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Sunset Beach Council will continue
its discussion of a petition for annexation
of a Seaside area tract when it
meets Monday, Dec. 5, at7:30 p.m. at
the town hall.
At the board's last meeting,
several owners of property between
the Sunset Beach town limits and the
site of a proposed Food Lionanchored
shopping center at Seaside
petitioned the board for contiguous
annexation. But the petition was incomplete
because it lacked a map or
specific legal description and did not
include the names of all petitioners
Referendum
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of Elections voted unanimously
Tuesday morning to invalidate
the Nov. 8 unfortified wine sales
referendum for the Town of
Shallotte.
According to Elections Supervisor
Lynda Britt, the full, threeperson
board was present for the
meeting, and the vote was invalidated
on the instructions of
James Wallace, chief of the elections
branch for the state attorney
general's office.
The referendum was invalid
under a state statute which in effect
prohibits alcoholic beverage
elections to be held at the same
time as a general election.
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A Brunswick County woman was
killed Saturday night when the car in
which she was riding crashed near
Whiteville.
The victim was Fonda Mae Boatwright,
77, of 120 Carolina Shores,
Calabash, according to a spokesperson
for the Highway Patrol office in
Whiteville.
A report filed by Trooper A.E. Morris
stated that the accident happened
Saturday at 9 p.m. on N.C. 130 in Columbus
County, about Wz miles from
the Brunswick County line.
Ms. Boatwright was a passenger in
a 1986 Oldsmobilc driven by Stewart
B. Linkous, 47, of Danville, Va. The
car was headed east when it ran off
the right side of the road, struck with
a catch basin and overturned. The
vehicle was partially submerged in
water.
Ms. Boatwright was dead on the
scene. The driver suffered nonincapacitating
injuries and was
treated at the Columbus County
Hospital in Whiteville. Damage to the
car was estimated at $4,000.
According to the spokesperson, no
charges had been filed in the fatal
misnap as or ruesaay. Morns' report
indicated that the accident was not
alcohol-related.
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on a single petition. This was the second
petition effort relating to the
Seaside property. The first, rejected
by the board, was a request to
satellite annex the shopping center
and a small adjoining residential
area only.
Bill Benton, a local real estate
agent involved in the development
project, said Tuesday that the corrected
petition, with all signatures
and full description, was to be submitted
to the town hall by 10 a.m.
Wednesday. This would give the town
administrator and town attorney two
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Emergency personnel above search
for the remains of a truck driver kill
crash on U.S. 17 north of Supply, t
fatality between Supply and N.C. 87
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Three single-vehicle accidents on
Brunswick County roadways
resulted in no serious injuries last
week, according to the N.C. Highway
Patrol, but resulted in an estimated
$14,000 in damage to the vehicles involved.
The first of the accidents occurred
Thursday, Nov. 24, at 12:10 a.m. According
to Trooper B.C. Jones'
report, Oakley said, James George
Pellom, 43, of Leland, was westbound
on Mt. Misery Road (S.R. 1426) 10.8
west of Belville when his 1984 Dodge
pickup ran off the road as it approached
a curve. As Pellom lost
control of the vehicle, the truck ran
off the right side, then crossed to the
left side of the road and struck a
ditch.
Jones charged pellom with exceeding
a safe speed.
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days in which to determine the legality
of the petition before Monday's
meeting.
Grant On Hold
Also on Monday's agenda is discussion
of the town's negotiations to acquire
two east-end lots and an unfinished
house situated between
Canal and Main streets for public access
to the ocean beach and to the
bay adjacent to Tubbs Inlet.
In order to receive a $213,000 grant,the
town has until Jan. 1 to either buy
the land or find another site and
revise its application.
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Pellom complained of injuries and
a passenger, Pamela Pellom, 37, of
Iceland, received Class B or nonincapacitating
injuries. They were
transported to New Hanover
Memorial Hospital in Wilmington.
Jones estimated damages to the
Pellom truck at $4,000.
Two single-car accidents occurred
Saturday, Nov. 26, one north of
Bolivia and the other south of
Belville.
Peter Kimball Moseler, 18, of
Jacksonville, was traveling north on
U.S. 17 1.6 miles north of Bolivia
when liis 1979 Mercedes crossed the
center line, ran off the left shoulder
and into a ditchbank.
Trooper R.V. West charged
Moseler with driving left of center in
the 9:45 a.m. accident, which
resulted in an estimated $8,000
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Mayor Mason Barber has been
negotiating purchase of the property
with A1 Morrison, owner of A.L. Morrison
Construction Co. Morrison said
earlier he didn't know about the
town's application for an access
development grant when lie bought
the lots.
He bought the land from Sunset
Beach & Twin Lakes in September,
though the transfer of ownership was
not recorded until Nov. 2, when a
bank loan for house construction was
approved.
After two weeks of work Morrison
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damages to the car.
Moseler complained of injuries.
At 9 p.m. Saturday, James Lewis
Mojica, 24, of Boiling Spring Lakes,
was traveling at a high rate of speed,
according to the report filed by
Trooper J.V. Dove, when his 1974
Oldsmobile ran off N.C. 133. The car
ran off the left side of N.C. 133, about
6.8 miles south of Belville, and overturned
several times.
Mojica was charged by Dove with
having no operator's license and
recKiess ariving.
Both he and a passenger, Michael
Eugene Facemire, 24, also of Boiling
Spring Lakes, sustained Class B or
moderate injuries and were
transported to New Hanover
Memorial Hospital in Wilmington.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $2,000.
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stopped construction on the 2,000
square foot, three-bathroom home
when he learned of the conflict.
Mayor Barber brought council
members up to date on negotiations
with Morrison during a 20-minute
closed-door meeting Monday evening.
As of Monday, there was agreement
on the price of the lots, but Morrison
had not completed totting up his
expenses for the unfinished house.
Morrison has cooperated with the
town. As a formality, the council
notified him by letter on Nov. 7 that
the town would start condemnation
Holden POA
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About 65 members of the Holden
Beach Property Owners Association
packed town hall Saturday to get the
latest information on several nnonimi
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town projects.
HBPOA President Kenner Amos
said the meeting lasted about 90
minutes and focused primarily on
items currently before the town
board of commissioners.
"We reviewed everything we have
before the town council right now,"
said Amos, noting that topics of
discussion included the proposed occupancy
tax, underground wiring
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proceedings unless negotiations
began within 30 days to sell the property
to the town.
The town proposes to construct a
regional beach access facility, which
would include restrooms, boardwalks
to both waterfronts and parking
spaces for 25 to 30 vehicles.
Also on Monday's agenda are
renewed discussion of the new jet ski
ordinance, resignation of a planning
board member, Christmas bonuses
for town employees and the possibility
of applying for an outdoor recreation
grant.
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project and wastewater treatment
needs study.
The session also included a
30-minute period of open discussion
during which Mayor John Tandy and
Commissioners Bob Buck and Gil
Bass fielded questions from the audience.
Those town officials are also
on the POA board of directors.
In another matter, Amos said the
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members identifying the various
yard and dune grasses that will
flourish at Holden Beach. The
bulletin will also address basic lawn
care and grass fertilization.
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