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BY DOUG RUTTER
Volunteers filled 401 trash bags
with plastic bottles, aluminum cans
and other litter while combing the
South Brunswick beachcs Saturday
morning during Big Sweep '92.
Oncc again, though, it was the un
ending supply of cigarcttc butts that
overwhelmed the 318 people who
turned out at Sunset, Ocean Isle and
Holden bcaches for the annual
cleanup.
Youth group members from St.
Luke Lutheran Church found more
than 1 ,400 butts on a short section of
Holden Beach's strand alone, said
coordinator Diane Clark.
"We want to remind people that's
not good for our fish and to remove
those butts when they leave," Clark
said. "The filters are very dangerous
io marine life."
The story was much the same
elsewhere, as local volunteers
picked up more discarded butts than
any other item Saturday. Other pop
ular finds included plastic, alu
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nrunum and glass containers.
Big Sweep is an annual statewide
cleanup of coastal beaches and in
land shores. It is designed to pre
serve the environment while educat
ing the public about the hazards ol
littering.
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turnout of the local beaches Satur
day, with an estimated 175 volun
teers participating in the property
owners association "Trash Bash."
Coordinator Phil Holcombe said
the group filled 283 bags, picking up
an estimated 3,000 pounds of litter.
"We didn't really have anything un
usual. We didn't find any appliances
or anything."
Although the Town of Ocean Isle
Beach provides trash cans up and
uOwi'i the strand, HuIluiii'uc saiu it's
apparent a lot of people haven't
been putting them to use.
"It's really a shame," Holcombe
said Monday. "People have to walk
at most 100 feet and they won't
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STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG ?UTTl?
BIG SWEEP VOLUNTEERS at H olden Beach included J.B.,
Paige and Chris Orrock. They are members of the St. lMke Luthe
ran Church youth group that picked up more than 1,400 cigarette
butts Saturday.
even do that"
In addition to Ocean Isle property
owner;. Hay Street United
Methodist Church of Fayetteville
sent a group to help out Saturday.
The Miles Co. of Clayton also
sent some employees to the beach.
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for the cleanup," Holcombc said.
Down the road at Sunset Beach,
coordinator Clctc Waldmiller report
ed the community's best turnout
ever for the Big Sweep? -93 volun
teers.
The number of helpers was up
from about 70 last year and included
a dozen girls from Brownie and
Junior Troops No. 140.
Waldmiller said the people picked
up 62 bags of trash, which he esti
mated weighed around 900 pounds.
"A ioi of ii camc from the east
end, where we have had more con
struction, roofing shingles and that
sort of thing," he noted.
Joe and Ann Polanski and Dick
and Lee Zinser were among those
picking up litter at the west end of
Sunset Beach.
They found Christmas decora
tions, a broken fishing pole, a foam
cooler and several fireworks tubes,
along with lots of food wrappers and
cigarette butts, one condom and a
pair of panties.
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crew saw the large number of volun
teers heading to the beach strand and
decided instead to clean up 11 va
cant lots on the cast end.
They filled two bags and went
back for a trash can. "There was
more than we expected," she said,
adding that the lots could have stood
a more thorough cleaning.
At Holden Beach, Clark said she
was "thrilled" with the 50 volunteers
who turned out Saturday to collect
56 bags of litter.
Other than cigarette butts, she
said other items dangerous to marine
life include plastic and glass con
tainers, plastic foam cups and dia
pers.
Clark said it was obvious Satur
day that boaters have been allowing
their litter to fall overboard. The
shore bordering Lockwood Folly
Inlet was covered with fishing line
and other trash that likely camc from
boats.
'There's still a lot more debris out
there," Clark said, including a small
refrigerator filled with empty bever
age cans.
She hoped town employees would
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
OCEAN ISLE BEACH volunteers Bob Jewell and Hayden O'Neil stand by the 283 bags of litter col
lected during Saturday's " Trash Bash.''
help remove the refrigerator, along
with several slabs of concrete and
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Elsewhere in Brunswick County,
125 volunteers in Long Beach
bagged an estimated 4 tons of litter
Saturday.
The dozen volunteers at Caswell
Beach picked up about 800 pounds
of trash, including 30 automobile
tires.
With 80 of 100 counties report
ing, Big Sweep coordinators said
there were 9,552 volunteers
statewide who picked up about 195
tons of trash.
Susan Bartholomew, executive
director of Big Sweep, said a lot of
the coastal sites weren't as dirty as
they've been in past years
"We're really seeing a big differ
ence on the coast," she said. "More
towns have put out trash cans, and
the beaches arc being cleaned more
often."
Ocean Isle Beach volunteer
Martha Benton agreed. She said the
group that cleaned the area near
Concord and Craven streets found
less trash than it had expcctcd "It
looked good. Maybe it's catching
? on."
At Sunset Beach, one of most
common comments on tally sheets
was that the beach looked c leaner
this year than ever before.
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known that people arc really inter
ested in taking care of the environ
ment," Waldmillcr said.
Local coordinators commended
the efforts Saturday, but urged resi
dents to help keep the beach clean
by picking up litter throughout the
year.
That shouldn't be a problem at
Ocean Isle. The island's property
owners association presented an all
terrain vehiele (ATV) and trailer to
the town Saturday that will be used
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round.
Clark said there arc already a
bunch of permanent residents at
Holden Beach who pick up litter
every day when they walk on the
beach.
"We hope that we don't just do
this annually but continuously," she
said. "We can help every day by
picking up what we sec and putting
it in a can."
Erosion Control Structures Back On CRC Agenda Next Week
A uial I tuic icgafding shoreline
erosion control structures is on the
agenda for discussion when the
North Carolina Coastal Resources
Commission meets Thursday and
Friday, Sept. 24 and 25, at Coast
Line Inn Convention Center in
downtown Wilmington.
Meetings begin both days at 8:30
a.m. and are open to the public.
The debate on hardening of the
shoreline will continue next week
with a look at the draft rule. At the
CRC's July meeting, it voted 7-6 to
deny a request by the Department of
Cultural Resources for an exception
to the CRC's rule that prohibits sea
walls and other shoreline "harden
ing" structures.
A variance may be granted if ap
plying the rule results in hardship,
the situation is unique and circum
stances exist that could not have
been anticipated when the rule was
adopted, and the project is consistent
with the spirit, purpose and intent of
the Commission's rules.
The agency sought the variance to
construct a 3,200- by 70-foot sea
wall to protect Fort Fisher State
Historic Site in New Hanover
County.
The CRC determined the pro
posed seawall did not meet those
guidelines. The agency can appeal
the decision to Superior Court, peti
tion the Commission for a rule
change or redesign the project with
out the seawall.
The dratt rule would allow "hard
structures" if the Commission finds
that the projcct Vv' ill piGl caiisc sig
nificant adverse impacts" or would
provide public benefit that "clearly
outweigh" the short- or long-range
adverse effects.
The applicant would have to show
that all reasonable means and mea
sures to prevent adverse impacts are
being implemented at the applicant's
expense, and that any adverse im
pacts will be mitigated by limiting
the scope of the projcct, restoration
of adversely affected properties or if
that isn't possible, compensation.
Proposed changes in pier rules to
be presented next week aren't con
sidered substantive, since they do
not affect the length or location of
piers. They are intended to clarify
existing rules and improve consis
tency among rules governing pier
construcuon.
Also on the agenda arc public
hearings set for 4 p.m. Sept 24 con
cerning a definition for submerged
aquatic vegetation and a minor
change to the ocean hazard rules.
The N.C. Department of Trans
portation will ask for an exception to
the setback rule in order to complete
S.R. 1568 at Topsail Beach. Other
items include a report on the
Albemarle/Pamlico Es tuarine Study
and preliminary results of a marine
sewage study.
The Planning and Special Issues
and Implementation and Standards
committees will meet concurrently
Thursday starting at 9 a.m , with the
full commission reconvening at 1
p.m. Contested cases and committee
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reports will be considered Friday
morning.
The CRC is responsible for adopt
ing rules and policies for develop
ment in the coastal area. The marine
ecology scat previously held by Dr.
Courtney Huckncy is vocsitL LaX^h!
governments have until Oct. 1 to
nominate someone for appointment
to the designated seat. Harnney re
signed due to an upcoming i> ove to
Orlando, Fla.
Rose Mobile Office To Visit
The mobile office of Congress
man Charlie Rose will visit two lo
cations in Brunswick County during
September.
A representative of Roses' s office
will be available for conferences at
Leland and Winnabow post offices
on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The Leland
visit will be from 9-11 a.m. and the
Winnabow visit, from noon until 2
p.m.
Those having a problem with a
federal agency or questions or opin
ions about federal legislation are in
vited to visit the mobile office.
Loan Expanded For Yaupon Beach Sewer
raupon Beach has received a
$280,000 increase in its state loan
that will be used to construct a
wastewater treatment system.
The Oak Island community had
originally received a $2.8 million
loan, bringing the total loan value to
$3.08 million, a state news release
said.
The money will be used to build a
400,000 gallon per day treatment
plant. The $3.2 million project in
eludes installation of a collection
system and transport lines to the
plant.
The N.C. Environmental Manage
ment Commission awarded the loan
in accordance with the N.C. Clean
Water Revolving Loan and Grant
Act of 1987.
Under this act, the slate helps lo
cal governments finance wastewater
treatment facilities through low in
terest loans.
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STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHt*
JOE POLANSKI (left) and Dick Zinser (background) pick up litter
as Lee Zinser (right) records each find Saturday near the west end
of Sunset Beach.
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