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STAFF PHOTO BY DOR1 C GURGANUS
SHAIJX)TTE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER Bradley Hardee receives assistance from fellow fire
fighters as he exits a burning house Monday morning on McMilly Road outside Shallotte. He was
treated for heat exhaustion.
McMilly Road Home Damaged In Blaze
BY DORI C. GURGANUS
A fire lhat reportedly started in
the kitchen raged through a house on
McMilly Road two miles outside
Shallotte Monday morning, causing
an estimated S35.000 in damage and
sending one firefighter to the hospi
tal with heat exhaustion.
Rames engulfed the middle sec
tion of the one-story, brick residence
of Perlene Jones, a widow and
mother of three children.
"It appeared to have started in the
kitchen, around the stove," said
Cecil Logan, county fire marshal. A
pot was left on a heated burner on
the stove which he said "completely
melted the bottom of an aluminum
pan."
He said the kitchen and attic sus
tained the most fire damage, with
the rest of the house receiving only
water damage.
"We were able to save all the con
tents of the house," said Logan. He
estimated the structural loss at about
S35.000.
Shalloue Volunteer Fire Depart
ment put out the blaze, responding
to a call from Ms. Jones' brother be
twccn 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.,
said Fire Chief Tim Carter.
No personal injuries were suf
fered by any residents of the house,
but one firefighter was treated for
slight injuries.
Bradley Hardee, a firefighter with
the Shalloue Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was taken by ambulance to
The Brunswick Hospital in Supply
and treated for heat exhaustion and
hyperventilation and released,
Logan said.
"Hardee's doing fine," Carter said
Tuesday afternoon.
Holden Land Use Plan *
Headed For Finish Line 1
BY DOUG RUTTKR
If Holdcn Bcach's land use plan
was in a slock car race, it probably
would have blown an engine a long
umc ago.
But the plan that should have
been completed and approved 18
months ago now appears to be head
ed for the finish line.
"It looks like we're coming
around the last turn about to get the
checkered flag," Mayor Wally Aus
ley said Monday.
Holden Beach officials will hold
what they hope will be the final pub
lic hearing on the 1990 land use plan
update on Wednesday, March 18.
At their meeting Monday night,
commissioners reviewed four pro
posed changes to the plan that was
adopted for the second time in
December.
The N.C. Coastal Resources
Commission rejected the plan last
month after the town board refused
to make changes recommended by
state staff.
Commissioners now appear ready
to make those changes. Town Man
ager Gary Parker gave the board a
draft of the proposed revisions on
Monday.
The recommended changes,
which are required for CRC appro
val, involve the Conservation land
classification category and the
town's policies on jetties and gov
ernment agency planning.
"We have been assured by several
people that it would be approved if
wc make ihcsc changcs," Mayor
Auslcy said.
Among them is Haskell Rhctt,
planning and access coordinator
with the N.C. Division of Coastal
Management in Wilmington. Rhctt
has worked on the land use plan
since the update process started
more than two years ago.
The two major revisions to the
plan would be a new definition for
the Conservation land class and the
addition of a category known as
Conservation Special Use.
Rhett says the changcs arc needed
to allow normal development to
continue along the cstuarine shore
line. That area includes land within
75 feet of the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway and finger canals.
Town officials also plan to change
a policy in the document which now
says the town wouldn't oppose a jet
ty at the eroding east end of the is
land near Lockwood Folly Inlet.
To comply with state regulations,
the revised policy would say Holden
"It looks like we're coming
- ? around the io.st turn about to
get the checkered flag."
? Mayor Wally Ausley
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Bcach won't allow new bulkheads,
groins, seawalls or other erosion
control structures that harden the
shoreline.
Holden Bcach officials also plan to
add a policy stating that the town
wants to be notified and involved in
government planning and develop
ment that might impact the commu
nity.
The proposed policy specifically
mentions the Army Corps of Eng
ineers and the town's desire to be
notified of any possible changes in
the easement line along the water
way.
Commissioners are expected to
approve the land use plan update fol
lowing the March 18 public hearing.
The CRC could then certify the
pian when it meets March 26 and 27
at Wrightsville Beach.
Residents interested in seeing the
proposed changes or any other parts
of the land use plan or the maps can
do so at the town hall.
Shallotte
On Land
To Seek Input
Use Plan
Update
BY DOUG RUTTKR
Shalloitc resiuents will have sev
eral chances over the next few
months to let town officials know
what they think about the communi
ty's future growth and development.
Information workshops and pub
lic hearings begin next month as part
of the 1992 land use plan update
process.
Aldermen adopted a public partic
ipation plan at their meeting Tues
day night, setting tentative dates for
meetings on the land use plan that
will help state and local officials
guide the town's growth over the
next five years.
The planning board, which is tak
ing the lead in preparing the docu
ment, is expected to hold public in
formation workshops March 10 and
24.
At those workshops, residents
v/ill be encouraged to present their
views on issues such as economic
development, environmental protec
tion, parks, beautification and water
front access.
Planning board members and al
dermen will review population
trends, land use, economic and envi
ronmental issues at future meeting.
The planning board is expected to
finish its work on the preliminary
plan in August. Aldermen should re
ceive the plan in September before
submitting it to the N.C. Division of
Coastal Management for its review.
After comments are received
from the state, the planning board
will adopt the land use document.
Aldermen will hold a public hearing
before they adopt it and send it to
the N.C. Coastal Resources Com
mission for final approval.
All towns in the state's 20 coastal
counties are required to develop
land use plans to help officials con
trol luture growth. Updates are re
quired every five years, and
Shallotte's most recent plan was
adopted in 1987.
Proposal Dies
A proposal to meet just once in
stead of twice a month didn't gain
much support, despite a light meet
ing agenda Tuesday night
Alderman Morris Hall's motion to
cut back on meetings died for lack
of a second. Board members Wilton
Harrelson and Paul Wayne Reeves
were absent.
Hall said holding one meeting in
stead of two would save the town
Si 25 per month in board members'
salaries. That adds up to S 1,500 per
year.
"1 just think a lot of these things
could be taken care of in one meet
ing," Hall said.
But other town officials said hold
ing two meetings a month makes for
shorter meetings and makes it easier
to conduct the town's business in an
expeditious manner.
"It's not the money," Alderman
David Gause said. "1 prefer two
short meetings to one long one. If
we go to one meeting it's going to
be a long drawn-out affair."
Mayor Sarah Tripp said the town
hasn't had a lot of business to con
duct since Hall took officc in
December, but she promised longer
meetings this spring.
"If we can operate with one a
month then I'm willing to do that,"
Mrs. Tripp told Hall. "I think you'll
see during the budget that we do re
quire more time."
? Incumbent Poole Defeated
? In Yaupon Beach Election
One incumbent was defeated in
his bid for rc -election to tnc Yaupon
Beach Town Council Tuesday.
Challenger Darrcll D. Posey
edged out incumbent James L.
Poole for one of three available
scats on the council. Poole has also
served a term as District 3
Brunswick County commissioner.
Joining Posey on the council will
be Joseph W. Broyles and May W.
Moore, who were both rc-clcctcd to
the board Tuesday.
They received the highest number
of votes of six candidates in
Tuesday's makeup election, which
reflected the same outcome as a
flawed Nov. 5 election.
In all, 247 voters cast ballots, said
Brunswick County Supervisor of
Elections Lynda Brill.
There were no challenges or
problems noted from Tuesday's
vote, said Ms. Britt, which was a
new election set by the State Board
of Elections after an error was found
on the Nov. 5 ballot.
Tuesday's vote totals were as fol
lows: Rhctt Blackmon, 38; Joseph
W. Broylcs, 158; May W. Moore,
1 33; James L. Poole, 102; Danel! D.
Posey, 139; and J.M. Warren, 101.
Residents who registered up to 30
days before Tuesday's election were
declared eligible to vote by the State
Board of Elections olTicc.
The Nov. 5 election was declared
Hawed after an error was found on
the ballot. The Brunswick County
Board of Elections asked the state to
set a new ejection when the out
come of the first race could not be
determined.
The same six candidates were on
that ballot with three scats open on
the council. But the ballot instructed
voters to vote for only two candi
dates. Thirty-six persons had voted
before a poll worker noticed the er
ror.
Voters were then told to vote for
three candidates and the remaining
ballots were counted by hand.
Of the 36 who had voted before
the error was found, nine had voted
for three candidates anyway. Four
had voted for just one person and 23
had voted for two.
Not counting those 23 ballots,
persons received votes as follows on
Nov. 5: Rhctt Blackmon, 53; Joseph
W. Broyles, 127; May W. Moore,
123; James L. Poole Sr., 94; Darrell
la rosey, 97, ??iiu J.M. Warren, 67.
Tuesday's election revealed the
same winners.
At Yaupon Beach, the council se
lects a mayor from among the
board.
STAFF PHOTO BY CAROLYN SWEATT
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