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1. 'SMBV- * STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHE* Gone Fishing ? Again Saturday afternoon was sunny, but a hit breezy for fishing in outside waters. Instead, Johnny and Florence Neal of High Shoals and Sunset Harbor packed their gear, along with their family pet, Bowser, and headed to Lockwood Folly River. Fewer Inspections Put Dent In Budget (Continued From Page 1-A) "I had cxpcctcd a shortfall." Rhodes said. "We'll just have to in form the county commissioners ai this point." However, an economic slump means more people arc also seeking health services at the department. A lowering of federal poverty guidelines has qualified more peo ple for Medicaid benefits, thus ex panding client enrollment in mater nity and child care programs, said Victoria Smith, supervisor for the two programs. The board agreed Monday to hire two additional social worker Us to handle the client increase. Rhodes said a $4,375 grant from the N.C. Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources Maternity Care Coordination program will pay the salary of a social worker in ma ternity care. The proposed salary from April to June would be $3,459, Rhodes said. Last fiscal year, the department served 100 maternity care clients with a 50 percent funded nosition. The department estimates u serve an additional 75 maternity care clients this fiscal year, thus earning the department an addition al $18,750 in Medicaid payments. "Being conservative with the numbers," Rhodes said, "the posi tions will pay for themselves with out any additional funds." Maternity carc coordination as sists Medicaid clicnts in seeking early health care and ensures that the mother receives a package of medical and non-medical services throughout pregnancy. An additional worker will also be hired in child scrvicc coordination with a $8,425 grant Irom the state. Salary for the position from April to June is cxpcctcd to cost $6,353, Rhodes said. The department expects to ex pand the program by 33 children this fiscal year, which will bring in an additional $5,940 in Medicaid payments. Next fiscal year, the de partment expects to provide ser vices to an additional 35 children, making the program self-supportive on Medicaid payments. The child scrvicc coordination program is a revision of the 1979 High Priority Infant Program, said Kim Mclntyre, a child scrvicc coor dinator. Its aim is to give infants at risk of early death the maximum opportunity to reach their full devel opment, she said. "The program is available to all children less than three years of age who arc at risk for developmental or disability handicaps, chronic illness or social and emotional disorders," Ms. Mclntyre said. Children under five with diagnosed disabilities arc also served. Try, Try Again The board agreed Monday to de lay clcclion of a chairman and vicc chairman of the board a second time after two people nominated to be come chairman asked that their names be withdrawn. Brad Williams nominated Wil liam Phillips to be chairman Mon day. Jerry Lewis nominated Malis ton Stanley. But both nominees de clined the offer, saying they were loo involved in other activities to acctpt the responsibility. Vicc Chairman Arthur Knox pre sided over the meeting Monday. "I believe we be'ter try again next month, Mr. Chairman," said board member Bill Rabon. "We're going to have about the same members present at the next meeting," was Knox's reply. The board agreed to table the is sue until the March meeting. Board members Rabon and Phil lips did volunteer Monday to serve on the environmental health commit tee that will establish a management entity to oversee new septic tank per mit regulations starting July 1 . The regulations will require that persons seeking septic tank permits also file a plan for continued main tenance of their sewer systems. Board members Pat Nutter, Wil liams and Stanley volunteered to serve on the budget committee. Water Project Design Work Begins (Continued From Page 1-A) areas where properly owners arc as sessed ihe cost of running water lines into the developments off of adjacent trunk lines. Presently, the county does not have a policy for assessing residents who happen to live along main trunk lines but who can benefit from having the water made avail able to them. The UOB is expected to recommend a policy to commis sioners soon. UOB members Robert Nubel and Chairman A1 Morrison are working with Public Utilities Director Jerry Webb to draft a pro posed policy. Shallotte Point residents collected signatures on seven pages in No vember and again in January asking that water be made available to their community. The petitions, addres sed to the UOB, state that those signing "ask your help, cooperation and endorsement to bring water to their homes and businesses. As tax paying citizens, it has been their ut most desire to support the growth and constructive development of THE BRUNSWKK&ftACON 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 $10.30 Six Months $5.50 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $14.80 Six Months $7.85 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year S15.95 Six Months $8.35 Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Shallotte, N.C. 28459. USPS 777-780. EVEN SMALL ADS GET RESULTS IN THE BEACON Brunswick County," it slates. The petition was organized by Mrs. William T. Seller and Mrs. Earl Pigott, both residents of Shal lotte Point. UOB members Monday ques tioned how much of the Shallotte Point water project would be part of the main trunk distribution system and how many areas would have to begin planning for SADs. "What is our play in this?" asked D.V. Jones. 'To what extent are we to use Shallotte Point as a SAD?" Jones said since he owns property at the Point he would "have to back off' of discussions when the UOB gets to that point in the project. "Nobody wants water there more than 1 do," he added. Webb told the board that he inter preted the Shallotte Point petition as a start of the process for forming SADs in areas there that do not end up along main trunk lines. "This capital improvements pro ject will put lines down the major state roads," Webb said. The county must establish costs and determine how many and which slate roads will receive trunk lines and which areas must act as SADs. Such a plan is also dependent on the hydraulics of the system, Lewis said. He expects many of the resi dents who live on state roads there to be connected to main lines. Nubel told the board Monday that it should act swiftly on recommend ing a policy to commissioners for assessing residents along main trunk lines. "If we don't get something on as sessment fees we'll have lines in the ground before we get a policy," Nubel warned. "It's been at least four months now since Kelly Holden (commission chairman) was here and asked us to do something and wc still don't have anything in writing." In other business Monday, UOB members instructed their attorney, Michael Ramos, to review a pro posed contract with Houston and Associates to design SAD 12, a col lection of 10 subdivisions between Ocean Isle and Calabash that are next in line to receive county water. Hiring Questions Go To DA Questions raised about the proce dure used in hiring Brunswick County's schools superintendent arc now in the hands of the district at torney's office. Glen Peterson, attorney for the Brunswick County Board of Educa tion, said Monday night he has for warded to District Attorney Rex Gore materials presented to him. "It was pretty much the same in formation that appeared in the newspapers," said Peterson, refer ring to articles and materials for which board member Robert Slock ett was the primary source. Slockett, who was out of town this week and did not attend Mon day's meeting, had pushed for the board to either conduct its own in vestigation or ask the district attor ney to investigate through the SBI. Board Chairman Donna Baxter made the motion to involve the DA's office at the board's January meeting, saying that while no cvi I dence of wrongdoing had been pre scnlcd to the board, "in some peo ple's minds there is a problem," a situation she said the board wanted cleared up so it could go on about its other business. Slockctt called for an investigation after telling fellow board members and the press that Barbara Rogers, a Wake County principal who had ap plied for the supcrintcndency, had questioned whether Superintendent P.R. Hankins had met the literal re quirements of the job posting and al leged that another board member had attempted to make a deal with her. Peterson said Mrs. Rogers has since filed a grievance against the board with the federal Equal Em ployment Opportunity Commission. Mrs. Rogers had indicated earlier she was pressing the issue not be cause she wanted the superinten dent's job, but bccausc she wanted to see the board change its way of conducting business. Mrs. Rogers could not be reached Tuesday afternoon for commcnt. i Assignments, Budget Hot Topics For State House Stale Rep. David Rcdwinc was still waiting to hear whether he will be named to a House redistricting committee, but as of Tuesday had five other assignments secured. These included one co-chairmanship. Speaker Daniel Blue as of Tues day afternoon had made appoint ments to all committees except the two most sought after this term: the powerful legislative and congres sional redistricting panels that will guide boundary marking of new electoral districts in North Carolina. No member can serve on both, but Rcdwinc is hoping he will be among those named to serve on one or the other. Meanwhile, he will serve as co chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety; vice chairman of the Com mittee on Public Employees; and a member of three other panels: Judi ciary II, Public Utilities and Com mittee on the Environment, Solid Waste Subcommittee. The appropriations panel handles funding n alters that relate to the Departments of Corrections, Crime Control & Public Safety (which in cludes the Highway Patrol and Em ergency Management divisions); Justice Department (Attorney Gen eral's Officc and SBI) and Admini strativc Officc of the Courts. Rcdwine said he had asked io serve again on the Appropriations Subcommittee for Environmental Health and Natural Resources, but that Blue had asked hiir >o serve in stead in the other area. "He said there were going to be some lough decisions to be made," said Rcdwine. The state's monetary woes were on the minds of legislators this week as budget hearings began on ways to cover the shortfall for the fiscal year now half-over as well as the coming biennium. Rcdwine said the estimat ed shortfall figure continues to rise, standing at about S686 million now. "Nobody knows or can predict how it will eventually turn out," he said. "It's a very scary time." "I'm telling people slate govern ment is in money trouble and not to expect a lot. I expect some services to be curtailed or cut back, includ ing education." As a result, the legislature is tak ing a very conservative approach, with few initiatives for new pro grams being proposed. The legislature has run out of most options, he said. In the past it has asked department heads to find ways to reduce spending and tapped one-time revenue sources. This year, said Rcdwinc, all programs are under scrutiny. Thai, he said, is "probably good" from one stand poinL "It gives us the opportunity to take a look and sec if a program is doing what we want it to." If not the program may be done away with or reshaped according to a "Plan B". Along with a lottery bill, Rcd winc is looking at a way to recoup an approximately $18 million lost when the state fails to collect taxes on motor vehicles. The bill is similar to one Redwine introduced two years ago that has since made the rounds of the legisla ture for revisions. "What they've done is come full circle back to what wc had two years ago," he said. If adopted, the measure would prevent the purchase of tags for a vehicle on which property tax has not been paid. It requires the coordi nated effort of two state agencies. "Eventually the lag renewal no tice will be coded so that agents will know not to sell lags to individuals who haven't paid insurance." Eventually will eliminate need to list motor vehicles for tax purposes, since they will go into the joint Division of Motor Vehicles/lax Assessment Office computer system at the time of purchase/registration. Calabash Forms Coastal Committee Calabash has formed a 10-mcm bcr commiltcc of officials, residents and businessmen who will try to take advantage of the town's recent selection for the N.C. Coastal Initia tive program. T.J. Morgan, who is employed at Marsh Harbour Marina in Calabash, chairs the committee, which in cludes Mayor Doug Simmons and Commissioners Jon Sanborn and Stu Thorn. Other members arc War ren "Bud" Knapp, Ed Schaack, Hank Ruttcr, Richard Johnson, Rich O'Donncll and Paul Walker. The Coastal Initiative program encourages environmcntally-sensi tivc development along the coast and offers free state assistance to communities that arc chosen by the governor. Calabash is one of five communi ties that was selected last month to lake pari in ihc ihrcc-ycar-old pro gram. The newly-formed commiuce held iis first meeting with state offi cials Monday at the Calabash Town Hall. Mayor Simmons said the com miuce met with about eight state government employees, including Lorraine Shinn, regional manager for the N.C. Department of Envir onment, Health and Natural Resour ces in Washington, N.C., and staff coordinator for Coastal Initiative. Also represented at the meeting were the state Departments of Trans portation and Economic and Com munity Development. "It went real good I think," Simmons said of the meeting. "We just talked about some of the goals, and what wc can expect from them and what they can expect from us." Goals of the committee including widening part of N.C. 179, provid ing sewer scrvice to the waterfront, building a public boat ramp and es tablishing an historical society. Simmons said the committee plans to meet again with state offi cials a few months from now. In the meantime, it will meet on its own to further define goals and discuss how it will achieve those goals with the state's help. Morgan wrote letters to Gov. James Martin and Lt Gov. James Gardner last month inviting both of them to visit Calabash in late Fcbru ary to take part in a public meeting. The committee proposed a meet ing at the Calabash fire station to explain the Coastal Initiative pro gram and the town's goals and ob jectives. Simmons said the town hasn't received any response from Raleigh. Ocean Isle Commission Sets Workshop (Continued From Page 1-A) could make a better community and a better area," he said. As of Tuesday, the town had re ceived letters from four engineering Firms interested in designing the sewer system expansion. They arc Houston and Associates of Shallottc, Robert L. Bellamy and Associates of Mynic Beach, S.C., Powell Associates of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Henry Von Oesen and Associates of Wilmington, which designed the town's present sewer system. Other Business Wrecks Fewer In February Highway accidents in Brunswick County claimed the lives of two people in January; however, Febru ary has been a different story. As of Tuesday afternoon, the number of traffic accidents reported to the Stale Highway Patrol had drastically decreased for the month. The Highway Patrol responds to ac cidcnts outside of local police de partments' juridictions. "It's the least number of acci dents that we have had in many, many months," said Ruby Oakley, a spokesperson for the Highway Patrol office in Wilmington. There have only been nine high way accidents reported in the coun ty in February, Ms. Oakley said. There have been no accident re ports Filed by State Troopers in Brunswick County since Wednes day, Feb. 6, Ms. Oakley said. The last serious injury from a highway accident was reported on Feb. 3, she said. "We've been fortunate," she added. Last month, accidents claimcd the lives of two county residents. Aaron Leon Stevenson, 30, of Cala bash, was killed Jan. 24 in a head on collision near Thomasboro on U.S. 17 south of Shallottc. A Southport man was also killed Jan. 19. Herbert Parker Jr., 65, was killed when his truck ran off the road and struck a tree on Stone Chimney Road near Holdcn Roach. In other business, commissioners: ?Voted to allow representatives of the N.C. Alliance for Conservation Action to go door-to-door handing out literature, collecting signatures on petitions and asking for contribu tions. Employees of the environ mental group will be allowed to canvass residents daily from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. between now and April. Town board members said they didn't want the canvass conducted during the tourist season. ?Heaid that Building Inspector Druied Roberson issued 17 building permits in January. He collected $10,058 in fees on a construction valuation of $1.4 million. ?Approved several minor changes in the town's flood damage preven tion ordinance. Roberson said the "housekeeping amendments" in cluded several changes in defini tions. "There's no real substance changes," he said. ?Heard a report from Roberson on fire code enforcement requirements scheduled to take effect July 1. Towns will be required to have cer tified fire code enforcement officers review building plans under the new state rules. Temps To Drop To Near Normal The South Brunswick Islands will feel a touch of cooler weather over the next few days as tempera tures fall to near normal levels. Shallotte Point meteorologist Jackson Canady said he expects temperatures to range from around the mid-30s at night into the mid 50s during the daytime. The area should receive about a half-inch of rainfall, which is the norm for this time of year. Temperatures during the period will be cooler than during the peri od of Feb. 5-11, when Canady re corded a maximum high of 73 de grees on Feb. 5. The minimum low during the pe riod was 34 degrees, occurring on the lOlh. a daily average high of 67 degrees combined with an average nightly low of 43 degrees for an av erage daily temperature of 55 de grees. That, said Canady, was about 9 degrees above average for this time of year. He recorded .61 inch of rainfall for the period. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWICK&6EAC0N POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 FOR AWARD-WINNING NEWS COVERAGE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr. Citizen In Brunswick County 06.30 05.30 N.C. 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