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I'aRe 2-A-1UE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. September 3. 1987
Boat Owner Faces Possible Fine
(Continued F'rom I’age 1-A)
pumps could handle. Norris said, and he asked
Charleston to send a rescue boat to help pump so the boat
could be freed from the shoal. However, the boat was out
side Charleston’s jurisdiction.
This radio conversation was later overheard by at
the Oak Island Coast Guard station, which is responsible
for the Sunset Beach area, according to Petty Officer
Paul Bufford.
Bufford said the Oak Island station did not hear the
initial call because of a dead zone which exists near the
Little River and Sunset Beach coasts.
He said the Oak Island Coast Guard called
Charleston at .IMO a.m. and sent a boat to check out the
incident later Friday.
According to Sunset Beach Town Administrator Lin
da Fluegel, “They (the Coast Guard) let them sit out
there until the surf beat the boat to pieces."
She said the Coast Guard did not respond until after
both she and Police Chief William Hill called the Oak
Island .station.
Fluegel said the Coast Guard first advised the town
that it doesn’t handle boat salvage, but didn’t indicate
where Norris could get assistance. However, she said the
officer did indicate the owner should contact the Coast
Guard regarding the incident.
“What good is that with all this oil spilling out on the
beach?" she asked rhetorically Friday at the town hall.
She continued. “I just kept screaming and hollering
at the guy. but later I apologized to him for yelling."
Finally, the Oak Island station agreed to contact its
Wilmington headquarters. At approximately 11 a.m.
Fluegel she was advised by telephone that the Coast
Guard would be responding.
According to Bufford, when the Coast Guard boat ar-
Norris .said he and his three-man crew tried to move
the boat from the sandbar shortly after the grounding but
were unsuccessful and left the boat at about 8 a.m. By
that time, the boat had already started breaking up.
He spent much of the remainder of the day driving
the strand in his pick-up truck, picking up debris from the
disintegrating boat.
He said, “I hold the Coast Guard fully responsible for
this whole mess. If they would have acted when they were
supposed to, the surf wouldn’t have beaten it to death.”
Bufford said the Coast Guard does not get involved
with salvage operations. He said it is up to the owner to
remove the boat from the water and do all clean-up
resulting from the beaching.
He said the Coast Guard will occasionally get involv
ed with a beached boat if its condition is not too bad, but
will rarely pull one from the sand because of the possibili
ty of liability suits if the boat should receive further
damage.
Wreckage from the “Longshot" was cleaned up Fri
day and Saturday with the help of area residents and the
Sunset Beach Maintenance Department.
Remains of the bow were pulled from the water Siui-
day with the assistance of Hegget Construction and trac
tor operator Sam Somersett who was hired by the town
maintenance department.
If's Not Just Child's Play
SIAM PHUIU8V SUSAN USHER
Building sand castles Isn’t for kids only. Last Friday
morning. Ben Tillotson and Dave J. Rogers, both
CharloRe businessmen, brought their buckets, rakes
and shovels to Sunset Beach for some serious fun.
had deserted the scene.
Crew members of the “Longshot” included Keith
Jackson, who was in charge of the boat at the time of its
beaching, and two unidentified deck hands from Little
River, S.C.
Norris said, “We were doing exceptionally well with
it. but it’s my own fault. It was dark, and I lost my sense
of direction.”
He said he had owned the boat for only three months
and did not have it insured. He does plan to buy another
shrimp boat soon and .said, “We’re just hoping for better
luck with the next one.”
Man Drowns At Holden Beach
BY RAHN ADAMS
A New Jersey man drowned last
Wednesday afternoon at Holden
Beach as he attempted to aid a
woman stranded offshore on a flota
tion device.
The victim, Eugene Swanson, 58, of
Shell Point Residents Fear Loss Of Homes
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lots had been used as collateral for
two separate loans of $35,000 and
$55,000 acquired in December 1983
and February 1985 respectively.
Even though the bank is looking in
to the problem, bank officials are
hesitant to comment on it.
"I do not want anything published
out of context,” said UCB City Ex
ecutive A1 I^ughinghouse, adding
only that Anderson had been retained
"to look into the total situation.”
At least 30 residents waited in a
yard on Shell Point Road for more
than two hours last Wednesday mor
ning, after asking bank officials and
the subdivision's developer to meet
with them to explain the foreclosure
notices.
Another group met individually
v-iih Anderson at his Shaliotte office
Friday morning, but many of the
residents said they were still unclear
about their situations.
The property owners also are con
tacting local and state officials to
find what can be done to save their
lots.
Assistant District Attorney
Napoleon Barefoot Jr. said Friday
that his office had received calls
from Shell Point Recreational
Village residents; however, he said
he did not talk to them personally and
had no detailed knowledge of the
matter.
State Rep. David Redwine said
Tuesday he contacted the state at-
Brunswick Tech Trustees Appoint Interim President
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Ward said, “I have never had any
desire not to work. I love my job
here. I hope I am working here when
I die.”
He said he will have to be
reclassified as a part-time employee
and will therefore lose his annual
leave, sick leave and state
hospitalization plan. He said the state
disability plan does cover his
hospitalization insurance.
In a brief speech before the board.
Ward said, "I have been in this
system for 21 years. I don't want to
stay at home now. Even though the
college would no longer be paying my
full Sc*!?.!*'-*, nothing would nhance as
far as I’m concerned. Nothing would
fall short or be left undone.”
Also Monday, the board approved a
motion by Finance CommiRee Chair
man Kelly Holden to add the names
of Ward and Reaves to the list of
those having authorization to sign
checks for the Brunswick Tech ac
counts of special funds, county funds
and state funds. The names of Carter
and former business manager Leo
Hunt were deleted from the list.
expected to recommend at that
meeting a procedure for conducting
the search for a permanent presi
dent.
Kelly also announced that he will
discuss the position of dean of in
struction with Reaves during the
next few weeks.
Other discussion at the meeting
focused on a possible new position of
purchasing equipment coordinator,
which is to be reported on by the per
sonnel committee at the Sept. 16
meeting.
The personnel committee is also
Drier Weather Is Expected
Bellamy Resigns
Average daily temperatures were
one degree above normal in the
Shaliotte area during the period Aug.
25-31, according to Shaliotte Point
meteorologist Jackson Canady.
Canady recorded an average daily
high of 89 degrees and an average
daily low of 72 degrees.
The maximum high temperature
was 93 degrees on the 26th and 29th;
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"I feel it would be inappropriate to
attempt to continue to perform the
duties of my office while this allega
tion IS hanging over me.” Bellamy's
prepared .statement read.
Freeman said Tuesday that
Bellamy did not seek the governor’s
approval for an official leave of
absence.
Bellamy then notified Judge Clark
and .state court officials that Ms.
Morgan would "perform all duties as
clerk” in his absence.
But according to Franklin E.
Freeman, director of the Ad
ministrative Office of the Courts,
Bellamy’s 'leave of absence” was, in
effect, a paid vacation.
In July, Freeman told The
Bruaswick Beacon: “Technically a
clerk can’t take a leave of absence
unle.ss he applies to the governor and
the governor grants it—and then it is
without pay.”
"He is elected for a term of four
years,” Freeman said, “and he
draws his salary so long as he holds
office, unless the law provides other-
He added that a clerk’s salary may
be suspended in only two instances:
while a clerk is on an official leave of
absence approved by the governor,
or while a clerk is appealing his for
mal removal from office in tlie state
courts.
When contacted Tuesday at his
Shaliotte office, Bellamy's local at
torney, Roy Trest, declined comment
on the case.
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Rockaway, N.J., was the second per
son to drown in the South Brunswitk
Islands in less than a week. A two-
year-old Burlington girl drowned
Aug. 21 in a canal at Ocean Isle
Reach
When he arrived on the .scene Darr
said he observed Swanson face down
in the water 2(X) feet to 300 feet out,
and he saw ’uysiamJei's assisting
Gemer approximately 100 feet from
tomey general’s office this week and
talked with Senior Deputy Attorney
General Andrew A. Vanore Jr. about
the Shell Point Recreational Village
situation.
Redwine said Vanore plans to look
into the matter and relay information
on it to the Justice Department’s con
sumer protection division.
“We've got the wheels moving to
see if we can’t find out what’s going
on and whaC we might do to correct
the situation,” Redwine said.
According to Holden Beach Police
Officer K. S. Darr, the drowning was
reported Aug. 26 at 1:19 p.m. off 1249
Ocean Boulevard West-
Witnesses told Darr that Swanson
was walking on the beach when
bystanders asked him to help rescue
Sheila Gemer, 50, of Phoenixville,
Pa.
Darr said Gerner’s raft had drifted
approximately 300 feet from shore in
ocean currents off the western end of
Holden Beach before she called for
help.
According to Darr, Swanson swam
out to Gemer, stayed with her about
15 minutes and had begun swimming
back to shore when he encountered
difficulty.
Darr credited Robert Tyndall of
Shaliotte Point with doing the most to
rescue Gemer.
The officer and Arnold Potter of
Supply then were able to reach Swan
son, who appeared to be unconscious,
.said Darr.
Coastline Volunteer Rescue Squad
transported Swanson and Gemer to
The Brunswick Hospital, where
Swanson was pronounced dead on ar
rival.
The county coroner’s report listed
Swanson’s cause of death as “drown
ing from saltwater immersion.”
According to a hospital spokesper
son, Gemer was kept overnight for
observation and was released Thurs
day morning.
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Carter had been acting dean of in
struction since the fall of 1986 when
the former dean of instruction, Jesse
Clemmons, was named dean of conti
nuing education.
Board members Durwood Clark
Sr. and Clarkie Munn, both of Leland,
were absent from Monday's meeting.
the minimum low was 69 degrees on
the 26th and 31st.
Rainfall at Shaliotte Point during
the period measured 3.17 inches.
Canady said that over the next few
days, the area can expect normal
temperatures and rainfall.
Daytime highs in the upper 80s are
expected along with overnight lows
in the upper 60s.
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