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PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Visits Home Patient
nep. c. i/avia neawine pieugtu coniinutu suppuii jui expanuiu
stale funding of home health care services following a recent vis
it to Novie Hill (center). She is being treated at home for diabetes
by staff of Comprehensive Home Health Care Inc.'s Supply of
fice, including home health nurse Verdell Darby (right). The visit
was in conjunction with National Home Care Week, Nov. 25-l)ec.
I. Redwine advocates home health care as a cost-effective alter
native to institutional care thai allows patients to recover in a fa
miliar setting.
Ocean Isle Beach POA
Seeks More Members
The Ocean Isle Beach Property
Owners Association has set a goal
of enrolling 1,000 members, or ap
proximately half of the island's
property owners, in the organiza
tion.
At their annual Thanksgiving
weekend meeting Saturday, the
property owners elected new offi
cers for the 1990-91 year and dis
cussed ways to keep supporting the
town's fire and police departments.
The POA now has 814 members,
an increase of approximately 100
new members from last year, said
Stuart Ingram, who serves on the
POA board of directors.
"We've kind of got a target now,"
Ingram said.
Electcd to serve as officers were:
Robert Jewell, president; Charles
Armstrong, vice president; Hayden
O'Neil, treasurer; and Bess Saund
ers, secretary.
The property owners try to elect
new officer each year, to rotate new
faces to the board, Ingram said.
Saturday's meeting was routine
with a good turnout of more titan 80
people, he added.
"The ongoing need, in our minds,
is the continued support of the po
lice and fire departments," Ingram
said.
The POA may split the cost with
the town for a four-wheel drive
truck to be used as a first-response
vehicle by the fire and rescue unit,
said Gladys Goldsmith, chairman of
the POA bcautificalion committee.
"The education or training for
first-response is ongoing," Ms.
Goldsmith said. "All have taken the
course."
The POA hopes to pay half the
cost for transferring a vehicle to the
fire unit and have the town pay half,
she said.
While the POA can't support the
Ocean Isle museum project finan
cially, the group is providing "moral
support," Ms. Goldsmith said.
"We would like for all of
Brunswick County to be aware of it
and to contribute to it," she said.
"The whole area will benefit from
it. Word is starting to get out that
the town is building the museum."
Ocean Isle Commissioner Bill
Benton spoke to the association Sat
urday in place of Mayor Betty
Williamson, who was out of town.
Benton said he reported on issues
currendy of interest to the town
board of commissioners and how
those issues affect island residents.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Artwork On Display
Victoria with Misty, a cut-out in oils on wood, by Brunswick
Community College Visiting Artist Emily Weinstein, is includ
ed in an exhibit of her work that opens Sunday, Dec. K, at Art
I'lus Callery in Calabash, with a reception from 2 p.m. to 5
p.m. for the public. Light refreshments will be served. The ex
hibit will remain on display through Jan. 28, with viewing
hours Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ms. Weinstein
is best known for her portraits.
Say 'I saw it in the Beacon?'
Here Is The Line-up
For The Shallotte Christmas Parade
(The story is on Page 1-A)
1. Shallottc Police Chief Rodney Gause and
Sheriff John C. Davis
2. WBHS Color Guard
3. Shallottc Rescue Squad
4. Miss Brunswick County?Wendy Williams
5. Mayor Sarah L. Tripp and Board of
Aldermen
6. JROTC Drill Team
7. JROTC Marching Unit
8. JROTC Float
9. WBHS Band
10 WBHS Library
*11. Brunswick School of Dance/Brunswick
Insurance
12. WBHS Homecoming Queen?Rita Holmes
13. Little Miss NC Fourth of July?Allison
Phelps
14. Miss NC Fourth of July?Robin Walcott
15. Shallottc Volunteer Fire Department
16 Century 21 Truck
17. Shallottc Marine Supply/Shallotte Lumber
Company
18. Sudan Thunderbolts
19. Brunswick County Shrine Club
20. WDZD
21. Jr. Miss Brunswick County?Shauna
Guyton
22. Sudan Temple Drum & Bugle Corp.
*23. Dance Connection/Coastal Insurance
24. Tiny Miss Division America's Cover Miss
USA?Shanta Vaught
25. Rotary Club
26. NBHS JROTC Foot Drill
27. NBHS JROTC Drum Corp
28. NBHS JROTC Battalion
29. Tiny Miss Wilmington?Natalie Tyner
30. Shallottc Point Fire Department
31. 1990 Little Miss Black Pearl?Courtney
Fullwood
32. 1991 Miss Black Pearl?Patrice Law
*33. Security Savings & Loan/Southcm National
Bank
34. Sudan Clowns
35. Brownie Troop #140
36. Brownie Troop #554
37. Girl Scouts Troop #250
38. Cub Scouts Troop #227
39. Cub Scouts Troop #267
40. Jr. Girl Scouts
*41. T. Johnson Trucking
42. Baby Miss Carolina Sweetheart
43. Brunswick Beacon
44. Shell Point Baptist Church
45. Coast Guard Auxiliary
46. NBHS Band
*47. United Carolina Bank/Brunswick Electric
48. WCCA Radio
49. USS Battleship
50. Keystone Kops
51. Community Watch
52. Tripp's Jewel
*53. Union Primary/Pizza Hut
54. Waccamaw Rescue Squad
55. Waccamaw Fire Dept.
56. SBMS Float
57. Brunswick County Cloggcrs
58. Shallottc Auto Sales
59. Carolina Kids Daycare
60. Sudan Clowns
61. Cedar Grove Hcadstart
*62. Letties Grove Pentecostal Church
63. LC's Quality Scrvice
64. Baby Miss NC Christmas?Meredith
Wisnicwski
65. Calabash Seafood
66. Calabash Fire Department
*67. Burger King/Atlantic Telephone
68. WBHS Social Studies Club
69. Sudan Temple Drum & Bugle Corp
70. Skippergraphics
*71. Kirby's Steak House/Handcc Hugo's
72. Sudan Van Patrol
73. Longwood/Grisscttown Fire DepL
74. Brunswick County Right To Life Float
75. WBHS Vocational Dept.
*76. Nationwide Insurance/First Baptist Church/
Chamber of SC
77. Little Miss Brunswick County?Heather
Williamson
78. Omar Imps
79. Coastline Rcscue Squad
80. Limited Truck Club
81. Wilmington Community Boys Club Drum
& Bugle Corp
*82. Brunswick Hospital
83. Brunswick Community College Float
84. WBHS Spanish Club
85. Tri-Bcach Fire Department
86. Ground Control Car Club
87. Perry Hill's Septic Tank Scrvicc
*88. Pleasant Hill Church
89. Community Chapel Christian School
90. Shallottc Women's Aglow
91. Brunswick Community College Student
Government Association
92. Sunset Harbor/Zion Hill Fire Dept.
*93. Varnamtown
94. Woodmen of the World
95. Convenient Tours & Travel
*S>6. Hardee's
97. Sunset Fire Department
98. Sunset Fire Department
99. Brunswick County Broncos
100. Brunswick County Saddle Club
101. Brunswick County Rough Riders
102. Shallottc Rcscuc Squad
103. Santa Claus
104. Shallottc Policc Department
HuSpitu! Asks Shu Hunts To
Accept Siudye
BY DOUG RUTTER
The Brunswick Hospital has
asked Shallottc Aldermen 10 accept
hospital sludge at the town's sewer
plant.
Public Works Director Albert
Hughes said the hospital needs to
certify to the state that it has a place
to dump its sludge in order to con
tinue using its package wastewater
treatment plant.
Officials at the Supply hospital
would like to dispose of approxi
mately 1,500 gallons of treated
sludge three times per year, accord
ing to administrative assistant Jon
Sanbom.
Shallotte officials didn't act on
the request at their meeting last
Wednesday. They want to hear from
the town's sewer system engineer
and the state concerning what effect
accepting the sludge would have on
the town plant
"I'd like to know where it's going
to leave us as far as our own situa
tion," Alderman Jody Simmons
said.
If the town allows the hospital to
dump its sludge at the plant, Sim
mons said it might encourage local
Commissioners
To Be Honored
Outgoing Brunswick County
Commissioners Grace Beasley of
Leland and Benny Ludlum of Sup
ply will be honored at a reception
Monday, Dec. 3, prior to the first
meeting of a newly constituted
board.
The reception will begin at 5:30
p.m. in the Public Assembly Build
ing at the Brunswick County Gov
ernment Center, said Regina Alex
ander, clerk to the board.
Mrs. Beasley will end a six-year
stint on the board Monday. Ludlum
served from 1980-1984 and was
elected again in 1986 to a second
four-year stint.
At the regular board meeting that
begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, two
new commissioners?Jerry Jones of
District 2 and Donald Shaw of Dis
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board will elect new officers. A
number of appointments are also on
the agenda.
developers to ask for the same op
portunity.
Alderman Sarah Tripp said there
is one person in Brunswick County
certified to dispose of sludge. She
said the man is willing to talk to the
town board.
Disposal of the sludge is unrelat
ed to other problems with the hospi
tal's sewage treatment system, ac
cording to Preston Howard, regional
supervisor with the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management.
There is a problem with the dis
posal field that results in waste be
ing discharged into Doe Creek,
which feeds into the Lockwood Fol
ly River.
Howard said the hospital will be
required to build a new disposal
field to supplement the existing one.
Under a special consent order pro
posed by the state, the hospital
would have to be in compliance by
Feb. 4, 1991, or face a S4.000 fine.
Policy Reversed
Shallotte Town Hall staff and fire
department members will have to
start using their own vehicles on
town business again.
A policy of allowing administra
Calabash
BY DOUG RUTTER
Calabash officials plan to sell a
piece of property the town owns in
Carolina Shores that was mapped
out as a street but has never been
opened to the public.
The tuwu hopes to make a tidy
profit by selling the unopened sec
tion of Putter Place in Carolina
Shores. Calabash inherited the road
from the Carolina Shores Property
Owners Association earlier this
year.
Town commissioners voted to no
tify people who may be interested
in buying the property, including
adjacent property owners, at their
regular meeting Tuesday night.
At recent meetings, town officials
have said at least one local develop
er is interested in purchasing the
property.
The actiuu followed a jo-iiiinuic
executive session called to discuss
the sale of property. The board also
live employees to drive an old po
lice car to the bank and post office
and firefighters to use it for training
sessions has been scratched after a
six-month trial.
Employees and firefighters will
go back to using their own cars for
town business, but will be reim
bursed 25 cents a mile. The new
policy also will be tried for six
months to see how it works.
Alderman David Gause said it
was costing between 70 cents and
71 cents per mile to operate the car,
including insurance, repairs, gaso
line and oil. Employees and fire
fighters had put 947 miles on the
vehicle in six months.
"I think we could pay them
mileage on their own vehicles and
come out ahead," said Mrs. Tripp.
Alderman Wilton Harrelson, who
made the motion to give the car a
try six months ago, made the mo
tion last week to do away with the
policy.
"I think it's been tried, and 1
think it's been very expensive,"
Harrelson said. "There's no way
you can justify 60 or 70 cents a
mile."
Gausc said the town's insurance
policy covers employees driving
their personal vehicles on town
business. The town board voted to
accept bids on the old police car.
Other Business
In other business last week, al
dermen:
a Voted to hire Keith Groom as a
full-time police officer. Croom, who
has served as an auxiliary officer for
the last six months, takes the posi
tion previously held by Kathy
McDonald, who recently resigned.
The town board also approved four
new auxiliary officers?Danny
Hunter, Michael Ferster, Gayther
Simmons and Kevin Johnson.
? Voted lo transfer $7,428 from last
fiscal year's budget U) ihis year's
budget to pay for sidewalk repairs.
? Agreed to hold the town's annual
Christmas parly Wednesday, Dec.
12. The pig pickin' is for town em
ployees, board members and emer
gency personnel. The board of al
dermen will not meel Dec. 20 as
scheduled. The board also voted last
week to give town employees $75
Christmas bonuses.
Wants To Sell Street
discussed possible litigation involv
ing sign ordinance violations, but
took no related action in open ses
sion.
Where's The Support?
State Rep. David Redwine's re
cent response to a town piupusui lu
revise the town boundaries through
stale legislation didn't sit well with
some town officials.
The town has asked Redwine to
sponsor a bill in the upcoming leg
islative session that would get rid of
several unincorporated holes in
Calabash by bringing them into the
town limits.
The town has asked Redwine to
bring two main areas into the town.
One is a residential area located
near town hall, and the other tract
includes Marsh Harbour Golf Links,
Marsh Harbour Yacht Club and the
Caiuiina Siioics Rcmjii condomini
ums.
Redwine recendy told The
Brunswick Beacon that he had re
ceived the town request and was
waiting for information from the
N.C. League of Municipalities re
garding annexation procedures.
The state representative said he
would prefer town officials annex
the areas under consideration
through the normal annexation pro
cess, which can be lengthy. If the
areas cannot be annexed following
those procedures. Red wine said leg
islation could be an option.
Commissioner Ray Card raised
the issue Tuesday night, saying
Redwine should be more reccptive
10 the town's request and more will
ing to help his constituents.
Mayor Doug Simmons said,
"Politics is the reason he doesn't
want to get involved."
Building Inspector Ed Schaack
said he thinks the town needs to
provide Redwine with lots of infor
mation such as tax values and let
ters of support from residents of the
areas that would become part of
Calabash.
"1 think he's playing aloof right
now until we give him ammuni
tion." Schaack said Redwine stands
to lose a lot of votes if he doesn't
support the town.
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