County Invites Input On
911 Road-Naming Project
BY RAIIN ADAMS
Question: Docs Horse ford Road
intersect with Blueberry Farm
Road? Answer Yes . . . and no.
Actually, those two Shallottc area
roads ? which do intersect ? are of
ficially known as Avenue Road and
Hale Swamp Road, respectively,
even though many local residents
don't like the official name in the
former ease and persist on using the
unofficial name in the latter case.
Those arc two road names about
which the Brunswick County Plan
ning Board ana county commission
ers are seeking public input in a sc
ries of workshops to be held across
the county beginning Tuesday.
However, the main purpose of the
workshops is to help the county up
date its road-name ordinance- ? an
important step in getting ready for a
911 emergency telephone system
here.
Commissioners Chairman Gene
Pinkerton said last Thursday that
the county hopes to complete the
road-naming project by mid-March,
so that the county planning depart
ment can proceed with a county
wide house-numbering project,
which also is necessary for 9 1 1 .
According to Planning Director
John Harvcv. the workshop sched
ule is as follows:
? Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m.,
at Sea Trail's Tavern on. the Tee in
District 1; and at Bolivia Town Hall
in District 4.
? Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m.,
at the Waccamaw Community
Building in District 1.
? Monday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m.,
at Ml Pisgah Baptist Church in Dis
trict 2; and at the Lcland Sanitary
District officc in District 5.
? Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 6:30 p.m.,
at the Southport-Oak Island Cham
of Commerce in District 3.
i --Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 6:30
p.m., at the Hood Creek Commun
ity Building in District 5.
With the ej^eption of the Feb. 12
workshop at Mt. Pisgah Baptist
Church, planning department repre
sentatives will be on hand at the
meeting sites from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
on the days of the workshops, to al
low interested individuals to review
maps and proposed road names in
advance. A planner will be at the
Lockwood Folly Community Build
ing Feb. 12 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The planning department has
worked on the road-naming project
for more than a year, to ensure that
there arc no duplicated road names
within the county's 13 postal zones.
The effort does not involve road
ways within municipalities and their
extraterritorial areas.
Planner Torn Birmingham, who
has handled much of the project, in
dicated Tuesday that the road-nam
ing update mainly involves private
roads whose names arc not included
in the county's official list of state
roads.
Sincc an "Enhanced 911" system
provides tclecommunicators with
callers' street addresses, all roads ?
public and private ? must be named,
and they cannot duplicate each oth
er within postal zones.
Local postal zones include Ash,
Bolivia, Calabash, Leland, Long
wood, Oak Island, Rcigciwood,
Ocean Isle Beach, Shallottc, South
port, Sunset Beach, Supply and
Winnabow.
"A lot of them (private road
names) won't be afTcctcd," Birm
ingham said. "We use the existing
name where it doesn't duplicate an
other road." He noted, though, that
many private roads in the county
never had names until now.
Birmingham indicated that Ave
nue Road ? which runs from Hale
Swamp Road to Bricklanding Road
? is the only state road that is being
considered for a name change, due
to complaints about the name since
the county's road-name ordinance
was First passed in 1981. The road
was previously called Horseford
Road, he added.
At a meeting last Thursday, Har
vey also told commissioners that
they may want to consider changing
the names of other roads that arc
possibly better known by their unof
ficial names. Hale Swamp Road
(Blueberry Farm Road) and Ocean
Isle Beach Road (Four-Mile Road)
were two examples.
911 Service Charges Expected
In August
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pcctcd to pass at their regular meet
ing Monday, the 50-cent monthly
surcharge would be added to resi
dential and commercial telephone
bills in Brunswick County begin
ning in August. The two phone
companies would collect the 911
charges and turn them over to
Brunswick County, which will keep
the funds in an interest-bearing ac
count until the estimated $243,000
cost of installing the system is due
in January 1992.
interim County Manager David
Clegg told the gathering Monday
Chat municipalities should pass sim
ilar ordinances in support of the 911
surcharge by the end of February.
State law requires at least a 120-day
waiting period before the charge
can be levied.
Fuller said the 50-cent charge
will generate approximately
$238,000 during the 17-month peri
od beginning in August. The re
maining $5,000 will corr.c either
from interest or a $500,000 account
that commissioners already have
budgeted for 911 -related expenses.
After installation costs arc paid,
the charge will be used to cover the
system's estimated 514,000 per
month operating costs. With 28,000
subscribers in Brunswick County,
the monthly charge will generate
approximately that amount
'The smaller the county, the
higher the cost per subscriber line,"
Fuller noted. "As the county grows
and you get more telephone sub
scribers, it is very likely that this
50-cent cost could be reduced." For
example, he said some other month
ly 911 surcharges in eastern Norih
Carolina are 12 cents in Wake
County, 56 cents in Pender County
70 rnptc in SCCllST.d CcUHty.
Aiso, Southern Bell estimates
that Brunswick County will have
32,000 telephone subscribers by
January 1992. While that increase
would generate more funds, the
monthly operations cost also would
rise by about $200 per 1,000 new
subscribers, Fuller said.
Passed last July by the N.C. Gen
eral Assembly, the Public Safety
Telephone Service Act allows the
surcharge to be used for most instal
laiion- and operations-related 911
expenses "except personnel and
anything on wheels," Fuller said.
The law prescribes that the charge
also cannot be used for "the lease or
purchase of real estate (or) cosmetic
remodeling of emergency dispatch
centers..."
According to Fuller, "Enhanced
911" systems are currently used in
10 counties across the state, includ
ing Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford,
Gaston, Buncombe, Iredell, Rowan,
Catawba, Haywood and Cleveland.
Systems aiso arc being installed in
nine other counties besides Bruns
wick, including Pender, Wayne,
Scotland Qrangp. Henderson CTcdd
well, Burke, Rutherford and For
syth.
"Enhanced 911" differs from a
regular 911 system in that no verbal
communication with a lelccommu
nicator is necessary after the caller
dials the three-digit number. Sec
onds after the telephone connection
is made at a 911 PSAP, programmed
information on the caller's location
flash onto the telecommunicator's
computer terminal.
SWf PHOTO ?Y DOUG tUTTf R
Yoger Receives Award
Shallotte Police Sgt. Chuck B. Yager, right, accepts the 1989
Officer of the Year Award last Thursday from Police Chief
Rodney Gause. The award is given annually to the police officer
who has demonstrated outstanding service and dedication to the
force.
Oyster Season To Close Early
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so hard to meet the quota that they
take undersized oysters. "We feel
this lets the fishermen make money
but stili protects the resource."
Annie Smigiel, president of the
local conservation group Save Our
Shellfish, said she was pleased with
the stricter limits on harvesting.
While many fishermen think the
five-bushel limit is too low, she said
it will help preserve the resource
and should drive the price of oysters
higher.
"I think they (state officials) arc
beginning to realize that if they
don't limit it we'll have nothing left
to harvest," she said. "That should
have been done years ago."
ishmaci Chadwick, whose family
runs a seafood house at Shell Point,
agrees. "It'll give the oysters a
chance to grow. They'll get a better
quality oyster and more money
too."
Mrs. Smigiel said closing the sea
son early won't affect sheilfisher
mcn such as herself who work
primarily in Lockwood Folly River.
The river b,2? ia Kor.
vesting for most of the oyster sea
son due to pollution.
Chadwick, who lives on the Shal
lotte River, also approves of the ear
ly closure. "I'm with them 100 per
cent. They've got to give the oysters
a chance to reproduce."
Rich Carpenter, southern district
manager for Marine Fisheries, said
most local shellfishermen he spoke
with last week had no complaint
about the season closing early.
However, he said many think a dai
ly limit of seven or eight bushels
would be better than five.
"They've been saying il won't be
worth the trip if they're limited to
five bushels a person," said Carpen
ter. "But five bushels now is?better
than nothing later."
One reason given for the poor
oyster season is the suspension of
the state's oyster relay program in
which fishermen move oysters from
polluted to clean waters where they
can later be harvested.
The presence of two oyster-kil
ling parasites in local rivers pre
vented the state from offering the
program last spring and fall. Car
penter said otticials hope to start up
the oyster relay again this spring.
Clarification
The uiiiic report in the Jan. 25
edition of The Brunswick Beacon
inadvertently stated that the Bruns
wick County Sheriff's Department
received a report Jan. 19 of a break
in ai a mobile home in Ray's Trailer
Park near Holden Beach.
A report on file at the sheriff's
department indicates that the mobile
home in question is located off the
Holden Beach causeway near Ray's
Trailer Park.
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Continued Mild
Temps Forecast
Mild weather conditions enjoyed
in the Shalloue area over the past
few weeks are expcctcd to continue
at least through the weekend, ac
cording to Shallottc Point meteorol
ogist Jackson Canady.
Temperatures over the next sever
al days should remain above nor
mal, averaging from the low 40s at
night to the low 60s during the day.
Rainfall is expcctcd to be near nor
mal at about one-half inch.
Canady said the National Wea
ther Service Tuesday issued its 30
and 90-day extended weather out
looks; both long-range forecasts
callcd for mainly above average
temperatures in southeastern Nuri.ii
Carolina. "But that's not to say we
won't get more cold weather," add
ed Canady.
For the period of Jan. 23 through
29, the daily average temperature in
the Shalloue area was 52 degrees,
which Canady said was six degrees
above average.
The daily average high tempera
ture was 64 degrees, and the nightly
average low temperature was 40 de
grees.
The maximum high temperature
for the period was 73 degrees on
Jan. 29. The minimum low tempera
ture was 25 degrees on Jan. 27.
Canady measured 0.29 of an inch
of rain during the seven-day period.
Mobile Office To
Visit Brunswick
Congressman Charles Rose's mo
bile office will visit Brunswick
County three times in February and
March, giving local residents an op
portunity to talk with his staff about
any concerns.
Area residents who are having
problems with government agencies
or who have questions or opinions
about federal legislation arc invited
to talk with a staff member.
The mobile office will be set up
at the following locations: Shallotte
Post Office, Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-l
p.m.; Supply Post Office, Feb. 27, 9
a.m.-ll a.m.; Bolivia Post Office,
Feb. 27, 12 noon-2 p.m.; Southport
Post Office, March 27, 10 a.m.-l
p.m.
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Carolina Shores
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To Decide Street Maintenance Issue
Carolina Shores landowners will
learn if maintenance of their roads
will be offered to the Town of Cala
bash at the annual property owners
association meeting Saturday.
The meeting starts at 1 p.m. at the
Carolina Shores clubhouse, said
Robert Noe, manager of the Caro
lina Shores Property Owners Asso
ciation (CSPOA). Other business on
Saturday's agenda is the election of
four people to the board of direc
tors.
Noe said ballots concerning re
sponsibility for road and ditch
maintenance recently were mailed
to property owner: and will be ac
cepted up until the time of the annu
al meeting. Two-thirds of the lot
owners voting must approve of the
streets and ditches being turned
over to Calabash for the measure to
pass.
If property owners approve the
transfer. Calabash Commissioners
would still have the final word. The
town board would have to formally
accept the streets and ditches before
Calabash would be responsible for
maintenance.
The issue of transferring respon
sibility for streets and ditches is a
result of last August's referendum
in which voters from the old Town
of Calabash and the neighboring
community of Carolina Shores ap
proved a merger of the two areas
into one municipality.
The CSPOA Board of Directors
has recommended that Calabash
take over maintenance of the streets
and ditches. The POA doesn't re
ceive state Powell Bill money for
the streets, but the town would re
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ceive funds if it took over mainte
nance.
Noe said the POA spends about
$120,000 per year to maintain the
15.5 miles of streets and nine miles
of ditches in Carolina Shores.
Calabash budgeted $15,655 this
fiscal year for its streets department,
which is about one-eighth as much
as Carolina Shores spends on street
and ditch maintenance in an average
year.
Noe said several Carolina Shores
residents have questioned him about
Calabash taking over maintenance
of the roads. "I've had a few people
say they didn't know if it was a
good idea or not," said Noc. "I think
it will pass without any problem."
Also at Saturday's meeting, re
sults of the board of directors elec
tion will be announced. Ballots
were mailed to lot owners and will
be accepted up to the time of the
meeting.
Noe said four scats on the seven
member board are up for election
this year. The terms of Darrell
Peters and Ken Lyons will expire.
Bob Cook and A1 Smith are resign
ing.
Lyons is seeking re-election to
the board. The five other candidates
for the vacant scats are Darwin
Whipkey, John Myers, Jack Brady,
Ann Hierman and Marci Rochcl
Gianni. All terms are for two years.
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