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BY SUSAN USHER
A Durham man whose lot at Long
Beach does not qualify for a septictank
permit under current regulations
asked Brunswick County Commissioners
to refund his back taxes
Monday night?and was promptly
turned down.
C.W. Garner told commissioners
he learned only last June?when he
decided to build a retirement
home?that his lot was not suitable
for a conventional septic tank system
when he applied for a permit from
the Brunswick County Health
Department and didn't get it.
"It's not only me," he said. "I'm
sure you have a lot of other taxpayers
who don't realize their property is
virtually worthless and are paying
high taxes on it."
This year, Garner paid almost $600
in town and county property taxes on
his lot.
Garner also told commissioners he
Hadn't expected them to approve his
"unusual" request, but that he
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BY RAHN ADAMS
A New Hanover County man has
been indicted in connection with an
apparent domestic shooting incident
last month that claimed the life of a
Leland area woman.
A Brunswick County grand jury
Monday indicted l^renza Julius
Robinson Jr., 36, of 113 Cowan St..
Wilmington, on a murder charge, according
to the Brunswick County
Cierk of Court's office.
In all, the grand jury late Monday
afternoon returned 25 indictments involving
14 individuals.
Robinson is accused of the March
30 shooting death of his girlfriend.
Ella Jane Pretty, 30, of Route 1,
Iceland, according to the Brunswick
County Sheriff's Department.
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A knife fight between two I/eland
men over the weekend ended with
one dead and the other injured, according
to the Brunswick County
Sheriffs Department.
James Alfred King, 28, of I/eland,
was arrested early Sunday morning
in connection with the death of Billy
G. Taylor of I/eland, said Sheriff's
Capt. Phi! Perry.
King was taken into custody after
he received treatment at New
Normal Tem
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After experiencing unseasonably
cool weather over the past week,
temperatures in the S'naiiotte area
will return to normal over the next
few days, according to Shallotte
Point meteorologist Jackson Canady.
Temperatures through the
weekend are expected to range from
the low 50s at night to the mid 70s during
the day, Canady said.
Rainfall also is expected to be near
normal at about one-half inch.
uunng me period of April 12
through 18, Canady said the average
Citizens Group To
Endorse Hopefuls
Members of the Brunswick County
Concerned Citizens Association, a
political action committee, will meet
Monday, April 25, to endorse candidates
in the May 3 primaries.
Spokesman Linda Green said the
meeting will be held at the Public
Assembly Building at the Brunswick
County Government Center in
Bolivia.
The endorsements follow forums in
which the association questioned
candidates on various issues.
THE BRUNSWICK A BEACON
Established Nov. 1. 1962
Telephone 754-6890
Published Every Thursday
At Main Street
Shallotte. N. C. 28459
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY
One Year $7.50
Six Months $4.00
ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA
One Year $10.00
Six Months $6.00
ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A.
One Year $12.50
Six Months $7.00
Second class postage paid at
the Post Office in Shallotte.
N. C. 28459. USPS 777.780.
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oners Deny P
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wanted the opportunity to express his
support for a sewer system in Long
Beach.
"Something needs to be done with
the Long Beach situation." he added.
"The people who are already there
have no reason to vote for a sewer
system unless their property's been
condemned."
He purchased the lot at the corner
of 79th Street SE and East Beach
Drive about 15 years ago. It's value
was reappraised from $10,000 to
$70,370 during the countywide 1986
revaluation.
Now its value on the tax books had
been reduced to one-tenth of that
starting with the next tax billing, according
to Tax Administrator Boyd
Williamson.
Williamson said his office has
established a method for dealing with
lots deemed entirely unsuitable for a
standard septic tank system. l,ots
can be reduced to 10 percent of their
previous value, up to a maximum of
$5,000.
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Sheriff's Lt. Jimmy Bryant said
the incident occurred outside Ms.
Pretty's residence on Summerville
Loop Road, where Robinson also was
living. The victim died at the scene
after suffering a single gunshot
wound to the right side of her neck
from a 30-30 caliber deer rifle,
Bryant said.
The detective said Robinson turned
himself in to authorities about 2*2
hours after the shooting occurred.
The suspect was placed in the
Brunswick County Jail under a
$75,000 bond.
According to the clerk of court's office.
the grand jury Monday returned
true bills of indictments against the
following individuals:
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Hanover Memorial Hospital in Wilrs:
ington for a knife wound to the throat.
Perry said.
Brunswick County Coroner Creg
White said Taylor died in the
emergency room at New Hanover
Memorial Hospital after being rush
ed there from the Iceland residence
where the stabbings occurred.
According to Perry, the incident
happened Saturday around 10 p.m. at
ps Forecast F<
daily temperature was 50 degrees,
which was seven degrees below normal.
The daily average high
temperature was 66 degrees, and the
daily average low temperature was
47 degrees.
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Garner lias filed a request to appear
before the county's newlyappointed
Equalization & Review
Board but Williamson said that
panel has no authority to make adjustments
for prior year taxes. He
noted that state tax laws make no
provisions for such refunds and provided
for commissioners to act on the
recommendation of the tax administrator
and county manager.
State statutes require property
owners to list their property annually.
It is the owner's responsibility to
make sure the land is properly
valued, according to County
Manager John T. Smith. Garner had
not appealed his property valuations
in prior years, providing no basis for
an adjustment.
Commissioners took the advice of
Williamson and Smith in denying the
refund on a motion by Commissioner
Benny I.udlum, "because Brunswick
County can't start that policy
because of the law enforced this year
by the health department.
In Leland She
Thomas Blue, rape;
John Russell Earp, felonious
possession of marijuana and
felonious possession of cocaine;
I?eroy H. Faircloth. attempted
breaking and entering, two counts of
felonious breaking, entering and
larceny and two counts of felonious
breaking and entering; 1
Richard D. Harrelson Jr., attemp- ,
ted breaking and entering, two
counts of felonious breaking and
entering, two counts of felonious
breaking, entering and larceny;
Sylvester Hooper, felonious
breaking and entering;
Ronnie Lee Shaw, felonious
breaking and entering;
David Thomas, two counts of first- ?
rder In Stabb
a home on Library Road, Leland.
Basically, trom what we've
gathered, this all accumulated over a
week's period," Perry said Monday.
"These two have been scrapping
back and forth, and this is the way it
ended."
After a fight broke out between the
two, Taylor cut King, who in turn
stabbed Taylor in the upper stomach
area with a large knife, Perry said.
A woman at the residence reported
or Weekend
The maximum high temperature
during the period was 76 degrees, occurring
on April 18. The minimum
low temperature was 38 degrees, occurring
on April 14.
Canady measured 3.29 inches of
rain during the period.
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"You have to take a stand on it, and
this is mine," he added, indicating a
refund would set a bad precedent.
Tax releases and refunds approved
by commissioners for the month of
March included 47 releases for lots
that were deemed unsuitable, 45
specifically because they did not pass
the health department inspection.
tast year the Brunswick County
Health Department announced it had
been incorrectly interpreting a state
law regarding separation of a septic
tank from the water table. The state
law requires a foot of original or
naturally-occurring soil above the
water table. The lot does not qualify
if less than a foot exists or if the foot
is made of up dredge spoil or other
types 011ill material.
This change and another, affecting
building of driveways over portions
of the sewer system, have resulted in \
denial of permits to develop
numerous lots?especially in the
towns of Holden Beach and I>ong j
Beach.
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degree burglary;
Terry Earl Hooper, felonious
breaking and entering;
Eric Von Jordan, felonious
possession of stolen goods;
Jeffery Mark Harden, felonious
possession of stolen goods;
iviicnaei l.indy McDuffie,
Felonious possession of stolen goods;
and one true bill of indictment for
Felonious breaking and entering,
Felonious larceny and felonious
possession of stolen goods;
Rodney Wayne Suggs, one true
bill for felonious breaking and entering,
felonious larceny and felonious
possession of stolen goods;
David Wright, felonious possession
of stolen goods.
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the incident to the sheriff's department
shortly after it occurred. Officers
found Taylor lying on the floor
inside the home, the detective noted.
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custody and was charged with
murder. Following a first court appearance
Monday, he remained in
the Brunswick County Jail without
bond.
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Installation of a new 12-inch water line to Ocean Isle Beach continued last
week as workers from Zeigler Construction Inc. of Sumter, 8.C., completed
pipe connections on the mainland side of the causeway. In this picture,
Michael Lawrimore (right) looks on as baekhoe operator Melvin Grainger
lowers a section of pipe into the hands of Carl Hay Ilcnzley (bottom) and
Ricardo Otiz. Water Supervisor Odcll Williamson said the project should be
completed sometime next month.
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