School System Calls On Shallotte
To Meet High School Sewer Needs
BY DOUG RUTTER
With expansion of the Shallottc scwer plant just a
few weeks short of completion, county school officials
are once again asking the town to help relieve wastewa
ter treatment problems at West Brunswick High School.
Due to overloading and other circumstances, there
have been problems at the school's sewer plant for
more than a year, said Mike Williams, environmental
specialist with the N.C. Division of Environmental
Management in Wilmington.
He said the high school has been unable to consis
tently comply with the terms and conditions of its dis
charge permit. In particular, Williams said the school
hasn't aiways complied with the "chemical parameters"
in the permit.
Irene Webb, who operates wastewater treaunent fa
cilities at the county schools including the small pack
age plant at West Brunswick, said the school has simply
outgrown its sewage plant.
The facility is about 15 years old, she said, and it was
designed to handle the waste generated by about 400
students ? the number that attended West Brunswick
when the plant was constructed. The high school now
has about 900 students and the plant cannot handle the
waste.
"It's not built for that many people," said Ms. Webb.
"Every time there's a breakdown it's very costly."
"We're not obligated to take
on the school system outside
the city limits
? Wilton Harrelson
Shallotte Alderman
Another problem with the plant, she said, is that it
operates only while school is in session ? about eight
hours per day. Since the plant depends on bacteria to
consume the waste, Ms. Webb said she has to "feed"
the bacteria five to 10 pounds of dry dog food each day
to keep it alive while the plant is not operating.
Officials with the school system and the state say the
quickest and least expensive solution from the school's
point of view is to connect to Shallotte 's sewer system.
Bill Turner, assistant superintendent of operations for
county schools, estimated that it would cost about
S25.000 to tie on to the town sewer system. It would
cost at least 550,000, he said, to upgrade the high
school's existing plant if the state approved it.
Shallotte officials, however, are hesitant about com
mitting valuable wastewater treatment capacity to the
school and getting relatively little in return. The town
would collect monthly sewer fees from the school, but
would not collect taxes on th? county facility.
Following a brief discussion of the request at their
regular meeting last Wednesday, Shallotte Aldermen
decided to postpone any decision until they receive
more information from school officials.
Shallotte presently provides water service to the high
school. But town officials have been reluctant in the
past to extend sewer service outside the town limits be
cause of the town's limited sewage treatment capacity.
Within the next few weeks, town employees should
complete improvements at the sewer plant that would
allow treatment of another 86,000 gallons of wastewa
ter per day. That would bring the total plant capacity to
206,000 gallons per day.
Shallotte officials pointed out last week that the town
recently turned down several annexation requests due to
the town's limited sewage capacity. Annexation of
those areas would have added tax base to the town. But
even if sewer service was extended and the high school
was annexed, the town would not benefit financially
since it cannot tax schools.
"We've turned down some very good annexations be
cause of our sewage capacity," Alderman Wilton
Harrelson said last week. "We're not obligated to take
on the school system outside the city limits."
Mayor Jerry Jones said the town would have to com
mit 10,000 gallons to 15,000 gallons of daily sewage
treatment capacity for the high school.
HaiTclson said the school system should do whatever
it can to reduce the amount of sewage capacity it needs
from the town. He suggested the school system meet
some of the high school's need by using the present
sewage plant and allow the town handle any "over
flow."
"I'm sympathetic to their situation, but 1 think they
should do whatever they can to reduce the demand as
far as possible on our system," said Harrelson.
Williams said his division has not imposed any time
limit on the school system to correct the problem. But
Turner said state officials are expecting some type of
timetable by the end of this month.
Turner said last week he did not expect any problem
hooking onto the town sewer system. "We really didn't
anticipate any snags because the town has the excess
sewage capacity now."
He said the school system has been hoping to tic onto
Shallotte's sewer system for several years. Turner said
the first request was made when Beam on Hewett was
still mayor of Shalloue. Hewett left office in December
1985.
Over the past two years, the town has been unable to
extend sewer service to new users because most of its
sewage treatment capacity has been committed. Turner
said the latest request comes as a direct result of the
sewer plant expansion.
No Foul Play
Found In Death
No foul play was indicated in the
drowning death early Friday of an
elderly New Hanover County wom
an at a Winnabow residence, ac
cording to the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's department reports indi
cate that Pauline C. Bartlctl, 84, of
Wrightsville Beach, drowned Friday
morning in an indoor pool at a
home on Benson Road, Winnabow.
Her body was found around 6 a.m.
by resident Mary Moore.
Mrs. Moore's husband, who was
not identified in the report, told in
vestigators that Ms. Bartlctt had
been employed as his secretary
since 1964. He brought her to stay
at his home last Thursday after
noon, after she suffered a fall at her
Wrightsville Beach residence and
needed assistance.
Ms. Bartlctt was sleeping in the
Moorcs* den, which is located next
to the pool and separated from it by
glass doors. She was asleep around
4:30 am. when family members
checked on her.
Mrs. Moore discovered the
drowning after she heard the fami
ly's dog barking around 6 a.m. and
got up to check the pet, which is
kept in a cagc in the pool area. She
found the victim floating face down
at the deep end of the pool.
Family members performed car
diopulmonary resuscitation but
could not revive the elderly woman.
County Coroner Greg White pro
nounced Ms. Bartlctt dead at the
scene. An autopsy was done Friday
in Jacksonville.
Fatal Shooting Ruled Accidental
A shooting last Wednesday that
claimed the life of a Southport area
boy was ruled accidental by the
Brunswick County Sheriff's De
partment, according to Sheriff John
C. Davis.
Although complete details of the
incident could not be obtained by
Friday, a preliminary report on file
at the sheriff's department indicat
ed that the shooting occurred last
Wednesday afternoon at a Jabber
town Road residence.
The victim was identified as
South Brunswick High School stu
dent Warren Christopher Lanier
Moore, 13, of Jabbcrtown Road.
The accident happened at the home
of a 16-year-old boy whose name
was not provided by authorities.
The sheriff's department was
notified of the shooting last Wed
nesday at 3:30 p.m. When they en
tered the residence, they found
Moore lying in a rear bedroom.
Del. Pam Hunt said the teen was
dead at the scene.
The older boy involved in the
accident told the responding officcr
that he didn't mean to shoot Mo
ore, the report said. The youth also
gave the deputy the 12-gaugc shot
gun involved. No other details of
the accident itself were available
Friday.
Davis told the Beacon Friday that
preliminary results of an autopsy
last Thursday at the Regional Medi
cal Examiner's officc in Jackson
ville were consistent with the sher
iff's department's conclusion that
the shooting was accidental. He
added that the investigation was
CRIME REPORT
closcd, pending receipt of the final
autopsy report
Businesses Entered
The sheriff's department Friday
was investigating break-ins ar\d
thefts that were reported last week
at two Lcland area businesses.
Bruce Smith of W.E. Blackmon
Construction Company told offi
cers that someone entered the
firm's office building on Navassa
Road between 7 p.m. Nov. 13 and
6:15 a.m. Nov. 14. Theft loss and
damages were estimated at $4,1 13.
The intruder gained entry by
breaking out a rear window, then
used a pick and an ax to open two
vending machines and steal about
$40 in change. A chainsaw also
was stolen. The individual also
damaged the building's alarm sys
tem, flattened two tires on a com
pany truck and ran another vehicle
into a gate.
Alonzo Grady of Crowd Pleasure
Lounge on Cedar Hill Road, Le
land, reported that the establish
ment was broken into between 4
p.m. Nov. 13 and 11 a.m. last Wed
nesday.
After prying a padlock off the
front door to get inside, the perpe
trator broke into coin-operated pool
tables and removed approximately
S200-worth of quarters. Food i tents
worth about $10 also were taken.
Other Break-Ins
Freeman E. Hewett of Route 3,
Supply, told deputies that someone
stole property worth $1,200 from
his truck and a storage building at
his residence on Mt. Pisgah Road.
The break-ins happened Nov. 14
between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
An assortment of tools were re
moved from the truck. A set of
truck walking beams and a stereo
were taken from the storage build
ing.
In the same area. Homer L.
Phelps Sr. of Route 3, Supply, re
ported that his mobile home near
the intersection of Mt. Pisgah and
Morgan roads was entered between
1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and 9:30 a.m.
Nov. 13. Theft loss and damage to
a door were estimated at $590.
Items taken included an AM-FM
radio-compact disc player and a
Minolta camera.
James Cross of Route 1, Leland,
told the sheriff's department that
property worth $825 was stolen
from a barn beside his house on
U.S. 74-76. The items were a
Homclite generator and pair of
leather riding chaps. The break-in
happened between 8:30 p.m. Nov.
13 and 7 a.m. Nov. 14.
Two neighbors on Route 1, Le
land, reported break-ins at their
mobile homes, with both incidents
reportedly occurring around Nov.
14 between 7:30 p.m. and 8:15
p.m. David W. Stowell said $75 in
cash was taken from his residence
while he was away for about 30
minutes. James Earl Flowers said a
,308-calibcr Mauser rifle was sto
len from the bedroom of his home
while he was visiting Stowell.
South Carolina Ready For
Annual Christmas Regatta
Boats dccoraled for the holiday
season will light up the inland wa
terway in South Carolina this Sat
urday at the fifth annual Intracoastal
Waterway Regatta.
Ushering in the Christmas season
in a colorful array of lights and dec
orations, the parade of boats will
begin its journey at 4:30 p.m. at
Tilghman's Point in Little River and
travel south on the waterway. The
parade will end at Vereen's Marina
in North Myrtle Bcach with the lead
boat expected to arrive at about 7
p.m.
Boats of various shapes and sizes
are expected to take part in the an
nual holiday event. All of them ?
from the small power boats to elab
orate sailing vessels and yachts ?
will be transformed into holiday
magic with twinkling lights, music
and special effects, a news release
indicated.
Viewing areas for the parade in
clude the Little River docks. Palm
etto Shores Marina, Harbour Gate
Marina, Vcrcen's Marina, North
Myrtle Beach Marina and all water
front restaurants located along the
six-nu!c route. Also, larger com
mercial boats will be taking passen
gers, allowing them to become ac
tive participants in the parade.
Awards for decorations will be
presented to boat captains in five
different categories: Best Decorated
Sailboat; Best Decoratcd Power
Boat (under 27 feet); Best Decorat
cd Power Boat (27-50 feet); Best
Decorated Power Boat (over 50
feet); and Best Decorated Pon
toon/Houseboat.
Winners will be announced and
trophies will given out Sunday at
the awards ceremony at Myrtle
Beach Yacht Club. Captains of all
competing boats will have an op
portunity to win a free vacation to
the Bahamas in a fish bowl draw
ing. The parade entry fee is S25 for
all boats.
The annual regatta is a npn-profit
event, and all proceeds this year
will go to the Horry County Chapter
of the American Red Cross to assist
victims of Hurricane Hugo. The
event is free to the public, but Red
Cross volunteers stationed at vari
ous spectator sites will be asking for
contributions.
To enter a boat in the regatta or
for more information, call Palmetto
Shores Marina at (803)249-4131 or
(803)249-6300.
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DOUBLE VISION
If you have ever experienced
double vision when you were
tired, after taking medication, or
after drinking too much, you
know how disturbing it can be.
Sudden double vision without
any apparent cause is very fright
ening. Regardless of the cause, it
indicates that the two eyes are not
pointing in the same direction.
In the cases of fatigue or drugs
(including alcohol), there is inter
ference with the brain's ability to
control and coordinate the mus
cles. Normally, the symptom will
disappear as soon as the cause is
alleviated, i.e. rest, cessation or
drug intake.
A more serious matter is dou
ble vision which occurs suddenly
and is present at all times. A pos
sible cause could be a small
stroke, hemorrhage, or brain
tumor. In most instances, appro
priate medical treatment will
gradually restore normal vision.
If you experience a sudden onset
of double vision consult your
eyecare practitioner at once.
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from the office of:
Brunswick Vision Care
Chris Moshoures, O.D.
Pine St., Shallotte, 754-4020
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