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?v>.. m STAFF PHOTOS BY MARJORIE MtGIVEItN Scenes From A New School Trying out the carpeted , tiered seats in the new Supply Elementary School theater, in photo above, are prospective students, their mothers and a little brother. Pictured, from left, are Chad McCumbee, Jeanine McCumbee, Zachary McCumbee , Jessica Dosher and Sherry Dosher. Below, dress-up time for kids is any time there are 'big folks' hats, scarves and frills. Twins Kristin, left, and Brandon Immen, enjoyed playing grownup last week in a kindergarten room at Supply Elementary School. Community Rallies To Help Caudill (Continued trom Page 1-A) on the uncontested facts of the case without having to wait for a jury tri al. After the marrow harvest, Var nam said Caudill is expected to re turn home this weekend and return to Duke hospital next week for more treatment. The transplant will allow Caudill to receive highly toxic doses of chemotherapy treatment, scheduled to begin Sept. 7, that body might otherwise not be able to withstand. The harvested bone marrow is frozen and held in reserve, a form of insurance in the event Caudill's sys tem is unable to begin producing sufficient new blood cells of its own after the chemotherapy. Sometimes the infusion isn't even needed; the patient's body goes back io work making sufficient new blood cells on its own. Following a period of isolation, if needed, the marrow will be inject ed back into the body. It seeds itself, replacing the bone marrow the treat ment has destroyed. Varnam said the Durham hospital is trying to keep the cost of treat ment down by doing as much treat ment as possible on an out-patient basis. "They're wooing every way they can with her to cut down on expens es and go ahead and go with it," she said. Friends hope to raise more money for the bone marrow transplant fund next weekend, when Varnam town holds its annual community festival. Half of the proceeds from a karate demonstration on Friday, Sept. 4, will be donated. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Lockwood Folly Community Building on Stanbury Road. Admission is S3. On Saturday, food and other items will be sold at a booth on the festival grounds at Vamamtown Town Hall. All proceeds will go to the Caudill fund. Also next Saturday, a benefit con cert that is not prrt of the festival HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWICKfettACON POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 NOTICE: Reliable or consistent delivery cannot be guaranteed sinfejhis newspaper must rely on the U.S. Postal Service for delivery. We can only guarantee that your newspaper wiftbq submitted tojhe post office in Shallotte on Wednesday of the we&T&f publication, in - time for dispatch to out-of-town ^addresses tpst day. ? - ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr. Citizen In Brunswick County ?6.30 N.C. Sales Tax .38 Postage Charge 3.68 TOTAL 10.36 Elsewhere in North Carolina N.C. Sales Tax roslaye Ci large TOTAL ?5.30 .32 3.68 9.30 Outside North Carolina Postage Charoe TOTAL ?6.30 15.95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name Address City, State Zip ?5.30 14.95 I I 1 will be held at Shallotic Middle School at 7:30 p.m. Performers will include The Singing Americans of Maiden, The Scrcnaders of Bladenboro and The Altarmen of Shalloue. No admission will be charged, but there will be a free will offering dur ing the concert with all proceeds go ing to the bone marrow transplant fund. Also, proceeds from a Sept. 5 yard and bake sale at Shell Point Baptist Church will go to the fund. Traffic Signal In Works For Seaside Intersection BY SUSAN USHER Relief is on the way for mo torists who travel the busy N.C. 179/N.C. 904 intersection at Sunset Beach. Following a peak-season traffic count conducted Friday, Aug. 7, the N.C. Department of Transportation has agreed that a full traffic signal is needed at the intersection, along with other improvements already planned this fall. Once the South Brunswick Islands post office branch opened, said Roger Hawkins, division traf fic engineer, "it was obvious that a traf fic signal was needed." Installation of the signal will be coordinated this fall with the widen ing and resurfacing of approaches to the intersection and installation of left turn lanes. "It sounds like it will be be tween Octobcr and November," said Hawkins. Money for the signals is expect cu tu come iiuiii tiic spot safety fund. The formal request is "still in the hopper," said Hawkins, but should go to the traffic engineering nfficc in Raleigh this week, in time for consideration by the state Board of Transportation at its October meeting. "It's a cut and dried situation," said Hawkins. How quickly the work is completed depends in part On when the impfCVciViciiut alC scheduled after Labor Day and how quickly the signal plans are com pleted. Judge Recommends Babson Reinstatement To Former Job BY MARJORIE MEGIVERN Brunswick County's former ani mal control supervisor may be back at her post soon, if the state person n<*j commission the county health board follow a judge's rec ommendation. Administrative Law Judge Bee chcr R. Gray decided Aug. 14 that Zclma Babson, fired June 25, 1991, for failure to perform her duties sat isfactorily, should be reinstated to her former position as animal con trol supervisor and should receive back pay and attorney fees. This decision was released by Babson's attorney Sheila McLamb. who said the commission "histori cally follows the judge's recommen dation." When the commission issues its opinion to the Brunswick County Health Department, which it must do within 90 days, the health board and Director Michael Rhodes will decide whether to abide by the deci sion or to file an appeal with Superior Court within 30 days. Babson had her first bout with the health department in April of 1990, when she was warned about using a county vehicle for personal business on county time. In September of the same year, she received another warning in connection with an after hours animal control call. Other complaints about her work included, in June 1991, alleged intimidation of employees and failure to respond to scrvice calls within a reasonable lime. All these were dismissed by Gray in his reco?nnicnriaiinn; while hp al lowed allegations that she failed to complete quality assurance work di rectives in Januaryl991 and June 1991 allegations that she used pro fanity with employees. The complaint regarding personal use of a county vehicle arose from Babson's stop at the Waccamaw Baseball Park to unlock a conces sion stand for an inspection on her way to an animal control visit. Babson later said she had taken her lunch break early in order to help prepare the concession stand for use that night. No departmental guide lines existed icgaiuing lunch breaks. Another complaint revolved around Babson's making an after hours service call on an injured ani moj Sept. 1, 1990. After unsucccss fully trying to contact her supervi sor, John Crowder, as well as Rhodes and other officials required by policy, she got permission to re spond to the call from County Commissioner Benny Ludlum. The health department policy al lows workers to answer calls after hours only in the event of an emer gency. In regard to profanity used before employees, five of whom signed a 34-item complaint against Babson, the judge's findings indicated that profanity was routinely used in and around the animal control office by the staff, including Babson. She rsffivrnj four warnings COR ceming "failure to perform her du ties" and in June 1991, Rhodes placed her on investigatory/discipli nary suspension then on June 25 ter minated her employment In March 1992, Babson took her case to a state personnel hearing, denying that she had been discourte ous or intimidating to employees and asserting that her supervisor had told her employees could answer non-emergency calls after hours if instructed to do so by a county com missioner. She also noted several cases prior to her incident in which other officers were dispatched to non-emergency, after-hours calls by Rhodes or Crowder. Following Judge Gray's decision, Babson <wid-, shf. wanted her job back. "I loved the work I did," she said. "1 enjoyed working with the people, too, though 1 understand the people didn't like me. I know the public was satisfied, though. I've gotten so many calls encouraging n me. Rhodes declined to comment on the recommendation, saying that, in the event the personnel commission accepts it, the health board will be a part of any decision to reinstate Babson or to appeal. HEARiNG Will BE iN SEPTEMBER Draft Sunset Beach Land Use Plan Ties Level Of Growth To Services BY SUSAN USHER Sunset Beach Town Council and Planning Board members put Finish ing touches Monday on a proposed Coastal Area Management Act (CA MA) land use update which it plans to lake to public hearing next month. At its ScpL 7 meeting, the council is expectcd to schedule a Sept. 21 hearing to receive public comments on the plan. Prior to the hearing, copies of the draft will be available for public inspection at both the Sunset Beach Town Hall and the Brunswick County Planning Department. The proposed plan will be submitted to the N.C. Office of Coastal Management for review, and then to the Coastal Resources Commission for consideration. Once approved by the CRC the plan is adopted by the town. Required under provisions of the N.C. Coastal Area Management Act, the plan is meant to guide land use and growth in the community over the next five years and to address protection of coastal resources. Policy statements adopted in the plan by the town council will regu late issuance of CAMA minor and major permits for development in any areas of environmental concern. Also, they must be consistent with, and be implemented through, the town's land use regulations such as zoning and subdivision ordinances. And, projects and proposals that are reviewed by state and federal agen cies are screened for consistency with the town's land use plan, which could serve as grounds for denial or revision of a project. The draft presented Monday pro vides for continued, but managed, growth. "Generally, Sunset Beach be lieves in managing and directing the town's growth and development in balance with the availability of mu nicipal services," the draft indicates. The town recognizes "that improp erly managed growih can actually harm or 'destroy' the very appeal which attracts new residents and seasonal visitors in the first place." The plan provides for retaining the primarily single-family residen tial character of the island, while al lowing for other types of housing, primarily on the mainland. The plan docs not specifically ad vocate or discourage a high-rise bridge to the island. Instead it sup ports "improved bridge access to the island" to promote public safety, re iterating the position taken by the town council in a resolution sent to the slate several years ago. The town also says it will im prove stormwater runoff, pursue de velopment of a regional sewer treat ment system with Calabash, and continue seeking an island location for public rcstroom facilities. Should a new bridge be built to the island, the town advocates construction of a new boat ramp. Council reiterates the town's in tent to comply with and enforce ex isting state and federal regulations and outlines several policy and/or regulatory- changes it proposes to carry ouL The plan supports use of package sewage treatment plants where need ed on the mainland in the absence of the regional sewer system and sup ports enforcement efforts by the county health department. The coun cil plans to amend its subdivison or dinance to require that the developer submit a maintenance plan to ensure proper servicing. With few exceptions, most of the changes made Monday afternoon were editorial in nature. However, wording of the plan's position on marinas is still being fine-tuned, and is dependent on the definition of a marina. Planning board and council members indicat ed they weren't interested in encour aging commercial basin-type mari nas but noted the need for greater boating access. Marinas aren't ad dressed at aii in the current zoning ordinance. Councilman Ed Gore pointed out existing long-range plans by Sea Trail Corp. for a dry storage and launching facility on its four-acre tract at the end of Park Avenue for which permits have been main tained. He said others possibilities exist as well. The plan indicates the town will study the feasibility of requiring that building height restrictions can only be changed by a public referendum, an issue mentioned frequently by the public during preparation of the plan. Presently, the height limits on the island are predominately 35 feet on the island and mainland, with a gen eral limit of 50 feet on multi-family structures on the mainland. However, with additional setback area, higher buildings are allowed in both Mainland Business 1 and Mainland Residential 1 zoning dis tricts, a provision Councilman Bud Scrantom thinks ought to be recon sidered. Zoning Man Deliberation Continues (Continued From Page 1-A) industries, the boards agreed wiJi Harvey's plan to require agricultural industries to make a special applica tion to the planning board. If the board agreed to allow the operation, it could create an "eco nomic development overlay district" with special buffering requirements to lessen its impact on neighboring property. Normal Weather Is In Forecast Weather conditions are expected to remain near normal over the next few days. Shallotte Point weather watcher Jackson Canady said temperatures are expected to range from the upper 60s at night into the upper 80s dur ing the daytime, with around three quarters inch of rainfall. For the period Aug. is through 24, he reported a maximum high of 90 degrees, which occurred Aug. 19, and a minimum low of 68 degrees, urhirh KntK A ??o 1 Q ??tiiwit A \t MIU 22. A daily average high temperature of 87 degrees combined with an av erage nightly low of 69 degrees for a daily average temperature of 78 de grees. Canady said that is about 1 ticgicc uciGw a vCidgc. He recorded 2.57 inches of rain, which fell primarily during the early part of the period. Planning Board Member Marion Warren said it was a good idea "to draw the line at processing," but wondered if the law would require people engaged in traditional farm related activities to apply for an overlay district. "My neighbor raises laying hens. Is she going to have to come to me for permission?" Warren asked. "If when we say processing we're talk ing about Aunt Sally putting togeth er dozens of eggs to sell, I don't think she needs to come and see us." Harvey said that such activities would not require a permit because "bona fide farms" and "retail sales of items grown on the premises" are specifically allowed in rural zones. The board also discussed a provi sion restricting large "occupation re lated" vehicles from being parked in the R-7500 "low-density residential" zone. The law would require such vehicles to be screened from view and would prohibit any vehicle larg er than 2.5 tons from being parked in such neighborhoods. "What if it's his or her Jet) to dri ve a school bus? Docs this mean he can't drive it home?" said Gray. "My neighbor has a lot of work ve hicles in his back yard. I don't want to tell him he can't put them there." Harvey said the R-7500 districts WWt 1IIU/IIUUI US IA/ UK. puivji ?VJ? dential zone." He noted that zoning cannot be applied retro actively. The law would apply only to develop ment that occurs after its adoption. "This is what we're zoning for, trying to keep areas with a residen tial nature. I have no problem with this," said Warren. "If you're zoning for a nice neighborhood, you don't want a three-yard dump truck parked across the street." The boards agreed to keep the re striction, basing it on the size of the vehicle instead of its relation to the homeowner's occupation. THE BRUNSWICK&fEACON Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallottc. N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year $10.36 Sis Months $5.55 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $14.80 Six Months $7.90 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year $15.95 Six Months $8.35 Sccond class postage paid at Shallottc, N.C. 28459. USPS 777 780. 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