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Wet Ash
Help On
BY SUSAN USHKK
Residents of the Wet /Vsli Swamp
area were back before the Brunswick
County Beard of Commissioners
Monday night asking for help in fixing
their drainage problems.
Billy G. Jones, who lives about a
mile below the proposed Wet Ash
Swamp drainage project, said water
reached the top of the drainage tile
near his home last week If it would
have risen any higher it would have
flooded again." he added. The area
lias flooded three times in the past
five years.
Commissioners also met behind
closed doors for an hour to discuss
land acquisition and attorney-client
matters, and, at the request of Commissioner
Benny I.udluin. personnel.
Commissioner Chris Chappcll said
the county has asked the N.C.
Department of Transportation to
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BY SUSAN USHEK
Continuing violation of a state erosion
prevention law is alleged in a
civil action filed earlier this month in
Brunswick County Superior Court by
the N.C. Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
against the developers of River
Hills subdivision, D.C. R. & F. Corp.
A county commissioner and former
two-time board chairman, Chris
Chappell, is one of the partners in the
development off Tar Landing Road
(S.R. 1135) overlooking the Shallottc
River. Other partners are Bill Benton,
Paul Floyd, Paul and Connie
Dennis.
NRCD is seeking a mandatory
preliminary injunction and a permanent
injunction to restrain the
developers from violating provisions
of the Sedimentation Pollution Con
Tentative Rec
BY MAftJORiK MKGIVERN
Ed Gore, developer and member of
the Sunset Reach Town Council, expressed
anger Monday over the town
planning board's reclassification of
some of his property.
The change had been based on
misunderstandings, he learned, and
a correction was made.
The council met in special session
to review a preliminary draft of the
land use plan update, prepared by
the planning board in consultation
with Ken Wcedin of Talbcrt and Cox
As Planning Hoard Chairman
Richard Good began itemizing rcvisioas
of the plan, Gore spoke up.
"I've reviewed it (the update) very
much to my dissatisfaction, and I
want to know how it came about," he
said.
The focus of Gore's displeasure
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help the county widen the ditches and
install larger culvert pipes. This
would turn the water into Wet Ash
Swamp faster, he said.
That relief isn't expected until at
least early January, he added, when
a response is due from DOT and
when ttie county's heavy equipment
would be available.
At a meeting last week attended by
about to property owners, the
drainage problem was attributed to
several sources: bcavor activity and
drainage of Green Swamp acreage
by paper companies.
1-ast week commissioners adopted
a resolution seeking matching funds
from the stale for a drainage project
that would alleviate flooding in the
area and help with mosquito control.
The state would provide two-thirds
funding of the project, which has an
estimated pricetag of $-18,040.
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trol Act of 1973. It asks the court to
order the defendant to establish
within 14 days of issuance of a
preliminary injunction?and then
maintain?sedimentation control
devices and measures necessary to
prevent erosion and sediment loss as
required by the Act.
According to the complaint, filed
by Associate Attorney General
Kathryn I.. Jones, the defendants
have failed to correct the alleged
violations after receiving repeated
notices.
"Repeated inspections by authorized
representatives of NRDC, continuing
up until the filing of this complaint
have revealed that the abovementioned
violations have not been
corrected and the site remains in
violation of the law," the complaint
indicates.
Further, it states that the failure to
:lassification S
was the classification of his property
alongside canals on the north side of
the island as a conservation spoils
area.
Good persuaded him to hold discussion
of that revision until Ihc board
had heard the complete list of
cllflllVPti in ltu> fidniiBo mwlutn Mm!
wore typographical errors or rewording
of sentences for purpose of
clarification.
But the sore spot was the map
showing Gore's property newly
designated as a conservation spoils
area. Under provisions of the Coastal
Resources Commission, this
classification requires special treatment,
including a prohibition against
development.
''That's developable laud you appropriated,"'
(iorc pointed out. "You
can't imagine my dismay when I saw
this."
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Audit Received
After a delay of several months,
commissioners received copies of the
1085-86 audit Monday night from Hex
Price, a partner in Touch Koss & Co.
of lialcigh.
In an accommodating motion, they
adjusted the due date for the latearriving
document to Dec. 15.
But they tabled, on a motion by
Benny Iridium, consideration of a request
to increase the company's contract
by 58,000 to $40,500 to.reflect
part of an estimated $20,163 in cost
overruns. The overruns were attributed
in part to a inid-year
changeover in county finance officers
and to this being Touchc Boss'
first audit of the county.
The audit gave an unqualified opinion
of the county's books, with no
evidence Of m.lteri.ll u-nnknnccnc
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protect property from erosion and
sedimentation damage has resulted
in and will continue to result in violation
of the requirements of the Act,
and "in an immediate, pressing, and
irreparable injury to the State of
North Carolina. The nature of the
violations, the measures needed to be
taken to correct them, and the defendant's
continued refusal to take corrective
action, leaves the State with
no adequate remedy."
Specifically, the complaint alleges
that on a June -1 site inspection, an
NHCD representative found:
erosion and sedimentation
measures were not in place to retain
sediment on the site;
more than one contigous acre luis
boon distnrbnrf
exposed graded slopes existed at
an angle too steep to retain
vegetative cover and restrain eroiparks
Protesl
Good explained the planning
board's action.
"We found a permit had been requested
by the town to dredge the
cluinnel in the canals on the north
side, and in the application tills area
was sliown as the place where spoils
would lie placed. We told Ken Weedln
to show it on the map as conservation
spoils area."
He went on to say he had
discovered just tluit afternoon that
the area is zoned BK2, beach residential,
and would have to be rezoncd in
order to Jail in the new classification.
(iood apologized to Gore for failing
to contact him on the matter, blaming
the short deadline for the planning
board's hasty action.
Gore said, "I did give permission
for that to be a spoils area, but not
forever."
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hursday. December 18. 1986
New Ro
Bypass<
BY SUSAN USHER
Completion of the four-lnninw of
U.S. 17 to the South Carolina state
line and a Shallotte bypass are expected
to continue on schedule under
the 1!?87-1995 transportation improvement
plan approved Dec. 12 by the
state Board of Transportation.
The combined projects have an
estimated total pricetag of $50.88
million.
In the new plan, the four-laning is
divided into two projects, a 17.1-mile
southern stretch from N.C. 211 to the
South Carolina line with a bypass of
Slialiotte due to be completed in FY
1993. and a 13.5-mile section from
Bell Swamp to N.C. 211 at Supply,
which includes a bypass of Bolivia,
which should be completed in FY
1992.
In last year's plan, the Shallotlc
bypass was broken out as a separate
project.
In the new plan, work on the
Supply-S.C. line segment is divided
into three phases, with construction
scheduled in FY 1987-1988, FY 1990
and FY 1991-1993.
Right-of-way acquisition for the
first construction phase should be
completed in FY 1987, with construction
to begin that suine year.
Because of delays in right-of-way
acquisition, DOT planners have said
work is expected to begin first on the
south end of the bypass, then the northern
end, followed by four-laning of
the remainder of the route to the
state line.
So far, $453,000 has been spent on
the project, with total costs of $17.98
million expected.
Construction on the Bell SwampSupply
segment is planned in two
segments also, the bypass in FY 1989
and the four-laning in FY 1990-1993.
So far, $2.4 million has been spent,
with a total estimated cost of $32.9
million.
The plan delays by one year a
related project, relocation of the rest
area on U.S. 17 near Bolivia to a site
nearer Shallotte. Construction is expected
to begin by fiscal year (FY)
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sion; and
adequate groundcover sufficient
to restrain erosion on exposed areas
had not been provided.
The complaint also alleges that the
defendants began disturbing the land
before having an erosion control plan
approved by NRCD, then failed to file
an acceptable revised plan after being
notified of the need to do so.
The corporation's first erosion and
sediment control plan, submitted by
its engineers on April 10. and the first
revision, submitted May 21, were not
approved by NRDC. Official notices
to that effect were mailed to the
engineers on May 7 and June 4
respectively.
A second revision, submitted July
23, earned a letter of approval on
Aug. 7. However, the earlier viola
tions allegedly have yet to be corrected.
fs From Gore
pointed out, "The planning board
found a need to show accurately on I
the map the locatioas of the town's
two golf courses. Oyster Bay and Sea
Trail Links, and that has been done."
Another revision was the statement,
"County, state and federal
agencies should share the responsibility
of meeting the needs of day
visitors."
The board unanimously approved
the draft to be sent on to the Coastal
Resources Commission, instructing
Weedin to make onlv two clmmies.
He was to correct the map classifying
the Gore property as conservation
spoils area, and add a paragraph
under community appearance that
will be a policy on litter.
Good said later Weedin told him,
"Your board Is more thorough than
I'm accustomed to, hut that means
you'U have a good plan."
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Also, right-of-way acquisition is to
begin in FY 1987 and construction in
FY 1989 on a high-rise bridge to
replace the pontoon swing-bridge at
Sunset Beach.
The TIP also provides a feasibility
study and/or right-of-way protection
for a second bridge linking Oak
Island to the mainland. The proposed
bridge would connect at the west end,
in I?ong Beach, crossing the Intracoastal
Waterway near Uie middle
of town according to the proposed
route. A new road would be required
to connect the bridge to N.C. 211.
Other county projects included in
the plan are as follows:
U.S. 17-74-76, paving, leveling and
resurfacing 1.7 miles from the NewHanover
County line to the
Brunswick River, under construction.
N.C. 211, widening 2.8 miles of
roadway to Oak Island Bridge to
multi-lane facility, planning to begin
in FY 1990, with construction in FY
1995, $2,750,000.
N.C. 130, complete landscaping of
approaches to new bridge at Holdcn
Beach, FY 1987. $12,000. Another
$12,000 has already been spent on the
project.
U.S. 17-121. N.C. 33. Old Alligator
Creek, Newer Alligator Creek and intcrchange
structure, with guardrails
on three bridges, consturction to
begin in FY 1088. cost $88,000.
N.C. 130, replace bridge No. 21 at
Wet Ash Swamp, with construction in
FY 95. $305,000.
N.C. 211, replace bridge No. 82 at
Royal Oak Swamp, with construction
in FY 95. $530,000.
S.R. 1333 and S.R. 1928. replace
bridge No. 88 across Juniper Creek,
with construction to begin in FY 1*88,
$805,000.
S.R. 1340, replace bridges Nos. 97
and 114 over Juniper Creek and
overflow, with construction in FY 94,
$360,000.
S.R. 1411, replace bridges No. 30
and 31 over Town Creek and a
branch, with construction in FY 89,
$460,000.
S.R. 1521, replace bridge No. 10
over Rice's Creek, construction in
FY 1992. $205,000.
S.R. 1426 install automatic warning
devices near Council Street
Seaboard System Railroad crossing,
Bolivia Man Che
Burglary, Kidnaj
BY ETTA SMITH
A Route 2. Bolivia, man was being
held in the Brunswick County Jail
Monday in lieu of $125,000 bond
following his arrest in the alleged
kidnapping and rape of a Shallotte
area woman.
Ingemar J. "Joe" Hankins was arrested
Dec. 11 and charged with first
degree burglary, first degree rape
and first degree kidnapping in connection
with the Dec. 9 incident.
According to the report filed by the
Flim-Flam A
Were At W<
A Shallotte woman'lost her enti
man and woman lured her into givin
in exchange.
Shallotte police officer Lt. R<
woman told hJm or her encounter in
She said a black man about 5 fe
pounds, and a black woman about!
pounds, bolh in their 40s. accosted tl
car, saying they'd just found a sack
from the sack, they said it contained
ways with her, If she would reHnqui
The woman went immediately I
and met one of them as planned in 1
she liandcd over $779 and was told t
share of the money from the partner,
both took off, Gause said.
"We had a similar Incident abo
"and we want everyone to know thai
town and to be alert for them. The
department store parking lots."
He said people should be wary o
scheme involving their investing lai
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Keeps
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construction in FV 87.164,000.
S.R. 1472. west of U.S. 74-76 interchange
at Beivilic, resurface from
S.K. 1484 to toS.H.1437. widen east of
S.R. 1462 to wst ofS.H. 1437 and make
left-turn lanes, under construction,
with ?93,000 expended and additional
costs of $16,000 expected.
The TIP is a non-binding plar.
which sets statewide construction
and assistance priorities for highway
and other transportation needs, subjec'
to availability of funds.
The schedule is based on federal
appropriations of at least $275 million
annually as well as state matching
funds of about ?60 million from the
General Assembly, twice that
allocated this year.
According to Transportation
Secretary Jiin Harrington, the plan
also calls for the legislature to provide
additional authority to state and
local governments to control right-ofway
costs.
The proposed second bridge for
Oak Island falls in the new category
"feasibility study and/or right of way
protection," which allows for early
identification and protection of rightof-way.
According to the Department of
Transportation, the state's rapid
growth and development is a major
factor in escalating right of way
costs. Riuht-of-wav nronicitinn nr?v
accounts (or more than half of the
total cost of some projects.
Paper To Publish
Regular Schedule
For the next two weeks. The
Brunswick Beacon will I* published
on regular schedule. However, mail
subscribers will receive their copies
one day late because post offices will
be closed Christmas and New Years,
both on Thursdays this year.
The issue of Thursday, Dec. 25 will
be a.-ailable from news racks and
dealers Wednesday, Dec. 24, and the
issue of Thursday, Jan. 1 will be
available locally Wednesday, Dec.
31.
The Beacon business office will be
closed Thursday, Dec. 25 and Thursday,
Jan. 1.
irged With
d And Rape
arresting officer, Del. Lindsay
Walton of the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department, Hankins broke
into and entered the victim's apartment
south of Shallotte between 7
p.m. and 9 p.m.
The report states that the victim
was kidnapped and raped, incurring
serious injury.
According to Walton, the victim
was allegedly tuken outside the county,
but the exact location is still
unknown.
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Drk Here
[re savings of (779 Monday when a
g it to them on the promise of (6,000
xlney Gause said the 53-year-old
the Food Lion parking lot at 1 p.m.
ct, 9 inches and weighing about 150
> feet, 4 inches, weighing about 140
he woman as she was getting in her
; of money. Showing her some bills
(18,000 and they would split it three
sh her savings account.
to ner oanK, wilndrew ner savings,
Hills Food Store parking lot, where
o go Inside the store to receive her
. Once the woman entered the store,
ut five montla ago, here," he said,
t these flim-flam artists might be Li
y usually hang out in grocery and
if anyone offering them money or a
gc sums of cash.
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