South Brunswick Water And Sewer
Authority Moving Rapidly On Project
BY SUSAN USHER
Eyeing a critical July deadline, the South
Brunswick Water & Sewer Authority acted Mon
day night to ensure that work begun by two towns
on a planned regional sewer system continues
without interruption under new leadership.
The authority, a quasi-governmental agency
created by the towns of Sunset Beach and Cala
bash and expected to include Brunswick County
as a member in the near future, plans to build a
$35 million sewer system to serve a large section
of southwestern Brunswick County.
Authority directors elected officers, hired an at
torney, named their consulting engineers as inter
im staff, and took steps toward obtaining funding
for the project from a variety of sources.
The authority expects to reimburse itself and
the two towns from those funds for expenses they
have incurred upfront during the project's plan
ning, design and construction, and "certain related
matters" not specified. Those costs are not ex
pected to exceed $8 million, according to the res
olution adopted Monday.
George Knott of Sunset Beach is the Auth
ority's first chairman and Hank Mattutat of Cala
bash vice chairman. Russell Price of Calabash
will serve as secretary-treasurer.
The authority also:
? authorized Knott to apply on the authority's
behalf to 1) the state Local Government Commis
sion for approval of issuance of sewer system rev
enue bonds and 2) the state Division of Environ
mental Management for low-interest loans from
the State Revolving Loan Fund and the State
Clean Water Bond Fund.
? adopted a resolution expressing its intent to
adopt a system of impact fees (including pre-paid
developer impact fees) and user rates and charges
sufficient to provide debt-service coverage to al
low an "investment grade" rating for the authori
ty's sewer system revenue bond issue. It will be
up to the Nationsbanc bond underwriters to deter
mine the level of coverage needed.
? authorized consulting engineers Piedmont
Olsen Hensley, for up to six weeks while a master
agreement or contract is being finalized: 1) to act
as interim executive director and staff of the au
thority and 2) to proceed with design work al
ready authorized by the participating towns, with
compensation to be stipulated in the agreement;
? hired Henry G. Foy of Southport as legal
counsel for the authority at a fee of S100 per hour
plus reasonable expenses for one year, with the
possibility of extension. He is to begin drafting
bylaws for the authority.
? had Mayors George Anderson of Calabash
and Mason Barber of Sunset Beach administer the
oath of office to their town's appointees to the au
thority. One Sunset Beach seat is vacant follow
ing the resignation of MaryNell Eaddy. She has
offered to continue as an informal "advisor" to
the town because of her previous experience with
the Little River Water and Sewer Authority.
? set the second Thursday of each month as its
regular meeting date, except that in May it will
meet May 19 at 7 p.m. at the Maples Clubhouse.
? named Bub Scrantom, Sunset Beach, and
Matuttat to the engineering and finance commit
tee, which is to investigate short-term funding of
the authority.
? designated Nationsbanc Capital Markets Inc.
as its placement agent/underwriter and Brown &
Wood as its bond counsel in conncction with the
issuance of sewer system revenue bonds.
Directors heard from the engineering consul
tants on the status of the 201 Facilities Plan re
view and plant and collection system design.
They also discussed a request by the Sunset
Beach Taxpayers Association for an Environ
mental Impact Statement for the project, a move
which Sunset Beach Mayor Mason Barber says he
sees as an effort to delay the project, and which he
says could cause its cost to increase dramatically.
Bilingual Student
Wins Fiction Contest
A bilingual student from Lcland Middle
School has one first place and a $100 cash prize
in a short story competition sponsored by the Ric
hard A. Bove Memorial Poets and Writers Fes
tival of New York.
Maria Aguillon, a fifth grade student, submit
ted a short folk tale called "The Slick Rabbit and
the Coyote," said Joseph Butler, director of
Migrant Education/Parent Involvement.
Hcberto Smith, bilingual assistant in the
northern attendance district, said Maria knew no
English when she and her family moved to
Lcland in 1992.
"She's a hard worker and very smart," he
said. "I push her."
Maria is the daughter of Lazaro and Victoria
Aguillon.
Maria and her family were recognized by But
ler at the April 18 meeting of the Brunswick
County Board of Education.
Cousin's Quick
Action Saves
Teen Having Allergic Reaction
BY LYNN CARLSON
A 15-year-old Sunset Beach girl's
brush with death was cut short last
week by the quick action of a visit
ing 10-year-old cousin.
Kelley Cochran, who has chronic
asthma and a severe allergy to eggs,
made what could have been a fatal
mistake last Thursday when she
reached into her refrigerator and
grabbed the wrong jar of mayon
naise?the kind made with eggs.
"After I ate just a couple of bites,
I was unconscious," she said. "I had
turned blue, and my nails were
black."
Her cousin Brandi Mitchell, visit
ing from Moncure, had seen Kelley
have asthma attacks before, but had
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never seen anyone undergoing a se
vere and potentially deadly allergic
reaction. Nevertheless, she managed
to give Kelley a shot from the hypo
dermic that Kelley keeps close by.
"She had never given anyone a
shot before, and I had never showed
her how to do it." Kelley said. "She
just instinctively knew."
Within 15 minutes. Kelley said,
she was "perfectly normal" again,
except for feeling very tired. "My
doctor said I probably wouldn't
have made it until an ambulance
could have gotten here," she said.
Kelley is a homebound student
because her respiratory problems are
too severe for her to be exposed to
the allergens in school buildings.
Her doctors have identified 42 aller
gies so far, she said.
Her allergy to eggs is so severe
"that I'm not even supposed to be in
the room where they're being
cooked." That's why she keeps a sy
ringe full of medicine with her at all
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Kelley's parents are Jim and Sara
Cochran of Sunset Beach.
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ATTENTION: ALL VETERANS, SPOUSES,
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