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STAFF PHOTO gY {IMC CAKLSON Brunswick's New County Commission Members of the newly constituted Brunswick County Board of Commissioners pause at their Monday meeting for a group portrait. The commissioners are (seated from left) Donald Shaw, District 5; Vice Chairman Tom Rabon Sr., District 4; Chairman Don Warren, District I; Wayland Vereen, District 3; and Jerry Jones, District 2. Standing behind them are County Manager! Attorney David Clegg and Clerk to the Board Kelly Barefoot. HUNTING DOGS EXEMPT Board Puts Teeth Into Law Controlling Unleashed Dops BY ERIC CARLSON Beginning April 1, dogs will no longer be aiiowed off ihe piupcuy uf their owners without being physically restrained by a leash under a new law adopted by the Brunswick County Commissioners Monday night. The board voted 4-1, with Com missioner Wayland Vcrccn dissent ing, to enact a county-wide leash law. The ordinance passed a first read ing by the same margin at the Nov. 16 meeting of the previous board of commissioners, with former mem ber Frankie Rabon voting against it. His District 4 successor, Tom Rabon Sr., voted for the law Monday. Under the ordinance it "shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog to permit the said dog to run at large or to be off the premises of its owner and not under the physical restraint of a competent person." A dog will be considered "at large" if it is found to be "roaming, running or self-hunting off of the property of its owner and not under the owner's immediate control." If a dog is seen running at large by a county animal control officcr, it can be impounded. If an officcr re ceives a complaint that a dog is run ning at large he or she may issue a citation to the owner. Anyone con victed of violating the law can be fined a maximum of S250. Hunting dogs will not be consid ered roaming "at large" or in viola tion of the law as long as they are hunting for game for which the owner holds a valid hunting license and are doing so in the proper hunt ing season. Brunswick animal control officers Tuesday praised the board's action, saying the law will "loosen the handcuffs" preventing them from picking up stray dogs. Under exist ing regulations, an officcr may pick up a stray dog only if someone agrees to file a complaint against its owner. "Most people just want us to get the dog off their property. They don't want to sign a complaint against their neighbor," Animal Control Clerk Dee Lee said Tues day. "If the dog leaves their proper ty, we have to get permission from another landowner to go after it." Under the new law, animal con Permanent or term life insurance? WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU? I can help you understand the alternative costs and benefits of life insurance plans. Call me for MODERN WOODMEN SOLUTIONS Glenda J. Barefoot, FIC P.O. Box 2963, Shallotte. NC 28459 919-579-1550 MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA A ftAffRNAI Mil INMlKANCf SOClHt MOMt OfflCI ? K<K K IM AND HUMliS LIFE ? ANNUITIES ? IRA'S FRATERNAL PROGRAMS ~ trol officers in pursuit of a stray will be able to cross property lines with out getting permission. Tncn tnc county can file the complaint against the owner. Dee said her department averages six to seven requests for stray dog removal "on a slow day." She said 15 people had called to report strays by 1 p.m. Tuesday. Health uepanmcnt officials, who also pushed for the ordinance, said it will diminish the likelihood that dogs will come in contact with rabid wild animals and spread rabies to humans. So far there has been only one ease of rabies recorded in Brunswick County. But scarcely a week goes by in neighboring Horry County, S.C., without another rabid animal being reported, Lee said. "With all the remote swamp land we have on the border, I expect we have animals with rabies in Bruns wick County, too," she said. But some feci the leash law is un necessary and too restrictive. Fol lowing Monday's meeting, Vereen callcd the ordinance "just another system to harass people." He said uie county has a law governing vi cious dogs and does not need a leash law. Following his vote against the law last month, Frankie Rabon said the sections exempting hunting dogs would be difficult to administer. "I just don't sec where we've got that much of a problem in the rural parts of the county," Rabon said. "The towns have the power to enact their own leash laws. I don't think wc need one in the county. At an Oct. 20 public hearing on the proposed ordinance, only one person spoke against it, while sever al others strongly urged its adoption. Some related tales of being chased by packs of stray dogs and fears of dogs attacking their children. In an informal show of hands, 20 people at the hearing voted for the law and four voted against it. The new leash law will go into ef fect April 1; NEW WEEKEND HOURS Saturday 4:30 pm-9:30 pm Sunday 11 :00 am-3:00 pm New Year's GrE ATi n gs A Great WayN To Celebrate Start the year right with a delicious prime rib dinner on New Year's eve... Prime Rib For 2 Baked Potato ? Tossed Salad Dessert ? Tea or Coffee $19.93 SANDFIDDLER SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Hwy. 130 Fast, Shallotte ? 754-8168 Three Injured In One-Vehicle Accidents In County Last Week Three persons were injured last week in one-vehicle accidents on Brunswick County roadways, ac cording to (he N.C. Highway Patrol's Wilmington office. On Sunday. Dec. 20, two 17-year olds were seriously hurt in a one-car accident on Long Road (S.R. 1324), about 9.8 miles west of Shallotte. Injured were Adam Clayton Abbott of Ocean Isle, and his passen ger, William Hickman of Shallotte. However, die highway patrol report docs not indicate either was trans ported by ambulancc. Abbott was driving a 1988 Isuzu truck west on Long Road at approxi mately 2:30 p.m., according to the report filed by Trooper B.L. Wilkes, when the truck ran through a stop sign at the T intersection, struck a ditch bank and conunucd into a field before stopping. Wilkes charged Abbott with dri ving while impaired, driving while his license was revoked and failure to slop for a stop sign. Damages to the truck were esti mated at SI, 000. Eighteen-year-old Johnny Dale Smith Jr. of Route 1, Ash, was seri ously injured Saturday Dec. 19, at about 1:30 p.m. in a onc-car acci dent that happened 8.7 miles west of Shallottc on Etheridge Road (S.R. 1308). Driving a 1990 Plymouth, Smith was traveling north on Ethcridgc Road when his vehicle ran off the left side of the road, struck a drain culvert and rolled over, stopping on the left side of the roadway. Investigating Officer Trooper B.L. Wilkes chargcd Smith with ex ceeding a safe speed. Damages to the vehicle were estimated at 55,000. Smith was transported to The Brunswick Hospital with serious, in capacitating injuries. He was treated and released. Neither Dcnnnis Mark Hcwctl, 19, of Long Bcach, nor the 20-year old passenger in his 1984 Isuzu were injured in another one-vehicle acci dent that happened Friday, Dec. 18, at 2:15 a.m. nine-tenths of a mile north of Southport on N.C. 211. According to the report filed by Trooper C.E. Ward, Hcwctl was traveling east on N.C. 211 when he turned around at the gate to the ferry landing, crossed to the right side of the road, came back to the left and overturned in the roadway. He was charged with reckless driving. The vehicle received approxi mately 51,800 in injuries. Three persons were injured in a two-vehicle accidcnt that happened Dec. 17 at 7:25 p.m. on Cedar Hill Road (S.R. 1430) in Navassa. Joe Bell, 76, of Route 1, Lcland, was driving a 1980 Ford east on Cedar Hill Road when a west-bound 1992 Chevrolet operated by Geor gette Kcsselmann skidded across the center line in a curve and collided with Hill's car, reported Trooper M.C. Brinklcy. The Ford remained in the highway after the collision while Kcssclmann's vehicle traveled down an embankment. Bell complained of injury, while a passenger in his car, Inez Bell, 72, received serious, non-incapacitating injuries. Tracy Altearn, 31, of Route 2, Lcland, one of two passengers in Kcssclmann's car also received seri ous, non- incapacitating injuries. The injured were transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Brinkley charged Kesselmann, 27, of Carolina Beach, with driving while impaired and driving left of center. Damages were estimated at S2.500 to Bell's vehicle and S3.000 to Kcssclmann's car. Mon., Dec. 28 thru Thurs., Dec. 31 4 DAYS ONLY! 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