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South Brunswick Leaders Discuss Their Plans For '92 (Continued From Page 1-A) the community's streets. The mayor also said that the N.C. Department of Transportation will resurface First Street before the tourism season begins. She said she has high hopes for the future of the va cation industry at Occan Isle. The town distributed brochures at statewide welcome centers last year and is renting a billboard along 1-40 in Raleigh to advertise the town. Shallotte Shallottc Mayor Sarah Tripp said she doesn't have a lot of plans for 1992, but hopes the town can accomplish more than it did in the last 12 months. "I just hope that our new year is more productive than our last year has been." she said. "1 just hope our new board will work together for the good of the town." Shallotte Aldermen spent much ol 1991 quarreling among them selves. Morris Hall and Roncy Cheers were elected in November to replace Jody Simmons and Joe 1 lewctt on the board. As far as specific projects in 1992, Mrs. Tripp had none in mind. She said she hopes the economy improves this year for the good of the town's businesses. "I try not to make resolutions that I can't keep," she said. "I do wish everybody a prosperous new year. I hope the economy turns around enough so we can really do something." Mayor Tripp said she would like to increase town employee salaries this year so they arc c loser to the state average. Calabash George Anderson, mayor pro tern of Calabash, says that the future of a proposed sewer system for the old Town of Calabash remains to be seen in 1992. "That depends on if the public wants to pay the as sessment on it," he said, "which is not easy to ask peo ple to do in a recession." A preliminary report on the sewer study was made late in 1991, and more findings arc expected in the coming year. The slate DOT plans to widen N.C. '79 through the restaurant district ol Calabash with a turn lane and curt* and guttering. Anderson added that the widening of U.S. 17 out side Carolina Shores will impact the community with increased traffic noise and potential danger of acci dents. "I hope they put a traffic light there at Country Club Drive," he said, stating fears that speeding cars through the area could cause more wrecks. Annexation of outlying areas into the municipality is part of the long-term plan for Calabash, but probably not in 1992. Anderson said he would like to see a "squaring of the town's borders" in the next few years. The mayor pro lem also was proud of the audit re port from S. Preston Douglas and Associates praising Calabash for its improved tax collection for the last fis cal year. The report said Calabash went from a collection rate Weather Will Welcome 1 992 On Tranquil Note The week that ushers in a new year will also offer tranquil, cool weather, according to meteorologist Jackson Canady. 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The average daytime temperature was 62 degrees, and the average evening temperature was 43 de grees, making for an average daily temperature of 52. ITiat reading is six degrees above average, Canady said. He recorded 1.24 inches of rain at his Shallotte Point home in the last week. FURNITURE 'DiAfiuAutote We welcome 1 992 with 20% -60% SAVINGS ofprice SOFAS, CHAlHS, LOVESEATS, BEDROOMS, DINETTES, RECUNERS, END/COFFEE TABLES. SLEEPERS, DINING ROOMS, CURIOS, GUN CABINETS, ENTERTAINMENT UNITS, ROCKING CHAIRS AND MORE. HURRY NOTHING HELD BACK OPEN MON.-SAT. 9-5:30 ?SPECIAL ORDERS WELCOME ?INSTANT CREDIT ?DELIVERY AVAILABLE ?INSTORE FINANCING ) DAYS SAME AS CASH Hwy. 90, Nixon's Crossroads North Myrtle Beach, SC m\ (803)249-8874 *1 HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWKK#BEAC0N POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 NOTICE: Reliable or consistent delivery cannot be guaranteed since this newspaper must rely on the U.S. Postal Service for delivery. We can only guarantee that your newspaper will be submitted to the post office in Shallotte on Wednesday of the week of publication, in time for dispatch to out-of-town addressesjhat day. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr. Citizen In Brunswick County N.C. Sales Tax Postage Charge TOTAL Elsewhere in North Carolina N.C. Sales Tax Postage Charge TOTAL ?6.30 .38 3.68 10.36 -15.30 .32 3.68 9.30 ?6.30 .38 8.18 14.86 ?5.30 .32 8 18 13.80 Outside North Carolina Postage Charge TOTAL J6.30 9.65 15.95 05.30 9.65 14.95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name Address City, State Zip of 92.4 percent in FY 89-90 to a rate of 98.2 percent in FY 90-91. 'Things are looking up," Anderson said of the gen eral condition of the waterfront town, "but there's still a lot of work to be done." Sunset Beach Mayor Mason Barber said the Town of Sunset Beach will proceed next year with determining if there's a need for a municipal sewer system. A study that was begun in 1991 should continue in to the coming year, and the mayor said he looks for ward to investigating the feasibility of the system as soon as the study can be completed and government loans approved. Barber added that the town will "complete the an nexation process' by looking at adding the new South Brunswick post office and adjacent areas to the town boundaries in the coming year. A workshop will be held early in 1992, he said, so town officials can discuss further annexations. "Anything that qualifies, we'll look at," Mayor Barber said Also set to take place this year / , will be the resurfacing of several streets in Sunset Beach by the state DOT. Sunset Boulevard, Main S tree i and other roads arc targeted for a new coat of pavement. Mayor Barber said he looks for ward to implementing a new sign ordinance, which he says is "very much needed." BARBER He said the new ordinance, which will be amended STAFF PMOTO BY DORI C GURGANUS Where Did Everyone Go? Hardly a creature was stirring along Shallotte's usually bustling Main Street Christmas morning. If only the normally busy intersection of Village Road and U.S. 17 Business wre always this easy to nav igate. Calabash Takes Initiative With Program Assistance BY DORI C. GURGANUS Sincc Calabash was selected lasi January to participate in the Coastal Initiative Iftogram, the waterfront town has apparently done well in planning for future coastal improve ments and development "Oh, it was an excellent year," Coastal Initiative Committee Chair man TJ. Morgan said of the town's success with the program. The Coastal Initiative Program is a state- and federally-funded project that helps local governments care for environmentally-sensitive waters while building pubiic interest in wa terfront activities and trade. Towns and counties selected for the piogram are given access to a team of experts from several gov ernment agencies who can assist with various projects and answer questions about development Morgan said the local committee, formed to oversee the implementa tion of the program in Calabash, had been quite active in its first year. To begin with, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the request of the committee, is in the process of conducting a study to determine the cost and feasibility of dredging the Calabash River. The dredging will "definitely hap pen," Morgan said, but the study was still deemed necessary. The committee also was able to get a Calabash project on the N.C. Transportation Improvement Pro gram (TIP), the state Board of Transportation's seven-year plan ning document "It's a big thing to get on the list," said Morgan. Calabash's portion of N.C. 179 is scheduled' for addition of a center turn lane with curb and guttering in 1994, but Morgan guesses that par ticipation in the Coastal Initiative Program will give the town much higher priority. The project should, according to Morgan, affect N.C. 179 from the stale line to Clariday Road. Coastal Initiative Committee members also helped select Powell Associates of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., the engineering firm that is conducting a study on installing a sewer system in the town's business district. In 1991, the local group also looked into the feasibility of projects that include developing a waterfront park and boat ramp and establishing an historical society. Morgan said work on these project should contin ue in 1992. Membership in the committee has been spread out to include a variety of public interests in Calabash's fu ture. In addition to Morgan, seats are filled by co-chairman Paul Walker, Rich O'Donnell, Mayor Doug Simmons, Commissioners Stu Thorn and Jon Sanborn, Ed Schaack, Rich Johnson and Warren "Bud" Knapp. Morgan breaks down the mem bership this way: he works at a ma rina; Thorn and Sanborn represent the town commission; Schaack is the town building inspector; O'Don nell works as a dock-keeper; John son represents the Calabash Mer chants Association; Mayor Simmons is working on the historical society and Knapp was instrumental in bringing the Coastal Initiative Pro gram to Calabash to begin with. Morgan adds that he made room for two representatives from the Planning and Zoning Board, but that the board has not had regular mem bership very often in the past year. Pati Lewellyn, temporary chair of the planning board, has been attend ing Coastal Initiative meetings. "I'm trying to keep everyone in volved and intormed," Morgan said of the group. The work the commitlcc has ac complished has not gone unnoticed either. Morgan said that at a recent meeting of Coastal Initiative repre sentatives and administrators in Southport, the learn from Calabash was commended for its positive ac tions of the past year. lx>rraine Shinn, regional manager for the N.C. Department of Envir onment, Health and Natural Resources in Washington, N.C., at tended the meeting, Morgan said, and was "pleased with our pro gress". He said Calabash was originally selected due to its positive attitude toward development and that admin istrators of the program icpuiicu uiui the town had lived up to their expec tations. Morgan added that Calabash has "done everything on our own," and only recently has asked government officials for advice concerning fu ture plans. The local committee will meet Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. in the Calabash Town Hall to discuss pro jects for the coming year. On the agenda are plans to "look into" locating funds to place utilities underground and install sidewalks in the business area. The Coastal Initiative Program's assistance can last "indefinitely," Morgan said. However, he is concerned that the forthcoming election will alter the fate of the program. The governor makes the final choice of which towns participate in the program, and reinstates them each year. For Morgan, the big question is: "Will a different governor pick us up for the program again?" at a workshop in January, should improve the town's appcarancc by putting regulations on public signs. Holden Beach Holdcn Bcach Mayor Wally Auslcy, the only South Bruns WiC k Islands mayor who wasn't in office this time last year, hopes the town can complete sever al ongoing projects in 1992. Among them arc the burial of all overhead power and cable tele vision lines and the removal of util ity poles. "1 really like the idea of not having utility poles up. I'd real ly like to sec that completed in i992." Auslcy also would like to see the town install street lights in the coming year and im plement the land use plan update once it's approved by the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission. The new mayor said he hopes "Mother Nature" treats the town's beachfront well in the year ahead. After suffering major loss ol dunes two years ago during Hurricane Hugo, Holdcn Bcach officials say the dunes seem to be stabilizing and rebuilding. Above all, Ausley said he wants to build on (he ac complishments of the past few years. Promoting .safety and enjoyment of the strand arc keys. "I see us continuing in a real positive, friendly atti tude among the people who live here and the tourists," he said. "I think a feeling of confidence and pride in the bcach is what every citizen wants." AUSLEY VA Officials May Help Pick Officer (Continued From Page 1-A) cal assistance, support and also help handie difficult eases, said Guthrie. 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