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More On Taxes inside t ^ • i 1 . . . Fisning Looks Better! Sunset and Ocean isle Beach tax rates have beeh set. The stories are on the inside of this ICCI (O / 1 1 several weeks of slow activity, fishing ^ ^ wwwwf picked up last week. The weekly report is on Suppiement included in this issue. ^ j j Twenty-fifth Year, Number 34 WIOCtnACON > CRUNSW.««AC0N Shallotte. North Carolina, Thursday, July 2, 1987 25c Per Copy 86 Pages Including Supplement, Plus Insert County Commissioners Boost Tax Rate By Six Cents BY MARJORIE MEGIVEUN Despite continuous opposition from County Commissioner Benny Ludlum. the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners adopted a budget Monday that will add six cents to the present tG.5-ecnt tax An interim water budget was proved, as the 52.5-ccnt rale will not inrh.irip operation and maintenance of the new system. The tax increa.se was doomed necessary* to pay the required $2.3 million debt ser\Mce on water bonds. Lithia Hahn, finance director, said last year's debt payment came from resen'es for that purpose, but there are none this year, and it must come from new taxes. Water system expenses not met by revenues will be taken from another funded item or from general fund vca. vviiicn noiiu r.OV.* total $2.8 million. Commissioners have met in several budget work sessions, the final one la.sting five hours. Chair man Grace Beasley led them patient ly through a long list of additions and deletions submitted last week by Conunissioner Jim Poole. One by one, they were voted up or down, Ludlum voting against most addi tions. Included in the final budget total of $28.7 million was a $234,000 capital outlay addition for the school system. This will make possible the land pur chase and archite''*’® f*'*' inward mn- struclion of the new elementary school at Supply. Also, 13 new positions, previously cut from the budget, were restored. These include seven (five deputies and two detectives) in the sheriff's department, two in the lax depart ment and three in the register of deeds office. Other last-minute additions were $3,000 tor a public address system in the public assembly building; $25,000 for relocation and upgrading of the greenbox on Hwy. 211; an additional $500 for each fire and re.scue squad in the enuntv: $20,000 for roof repair at Bruaswick Technical College: and .smaller contributions to the Status of Women, the sickle cell program, (he Kann Aid hotline, Acmc-Dclce fire and rescue. Hope Harbor Home. Miss Brunswick County Pageant, and Volunteer Infonnation Center. Budget deletions included $100,000 from the $400,000 allocation for map ping the county: $42,258 for a com puter programmer position; $1,000 from the domestic violence alloca tion: $8,000 from the Brunswick County airport allocation: and a car and radio for the landfill. ('nmini.ssionors voted to combine the proposed county engineer and uti!itie*i^ operation Iward director, with one person to be hired at $50,000 to perform both duties. One of the more controversial hiulgot items was $75,000 to the Parks and Recreation Department, to be used for maintenance of athletic fields at the three county high .schools. Ludlum protested, '“That’s an outrageous price for mowing three football fields. You couldn't even tote $75,000 in a suitcase. You’d do better to give a mower to the booster clubs and lot them handle it." Former County Manager Billy Carter, working with the board as a budget consultant, suggested signing a memorandum of understanding with the school system on this item. "State tl'ittt the county will maintain those fields in exchange for use of (See LUDLUM, Page ^A) Swimmer Dies At Ocean Isle An Ocean Isle Beach man died while swimming on the cast end of the beach last Wednesday afternoon, apparently after suffering a heart at tack. Dwight M. Irwin, 02, of Tarhceland Acres, a subdivision on the mainland, was swimming in the ocean when witnesses said he began to call for help, according to the Ocean Isle Beach police report. A sniull boat reached Irwin as he was going under water, the report stated. After pulling him into the boat, an attempt was made to revive him. The Shallot!* Volunteer Hcsciie Squad was called to the .^cenc. Rescue personnel worked for 35 to 40 minutes to tr>- to revive Irwin, the report stated. It was first thought the victim had drowned, but the cau.se of death was reported as heart failure. He was taken to the Bninswick Hospital in Snnnly whore he was pro nounced dead. irwifi wa.s a retired middle school teacher from Union County. His wife teaches at West Brunswick High School in Shallotte. Shallotte Holds The Line On Tax Rate RY MARJORIE MEGIVERN "No increase in tax rates! No in crease in water rates!" Shallotte /Udermin Wilton Harrclson exclaim ed triumphantly Monday night as the board of aldermen adopted the town's budget for 1937-88. The $842,159 budget is only slightly higher than that of last year, which totalled $797,955. The tax rate will re main the same at 44 cents per $100 evaluation. siArt (-Hoioev Keeping An Eye On Things A heron on the dock at Hughes’ Marina at Shallotte shark? When people disturbed him. he kept coming Point hangs over the water keeping a watchful eye out back to the same place again and again until a boat for something in the water below. Was it a mullet or a docked at (he spot. Filing Begins Friday For Municipal Elections Water rates remain at $8.93, with a $2.51 charge per 1,000 gallop.s over 3,000. Sewer rates continue at a flat $7, with an t non over 3,000. The general fund total is $458,220, compared with $450,831 for last year. 'I'he remainder of the budget comes from revenue sharing ($20,942) and water and sewer revenues ($362,997). Town Clerk Cynthia l^ng pointed out that final payments are being made this year for the backhoe ($11,726) and the Christmas lights ($3,539). ■This takes care of all debts owed by (he town." .she said. The largest budget addition, $28,000, was in the police department, where a position has been added. Another $11,474 increase came in ad ministration, due to rearrangement of funds, according to Long. Some departments experienced a decrease in funding this year, in cluding planning and zoning, public buildings, tlie street department and the sanitation department. Before adopting the new budget, the board hi'»''d proposals for town insurance from Coastal Insurance and Bninswick Insurance Services. The award w«»s made to Brunswick Insurance Services. Candidates for municipal offices may begin filing for the fall elections Friday. The filing period starts earlier this year and has also been extended. Filing begins at noon July 3 and closes at noon Aug. 7. The elections will l>e held Nov. 3. "So you have to start early and run fast," Ocean Isle Beach Mayor LaDane Bullington told commis sioners at a recent board meeting. "Since it’s July 4th, don’t forget to wave your flags." The towns of Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Yaupon Beach and Boil ing Spring I.akcs will conduct their own elections. The Brunswick County Board of Elections will conduct elec tions for the remaining towns and for the J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees. Where public offices are clo.sed Friday in observance of In dependence Day, candidate.s may still file that day by going before a notary public with the appropriate forms, obtained from the board of election in question. Following is a list of Brunswick County municipalities, the available .scats, length of terms and in cumbents. Calab,.'sh The offices of the mayor and all five council members are up for elec tion at Calabash where a referendum will also l>e held. All serve two-year terms. Incumbents arc Doug Simmons, mayor: and Robert Weber, Sonia Stevens, Suzy Moore, Linda Roberts and Rati I^wellyn, council members. Whey they go to the polls in Novcmlx?r, Calabash residents will also vote on a referendum that will decide if the town can pre-assess pro perty owners to raise funds for a water system. The town estimates $106,000 to $160,000 in up-front money is needed to run water lines along the Calabash River and other areas where water is needed. Sunset Beach Two council seats and the mayor’s position are open at Sunset Beach. The council scats are four-year terms while the mayor’s position is a two-year term. Incumbents are James Gordon, mayor; and Mary Katherine Griffith and Don Safrit, council members. Ocean Isle Beach Voters will elect a mayor to a two- year term and three commissioners to four-year terms at Ocean Isle Beach. The incumbents arc I^Danc Rull- ington, who was unopposed in her 1985 re-election as mayor; and Com missioners Virginia Gibson, Debbie Fox and Betty Williamson. Shallotte In Shallotte, three scats on the board of aldcnncn will be open. In cumbents are Wilton Harrclson. David Gausc and Bobby Ray Russ. Members serve four-year terms. Holden Beach At Holden Beach, a mayor and three commissioners will be elected to two-year terms, following the pro visions of a May referendum establishing two-year terms for board members. Available scats arc those held by Commi.ssioners Hal Stanley. Lyn Holden and Graham King and Mayor John Tandy. Commissioners Gay Atkins and William Williamson will serve out their current four-year terms, with all scats on tlic town board to be filled in 1989. Bolivia Bolivia residents will elect a mayor and all four aldermen to two-year terms. Incumbents are Mayor Ina Mac MinU and Aldcnncn Murray Tatum, Ella Jane Wescott, Debbie Stanley and Steve Robbin.s. "I think everybody will run again." said Mayor Mintz, "but we still have time to change our minds." Roiling Spring I.akcs Voters in the mid-county communi ty of Roiling Spring lakes will elect a mayor to two years in office and two commissioners to four-year terms. fncumt>cnLs whose scats will be open arc Mayor ICIinor Handler and (See Fn JNG, Page 2-A) Area Celebrates A Festive Fourth From Southport to Wilmington, not forgetting Holden Beach in bet ween, Independence Day will be marked with fireworks and other festivities. 'Hie annual N.C. Fourth of July Festival will delight residents and visitors to Southport beginning today (Thursday) and continuing through Saturday. Highlighting events there is the parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, but Franklin Square Park and the waterfront will be the scene of arts and crafts, musical entertainment, even free icc cream cones, Friday after noon and all day Saturday. The festival will culminate in fireworks at 9 p.m. At the same time, a fireworks display will begin in Wilmington, launched from the grounds of the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Memorial They will be visible over the Cape Fear River at Riverfront Park and at the battleship. And Holden Beach will once again enjoy its own fireworks exhibi tion. provided by William Williamson at his Carolina Retreat Cam pground. This one begins at 8:30 p.m.. set off on the Intracoastal Waterway side of the campground. Crew, Fishermen Saved From Burning 'Salty I' BY TERRY POPE An offshore fishing trip turned into near disaster early Thursday morn ing for five fi.shcrmcn and two crew members aboard the "Sally I" of Holden Beach. The 35-fool charter fishing vc.s.sel caught fire and .sank alxuit a mile from the UK.kwo(»d Folly Inlet sea bouy off of Holden Beach. The passengers and crew jumped into an inflatable life raft to escape the flames. • ll wasn’t much of a decision," .said (.'apt. Garj* Can* of Grcen.sboro Street, Holden Beach. "She burned in about 60 .seconds." Carr said the fire, of unknown origin, started in the engine compart ment. No one was injured. The passengers didn’t even gel wet. he .said. On hoard were five men who had chartered the Ixiat for a fishing trip to the continental shelf. 50 miles off shore. After drifting for about five minutes, they were picked up in the life raft by the "Old Man" shrimp trawler of Vamamlown. owned by Arthur Thompson. Thoni|xson .said he was "going out of the inlet when I saw a little smoke" and went to investigate. He kept the k^iiy i cicw uii uudfi! a.s they «Vnt- ched it burn and sink. The crew was then transferred to another Ixial and brought back to the docks at (.'apt. Pete’s Seafood at Holden Beach. Mate Ronnie Uabon helped Carr get the pa.s.sengers into the life raft. Carr .said an emergency : adio beeper was activated to notify the loc*al ('oast Guard that the boat was on fire, but that he did not have lime to radio a "Mayday” dlstre.ss .signal. According to Carr, equipment lost by the fisliennen included a cooler, camera and portable radio for a total value of about $120. The Duffy and Duffy boat was alxmt two years old, Carr said. The snapper and grouper, about 50 miles offshore. The boat is owned by John Huff- steller of Holden Beach. "We’re going to gel another boat," Carr said Friday. ‘*We'll have another one shortly." lai ixumi were naroUi E. Nichuias of l!unting(»n. W. Va.; Danny 1a‘c Miller and his s(»n. David Wayne Miller, both of Charleston. W. Va,; Richard Iji.Scala of Chapel Mill: and Bill Erdman »>f St Louis Mo. Inlet fiorn (he dock at ('apt. Pete’s at 5:30 a.m. The fire began around 5:45 a.III.. I)e said. The fishermen had planned to spend tin* day catching hoUmn fish, Carr said Monday morning that the 35-foot Duffy boat named "One In A Dillon " will replace the ’Salty I." It will operate out of Capt. Pete’s Seafood at Holden Beach. I
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