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Commissioners Want Disposal Sites Cleaned Up By County in I'KRRY POI'K Hie signs say "household trash only." but evei \ thing from washing machines to old sleepei solas arc often dumped both inside and outside the county \ green boxes at waste disposal sitev 1'rasli blown from the opened litis and bags thrown errantly bv residents clutter the ground Mrunswick Counts ("otnniisstoners would like for the county to t. lean up it^ act at the disposal stations and have given the landfill department t(lda>s to do so. Commissioners and the county manager will inspect the public green Kn sites next month, said Commission < 'hairman KelK I loklen l"he get tough on trash statement came at the end ol the commissioners' regular meeting Monday night. Holden sjvnt the morning taking photographs at green N>x siiev throughout Brunswick County He had those devclo|\'d and showed them to other Nurd rncmhers Solid Waste Supemsot I eo lleneti was instructed to police up the surrounding access areas at each box site and to ask that "whoever s m charge ol each site to work a little harder" at making the sites more apivaling. Holden said. Hewett saiil keeping the trash disposal siu-s attrac tive iv a never ending job f~he site at Sea Trail h is been sot on fire on several occasions, he said "1 have tried to get that cleaned up at least once a week." Ilc>vc!t said. "You go bad the ne\ t day and yon can't even tell it was cleaned up " Holden said the clean up effort is one step leading to the county's goal ol perhaps providing rei ycling sta tions at the green box sites in the future. " I he more appealing these areas are," Holden said, "the better response to the recycling program we will get from the public." Holden said he noticed some similar green N>\ sites in Columbus County that look better maintained than sites 111 Brunswick County, to which Commissioner Frankie Rabon objected. Rabon said he realizes how difficult it is to keep the sites cleaned even alter the tie briv iv picked up Ilolden said he Msit<; the Sea Trail site oncc or twicc Holdcn said there is a lot of old garbage lying .1 week I lie garbage there has gene out into die woods, around the access area that has never been picked up by lie said. pointing to a photograph. the landfill employees. " Hie picture you got tlieie was pmbably taken prior "You can tell old garbage from new garbage." to the clean up." Ilewett saul lloldcn replied. ? W >, * i ... staff photo by terry pope HI-l)S, concurs \\P OTHER debris liner the Brunswick County waste disposal green box site at Winnabow. Commissioners have ordered the county landfill department to begin cleaning up its solid waste convenient stations. The county has budgeted for a new green box site on N.C. 904 at Seaside to replace the one at Sea Trail. "There's not very much I can do at Sea Trail," Hcwctt said. "The last fire there destroyed a good por tion of it." The dumpstcrs and surrounding restraining fcncc have been damaged by fires, believed to have been set by vandals. In other business Monday, commissioners: ? Agreed, on a 4-1 vote, to reclassify a computer analy sis programmer's position so the salary can be raised high enough to attract qualified applicants. Interim County Manager David Clegg said the salary will be raised from $26,473 to S37.354 per year. The county received 27 applicants for the advertised position, but only a few of those have received the necessary training for the job. The qualified persons arc not willing to give up higher paying jobs, he said. The county is in the midst of a S300,(KX) computer system overhaul, Clegg said. Rabon voted against the move. ? Appointed to the Utility Operations Board, with the commissioner nominating the person in parenthesis: Charlie Long (IXinald Shaw); Rudy Simmons (Jerry Jones); D.V. Jones (Shaw); and A1 Morrison (Holdcn). Simmons, Jones and Morrison arc being reappointed. ? Appointed David Pridgcn of Sunset Beach to the Brunswick Hospital Authority board to replace Pauline Morgan. Jones made the nomination. ? Appointed Pat Nutter, a nurse at The Brunswick Hospital in Supply, to the Brunswick County Health Board on Holdcn's nomination. ? Amended the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council's resolution to allow the appointment of a fire service and law enforcement officer to the board. ? Approved a transfer of $107,700 in Emergency Management funds to the Emergency Medical Services now that the EMS department has officially formed. ? Adopted a resolution in support of the Southport Maritime Museum, as requested by John Thompson of the Southport Economic Development Commission. Drug Trafficking Nets Area Man 10-Year Term in ikkin roi'K A Shalloilc man who cooperated v. ill) authorities following liiv arrest on drug trafficking charges last year received a 10 year scntcnec in Brunswick County Superior Court last week I.aylayette Hewen, 3 1, ol Route 3, Shallottc (Cedar (irovc Road), was given immediate work release aiul credited lor nine already served while awaiting trial. Ilewett pleaded guilty on June 12 to conspiracy to traffic in more than 2K grams but less than 200 grams ol cocaine into Brunswick County and two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocainc. At that time, he was given a pray er lor judgment continued under a plea arrangement with the Disuict Attorney's office. In a special ses sion of Superior Court last week. Judge Lynn Johnson consolidated the charges for sentencing. Ilewett faced a possible maximum sentence ol 35 years in prison. He was charged by undercover narcotics officers who were woik ing for the Brunswick Counts Sher iff's Department and the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department. Accord ing to the warrants, the arrest stem med from purchases of various amounts of axaine from the sus jiect on three occasions last year. April 3, June 21 and August 22. In another drug trial last week, a Columbus County man was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to selling cocaine. Richard Wayne Gieen, 22, was given a three-year suspended sen tence and placcd on five years' su pervised probation. During his ar rest by county undercover officers in June, Green listed a Route 7, Douglas, Ga., address. He had re cently been staying in Columbus County. Judge Johnson fined Green S250 and ordered thai he pay SI(X) to the SH! undercover lab and S4M) to Uie Brunswick County Sheriff 's Depart merit narcotics division. He was al so ordered to perform 2(H) hours ol community service within 12 months. Green pleaded guilty to selling cocaine in court on Sept. 17. He hail been held since his arrest in June under S25,(KK) bond, which was re duccd following Ins plea to S5,(KX). According to court documents. Green was charged for an alleged sale of cocaine to undercover offi cers on April 23, 19X4. In another Superior Court case last week, a motion to set bond for a North Myrtle Beach, S.C., man charged with cocaine trafficking was denied b\ Judge Johnson Jerry L. High had entered a guilt) plea on (kl. 16 to one count ol con spiracy to traffic in more than 4(K) grains ol cocaine and one count ol possession ot more than 400 grams ol cocaine in a plea arrangement wiili the District Attorney's office. Ilowcvet, Superior Court Judge Giles R. Clark later relused to ac cept the transcript of plea, said Courtroom Clerk Lisa Aycock. In the transcript. High had indicated that lie was not guilty ot the charges. The case will now go to tri al instead. High was indicted in June 19X9 on two counts of conspiracy to traf fic and three counts of trafficking cocaine stemming from two under cover operations, one in December 19X7 and another in January I'JXX. lie had previously been given a 13 year prison sentence in ll'S4 in con nection with the "U Haul" smug gling ease in Brunswick County dating to the early ll>X()s. By mistake, High appeared on the Superior Court docket last week for sentencing. The next session ol Superior Court is Jan. 14 DR. CHRIS MOSHOURES OPTOMETRIST EYE EXAMINATIONS AND DISEASES OF THE EYE ONE HOUR EYEGLASSES AND CONTACTS IN MOST CASES K \IU S MOSIIOI Ml s. I \. \ (I . I H I NSV I) (II-1II UN fyrglasses On Site Laboratory Service ? Lenses Duplicated Frames Repaired <S; Replaced ? (>SI I \ Approved Conlacl Lenses "soli (Sc I I;ir?.l ? (>.!?? Permeable ? Astigmatism I xtended \\ ear ? Bitot al ? 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