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Page 2-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEAC Zoning F Leland N BY RAHN ADAMS Brunswick County Commissioners said in February they wanted public input before they make a decision about county zoning. The input they are getting in an ongoing series of foiiuns is that public opinion is split?but leaning in favor of zoning. Two forums were held last week?one at Shallotte Town Hall last Thursday night, the other at Leland Community Building on Friday night. Some 33 individuals attended the Shallotte meeting, while 22 persons turned out in Iceland. The fifth forum in the series was to De neia weanesaay (March 22) at Lockwood Folly Community Building. All five conunissioners have participated in the forums. Commissioners Kelly Holden and Benny Ludlum attended last Thursday's meeting; Commissioners Frankie Rabon and Grace Beasley the Friday forum. Holden, Ludlum and Commissioner Gene Pinkerton had attended forums held earlier in the month. The remaining forums are scheduled for Monday, March 27 at the CP&L Nuclear Plant Visitors Center near Southport; Wednesday, March 29, at the Hood's Creek Community Building; Thursday, March 30, at Waccamaw Community Building; and Wednesday, April 5, at the Public Assembly Building in Bolivia. In both meetings last week, officials heard basically the same argiunents?both pro and con?that Protecti Bogue Sound and the Bear Island and Masonboro Sound. Jim Sheppard, public informa Division of Environmental Manage that the report is preliminary and following internal review and revi mental agencies. "It's a good report, but nothu stone," he said. "That's not our fi situation on the coasL" Sheppard said there will be sev in June before the N.C. Environr Commission acts on the coastal OR this fall. Brunswick Cour BY SUSAN USHER While Brunswick County isn't included in the latest group of candidate sites for a low-level radioactive waste storage facility, it alsc hasn't gotten an all-clear signal. Ebasco Services Inc., a geological engineering firm in Greensboro contracted to do the screening, has identified 9.5 percent of the state, an area of approximately 5,054 square miles?as candidates for the site. Linda Fuller, public information officer for the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority, said Brunswick County is not among those shown with "dashes" on a map released Monday. Dashes represent counties with candidate sites. In stead, she said, "You do liave flj specks." Checking with Ebasco Projecl Manager Sam Khoury, she said the specks represent isolated areas ol the county that were among the "potentially suitable" sites identifiec earlier in the first phase of the site screening process. In making the new maps, she said "they were too small to shade." I I HOW TOS | THE BRUM POST OFFICE SHALLOTTE, FOR AWARD-WINh ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION R In Brunswick County N.C. Sales Tax Postage charge TOTAL Elsewhere in North Corolint N.C. Sales Tax I Postage charge TOTAL. I Outside North Carolina Postage charge TOTAL Complete And Ret Name I Address I City, State I Zip i J JON, Thursday, March 23, 1989 zorums in S field Mixed dominated the first two forums, which were held at Sea Trail Clubhouse and Town Creek Community Building. Of the citizens who expressed definite positions on the issue, eight speakers in Shallotte supported zoning, while three opposed it. A show of hands requested by Ms. Beasley in Leland found that individuals there were almost evenly split on zoning. Local surveyor and real estate broker Bobby Long, who attended the Shallotte meeting, reiterated the main opposing viewpoints that zoning would simply create "another regulatory agency to get a permit from" and that restrictive covenants in local subdivisions meet property owners' needs. In Leland, Jackie Mintz took that line of criticism a step further by saying zoning classifications would be determined "at the whim of planners" and that "politics" would influence how zoning matters are handled. "When you've put zoning in, you've opened a can of worms," Mintz said. n f " " opeaKing in iavor 01 zoning, sunset Beach Mayor Mason Barber said last Thursday that he feels local developers have done well with restrictive covenants in major subdivisions, "but there is a lot of room in between." Barber noted that rural property owners who live outside subdivisions and many who live in smaller developments aren't protected by restrictive covenants. Also at the Shallotte meeting, ive Status R (Continued From Page 1-A) area; Stump Sound He said he f Lockwood Folly tion officer with the said the fact that ment, said last week not mean that it that it may change "It's not the ew by other govern- quality in an are; isting pristine w; lg in it is carved in nal say on the ORW Division started consider eral public hearings classification in 1 nental Management sta^ an^ ' W recommendations assimilation and the recommenda tK/ ^rwfrc N/~k+ Or I ? J 1 W 3 V I An article in a regional newspaper had incorrectly identified Brunswick County as having isolated "spots" that were technically suitable for the i facility and warranted further study. The consulting engineers used I technical data to screen out most coastal, mountainous and highly populated areas. Fuller said additional areas will be screened out during the next phase. Brunswick County's screening out i during this second round was based "mostly on things to do with , water?period," said Fuller. "Water ; table levels, flood plain, hurricane i storm surge, swamps." State law prohibits the bottom of the facility coming within seven feet of the high r water table. HnwPUPr TTullor caiH RrnncurinL t County's absence from the new "can ? didate" list doesn't mean it's entirelj [ out of consideration. Those areas in : itially labeled as "potentiallj 1 suitable," such as those here, wil > still be subject to consideration. "We're not excluding those, so it': , possible, however remote," she said "We're just going to give the other: 1UBSCRIBE TO :WICK$BEACON BOX 2558 NORTH CAROLINA 28-159 IING NEWS COVERAGE 1ATES BY MAIL: Sr.Citi.cn l 6 30 I ! 5.30 .32 .27 368 3.68 10.30 9.25 6.30 II 5.30 32 .27 8.18 8.18 14.80 13.75 I I 6 30 l I 5.30 965 965 15.95 14.95 (urn To Above Address hallotte, 'Input' Holden Beach Planning and Zoning Board member Jack Scarborough refuted an earlier remark thatzoning boards "rubber stamp" the wishes of government officials. He also said zoning would he "simply setting a goal" in writing for the county's future development. Brunswick County Planning Board Chairman Ed Gore?the second generation developer of Sunset Beach and a principal with Sea Trail Corporation?last Thursday also addressed the largely negative response zoning has gotten from local developers. "Zoning is not a threat to developers; I've never felt it was a threat to me . . .Gore saiu, iaier aucung inai ne teeis "developers are missing out on a chance to embrace the concept for all the citizens of Brunswick County." At the close of the Leland meeting, Commission Chairman Rabon emphasized that the purpose of the forums is to get public input as to whether or not citizens want zoning. He also pledged that commissioners will be "open-minded" on the issue. Holden and Pinkerton?both freshman commissioners?have been the only board members to openly support zoning, although Pinkerton has indicated he would respect the public's wishes on the matter. Rabon, Ms. Beasley and Ludlum were three of four commissioners who voted down a similar movement to begin work on a zoning ordinance about two years ago. ejected iad no idea about the chances of the River being classified as ORW, but it features an important resource does is worthy of special protection, intention of ORW to improve water i," he said. "The ORW status is for ex iters." of Environmental Management first ing coastal waters for the ORW December 1987. Sheppard said limited tedious process of data collection, interpretation have caused delays in tions. ) Waste Site List higher priority." Ebasco plans to name at least two specific candidates for the site by fall. The authority has said it will choose the site by the end of 1990 so that the facility could be ready to open by January 1,1993. North Carolina is part of an eightstate regional compact and has been designated to accept low-level radioactive from throughout the region for the next 20 years. Most of [ this waste is sliipped now to Barni well, S.C. ; Planning Board 1 Cancels Meeting : The Holden Beach Planning and . Zoning Board canceled its regular i monthly meeting last Thursday. Town Administrator Gus Ulrich u i -j : .i i a i i r saiu uie uoani ultkihi iioi 10 meet 1 because there was not enough on the agenda to warrant a meeting. 5 The next regular meeting of the . board will be Thursday, April 20, at 7 5 p.m. in town hall. 1 HaHWHHHMMMI I I Mobile Home i 61 | I Distri ! I VA/ill r\DCM Tk > J Will WV L. I ^fl , III I ! II rwvwv^opS jt 5 Gallons I; Kool Seal iAWVV?AA^VVVWWl 1 i 754-9323 O on Main St., SJiallott 1 L Jjf Mm Vi'. ,'. . ' i ' ' I HOLDEN BEACH RESIDENT Jack Scarl planning and zoning board, speaks in fa forum in Shallotte. Sheriff Asks I (Continued From Page 1-A) (A If the sheriff's department mc receives a share, it cannot be used he! for current budget items, Davis \ noted. "You've just got to show that go' it's used directly for law enforce- sol ment," he said, adding that he has onl used forfeiture funds in the past to go buy unbudgeted items such as radio pa equipment, bullet-proof vests, $41 weapons and a computer for the nar- wli cotics division. sai The shopping center, located on wc U.S. 17 South in Shallotte, was seized ] by federal authorities in September Wi 1987, three months after the younger a 1 Willis was indicted by a Brunswick ru County investigative grand jury on in cocaine trafficking charges. He later te< pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traf- sh fic in cocaine and was sentenced to a $250,000 fine and 35-year prison term, se The property was seized on the lej grounds that the vouneer Willis used nr the shopping center to facilitate drug 191 trafficking by storing cocaine and dii making drug transactions there, and by using telephones there to set up re drug deals. fa None of the plaza's 23 businesses at re the time of the seizure were im- (A plicated in the case. Resort Plaza th was managed by professional p? management companies contracted di by the U.S. Marshal's Service from ty September 1987 until the end of the business day on March 14, when the property was turned over to the elder E Willis. According to the settlement agree- | ( ment, A.B. Willis agreed to pay the ! $103,500 and accept the property "as is." Also, he agreed to pay the 1987 ej and 1988 property taxes on the shopp- y. ing center and to let the government keep all rent it collected. j. "The settlement of this action was driven by two considerations," West ^ said in a prepared statement. "First, j0 the government recognized that even ^ upon forfeiture of the property to the a( United States, (A.B. Willis) would retain a significant property interest in 2c the shopping center that would not be tj. subject to forfeiture." w The attorney explained that Willis j, and his son co-owned a significant portion of the property; the deed to te that property was conveyed to the a, two men in 1975. Since there was no evidence that A.B. Willis and his wife, Elizabeth Willis, "ever had ji knowledge of or consented to the c, son's illegal acts on the property," ic the father's portion was not subject Cl to forfeiture. The second consideration behind a the settlement involved the "limited ^ equity in the property, given the significant legitimate interest of i Supplies, Inc. ND ibutor I ursday, March 23 ig Special* j| ONLY $19-95 j! I PLUS TAX ;: PEN MON.-SAT. e (across from Hardee's) 1 IKWIBBWSE 8BBS3KSMH^^CTfflflSnfri^lnwrtfjTti^i STAFF PHOTO BY RAHN AOAMS torougli, who serves on the town's vor of zoning at last Thursday's For Share .B. Willis) and the substantial irtgage encumbering the property Id by NCNB," West said. Vest told the Beacon that the ^eminent estimated it could have d the $862,000 shopping center for ly about $500,000 to $600,000. The vernment then would have had to y off the outstanding mortgage of 17,000. "We feel like we got at least lat the equity would be," West id, later adding, "It was definitely irth going through the process." tie also explained that the younger illis lost all claim to the property in March 7 ruling by Judge Fox. The ling was based on court documents which A1 Willis previously admit1 that he had sold cocaine at the opping center, West said. However, left unresolved by the , luemeni is wnemer or not wuns *ally conveyed part of the plaza operty to his mother in January | 37, five months before he was in- , :ted. Describing the settlement as "a solution of this matter that is both vorable to the government and spects the legitimate interest of ,.B. Willis) and NCNB," West said e forfeiture action's greatest imict has been as a "deterrent" to inviduals who would use their properto facilitate drug trafficking. :air Weather s Expected Seasonable weather conditions are cpected in the Shallotte area irough the Easter weekend, accorng to Shallotte Point meteorologist ickson Canady. Temperatures over the next i iveral days should range from the w 40s at night to the low 60s during le day. Rainfall should measure )out one-half inch. For the period of March 14 through i, me average aany temperature in le Shallotte area was 58 degrees, hich Canady said was about five agrees above normal. The average daily high inperature was 69 degrees, and the i/erage daily low temperature was r degrees. The maximum high temperature uring the period was 77 degrees, ocnrring on March 17. The minimum iw temperature was 37 degrees, ociirring on March 20. Canady measured eight-tenths of n inch of rainfall during the sevenay period. | Lee Lang! | Jon Langs announce tl I of their I 341 White Hwy. 130 \ the offices of Drs. Phone 7 Office Hours: Mon-F | ' 1989 IHt BRUNSWICK BEACON Doctor Dies In I Wreck { Charges were pending Friday in onnection with a traffic accident on larch 14 that claimed the life of a lupply physician, according to lighway Patrol spokesperson Ruby lakley. Dr. Nora Hsu Beaman, 60, of Boilng Spring Lakes, died from injuries uffered in the wreck that occurred ast Tuesday at 6:55 p.m., nine-tenths if a mile north of Belville on U.S. 17, tfs. Oakley said. A report by Trooper D.A. Lewis itates that Mrs. Beaman's 1982 Lincoln was headed south in the right ane of the four-lane highway when it crashed into the rear of a southbound jackhoe driven by Roger Lee southerland, 24, of Leland, Ms. Dakley said. The backhoe was owned jy W.E. Blackmon Construction Company of Leland. Southerland and a passenger in the 3eaman auto?Mrs. Beaman's husiand, 50-year-old Roger 3eaman?both suffered incapacitating injuries and were taken jy ambulance to New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, for treatment, Ms. Oakley reported. She said a witness told Lewis that the Beaman car's headlights were oot on when the collision occurred, rhe witness reportedly flashed his nvn headlights to get Mrs. Beaman to turn on her lights, Ms. Oakley said. Although no charges had been filed as of Friday, Ms. Oakley said the trooper's report also noted that the backhoe did not have proper tail lights, though other lights on the backhoe were on at the time of the accident. Damage was estimated at $5,000 to the car. The backhoe sustained no apparent damage. Mrs. Beaman's death was the fourth fatality to occur on Brunswick County highways this year. the Brunswick!; beacon Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shollotte, N. C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY I One Year $10.30 I Six Months $5.50 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA ! One Year $14 80 I Six Months $7.85 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. ! One Year $15.95 i Six Months $8.35 Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Shallotte, N. C. 28459. USPS 777-780. tw ALL STARl 1% FLAGS (919)259-FLAG Flags "Banners Flagpoles Pennants A Variety Of Hags Mail Orders ? FREE Delivery Ask for FREE Catalog | 101 Aviators Lone ? Burgaw, NC 28425 i Catherine Moore, Owner >ton, M.D. nd ton, P.A.C. hp rp1r\pafinn ilV/ 1 V/1V7V/UUUII office to ;ville Road Vest, next to Madison and Ward '54-8731 ri 9-1, 2:30-6; Sat 9-1 n
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