.
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