Tindal Gets
BY RAHN ADAMS
Although bystanders who watched the daring water
rescue in Shallotte Inlet last summer knew it at the
time, Bobby Tindal last week became an official hero.
The 31-year-old Shallotte Point man was one of 19
people in the United States and huh vsa
Canada to be recognized by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission of B<v i i
Pittsburgh, Pa., for acts of heroism Bf (f
last year. Each will receive a 2&
bronze medal and $2,500 grant. Tin- S? ^ '
dal, a local painter, was notified of Kjji
the honor on April 25, about two
months after he found out that he
apparently had been nominated by vMBXy
the woinan he saved, 50-year-old Tindai
Sheila Gerner of Phoenixville, Pa.
"It's okay . .. I'll just be glad when it's all over,"
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State Sues Loc
Erosion Contrc
BY RAHN ADAMS proval from the
The N.C. Attorney General's office March 1986, accon
has filed a civil action to recover a minutes.
$32,200 penalty from a Shallotte When contacted
development company for alleged pell said the comj
violations of the state's erosion and to see what's go
sedimentation control laws over the lawsuit, which ste
past two years. pany's failure to
According to documents on file at 30-day notice afte
the Brunswick County Clerk of was assessed last
Court's office, the attorney general's "We filed papers
office?representing the N.C. did not owe it (th<
Department of Natural Resources thought it was tak
and Community Development pel! said last The
(NRCD)?filed the lawsuit April 14 in read the compla
Brunswick County Civil Superior answer what the)
Court against D.C.B. & F. Corpora- about."
tion, the developer of River Hills sub- On Nov. 21, 19
division. The development is located notified by the
off Tar Landing Road (S.R. 1135) Resources that t
overlooking the Shallotte River. been penalized $3
Principals in the local company in- the Sedimentation
elude Paul and Connie Dennis, Chris Act of 1973 at Rivi
Chappell, Bill Benton and Paul periods: from Jun
Floyd. The firm is represented by 23, 1986, and fron
Shallotte attorney Mason Anderson. Sept. 17, 1987, acc
In addition to serving as a plaint.
Brunswick County commissioner, According to the
Chappell is an ex officio member of pany was given 30
the Brunswick County Planning the penalty or sub
Board, a seven-member panel which tion to the state for
oversees the county's residential hearing in the ca
development. Chappell served as the took neither actior
official agent for the company when period.
River Hills received preliminary ap- "Since the dofe
Engineers Say Ct
BY SUSAN USHER occurred that shoe
First considered impractical and wide sewage col!
too costly, an island-wide sewer and disposal sys
system could now be feasible for feasible."
Holdcn Beach, according to a pro- These unspccifii
posal from the engineering finn pasal adds, are a
hired by the town to explore the com- involvement of pr
munity's wastewater-handling op- the project "and v
lions. the final recomme
According to a written proposal Holden Beach C
presented by Engineer Jay Houston first talked in te
of Lewis & Associates of Shallotte system to immcd
Monday night to Holden Beach Com- communities, wit!
missioners, "During the preparation future island-wii
of this proposal, several events have phases.
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Notional Honor I
Tindal said last week, in reference to the recognition he
has received due to the award.
He talked briefly with the Beacon Friday as he
worked near the western end of Holden Beach, not far
from where he braved the swirling currents of Shallotte
Inlet last August to save Ms. Gemer, after another man
made an unsuccessful rescue attempt and later drowned.
"I think he (Tindal) deserves it for what he did,"
said Harold Estep of the award. Estep is Tindal's
employer and was an eyewitness to the rescue. "If it
hadn't been for Bobby, she would have died."
The incident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. on Aug.
26, 1987, off 1249 Ocean Boulevard West, according to
Holden Beach Police. Eugene Swanson, 58, of
Rockaway, N.J., drowned after trying to aid Ms.
Gerner, whose raft had drifted about 300 feet from
shore in ocean currents off the western end of the
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X974 vehicle or the estimated $15,000 worth of tools lost
in the blaze. Tri-Beach Fire Chief Allen Inman said the
cause of the fire is unknown.
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>1 Violations
planning board in quest an administrative hearing to
ding to the board's contest the civil penalty assessment
and since the defendant did not paylast
week, Chap- the $32,200 assessment, the Secretary
>any was "waiting of NRCD ... referred this matter to
ine on" with thp tho Attnrnpv r.onoral fnr />n11ontinn "
ins from the com- the complaint states.
answer NRCD's Anderson said iast Thursday that
r the civil penalty he had not yet answered the lawsuit,
November. but that the company intended to
> toward saying we deal with it "in good faith."
: penalty), and we "At this point, it (the lawsuit) apen
care of," Chap- pears to be contested," Anderson
irsday. "I haven't said. He added that he would he in
int... so I can't contact with the attorney general's
i are complaining office concerning the alleged violations
which his clients "thought had
87, Chappell was been taken care of," he noted,
Division of Land reiterating Chappell's comments,
he company had D.C.B. & F. initially was notified
2,200 for violating that it was violating erosion and
Pollution Control sedimentation control laws in June
:r Hills during two 1986, after an inspection uncovered
e 10, 1986, to Dec. violations which included:
i May 16, 1987, to 'More than one contiguous acre
ording to the com- was uncovered on a multi-acre tract
without an approved erosion and
: lawsuit, the com- sedimentation control plan;
days to cither pay -Exposed graded slopes existed at
mit a written peti- an angle too steep to retain
an administrative vegetative cover and restrain eroise.
The company sion;
I during the 30-day -A sufficient ground cover to
restrain erosion was not provided
ndant did not re- (See STATE SUES, Page2-A)
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langes Could Make
ild make an island- Commissioners did not look at or
lection, treatment discuss the proposal Monday, but are
tern economically to call a special meeting to review
the document with the engineering
:d events, the pro- firm. If the study is authorized by
ssociated with the June 1, the projected completion date
ivate enterprise in is mid-December, with 201 working
rill greatly impact days required,
ndations." As proposed, Lewis & Associates
ommissioners had would serve as lead firm for the
rms of a smaller study, coordinating activities of
lately serve canal several other consultants, including
i the possibility of soil and water table specialists;
le expansion in negotiating with the state to improve
the town's funding priority status
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"or Rescue At H
beach.
Tindal and Arnic Potter of Supply were painting a
beach cottage nearby when Estep noticed the commotion
on the strand and called the painters away from
their work. Seeing that the woman had left the raft and
was struggling in the water, Tindal "just went out,
stripped down to some shorts I had on, and went in after
her," he recalled.
"She wrapped her arms around me, and I held her
up. I had a time trying to bring her back in. She was
heavier than I was."
After Ms. Gerner was returned safely to shore, Tindal,
Potter and Police Officer K.S. Darr recovered
Swanson's body.
A strong swimmer, Tindal said he didn't hesitate to
go after the woman. "I'm familiar with the waters
around here," he explained. "Somebody had to do
something, or they would have had two drownings down
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SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FA
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But Two O
BY SUSAN USHER A key issue in I
State Rep. David Redwine let out a was that Redv
series of one "Whoopee!" after special interests
another Tuesday night as results of with introduetioi
the 14th District House race trickled ed golf and othe
in to the Brunswick County Public corporated area:
Assembly Building in Bolivia. alcoholic bevei
When the final count was done in a countywide ABi
race that observers had predicted earlier failed. "1
would be much closer, Redwine had issue, but peopl
won 20 of 22 precincts by a margin of that," he added,
more than 2,000 votes. He claimed all If Peterson wt
but challenger Glen Peterson's home office again?so
precinct of Hoods Creek, where the to speculate on
vote was 53 Redwir.e to 102 Peterson, day's defeat?li
and I/eland, where Redwine lagged campaign "wou
six votes behind Peterson's 143. fcrently."
For other incumbents, it was also a "We'll be doii
good night. While several races were mortem of this i
close, in all but the three Democratic to learn more
primaries for board of education, in- wrong. "I was
cumbents gained slots on the blocks of votes,
November ballot. At least one run-off line they did not
will be called and possibly a second Scho
in the school board races. Public disconU
Redwine Sweeps Polls current school
In Pender County's Topsail parent Tuesday.
Township, Redwine received 523 incumbents gain
votes to Peterson's 176, while results the November bt
from New Hanover County's Castle A run-off will b
Hayne Township were not available District 3 nomu
at press time. District 1 also.
Tuesday night Redwine said he Marvin McKeithi
thought he would do well. "But I
didn't know we'd have a 2,000-plus
vote margin," he added. "I am humble
and appreciative that people /V&Xl
think I'm doing a good job and are
sending me back to Raleigh." VCffTK
Redwine, whose Republican opponent
in November is Rozell Hewett, a Residents
former county commissioner and a sider a propo
former Democrat, saw Tuesday's The meet
vote as one of affirmation. fellowship hal
Peterson, interviewed with most Marilyn S
precinct results in, attributed his sur- ty's efforts to
prisingly low showing to several fac- "All this 1
tors, but mainly Redwine's in- pie," she said
cumbency. No date h
"What we've seen tonight is the tion, as requt
nnuior nf thn inonmKon/m Anl.i ??1 - ?'
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my race but in others," he said. legislative de
Peterson added that while he had tion.
made inroads in earlier months, he In a car
felt that "people decided in the last municipality,
week they were satisfied with the in- posed it
cumbent and went with him." If a local
His opponent's name recognition charter. Durii
and the "things you can do as an in- need the char
cumbent"?such as holding a if the area is I
legislative study commission Among ot
meeting in the county, also hurt, he of the municif
said. ture of the go'
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Island-Wide Sewei
with the N.C. Division of Human Ser- and water table
vices; and exploring alternatives for assist in devel
public agency funding for a project. checklist for op<
The firm proposes to hire William septic tank on Hi
G. Daniel & Associates of Cary to Setting that sta
help analyze fieldwork data and work of extensive field
up financial plans. Also, it proposes firm also plans I
to hire Dennis J. Osborne & isting sewer systi
Associates of Raleigh and Dr. Bobby fectivenes of se
Carlisle of College Station, Texas, to island as well as
do soil studies and explore alter- areas of their fai
natives for land treatment sanitary At the same tir
sewer systems. They would also pro- evaluate various
vide technical expertise in data lection, treatme
gathering, preparation of soil maps wastewater, wo
olden Beach
there."
Since then, the only contact Tindal has had with Ms.
Gerner was on the day atter the rescue. "We shook
hands and hugged necks and left. Then I got this thing
two or three months ago," he said, referring to notification
from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission that he
was being investigated for the award.
"She didn't have anything to give me then, so I imagine
she did this for me," he said, adding that the
$2,500 grant will go to pay some family bills. He and his
wife, Teresa, have one daughter, five-year-old Crystal.
And he is taking the national honor in stride?even
though Estep jokingly claimed that the hero was going
to get the "big head" from all of the attention he has
icweivcu.
"No, I won't," Tindal assured. "I hope I don't have
to go .through it again, but if I hear someone out there
calling tor help, I'll go after them again." i
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tRE POORLY
weeps
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'eterson's campaign only candidate defeated outright
/ine had catered to Tuesday; he will not return to the
i during his tenure school board in December,
i of a bill that allow- Donna Baxter of Boiling Spring
sports clubs in unin- lakes ended McKeithan's re-election
i of the county to sell effort in her first campaign for counrages,
although a ty office with 3,528 votes to
C referendum had McKeithan's 2,013. Baxter will go up
That was the cutting against Republican John Watkins of
e didn't respond to Town Creek in November. She attributed
her victory to good help, a
;re to run for public knowledge of the issues and
mething he refused readiness of people to listen,
so soon after Tues- Watkins, a former member of both
ic said any future the county elections board and plannId
be radically dif- ing board, won out in a primary with
retired school teacher Theodora
ig a complete post- (Teddi) Neal of Bolivia, 823 to 655.
rampaign," he said, While incumbent Doug Baxley led
about what went the field in the District 1 primary, he
looking for large failed to win a majority in the threebut
right down the way split. Cary Godwin, who finished
show up," he said. second, said Tuesday night he hasn't
d1 Board decided whether to seek a run-off.
:nt with the county's "I want to sleep on it tonight," Godboard
seemed ap- win said in a telephone interview
with none of three from his home in Ash. "I will proling
a sure seat on bably decide tomorrow or
illot. Thursday."
e held May 31 for the When the returns first came in,
lation and possibly Godwin glanced at Baxley's lead and
District 4 member assumed the incumbent had won, he
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Step Scheduled For
imtown Incorporation
i of the Varnamtown community meet next week to consed
charter and to nominate a slate of town officers,
ling will be held Tuesday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the
II of Gospel Center Baptist Church,
iwain said the two items are the next step in the communiward
incorporation.
las to be done so it can be brought to a vote before the peoL
as been set for a referendum on the proposed incorporaisted
by State Rep. E. David Redwine earlier this year,
ndum would be informational, indicating to the county's
legation the community's desires regarding incorporaivass
earlier this year of residents of the proposed
126 registered voters favored incorporation, while 26 op
bill for incorporation were introduced, it must include a
ng a public meeting in March, Redwine advised he would
ter before the General Assembly reconvenes in mid-June
to be incorporated this year.
her tilings, the town charter itself must include the name
latity, corporate boundaries, details on election and strucverning
body and system of town administration.
- System Feasible
profiles, and would estimates, and the extent to which
loping a standard each alternative may be utilized,
mating a successful
>lden Beach. Recent stricter interpretation of
ndard would be part state septic tank regulations regarIwork
proposed. The ding "naturally occurring soil" and
;o monitor some ex- installation of septic tank elements
ems to determine ef- under paved areas or driveways has
ptic tanks on the slowed new construction in the
i to highlight major town's three canal-front subdivisions
lure. considerably, according to town ofne,
the firm plans to ficials. Under the new interpretaalternatives
for col- lions, some of the small lots are not
nt and disposal of suitable for conventional or alterrk
up rough cost native septic tank systems.
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