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MARLENE VARNAM of Varnamto
ding Resource Water during last T
Environmental Management empli
River Sup
Develope
BY DOUG RUTTER
environmentalists and developer;
who verbally assaulted one anothei
at three public hearings last weel
can do nothing nov but wait and hop*
their side wins.
It will be about three month;
before the two groups learn wliicl
coastal areas in North Carolina wil
be designated as Outstanding
Resource Waters (ORWs) and givei
special protection from developmen
and pollution.
Approximately 71
people?including three fron
Brunswick County?spoke las
Thursday during a four-hour publii
hearing at the University of Nortl
Carolina at Wilmington.
Those favoring the special protec
tion for coastal waters outnumbers
opponents of the proposed rules by
margin of four to one. Throughout thi
hearing, speakers who protested th<
proposed restrictions on develop
ment were booed, while persons sup
porting protection of the waters weri
applauded.
Varnamtown residents Annii
Smigiel and Marlene Varnam urge*
special protection for lowe;
Lockwood Folly River, whili
Shallotte lawyer and develope
Mason Anderson argued against thi
proposed designation.
Lower Lockwood Folly River is om
of eight areas along the Nortl
Carolina coast being considered fo
the ORW classification and the onl;
one in Brunswick County.
The designated areas would be pro
tected from degradation througl
special regulations on building
However, Lockwood Folly has no
been recommended by the Divisioi
of Environmental Management staf
Real Esl
BY RAHN ADAM
Almost two years after both men
caine charges, two Holden Beach re
again last week, not to decide guilt
determine whether or not previoi
should affect their standings as 1
brokers.
After lengthy hearings last Th
Wilmington, a panel of four N.C. R
sion members ruled that Greg Bella
warning letter and that Virgil Robe
letter of reprimand. The actions do
licenses.
"I've had a lot of calls (from 1*
it," Brunswick Islands Board of Rea!
Pait said Monday. "I think a lot of p
the decisions."
She said she contacted
organization's board of directors M
wished to issue an official statement
action. However, a majority of the di
i
'est!
d,a three K*5ggBf^r^^?>iTj
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)ber 32 ?i?bb the brunswick bi
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wn speaks in support of designating lower I
liursday's public hearing in Wilmington. I
>yees Don Safrit and Alan Klimek.
porters Bias
rs At QRW
3 The developers do
[ fishermen. All they
making a dollar."
s ?
1
1
y
1 for the designation because of water
t quality problems.
The existing pollution problem in
) the river was the maj or point brought
! out last week by Anderson. He is a
t principal in Channel Side Corp.,
1 -r :-*! ?'
> ueveiupeis ui an existing gou course
, community on Lockwood Folly River
that also hopes to build a marina.
During the hearing, Anderson said
j he supports protection of the state's
j coastal waters, but pointed out that
B lower Lockwood Folly River does not
2 meet the water quality requirements
? for ORW classification.
"The issue here tonight is not
e whether you or I or any of us support
clean water," he said. "The lower
2 Lockwood Folly River simply does
1 not qualify as an ORW."
r Anderson said "politics" is the only
e reason the river is being considered
r for the special designation?a contene
tion that was later denied by a state
fisheries official.
2 "I find that particularly
h offensive," said Fritz Rohde, a
r biologist with .the state Division of
y Marine Fisheries. "The Division of
Marine Fisheries originally
h nominated that area and we still suph
port classification of that area
because of the outstanding resource
t there."
In order for a body of water to
f qualify for ORW status, there must
ate Commif
IS
pleaded guilty to co- "i j.U:nL.
sidents were on trial ' ' ''liK
or innocence, but to Esfot& C
js drug convictions
icensed real estate duty to i
ursday afternoon in keep ou
eal Estate Commis- l&nnl nn
my should be sent a Ull
(rts should be sent a q5 jf QQf
not affect the men's
)cal Realtors) about
Itors President Betty
icople are upset with
that no such stat
members of her Bellamy nor Robe
ondav to see if thev Croun she exnlain
on the commission's But Ms. Pait
rectors said they felt writing Gov. Jim
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^ockwood Folly River as an Outstan'ictured
at left are state Division of
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Hearing
not care about the
are interested in is
-Annie Smigiel, President
Save Our Shellfish
be no significant impacts from pollution
and the water quality must be
r?otr>H oc nvr-ollnnt
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A state Division of Environmental
Management report released in
March recommended against ORW
classification for the lower Lockwood
Folly River because of its pollution
problems, which have intensified
over the past few years as hundreds
of acres of shellfish beds have been
shut down. Off and on since last
August, all of the river has been closed
to harvesting due to pollution.
Mrs. Smigiel, president of the local
river preservation group Save Our
Shellfish, said later in the hearing
that Anderson's comments were
made out of greed since he is
developing both sides of the river.
"The developers do not care about
the fishermen," she said. "All they
are interested in is making a dollar."
The local shellfisherman requested
that marinas, golf courses and certain
types of buildings not be permitted
near Outstanding Resource
Waters.
"The people who make their living
from the river know what pollution
can do to the natural resources," she
added. "We have the most productive
river on the East Coast, and it
deserves the protection of an ORW."
Mrs. Varnam, whose family owns
(See RIVER, Page 2-A)
LOCAL REAL"
?sion Warns
the N.C. Real
ommission has a
its members to
r profession as
d as professional
11
).
?Betty Pait, President
Local Board of Realtors
ement was necessary, since neither
irts is a member of the local Realtors
ied.
said Monday that she personally was
Martin and the commission to protest
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;it to China, U-. .It
ings of a muffled ra
Page 3-A. '
iarollna, Thursday, June 15,1i
Calabas
Merger
BY DOUG BUTTER
On a 2-1 split, Calabash Town Council
Tuesday night voted to proceed
with a proposal that, if approved by
voters, will lead to consolidation of
Calabash and its neighbor, the golf
course community of Carolina
Shores.
The council agreed to seek state
legislation that would bring the consolidation
proposal to a referendum
of residents of both communities.
The plan already has approval of the
Carolina Shores Property Owners
Association Board of Directors.
Calabash Councilman John High
cast the opposing vote and said
following the meeting that he does
not believe Calabash voters will support
the proposal because of an
uneven distribution of power.
Councilmen Ed Rice and Keith
Hardee voted in favor of the proposal.
Under the consolidation plan,
Carolina Shores would have five
members on the seven-member town
council, while the existing Town of
Calabash would have two representatives.
The mayor would be elected
at large.
Officials explained this week that
the 5 to 2 split on the council is based
on the population difference in the
two areas, while still allowing some
voice from residents of the existing
town. There are an estimated 1,000
residents in Carolina Shores and 200
in Calabash.
What is now Calabash would be
known as District 1 in the consolidated
town, and Carolina Shores
would be called District 2.
This week's action in southwestern
County Cc
Eyes Way
BY RAHN ADAMS
Faced with the threat of having to
raise property taxes to fund a proposed
capital improvements program,
Brunswick County Commissioners
are considering a way to cut at least
one new building out of the plan.
Near the close of a four-hour
budget session Tuesday night in
Bolivia, the board instructed County
Manager John T. Smith to approach
Brunswick Community College officials
about the possibility of the
county putting offices in the college's
old continuing education building at
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According to Commissioner Kelly
Holden, who also is a college trustee,
the building site on U.S. 17 is privately
owned; however, the lease for it
fORS 'UPSET'
> Bellamy, I
the "slap on the wrist" that Bellamy
ed last week. "It's bad for the profess
look bad in the public eye," she comi
N.C. Real Estate Commission has a i
to keep our profession as legal and i
can."
Prior to the rulings, the assista
representing the state in last week's
the commission to put Bellamy on a
and to revoke Roberts' license, to se
real estate profession that drug invc
tolerated.
The complaint against Bellamy
Thursday, in much the same manni
complaint against James D. Griffin
Beach real estate broker who? like
guilty to a single cocaine possessio
ago and received a suspended sente
commission also sent Griffin a warn
Roberts?who had pleaded guil
level counts and had served five moi
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Referenc
Brunswick County is expected to get c<
quick movement from state tl
legislators in Raleigh.
State Sen R.C. Soles is expected to w
amend House Bill 323, which would f(
have allowed for the incorporation of
Carolina Shores subject to a referen- o
dum of that community's voters, to p
reflect the proposed consolidation. a
State Rep. David Redwine in- n
troduced the Carolina Shores incor- t(
poration bill in early March, but later
proposed consolidation of the two s
communities into one municipality v
after learning of opposition to the in- s
corporation bill from Calabash of- t
ficials. The state legislature typically c
does not favor incorporation of a n
town immediately adjacent to an ex- c
isting town.
The Carolina Shores bill passed c
through the State House of Represen- s
tatives last week. It will have to be s
amended and approved by the Senate c
and then sent back to the House for a
ratification as amended. a
If the amended bill passes,
registered voters in both com- t
munities would be able to vote on the (
consolidation proposal, possibly v
within 45 days of the passage of the e
bill. ?
If either side rejects the plan, then
it would die and both communities
! would remain as they are. (
However, if the referendum passes 1
in both communities, all council 1
members in the consolidated s
town?which would still be known as '
Calabash?would be elected by all
registered voters in November. t
Elected council members would F
take office at the first town meeting r
in December when officials at other F
towns are also sworn into office. The d
&ntanu@s Bud
To Cut Tax
remains in effect as long as the property
is used by the county. The coun- p
ty owas the building itself. p
But even if the college were to r
agree to let the county share the E
building, the county board still would E
be faced with deciding which offices t
to locate there. f
Commission Chairman Frankie c
Rabon, Emergency Management
Director Cecil Logan and Smith
respectively mentioned the s
possibilities of using the space for c
Social Services, for Emergency i
Management and a 911 emergency t
telephone system communications p
center or for agencies that may have (
to be moved from the county courthouse
to make room for additional i
court personnel.
Reprimands
and Roberts receiv- being paroled?testil
iion, and it makes us and himself "were |
liented. "I think the 1985 and 1986. Bella
duty to its members social settings with
3S professional as it tified individuals ovt
B
nt attorney general The commission
hearings had asked Boger, Patricia Casi
two-year probation private for five minu
nd a "signal" to the in Bellamy's case,
ilvement will not be The hearing lasti
from Bellamy, as v
was dismissed last John C. Davis, Wilb
:r as was an earlier and Tom Morgan, all
Jr., another Holden torney, William Shel
; Bellamy?pleaded ters of support from
n charge two years Superior Court Judg
nee. The real estate Bellamy, who re:
ing letter. Court after pleading
ty to 12 trafficking- he did not actively
iths in prison before (See cc
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illard Causey collected
fiter winning the Shallotte
er Tournament on his sixth
lent results are on Page 10-C.
36 Pages, 3 Sections
I Favors
Jum
onsolidation would take effect at
lat time.
As proposed, the consolidated town
ould operate under a town manager
)rm of government.
Officials from both areas pointed
ut this week that rejection of the
lan by residents of one community
nd acceptance by the other comrunity
would leave the group willing
d merge at an advantage.
r or instance, it Carolina snores
upports the proposal and Calabash
oters are against it, then Carolina
hores would probably be able to go
hrough with incorporation,
lalabash would likely have to drop
5 plans for annexation of the golf
ourse community.
On the other hand, if residents of
Calabash favor the plan and Carolina
hores voters oppose it, Carolina
hores would have little hope of inorporation
and Calabash would be
t an advantage in terms of possible
nnexation.
Councilman High said Tuesday
hat the proposal will "never pass" in
Calabash and that the town will be
casting its money to hold a special
election for it. An election will cost
ibout $400.
Landis High was the only town
councilman absent from this week's *
neeting, while newcomer Ed Rice
vas sworn in at the start of the sesiion
and later made the motion to put
he consolidation proposal to a vote.
Rice served on the town committee
hat worked out the consolidation
roposal with Carolina Shores
epresentatives during three joint
irivate sessions held before Tueslay's
meeting.
get Work; J
Increase
The five-year capital imirovements
program that Smith pro
tuacu in may iiiciuuca c?i icaai ?pi.j
nillion for a new Social Services
luilding and at least $800,000 for an
Emergency Management/911 faciliy.
The plan would require a 10-cent
iroperty tax rate increase to 64 '2
;ents.
Meals Bid Awarded
In other action Tuesday, commissioners
voted 3-2 to award the annual
:ontract for the Department of Agng's
congregate meals program to
he county cafeteria, despite an apjarently
lower bid from a Southport
catering firm.
Commissioner Grace Beasley
nade the motion to award the bid to
(See BUDGET, Page 2-A)
Roberts
[ied last week that Griffin, Bellamy
partying a lot with it (cocaine)" in
my also admitted using cocaine in
Griffin, Roberts and other uniden:r
a period of "several months."
ellamy's Hearing
members?Elmer Jenkins, Gilbert
ey and Grace Steed?deliberated in
tes before announcing their decision
ed two hours and included testimony
/ell as character witnesses Sheriff
ur Rabon, Roy Trest, Phil Bowling
I of Brunswick County. Bellamy's atII
of Wilmington, also presented let- i
10 other local residents and Resident
e Giles Clark of Elizabethtown.
signed as Brunswick County Clerk of
guilty in August 1987, explained that
enter the real estate business until
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