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Ocean Isle Board Undecided On Sewer Engineer BY DOUG R UTTER Which engineering firm should be hired to design an expansion of the Ocean Isle Beach sewer system? Town officials wrestled with that question but made no decision when they gathered at town hall Tuesday morning for their monthly meeting. Ocean Isle Beach Commissioners have been talking with representatives of three engineering Firms: Andrew and Kuske of Shallotte, Houston and Associates of Shallotte and Boney and Associates of Raleigh. "All three firms are very qualified," Mayor Betty Williamson said. "We want to make sure we make a de cision that's in the best interest of Ocean Isle Beach." After meeting in executive session for 40 minutes Tuesday, commissioners instructed Town Attorney Elva Jess to draft an engineering service contract the three firms can study. Town commissioners met with representatives of the three firms March 21 to talk about the town's sewer treatment needs. The three firms were chosen from a field of six that met with the town board in February. "All three firms are very qualified. We want to make sure we make a decision that's in the best interest of Ocean Isle Beach." ? Betty Williamson Ocean Isle Beach mayor Ocean Isle officials arc considering having a hold ing pond constructed at the sewer plant so wastewater could be stored until it could be applied to spray fields. The town could use the holding ponds in the sum mer to store excess wastewater, and then spray the wa ter in the fall when the tourists are gone and water us age slacks off. The east end of Ocean Isle Beach is the only area that isn't served by the existing sewer system. Code Amended Off 'he island, some people who own land in the Ocean Isle Beach area will have to start following new building rules designed to minimize flood damage. Town commissioners amended the flood damage prevention ordinance Tuesday to include the extraterri torial area ? mainland property within a mile of the town limits. Building Inspector Druied Robcrson said the code change creates a new flood zone on the mainland where there could be shallow flooding in a 100- year storm, which is a storm that has a 1 percent chance of occur ring in any year. People who build homes or businesses in the new zone will have to make sure the finished floor is at least two feet off the ground. Roberson said some lots in Branchwood Bay and Tarheeland Acres and land near the Ocean Isle Beach Golf Course will be affected. Other Business In other business Tuesday, commissioners: ?Voled to enter into a grant agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation so the town can receive $30,000 to help pay for widening the airport runway. The town also will pay 530,000 for the project Commissioners also authorized the mayor to proceed with paperwork so the town can receive an $87,500 matching grant next fiscal year for land acquisition at the airport ?Postponed further action on a town request for the Army Corps of Engineers to study the need for dredg ing Shallottc InleL The corps recently reported that money isn't available for the study, and nothing could be done without authorization from Congress. ?Heard the monthly building inspection report for March. Roberson issued four permits in the ETA on a construction valuation of $38,100 and collected $500 in fees. In town, the inspector issued 26 permits on a con struction valuation of $887,533 and collcctcd $7,184 in fees. ?Voted to proclaim April as Keep America Beautiful month. ROBINSON LISTS PRIORITIES Director Says Older Adult Program Facing Rough Time BY TERRY POPE Director Ronnie Robinson be lieves his Brunswick County De partment of Older Adults faces a rough road ahead as state and coun ty governments attempt to coordi nate services for a growing elderly population. "The next two or three years is going to be very critical for our ag ing program," Robinson said. A March 1991 state aging services plan adopted by the N.C. Depart ment of Human Resources would mandate that county governments develop and improve certain pro grams for the aging and impaired, at a time when state budget deficits are reaching an all-time high. The N.C. General Assembly is to consider the plan during the current session. The state must cut about $400,000 from its aging services allocation to counties this fiscal year, but Bruns wick County's department isn't ex pected to feel the impact from such cuts right away. "We will still get the same amount of state funding as last year," Robin son said. That amount is around S188.000 administered through the Region O Council of Governments, which oversees aging programs in Bruns wick, New Hanover, Pender and Columbus counties. About 48 percent of the Depart ment of Older Adults' yearly budget is allocated by Brunswick County commissioners, Robinson said. The remainder comes from federal and state grants. The state budget shortfall means some programs Kv-b:"son would like to see expanded may be p-jt on hold. At a Region O public hearing Monday in Shallotte, several older adults commented on what they be Ash Family Sues Funeral Service, Casket Company An Ash family is suing a local fu neral company and a Missouri cas ket manufacturer for what they claim is negligence in the February 1989 burial of a family member. They are asking the court to award them more than S1.5 million. Roberta G. Simmons and her family filed suit in Brunswick County Superior Court March 25 against Coble Funeral Service Inc., which has a branch in Supply known as Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Home, and Amdeco Funeral Supply Inc. of Springfield, Mo., a casket manufacturer. Joining the suit with Ms. Simmons are Steve Simmons, Gene Allen Simmons and Elizabeth Geraldine Simmons. According to the suit, Elijah C. Simmons, Ms. Simmons' husband, died Feb. 10, 1989, and was buried on Feb. 13. The family's attorney, William Powell of Shallotte, said Simmons was buried in a family mausoleum near their home in Ash. The lawsuit contends that in May 1989 the family discovered air pockets ii. the mausoleum seals. An attempt was made to rcscal the mausoleum, but in July 1989, ac cording to the complaint, the family noticed odors coming from the tomb. In September 1990, fluids were seen coming out of the mausoleum, the lawsuit stales, and the walls were stained. The complaint maintains the fam ily was told that a York casket man ufactured by Amedco was a sealer casket, allowing nothing to enter or exit so the body would be pre served. It asserts that Larry Andrews, a representative of Coble, later told the family that a valve on the casket would allow gases to es cape. The complaint accuses Coble of negligence in failing to tell the fam ily that the casket had such a valve. Other than the family's contact with Andrews, no one from Coble's has called or talked to the family, the suit states. "Even after a decision had been made to open the mausoleum and transfer the body to a new casket, no representative of Coble ever talked with the plaintiffs or advised them of this," it states. The incident has caused the fami ly humiliation and severe mental anguish, the suit contends. It claims the casket, under a 50 year warranty by Amedco, was de fective because it did not resist ele ments as the family was told it would do. The family is seeking from Coble in excess of 560,000 in compen satory damages and puntitive dam ages for infliction of mental an guish, embarrassment, humiliation and breach of warranties, it states. It is also asking for $500,000 from Coble for deceptive trade practices and that the amount be tre bled as allowed by law. The lawsuit asks in excess of $20,000 from Amedco in compen satory and punitive damages and interest on all amounts. It also asks for attorney fees and that a jury decide the case. fBeacheCctfe SEAFOOD ? PRIME RIB CALABASH SEAFOOD BUFFET Best tastin ' seafood at the best tastin ' price! (open Fri. & Sat) , r-u/tBo/* \ SATURDAY-SUNDAY Serving homestyle LUNCH SPECIALS DAILY.. .guaranteed to knock your socks off HI GREAT FOOD ? GREAT SERVICE ? GREAT VALUE ] HOLDEN BEACH CAUSEWAY ? 842-5515 lieve should be lop priorities in funding for the 1991-92 fiscal year. Robinson said the hearing was held at a senior citizcns center in Shallotte ralher than at the govern ment complex in Bolivia to show what the buildings are used for. About 50 senior citizens attended the hearing. Several said the Lcland area needs a building that would be used primarily as a senior citizens center. The Leland community building is used during the day by senior citi zens but is scheduled out to other groups during the evenings. Better transportation was also a re quest from one senior citizen, who asked for more vans and better buses. Robinson said he will present his own list of priorities: expansion of home-delivered meals; improved medical transportation; an improved nutritional program; rehabilitation of housing for the elderly; and reno vation of county-owned buildings for senior citizens centers. The State Aging Services Plan was developed as a long-range guide to prepare for future growth in North Carolina's senior citizen population. Between 1980 and 2010, the state's 65 and over population is expected to double to almost 1.2 million peo ple. During the same period, the state's 85 and over population is ex pected to more than triple. The N.C. Division of Aging esti mates that Brunswick County's se nior citizen population of 65 or old er will increase from 7,127 in 1990 to 14,347 by the year 2010. During the same 20-year period, the num ber of residents age 85 and older is expected to jump from 497 to 1,771 persons. "I think the county overall is do ing a super job for our seniors," Robinson said. "It's a program that's not just for the poor. It is strictly for the 60 plus and above, regardless of income." According to the aging services plan, the top three priorities for the 1990s listed by counties were in home services, transportation and housing for the elderly. The main goal of the plan is to enable older adults to secure and maintain maxi mum independence and self-reliance. "If we don't watch out, if we're not very careful with our priorities," Robinson said, "we're going to lose it." More Indictments Follow Sunset Beach Burglaries BY TERRY POPE Three men charged in connection with a string of break-ins at Sunset Beach face additional charges of burglary this week. Monday a Brunswick County grand jury indicted Roger Dale Godwin, 34, of Tabor City, on 12 additional counts of burglary, and two other men, Albert Lee Soles, 36, of Clarendon, and Bobby Lynn Watts, 23, of Whitevillc, on 13 ad ditional counts of burglary each. The charges stem from a series of break-ins Jan. 27 of oceanfront homes along East Main Street Sun set Beach Police Officer Lisa Hoag land arrested the men during an in vestigation. It is believed that 36 homes were broken into. Goods taken from the homes were left in piles at different locations on the island and some were transported to Columbus County. The indictments state the men broke into and entered the homes between 8:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. with the intent to commit larceny. On March 18, a grand jury indict ed the men on other charges relating to the break-ins. Godwin was in dicted on 23 counts of burglary and 16 counts of breaking and entering. Watts was earlier indicted on 23 counts of burglary and four counts of breaking and entering. Soles was previously indicted on 23 counts of burglary, 16 counts of breaking and entering and one count of preparation to commit burglary. He is accused of having in his pos session a pry bar, screwdriver, flashlight, binoculars and ski mask when arrested by Ms. Hoagland. The grand jury also issued the following indictments Monday: ?Wilbert Leroy Hufton, of Bruns wick, Columbus County, for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, burglary, and arson. He is accused of breaking into the home of Jesse Long in Ash on Feb. 21 and stabbing his wife, Vickie Hufton, with a knife. Hufton is also accused of setting fire to the home of Waddell Evans of Route 2, Ash, on June 24, 1990. ?Raymond Adoff Hill, 40, and Linda Dianell Hill, 35, both of Shal lotie, with maintaining a vehicle for the keeping and selling of controlled substances and possession with in ^^^SHALLOTTE ^CLEANERS OPEN DAILY 7 AM TO 6 PM SATURDAY 8 AM TO 1 PM ALL WORK DONE ON PREMISES CLEANING SHIRT LAUNDRY ALTERATIONS FUR Si LEATHER SERVICES 754-4435 DOWNTOWN SHALLOTTE 116 VILLAGE RD., CORNER OF 179 & 17 tent to sell and deliver cocaine. The two ^re charged by Shnlloitc Pollcc Officcr George Samck on Dec. 21, 1990, for allegedly having in their possession a gram of cocaine. ?Scott C. Herring, 26, of Route 2, Shallotte, and Rodney Keith Suggs, 23, of Route 1, Ash, each for felo nious breaking and entering, felo nious larceny and felonious posses sion of stolen goods. They are ac cused of breaking into a store in Ash owned by Kilburn Evans on Jan. 9 where jewelry, batteries, two rifles, 15 cartons of cigarettes and S325 in cash, with a total value of 51,256.50, were reported missing. ?Kenneth Ellon Hooper, of Route 1 , Leland, with possession of a wea pon of mass destruction. Hooper al legedly had in his possession a sawed off shotgun with an 11 7/8 inch-barrel when he was arrested by Brunswick County Sheriff's Deputy Ken Messer on Dec. 24, 1990. ?George David Wray, 36, of Route 1, Currie, with driving while im paired after having been convicted of DWI three or more times within the past seven years. According to the indictment, Wray was convicted in New Hanover County for DWI on April 19, 1989, on Jan. 17, 1989, and on Jan. 7, 1985. He was stopped by Deputy Messcr on U.S. 17-74-76 near Leland on Dec. 16, 1990. ?Robert Dean Rattz, 40, of Route 3, Supply, with driving while impaired after having been convicted of DWI three or more times within the past seven years. According to the in dictment, Rattz was convicted of DWI in Salisbury on June 13, 1989, in Wilmington on Nov. 1, 1988, and in Fayetteville on Dec. 20, 1987. He was stopped by Officer Samek in Shallottc on Feb. 24. ?Danny Edward Larson, 29, of Wilmington, with abandonment of a child for more than six months and failure to support. Larson is accused of refusing to provide support for his ninc-ycar-old daughter from April 1984 to Dec. 14, 1990, and with concealing his whereabouts with the intent of escaping his law ful obligation to support the child. 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(2) EXAMINATION We utilize modern diagnostic procedures In addition to special ized Chiropractic diag nostic procedures. (3) REPORT OF FINDINGS After the doctor has correlated her flndlng based upon your exa mination. you will re ceive a complete report. WARNING SIGNS OF SPINAL MISALIGNMENT ?Recurring Headaches ?Pain Between Shoulders ?Neck, Shoulder & Arm Pain 'Numbness In Hands & Arms ?Low Back & Leg Pain "Loss of Sleep ?Numbness In Legs & Feet! If you suffer from any of these warning signs call immediately to prevent possible advancing complications. This Free Spinal Check-Up and scoliosis screening program Is available as a public service through May 24, 1991, by appointment only. Hwy. 17 Food Uon Hard*** Harbor Snuar* ? For an appointment call LABOD CHIROPRACTIC ROBIN S. LABOD Chiropractor Harbor Square 1670-F, Hwy. 17 Little River, SC 29566 (803)249-9787 Dr. Labod j?0jJ
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