tn?e.^iis>awiWMwn I Class Of Photographs of count commencement exeri k special tabloid sectior each from North, soui i^isi ^ * . *&zf }*% .. . ' - s' I - . -w - - .* ' ' ' ilOT SUN WORSHIPERS packed the si Beach Fishing Pier Sunday 9 temperature climbed into the 80s 1 Local Busir ay Land Trar VIS here must cho County?the state's budget, raising i with having to raise means to increa uners Inert; opted to Commission sxpense of serving its work sessions W the proposed bu< jst like Brunswick," erry Wheeler said in Last week, /e had gotten to the Smith presentee I no longer increase million budget, \ crease on the c 'lose to take, he ex- valuation) propi ^percent real estate Even thougl Lilt tt million - t... 1-. ?... 'iik v" uuuiuii u ^car i use uy uiiiy iivt cent rate hike v /c done without it," cient revenue. In the 1987 second to Dare in allocated $4.6 n same situation. With the county's fur inils, commissioners over from the pr I iduate j id information on are included in a ?& Ix graduates ? two njH h schools. jjjS %?** ?|| ?i ?Jvl ' v7.'1?rfoysSRBC*. w>;-- , 7/.y4 STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG RU y weather that started the weeken lessmen said the Memorial Day ho lie best in recent years. I / 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 thrmioh fftAlro Rooltu of fVonn .. VHQl! VWWUV uv v/v&an 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 isfer Tax Is 1 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 $10( :rty tax rate. i expenditures in the proposed bud ! percent, Smith said the nearly 33 i vas needed mainly because of insi 418 amended budget, commission lillion for on-going expenditures fi id balance?monies that were can evious year. The coming year's proj riCK$i m Hankins V\ S For Distrid 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 nrpHirtoH WVion fKn n.s\ll? ?* *> ? tr. VVMVW.U. H IIVII Ult puiu \_IUOCU (11 Ut County Gets With Arrival 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 Week, June 13 through 17, according f'c i i rj t KAI.EIGlji few J CAkOLIl t t t" l ' i 11 - , " 1 1 ml' MORF.HE A I) any \ f ling SCfUTH ~~ 'ery CAWOLInK Jffiliif ~t-t i i < i 1 i i i i i i : i I i i i i T - i t 'ery 1 MYrVTeI jl^T ited BEACH W\ ^ 1316 GEORGETOWN N. the -\ y \ i, he .: ;ver I I we \ JUV* v N. "It *|j. V ^ ^ ookJuly LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGEN this "decision arc" map to help emergi the ment officials in coastal counties deter ) begin hurricane evacuation procedure! Viabie Way To L 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 ?tery Fish \ tripletail, or at least the I Beacon readers say aft* ?. H. Maultsby's unusual < )n Page 15-D. mi mini i |-r-*ii -nrtiirnrTT-rrii # __ f=* m IIns ipOT L \ 3 School 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? ?? nut Ut l cpia(.uu W lit 11 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" Ilk^CwnVvi l\ < 'l\<> &\ \ \ mm ..aomi . 0....y/.'. .J... Jj Ml E */ / \y A / / KtOrnl ^ >/ -G / 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 | 1 1 1..' 7*W"s,. :atch. ^ ^ )n Ballot Board 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) . r '^ ' ' ' ' 1 * * "* I *'^^1 "* I 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. 'ing Kains oners concerning user fees was bas in Brunswick County by David M. ates, a Raleigh consulting firm. *- J ...A A1 A At. U 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 4D TRANFER, Page 2-A)