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temperature climbed into the 80s 1
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BY DOUG RUTTER
Tourists came in the rain and held
their ground for half the weekend
before the sun started to peak out
from behind the clouds. But when it
finally did break through, it shone on
local businessmen as well as
beachgoers.
Despite the rain which fell Friday
and Saturday morning, many local
businessmen still said the Memorial
Day weekend was just as profitable
or better than any before.
Several contacted Tuesday afternoon
said the rain had little or no effect
on business because weather
forecasters had called for a sunny
and warm weekend right until the
last minute. And throughout the
period of rain, meteorologists continued
to predict clearing skies.
"Everybody showed up and we
were jam packed for three straight
Officials {
BY RAHN ADAI
Three years ago when Dare
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property luxes, cuuniy eoiiuuissii
take a different route to offset the t
expanding population.
"We have growth problems ji
Dare County Assistant Manager T
a telephone interview Friday. "V
point where commissioners could
property taxes."
One measure Dare County cl
plained, was to implement a one
transfer fee, which generates abc
from the sale of property.
"I don't know what we'd ha^
Wheeler said.
Brunswick County, which is
development, now faces much the
about a month to make up their m
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DESPITE EARLY RAIN
lesses Enjo]
days," said Gil Bass, manager of
Holden Beach Family Campground
and Holden Beach Fishing Pier. "In
spite of the weather, it was an excellent
weekend."
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have been better, if cioudy skies ana
rain hadn't ushered in the first big
holiday weekend of tourist season.
"It was good that everybody
stayed 2nd weathered it out," continued
Bass. "It ended up being a
real nice coupie of days."
Several realtors also said the holiday
weekend was a very good one in
terms of business.
Alan Holden, owner of Alan Holden
Realty at Holden Beach, said the rain
caused a few people to change plans
but added, "I don't really think it
ended up hurting that much. When
the sun did come out, I think
everybody was in such a good mood
>ay Land Trar
VIS here must cho
County?the state's budget, raising
i with having to raise means to increa
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the proposed bu<
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erry Wheeler said in Last week,
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/c done without it," cient revenue.
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second to Dare in allocated $4.6 n
same situation. With the county's fur
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y weather that started the weeken
lessmen said the Memorial Day ho
lie best in recent years.
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/ Weekem
that they forgot about it a
hours."
He said sales and rentals did eq
ly well, adding, "There wasn't
one thing particularly outstani
about the weekend. I was just \
pieased overall."
Chauncey Cooke was also \
pleased. He said every unit rei
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Beach was occupied over
weekend.
And despite a few cancelations
said walk-ins took care of what*
wasn't booked ahead of time.
"We were filled up as good as
can ever remember," he added,
was a great success, this weekei
Cooke added that he's already I
ing forward to the Fourth of .
weekend business.
While most visitors stayed for
(See BUSINESSES, Page 2-A
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ose between cutting their propo
property taxes or finding some ot
se revenue.
era Were scheduled to begin but
ednesday (June 1). A public hearing
iget is set for June 7 at 7 p.m. in Boli'
Brunswick's Situation
Brunswick County Manager John
I commissioners with a proposed $
which included a whopping 16Mz-cenl
ounty's current 50V?-cent (per $10(
:rty tax rate.
i expenditures in the proposed bud
! percent, Smith said the nearly 33 i
vas needed mainly because of insi
418 amended budget, commission
lillion for on-going expenditures fi
id balance?monies that were can
evious year. The coming year's proj
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BY SUSAN USHER 7:
Voters Tuesday assured retired B
high school principal Jonathan D
Hankins of Southport a spot on the
November Democratic ballot for the lx
District 3 Brunswick County Board of st
xfe Education seat E
In the second primary the 61-year- lu
old Hankins led incumbent James vc
Forstner, chairman of the school
? board, almost two to one. He claimed le
an 835-vote margin. re
In November Hankins will face D
Republican Robert Slockett of M
; , Yaupon Beach. th
Approximately 62 percent of those in
, voting cast ballots for longtime
idH educator Hankins, compared with M
about 32 percent for Forstner, who B(
jjxjjg had called for the run-off on May 3 fa
after losing to Hankins by 251 votes in T(
a three-way race. ge
Tuesday, with only the one local
arej. and one state race on the ballot, a Sh
very light turnout had been ell
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I BY RAHN ADAMS to
In two weeks a "hurricane" will hit M
the North Carolina coast?a L(
simulated storm, that is, dreamed up
by local, state and federal agencies ho
to test revised hurricane plans in the thi
state's 18 coastal counties, including hu
,iu. Brunswick.
H A statewide hurricane drill will be tht
U_ held Wednesday, June 15, from 8 1
a.m. to l p.m., as part of the state's N?
annual Hurricane Preparedness -At
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this "decision arc" map to help emergi
the ment officials in coastal counties deter
) begin hurricane evacuation procedure!
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sed ty taxes would have to generate $24.5 mi
her percent collection rate to cover those al
the additional $1.5 million increase in pr<
iget ui lures.
?on The county manager last week sugge!
via. missioners "explore" other means of pr
tional revenue, such as increasing user fe
i T. vice is provided on request; implement
31.8 fees for specific services being provic
I in- plementing a real estate transfer fee wit
) of be shared with towns where the transfer
Current User Fees
Iget According to Smith, the only user f
>er- charged by the county include a $20 fi
iffi- department site evaluations, which is ref
piece ot land is determined to be unsuitab
ers tank; building and electrical inspectic
om charges by the parks and recreation de
ied certain activities.
>er- In an interview Friday, Smith said hi
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30 p.m., 19 percent, or 3,278 of
runswick County's 17,182
emocratic voters had cast ballots.
That was better than expected and
:tter than the average turnout
atewide, according to Board of
lections Supervisor Lynda Britt. "I
id said I would be tickled pink if we
ited 10 percent," she added.
Hankins' nomination means that at
ast two of the school board's curat
five members?Forstner and
istrict 4 member Marvin
plfpithan?will k? ??
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eir terms end on the first Monday
December.
McKeithan was defeated in the
ay primary by Donna M. Baxter of
>iling Spring Lakes. Baxter will
ce Republican John Watkins of the
>wn Creek community in the
neral election.
A third member, Doug Baxley of
allotte, will be seeking a re;ction
in November, when he will
challenged by Republican Diane
Set To Test
Of Hurrican
Brunswick County Emergency
anagement Coordinator Cecil
>gan.
If long-range weather forecasts
Id true, the drill will offer a taste of
ings to come during the current
irricane season, which began
jdnesday (June 1) and runs until
; end of October.
L,ogan, who recently attended the
itionai Hurricane Conference in
lanta, Ga., said Tuesday that ofials
are predicting an "active"
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ICIES devised transparent overl
incy manage- the map, officials
mine when to time until the onsi
i. By using a point when evacui
.essen Grow
llion at a 95.2 rintinn fn rvimmicoii
locations and ed on a 1985 study
)posed expen- Griffith and Assodi
Tilt: study puii
ited that com- crease revenue by
oducing addi- and new user fees w
!es where ser- public inspections,
ing new user landfill, environme
led; and im- health and mosquit
h revenues to At the time of
takes place. generated in the
vironmental health
ees currently Di
ee for health In 1985, county
undable if the creased user fees, I
le for a septic real estate transfei
>n fees; and from Pennsylvania
ipartment for since the 1950s.
The proposal i
is recommen- (See LAP
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Grissett of Grissettown.
Serving his first term, Forstner, a
family physician, has been chairman
of the county board of education
since taking office in December 1984.
Tuesday, he and fellow school
board member Baxley were among
the 15 voters who turned at the county
complex in Bolivia to watch the
returns come in. As he tallied the
votes by hand, he described the
outlook for his campaign as "dismal,
almost two to one."
Hankins arrived with friends shortly
before the last results, from Frying
Pan Precinct, were posted. He attributed
his success to hard work by
family members and supporters, adding,
"We're going to get in there and
work even harder for November."
His wife, Irene, said that she and
other workers called and hauled
voters in their all-out effort to get out
the vote Tuesday. "My phone was
smoking," she said.
(See HANKINS, Page 2-A)
Readiness
e Season
hurricane season this year.
"According to a professor from
Colorado who studies hurricanes, we
should have an active year," Logan
said. "This should be the most active
year for hurricanes during the
1980s."
Logan noted that weather conditions
this summer and fall are expected
to be warmer and more
unstable iiiafi usual, increasing the
potential for hurricanes.
(See READINESS, Pnge2-A)
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SOURCE. EASTERN N C HURRICANE EVACUATION STUDY
ay representing the hurricane with
can closely calculate the length of
;t of sustained gale-force winds?the
ation should be completed.
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oners concerning user fees was bas
in Brunswick County by David M.
ates, a Raleigh consulting firm.
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HCU UUl UUIl UlC I.UUIIAJ V.UUIU All$639,200
if current fees were raised
'ere implemented in areas including
planning, parks and recreation,
ntal health, animal control, public
o control.
the study, no revenue was being
areas of planning, landfill, enand
animal control,
ire's Transfer Fee
officials in Dare County not only inthey
also requested a three-percent
fee, Wheeler said. The idea came
, where transfer fees had been used
nitially was opposed by the local
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