? Views On 11Y I'.rrA SMITH and SUSAN USIIKH In a ;t'.-pai;e statement read last Wednesday night to the Hranswick County Planning Hoard, ineiubcr Alan Hidden criticized the release of unapproved minutes by '.in- iuwm imu in- .s,iuj resulted m misrepresentation ot his views on public access in the local news media. "The half sentences, summaries, clc. represented in this set of unapproved minutes has done more to cause hard feelings in this county than anything I know of recently," he said, referring to minutes of the hoard's Oct. U> meeting He said such incomplete minutes can lo "irreparable damage to individuals and the organizations tliey represent." During the HO-niinulc meeting, he asked that the minutes be corrected to either exclude the paragraphs in question or to include the entire conversation verbatim. There was no lliseusssion after llolden completed his statement. A motion by member John Barbee to include the entire conversation failed for lack of a second. Then the board voted unanimously in favor of a motion by member Thomas Dixit* to delete the paragraphs. N oting were members liarbeo, Dixie. F.tl Gore. Ilolden ami Shclton Stanley. THU I wenty-fifth Year. Number 3 "?" ? MaLi mm ;" .. '?,J;-:; ;;7:j: t.S !WI\*?TlfI ATOMS Irv to ?li*t<>riiiin?* flu* cniicp i?( Sunday's fin*. Gary Jordan and "lied" Tew discuss the Jordan family's hopes of repairing the building. Tew Sunday Fire Damages BY SUSAN USHER front. Investigation of the second A passerby spottei restaurant fire in two weeks in the dan's and told m seafood capital of Calabash con- Moore's Grocery, wl tinned Monday. fire department, sai Jordan's Calabash breakfast Cor- Sunset Beach VF nor, located at the corner of N.C. 179 provide mutual ai and Thoinasboro Hnad adjacent to firefighters and t'al the Calabash Volunteer Fire Depart- Rescue Squad also r menl, was partially destroyed by a "The fire itself wa fire that broke out shortly before 9:30 ty much to the kite p.m. Sunday. Ixigan. "But there vv The blaze apparently began at the and smoke damage, rear of the building in the kitchen, ac- While the restaur: cording to Cecil lx>gnn, Brunswick loss, he estimated it County's emergency management vestment of at I coordinator and fire marshal. remodel the restai He and SBI Arson Investigator could reopen. Jerry Webster and the Brunswick C'liiickic Jordan, County Sheriff's Department are in- owns the restaurai vestigating the cause of the fire. front door of the dim Investigators indicated the fire dows on one side oft was apparently unrelated to a Nov. and that the dining < 11 blaze that destroyed Dockside some damage from Restaurant on the Calabash river- "Everything I Annnin c/" w ' I.KF.J.r.RKKRJH. District Judge J. Public Access /V Also, at Maiden's request. the Brunswick County i'loaning Department lias adopted a policy of no longer mailing unapproved minutes of planum); board meetings to the );eneral public or media on request. As public documents, however, they will be available for inspection at the planning department during regular business hours. 'Ihe comments covered in the minutes in question were part of a conversation regarding a.Sept. II memo from the N.C. Division of Coastal Management County Planning Director John Haryev had advised the board that the county has a policy that financial responsibility for providing public beach access and beach parks should rest with state and federal government, not the county. lloldcu said his comments worn in rouwinco recommend to the assigned someoi governor. comity to (level "We need the position filled bad." establishing ho\ said (lore, "We do linvc relief judges needed in the coi helping out now but it's not like liav- are needed most ing a residential judge." The plan will I "I'd hope he'd (the governor) ^Kvear projeetio make the appointment as soon as "s and, needs i possible," lie said, (lore added that _ t could take the court has already functioned ,,r 2 ot projei seven weeks short-handed. Gore said lie doesn't know of w!1 ,M' |irofo: anyone who is interested in the posi- w ' ' lion. areas "All the lawyers thought Greer . ,hl' 1 would he recovering, so we never jeetod a IIMilfX) because it (See APPOINTMKNT. I'age 2-A) niiinieipahties in uys Holden While not reflected clearly in the minutes, lie said that those present knew he and member Kd (Sore had not made statements that tin- public should not In: allowed on the beaches and that Imth had records of promoting public access. A news article, based on the unapproved minutes of tin- Oct. 15 meeting, apjR-ared in the Oct. 30 Issue of The Brunswick Beacon. It was followed by a number of letters to the editor in local new spa;? : . < i itical of llolderi for statements attributed to lam in the draft of the minutes. It is indeed an injustice to members of this hoard and the organizations which we represent to liavo this kind of poor communications between this board, the press, and the citi/.cris." Hidden rioted in his sUitcinent. If lie had died, said Hnldcn. a notice would have run once in the obituary section. Instead, lie said, "my public image has died four consecutive weeks since these unapproved minutes were rough drafted. I guess this may prove that the pen is mightier than the sword." The complete text of Holden's statement is on page l-A of this issue. rttulM ?r Copy 28 Pages Plus Supplements > Officer Resigns; New Fire Chief nth when Officer not submitted until the next morning, is II resigned, the in time for the continued meeting, the meeting to the Two firemen who attended i order to consider Wednesday's meeting. David Moore resignation. and Tony Hewett, said they were personal reasons." there "just to listen" and had been inion, submitted on structed not to speak, fcctive Nov. 14. It Other officers elected by the fire ar closed door ses- department Tuesday were Waddell 1 on Nov. a. Berry, assistant chief: J.I.. Holmes. the Beacon later captain: Brock llolmes and Tim resignations, Jones Carter, lieutenants; and Sarah e unrelated and that Williamson, secretary-treasurer, as a problem within They arc to assume office at the n - ""vcvuib. na 11 m't liave a problem: now stands, said Arnold, Lierrv will . do." preside at that meeting. Rejected Asked why the town board rejected rst elected chief a Arnold's nomination by the fire : time his considers- department. Mayor Jones told the board was delayed Beacon, "Apparently they were not so as to allow all satisfied with the way it's been to vote. operating." department call for Arnold said no explanation was ected subject to the given in the letter he received from pproval. Other of- the town: only a request for the s approved. department to submit a new name at levied officers on the town board's Dec. 3 meeting, ng Arnold chief on a If aldermen choose not to discuss ler candidate for the the matter in open session, he added. Moore, who served "I will walk out. !hs last year as in- "I liate gossip, especially about een the resignation inc. 1 want it open. Everybody has a ;! and the election of right to hear what I have to say and is chief. what thev have to say." n were prepared to Office Approved artment's selection Aldermen agreed Wednesday to . but the name was iSeeSHALI-OTTE. PaeoS-Ai "oughfare Plan ow A Reality I'A SMITH "The DOT has already begun buymajor thoroughfare ing rights-of-way near Bolivia and ick County is now a Shallolto," said Ilarvev. The plan inrould take 15 to 20 eludes bypasses in theses areas. |cct to be completed. Included in the plan is the exten;cted to cost over $32 sion of U.S. 17 to a northern urban improvements to all loop around the Wilmington area that es, including the 44 will lutvo direct access to 1-40. said mg the benches, and Harvey. * ? ... .... ... i.n pun.U|MII ?wamp to the South ?>f the statewide Transportation Improvement Plan, which is expected to , director of the update the highway systems ty Planning Depart- throughout the state, card at its meeting In other business, the planning hat the N.C. Depart- board diseusscd the construction of u tation has already three golf courses on Old Georgetown ie to work with the Road in the Ocean Isle-Sunset Bench op a detailed plan area of the county and the need for v many lanes are improvements to the road before the inly and where they scheduled opening of the courses, the Pearl I and II. and Sandpiper. Ix? based on 10- and Board Chairman F.d Gore told the ns of the traffic put- hoard that the courses could he open in the county. ns early as fall 1987. The unimproved as long as 15 years, road is on the state system, and Gore :t of this scajm: to he suggested the hoard make a "strong d Harvey, "But it recommendation" to the DOT for incisional projeet that provemcnts on the road, mly unincorporated When the three courses are open traffic congestion on the road will injoard previously re- crease, said Gore. T thoroughfare plan The hoard also voted to hold its excluded the Dec. 1 meeting in Southport, and its (lie county. Christmas dinner afterwards.