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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.
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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
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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 <? n<ut
policy statement and indicated that lie saw both sides of
the issue. "1 explained that it is difficult to ask the jm-ople
who Iiavc paid the price of bench property ami built
their homes on that properly to pay all of the expenses
for a park which they will not use. However. I never
said that the people and property owners of llolden
Beach would not pay for it and I never said people on
the mainland were not welcome," his statement read.
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said.
Calabash Restaurant
destroyed by heat is destroyed," he
il the fire at Jor- said.
a employee at The fire at least tempnrarily
10 then called the delayed plans for a change of
d I.ogan. management at the restaurant.
D was called to "Red" Tew told The Brunswick
id to Calabash Beacon he was supposed to take over
abash Volunteer operation of the restaurant from
espended. Floyd I.. "Sam" and Tnlithn Jordan
s contained pret* at 8 a.m. Monday. The papers were to
:hen area," said be drawn up that day.
fas extensive fire "It was a shock to me Ibis morn
ing- or last night." he said. "I'm
itiit is not a total hoping they can remodel and we can
would hake an in- go back in in two or three weeks."
east $'28,000 to Tew, Floyd Jordan and members
iranl so that it of Jordan's family watched outside
the restaurant Monday morning as
whose family investigators combed the scene for
it, said that the evidence.
ir {area and win- "1 don't know what they're looking
he building broke for in there," said Jordan. I Ic said he
irea had suffered was in Charlotte Sunday night when
smoke and fire. he learned of the fire at about 11 p.m.
hat could be "It's just a plain old fire. Nothing
was broken into."
tment Could Tak
SMITH and was to begin his second term
?mi HiKiiiMM mi a i)< < . i, ?tlor being elected without
lined for District opposition on Nov. 4.
. "Riihbn" (Jreer .luditc Willuini C. (Jure dr.. chief
ov. 21 in N.C. district court jiidge, said a law passin
Chopel Hill. ed in the last legislative session
it; Beach, died of limits the governor to HO days in opting
from injuries. pointing someone. Before there was
Oct. 6 auto ncci- no hunt as to how long the governor
er regained coil- could take to decide on on appoinleks
ago his condi- meat.
from critical to 'Til he surprised if we get a judge
! members were m the next 20 to 45 days." said CJorc.
is recovery, last "The county bar associations from
was downgraded Brunswick, Columbus and Bladen
ter he contracted counties will have to submit at least
animation of the two nod not more than three names
to the district Isir association." lie
I in 1082 to fill the said the Brunswick County Bar
if 12th Judicial Association probably won't meet tinWilton
Ihinl Sr., til sometime next week to discuss its
l/srepresented, S<
lioldcn cited his track record as a public and
private citizen as speaking for itself, lie cited his efforts
as chairman of the Hidden Iteach I'l.annintt Hoard in
support of a regional Iteach and waterway access near
the Holdeii Beach Bridge. Tiie town obtained a state
Urant to help pay for construction of the iilaiuied onhlii
iirca and recently appeared before the Hnmswick' "oiinty
Hoard of Commissioners seeking $10,000 in financial
assistance in maintaining the site.
With no answer from the county and deadlines imposed
by the state for an answer and the donors of an
oceanfront accessway for acceptance of their offer < Leo
and Hose C'olei, the town hoard voted to go ahead with
the park project, he said, while still hoping for county
assistance on the maintenance. "I offered compromise
ideas supporting a favorable vote for the project at that
meeting." he indicated.
1 lolden also cited his record as a private citizen in
allowiiu: free public* use of faeilities owned by him for
parking, boating access. Iwach access and bathhouse
and shower facilities.
No reporter attended the < Jet. la meeting, he noted.
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'dnesday, November 26. 1986 25c Pc
Second Shallotte
Board Asks For
BY SUSAN USIIKH earlier this in.
For the second lime in two weeks, a William C. Lew
Shallotte police officer has resigned board intinued
under apparent pressure, reducing following day in
the size of the five-officer depart- Itising'f letter of
ment to three. Also citing "
Patrol Officer Nellie Evans Rising. lxnvis' rcsignali
employed with the department since Nov. fi, was efl
April 21.1983, submitted her rosigna- followed a simil
tion to the town's board of aldermen sion by the board
Thursday afternoon, citing "personal Contacted byreasons".
It was effective im- regarding the i
mediately. said the two wen
Alder men accepted the teller !?? dU'n'l there w
uiu-.nimou. ly. with member Bobby the department.
Hay Russ absent. "1 hope they d<
Also Thursday, the boanl rejected I don't think the;
the Shallotte Volunteer Fire Depart- Chief
meat's choice of chief, Michael Ar- Arnold was fi
nold, and asked firefighters to submit year ago. At that
a new name for consideration. tion by the town
Arnold has asked for a meeting by one meeting,
with the boanl to hear the reasons for board members l
its rejection, he told The Brunswick Bylaws for the
Beacon. He would like it to lie held its chief to be el
liefore the fire department meets town hoard's a
again Dec. 2. the day before the town ficers need not hi
board's next regular meeting, and he Firefighters e
luis asked that it be an open meeting. Nov. 18. re-electii
"There has to be reason they turn- vote. The otli
ed it down." he said. '1 want to know office was David
personally. If it's something I've for several monl
done I want to know it and 1 want the terim chief betw
public to know it. Maybe it was a of Carman Arnoli
misunderstanding that could be Michael Arnold a
worked out." Town nldcrinei
Resignation consider the dep
To maintain full police coverage in Wednesday night
the wake of the two resignations, the
three remaining Shallotte police officers?Chief
Don Stovall, Sgt.
Rodney Clause and Officer Eddie "TP
Reynolds?are working 12-hour I |
shifts. Stovall said he expects to
recommend officers to fill both
vacancies at the board's Dec. 3 g Cv ft
meeting. J 3 |\|
Aldermen I tad met behind closed
doors for l'a hours to discuss police g,j.
per,,,,,.,el matters ,l?ri?B their A reuuiity-wMc
regular meeting Wednesday night. ^ ,[
"M i, i?r y reality I.,I it c
Matter, have come up In the last ,:lrs for
day or two that ?c nee, I,nana. .,.|lc , ^
following the pattern tolled m||I|(|n
loa,js j?u| hridg
miles of road ale
. the completion <
;e Months rif
John Harvey
Hrunswick C'ouni
nominations. meat, told the b
The district association will then last Wednesday t
decide on three of nine nossible nmni .if Tr,.tic.?
nominees t?> 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.
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> 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.
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?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.