Branch To Feature Newer Design
The new South Brunswick Branch of the Shallotte Post Office will feature one of the U.S. Postal Service's newest designs, according to
Robert G. Snyder, general contractor, with a contract price of just under $1 million. The project should be completed in about six months,
he said, with a Feb. 1 deadline for occupancy. The 13,450-square-foot branch will be located on N.C. 904 between the Grissettown and
Seaside communities.
Hoiden Beach May Increase Tax Rate
BY DOUG R UTTER
Holden Beach properly owners
would have to pay more taxes and
more for water service next fiscal
year if the town board approves a
preliminary budget presented this
week.
The tax rate would increase from
18 cents to 19 1/2 cents per S100 of
property valuation under the pro
posed SI. 2 million budget for 1991
92.
Mayor John Tandy said town of
ficials won't know what the tax rate
will be until the time comes to
adopt a budget for the fiscal year
that begins July 1.
"To be honest with you, I don't
think anybody on the board knows
, what kind of an increase we'll have,
if any," Tandy said. "There's so
many things you could leave out."
Tandy said town commissioners
reviewed about four pages of the
16-page proposed budget at a work
"We really haven't got into it good enough
to see what we're going to spend."
? Mayor John Tandy
On 1991-92 budget
shop Tuesday morning before re
cessing until Wednesday afternoon.
"We really haven't got into it
good enough to see what we're go
ing to spend," Tandy said following
the Tuesday session.
Besides a tax hike, the proposed
budget calls for a S2 increase in the
minimum monthly water charge per
household. Quarterly water bills
would jump from a minimum of
S30 to S36.
Water customers who use more
than 2,000 gallons per month would
have to pay SI .40 for each addition
al 1,000 gallons. The current rate
per extra 1 ,000 gallons is S 1 .20.
Finance Officer Sylvia Bissell
said the water rale increases have
been proposed to build up the fund
balance in the water fund.
General fund revenues in the pro
posed budget include 5431,962 in
property taxes, S 195,000 in occu
pancy taxes, S 108,000 from the
fund balance, $45,000 in utilities
franchise taxes and $43,450 in
street assessments.
Major expenditures in the budget
are 5194,386 for the police depart
ment, $152,743 for administration,
SI 52,634 for public buildings and
S 1 3 1 ,900 for streets.
The budget includes S95.014 for
sanitation, but that doesn't include
money for tipping fees being con
sidered by the county for trash
dumped at the landfill. If a tipping
fee were imposed, it could cost the
town an extra $58,310 based on es
timated tonnage.
Special appropriations include
$90,000 for a new garage and reno
vations in the existing garage,
$40,000 each for sidewalks and un
derground utilities and $14,000 for
the South Brunswick Islands Cham
ber of Commerce.
In the water fund, the town ex
pects to collect $296,013 from users
based on the proposed rate increas
es. Proposed expenses include
$131,250 to buy the water from
Brunswick County and $57,105 in
salaries.
Residents Ask DOT For Changes
As 1 0 Road Projects Get Nod
BY TERRY POPE
Some residents traveled down a
muddy road Monday evening to gel
to a public hearing in Bolivia.
"We've been up and down like a
yo-yo. We can't even get any con
sideration" said E.A. Britt, who
lives on Dale Street (S.R. 1466), a
1,550-foot road in Leland that is
home to 14 families.
Britt and about 30 other people
attended a joint public hearing held
by the Brunswick County Commis
sioners and the N.C. Department of
Transportation on DOT's proposed
road paving projects for the 1991
92 budget year.
DOT plans to pave 12.52 miles of
unpaved roads in Brunswick Coun
ty, using $1.2 million in gasoline
tax funds.
Some residents are angry that the
street they live on wasn't included in
the list of 10 roads that will either be
paved or upgraded if funds hold out
Andre Herring, of Cedar Grove,
said Grisseu Road (S.R. 1189) has
been a state road since 1965 and re
mains No. 61 on the current DOT
priority list.
District 3 Commissioner Gene
Pinkerton said publishing priority
lists is a bad idea.
"I think you give a lot of people a
lot of false hope by printing these
priority lists," Pinkerton told the
two members of the DOT board that
attended, Marlyn Williams of Wil
mington, and Jeff Strickland of
Roseboro.
"At least commit yourself to slay
ing to a list, or just give a list of 16
or so that are going to be paved," he
added. "It's really a hardship for the
board to endorse the program."
The board voted 4-1 to endorse
DOT'S paving list. District 5 Com
missioner Donald Shaw voted no.
"I think the list should be based
on the number of years it's been
there," said William Woodard, also
of Grissett Road. "We want some
thing done."
J .P. Cook, DOT district engineer,
said a formula the state uses to de
termine paving priority does not in
clude the number of years. The cur
rent priority list was established in
1989 and is usually updated every
two years by the DOT board.
To be accepted by the state for
maintenance today, the road must
already be paved, he said.
Cletis Clemmons, who lives on
Sea Aire Circle (S.R. 1236) said his
road was once No. 14 on the list and
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has since fallen to No. 18. He said
four mirrors on his car have fallen
off in recent years because of the
bumpy road.
"It's terrible, gentlemen," Clem
mons said. "We deserve better than
this. At least get us back up to
where we were."
Consideration of a road's years of
existence in the priority rating has
also been raised by other county
residents, said Doug Bowers, DOT
division engineer.
"It is a statewide issue," Bowers
said. "It comes up consistently at
these meetings."
Ester Byrd, representing the
Tanglewood Property Owners Asso
ciation, asked if East Tanglewood
Drive (S.R. 1261) was in line for
paving. Cook told her it will be in
cluded in the 1992-93 budget if
funding isn't cut.
"We've been working on this pro
ject for 12 years," Ms. Byrd said.
The approved list Monday will
allow paving of Sea Pines Drive; a
portion of Town Creek Road; Cul
pepper Road at Ocean Isle; Russ
town Road; a portion of Royal Oak
Road; Ocean Hncs Road at Shallot
te Point; Brooks Drive at Seaside;
Mellaney Lane in Davis Forest;
Long Acres Drive; and widening of
shoulders and relocation of ditches
along Northwest Road.
Correction
The name of a Brunswick County
resident who lost his life in the
Vietnam conflict was not included
in an article in the May 16 issue of
The Brunswick Beacon.
Olin Jennings Leonard, 23, of
Shalloue died March 12, 1970, in
Vietnam, according to a niece, Mar
ie Garvin.
His name appears on a replica of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that
will be on display May 24-27 at
Greenlawn Memorial Park in Wilm
ington. The name was not included
in a news release from the Bruns
wick County Veterans Service Of
fice about local men who died in the
conflict whose names are carved on
the memorial.
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WENDELL SMITH'S
Police Chief
Not Charged
An article last week incorrect
ly stated that Shalloue Police
Chief Rodney Gause had been
found in contempt of court.
Instead, Brunswick County
District Court Judge D. Jack
Hooks Jr. issued an order to
show cause, an order which sets
a hearing date to determine if
contcmpt charges should be
filed.
Gause will appear in court
May 28 to show cause as to why
he should not be found in con
tcmpt of court
The order was filed by Judge
Hooks alter Gause failed to ap
pear in court after being subpoe
naed to testify at a trial April 24.
The Brunswick Beacon regrets
the error and any inconveniences
it caused.
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work that is outside of their job de
scriptions.
Other recommendations include:
establishing centralized purchasing;
a preventive maintenance plan; hir
ing three part-time summer employ
ees to mow grass at the sites; plac
ing gravel around the water plants
to cut down on mowing; build a
centralized storage facility; and
planning more social functions for
employees.
Leaders within the department
lack leadership skills and can benefit
from staff training, the report notes.
Commissioners did not comment
on the report Monday.
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Brunswick Man Drowns At Sea
On Commercial Fishing Boat
A local man working his first day
on a South port-based commercial
fishing boat drowned last week after
being lost overboard near Bald Head
Island.
The victim was identified as Ray
Lee Kinlaw, 38, of Yaupon Beach,
said Brunswick County Coroner
Greg White.
The Oak Island Coast Guard Sta
tion received a call from the fishing
boat last Thursday about 7 p.m. that
one of its crew members had gone
overboard about 10 miles south of
Bald Head Island, said Petty Officer
Jeff Blocker.
Using a boat and two helicopters.
Blocker said the Coast Guard search
ed for the man Thursday night and
Friday morning.
A hclicoptcr crcw found the man
Friday at 8:40 a.m. and look him to
the Coast Guard station before he
was transported to Dosher Memori
al Hospital.
The petty officer said he didn't
know if the man was dead when he
was picked up or how the man went
overboard.
Blocker said Kinlaw was work
ing his first day on the Aimless
Lady, a fishing boat that works out
of American Fish Company at
Southport "He had just signed on
the day before or that morning."
Holden Beach Manager Resigns
Holden Bcach Inlerim Town
Manager Diane Clark will resign
her position as of May 31 due to ill
ness in the family.
Mrs. Clark, who has worked
nearly two years for the town, said
Tuesday she is resigning to care for
her husband. Jack. "My husband
comes first," she said. "Thai's the
way it should be."
Holden- Bcach Commissioners
appointed Mrs. Clark interim man
ager Jan. 14 after former manager
Blake Proctor resigned under pres
sure from the board.
Mrs. Clark was deputy * town
clerk at the time of her promotion
and has worked for the town since
August 1989. She was among the
applicants for a new manager.
The resignation comes in the
midst of a search for a manager.
Town board members received ap
proximately 100 applications for the
post and had narrowed the Field to
about five people as of last week.
Commissioners interviewed one
applicant Saturday and another
Tuesday. Mayor John Tandy said he
didn't know how many more people
the town board would interview be
fore selecting someone or if a man
ager would be hired by May 31.
"I hope so because you know
what that means. That means we'll
all have to pitch in and do a little bit
of everything," Tandy said. "We've
done it before and the town's still
here. We'll do it again if we have
to."
Seminar Set On Hog Plant
A public educational program on
the local impact of the proposed
Smithfield Foods hog slaughtering
plant in Bladen County will be held
next week in Bolivia.
The Brunswick County Coopera
tive Extension Service is sponsoring
the meeting in response to the con
cerns of some residents and govern
ment officials regarding the effect
the plant could have on the environ
ment, public health and economy in
southeastern North Carolina.
Brunswick County Extension Di
rector Milton Coleman said the
seminar is scheduled for Tuesday,
May 28, at 7 p.m. in the Public As
sembly Building.
Four faculty members at N.C.
State University will give presenta
tions and serve as a panel that will
answer questions from the audience.
Presenters are Terry Coffey,
swine specialist; Jim Barker, biolog
ical and agricultural engineering
specialist; Joe Zublcna, soils spe
cialist; and Bob Rubin, biological
and agricultural engineering spe
cialist.
They will discuss topics includ
ing what the plant would mean for
swine production, water lagoon
technology, water quality, waste
management and regulations in the
food processing industry.
Roger Crickenberger, associate
state leader for agriculture and natu
ral resources at N.C. State, will
serve as coordinator.
Smithficld Foods is proposing to
build a hog slaughtering operation
on the Cape Fear River at Tarheel. It
would be located about 50 miles up
stream of where Brunswick County
draws its water from the river.
The N.C. Division of Environ
mental Management has issued a
permit that would allow the plant to
discharge 3 million gallops of treat
ed wastewater per day into the river.
Other permits are needed prior to
construction.
Some county and local municipal
officials have voiced concerns about
the proposed plant, saying dis
charged wastewater could contami
nate drinking water and threaten
marine life.
"Our objective is to present re
search-based information that will,
hopefully, address issues currently
being raised," said Coleman.
Warm Temperatures Forecast
Warm temperatures and light
rainfall are in the forecast for the
South Brunswick Islands area, Shal
lotte Point meteorologist Jackson
Canady said Tuesday morning.
He anticipates above average
temperatures, lows in the mid-60s at
night ranging into the mid-80s dur
ing the day, with less than a half
inch of rainfall.
For the period May 14-20, he
recorded a maximum high tempera
ture of 80 degrees on May 18 and a
minimum low of 61 degrees on
May 20.
A daily average high of 83 de
grees combined with a nightly aver
age low of 68 degrees for a daily
average temperature of 75 degrees,
which Canady said was about 4 de
grees above average for this time of
year.
He measure only .33 inch of rain
fall at his Shallotte Point residence.
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