COUNTY CLAIMS CO-OWNERSHIP Panel To Study Northern Library Dispute KYTKKKY I'OI'K I wo Brunswick County Commis sioners will meet with Souih|x>rt ol licials in a move to restructure the county's librarv system ami gel con struclion underway on a new north ern branch. Commissioners aga*ed last month to have County Attorney David Clegg study the con) I ict that has the town of Leland and the Brunsw ick County Library Board of Trustees deadlocked over who should Iv re sponsible for building a new S2 1 bra ik h in Leland. "It has reached a time where tins board has u> make a move." said Chairman K c 1 1 > Holden. w ho asked Monday th.it Disinct 2 Commis sioner Jerry Jones and District 3 Commissioner Gene Pinkerton serve as liaisons. The Kurd voted unanimously to have the two meet with representa tives from Southport 's Board of Aldermen and to report hack to commissioners. Southport is expect ed to name members to the panel at us meeting tonight (Thursday), said Pinkenon. In a memo to commissioners. Clegg advised the Kurd that the county and city of Southport are "joint owners" of the current librar\ system. "I'm not saving my opinions arc written in stone," said Clcgg. "There are many, many holes.** While he refused to release the memo to the press, sa> mg it in volved "attorney-client nutters" be tween him and the board. Clcgg did summarize its main points follow ing Monday's meeting. It details in formation found in commission minutes dating back to 1^59. "There are ux> many significant events of which there are 110 records." added Clcgg. who reached the follow ing conclusions: ?Brunswick County ami the >.? 1 1> ol Southport arc co owners ol the pre sent library s> stem: ? \ northern branch, the three-acre sue donated by L.cland and funds collected to build the library are owned by the county and South port: ?All librar> employees are jointly employed by Southport and the county; ?Southporfs branch library is co owned b\ the county and Southport: and ?Shallotte's West Brunswuk 1'iuiich library is owned by the town of Shallot te. Last month, library trustees, of which six arc appointed by South pori and six by county commission ers. refused to turn the northern area project over to the town of Leland to build Slate l.ibrarx Director Howard McGinn told trustees thai library boards cannot legally own land or assume res|>onsibilily for building libraries. According to Clcgg. operation ol the library system began Aug. 3, |0S0, when a Brunswick County Library Committee requested lunds and membership to operate a sys tem. The matter never came up again at the county level until August l?K?5. when commissioners were approached to help construct a new library branch in South|H?rt. The board's name was then estab lished as the Souihport/Brunswick County Library Board of Trustees, but at no point was a resolution adopted stating what rules the board would operate under, said Clegg. Therefore, its current operational laws are those established by the suite lor county-town library sys tems. which provides for co-owner ship. he added. Commissioners gave Shallotte SI 5. (XX) to help construct the West Brunswick Branch in Shallotte. which was built by the Friends of the West Brunswick Library. The Friends then deeded the building to the town on Sept. 14. 1^77. provid ed that it be continuously used as a library brunch. But the Southport branch was deeded in ll>(*> to the hbraiy trustees, instead ol die town. saul Clcgg. The land lor the I. eland area library was deeded to the trustees 111 ll*>(). My law. Ixrth sues are now co owned by the county and the city ot Southport, Clcgg adv ised. County coHiniissoners have do tuited lo the northern li brary project while the state has given the building coinmituv a S50,(KK> giant. I eland Mayor Kussell Baldwin toUl trustees (hat the grant would he lost ii construe lion is not underway l>v I Vc 5 1 . "I don't think it's icalistic to think the grant will necessarily Iv lost on Dec. 31," said Clcgg. " There's noili ing written down on that date." Hut commissioners have ituiicat cd they want the matter resolved in December In 1'5 other North Carolina coun ties. I ibraries .ire operated as a de partmcnt ol county government. Commissioners have hinted that once the northern librarv project is underway, the county may lorni ns own board. sepaiatc the low 11 of Southport. "We've got io get it built what cvci it takes, said District 5 Commissions Donald Shaw. Molden said Southport Mayor C B. "Cash" Caroon has agreed to ap|H>int members to the panel to uy to resolve the library dispute. Shallotte Man's Truck Hit With Gunfire in i krr\ roi'K A Shallotte man's truck w a^ hit by live bullets early Saturday dur ing a chase down N.C 211 near Supply The victim told Brunswick Countv Sheriff's Deputy Charles Wilson that three vehicles chased alter his vehicle as he was driving from Bolton to Shallotte around 2:30 a.m. Someone Iri-ji. the v chutes iired shots at hi> WS1 Chevrolet truck, hitunc it once in the left side, three times in the tailgate and once in the rear class. Wilson reported. Damage was estimated at SWHl. The victim cave officers a de senpuon of two vehicles and could not m.'c the third Wilson said The cha>e continued onto l .S. I" south ot Supply The ca-e is >u!l under invcNU ca tion. In other reports on file at the >her>n s department: ?Officers say it was a calm Halloween night (last Thursday) in Brunswick County. In one incident, a Barefoot Bay resident reported his mobile home was dented and his car damaged by vandals who threw some eggs around 11:30 p.m. The couple was lying in bed when they heard something hit the side of their mobile home, reported Deputy Richard Long. ?Halloween decorations valued at CRIME REPORT SI IX) were stolen from a home on Rampart Street in Leland sometime Saturday, reported Deputy Pete Moore. Five plywood figures ? a pumpkin, ghost, cat. witch and pumpkin with a cat attached ? were taken from a front \ard in the Westover subdivision. At another Rampart Street home, someone stole a 20-inch bicycle valued at $300 from a front yard Friday, reported Deputy Steve Mason. ? It will cost S450 to replace a win dow. at the Sea Trail Plantation and Golf Course information booth, bro ken by a thrown rivk sometime Friday. IVputy Itiil Br- ant reported ?An employee oi the Hardee s restaurant in Southport said some one cut two tires on his vehicle in the parking lot Friday, causing SI 50 in damage, reported Deputy Mar shall Evans. ?Officers said two trucks were stolen last week. A 1991 Nissan pickup, valued at S14.(XX). was tak en from a home in Pickett Ridge subdivision at Leland between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, reported Mason. Also, a 19X9 Nissan, valued at $6,500, was reported stolen from a Lakewood Estates home near Ocean Isle sometime between Oct. 28 and Nov. 1. ?Clothes and a battery, all worth Sl>6. were taken from a car left on the shoulder ol Boone's Neek Road south of Shallotte Saturday, report ed Wilson. Someone broke the rear w indow . causing S 1 50 in damage. ?Three homeowners at Seabreeze Estates, off of N.C. 130 east ol Shallotte. rejxirted their homes had been burglarized. At one, someone broke a window but took nothing, causing S2 in damage. Deputy Haiti Heweli reported. At another home, a tront door was pried open Ivtwccn Oct 2?X iuid Nov. 1. A S500 television and S25 flashlight were taken. Damage was S350. A Gaston i a man said someone broke into his home at Seabreeze between Oct. 2oricd. ?Office and computer equipment worth an estimated SI 6,600 was stolen during a break-in at Ocean Isle Interiors on N.C. lX>4 at Seaside Friday, Bryant reported. Damage was $250 to a front door that had been pried open. A computer, a portable computer, printers, a o>py machine and calculators were taken. ? Burglars removed an air condi tioner to gain entry to Ma and Pa s Restaurant on N.C. 179 late Friday and left with S10 in quarters, Bryant reported. ?Clothing worth S300 was stolen from a home on N.C. 130 east of Shallotte Saturday while the victim was away cutting firewood. report ed Wilson. ?A burglar was caught breaking in ti) the Ocean Isle Seafood Market on N.C. i ?y Saturday The sus|>eci was pulled from a broken window by someone on the scene, but the man broke trei arid lei t u> .1 car de scribed as a PJ/7 01 ll)7N Thunder bird or Cougar Wilson rc (K?i u 4i i >amagi was Sun ? ?A diiimg tabu and lour chairs, valued at SI, 1(H). were stolen irom a Ked Oak Estates home at Hoopei Hill near Lclattd Sunday. reported Mason ? burglars look a S50 Ian ami caused S.<(H) in damage to a home m Shoreline Estates during a break in between Aug 2 and Oi ' ' T report ed Ms Howell. ? Ihieves took an estimated SI.N40 in kitchen appliances and caused SX50 m damage at a home on Holly Street in Leland between Oct 27 and Nov. 1, Ms. Hewett re|H?rted. Someone broke a window to gain entry. ?A homeowner in Quail Haven, oil ol Kirby Koad surprised a burglar early Saturday alter the suspect used a haniinei to shatter a w indow during an attempted break-in. Deputy J.R Ear]) Jr. retried. The suspect lied the scene in a Chevrolet truck when tin resident approached. Leland Man To Face Second Degree Murder Charge BY TERRY POPE A Leland man accused of fatally shooung another man in the Lincoln Primary School parking lot Oct. 3 may lace trial on a second -degree murder charge in Brunswick Counts Superior Court. James Glenn Maynard, 28, of the Long subdivision, was charged Oct. 4 v.ith first -degree murder alter he allegedly tired a shotgun during an argument over a girllnend, hitting the victim in the lace. Killed wa-. Alex Dale "Baby Hcwey" Heweu. 25, of Route 5, Lcland. A pellet from the .20-gaugc shotgun also hit Hew ell's Iriend, Dane II Woolen of Lcland. in the hand causing him to lose a finger, said Brunswick County Shentl's Detective Ken Messer. At a probable cause hearing in Brunswick County District Court last Wednesday, Judge D. Jack Hooks Jr. ruled that N1a\nard should face trial on charges of second-degree murder and felonious assault vvuh a deadly weapon with intent to kill indicting our friendly staff will oe glad to na^e cooies for you the okMashceo *ay out why wait9 Brunswick Business Service Main St. ? Shallotte ? 754-8300 serious injurs'. A grand jury will now hear evidence and decide whether to indict Maynard on the charges. Hooks also lound Maynard guilty ol possession of a weapon on schix>l grounds and sentenced him to two years in prison. Bond was set for Maynard ai S60,(XX). Assistant District Attorney Ola Lewis asked that Hooks place May nard under S5(K). Moser testified that Maynard, who did not flee Iron i the scene, also did not appear to be on drugs or under the influence of alcohol following the shinning. "He was upset, nervous, very talkative," said Moser. Maynard told Moser lhal he want ed to fire a shot into the air to scare Hewett. "He said that he meant u> shoot the weapon," said Moser, "but ttiat he didn't intend to sht the victim." Ms. Lewis asked for a first degree murder charge, stating that ihe shinn ing was premeditated because May iiaril had to walk over u> his vehicle, gel ihi gun aiKi return u> the victim where the I a la I shot was lired. Hew ell w as shot mice in the lace and lower neck area around 6:W p.m. He died the following morning in New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. WiK)ten was ai the scene as a friend of (he victim said Vlesser. anil was not involved in llie sluxumg. Trest said Woolen was shot in the hand as he grabbed for the gun. There was no scheduled activity al the school when the shooting oc cur ret I. said Mcsscr. AT LELAND BRING HOME THEfcBEACON On Sale At HILL S FOOD STGHE WILSON S FOOD STORF 9{ice '9\? (Pretty RESORT INTERIORS & WICKER IMPORts We're moving soon to our new Long Beach Road store! Moving Sale lerritiL ?u\ tugs throughout thi Mure on furnishings, bed. ling lamps, pictures and nu>re! Jet. 211 & 133, South port Mon.-bat. 1 0:00-5:00 ? 919-457-b444 STAff PHOTO IW RUT TEH Frosty Bananas Mack luster of II olden lleach harvested this bunch of bananas that h -as growing on a tree in his back yard to protect them from the cold Monday night, when the temperature dipped into the 30s. l- oster is hoping the green bananas wilt ripen inside. Calabash Sets Public Forums Two public hearings are sched uled luesday, Nov i J. a.s ihe town ill Calabash moves ui approve sev eral pro|H>sed zoning changes A 5".^' ['in forum will allow res identN to voice opinions before the Board ol Adjusuneni about a pro posed variance to the town zoning ordinance. At 6 p.m.. the town board of commissioners will hear public opinions about requested revisions to correct the zoning ordinance. Both hearings, and the regular commissioners meeting at 7 p.m., will lake place in Calabash Town Hall. I d Schaak, town building inspec toi said that Ocean Side Corporation is >eeking a variance that would al low u ?> keep Cedar Iree subdivi sion under the town's original re quirements for building and zoning. Cedar Tree is in Calabash's extra territorial aiea (ETA), but was not at the lime ol us development. Residents within the town's ETA do not pay town taxes, hut must comply wiih all town building code piovisioiis ami zoning ordinances. They have .. picscntalion on the town's Board ol Adjustment and Planning Board Schaak said that this is a matter ol "making suic the pro(>er pa|>er work is done "'I here should be no problem I believe they'll (.Board ol Adjustment members) grant the variance, he said. Zoning Corrections Considered A few errors were made in zon ing particular areas of Calabash for different ly|>es of dwellings, said Schaak. Previously, some areas were zoned MFH. which means that only double-wide mobile homes and stick-built houses could be built in those neighborhoods. "That's a higher class than the area warrants. Schaak said. Some single-wides exist as part of a grandfather clause, but if they were destroyed, the owner would be obliged to build only what the area allows. Schaak said that this is not fair, and was done in error, so the pro posed areas may be re -zoned to MFH2, which allows all three types of dwellings. "It's just to remove undue burden to landowners." he said. 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