BY DOUG RUTTER ciliation Act of 19f
The Town of Ocean Isle Beach ing Appropriation:
stands to save about $140,000 by tak- require the org
ing out a bank loan and purchasing enough communit;
its water system bond before it realize net procei
matures. by the end of Sept
During a special meeting Monday Mayor William:
afternoon, town commissioners still owes $2110,000
agreed to take advantage of a dis- which was issuet
count purchase program offered mature in fiscal yi
through the Farmers Home Ad- the discount pure
ministration, which loaned the town toi^p can purchas
money for its water system,^qd buy 5152,000 and save
back its bond with an ordinary bank the total cost,
loan. "We feel that is
Town board members authorized ?^0cea
Mayor Betty Williamson to work on ,Wc kn .
.. ...... , . . other towns partu
the project with the town clerk and surc ^
3 town attorney. Although Town At- .. ?
177 E!na JeSS Was?n?' present Totakeadvanta
Monday the mayor said she recom- ^ town had ,
mended tne action. the program no lai
lake many other municipalities, must have a fjve
utcdii ii>ic uunuweu money irom t. . ? C11 caa
p iiii r ii i I. the loan, $11,500 in
F inHA to fund large town projects ,s,e (o t|)c Fai
such as the water system. ...
, ministration office
Hie discount purchase program p.. y
gives community program bor- Communit
rowers such as towns, counties and a,so have f|
sanitary districts the opportunity to timetable which a
purchase the bonds at high discount lires ^ tx)n(1
prices. I, ju, ?
Farmers Home Administration Town commissj
developed he program as a result of ho,d g ,ic hcal
the federal Omnibus Budget Kecon- and adopt a rcfund
private sale resi
month.
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SALES & REPAIRS I lhc, can 537
ii i , , and $90,000 in pnr
on all makes and models of .Mnnn . . . .
I , $52,000 m interest
vacuums and sewinaH . , .
>ng out a bank lo
machines. , ...
VACUUM CENTER I verbal pmS !
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J Hwy 17, North Myrtle Beach ^fl tlltive A1 Laughing
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loan from UCB a
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Waccamaw Elementary School third-graders in Brinda
Stanley's class were visited last week by a Beacon
staff member who, among other things, taught the
children how to make genuine pressman's hats. PicOcean
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tured are (front, from left) Shannon Lewis, Jarvis
Davis, Cedrie Daniels, Melissa Daniels, (back, from
left) Tonieka Walker, Donieia Moody, Tiffany Lance,
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16 and the Continu- now pays $20,000 per year on the
s Act of 1987 which FmHA loan. Mayor Williamson said
anization to sell the town should not have any trouble
y program loans to paving $24,000 a year for the bank
;ds of $588 million loan.
ember. Although the town has not commit>on
said the town ted to one particular bank, the mayor
on its FmHA loan, said UCB made the best verbal prol
in 1973 and will posal. Ocean Isle Beach has asked
car 2010. But under for formal proposals from various
hase program, the local banks,
e the bond for only Executive Session
about 33.percent of Also Mpnday, commissioners
discussed a personnel matter concerquite
a savings for ning the police department during a
n Isle Beach," she brief executive session,
there are a lot of Mayor Williamson said commisjipating
and we're sioners agreed to pay one week of
t move for us as vacation time to former Police Chief
Bill Ozment, who resigned effective
ge of the discount. April 30.
licate its interest in She also said the town's new cliief
ter than May 4 and of police, Curtiss Pritchard, will start
percent deposit on work May 6.
i the case of Ocean
mers Home Adin
Wilmington by S|jc|e-Talk
jgram borrowers
allow a specific SlfltoH
mong other things, ^ vTVJ
)urchase be settled r- r-> I
For Birders
ioners must also
ing on the matter ^oan ^an Atta, a South Carolina
ing bond order and photographer and naturalist, will
alution later this Pre^cnt a slide-talk program on
"Nature-Plants and Birds" at the
layer Williamson, May meeting of the Brunswick
e between $80,000 Bird Club.
iciple and another ^lc meet at 7:30 p.m. at
payments by tak- l[le Brunswick Electric Membership
an to pay off the Corp. office on N.C. 179 in Shallotte.
lese figures from a Also, a bird walk will be held Satur>rescntcd
Monday May -1' at Fort Fisher. Para
Bank City Exec- foipwits will meet at 9 a.m. at the
[house. Southport dock of the Southport-Fort
i can get a 10-year Fisher Ferry. For information and
t a fixed interest reservations call Marcia Warring,
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BY RAHN ADAMS
The group heading up efforts to
build a new l-eland Library has its
construction plans ready, but
nowhere to put the library after area
residents nixed a proposal to build it
in Leland Park.
Discussion of the proposed library
took up at least or.e-third of the
Brunswick County Commissioners'
90-minute meeting Monday night in
Bolivia. Jim Poole was the only commissioner
absent.
On the eve of primary elections involving
Poole and Commissioner
Chris Chappell, Chairman Grace
Beasley made a concerted effort to
run through the meeting's light agenda
in short order. No executive ses
sion was neia.
Library Request
Although she was not scheduled to
appear before the board, Edith
Tillman, chairman of the Iceland
Library Building Fund, brought commissioners
up to date on her
organization's progress toward
building a new branch library in the
northern Brunswick County community?an
effort which must be
delayed until later this year mainly
because no site for the facility has
been found.
I?ast month, Ms. Tillman requested
a $12,000 donation from the county
and asked commissioners to
authorize the county's parks and
recreation department to construct
the proposed 40-foot by 80-foot
building at 1-eland Park off Old U.S.
74-76. She emphasized that plans had
to be formalized before May 9, when
the Brunswick County library Board
initially planned to request state
matching funds for the $80,000 project.
At the April 4 meeting, commissioners
said they supported Ms.
Tillman's efforts but asked that she
hold a public hearing to gather
citizen input on the location of the
library. Among other concerns, commissioners
questioned whether or not
the park was large enough to hold the
library and a new parking lot, and if
the parks and recreation department
would have sufficient time to take on
the project.
Ms. Tillman said Monday that only
"a few" individuals attended the
April 14 public hearing in Leland.
However, citizen input she solicited
at a recent political fundraiser there
was overwhelmingly against location
of the library in 1-eland Park. Some
64 Softball and baseball teams currently
use the already crowded facility.
"I don't care what land the library
sits on," Ms. Tillman told commissioners.
"All I care about is that the
library building is located in a convenient
place for the people of Leland.
"I am going to ask the Leland community
to help me find land," she
later stated. "I have given up the
idea of the park because the Leland
community doesn't need
contention."
After presenting commissioners
with finished plans for the new
library, Ms. Tillman said her
organization has increased its goal
from $40,000 to $48,000, to hire a
surveyor and auditor since private
land must be purchased. She added
that her group has raised $26,925.10.
Noting that the library board now
hopes to request state matching
funds in October, Ms. Tillman asked
the county board to allocate $20,000
instead of the $12,000 she requested
last month.
Commissioners instructed her to
submit a written request for the
funds to County Manager John T.
Smith, for consideration during the
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Smith is expected to present a
proposed budget to commissioners at
the board's May 16 meeting.
Petition Presented
in another matter during the pubiic
comments section of Monday's
meeting, Ken Cox of Shallotte gave
commissioners a 300-name petition
which requests the expansion of
Shallotte Township District Park.
Cox estimated that at least 200
more individuals have signed copies
of the petition that are still being circulated.
Also, he said a petition drive
is set to begin which will ask for construction
of a new park for the Ocean
Isle Beach/Calabash area.
Noting that two teams had to be
turned away this year due to lack of
space. Cox said 160 vounosters fmm
Supply to Calabash are now using the
single ballfield at the Shallot^** nari?
"I'm tired of the children not having
a place to play when they want to
play," Cox said.
Chappell commented that the increase
is participation is due to the
formation of a new T-ball league for
younger children. He added that the
local school board has agreed to let
the county construct a ballfield at
Shallotte Middle School, to help
relieve overcrowding at the district
park.
The commissioner also pointed out
that the county's parks and recreation
department is updating a master
plan that will identify the county's
recreational needs through the turn
of thp rpnturv Phnnnoll eoia
input will be beneficial in that update.
Requests Denied
Despite requests from two department
heads, commissioners stood
firm on their policy requiring that
county vehicles be parked at the
work stations after working hours.
Social Services Director Jamie Orroek
asked the board to allow the DSS
van which is used to transport kidney
dialysis patients to be driven home.
Routes for picking up clients are
more efficient and economical if
started at the driver's home in Sunset
Harbor, Orrock said.
Also, Health Director Michael
Barrett-Rhodes asked that animal
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CAN VISION Tl
Vision therapy has proven to be an
effective treatment for many problems
that cannot be adequately
treated with eyeglasses or contact
lenses alone. This is particularly
true for eye coordination disorders
such as crossed eyes (strabismus)
or lazy eye (amblyopia).
How does it work? As with many
physical skills, visual/perceptual
skills have to be learned and
developed. Consequently, they can
generally be improved through vision
therapy. Such skills include eye
movement control, focusing control,
eye coordination and teamwork of
the two eyes.
In vision therapy, the optometrist
prescribes visual tasks to be practic
Uur South Brunsi/
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DANNIE SHEFFIELD DAVID I
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CALL 7!
)N, Thursday, May 5, 1988? Page 11-A
i Library;
Dm County
control officers be allowed to drive
their county vehicles home at night
due to after-hours calls. BarrettHhodes'
request had been tabled
from the board's April 18 meeting.
Before denying the requests. Commissioner
Benny I.udlum said the
board needed to either "let all I county)
vehicles go or stick with the
policy." The policy was adopted
eariier this year as a cost-saving
measure suggested by Smith.
Other Business
In other action, commissioners:
Approved April tax releases and
rpflinrlc ac Qiithnri-?o?l K? T-" *-?
w.l UUtHUI 4CVU U? 1 tIA rtUministrator
Boyd Williamson, and
thanked Williamson for reminding
them that Brunswick County property
owners have until May 6 to pay
their taxes without having their
names advertised in local
newspapers.
Authorized the Brunswick County
Public Bousing Agency to apply for
10 units in the Section 8 Housing
Voucher program, which allows
more flexibility for families to select
housing that meets their needs, according
to PHA Director Perita
Price.
Adopted a resolution of intent to
accept dedication of the Boiling Spring
ixikes water system, and accepted
dedications of water systems
in the lakeside and Oakbrook subdivisions.
Authorized County Attorney
David Clegg to advertise an offer on
a foreclosed lot in Boiling Spring
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Forwarded to the N.C. Department
of Transportation an S.R. 1 request
for paving and maintenance of
a road in Windy Point's Lakeview
subdivision: and a request to reduce
the speed limit from 55 mph to 45
mph on Stone Chimney Road (S.R.
1119) from Sabbath Home Road (S.R.
1120) to an area past the entrance to
Lockwood Golf links, due to citizens'
concerns about traffic congestion.
Recessed until today (Thursday)
at 6 p.m., when?at Chappell's request?the
board will meet with
Williamson and Tax Collector Nancy
Moore, for general discussion of tax
discoveries that apparently have increased
over the past few months.
CHRIS MOSHOURRS
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1ERAPY HELP?
ed under controlled conditions.
Repetitions of these tasks can improve
visual skills and vision itself.
Vision therapy can also include the
use of lenses, prisms and filters to
improve eye teaming and/or focusing
ability. Naturally, the success of
any such program depends greatly
on the patient's willingness to
regularly follow the optometrist's instructions.
In the interest of better
vision from the office of:
Brunswick Vision Care
Chris Moshoures, O.D.
Pine St., Shallotle, 754-4020
Salt Marsh Sq., Calabash, 579-4020
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