Page S-A—THK HKl.'NSWK'K HlCAl’ON. Thursday. Septeinlier 3. 1987
Coastal Towns Literally
Are Going 'On The Map'
State To Hear Cookery Case
BY DOLG KI TTKH
Ocean Isle Beach has literally hit the map. and
Sunset Beach and Bald Head Village should not be far
behind.
Brunswick County’s unspoiled beaches nuiy not
receive the praise and attention they desen-e. However,
at least the simple fact of their existence will no longer
go unrecognized thanks to a joint effort by the South
Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce and the
Brunswick County Planning Department
Anne Marie Schettini. executive director for the*
chamber, said Ocean Lsle Beach was included this year
for the first time on road atlases published by Band
McNally and Company and the .Automotive .Association
of America (A/\^\t.
She said the town of Sunset Beach will be included
on the 1989 editions, but couldn’t conunent on Bald Head
Island, which is serx’ed by the Southport-Oak Island
Chamber of Commerce.
“We wanted these towns on the maps because peiv
pie were having trouble finding them." she said. "Peiv
pie were coming into our office and asking for direc
tions to Sunset Beach."
Ms. Schettini said censiLs figures are used when
putting maps together, and the U.S. Census Bureau did
not have up-to-date figures on Ocean Isle Beach and
Sunset Beach.
“These towns have grown a lot recently, and the
census figures were not up to date. That is why there
are towns like Grissettown and I>ongwood on the
maps,” she added. “They were once the population
centers in the area.”
Don Eggert, a county planner, said he first wrote to
Band McNally in April to inquire why the beach coin-
munitios weren’t on the map.
lake Schettini, he attributed their absence to out
dated census figures.
’These are now very popular tourist attractions
and they neeil to be on the map. It helps the area to grow
when people know what you have to offer,” he said.
Eggert said the towns of Sunset Beach and Bald
Head Village slwuld both be included on the 1989 maps,
although they may not be included in the index. He said
miiumum population requirements are used for the in-
de.x, and these towns nuiy not meet those standards.
Meanwhile, residents of rural Grissettown and
l.ongwixxl needn’t worry. Their communities are still
on the map.
BY RAHN ADAMS
Olde Bninswick Towne Cookery-
Ltd. could avoid a $20,000 penalty by-
cleaning up its waste treatment
facility.
Representatives of the Belville
business are scheduled to appear
before the Environmcntiil Manage
ment Commission (EMC) Sept. 10 to
review- a special consent order that
w-ould require the business to correct
its waste treatment problems.
I.ast December, the state notified
Olde Brunswick Tow-ne Cookery- and
its owner, V.A. Creech Jr., that a
$20,G69..30 civil penalty was being
assessed against the business due to
waste treatment violations.
According to the EMC, the viola
tions included failing to meet effluent
limitations on .36 occasions: failing to
submit monthly- self-monitoring
reports seven times; and failing to
properly operate and maintain the
cookery ’s waste treatment facility.
In response to a January remission
request by the business, Paul Wilms,
director of the Division of En
vironmental Management, found no
grounds to modify- his division’s
assessment against the cookery-.
But the Environmental .Manage
ment Commission decidetl in July to
reduce the civil penalty upon
satisfaction of certain conditions,
mainly that the firm agree to bring
waste treatment facilities in com
pliance within a specified timetable
in keeping with a special order of
consent.
According to Bryson Jenkins,
public information officer with the
Division of Environmental Manage
ment, the cookery’s penalty would be
reduced to $69.30—cost of the state’s
investigation.
Ms. Jenkins said Olde Brunswick
Towne Cookery- representatives are
scheduled to appear before the com
mission on Sept. 10, apparently to
di-scuss provisions of the special
order of consent.
County Water Taps Offered
South Brunswick Station Said Still Two Years Off
Dv DOiJG RL'TTER
The South Brunswick Island sta
tion of the Shallotte Post Office may
have its site determined by October,
-"if everything goes well." a po.-t of
fice official said Friday.
The site selection has beer, coinc or.
since .April 15 when the pos’,a. .-er. ice
began accepting offers from lixal
property owners. .Accordme t.hv
communications manager for ;:.v
Columbia. S.C.. postal divisio.-.. Art
Shealy. the offers are still conii.-.c ;r.
He said the offers art- made Ly ;r.-
dividual land owners, and unlike for
mal bids, are negotiable
I'ho offxcv .3f
Caiahasli. .Sunset 'Seac.h j.-ic .\-ea.-!
Isle Beach, with each rvCau-u.-ii i’u>
ow n mailing address a:’d current
c.xie
Shealy said t.hc site may ,'e ueter-
mu.--.ed by Octolx’r u ’..he site seieecer
.cm.mittee ctuKves a pr-.-certy. wt.^
.:r. ;-.iner who is wi'.Iurg :c -egccate
1: .ontract ter.iis canret re reae.c-
-.'I’.h the conuiuttee s f-u^t .-hcice.
Sne;-..y said the ccii-ufuttee g.x?s
: square one "
S.'a.i.y had annou.nced m early
’..-vat the site selection coinnut-
’.0-. .->as nearing a decision concem-
tng the preferred site, but tuid
.fay thiit the coiiunittee had to re
evaluate the offers before starting
negotiations,
’.he postal sen-ice had established
'.he preferred area earlier this year
between Cause landing at Ocean
Isle Beaeh and Calabash and exten
ding southerly towards the .Atlantic
cVean.
He said after a site has been chosen
and negotiated w-ith the land ow-ner,
the deal will have to be approved by
the Regional Council of the U.S.
Postal Sen-ice in Philadelphia.
The Regional Council will "deter-
County, Towns Receive
Checks Worth $464,837
HrunswirV. C i\ an i
nmrucipa'alies wiU aiiari sA.-i.'c... .;.
intangible per.si nal oroiierty tax col
lections and apecial alliK'atiori.s thi.--
year.
Distribution checks were mailed
by the .N'.C. Department of Revenue
on Aug. 27.
Of the total distributions. $299.21!
represented the county’s net collec
tions of property tax levied against
the value of intangible personal pn^
perty. these include accounts
receivable, jGi.utKj; notes, bonds and
evidences of debt. $88,687; .share.s of
stick and units of investment fund.s.
$140,000; and beneficial intere.st in
foreign trusts. $2,117: as well a.s
penalties and interest o. $ti.5l8.
Sunset Beach Plans
Labor Day Meeting
The .Sunset Beach Ta.xpayt-ry
•Association will hold it-, luihor Day
meeting at the .Sunset Bfach fire st;i-
tion Sept. 5 at 10 a.m
Various itein.s conceniiiig the
residents of SuiLsel Beai h will
discussed including the n> w andge
and parking prohlciie.
Bill Hunt will ho.st a pierii' for \ti>-
inemtxTship at hi.s ’■lam .Str'-et .ho.'ii*-
at 2 p in.
\nother $175,763 represented
ui, ..linns aulhonzed by the
1985 (lenertil .A.sseinbly to reimburse
liH-ai govei iiiiieius for revenue lost
when intangibles tax on bank
deposits and money on hand w-as
repealed
Distributioas were made to the
county and to its 14 municipalites in
Iiropoi-iion to the amount of ad
valorem Uixcs levied by each.
i»f the total distributions, the lion’s
.share—S3H9,058-went to the county,
wiiii municipaiiiies sharing the re
mainder of $75,779.
Beceiving the least w-as Belville,
with $61.36. and receiving the most
was Long Beach, with $26,701.
Bus Driver Class
Held This Week
Ihe North Carolina Division of
.'dolor V chides ts sponsoring a school
bu.s driver’s classroom session on
.Scf)i 3 and 4 at 8:30 a.m. in the
.Shallotli; .Middle School multi
purpose room.
Vii.ki .lenrelte of the School Bus
and Traffic Safely Department said
tiiose interested in becoming bus
'Irivers this year must attend both
days and bring a valid North
Carolina driver's license.
Brunswick County
...$389,059
Long Beach
... 26,701
Ocean Isle Beach
Southport
Bald Head Island
... 6,789
Holden Beach
... 4,934
. Shallotte
, Sunset Beach
... 3,790
Boiling Spring Lakes..
... 3,425
Yaupon Beach
n AAA
Caswell Beach
... 2,089
Navassa
731
Calabash
Bolivia ...’
275
BelviUe
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the best interest of the postal service
and if all legalities are in order,” said
Shealy.
Following approval from the
Regional Council, the postal service
w-ill advertise for bids to construct
the 13,000-squarc-foot post office.
Bids will be accepted for three to
four montlis, after which time the
contract will be awarded and con
struction will begin, Shealy said.
"The actual construction should
take about a year,” Shealy said, "so
we are still talking about two more
years before it can open”
The postal service is searching for
a plot of land approximately 140,000
square feel, or just over three acres,
to house the Shallotte branch office.
BY RAHN ADAMS
Officials .say tap applications for
two new- sections of Bninswick Coun
ty's water system arc moving steadi
ly, although the past sLx months have
seen a jump in system-wide applica
tions.
On .Aug. '20 the county water
department began advertising that
tap applications arc being accepted
from residents on U.S. 17 from Uin-
\-ale Road to Sluillutte and on NC 87
from Bell Swamp to NC 211.
Tho.se sections of the county water
system officially came on-line July 1.
.According to Elizabeth Norris with
the water system department, ap
proximately 25 tap applications for
the two sections have been filed since
service was offered two months ago.
Ms. Norris said about 20 of the new-
taps are located on U.S. 17, while five
arc on the N.C. 87 section.
uver the eiitire system, though, tap
applications have been on the rise,
according to Lynnine Haas, water
system administrative assistant.
"We have had a steady increase
over the past six months w ith the new
subdivisions and new (water) lines."
said Ms. Haas.
For example, 18 tap applications
were filed in February, while 70 were
recorded in Jui,c, Ms. Haas said.
Until Nov. 1, new customers in the
U.S. 17 and N.C. 87 sections will
receive a $T25 tap fee reduction. The
regular tap fee is $400.
Brunswick County commissioners
earlier approved the four-month fee
reduction for residential customers
lapping any new- line dedicated to the
county water system.
According to Ms. Haas, the only
other new line where the reduction
.still applies is at Tarheeland Acres
off N.C. 179 near Seaside; the tap fee
reduction there is in effect until Oct.
1.
The water system also requires a
$25 deposit.
.Applicatio.ns are received at the
Brunswick County Water System
Department office at the countv com
plex in Bolivia.
According to Ms. Norris, residents
generally have a two-week to three-
week wait after they apply for a
water tap, although installation
periwls vary depending on where the
tap is located.
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Also
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*Lot Filling*Lot Clearing-
•Grading • Excavating
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754-4695, 8 AM-5 PM SHALLOTTE
FIFTEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
offices In Brunswick County receiv
ed intangible tax distribution checks
this week ranging in amount from
$61.36 to $389,058.65.
Terminal Adds
Wednesday Sales
The Military Ocean Terminal at
Sunny Point near Southport will hold
a residue scrap lumber and
decorative wood chip sale each
Wednesday starting Sept. 9, with
hours from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost will be $1 per pickup truck
load, said Myrtle D. Meade, public
affairs officer.
These sales are in addition to the
regular Monday sales of lumber,
when the price of wood is $10 per
cord.
Court^aril
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•LUNCH served Tuesday-Suneday 1 1:00 AM-2:00 PM
Carry Out • Business Luncheons
•DINING begins at 5:00 PM
•LOUNGE opens at 1 1 ;00 AM with all ABC permits
•LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday-Sunday
9:00-1:00
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