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Seated atop an old tire, a colorful kitten spena? icent after
noon checking out activity at the docks in Cuutbash. Who
knows? He may have been waiting for a fishing boat to deliver
his next meal, fresh from the sea.
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Northern Towns End Dispute,
Agree To Pay Own Legal Fees
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An expensive battle between
Leland and Belville over rights to
the Village Road business district
appears to be over.
Belville Mayor Kenneth Mcsser
confirmed Tuesday that the town is
dropping its efforts to annex an area
that includes Clairmont Plaza and
Leland Shopping Center and adja
cent property.
Belville had had 30 days in
which to appeal award of the tract
to Leland by Superior Court Judge
Dexter Brooks in a judgment filed
Jan. 19. That period ended Tuesday.
In that judgment. Brooks also de
clared that Belville would be
charged the costs of the legal action.
However, in exchange for
Belville agreeing to drop pursuit of
the annexation. Mayor Messcr and
Leland Mayor Russell Baldwin said
Tuesday that the two towns have
agreed to each pay their own costs
so as to end the dispute and on nn
with business.
"It's not settled until after 5 p.m.
today," Baldwin noted. "But assum
ing that it is, we've got our hands
full trying to get organized. This has
taken a lot of time."
Neither Messcr nor Baldwin was
sure how much the dispute has actu
ally cost the respective towns.
Leland has not yet received a bill
from the Raleigh law firm of
Womble Caiiyle, Sandridge & Rice.
"It's going to be expensive, I
know," said Baldwin, adding that
the town hopes to get donations to
offset some of the cost and will take
the rest from its budget.
Leland's town attorney is A.A.
Canoutas of Wilmington.
Belville, whose town attorney is
Jim Smith, hired Wilmington attor
ney William OJ. Lynch as its coun
sel in the annexation dispute.
Belville first began considering
the area in question for involuntary
or voluntary annexation approxi
mately a year ago in response to in
terest by some property owners and
businesses in tapping on to a pro
posed sewer system and in obtain
ing the right to sell alcoholic bever
ages. At that time, Belville had an
ABC system while unincorporated
areas of the county were dry. Since
then, in November, voters approved
countywide alcohol sales.
Belville's interest helped to spark
formation of the Leland Civic
Association formed, with one of its
croals inr.nmoratinn r?f that rnmrnn.
nity. Efforts to incorporate Leland
had failed several times previously.
In a dispute peppered with debate
over technicalities and procedural
questions, Leland obtained legisla
tion allowing it to hold a vote on in
corporation last Sept. 12. Ceiville
rcacica oy aujusting its annexation
schedule to allow the town board to
vote on the matter the same day
Leland voters went to the polls.
Belville voted to annex; Leland
voted to incorporate. The new town
and several property owners in the
disputed area then sought a declara
tory judgment interpreting the state
legislation that had been passed io
allow Leland to incorporate.
The legislation had said Leland
could incorporate the business dis
trict if the area was not annexed
"prior to" a favorable vote by resi
dents of the area.
Belville's governing board adopt
ed its annexation ordinance at 6:03
p.m. Sept. 12, before the polls in
Leland closed but after residents
hart hri?n voting throughout the. day
Also, the board specified that the
annexation would take effect at a
later date, not as of the 12th.
Brooks ruled that the ordinance
shoijM have been boll? sdoptcd 2nd
made effective no later than Sept.
11 in order to meet the legislative
intent of "prior to".
While the town hopes to receive
several donations to help pay its le
gal fees in the dispute, Baldwin said
the town does have money in the
bank. Leland received its first sales
tax distribution chcck Friday for
$56,692.50.
"It actually exceeded our expec
tations," said Baldwin. "We plan to
spend it wisely and carefully. And,
of course, we do have to pay our le
gal fees."
Tabby Cat Is
'Pet Of Week'
A female gray and white tabby
cat is among the "Pets of the Week"
up for adoption at the Brunswick
County Animal Shelter, according
to Supervisor Zelma Babson.
The domestic short-haired cat is
two years old and has been spayed.
Other available pets include a one
year-old, male mixed collie and a
three-year-old, male pit bull.
Those animals and others can be
seen Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the animal shel
ter off N.C. 211 south of Supply.
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Mike Neely of Mocksville takes advantage of sunny skies and a steady breeze last week to fly a kite at the east end ofHolden Reach.
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575 Brunswick Applicants
The U.S. Census Bureau contin
ues to have a difficult time finding
enough Brunswick County appli
cants to work on the 1990 Census,
according to assistant recruitment
manager Lionel M. Whitney.
Some 575 local applicants arc
needed to work on two six- to eight
week census projects beginning in
mid-March and mid-April, Whitney
said. Workers will be paid S6 per
hour and be reimbursed 24 cents per
mile for automobile expenses.
Applicants must pass a short
written test and must be United
States citizens. They should be at
raisi lo ycai.s uiu, aiiiiuugii high
school seniors who have a driver's
license and car will be considered.
According to Whitney, applicant
testing is underway at the following
sites through March:
Humane Society
Slates Benefit
The Grand Strand Humane
Society will hold its sixth annual
benefit, "Puttin' On The Dog Fash
ion Show and Auction," Sunday,
March 4, from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.,
at the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Hilton.
Admission price is a S30 dona
tion to the humane society. Proceeds
from the event will go to help feed,
shelter, spay/neuter, heal and help
find homes for lost and stiay ani
mals brought to shelters in Horry
County, S.C.
According to Co-chairmen Roz
Burkart and Teressa Dew, the hu
mane society hopes donations will
exceed the $12,000 raised by last
year's fashion show and auction.
The society is a major funding
source for the county's two animal
shelters.
The fashion show, sponsored by
the Country Club Shoppe at Pine
Lakes International Country Club,
will center on the theme, "April In
Paris." Tickets for the event are on
sale in Horry County at the Country
Club Shoppe, B. Redman Florist,
Northside Pharmacy and both ani
mal shelters. For more information,
contact Burkhart at (803) 272-6894.
? Brunswick Community Col
lege, U.S. 17, Supply, Fridays at 1
p.m. and 3 p.m.
? Southport City Hall, Moore
Street, Southport, Tuesday at 9 a.m.
and 11 a.m.
? Long Beach Recreation Center,
East Oak Island Drive, Long Beach,
Wednesday at 9 a.m. and 1 1 a.m.
? Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corporation, N.C. 179, Shal
lotte, Mondays at 9 a.m. and 1 1 a.m.
? Hood Creek Community Buil
ding, N.C. 87 South, Lcland, Tues
days at 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
? Calabash Volunteer Fire De
partment, Persimmon Street, Cala
bash, Thursdays at 9 a. in. and ii
a.m.
? Public Assembly Building.
U.S. 17, Bolivia, Fridays at 1 p.m.
a"?d 3 p.m.
? Lcland Sanitary' District office,
Navassa Road, Lcland, Wednesdays
at 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
? Boiling Spring Lakes Volunte
er Fire Department, N.C. 87, Boil
ing Spring Lakes, Wednesdays at 7
p.m.
Results from the 1990 Census
will be used to reapportion scats in
the U.S. House of Representatives,
state legislatures and many local
governing bodies, according to the
bureau.
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Tickets for a March 15 perfor
mance of the Tulsa Ballet Theatre at
Thalian Hall Center, Wilmington,
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The event ? part of the center's two
week reopening celebration ? is
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