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STAff PHOTO BY BOS HOUNE THE DIRT for new highways must he packed and repacked before it is ready to accept pavement. This photo has taken at \.C. 130 West. where a traffic signal will he installed, looking south down the new Shallotte by-pass. U.S. 1 7 Fnnr-I rininn Still 3 Y<=*nr<; Awnv ? ? 0 ? ? ? mm ? " ? ? ? ? ? J "mm1 ? ? ? ? ?I II ? ??I? m m * * ? g (Continued From Page 1-A) have traffic on it Sept. 1. Wl and it looks like we'll he prcity dose to hitting that date." Pope said. ?Four-Iaiiing U.S. 17 fioin Sup ply to the Shallottc by-pass, 5. IS miles. The project is scheduled to be let in April 1991, with construc tion beginning after that date and a scheduled completion date probably two to three years after the project is let. according to Joe Blair. DOT Rights of way are still being pur chased. he said. ?Shallottc by-pass, approximately five miles in length. Pope says the contractor, Pnipst Construction of Concord, has finished the grading and has completed approximately -10 percent of the paving. ?Four-laning of U.S. 17 from the Shallottc by-pass to just south of N.C. 904, 5.42 miles. The project is scheduled U) be let in June 1991, with the purchase of rights of way scheduled to be completed before ih?>t /hio 31air siiiJ scheduled completion date probably would be in the neighborhood of two years from June 1991. ?Four-lgning r\f IJ C J 7 froin JUS' south of N.C. 9(U to the South Carolina line, 6.14 miles. This pro ject also should be let in June 1991, with a scheduled completion date that probably will coincide with the one above, Blair said. Gordon Bordeaux, DOT division right-of-way agent, said right-of way acquisition "is progressing on schedule and should be finished be fore the bj'^s arc schcduicd to be let" on the three projects that have not yet been let. Hurricane Bertha Causes Minor Beach Erosion (Continued From Page 1-A) 1 lurricanc Bertha passed oft North Carolina Sunday 325 miles east of Cape Hattcras with maxi mum sustained winds of 75 mph. said Chuck Holtyingcr of the Na tional Weather Service in Wilming ton. The hurricane was moving north east at 15 mph when it passed off North Carolina. It was downgraded to a tropical storm and located 450 miles southwest of Nova Scotia as of Tuesday morning, Holt/inger said. Logan said he began tracking the storrr. Thursday, when it was only a tropical depression and said the National Hurricane Center in Miami told him Friday the storm probably would not make landfall because of a low-pressure system with winds from the north that would blow it out to sea. By 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Logan said, he was "real sure" Bertha wouldn't make landfall in Bruns wick County. Although it didn't come close to shore. Bertha did causc larger than normal waves over the weekend. There was some minor beach ero sion. Waves washed over some iow-iy ing dunes at the southwest tip of Bald Head Island at high tide "It gives you an uneasy feeling in your stomach when they start talking about latitude and longitude and wind speed" ?Wallace Martin Bald Head Island town manager Sunday afternoon but didn't cause erosion, said Town Manager Wallace Martin. "It was one of those real gentle things," Martin said. "The water came over the dunes but it didn't wash anything away." Bald Head Island officials were keeping a close watch on Bertha. "We were watching it. because we had been warned that we could ex pert higher than normal waves," Martin said. "We keep a constant check on that sort of thing." Holden Beach Building Inspector Pw ight Cam)!! said there was some minor beach erosion but none of the dunes eroded. The town's hurricane evacuation teams were put on alert Saturday night, Carroll said, but the alert was dropped when the hurricane passed. Ocean Isle Beach Building Inspector Druietl Roberson said no beach erosion had been reported. The town usually doesn't run its wastewater treatment plant over the weekend, but Robcrson said it was run all weekend to keep wastewater levels as low as possible in case the hurricane made landfall. "That was die only preparation the town made," he said. There was tut erosion reported at Oak Island. Bill Montgomery, inter im public works director at Long Beach, said. "We lucked out real good. As a matter of fact, we gained a lot of sand." Martin, who said Bald Head Island has just about recovered from the damage done by Hurricane Hugo last September, said he was glad when Bertha passed by the North Carolina coast well offshore. "It gives you an uneasy leeling in your stomach when they start talk ing about latitude and longitude and wind speed," he said. Vp+arinnrinn M on I I ncoc I i/-r?r?rrk ? Ui\^i ii ivi ? ? v< ? i i ^v^vii O O O Ll\w WI I o V_* The South Carolina Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners has revoked Dr. Kenneth Neal's license for one year. The 7-1 vote came at the board's June 29 meeting, said Sam Swine hart, administrator. The decision was based on Neal's March 19 con viction in Brunswick County Dis trict Court on four misdemeanor counts of cruelly to animals. Following his conviction, Neal had relocated his practicc from Calabash to Horry County, S.C. The N.C. Veterinary Medical Board revoked Neal's license for three years in June. He initially ob tained a stay of llial order, allow ing him to practicc in the state until his appeal of that decision could be heard. However, approximately Uiree weeks ago, the state board en tered an order, with Neal's consent, that bars him from practicing in North Carolina until his appeal goes to court. Neal has received an extension for filing his appeal in Wake County Superior Court, according to Gcor gc Hcarn, attorney for the N.C. vet erinary board. Since his conviction, Neal has filed for personal banruptcy. This month the building that formerly ?housed the Calabash Animal Hos pital, ils equipment and Neal's resi dence were up for sale at auction. Neal has also filed noticc of ap peal of the decision by the South Carolina board. In one year's time he may apply to regain his South Carolina license. However, Swinchart said Neal would have to prove to the board why he should gel the license back. '"Hie board would determine what he would have to do to show he should be rcliccnscd," she said. "If he were to be rcliccnsed, then he would be on five years of probation from the date the Itccnsc was is sued." In the order announcing its deci sion, the South Carolina board wrote: "The board considers the convictions on four separate charges of cruelly to animals to be an ex tremely serious mailer. In fact, a ! HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO TUT nmin<tiin/t|/ ^ nri/*Aii lilt bl\UIMDWItl\^DCMWUIM POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 AND GET ISLAND LIVING, TOO! ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr. Citizen In Brunswick County J6 30 J5 30 NC Sales Tax 32 .27 Postage Charge 3 68 3 68 TOTAL 10.30 9.25 Elsewhere in North Carolina J6 30 J5 30 N C. Sales Tax .32 .27 Postage Charge 8 18 8 18 TOTAL 14.80 13.75 Outside North Carolina Jb 30 J5.30 Postage Charge 9 65 9.65 TOTAL 15.95 14 95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name Address City, State ?'P conviction for a single charge of cruclty to animals is extremely dis turbing in the context of a veterinar ian's ethical and professional rela tionship to the animals he treats. "It is difficult, in fact, to imagine a more serious charge against a vet erinarian than that of cruelty, which, in concept, is the antithesis of the conduct one should expect of a vet erinarian." Neal has an unlisted phone num ber. Neither he nor his attorney, Howard Kramer, could be reached for commenL Leland Teen Killed In Wreck A Lclaiiu tccn-agcr was kilicu when he lost control of his car and struck a tree and utility pole in Columbus County Sunday night, ac cording to a stale Highway Patrol report. Scott Edward Clifton Clark, 17, was driving east on Secondary Road 1820 about 13 miles cast of Bolton about 11:15 p.m. when he lost con trol of the car, running off the right side and hitting the tree and pole, according to the report. Travis Daniel Pitlman, 16, also of Leland, was treated and released at New 1 iuiiovcr Memorial Hospital, according to a hospital spokesper son. THE BRUNSWICK j^BEACON Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallotte, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year S10.30 Six Months S5.50 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year S14.80 Six Months $7.85 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year S15.95 Six Months S8.35 Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Shallotte, N.C 28459 USPS 777-780 Arlor\+_A_Hinh\A/n\/ Prnnrnm ? % ^ ? f ? ? ? ? Vj ? ? v f VI J ? ? V ? ? ? Has Leveled Off In County BY IH)B HORNK The growth of the Adopt-A Highway program in Brunswick County has leveled off somewhat this year, according to the state Dc poruncnt of Transportation coordi nator of the program. Steve Zandy. "Brunswick County was a little slow to get started with the pro gram," Zandy said. "Then when signs began going up in the beach areas, the program began to grow steadily. Now, it's sort of leveled off." Zandy said that as of June 1, the most-current report available, there were 102 groups in Brunswick County that had adopted 225 miles of highway. That number is up about 12 since the first of the year, he said. Of those 102, there are 45 busi nesses, 17 church groups, 18 civic clubs, four school groups, two pro fessional groups, five families, six community associations and five government groups, Zandy said. Since February, participating urounc h'tt'r* r*/>1 or! 1 A(V) fif ??? ?>u|.?? iM?% V %>? IVV ICAJ I l1 ui trash in Brunswick County, accord ing to Zandy. But, Zandy says, he would like to see more involvement in the pro gram from Brunswick County. The county has 757 miles of highway, he said, although he adds that not all of those miles arc adoptable. "Wc usually don't go into subdi visions," he said, "because someone might get upset at us for putting a sign in their subdivision. Some of the secondary roads (which repre sent 508 of the total miles) would be in subdivisions." The best coverage in the county is in the Southport-Oak Island area, Zandy said. "And U.S. 17 is well covered from Bolivia down," he said. "We've also had good re sponse in the Shallottc and Lcland areas. And most of 211 from Supply to Southport is covorcd." The most-glaring uncovered area in the county is U.S. 17 north of Bolivia, because it is a large uncov ered area of a primary highway, he said. However, Zandy also has a major concern for the lesser-traveled areas of the county. "Oncc you get off the primary highway system and heavier-travel ed secondary roads, participation drops off," he said. "That's where your church groups, community or ganizations and families come in." i r> >nT Mujr i A HIGHWAY WINDY D0'N ? STAFF r?IOTO BY BOB HO?Nt THIS SIGN on lloones Neck Road marks a stretch of high way that has been adopted. Zandy said he would like lo sec more participation from those groups in the county, as well as from business and industry. Participating groups u^rcc to pscSc up roadside trash at least four times a year (once a quarter) on both sides . .f - J f-- - j:~? ? ,u.,i noii'il KJk UiC lOtlu iu? <1 ut.Nuuiwc uiai ly is about 2 miles in length. LX)T will provide trash hags and brightly colored vests that participants can wear while picking up trash DOT also will pick up the filled bags and haul them off from the roadside and will install signs identifying adopt ed areas of road and the organiza tions that adopted them. Anyone interested in obtaining more information about the Adopt A-Highway program can call Zandy at 1-919-343-0440 in Wilmington and he will forward a packet of in formation. State Prepared To Issue Permit For New Marina (Pnntiniiprl From Pupp 1 - A) O buill in a scclion of the lower Lock wood Folly River that traditionally has yielded some of the best shell fish harvests in Brunswick County. Fishermen said construction of the marina would resuit in more pollution in the river, which has been closed to shellfish harvesting frequently over the past two years due to unsafe levels of bacteria. Needing more information on sewage treatment plans, Channel Side's permit application was put on "administrative hold" in September 19XX and remained in limbo until April when new plans were turned in. There are no plans for wastewater treatment facilities at the Genoa Point Boat Basin, according to a form submitted with the permit ap plication. There would be no toilets, showers or "pump-out" facilities for docked boats. The form also says the depth of the marina channel would increase from the boat ramp to the channel entrance and there would be no con struction at the channel's mouth. These two factors, it says, are ex pected to promote Hushing of the basin and reduce negative ei ictus on water quality. To create the upland basin, the form says approximately 2,5(X) cu bic yards of material would have to be excavated, but no wetlands would be destroyed. Water runoff, which slate offi cials have identified as one of the most likely sources of pollution in Lockwood Folly River, would be directed through vegetative filters prior to entering any surface waters. Natural vegetative buffers, seed ing, mulching and silt fencing would be used to control erosion. No fuel facilities arc planned at the boat basin, according to the form. Based on plans for the marina, there will be no automatic closure of shellfish waters if and when it is built, said George Gilbert, assistant director of the N.C. Shellfish Sanitation program. With 26 boat slips, a maximum boat length of 21 feet and no marine heads. Gilbert said the state would have to sample waters and find high levels of bactcria before the area could be closed to shellfishing. Gilbert said there's no way to predict whether construction and operation of the nuxfinu wuuiu cic~ ate pollution and force the state to close nearby shellfish waters. If area residents are interested in restoring the river, however, he said there need to be limits on all kinds ui activity aiong the shoreline. 'The Lockwood Folly itself has been such a fragile system for so long that anything at all, no matter what it is, is not going to help the situation down there," Gilbert said. Near-Normal Weather Expected Typical midsummer weather is in the forecast for the South Bruns wick Islands. Shalloue Point meteorologist Jackson Canady said both tempera tures and rainfall should he near normal over the next few days. Temperatures should average near 70 degrees at night, rising to around 90 degrees during the daytime. "We'll have about three quarters of an inch of rain, hopefully," he said. I hat wasn i the ease for the pen od of July 24-30, when Canady rccordcil .39 of an inch of rainfall in his backyard gauge. For lhal same period, the average daiiy temperature was 82 degrees, about two degrees above the aver age for the period. It was nudged upward by a maxi mum high of 93 degrees reached not once, but four times, on the 23rd, 24th. 2yih :tnd 30ih The minimum nightly low was 70 degrees, recorded on the 26th and 30th. *6 Hcnej/! 579-8984 Greeting Cards fle Qifls Pelican Square Certcr, ftwy 904 Inexl to no. rood lion) Seaside i ?MC DucK Stamp fk n.C Magnolia 4. // ? Stamp T-shirts $ 1 3-$ 1 4-.50 ?Musical Sand Dollars for cjrunclciuucjlii^r^ cC special people $7.50 each. ?T/t/e Clocks 'Stuffed Animals ?Qrccting Cards ?Gift Wrap -Host Cards ?Candles Open Monday-Sa4i?day IOB, Sunctoy 1-6 QE The Bakery at The Cockle Shell Sourdough & French Bread Bagels ? Doughnuts Assorted Pastries Special Occasion Cakes ^ . MON-FRI The rrvrl/ln Cockle Shell SAT & SUN 8-8 HOLDEN BEACH CAUSEWAY 842-6030 f ?1 L.o harper Subjects Wanted By Lawmen The Brunswick County Sheriff's Department and Shallotic Policc Department arc among law enforce ment agencies in at least three states that have warrants out on two peo ple who may be residing in the area. Authorities from North and South Carolina and Virginia arc in search of a man and woman wanted for questioning for fraud, obtaining property by false pretense and forg ery and uttering, said Shallotte Po iice chief Kodney uausc. Subjects arc Gertrude Elizabeth Swoopc, also known as Elizabeth Harper or Elizabeth Alcorn, and Michael Willis Harper, also known as Mike Harper. Budi suujccis arc white and ap proximately 45 years old. The wo man has blonde hair and a fair com plexion, and the man has brown hair, Gausc said. The two people are known to de fraud banks by depositing checks to open accounts and drawing money out of the account before the banks find out the deposited checks arc worthless. They also arc known to defraud real estate companies, Gause said. The subjects were last seen leav ing Shallotte July 2 in a silver 1985 Chevrolet that was later reported stolen. Anyone with information on the two subjects can call the Shallotte Policc Department at 754-6(X)8 or Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart ment at 253-4321. Brunswick Business Service Business Forms (Carbon & carbonless) Business Cards Newsletters / ^ ^ & Booklets ' " V-w Tickets /!f^^ Labels ^ | tlm Rubber Stamps Personal & Business Stationary 1 Wedding Invitations & Napkins Shipping Service FAX ? Copies CiMO Tut I Mam St., Shallotte 754-8300 Muy. 211. Southport. 457-4565
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