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i Page 2-A-THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. December .11. 1987 Tax Collector Expects Last Minute Rush As Jan. 5 Tax Deadline Nears BY RAHN ADAMS With the deadline for paying 1987 property taxes rigiU around the cor ner. Brunswick County Tax Collector Nancy Moore says she expects her of fice to be filled with taxpayers tixlay ( ITiursday) through Tuesdjiy. .Ian. 5 is the deadline to proper ty taxes. .After the deadline, interest will be added each month to overdue bills, and delinquent taxtviyers will run the risk of foreclo.sure. "It (payment of taxes) has been pretty steady." .Ms. Moore said. "We haven’t had a real mad rush yet . . . but we are anticipating the lobby to be filled with iH*ople." Noting that the tax office will tie closed Triday for the New Year’s holiday, she said she expects to see the most taxpayers tmlav and Tiies- dav. Also, she reminded taxpayers who pay at the tax office to bring the en tire tax bill lliey were mailed, so that the stub can be validated and used as a receipt. Ms. Moore said .she also expects tax payments by mail to increase. The tax office already is receiving two iiuiil trays of tax payments each day. .she said. In October, approxinuitely 85,000 tax bills were mailed to Brunswick County properly owners for taxes they filed in January. The 1987 total county tax levy is $19,8.’11.189.-18. According to Ms. Moore, her office collected $2,369,394.88 in taxes through November. “The bulk of our collections will come this week and next week,” she said Tuesday. “I do anticipate that around 90 percent will be collected by the 5th." Ms. Moore said a two-percent in terest charge will be added to over due tax bills for the month of January. For each additional month that the bills aren't paid, three- quarters of a percent interest will be added, she said. payers will be risking tax foreclosure on their property, although the tax of fice now is still working on 1983 and 1984 foreclosures. In early April, the tax office nor mally advertises delinquent taxes in local newspapers, Ms. Moore said. She added that delinquent tax- “We’ve been running a couple of years behind as far as foreclosures are concerned, but we've been cat ching up," Ms. Moore said. The tax office could begin working on 1987 foreclosures in the coming year, she said. SECRET SESSION YIELDS NO AaiON Ocean Isle Commissioners Address Parking STAff PmOTO P> DOuO suMf e SHALLOTTE POSTAL EMPLOYEE Kathleen Henderson posts a notiei- that the office will be closed for two successive Saturdays. Dee. 26 and Jan. 2. due to federal deficit reduction efforts. The $1.25 billion in cutbacks will not only close all post offices in the couiitrj- on Saturday, but also cause delay or cancellation of building/expansion projects. Post office Cutbacks Felt (Continued From Page 1-A) change and that their individual con tracts would not be broken. Part-time and temporary employees, which make up approx imately 10 percent of the national postal service force, may work fewer hours as the service meets its opera tional cutback requirements. Shealy added that although the Col umbia, S.C., division is one of 74 in the nation, the cuts would not be pro portionate. He said the postal service would lx* more likely to continue capital pro jects in larger metropolitan areas such as Dallas. Chicago and Washington than it would in Brunswick Countv. Clerk To Hear Motion (Continued From Page 1-A) to reverse the 1976 action wliich "pur portedly" dissolved the district, ap point three drainage district commis sioners, and take any other necessar>- action to reactivate the district, she said. The county's position is liased on an opinion issued in June by the N.C. Attorney General's office which stated that "the purported dissolu tion was ineffective." "It (the hearing) won't be a public forum where everyone can stand up and air their opinions," Ms. Morgan explained. "It'll be an opportunity for legal arguments to be made on the motion." The hearing will be held at the county courthouse, either in the clerk of court's office or in a courtroom, she said. At a Nov. 6 public hearing in Calaba.sh, residents of the area in h 842-5564 f COSMETICS /Cecilia MeVey Passeport Boutique Jewelry HOLDEN BEACH ROAD AUDIO ACCESSORIES •CD & Cassette Tape Storage Systems •Cleaning Systems Great Selections of Compact Discs $10.49-$15.49 (*We Special Order) fLiP^SiDE RECORDS, INC. 754-7555 Twin Creek Plaza, Shallottc and around the drainage district unanimously supported its reactiva tion. Commissioners told them action would be taken by the first of the year. .-After commissioners voted Dec. 2 to "peliUon" Uie clerk of court’s of fice, Ms. .Morgan specul.ited tliat .siic would liave to serve all piopcrti owners in the drainage district with copies of the petition Ixdorc further action could be taken. However, she said luesdai that the motion filed by (Hcgg is not a new petition that would require notifica tion of the property owners, since the county maintains ttiat ttie district was never officially dissolved. "It’s not a new matter Ix'fore the court," she explained. "It’s ju.st a motion in an old estalilished case. ” ’I’he drainage distriei—officially called Brunswick County Drainage District No. 1—was first established in 1959. Its more than 16 miles of now overgrown, neglected canals were in itially meant to drain approximately 40,000 acres of southwestern Brunswick County farmland. But flooding caused by poor drainage now also affects residential and resort property in the rapidly- developing area. DVnCHT HANAGAN 754 9973 HEALTH V"* ‘ insurance) Sup^Nc/B^t: 1 lohwippay ^ rtoppitAi turgicai / b.ii, ✓ BY DOUG RU’TTER T'ourisLs who have become ac customed to parking in front yards or on sidewalks at Ocean Isle Beach may have to change their habits when they flock to the beach this simuncr. Ocean Isle Commissioners decided .Monday that it’s time to clamp down on such parking practices—and fiossibly to give ticketing power to the police department. Commissioners also met in ex ecutive session for about an hour Monday to discuss "four or five legal matters" with towTi attorney Elva .le.ss. Mayor Betty Williamson said no action was taken. In describing one of the main park ing problems on the island, Commis sioner Debbie Fox said. “Right now. if someone parked up on the sidewalk, wc don’t have any or dinance by which the police can make them move." Commissioners informally agreed tliat some type of town board action giving power to the police depart ment to control parking was a major priority before the start of another tourist season. In considering possible parking im provements, Councilman Terry Barbee, who also acts as fire chief, said ‘2(1(1 and 3rd streets near the fire house need to be closed to public parking to provide room for emergency vehicles. He said that with the addition of Ocean Isle Inn on 3rd Street, owned by Councilman Ed Steele, fire trucks and police cars may have an even . mure difficult lime of getting to the mum muds. Steele questioned the sudden in- tere.st in establishing a "no parking zone." He .said the traffic on 2nd and 3rd streets ha.s been the same for the last 15 years and that the timing of the re quest was all wrong with his hotel go ing up. Steele said his project includ ed a parking lot for customers and employees and that they should not block the right-of-way. ” 11 looks like you’re just picking on one place because it’s a hotel,” he told fellow coimuissioners. "It looks like a personal thing." In support of island-wide parking improvements, Steele recommended that the town review the zoning laws and addre.ss all parking problems at the same time. Mayor Williamson, who agreed that all parking problems should eventually be considered, said the situation on 2nd and 3rd streets was different in that it involved emergen cy vehicles. "This is a unique situa tion. I think you have to deal with it on that basis." She added that once the new town complex is constructed between 2nd and 3rd slreels, the traffic flow will increase five times what it Is now. Concerning another parking pro blem. Ms. Fox said many property owners at the east end of the island had voiced concern that their front yards were being used as public lots. She said closing the last few hun dred feet of 1st, 2nd and 3rd streets to parking would solve the problem if police had the power to ticket violators. Dredging Discussed •Also Monday, commissioners discussed briefly the procedure for proposed dredging of four or five natural canals directly cast of N.C. 904. According to Ms. Fox, many residents have requested the dredg ing and have verbally agreed that they would pay assessments equall ing the full cost of the project. She said they have not yet filed a petition with the town. The proposed dredging could In clude four canals bounded by I.aurin- Bolivia Man Chargetd In Holden Beach Assault A Bolivia man was arrested last week following an assault in Holden Beach that sent a P'lorida man to the hospital. Arrested was Ru.ssell Dean Gainey Jr., 23, of N.C. 211, according to Uie Brunswick County Clerk of Court’s office. Following his arrest by Holden Beach police, Gainey was charged with assault with a deadly weapon in flicting serious injury. Holden Beach Patrolman Gary Dancy said Monday that Uie incident occurred last Wednesday around 9:45 p.in. at the victim’s residence on Halstead .Street. Cooler And Drier Weather Expected A daily average temperature of 55 degrees last week, nine degrees above normal for this time of year, is expected to end as the area returns to near normal temperatures and rain fall this week. According to Shallottc Point meteorologist Jackson Canady, the area can expect average daily highs in the mid 50s and average nightly lows in the mid 30s over the next several days. Weathenvatchers should also ex pect about a half inch of rainfall, down from last week’s total of .72 in ches. For the period of Dec. 22 through Dec. 28, the average daily high was 62 degrees, and the average nightly low was 48 degrees. The maximum high temperature during the period was 73 degrees, recorded on Dec. 26, and the minimum low was 36 degrees, recorded on Christmas Eve. Dancy identified the victim as John Michael King of Florida. An arrest warrant on file at the clerk of court’s office .stated that Gainey allegedly struck King across the forehead with a three-foot length of metal plumbing pipe, knocking the victim unconscious. King was listed in stable condition Monday at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. Dancy said. Gainey was released from custody on a $10,000 unsecured bond, with his first appearance set for Jan. 5 in Brunswick County District Criminal Court. Dancy said Monday the incident was .still under investigation. AMERICAN & IMPORT PARTS & ACCESSORIES • PAINT • EQUIPMENT \: y •CUSTOM MADE HYDRAULIC HOSE FITTINGS 8. REPAIRS •BRAKE DRUMS & ROTORS TURNED MAIN ST •SHALLOTTE»754 6619 burg, Monroe, Fairmont, Wilmington and Concord streets. It may also in clude part of the canal directly behind town hall, which serves Ocean Isle Marina. Concerning the procedure for assessments, Ms. Jess told commis sioners that it would follow a pattern very much the same as that for the sewer system assessments, “which is not a simple process.” she cxlain- ed. She said she would have the first step in the procedure, which will like ly be a preliminary assessment resolution, prepared for the Jan. 12 meeting. Comnussioner Virginia Gibson was the only member absent Monday. Other Business In other business, commissioners: •Requested that Jess meet with the planning and zoning board to draft regulations concerning the paving of residential lots. At the regular Dec. 8 meeting, commissioners imposed a 60-day moratorium on the excess paving of residential lots in an at tempt to help reduce the strain on the street drainage system. •Asked Jess to finalize specifica tions and advertise for bids for con struction of the new town hall com plex. •Heard from Jess that based on N.C. l>eague of Municipalities safety guidelines in dealing with hazardous substances, the town’s sewer plant should implement stricter opera tional guidelines. •Asked Jess to adjust a lease agreement between the town and Odell Williamson for land to be used to house a new maintenance shed. THE BRUNSWICK£BEAC0N Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At Main Street Shollotte. N. C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year S7.50 Six Months S4.(X) ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year SIO.OO Six Months S6.00 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year $12.50 Six Months S7.00 Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Shallotte, N. 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