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OWNED BY THE TOWN OF CALABASH Garden Club Wonts To Secure Future Maintenance Of Medians BY ERIC CARLSON Members of the Carolina Shores Garden Club have found themselves caught in the middle of the road in a disagreement over who should maintain four landscaped medians in Carolina Shores that arc owned by the town of Calabash. The town wants to treat the medi ans as it does other areas maintained under its roadway mowing budget. But the Garden Club, which has invested much effort and money in landscaping the medians, is worried that the areas will deteriorate with out more careful attention. It wants to protect the numerous commemo rative plantings that residents have donated as memorials to loved ones. Roadways and medians within the sprawling golf-club development originally were maintained by the Carolina Shores Property Owners Association. Under contract with the POA, the Green Keeper Land scaping Corp. regularly mowed, wa tered and fertilized the median areas. Two years ago, the development became part of the town of Calabash and the roads officially came under the town's jurisdiction. Still, the POA continued to pay for upkeep of the medians. !n its most recent budget, effec tive July 1, the association decided that because the medians arc owned by Calabash, the town should pay for their upkeep. "There's sort of a principal at stake here," said POA President Jack Brady. "Those islands are owned by the town. If we are ex pected to maintain them, should we also start repairing potholes and fix ing streetlights and mowing the ditches? Where does it all end?" The landscaper estimates that it costs about S3 ,000 a year to proper ly maintain the medians, Brady said. The town can use its state Powell Bill road funds for mowing along town thoroughfares, but that money cannot be used to do the additional maintenance needed on the medians, Calabash Commissioner and Carolina Shores resident Jon San bom said recently. "When we get into weeding and fertilizing and planting flowers, that money would have to come out of beautification funds," Sanborn said. In June, the Calabash Commis ? ? ? . ? ..j n>y> WUIIU J * V/tVAJ UUnil UU1IUUIII V> posal to increase the town's beautifi cation budget by $2,500 to pay for median upkeep. Consequently the only maintenance the town will per form on the areas is the standard grass cutting it does along all town roadways. Commissioner Ray Card, who oversees mowing operations in the town, was one of several Carolina Shores residents who voted aga?nst the median maintenance funding. Called at his home last week, Card had nothing to say about the medi ans. "i know the situation and I know where the problems are, but I'm not going to comment on it," Card said. Meanwhile, the Carolina Shores Garden Club is doing what it can to see liiai lite medians are properly maintained. 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"It's my per sonal feeling that the property own ers are the on? who love these strips and 1 think they should take care of them. But if the POA refuses to do it, we have no choice but to ask the town commissioners." For more than 10 years, the gar den club put in new plants and cared for old ones along the median strips, Elliott said. Most of the plantings were cionated in remembrance of people who live or have lived in Carolina Shores. Many arc tagged with the name of the person memo rialized. "These aren't just plants. They arc labors of love. We just don't want to see them die," she said. Brady feels that instead of lower ing the town's tax rate by a half cent last June, tne Calabash Commis sioners should have used the money remaining after their budget cutting meeting to pay for upkeep of the medians. "That half cent would have meant another $4,400, which would have been more than sufficient," Brady said. "They were being Fiscally con servative to the point of depriving us of services we arc used to." Because the medians are official ly owned by the town, Brady also feels the POA could be on shaky le gal ground in maintaining property that docs not belong to the associa ? I # J i lion. He said the POA's lawyer had advised not lo do so without a re lease from the town. Sanborn said he hopes the town can des.gnate a beautificalion com mittee to take care of the Carolina Shores medians and other projects in the town. lie said several smaller medians in downtown Calabash also couid be landscaped under such a plan. Before then, members of the gar den club plan to 2ppr03Ch the hnnrrl of commissioners to see if anything can be done to avoid the coming lapse in median maintenance. "One way or another, we're going to make sure these plants arc cared for," said Elliott "Even though, technically, we're trespassing." Parent Group Being Organized At Supply An organizational meeting will be held August 11 at 7 p.m. at the Supply Volunteer Fire Department to discuss formation of a Parent Teacher Organization for the new Supply Elementary School. Teresa Fulford, a member of the Supply Advisory Board, said this group had met, and although it had not elected officers, members fell action should be taken toward set ting up an organization for parents and teachers at the school. She was asked to publicize an open meeting for this purpose. Tne meeting is open to anyone in terested in the formation of a Parent Teachcr Association, Parent Teacher Organization or any other similar group. Teachers will officially report to Supply School August 14, and the first day of classes is August 26. >111' AROUNA SH roan WBBsSmkm. ~ ''? > Vr ?Vr t i- vff" 4 v-'*V^f 1 4 Mvwyl I1ISS S& .. ?' ?<*31*! I .... ? *'^^,",''^2 ..- w^JSw iwBHiT-* ^ T ?? , ?*y * * ?'- *>?? 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