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BY RAHN ADAMS
When County Manager John T.
Smith presents a proposed budget to
county commissioners next week, it
will include $250,000 for the implementation
of a 911 emergency
system in Brunswick County.
Smith made that announcement at
Monday's regular Brunswick County
commissioners meeting in Bolivia,
which also included considerable
discussion of two separate waste
management issues.
The full board of commissioners
was Dresent for the 214-hour meeting.
which did not include an executive
session. However, the meeting was
recessed until Monday. May 23. at
6:30 p.m., when Smith will present
the county's proposed 1088-83 budget.
After Smith told commissioners he
would deliver copies of the budget to
them late this week, Commissioner
Jim Poole quipped that the county
manager should make sure the
budget package was "loose-leaf."
Also, Commissioner Benny Ludlum
jokingly told Smith to "cut 25 percent"
out of the budget before Monday.
911 Supported
All five commissioners expressed
support of implementing the 911
emergency system in Brunswick
County?a service that has been advocated
for the past couple of years
by various local groups, including the
South Brunswick Islands Pilot Club.
In counties where the system is used,
individuals needing emergency
help simply dial 911 to reach a com/
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casing and wooden porch.
Normal Temp
Near normal temperatures are on
tap over the next few days in the
Shallotte area, according to Shallotte
Point meteorologist Jackson Canady.
(,'anady says temperatures through
the weekend should range from
around 60 degrees at night to around
80 degrees during the day.
Precipitation also is expected to be
near normal, at about one-half inch.
During tlie period of May 10
through 16, the daily average
temperature was a seasonable 70
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munications center that dispatches
the accessary assistance. Brunswick
County residents now must dial the
number of their respective police,
fire or rescue agency to get help in an
emergency situation.
Asking the board to allocate
$350,000 in the coming year's budget
for the system. Pilot Club member
Sherry Roseman presented commissioners
Monday with petitions containing
about 700 names in support of
911. last year, the club gave the
board a 900-name petition.
James Sellers of the Brunswick
County Fire and Rescue Association,
which has worked with the Pilot Club
on the project, said the county should
start with a basic 911 system that
gives the dispatcher a printout of the
caller's telephone number when the
connection is made.
Over the next two years, the county
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"enhanced" 911 system which provides
other information such as the
caller's address. Sellers said.
Estimated cost of the enhanced
system is at least $500,000, according
to Smith.
The county manager said he "plugged"
$250,000 into the proposed
budget, not knowing exactly how
much would be needed to start the
system.
He noted that Emergency Management
Director Cecil Logan will present
information on 911 to commissioners
during upcoming budget
hearings. Also, a state study on the
county's emergency medical serIsL
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The average daily higi
temperature was 81 degrees, and tlx
average daily low temperature wai
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The maximum high temperature
during the period was 84 degrees, oc
curring on May 15 and 16. The
minimum low temperature was 5S
degrees, occurring on May 11,12 anc
13.
Canady measured .28 of an inch ol
rain during the period.
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late June, Smith said.
Sludge Project Tabled
Asking for more information, commissioners
tabled action on a proposed
sludge land application project involving
the Town of Carolina Beach.
County Agricultural Extension
Chairman Milton Coleman brought
the board up to date on a similar program
approved about three years
ago, in which sewage sludge from the
city ot Wilmington is being applied to
two agricultural sites in Brunswick
County by Bio-Gro Inc.
Calling the program "satisfactory
at this point," Coleman said $21,000
in nutrients were reprocessed last
year. Corn yields 011 participating
farms ranged from 130 to 170 bushels
per acre. Under N.C. Division of Environmental
Management (DEM)
regulations, the crops can be used only
to feed livestock.
Coleman and Frank Post, who
represented Amsco Inc. of Clemmons,
asked commissioners to
authorize a second project that would
bring sludge from Carolina Beach to
five proposed sites in the North West
Township.
For the project to proceed, commissioners
must give their approval,
since the filtered waste would be
transported across county lines.
Ludlum said he opposed the new
project because he doesn't think New
Hanover County's waste should be
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BY RAHN ADAMS
"It's kind of hard to comprehend
the mentality it took to do something
like this," Gerald Kirby said after
surveying the damage done by a
small arson fire last Thursday at
New life Assembly's new church on
Stone Chimney Road.
The building, which church
members have been working on
themselves for the past three years,
sustained about $800 damage in the
Thursday morning fire. Damage was
confined to a window casing, a
wooden porch and the sanctuary's
carpeting, which members had installed
the night before.
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Shallotte VRS boat recovered the
body.
According to White, who had just
taker, a break from dragging the
river bottom in Shaiiotte's boat when
the search ended, the body was found
near the only fishing net which contained
any fish.
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and this was the last net," said
White, "Wc kinda thought he might
have been in that area because there
were still fish in that net."
He said Simmons had apparently
checked and emptied the other four
nets and was about to check the last
one at the time of the accident.
According to Lucy Evans of the
Waccamaw Volunteer Rescue Squad,
several items including a pocket
calendar, pack of cigars, bottle of
medication and three fish were
floating in Simmons' skiff when
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on farmlands that could eventually
be converted into residential areas.
Coleman assured that "checks and
balances" in the program would not
allow the sites to collect high levels of
metals. Sludge management is
supervised by DEM, he said.
"If we all don't work together in
this waste management business,
we'll all in a world of sludge," Post
told the board. He added that sludge
is monitored both before and after
annlication.
Project Cost Rises
Also at Monday's meeting, commissioners
agreed to pay an additional
56,874.72 for construction of the
county government complex's new
septic system.
Construction, which officials said
is behind schedule, must be completed
within the next coupie of months
so that the complex's cafeteria
can keep its "A" sanitation grade
and continue serving prisoners at the
county jail. The sewage is not being
absorbed properly by the existing
system's drainage field.
The extra funds for the project,
which initially was to cost about
$160,000, were needed so that contractor
Carmichael Construction can
correct an error that was made in
planning the system, according to architect
John Sawyer.
Because the site was not surveyed,
a sand filter bed was designed a foot
too high in elevation for the gravity
system to work. "Hindsight's 20/20,
and maybe next time we'll get a
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"We're thankful it wasn't any more
than that," Kirby said, noting that
damage could 'nave easily been much
worse.
After workers left the church
Wednesday around 10:30 p.m., someone
broke out a rear window to the
sanctuary and poured gasoline on the
carpet, as well as on a small wooden
porch outside, then set them on fire.
The carpet did not ignite. However,
at least part of it must be replaced.
According to the church's pastor,
the Rev. Bobby Norton, a Brunswick
Electric Membership Corporation
crew found the window and porch
smoldering last Thursday around
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rescuers arrived. She said the
aluminum boat was upright in the
lake, but that it was about half full
with water.
In addition to approximately a half
dozen rescue squad members from
Shallotte and about eight more from
Waccamaw, the county's diving
team was at the scene searching the
area where Simmons drowned.
Several friends and neighbors also
volunteered their help, independently
searching the lake in their skiffs.
Many of the persons gathered at
the scene said Simmons was a good
swimmer and an experienced boater
and that it was hard to believe he
could have fallen into the water and
not recovered.
Simmons drowned near the family
farm where he grew up and just a few
hundred yards from the home he had
just built.
The Brunswick County native was
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surveyor," Sawyer said, noting that
a survey would have upped the project
cost.
As instructed by commissioners,
county Operations Services Director
Darry Somersett will monitor the
project, to help determine if the
change order can be reduced. According
to Smith, Operations Services
estimated that the extra work Cuulu
be done for $4,753.32.
Other Business
In other matters at Monday's
board meeting, commissioners:
Were introduced to Jerry Webb,
the county's new director of public
utilities, who started work Monday.
Said they would "look into" reV...
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provcments at the Hood's Creek
Community Building, including
building a picnic shelter, creating additional
parking space and buying a
refrigerator.
?At the request of local seafood
businessmen Jack Todd and Tommy
Ward, instructed County Attorney
David Clegg to check into health
standards and sales tax requirements
which regulate roadside
seafood vendors.
Authorized Clerk to the Board
Regina Alexander to contact
Brunswick Community Coiiege
President Mike Reaves for information
on the college's plans to build a
satellite program for handicapped
children in the Leland area?the
board's action following a rpniip.i fm*
support from Iceland resident Rose
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8:30 a.m. After Norton was called to
the scene, he and the crewmen extinguished
the small fire before further
damage could be done.
"I don't have any idea why anyone
would do something like that," Norton
said last Thursday.
The matter is under investigation
by the Brunswick County Sheriff's
Department and the SBI. Sheriff's
Detective Donnell Marlowe said Friday
that investigators had no
suspects in the case.
According to the church members,
the fire was the third unexplained incident
to occur at the new building in
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operated Brunswick Cold Storage
and ihe Holiday Grill and Drive-In
Theater in Shallotte.
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Cook and Dr. Tom Mates of Wilmington.
Authorized a $35,400 contract with
the accounting firm, Brock, Berry &
Padgett, for next year's county audit.
Approved five budget amendments,
all reflecting increases due to
additional funds received for use by
the Community Base Alternative
Grant Task Force, health department
and sheriff's department.
Instructed Finance Director
I.ithia Hahn to readvertise for bids
involving the county's purchase of 33
solid waste containers, after only one
bid was received.
Appointed Don Eggert as the
county planning department's minor
CAMA permit officer, replacing
Stuart Bass who resigned effective
May 31 to accept a position in York
County, Va.
Approved agreements with consultant
Carter, Goble and Associates
of Raleigh and the state, for completion
of the county's transportation
development plan.
Voted to allow Southern Bell to
place a switching pedestal at the
Leland water tank site.
Awarded two foreclosed lots in
Boiling Spring lakes to a high bidder
for $1,856.02.
Approved the immediate use of a
new citation form by the county solid
waste officer.
Forwarded an S.R. 1 form to the
N.C. Department of Transportation
for Blue Marlin Street in Sandy
Shoals II subdivision.
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hundred dollars worth of construction
materials were stolen. Also, someone
painted the words, "God
heals," on a rear outside wall.
"It was the right message but in
the wTong place," Norton commented.
For the past seven years, the
35-member congregation has met in
a modest block building, also located
on Stone Chimney Road. Kirby said
members were working late last
Wednesday night to get the new
church ready for its first service?a
wedding that was held in the new
sanctuary Saturday.
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