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JULY 16, 2009
BEAUFORT, NC
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A GAM IS A MEETING OF SHIPS AT SEA WHERE THEY HEAVE TO SO CREWS CAN EXCHANGE NEWS
Auto insurance
rates
decrease
A settlement between the North Carolina
Insurance Commissioner and the NC Rate
Bureau (NCRB) will reduce rates and result
in more than $50 million in auto insurance
refunds.
Under the settlement a 9.4 percent rate
hike requested by the Rate Bureau last year
has been eliminated, and instead, a 0.5 percent rate decrease will be implemented.
The new premiums go into effect November 1 but are retroactive to January 1.
The settlement also eliminates an additional 1.4 percent rate increase sought by
the Rate Bureau earlier this year and the
Bureau is prohibited from seeking another
rate hike until 2011.
The refunds stem from a dispute between
the Department of Insurance and the Rate Bureau over rates ordered in 2008. During the appeals process, the NCRB implemented the interim 9.4 percent rate increase that went
into effect January 1. The Rate Bureau had
argued the higher insurance premiums were
necessary due to the accident rate in North
Carolina.
However, former Insurance
(See Auto insurance, Page 16)
North Carolina House
approves Beach Plan reform
The North Carolina House has given approval to what it considers reform for the
Beach Plan. The House voted 89 to 27
Tuesday to tentatively approve reforms. A
final House vote was expected Wednesday.
The legislation limits the insurance industry’s liability in cases of catastrophic
disaster to a $1 billion cap on assessments
to pay claims. Once that mark has been
reached, the Insurance Commissioner can
place surcharges on all homeowners in the
state, regardless of location or insurer. The
maximum surcharge will be ten percent of
each policy holder’s annual premium,
which averages to $5.40 a month, for as
long as it takes to pay off disaster claims.
Insurers currently have unlimited liability and have to pay claims covered under
the Beach Plan. The Beach Plan currently
has liabilities of approximately $74 billion
and it only has the resources to cover $2.4
billion in damages.
The Plan insures properties along the
coast in areas where traditional homeown-
ers insurance is unavailable. Following
Hurricane Katrina, however, the insurance
industry and some lawmakers began to
question whether the Plan can cover claims
in the case of a major disaster.
According to the Department of Insurance, the 18 coastal counties covered under
the Beach Plan suffered one third of the
damage in the state caused by wind storms,
including hurricanes, from 1992 to 2005.
Insurance premiums in areas covered by the
Beach Plan, including Carteret County,
have more than doubled over the past five
years.
“I feel that the bill still leaves some issues with surcharges and also with the cap
they put on coverage to $750,000 leaving
out some of our larger homes which are
also small businesses,” said Representative
Pat McElraft. “They will have a hard time
finding coverage and if they can't find coverage, they can't get mortgages. These
homes are important to our tax base. Tax
(See NC House, Page 14)
JULY 16, 2009
Newport ballot to
include referendum
Newport Commissioners have voted to
allow residents to decide if the town should
allow the sale of mixed drinks in restaurants
and clubs inside city limits. Newport is the
only municipality in Carteret County that
does not currently allow mixed drinks to be
served in restaurants and bars.
The town plans to hold the referendum
during the November 3 Municipal Elections. This will allow the issue to be addressed on the same ballot and will save the
town the expense of a special election.
“We had a request from a business
owner here in town who wants to serve
mixed alcoholic beverages,” explained
Town Manager Dick Casey. “Right now,
the town doesn’t allow mixed beverages.
He wanted to know if we could get that referendum established so the citizens can vote
on allowing mixed beverages inside city
limits.” The request was made by Johnny
Kucinski, who owns Johnny’s Dilemma on
Chatham Street.
“According to the General Statutes, a
person makes the request and the governing
(See Newport ballot, Page 6)
Boys & Girls Club
Cedar Point B&B gets MHC Council okays
Beaufort tables
closed
in Beaufort
rezoning
& use permit assisted
living rezone Friends
sewer request
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Coastal
Cedar Point Board of Commissioners
Morehead City Council members, on
Beaufort Commissioners, on Monday,
Carolina are starting a new policy of charging for services at local facilities. The
group operates three clubs locally, including one in Beaufort, one in Morehead City,
and another in Havelock. It also operates
an after school program at Bogue Sound
Elementary.
The Clubs are being hit financially by
the economic crisis and have lost revenue
of over $100,000 from the Department of
Juvenile Justice, the United Way, and other
private foundations.
“To manage the loss in revenue, we have
taken every measure we can to trim the
budget to minimize the impact to the number of children we serve,” said Leisa Smith
Barefoot, Executive Director. “We have
implemented wage freezes for line staff,
hiring freezes for full time staff, cut administrative salaries, and trimmed program expenses. The only place left to go from here
is to begin charging for our services or to
temporarily eliminate some staffing positions until the economic situation improves.”
According to Barefoot, this is not an
easy choice to make, knowing that the end
result means reducing the number of children who will be served daily. She said the
(See Boys & Girls Club, Page 13)
met Monday to review and take action on
two rezoning applications and a conditional
use permit.
The first rezoning request was for a total
of four parcels totaling approximately 1.273
total acres with approximately 190 feet of
road frontage on Cedar Point Boulevard/NC
Highway 24. The four properties are located at 153, 155, 157 and 159 Cedar Point
Boulevard, on the White Oak River and
bordering properties are zoned B-1.
S.D. “Junior” Freeman petitioned the
board to change the zoning on the four parcels from B-1, General Business, to R-10,
Single Family Residential. Although Freeman does not own any of the properties,
Town Administrator Chris Seaberg explained Freeman was given permission to
represent one of the owners. “The Town
received a letter from the current property
owner at 159 Cedar Point Blvd. that Mr.
Freeman was authorized to petition on behalf of the owner.” Freeman does not currently own any of the four properties, but
has an agreement with property owner Barbara Ann Brinkley for the property located
at 159 Cedar Point Blvd.
“We received a total of four applications
requesting the rezoning,” Seaberg noted.
(See Cedar Point B&B, Page 15)
Tuesday, unanimously approved a request
to rezone a portion of 222 Friendly Road
for an assisted living facility.
The request from Best Ventures LLC to
rezone from R20, single-family residential
district, to MA/CU, Medical Arts/
Conditional Use, was presented by City
Planning Director Linda Staab. She explained, “This piece of property is part of a
larger parcel; it contains 11.21 acres. It is a
little bit of a different type of rezoning because it is conditional use. What you see is
what you get.”
“It is proposed to put in an assisted living facility with 110 beds with a maximum
of 30 employees per shift. They are proposing a one-story building that will not exceed 40 feet in height. The parking requirements have been exceeded with 77; which
is thirty more than the minimum requirement. We require 47 parking spaces in our
ordinance. Our setbacks have been met,
our landscaping requirements have been
met. We did receive a drainage impact
statement from the engineer related to the
project. The property around the east,
north, and west is R20, to the south it is
R5S.”
“The Planning Board reviewed this dur(See MHC Council okays, Page 12)
tabled a request by the Friends of the North
Carolina Maritime Museum for sewer allocation while the town examines a new policy created to handle such situations.
The Friends of the Maritime Museum
had requested permission to dump small
volumes of wastewater into the town’s
sewer system.
The proposed policy institutes an application requirement with a fee, as well as
discharge fees and the stipulation that the
entity or person responsible for the dumping of the wastewater will have to notify the
town at least 24 hours in advance.
Interim Town Manager Leonard Barefoot opened the discussion with the need for
a policy. “It’s clear to me this town needs
to have an informative policy to handle this
situation and any other situations that may
exist down the road,” he said. “It is important to make sure that people who cause any
kind of waste, particularly waste that is put
into a manhole, are regulated and certified.
We have drafted a policy that we recommend for the town to consider handling this
request and any future requests.”
“The Wastewater Point Discharge Policy
explains why there is a need. Section 1 under authorization states that no person or
(See Beaufort tables Friends, Page 8)
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JULY 16, 2009
About Boating Safety
USCG Auxiliary-Flotilla 20-02
will hold an About Boating Safely
course, Saturday, August 22 at
8:30am in the Bryant Student Center on the Carteret Community
College campus in Morehead City.
This National Association of
State Boating Law Administrators
approved certification course is
suitable for the beginner or as a refresher for the more experienced
boater.
Topics include rules for safe
boating, aids to navigation, safety
equipment and much more.
For information and to preregister, contact Ben Crabtree at
808-3091 or pe@mhccgaux.com.
Dennis Smith
Dennis Smith, 59, died July 13
at his Broad Creek home.
He is survived by his wife,
Patsy Smith; a brother, Jerome
Smith of Broad Creek; and two
sisters, Laverne Smith of Broad
Creek and Francine Smith of Cedar Point.
Burial was in Broad Creek
Community Cemetery.
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Phyllis Daniels
Phyllis E. Daniels, 52, died July
10 at her Beaufort home.
She is survived by a brother,
John Daniels of Beaufort.
Memorial services are set for
11am Saturday, July 18 at Munden
Funeral Home.
Mary Ann England
Mary Ann Preddy England, 88,
of Sea Level, died July 11 at Snug
Harbor on Nelson Bay.
She is survived by a son, Harry
Preddy of Beaufort; a daughter,
Ann Pierson of St. Petersburg FL;
two grandchildren, two stepgranddaughters, and four greatgrandchildren.
Charles Furlong
Charles Grady Furlong, 74 of
Swansboro, died July 8 at
Britthaven of Jacksonville.
He is survived by his wife,
Shirley Furlong; and a sister, Judy
Brooks of Swansboro.
Burial was in Seaside Memorial
Park.
Mildred Marshall
Mildred Marshall, 77, of Havelock, died July 10 at Carolina East
Health Center in New Bern.
She is survived by two sons,
Lonzo Hale of Dumfries VA and
Jerry Fox, Jr. of Morehead City;
two daughters, Rhea Baggette of
Beaufort and Carrie Millis of
Newport; two brothers, Ralph
Romey of Strawberry AZ and Ted
Romey of Mesa AZ; a sister, Elva
Grisham of Hot Springs SD; and
six grandchildren.
Memorial services are set for
11am Friday, July 17 at Munden
Funeral Home. The family will
receive friends one hour prior to
the service.
Donald Salter
Donald F. Salter, 72, of Sea
Level, died July 9 at Snug Harbor
on Nelson Bay.
He is survived by a son, Brian
Salter of Glendale CA; two daughters, Dawna Gillikin of Williston
and Patsy Sanders of Gloucester; a
brother, Makely Salter of Morehead City; and two grandchildren.
Bryan Guthrie
Bryan Dale Guthrie, 59, of
Newport, died July 12.
He is survived by two brothers,
Ray Adams of Beaufort and
Freddy Adams of Chocowinity;
and two sisters, Faye Guthrie of
Newport and Deanie Jones of
Morehead City.
Worth Barber
Worth Henry Barber, 93, died
July 12 at his Emerald Isle home.
He is survived by three sons,
Leon Barber of Raleigh, Lloyd
Barber of Chicago IL and Eddie
Barber of Emerald Isle; seven
grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.
Burial was in Bethlehem
United Methodist Church in Stella.
John Champion
John R. Champion, Jr., 41, of
Myrtle Beach SC and Beaufort,
died July 6 in Beaufort.
He is survived by a daughter,
Madison Champion of Stafford
VA; his mother, Gloria Kornbau
of Murrells Inlet SC; two sisters,
Leslie Champion of Tampa FL
and Susan Edwards of West Virginia; and four stepbrothers, Michael Kornbau of Myrtle Beach
SC and Gerald Kornbau, Jeff
Kornbau and George Kornbau Jr.,
all of York PA.
Lucia Minnick
Lucia M. “Lucy” Minnick, 76,
died July 11 at her Harlowe home.
She is survived by her husband,
Dale Minnick; a son, Richard
Luna of Marathon FL; two daughters, Blanca “Tikki” Dixon of Orange Park FL and Karen Langston
of Beaufort; four brothers, Javier
Medrano, Jaime Medrano, Carlos
Medrano and Conrad Medrano, all
of Fort Worth TX; two sisters,
Candelaria Palomo and Ygnacia
Medrano, both of Forth Worth
TX; and seven grandchildren.
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Unified Development Ordinance revisions continue in Atlantic Beach
The Atlantic Beach Town
Council met in a special work session July 9 to review the draft Unified Development Ordinance
(UDO). Four issues were addressed; however no formal vote
was taken.
The first issue was determining
defined boundaries for the area
around the Atlantic Beach Causeway. The area had not been previously defined on the zoning maps,
but now it has official boundaries.
The boundaries include parts of
Fort Macon Road to the east and
west of the causeway.
The second issue was regarding
the creation of Conservation
Zones. Atlantic Beach has not
previously had this particular type
of zoning. Conservation zoning
prevents wetland areas from being
developed. Two of the main areas
of concern are Hoop Pole Creek
and the Sound marsh behind the
Island Quay development on Fort
Macon Road.
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they take away all use of the property, said Town Attorney Derek
Taylor. “Zoning restrictions cannot deprive the owner of the use of
his property. There is a whole lot
of gray area. The town could be
sued for land put into conservation
areas that has been owned by an
individual.”
Referring to the usability of
much of the land that would be included in the conservation district,
Mayor Trace Cooper commented,
“If we change it, it does not mean
people can go build on it. A lot of
land is obvious marsh and wetlands. The exceptions would be if
there is real high ground in there.”
“Most of what is there could
never be built on,” noted Planning
Director Jessica Fiester.
Councilwoman Vada Palma
said she had spoken to Coastal
Area Management Act (CAMA)
representative Ted Tyndall, who
assured her that certain areas have
already been designated as protected areas and there is no way
they will be used for building.
“It’s overkill, said Palma about
adding restrictions in the UDO on
top of CAMA regulations. “It’s
already a given.”
“I’ve watched a lot of wetlands
disappear; a lot of sand dunes disappear,” replied Councilman
Eddie Briley. “I don’t want destruction anymore.”
The Council decided to speak
with CAMA about its regulations
and the already protected wetlands. That information will be
brought to the next meeting.
“I don’t foresee those restrictions getting lighter over the years.
I see them getting tougher,” said
Cooper.
The next issue was zoning classifications in the Knollwood
neighborhood on West Fort
Macon Road. The area was previously zoned as R1M, which allows
mobile homes to be placed on the
property.
“We have changed the area
from Fairview to Pelican from mobile homes and single families, to
R17,” said Fiester. “People were
requesting that for the area. However, the east side of the neighborhood will create non-conformities
because R17 does not allow mobile homes. There have been no
new mobile homes in that area in
years.” The council agreed to
change the zoning to R17.
The final issue concerned the
“Cottage District,” which are the
areas east and west of the Circle
on the beach. The Council originally decided to rezone the area
R2, which allows single-family
residences and duplexes.
“This is not a special district, it
is just a zone,” said Fiester.
“Large amounts of complaints
have been made about multifamily developments.”
Cooper added, “Most of the lots
are small. In the past, people
would combine lots, which would
give enough square footage for a
triplex. Without allowing triplexes, it is highly unlikely that
someone will buy two singlefamily lots to build a duplex. It
costs too much.”
Councilman Harry Archer suggested the area be viewed as a
place where the look of original
Atlantic Beach can be preserved.
“I specifically visited most of the
areas along the oceanfront and
within the blocks,” he said. “I
spoke with homeowners and their
request was to not allow anything
but residential homes.”
Council members agreed that
the requests of residents in the
area should be taken into consideration.
“The only multi-family area
would be farther back,” said Cooper. “The pattern of development
leads to that because of existing
structures. Our intent was to listen
to the people in their neighborhoods and listen to how they
wanted it zoned.”
Fiester suggested the zoning be
split so the front rows are singlefamily residences. The Council
agreed to rezone the rows of
houses around the Boardwalk as
R1 without duplexes and other
multi-family residences. A clear
line will be made to capture the
front row houses.
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Monday, July 27 and Wednesday,
July 29; and from 5:30-11:30pm
on Thursday, July 30.
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JULY 16, 2009
Partially exposed pilings at public beach access CA company ordered
Beach goers are being warned
of partially exposed piling nubs at
the Tom Doe public beach access
in Atlantic Beach. Recent tide and
sea bottom sand and contour conditions have exposed the pilings at
the site of the old Triple S pier at
the end of Henderson Street.
Swimming, wading, surfing,
and boating in the area could be
dangerous because of the hazards
that are exposed from time to time,
particularly during low tide conditions. “We have not had complaints, but we have had some
concern,” said Town Manager
Pete Allen. “This occasionally
happens when we get extreme low
tide situations, the lunar tide with
extremely low tide. Some of the
old pilings get exposed. We think
this is not from the most recent
demolition of the pier, but from a
fire at the pier some 20 years ago.
It looks like it has some burn and
charcoal type marks on it, so it’s
been there a while.”
“We’ve had no reports of injuries or anything like that, we just
want people to be aware,” he said.
“This is public trust waters and
we’ve talked to CAMA and are
getting their suggestions on what
wording is needed on a warning
sign to post in the area. We hope
to have signs posted any day.”
The town’s primary concern is
for surfers who are not familiar
with the area and may come in
during a low tide and collide with
one of the old piling nubs.
Allen said the town tries to remove the nubs or cut them back as
the tide and equipment allow.
“We just try to get to them as best
we can.”
Election workers course starts August 20
The Carteret County Board of
Elections is offering a 5-week
Elections Process and Precinct Officials Certification Course starting Thursday, August 20 at Carteret Community College in Morehead City. The class will be held
every Thursday evening through
September 24 from 5-8pm.
Carteret County Elections Director Lindy Lewis will be teaching the course and upon the successful completion of the course
and exam, attendees will receive
official certification.
Certified election officials receive an additional $25 stipend per
election when working the polls.
The fee for the course is $55,
which includes all instructional
materials. However, the fee will
be waived for course participants
65 years of age and older.
Lewis said, “We’ve had a lot of
our poll workers sign up and com-
plete the course but we’re always
excited to see new faces who are
interested in learning more about
the election process.” She also
noted the important role senior
citizens have played in the past.
“The Board of Elections has
benefited from civic-minded senior citizens willing to give of their
time to work the polls year after
year,” Lewis said. “We’re hoping
that other age groups will follow
this example and work with us in
future elections.”
She added that whatever the
age group, the objective is the
same.
“The goal is not just to have
poll workers, but poll workers
who have a working knowledge of
election law. This course will go a
long way toward reaching that
goal.”
Pre-registration is required, by
calling 222-6200.
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to cease mailings
A California company has been
ordered to stop sending mail to
North Carolina businesses claiming they must pay for violating
laws on filing corporate minutes.
A Superior Court judge granted
a temporary restraining order to
stop Corporate Services, Inc.,
Compliance Services, and owner
Selwyn J. Monarch from misleading North Carolina businesses.
The defendants are temporarily
barred from sending mailings to
and collecting money from any
North Carolina business.
NC Attorney General Roy Cooper and Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall are seeking a court order
to permanently stop the defendants’ practices and win civil penalties from the company.
Cooper and Marshall contend
Corporate Services sent letters to
North Carolina businesses claiming they had failed to comply with
state laws on taking and filing corporate minutes. The mailings
gave the impression they were sent
by a state agency and used a post
office box in downtown Raleigh as
a return address. The mailings directed businesses to pay $125 and
provide information on their corporate minutes by a certain date.
The Secretary of State’s Office
does not issue such letters, nor
does it collect fees from corporations for failing to keep or file corporate minutes.
“Sadly, this looks like another
kind of scare tactic marketing,”
Marshall said. “The best advice I
can give is if you have any question at all about your company’s
standing with us, then call or write
us directly. Do not be swayed by
third-party pitches demanding
your money.”
Wine dinner to benefit culinary interns
For the second year, interns
have been selected for the 2009
French culinary exchange cosponsored by the East Carolina
Chapter of the American Culinary
Federation and Beaufort Sister
Cities.
This year’s interns are Lucas
LeBeau, who is employed at the
Coral Bay Club, Gus Headington
from the Watermark, and Sammy
Shipman from Shepard’s Point
and The Beaufort Grocery.
They will be the beneficiaries
of a dinner on July 27 at William’s
Restaurant in Morehead City. The
dinner is being co-sponsored by
last year’s interns and US Foodservices. A main course of the
benefit dinner will be prepared by
guest chef Bob Passarelli, the consulting chef at US Food Services.
All three interns are certificate
holders from the Carteret Community College culinary program.
They will be welcomed by Escoffier Chefs in fine dining restaurants in the north of France September 8 through October 6.
“Working in the kitchen of an
elite establishment in France is the
most intense experience an American chef can have,” said Chef Jason Foster, 2008 participant who
became executive chef at William’s upon return last year from
France where he interned at the
four-star Chateau Beaulieu. “I
watched their chefs working with
the techniques of molecular gastronomy which requires a great
deal of patience because it’s exacting,” he added. Chef Jason has
designed a menu for the benefit
dinner, which includes a molecular
“caviar” accompaniment to the
first course.
Chef Passarelli visited the 2008
interns on site at their French internships last year and maintains
an active interest in this exchange.
“In the US we’re not tied to any
culinary tradition, and we can get
any ingredient from the bounty of
producers worldwide. So it is excellent for these young chefs to be
immersed in a specific culinary
tradition that they can then draw
upon,” he said. “I support this
program in northern France
wholeheartedly.”
The four course menu with
wines to accompany includes a
chilled melon soup with mini molecular caviar, crab with pearl
couscous, tomato jam and avocado
ice cream; sausage and broccoli
ravioli with a red wine demi and
duck confit, and strawberry shortcake with balsamic crème anglaise, priced at $60. The goal of
the benefit dinner is to provide one
round-trip air fair.
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Atkinson in court over
Superintendent’s job
North Carolina Superintendent
of Public Instruction June Atkinson was in court Wednesday, trying to help determine who should
legally run her department. The
Superintendent position is an
elected position; however control
has diminished in recent years.
Atkinson filed a lawsuit asking
a judge to determine the constitutional powers of the superintendent. In 1995, the State School
Board was given power to shape
the superintendent’s responsibilities. After being elected, Governor Beverly Perdue declared the
superintendent to be primarily
“ambassadorial” in nature, handing day to day control of the
agency over to her selected Board
of Education chairman.
JULY 16, 2009
Letters
Discouraged
To the Editor:
I don’t know why I bother to go
to Beaufort town meetings, and by
the lack of other citizens attending; I guess they get discouraged
by what they see and just stay
home.
But I am an optimist, and always hope for the better spirit of
human beings to prevail, but my
optimism was quite strained at
Monday’s meeting. Not only did
the board get a proposal to give
free sewer for boaters at the Maritime Museum’s property, even
though the museum will charge
the boaters for services, the board
was also presented with a proposal
to give a maximum of $2,500 to
the citizens to celebrate it’s 300th
anniversary.
Thanks to Commissioner
McDonald, the sewer proposal
was tabled. However, the audience was enlightened that a total
of only $5,000 was in the town’s
budget for ALL charities, and
$2,500 will be set aside for the
citizen’s celebration.
Let’s recap anniversaries:
Morehead City got $50,000 from
the State for their 150th anniversary; Beaufort got “0.” I seem to
remember Jean Preston being present when the new board was
sworn in. Where was her help and
the connection to Raleigh politicos
in getting $ for the third oldest
town in Beaufort to celebrate our
300th anniversary?
Several month’s ago, Sister Cities got $5,000 to host visitors
(approximately 100 people) with a
majority being private events
where caviar was served; Beaufort
taxpayers are “promised” $2,500
for a population of approximately
4,000 people. Where are our priorities and the respect for our taxpayers?
A very discouraged citizen,
Janet Woodward
PAGE 5
A great three weeks in Beaufort
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Beaufort Historical Association, I would like to
publicly thank all those who were
involved in the success of our 49th
annual Old Homes Tour and Antiques Show Weekend as well as
He won’t talk
To the Editor:
The insurance companies sold
the wind rate increases to the media and the General Assembly, by
saying they needed to increase the
reserves. That was after they
raided the reserves of over $40
million in just one year. It's hard
for me to understand how they can
increase reserves, if they keep taking the money out of the reserves.
To date, NC Insurance Commissioner Goodwin has vigorously
obstructed the insured community
from having “legal standing” to
say anything about the rate increases. That's why the debate is
in the General Assembly, because
Goodwin won't talk to any representatives of property owners.
In fact, Dare and several other
counties have spent nearly
$300,000 in attorneys’ fees just
trying to get “legal standing.” In
other words, Mr. Goodwin doesn't
believe the people paying the premiums should have the right to say
anything about the rates.
The only folks he will talk with
are the insurance companies. On
top of all this, the insurance companies want to use computer models to set your insurance rates, not
any actuarial data.
Computer models are what AIG
and the Wall Street gang used to
value mortgage backed securities,
so that should make you feel better.
Somehow, none of this sounds
like fair play to me.
Bill Price
NOTICE
On or about July 16th, 2009 The North River
Carteret County Water system will change from the
Chlorine only process of disinfection to the
Chloramination process.
Any one who has home Dialysis units should contact
their suppliers about what changes will need to be
done.
Any one who uses the water for aquatic use should
note this change also!
We will be doing limited site flushing after July 20th
2009 Monday thru Friday with some night flushing
between midnight and 5am so you may notice low
water pressure between 8am and 5pm, and 1am and
5am.
We are required to do this changeover once a year
by the State.
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Carteret County Water ORC
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our new event “300 Years of Making Summer Friends.”
With this year being the 300th
anniversary of Beaufort’s founding, we decided to celebrate with
an extra special Old Homes Tour
weekend and a big summer party
afterwards. This year we started
with music by Laurence Stith and
his Carteret Chorale to recognize
William Moore Davis, our honorary chair, and we ended with music on July 11 with the O’Kaysion’s Band!
It’s been a great three weeks
here in Beaufort! Special thanks
goes to our home and garden owners, as well as the artists for sharing their studios. Our Homes Tour
Chair, Lucia Stanley, kept everything organized and was a special
treat to work with. Susan Smitherman and Dolores Meelheim did a
great job of making sure all the details were in place during the Antiques Show at the Civic Center in
Morehead City. The Garden
Club’s gorgeous flower arrangements added so much to the homes
on the tour and at the Antiques
Show.
As always, our ever-present
volunteers did such a wonderful
job. It’s hard to imagine the number of hours that are donated by
our volunteers to make a fundraiser happen that benefits not
only the Beaufort Historical Association, but also St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with their luncheon
and the Ann Street Methodist
Church with their homemade ice
cream. It even benefits our youth,
who sell cookies and lemonade on
the sidewalk!
We had a short break with the
Fourth of July weekend, and then
Doug and Carolyn Brady, Robin
and Katherine Team, and Sam and
Ashley Sellars, along with many
other volunteers helped put together an amazing summer party
to bring more new people to Beaufort to see just how much fun we
can have here! Of course, with
food by Beaufort Grocery, wines
by Mutual Distributing, music by
The O’Kaysion’s Band and perfect
weather we could hardly go
wrong.
Last but definitely not least I
want to thank all the many sponsors who underwrote both events
by donating funding as well as incredible auction items. There just
isn’t room to mention them all by
name here, but their financial support is invaluable!
These events generate funding
for the BHA’s many educational
and restoration projects all year
long, so our heartfelt thanks goes
to all who made BOTH weekends
a huge success.
Patricia Suggs
BHA Executive Director
AGENDA
Total socialism
To the Editor:
All businesses should pay the
same percentage and everyone
should be taken care of by Social
Security. This would save setting
up another agency.
Medical records should be
stored electronically, accessed by
anyone with the proper devise, and
every citizen could have a chip
with their medical record implanted at birth.
Everyone should be given free
medical care, this would put all
companies on a level playing field
in so far as labor is concerned.
The productivity of the worker
would determine wages and profit.
Horace Twiford
Beaufort Planning Board
July 20 ~ 6pm
Train Depot
1. AGENDA APPROVAL
2. MINUTES APPROVAL
Approval of Minutes
June 22
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
4. ITEMS FOR
CONSIDERATION
a. Live Oak Street rezoning –
Public information meeting;
b. Grace Presbyterian Church
property rezoning from R- 8
Residential to O&I Office
and Institutional District;
c. Zoning Text Amendment
change to the Waterfront
Commercial District (WC);
d. Zoning Text Amendment to
allow freestanding signs in
the Commercial Downtown
District in certain areas
Council for Women
seeks board members
5. BOARD COMMENTS
The Carteret County Council 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS
for Women has several opportuni- 7. PLANNER’S REPORT
ties for membership on their
board. Women residing in Carteret County are eligible.
The Council’s mission is to
identify and address the strengths
and needs of women in Carteret
County and strives to promote development of the potential of all
women, to increase public understanding of the problems, needs
and abilities of women, and serve
as a clearinghouse of information.
The Council sponsors scholarship opportunities for young ladies
graduating from area high schools,
salute women serving in the military and also present annual Distinguished Women Awards in the
categories of Professional & Business, Arts, Education and Volunteerism. Information regarding the
Council can be accessed at www.
cccwomen.org.
If you wish to be considered for
appointment, it is necessary to
complete an application, which is
available at www.carteretcounty
gov.org. Applications can be
completed and submitted online;
mailed to the County Manager’s
Office, 302 Courthouse Square,
Beaufort NC 28516; or faxed to
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WRC approves
taking of
migrant falcons
The North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission has
approved a proposal to allows the
taking of migrant peregrine
falcons from the wild for the use
in falconry.
Under the proposal, the total
allowable take will be three birds
between September 20 and
October 20, 2009.
All birds taken must be
juveniles, and the take will be
allowed only by permit and only
east of US 17.
No banded birds can be taken
and any banded birds captured
must be immediately released at
the site of capture.
According to the Wildlife
Resources Commission, permits
will be issued through a random
system.
Everyone getting a permit must
have state and federal falconry
licensing and permits. Those
receiving a permit must also
complete a post-season survey.
Third Wednesday ~ July Only
Beaufort Business Association
Presents
Jackie
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July 15th ~ 6-8pm
Free Music on the Waterfront by the Clock
Sound Bank,
Beaufort Cottages Rentals, Potter & Philips Insurance,
Town of Beaufort
Coastal Press Inc., Beaufort Trading Company
Front Street Grill, The Rum Bar at Stillwater
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Mariners Feast set for August 15
Client Rights meeting
OPEN
The Onslow Carteret Behavioral Healthcare Services Area
Board Client Rights Committee
meeting will be held Monday, July
20 at 10am in the Family Services
Center, 3820-B Bridges Street,
Morehead City.
The Client Rights Committee
meeting is held in “Closed Session” in accordance with NCGS
122C-64 for the purpose of discussing specific confidential client
rights information.
East Carteret High School has
set August 15 as the date of this
year’s Mariners Feast. This is the
main fundraising event for the
2009-10 athletic year.
This year’s Mariners Feast will
begin at 5pm in the school gymnasium with the program “Return of
the Mariners.” Sports teams will
be introduced and East Carteret/
Appalachian State standout T. J.
Courman will address participants
on the value of high school athlet-
ics and high expectations. Courman’s Mountaineer teams have
won three Division 1AA national
championships, including a 2007
opening day upset of perennial D1 powerhouse Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
Money raised from the feast
goes towards athletic equipment,
game officials, field maintenance,
facilities, medical costs, insurance,
game security, and association and
conference dues.
gesting that following a low carbohydrate diet has the following
benefits:
Lose twice as much weight as
with traditional diets;
Improve the all-important HDL
(good cholesterol) to LDL (bad
cholesterol) ratio;
Decrease triglycerides; and
Decrease blood vessel and vascular inflammation (a finding that goes against everything we would expect).
Most experts suggest that the
healthiest low-carb diet is to
remove refined carbohydrates from your diet. Refined carbohydrates, such as most
sugars and junk foods (even low
fat varieties) are basically poisons
for the body. Good carbohydrates
such as fruits, vegetables, and
whole grains (not white or refined
wheat breads) should not be
avoided. The fibers, nutrients, vitamins, and anti-oxidants found in
these foods are necessities for
health.
Most folks know vitamin K is
an important part of blood clotting. However, over the years it
has become clear that it also plays
a vital role in maintaining bone
mineral density (BMD). In a
study of 1,479 women and 1,112
men ages 29-86 it was found that
women who measured in the lowest 25 percent of vitamin K intake
had significantly lower BMD than
the women in the highest 25 percent. The study, conducted at Jean
Meyer US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Research Center, did not show the
same outcome with the male participants.
In a report by the Nurses’
Health Study involving 12,700
participants, it was found that
women who ate a diet high in vitamin K had significantly lower
rates of hip fracture. It is known
that vitamin K is needed in making a protein known as osteocalcin, which forms part of a bone’s
make-up or matrix. A lack of this
protein has been demonstrated to
increase osteoporosis and the risk
for fracture. It is for this reason
that scientists believe it has a
strong correlation with bone density measurements.
Vitamin K is found in green
leafy vegetables such as broccoli,
spinach and lettuce. This, of
course, is the best source and fits
into the recommendations for a
healthy diet. Vitamin K supplements are now being recommended for some women with osteoporosis. It is imperative for
folks to know that vitamin K
should not be used if they are using blood thinners such as Coumadin, as vitamin K can block
their actions.
So, remember: omega-3 fatty
acids (fish oil), low refinedcarbohydrate intake (no white sugars or breads) and vitamin K may
be three important health changes
or improvements that will keep us
healthy for a lifetime.
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The Emerald Isle Board of
Commissioners held its regular
meeting July 14 to discuss auction
and vacation rental signs, and a
grant application to the North
Carolina Marine Resources Fund.
Planning Director Kevin Reed
explained the amendments to the
town’s ordinance regarding signage. “A new exemption will be
created that will allow the placement of temporary real estate auction signs,” he said. “This exemption is very similar to the Town’s
regulation regarding real estate
open house signs, and will allow
for the placement of small, temporary directional signs on the day of
the real estate auction and the
placement of a sign on the structure to be auctioned up to one
week in advance.”
“Vacation rental signs will be
allowed on both sides of a duplex,
even if both units are managed by
the same vacation rental company.
The current ordinance allows two
signs, only if the units are managed by different companies. The
Planning Board unanimously approved these two amendments and
recommended to the Board that
they pass them as well.”
The Board unanimously approved the ordinance amendments.
Commissioners also unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the Town Manager to apply for a $500,000 grant from the
NC Marine Resources Fund for
the purchase of land for a new
boat launch facility.
“These grant funds, if awarded,
will be combined with other federal, state and local funding
sources to provide a total of $4.25
million to purchase a sixteen acre
tract of land for the development
of the largest public boat launching facility in coastal North Caro-
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explained. “The town has executed a purchase contract for a 16acre tract in the Shell Cove North
subdivision. The tract is located
directly west and adjacent to the
Chapel By The Sea and the towncontrolled McLean Park site. The
tract includes a recently dredged
canal and boat basin with access to
deep water in Bogue Sound and
the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.”
“We currently have $3 million
in grant requests pending,” Rush
said. “This additional request is
for $500,000 to Marine Resources.
The more grant opportunities we
can pursue the better for the town.
The grant fund application is due
July 31, awards are to be announced in March 2010 and I
think we have a good chance at
this grant.”
Councilman Floyd Messer
asked, “Is that the largest amount
we can ask for?”
“Given the geographic range,
$500,000 is among the lager
awards we can expect,” replied
Rush.
The Board unanimously approved the resolution authorizing
Rush to apply for the grant.
Carteret County Shore Protection Manager Greg Rudolph gave
a presentation on the Coastal Barrier Resources System Digital
Mapping Pilot Project. “The report has been prepared by the US
Fish and Wildlife Service and discloses the results of a national remapping effort for the Coastal
Barrier Resource Act, commonly
referred to as CBRA,” Rudolph
explained. “CBRA maps underdeveloped barrier shorelines, within
which national flood insurance
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“As stated, the primary purpose
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coastal barriers.”
“Of the eight pilot areas selection in the state of North Carolina,
two are located in Carteret
County,” he said. “Possibly more
important is that one of the two areas located in Carteret County is a
new proposed system unit that encapsulates an 8,162.5 acre swath,
including the area at Bogue Inlet
and extending all the way to the
Cameron Langston Bridge. This
has important implications because CBRA restricts federal expenditures on any new projects or
improvements and small business
administration loans for the purpose of navigation dredging, beach
nourishment, shoreline protection
and infrastructure.”
Rudolph stressed that if the
CBRA maps are not drawn correctly it could impact the ability to
get flood insurance. “When the
lines are not done right and clip
houses or leave out certain areas,
then they are not eligible for flood
insurance and the lines are the law
with CBRA,” Rudolph explained.
“So if there are mapping errors,
you have to go back to Congress
to make the boundaries.”
The Board agreed the issue
needs to be addressed by sending
an official public comment letter
to the US Fish and Wildlife Service outlining the town’s concerns.
Rush updated the Council on
various town projects. “We are
nearing completion of the new
Town Administration building.
Carpet will be installed July 23
and we hope to move in end of
July, early August, and hopefully
the next meeting will be in the
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Beaufort tables Friends sewer request
“Under Section 4, there is room
for discussion. We tried to take a
look at costs for the town and for
the entities.”
“It includes a fee schedule.
The first is an annual application
fee of $150. There are two discharge fees per event. One for
small volumes, which are less than
1,000 gallons which is $50 per
load. The larger volume is $90
per each 1,000 gallons per load. It
will require an estimate.”
“It is not difficult to tell that in
the case of this it would be a much
smaller volume,” Barefoot said.
“The date of the first application
approved is good for one year.
The entity must be in the town or
they will be charged double fees
for using the town system. I sugGRAND
gest you not consider waiting on
this for the Friends of the MuOPENING
seum. There is no regulation for
it.”
“I believe we already have a
pump and haul. Is that correct?”
asked Commissioner Marianna
1586 Hwy 101, Beaufort
Hollinshed.
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entity is allowed to discharge into
the town system without expressed
written approval from the board.
Each person authorized to dispose
of the waste needs to be properly
licensed for handling waste because it is hazardous waste. Cost
of the program to the town is on a
fee schedule.”
“This specific issue will most
likely be well under 1,000 gallons
per load,” he noted. “They have to
notify the town at least 24 hours in
advance. It will require record
keeping to keep updates and volume of the waste and the discharge location. This record has
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pump and haul?” asked Commissioner Charles McDonald.
“The pump and haul system is
when you carry wastewater from
one site to another site or manhole
to be treated by our treatment
plant,” explained Young.
“Sometimes people have failing
septic systems and the order will
be given for pump and haul.”
“For those who want to pump a
septic tank, they would just do one
application annually and prove to
us they are licensed,” noted Barefoot.
“The Friends said they were
going to put in a holding tank,”
Mayor Richard Stanley noted.
“They want the ability to pump it
out and place it in a manhole and
they want us to treat it. We will
not be doing the hauling.”
“Wastewater is a hazardous
material,” Young replied. “We
want to make sure that just not
anybody is going to the tank and
pumping it out and bringing it to
us because we don’t know what
were getting. We have to have
some kind of rule or regulation for
it.”
“It will be pumped or carried to
one of our facilities, then?” asked
McDonald.
“We won’t be using our equipment other than our plant,” Young
replied. “Employees will be used
because we have to treat it.”
“Approximately how many employees will be used?” asked
McDonald.
“Employees of the town will
only be involved in the treatment
at the station,” Young explained.
“Approximately the same amount
of employees will be used as compared to other wastewater coming
in.”
“If the town has reason to believe someone has dumped something that will be harmful to our
treatment system, we will send
someone out to test it and determine that on a case by case basis,”
Barefoot noted.
“If you look at our current
costs, the rates are compatible per
1,000 gallons. It covers fixed and
variable costs.”
“So that’s the normal rate,”
Stanley commented. “It’s not
backing off any.”
“In other words, Friends or
anyone else are not being given a
break. Our charge right now, is
$85 per 1,000.”
“If someone is dumping legally, we will have to talk to the
town attorney,” noted Barefoot.
“Is the discharge coming from
boaters?” asked McDonald.
“Some of it probably,” Barefoot responded. “They do the
same thing in Gallants Channel.
The holding tank holds it until it
leaves the facility. Whoever is operating the docks will call and tell
us they need to dump and they ask
where to dump and then we will
know.”
“Someone will inspect the
holding tank?” asked Stanley.
“Yes,” replied Young.
Still uncertain about potential
ramifications of the policy,
McDonald asked, “Is there a rush
to do this tonight? Do we have to
act on either one of these tonight
or can we table them until our next
meeting? I trust our Town Manager knows. This is the first time
seeing it [the policy] tonight and
we really haven’t had the time to
study it. I think we need to study
it more before we make decisions.”
“I don’t think there’s any way
of knowing that information, it
was not shared with me. I’m sure
they are trying to get it, but I think
it is possible that there’s time. For
me and the staff, the most important thing is that you need a policy,” said Barefoot.
A motion to table was made by
McDonald and the vote was 3-2 in
favor with Commissioners John
Hagle and Hollinshed voting
against.
“We are tabling the Friends of
the Museum too,” Stanley noted.
“It will automatically go on as
first item of discussion for next
time.”
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The Pine Knoll Shores Commissioners meeting on Tuesday
began with a presentation of
$3,800 to Hope for the Warriors.
Amber Johnson with the Warrior
program accepted the donation.
“The hope for the Warriors is a
program that Pine Knoll Shores
has been involved with now for
two years,” said Mayor Joan Lamson. “Last year we had a kayak
race, we had eight paddlers and
this year we had over fifteen and
raised $3,800.”
Town Manager Brian Kramer
noted, “The Recreational Advisory
Committee put this on and they
did the marketing for it and the
sponsorship.”
In other business, residents of
Dogwood Circle turned out to express concern over the possibility
of adding beach access parking on
that street.
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access,” said resident Dennis
Tomaso. “This could turn Dogwood Circle into one big parking
area. There will be considerable
traffic on the street with little children playing and parking on both
sides of the street will limit fire
truck access.”
“I was one of the first few who
heard about this parking you guys
have planned on the west end of
Dogwood Circle,” said resident
Cathy Cawthorne. “It wasn’t done
in a consensus building way. The
fact that you are not following the
rules and approved, or almost approved, it seems like possibly you
are making yourselves very liable
down the road. You have a lot of
people vested in this area and I
can’t put my finger on exactly
why you feel like you need to go
non-compliance to things.”
“We don’t want it [beach access parking] anywhere on our
street period,” she added. “There
are numerous possible alternatives
that you could have considered.
There are all kinds of options and
now at the last minute you are trying to slide something through.
There are 39 residents and we
aren’t going to let this slide. The
town isn’t following North Carolina Sunshine Laws, these small
town politics don’t cut it with us,
just be prepared we have a lot of
folks who aren’t real pleased with
what’s going on.”
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folks on July 31 here [Pine Knoll
Shore Town Hall]. There is no intent to do anything until after Labor Day. What I’d like to do is
meet on July 31 at 4pm here, and
discuss the options.”
Commissioner Robert Danehy
said, “I would like to ensure that
all the property owners know
about this meeting, and the associations. Whoever is setting up
the meeting, it would be a good
idea to let all the property owners
know.”
Residents were notified by letter of the potential for adding
parking at Dogwood Circle. The
issue of parking for beach access
throughout town has also been on
the Commission’s agenda for several months according to Town
Clerk Janet Thomas.
Commissioners were given an
update on the grant to replace the
HVAC unit in Town Hall. “We
are on speed dial with the state
agency that’s managing the Energy Conservation Grant. It’s a
geothermal HVAC system for this
building and we are hoping to
have it funded through a state
grant. Bottom line is we are waiting on the state agency to receive
the funds and put out the application instructions for the grant.”
The grant will be provided
through Recovery Act funds designated for energy conservation.
The new system costs $125,000
and is a board-approved capital
improvement project item for the
current fiscal year.
Discussion also took place
about trash collection. Complaints
have been coming into Town Hall
about renters and residents leaving
garbage cans on the side of the
road for extended periods of time.
The town ordinance requires that
garbage cans be placed in the
right-of-way just prior to collec-
tion, and then removed as soon as
possible thereafter due to problems with birds. Some renters and
residents leave early, placing garbage cans in the road in advance
of the pickup day, or fail to return
cans to the property.
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such as placing a collection point
at an access, or in a central area.
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on the side of the road.
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“I received several emails and
calls concerning trash disposal. It
seems to be bad this year, and as
always, the majority is at our
rental properties so I wrote letters
to the owners,” Kramer told the
Board. “We recently used some
labor from the minimum security
prison to do some work for the
town. It did not cost us anything
other than a fast food lunch on
their last day. We are the only
town that doesn’t regularly use
these folks, I mean regularly every
five days, so I’m going to see if it
may be advantageous to us to have
one or two of those folks work for
us on a more regular basis.”
Commissioner Ted Lindblad
questioned the security arrangements. “When we do bring someone in from that facility, what are
the security arrangements that are
made? Do we have to guard
them?”
Kramer replied, “The short answer is the prison sends a supervisor out with them. We have to
provide workman’s compensation
insurance and he comes with his
own lunch and he is basically like
one of the employees.”
Kramer then gave an update on
the Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (P-EIS). The PEIS is an initiative by the County
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proposed interlocal agreement and
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framework and census to help determine which beaches need renourishment,” Kramer explained.
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(Continued from Page 10)
this is that it’s an island-wide and
scientific approach to beach nourishment.”
“Right now the towns on the island are nourishing on different
triggers and the measurements and
metrics to gather health of the
beach needs to be improved and
the P-EIS will help with that. The
first step of that is the selection of
an engineer to do the initial study.
[Wednesday] the Beach Commission is going to interview these engineers. No action is required at
this time but the interlocal agreement is coming in the fall and I
see this as a tremendous opportunity for the town to come on
board. It is no cost to the town;
the cost will be borne by the
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Commissioner Bonnie Peter
noted that this project will assist,
“with a FEMA requirement which
is that we have a beach renourishment plan.”
Kramer also informed the
Board that the town has received a
$40,000 state grant to do dredging.
The town will need to add $10,000
to that amount which will come
from PKA, a homeowners association that borders most of the canal
“We have identified the locations we are going to dredge, we
have an existing CAMA permit
and it expires in December 2010,”
Kramer told the Board. “That permit allows us to dredge in spots A,
B, and C and we need to get spot
D updated so we can dredge there.
Spots A, B, and C are located in
the vicinity of Mimosa Bridge,
Oakleaf Bridge, and Arborvitae
Drive. Spot D is located off of
Oak Leaf Drive in Bogue Sound
near the No Wake marker and the
North Channel into the Sound.
“We are collecting bid data
now and the good news is that the
cost per cubic sand/mud is considerably less than what we planned
for in the grant request so what
that means to us is we dredge
more sand/mud and that’s a good
thing,” he added. “We are thinking about dredging in September,
maybe August. It depends on
when we get the permit in place.”
Peter asked where the dredged
materials will be placed. Kramer
responded, “We are planning on
putting it on lot C which is next to
the firehouse.”
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ban parking along Highway 58
and make the fine significant
enough so no one will park there.”
Town Attorney Neil Whitford
remarked, “The first part is okay
but the second part is too openended because it doesn’t state a
fine. There are sections of 58
where parking is banned and I
can’t remember the fine associated
with that.” The current fine for
parking in No Parking areas along
Highway 58 is $50 for the first offense.
Lindblad responded, “I did not
state an amount because I don’t
know what we are permitted and
not permitted to do. So my idea is
to make it significant enough so it
will not be treated lightly and I’d
like to amend the motion when we
have a number”
Danehy sided with Lindblad,
saying, “I tend to agree with you,
people think $50 is no big deal.”
However, Larson expressed
some concerns. “I don’t know if I
can vote for no parking on 58 in
general,” he said. “If you go up
there today, there are construction
vehicles and I don’t know where
construction crews will go. Second, I think No Parking signs
work. I agree with the fine. I
think we should also put this as a
tow away zone.”
The Board decided to table the
issue until August.
Lindbald then offered a second
motion, “To put forth in the form
of a motion for discussion, that we
designate in Memorial Park parking lot, ten parking spaces designated for beach access. Part of
that identified with a sign at the
entrance that any cars parked in
places not designated for public
access must bear one of the two
Homeowners’ Association stickers.”
Peter noted, “I think there a
long history with Memorial Park
and right now it’s all public parking. I think that might elevate
some of the parking problems
around Dogwood and PKA area.”
Lamson commented, “My
thought is that if we are going to
take away public parking at Memorial Park, it will further deteriorate parking on other streets. I
think it makes the situation worse
instead of better, it’s contrary to
what we ought to be about.”
“I disagree with you mayor, I
don’t think it’s our responsibility
to find public parking for more
than what the Army Corps would
like,” Danehy replied. “At this
point in time say, what’s the minimum, ten parking spaces per access? I don’t think it’s the town’s
responsibility to come in and make
public parking.”
“We have the Iron Steamer and
we haven’t put meters there to
make the public pay,” Peter noted.
“I’d rather have a proposal
come before us and I would ask
that we amend the motion,” Commissioner Clark Edwards said.
“I agree with that,” said Lindblad. “Two things come to mind:
the signage, by the time we get the
signs made the season will be
over, and second, if we are going
to do that then let’s throw the Iron
Steamer in so we can get paid
parking. If it comes back in September, let’s deal with it then and
put it to rest.” Lindblad then withdrew his motion.
A request by Kramer to apply
for a Marine Fisheries grant created a lot of discussion among
Board members. “I’d like to get
authorization from the Board to
submit a grant application to the
North Carolina Department of Environmental Resources for Veterans Park Sound side,” Kramer explained. “There were portions of
that project we could not do -- we
could not complete.”
“On the western natural leg to
the Sound there was an issue of
shore land stabilization. There is a
five foot cliff out there. It’s unsafe and what we initially talked
about doing is an environmentally
friendly shoreline stabilization
project. You place granite offshore and plant sea grass behind it
and that is most environmentally
friendly; it’s more effective too.”
“The major cost item is the
eastern leg. We initially envisioned a walkway out to the Sound
and we couldn’t do that.”
“This grant is up to 100 percent
total cost so no town match,” he
said. “The submission deadline is
July 31 and I’d like to submit an
application. It won’t cost anything. I’ll do it in-house and I’ll
submit for 100 percent.”
According to Kramer, the grant
would be $65,000 for the walkway
and about $40,000 for the shoreline stabilization.
Edwards commented, “I presume we need the motion because
we are under the gun with time.
The east fork is lower than the
west fork and the life of that existing through a reasonable storm is
not strong. We reserve the right to
say it’s nice, but might not be prudent.”
Danehy asked, “When does this
end? We have a park we haven’t
even dedicated yet and we are expanding it and now we’re going to
need more parking. I’m not going
to support this.”
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The real estate ownership is
Zach’s parents, William and Rosemary Miller.”
“We currently operate four facilities; two assisted living in Garner and Fayetteville, and two nursing homes in Leland and Pollocksville,” he continued. “The state
annually comes in and performs
surveys of each facility. Each
have been surveyed in the last 90
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“There were also water related
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Campbell also explained
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“What is commonplace is to have
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those residents.”
Friendly Road resident Ruth
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Boys & Girls Club closed in Beaufort
during the school year with minimal additional fees for extended
hours.
Under the new fee structure,
Clubs will charge $450 for the entire summer or $50 a week without
any sliding fee scales or scholarship options for those children attending the Sunshine Lady, Beaufort and Bogue Sound programs.
Additionally, the group has
closed the Beaufort Club for the
summer and is offering services to
children served by that Club by
transporting them to the Sunshine
Lady Club in Morehead City.
group will charge $250 for
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entire summer or $30 a week
without any sliding fee scales or
scholarship options for children attending the Havelock program.
Barefoot is hopeful federal
stimulus money applied for
through a pass through grant from
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
could make $150,000 available to
help ease the financial strain and
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expenses are approximately $50 a
week per child to offer services
five days a week for four hours a
day after school, and for the five
full days during summer it costs
$100 a week per child. For over
the past ten years the Clubs have
been able to raise the funds necessary to serve 262 kids a day
throughout the three locations and
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Again, Commissioner Charles McDonald had
to stop the train of shoving down the throats
of the town board a new ordinance that was
presented to Beaufort’s town Board only minutes
before a vote was asked for by our current Mayor.
McDonald asked that it be tabled for further
consideration, and Campbell plus Chaplain agreed.
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the first time we will be asking our
parents to donate and get involved
in fundraising efforts. Our board,
staff and community have been
dedicated and continue to be dedicated in making it happen, and it’s
still not enough. Now it’s time to
ask for help from our parents and
members.”
Barefoot will meet with parents
to help formulate an advisory
board, which explore ways to raise
funds to offset the cost of weekly
services. The meeting for the
Havelock Club will be Thursday,
July 23 at 6pm at the Club at 199
Webb Boulevard.
Parents whose children attend
the Beaufort and Sunshine Lady
Club are being asked sign up at the
front desk for a meeting. A meeting date will be announced in August.
The Clubs woes were also addressed at Monday night’s Beaufort Town Board meeting.
“The children have been relying so heavily on the resources
provided by the clubs,” Jim Flynt,
Chairman of the Beaufort Club
told the Board. “Last year has
been filled with economic woes
for everyone, including the Boys
and Girls Club. Financially the
Club has lost a combined total of
over $100,000 and various resources. We are having a critical
shortage of funds and it equates to
the end of the day and hurts the
programs we do for children. We
are in the summer months of the
year and leaders have voiced their
concerns. All we ask is for you to
be aware of it.”
Curtis Oden, who grew up going to the Club, spoke about reopening the Beaufort Club. “I am
a native of Beaufort, although I
now live in Morehead. About two
weeks ago I found out that the
Boys and Girl Club is not open. I
contacted several citizens, leaders
in the community, and we requested a meeting with the Boys
and Girls Club to find out what
was going on. Due to budgeting
restraints, they told us that the
deficit was about $68,000. At that
time, there had been money raised.
St. Paul’s has been a great advocate for the Club. Our concern tonight is that our children, who are
averaging now about age 15, are
being bussed to Morehead. The
Beaufort Club was the first club.
Many of you supported it initially.
The community needs to provide
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for our children.”
“We understand the budget restraints,” he said. “We asked how
much it will be to run the gym for
a week for 50 children. It will be
$1,250. At the time we were not
aware of the town’s commitment
of this year’s budget. There is no
reason for our children to go
across the bridge. It is going to
take some funding. The Sunshine
Foundation has donated about a
half million to Morehead but we
are concerned with Beaufort. We
came in to support the Beaufort
Club with Mr. Flynt. There is
concern in the community that we
need to find a way to open the
Beaufort Boys and Girls Club.”
“We are here tonight to ask you
for any support you can give. We
understand you have budget restraints, but how much can you not
give for your children? Whatever
the town can do we would be very
appreciative.”
“The same impact is taking
place at the Havelock Club,” Flynt
explained. “We are having to cut
that back. It’s just a sheer matter
of lack of money. There’s not
enough to go around. The best
way to solve the problem is to
consolidate in one place and that’s
to bus the children to one place.
But there is no substitute for having it close to the community.”
Oden said they are seeking help
in keeping the Beaufort center
open for six weeks for approximately 50 children. Currently,
only 15 children are being bused
to the facility in Morehead City.
“It is only 15 because they have to
pay,” he noted.
“If we could eliminate the tui-
tion factor of the fee for the summer program, it would increase
children automatically. So many
children can’t afford it,” added
Flynt. “At some point it would be
no charge. In the fall it is a membership where they have to pay
$25. We can help with scholarships. Once they pay the membership, that’s it.”
He further explained that the
decision was made to bus children
to Morehead City because it has
the better facility. “The Sunshine
Foundation has helped make it a
newer facility. There was no
prejudice towards Beaufort at all.
It was a matter of being pragmatic.
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Dept. of Defense explores tobacco-free military
A tobacco-free military could
be in the future if the Department
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Medicine report. The report calls
for a timeline to eliminate smoking on military installations.
According to the report, costs
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military and veteran populations
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impairing visual acuity, and contributing to hearing loss. Over the
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The report noted that DoD sells
tobacco products at a discount and
permits tobacco use in designated
areas, giving less attention to tobacco use than to alcohol abuse,
physical fitness and weight management. It recommends DoD
stop selling tobacco products in
military commissaries and exchanges, or at the very least, to sell
these products at prices equal to
those in local retail establishments.
It recommends DoD prohibit tobacco use anywhere on military
installations, and treat tobacco use
in the same way as alcohol abuse
and poor physical fitness.
It is estimated that more than
30 percent of active duty military
personnel use tobacco products of
some kind. “Of greater concern,
the rate of tobacco use in the military has increased since 1998,
threatening to reverse the steady
decline of the last several decades,” the report said. “The smoking rates among military personnel
returning from Iraq and Afghanistan may be 50 percent higher than
rates among non-deployed personnel.”
Violin making demonstration
Bobby O’Neal Talton will give
a free violin making demonstration Thursday, July 23 at 10am on
the grounds of the Beaufort Historic Site on Turner Street.
While the fine art of violin
making is a lifelong learning experience and is generally acquired
through formal education, Talton
is a self-taught musical craftsman
with over 40 years of experience,
primarily interested in string instruments. He has made a variety
of instruments including dulcimers, banjos and guitars, but he
finds the violin to be the most
challenging. Talton believes it is
his education in engineering and
his knowledge of physics that
gives him the ability to craft these
beautiful instruments from wood,
as well as having the patience for
trial and error.
Talton will bring violins in
various stages of completion, and
a collection of tools necessary for
this fine work. He also brings a
love of history and story-telling
and will delight visitors with a variety of tales discussing lengths
people have gone to, when purchasing his hand-made instruments. There will also be a musical presentation.
NC House
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base supports our schools and
county functions.”
“I voted against the bill hoping
these issues can be worked out in
the Senate,” she added. “The
good things about the bill is it will
allow installment payments into
the beach plan rather than requiring the entire amount all at one
time. This version of the bill also
removed the requirement of flood
insurance for all in the beach plan
which was certainly a good thing.”
McElraft proposed an amendment to the bill that would have
doubled the cap insurers would
have to pay for Beach Plan damage to $2 billion. “My amendment
would have required the insurance
companies to be responsible for
losses with a cap of $2 billion
rather than $1 billion before they
start surcharges on every policy
holder. The amendment failed 5363. I told them they should vote
for the amendment to protect their
taxpayer against having to be on
the hook for a catastrophic storm.
It would have put the risk on the
insurance companies since they
were the ones collecting so much
money on our citizens.”
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JULY 16, 2009
PAGE 15
Cedar Point B&B gets rezoning & use permit
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“Because of their geographic location, along with the approval of
the applicants, the applications
were grouped together for Board
review.”
“I reviewed the proposal and I
see no major conflicts, the Planning Board reviewed it and unanimously approved the application,”
said Seaberg.
Commissioner Thomas Delmore asked, “Realizing that this is
probably the only thing that can be
done there, do the adjoining property owners have any problem
with this?” Seaberg replied that
they did not oppose the zoning
change.
“I was just concerned knowing
the town’s previous policy that
everything along Highway 24 is
commercial, but now these are
residential,” said Delmore.
Seaberg explained that in
“commercial development you
have to look at the elements such
as flood plain and development.
In this area the land is better suited
for residential.”
“You have a lot less building
code requirements with residential, for example the American
Disabilities Association has standards for commercial properties
that aren’t enforced with residential. Not only that, the whole area
historically it’s fill, it’s not natural
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grade and with it being not natural,
the filtration for the septic system
is not as good.”
“Mr. Freeman looked into a
septic system for a four-bedroom
bed and breakfast but he has to
scale it back to three bedrooms because of the septic issues.”
“There are other conflicts as
well, it’s so close to the water, it’s
narrow, and there would be other
requirements to combine properties so there are a lot of negative
factors for commercial development. The most feasible use of
the land is as residential and the
Board felt it was in the public’s
best interest if it was zoned residential.”
“If they came in and wanted to
go back to commercial we wouldn’t have a problem with that,” said
Commissioner Rufus Murray.
While no specific plans have
been presented to the town at this
time, Seaberg said structures on
two of the properties are expected
to be demolished and rebuilt.
The Board asked Freeman
about any plans he might have for
the other parcels. “It is not my intention to purchase the other properties and there’s absolutely nothing in the plans to make properties
there,” he replied.
“The tax value will increase on
the property and I hope the other
people make improvements that
will increase the tax value as
well.”
“It’s a hard piece of property to
do anything with, especially with
the elevation, and I think it will be
best served as residential,” said
Commissioner Buddy Guthrie.
The rezoning was approved unanimously.
The second rezoning application was also unanimously approved. It was a request by John
Weeks to rezone 1.056 acres at
1037 Cedar Point Blvd. from R-20
Single Family Residential to B-1
General Business District.
The property has 200 feet of
road frontage on Cedar Point
Blvd./NC Highway 24, and 230
feet of road footage on Masonic
Avenue. Weeks’ plans for the
property are not known.
Neighboring properties are
zoned B-3, Planned Business District; R-20, Single Family residential; and B-1, General Business
District.
The final application was made
by Junior Freeman for a conditional use permit at the 159 Cedar
Point Blvd. that had just been rezoned residential.
Freeman’s Conditional Use
Permit request was for a Bed and
Breakfast facility. The building he
plans on using is the Tides Dock
Club, which is currently located at
150 Cedar Point Blvd.. Freeman
plans to move the Tides Dock
Club building onto the property at
159 Cedar Point Blvd.
The structure is currently located on land Freeman sold to the
county to be developed into a new
Department of Wildlife water access. A condition of that sale is
removal of the three-story structure.
“The Planning Board had eight
conditions,” Murray told Freeman.
Do you have any problem meeting
those?”
Freeman said he did not. The
eight conditions are: repair any
damage to sidewalks; proof that
adjacent property owners have
been notified; fill dirt will not exceed four feet; roll out for solid
waste; underground utilities; septic
tank permit; determine where
stormwater will go; and buffer.
The Planning Board will waive
the buffer condition for the present, but according to a May 26
letter from Planning Board Chairwoman Barbara Harris, “If any adjacent property owner develops
his/her property, the buffer could
be a potential problem. The Planning Board would reserve the right
to revisit this condition and holds
the right to invoke a buffer restriction on the plan presented. The
Planning Board suggested (should
this occur) trees would be planted
every twenty feet and they would
be aesthetic to our area.”
“I think it’s a win-win for the
town and yourself,” Delmore told
Freeman.
The Board unanimously approved the Conditional Use Permit
with the conditions applied by the
Planning Board.
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Auto insurance
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Commissioner Jim Long argued
that the Rate Bureau inappropriately added figures from risky
drivers covered under the state’s
Reinsurance Facility.
At the time, the Rate Bureau
was seeking a 12.9 percent rate increase, which would have been the
largest rate increase since 1994.
Long ordered a 16 percent reduction, saying the increase was not
justified.
The Rate Bureau appealed
Long’s decision to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and reduced
the increase request to 9.4 percent.
In cases where insurance companies charged policyholders more
than the rates determined by the
settlement, the companies are required by statute to refund the difference between the rates charged
and the settled rates, with interest.
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Boys & Girls Club closed in Beaufort
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It was a situation where you get
more bang for your buck and the
facility in Morehead is where they
go.”
“So you’re saying that if you
could open the facility for six
weeks it would be a total of
$7,500?” asked Beaufort Mayor
Richard Stanley.
“We asked for an amended
budget so you could see it tonight,
but we did not receive it,” said
Oden.
“You have $1,500 so far?”
asked Stanley.
“We have at least that much
from donations,” said Flynt.
“During the budget, we used to
have $25,000 to $30,000 for charitable contributions,” Stanley
noted. “To my memory, all was
taken out but $5,000 of this for
two things. One is for the Boys
and Girls Club and the other is for
the town’s 300th Birthday Celebration.”
“Considering we do have a line
item of $5,000 already made to
split between the Boys and Girls
Club and the 300th Celebration, we
do have dollars that are earmarked
for donation. I would like to consider some amount of that,” said
Commissioner John Hagle.
“I live down the street and I
have always taken for granted that
it’s there,” Commissioner Math
Chaplain said. “I did not know it
was not open. If there’s any way
we can take part in this, I’m all for
it to get the doors open.”
“I was going to suggest $2,500
and then have the bike race and
donate to the Boys and Girls Club
from that,” Stanley said. “The
town would be the official sponsor.”
“They are in deficit so there
needs to be some serious fundraising possibilities,” noted Commissioner Charles McDonald.
“Volunteers in Havelock are
helping so their program can get
the community in support and
build a new building,” Oden
noted. “It is a tough economic
time and everyone’s having a hard
time but we realize it’s difficult
and we are appreciative. We are
going to rally and get others involved.”
“Mr. Flynt is the Chairman of
the Beaufort Board. They have a
Morehead Board, they have a
Havelock Board. They also have a
Regional Board, which has the
regulations. The money for Beaufort needs to be designated to go
directly to the Beaufort Club,” he
added.
A motion was made by Hagle
to take $2,500 of the budgeted
$5,000 and give it to summer operations for the Beaufort Boys and
Girls Club, as well as the revenues
from the bike race will be split between the Boys and Girls Club and
the 300th Celebration.
For information or to donate to
the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Coastal Carolina, call Barefoot
at222-3007 or e-mail info@bgccc.
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Mac & Tammy McRoy
Band in concert
Traditional bluegrass and a bit
of old country gospel will echo
from Fort Macon, Friday, July 24
from 7-8pm when the Mac &
Tammy McRoy Band takes the
stage as part of the free 2009 Summer Concert Series.
Husband and wife Mac and
Tammy lead a group of talented
singers and musicians who add
great harmonies to some amazing
banjo, guitar, mandolin, dobro and
upright bass playing. They play a
mix of traditional and original
bluegrass tunes, gospel and oldtime music with a contemporary
flair.
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Newport resident dies in house fire
A Newport man has died after
fire destroyed his Masontown
Road home Monday. The body of
39-year-old Danny Ballard was
found near the front door. His
wife and two children were not
home at the time of the fire.
The fire was called in after being noticed by a passersby.
“We were just finishing up with
a call at Somerset Court Assisted
Living Facility when the call came
in,” said Fire Chief Drummond
Figg. “We received the call at
5:24 Monday morning for a structure fire at Masontown Road and
Highway 70. Some passersby actually called it in and they pulled
up onto the scene and tried to notify the occupant of the dwelling.
At about the same time, a police
officer pulled onto the scene. We
were right down the street, so in
the time it took us to jump on the
truck; we were on the road again.”
“When we arrived it was reported to be under heavy fire on
the D side of the building, which
is the right side when you’re fac-
ing the house from the road,” said
Figg. “There was a report of
heavy fire and smoke out of the
right rear of the structure. This
area was a porch that had been enclosed and included a laundry
area. It ran parallel with the back
of the house. We stretched the
hose line to the door and ran a primary and a backup.”
“When the first attack crew entered the building, the smoke was
already completely down to the
floor, so the first team had to feel
around on the floor in a hand to
hand search. They couldn’t see
anything because there were such
heavy fire conditions in the back
of the house and it had pressurized
the house. The smoke had banked
down to the floor really heavy and
they found the victim on the floor
near the door in that initial
search.”
“When we pulled him from the
building, he had a heart rate and a
pulse,” Figg said. “He was still
alive. The victim was transported
to the hospital and we had two
paramedics working on him. They
worked to resuscitate him for
some time.”
“The crew was also able to find
the family pet, a miniature dachshund. The dachshund was able to
do well because he was so very
low to the ground. We used a pet
resuscitator and we were able to
revive the pet. He was taken to
the emergency veterinarian and
later reunited with the family.
“It was a very difficult situation, Figg added. “This lady had
lost everything in that fire, her
husband passed away and they had
no renters insurance, they lost all
of their possessions, but at least
we were able to give them back
their pet.”
“In fighting the fire, once we
were able to get to the victim, we
made another stretch around to the
side of the building and were able
to contain the fire to the room of
origin and part of the kitchen.
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had assistance from Morehead
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Gales Creek. We even had assistance from our friends in Craven
County. We used a rapid intervention setup with a water shuttle. It
worked like it was supposed to.”
According to Figg, the State
Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has
been called in since it was a fire
involving injury or death. “The
scene was released to the SBI and
the Carteret County Fire Marshal
around 10am. They were able to
determine that the fire was probably accidental in nature, and the
probable cause was an electrical
arc. It was very unfortunate.”
“He was a commercial fisherman. He was scheduled to be on a
boat at roughly the time we received the call – he should have
been fishing,” Figg said.
Crime victims’
compensation task force
A newspaper report on crime
victims’ compensation has
prompted North Carolina Attorney
General Roy Cooper to form a
task force to assure that victims receive the restitution they are owed.
As a state senator, Cooper
sponsored a law that requires
crime victims be first in line for
payment when criminals pay restitution to the court. However, according to a report by the Raleigh
News and Observer for the past 10
years the court system has placed
victims third in line, behind fees
for probation and community service. A separate computer setting
then inadvertently placed victims
even further down the list, behind
city and county fees.
Nick’s Knacks
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ter, and a salad of greens and
tomatoes, cucumbers and radishes.
One wonders why hamburgers
were not included in such a
spread.
Kay Kayser, remember him? He
was the professor of the College of
Musical Knowledge in the balmy
days of radio. He had a southern
taste. He liked cracklin' bread,
southern pecan tarts, and Mexican
cod dinners. The cod dinner has
so many ingredients that the flavor
of the fish must be thoroughly disguised.
Well, I guess a guy cannot
claim to be a success until the
compiler of a cookbook asks him
for some of his favorite recipes. If
it ever happens to me it will be
embarrassing. I do not have one.
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Sea Life” is this month’s theme Free Family Film: Fri., July 24 at
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Beaufort: The Library will be with crafts and games. Registra- 4pm
closed until sometime in August tion is not required.
Mountain Marionettes with
when the library will be in its new
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home at 1702 Live Oak Street,
Suite 100 in the Beaufort Square
Shopping Center. Thank you for
bearing with us during this time.
Friends of Carteret County
Public Library are conducting a
Capital Campaign to “fit out” the
new library. Call 728-2050 to find
out how you can help.
Cape Carteret: Jorge Diaz will
perform July 21 at 10:30am for
Storytime – all ages are welcome.
Please sign up in advance to attend.
Down East: The Library is open
Tuesdays from 10am-8pm. Hours
on Thursdays and Saturdays are
10am-6pm.
Used book sale each Saturday
from 9am-1pm in the Book Nook,
which is adjacent to the library on
the corner of Hwy. 70 and Whitehurst Road in Smyrna.
New arrivals include Karen
Kingsbury’s First Born series of
inspirational fiction; and the Cape
Refuge books by Terri Blackstock.
Kids Craft Day: Sat., July 18
from 10am-noon. “Oceans and
Emerald Isle
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7506 Emerald Dr.
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Friday
July 24
2pm - 7pm
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on Sat., August 8 at 11am. Get up
close and personal with some
amazing animals that have been
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Newport: The display case highlights crafts made by children participating in the summer reading
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Cape Carteret: Tue., July 21 at
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Down East: Tue., July 21 at
10:15am
Morehead City, Webb Library:
Wed., July 22 at 10:30am and
Thu., July 23 at 11am for ages 2-5
Newport: Tue., July 21 at 10am
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Pine Knoll Shores: “From Page to
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4pm for ages 10 up
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Cape Carteret: The oil and water-
color paintings of Ann Huml are
on display. Her paintings capture
individuals as they go about their
daily lives.
Morehead City, Webb Library:
The artwork of Amanda Robinson
is on display.
Newport: The display bookcase
features books on all forms of the
creative process, such as writing,
painting and quilting.
Pine Knoll Shores: The Art Gallery features pastel paintings by
members of the Coastal Pastel Society of North Carolina. Subjects
run the gamut from sea and landscapes to figures, still life and abstacts. The display case features
Lorna Beam’s abstract wirewrapped jewelry.
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Kids Corner: Mon., July 20 at
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Preschool Storytime: Tue., July
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ages 3-5
Laptime Storytime: Wed., July
22 at 9:30am and 10:30am for
ages up to 23 months
Time for Twos: Thu., July 23 at
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Book Time with Ronald McDonald: Fri., July 24 at 10am
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Mother Goose Time: Wed., July
22 and Thu., July 23 at 10am for
ages up to 3 yrs.
Preschool Storytime: Thu., July
23 at 11am for ages up to 3 yrs.
Be Creative@ Your Library:
Thu., July 23 at 1:30pm for grades
K to 5
Express Yourself: Thu., July 23
at 3:30pm for teens
Mountain Marionettes with
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at 10am at Town Hall
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feet; all the homes around are one
story. It will be towering. Are
they going to have a screen to
shield it from our backyard? I
have heard of other instances
where things have been approved
and the developers have not followed through. It will severely
impact our property value if we
have a 40-foot building in our
backyard.”
“The timeline of the thru roads,
how long is it going to take until
they have these other drives done
so that people can access from different routes? If they rezone this,
where does that leave the other
parcels of land?”
“Are they going to have to be
similar use or does it allow for a
variety of uses? It could impact
our property value and our tax values,” said Rolar.
Campbell addressed her concerns, starting with the building
height. “The 40 feet is being used
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as the maximum. We are proposing a single story structure on a
slant. I’m fairly confident it will
not be 40 feet. It is a single story
building build on a slant, so I can’t
tell you specifically what it will
calculate to. I don’t have the most
likely size.”
“As far as the buffer goes, what
we are proposing to do is to leave
a 20-foot buffer of whatever is
there; the trees and vegetation.
We are not doing anything to remove or damage the natural area
that exists today. We considered
that if we were going with a 10foot buffer and a fence, it would
eliminate some of the natural
vegetation. However, it would be
more advantageous to leave the
natural buffer there.”
“We have eliminated the road,
heating, and AC from the back of
the building by repositioning the
building,” he continued. “We can
still get the project on the parcel”
“The middle Friendly Road
property; what about the area going between that property and the
back?” asked Councilman Demus
Thompson.
“This is the 20-foot buffer. The
Alzheimer’s unit will be there with
a patio and two entrances to provide a walking trail for the people
who reside in the unit,” Campbell
replied. “Other than that, it will be
landscaping and natural. The edge
of that lot to the building is about
60 feet. There will be 40 feet from
the buffer to the edge of the facility.”
“We can add the condition of a
single-story building to make sure
it stays,” said Staab.
City Manager Randy intervened. He explained, “The documents submitted have a 40-foot
maximum. The neighbors can
build houses up to 50 feet, so it is
within the guidelines of the
neighborhood.”
“It is much larger and more
prominent,” Thompson pointed
out. “It’s not like one house. I
would like that in there just so the
folks know it is just one story.”
“This 20-foot buffer is going to
be left natural. Are they going to
clear cut and plant back?” asked
Councilman George Ballou.
“He is proposing to leave it
natural,” Staab explained. “You
can add that to the conditions as
well. What we are doing is putting things in the ordinance to perfect conditional use so that everyone is clear.” Campbell told the
Council that no trees will be cut.
“There will be about 30 acres
left in this parcel of land,” Staab
told the Council. “Any rezoning
of that will have to go through the
process again.”
Councilman John Nelson expressed concern that there will not
be enough parking spaces at the
facility. “You have met the guidelines but those guidelines are minimal,” he said.
“My personal opinion is that
you do not have enough parking to
handle the staff. I feel like if you
put in minimum parking spaces to
get by, it is not enough. But that is
my opinion and you have met the
criteria.”
“We think that 25 or 30 people
are the maximum number working
on first shift basis,” Campbell explained.
“We have found at our other facilities that a number of employees
carpool or a family member drops
them off. I really understand the
concern but respectfully disagree
that we don’t have adequate parking.”
“Our experience is that we
probably have excessive parking,
especially with the back of the
building having extra space.”
Thompson made the motion to
adopt the ordinance and grant the
rezoning with the conditions
agreed upon by the Planning
Board and the Council. Ballou
seconded.
Sculpt for Wildlife
The Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter (OWLS) is hosting its 18th Annual Sculpt for Wildlife contest on
Saturday, August 1 on the beach in
front of the Atlantis Lodge in Pine
Knoll Shores. All proceeds from
the contest will go to benefit the
shelter. Registration will begin at
9am, with judging at 2pm.
Raleigh sand sculptors Sandy
Feat will give a demonstration,
build their own awesome creation,
and judge the competition. The
contest includes prizes from over
20 area businesses.
The entry fee is $25 on the day
of the contest, or $20 for advanced
registration. To register, or for
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Rezoning, UDO amendments discussed by MHC Council
The Morehead City Council approved a rezoning request and discussed two amendments to the
Unified Development Ordinance
(UDO) during their July 14 meeting.
Kelly Webb Matthews requested to rezone 138 Harris
Street from CH (Highway Commercial) to R15M (single-family
residential with mobile homes).
“This property is approximately
a half-acre and the surrounding
area is R15M to the north and to
the west, and commercial highway
to the south and to the east,” Planning Director Linda Staab explained. “The Planning Board reviewed this during the June 16
meeting and the board members
felt the rezoning was appropriate
for the location. They approved
the rezoning.”
Councilman Demus Thompson
asked, “How many mobile homes
are located in and around in the
area?” Staab replied there are acquite a few in that area.
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strictions.
“This was reviewed during the
June meeting of the Planning
Board,” Staab explained.
“Basically, what it does is allow
solar panels provided they do not
project over the roof and don’t
project over five feet on a flat
roof. This requires a permit and
they must conform to state and local building codes and zoning requirements.”
“Commissioner Ballou asked a
question before the meeting about
a provision and it limiting height
to exactly no higher than the structure that it is attached to,” City
Manager Randy Martin said. “I
asked Linda [Staab] to think about
that. In some of the pictures there
are manufactured items higher
than the peak of the roof.”
“You would have to bring it
down on the roof a little bit if it
goes over,” explained Mayor Jerry
Jones. “Solar panels can be adjusted and taken down a few feet if
needed, so it will not extend above
it. The object is not to see the
panel from the other side of the
house.”
“I want the ordinance to read
where you can only see it from
one side,” said Ballou.
Martin inquired whether this
was “an aesthetic or a structural
concern?”
“New technology has come out
where the panels are placed right
on the shingles of the roof,” noted
Staab.
“We want to be reasonable in
applying this,” Martin explained.
“The intent is to regulate them in
some manner, but have rules that
keep them reasonable. The type of
concern is the reason to acquire
this.”
“It’s an aesthetic concern,” replied Ballou. “Is that really a
valid concern when someone is
trying to help the environment
with a green house?” asked Martin.
Thompson suggested the
amendment be sent back to the
committee for further discussion
and then returned to the Council in
August. Council members agreed.
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The motion failed unanimously.
Peter then proposed a separate
motion, “That we apply for a grant
to protect the shoreline and apply
for 100 percent funding.”
Larson said, “I would personally like to see us dedicate the park
and see what kind of use we have
for this park before we spend
$65,000 or $40,000 to stabilize. I
would hate to spend $65,000 and
find out we only see 100 people a
year out there.”
A motion to table the shoreline
stabilization issue passed by a vote
of four to one with Edwards opposed.
UDO, which will allow a research
facility as a permitted use in the
Port/Industrial District received
unanimous approval.
“Crystal Coast Business Park
wants to add a research facility,”
Staab explained. “This will be a
heavy industrial classification that
takes the noisiest, dirtiest, and
loudest businesses around. The
Planning Board reviewed and recommended your approval.” Staab
was referring to Geodynamics,
LLC who recently purchased a lot
in the business park and intend on
constructing a facility for computer, laboratory and research
needs.
The company, which is currently located in Pine Knoll
Shores, specializes in coastal and
marine mapping, monitoring and
data collection.
“This facility will not be that
noisy or dirty,” explained Jones.
“But it is in the business park and
we need more development out
there.”
Ballou made the motion to
adopt the amendment.
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southern flounder at meetings
scheduled for August.
The following committee meetings have been slated for the discussion:
Finfish Advisory Committee on
August 3 at 10:30am in the DENR
Washington Regional Office, 943
Washington Square Mall;
Inland Advisory Committee on
August 5 at 6pm in the Archdale
Building, Ground Floor Hearing
Room, 512 North Salisbury Street,
Raleigh;
Northeast Advisory Committee
on August 6 at 6:30 pm in the
Dare County Administrative
Building, Room 238, 954 Marshall
Collins Drive, Manteo;
Southeast Advisory Committee
on August 11 at 6pm in the DENR
Wilmington Regional Office, 127
Cardinal Drive; and
Central Advisory Committee
on August 12 at 6pm in the DENR
Washington Regional Office, 943
Washington Square Mall.
At its May meeting, the MFC
asked its regional advisory committees and its Finfish Advisory
Committee to review and comment on whether the state should
implement interim rules southern
flounder for season closures for
both commercial and recreational
fisheries and a recreational size
limit increase and creel limit decrease. The MFC also asked the
advisory committees to provide
comments on how to address user
conflicts in the southern flounder
fishery.
State law allows the MFC to
implement temporary management
measures while a fishery management plan is being developed if it
determines the regulations are necessary to ensure the viability of a
species or fishery.
State law also requires such interim measures to be reviewed by
the MFC’s regional advisory committees.
For more information, contact
Lauren Morris at 252-808-8023 or
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MHC Concert Series
Morehead City Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a free concert
series. Concerts are held Saturday
evenings from 7-8:30pm at JC
Park, 9th and Shepard streets.
The schedule for August is as
follows:
August 1: Scearce & Ketner
August 8: Big Drink
August 15: Dick Cumberland
Band
August 22: Parsons
August 29: Steve Creech & The
All Stars
Emerald Isle
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new building. The bicycle path
project on NC 58 update is that we
are nearing completion of the design for that and we are working
on getting plans submitted to the
North Carolina Department of
Transportation. We are going to
be delayed on when we start construction; it was August, now it is
the November timeframe because
of the stipulation in the grant
agreement. Our goal is to get it
done before Easter weekend of
next year. I hope we can get up to
four miles, but we will take the
path as far as the funds will allow.”
The next Town Board meeting
will be August 11 at 6 pm.
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Notice of
Public Hearing
NOTICE is hereby given that the Historic Preservation
Commission of the Town of Beaufort will hold a public
hearing on August 4, 2009 at the Train Depot at the
corner of Broad and Pollock Streets, Beaufort, NC beginning at 6pm on a proposed amendment to the Design
Guidelines for the Beaufort Historic District, specifically Guideline 7.2.5 dealing with New Construction
which contains a scrivener’s error. The Guideline was
intended to provide that the applicant will have a heavy
burden to demonstrate to the HPC that a replacement
structure with a different height, scale, and massing as
the previously existing building is congruous (not
“incongruous” as incorrectly written) with the Historic
District
Michele Davis
Town Clerk
JULY 16, 2009
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Nick’s Knacks
I’d be embarrassed to have one of my recipes published
It must be a sign of something atrical people usually have the
lacking. Never have I been asked ability to cook.
to share the recipe of my favorite
"They can cook," he said, "for
dish. It does seem that just about in every stage career there was
Friday 5:30pm
everyone in America should have once a lean period spent in a third
been asked in view of the fact that story back bedroom with a single
Grangers, women's clubs, church burner gas ring and the choice of
organizations seek out
learning to cook or doing
without your meal."
Alternative Folk about everyone in their
communities
to
ask
about
The editor figured she had
On the Patio
favorite recipes and then
struck a rich mine of reciproceed to have cookpes in the world of faFriday & Saturday Night books printed.
mous people. The result
9pm-1am
Magazines, newspawas a series of popular arpers, famous chefs on raticles which appeared in
dio and television submit Nick Mahoney
- the Sunday
recipes for the benefit of their magazine of the now defunct
readers and listeners. Seldom
The book is
does the list of non-fiction best a compilation of those articles.
selling books appear without the
As an indication of his early
inclusion of one or two cook- life, Fred Allen, who kept millions
books.
of radio listeners entertained as he
Eclectic Rock
The reason the subject comes interviewed the denizens of Alup at this point is because, by hap- len's Alley, had a fondness for
& Dance
penstance, I plucked a book off doughnuts. Fred argued that they
of our shelves thinking it was were inexpensive and honest. He
The Friendliest, Funkiest one
something else. The title is
insisted that he knew many actors
Little Bar from
edited by Grace whose stomachs had shrunk from
Maine to Venezuela
Turner and published in 1948.
eating doughnuts. When they fiThe
editor,
according
to
the
nally got in the chips they couldn't
Every Wednesday at 9pm
preface,
got
the
idea
of
interviewenjoy a hearty meal because they
OPEN MIC
ing prominent persons for favorite had only doughnut-sized digestive
With Drew
recipes when she discovered that tracts. The two doughnut recipes
Alfred Lunt, half of the Lunt- he shared are called Doughnut
Fontane acting team, was a superb Creole Fluff and Doughnut Brown
cook. Mr. Lunt explained that the- Betty. Both of them sound pretty
toothsome.
I lost interest in Milton Berle's
favorite recipes when I learned
CHEF DONNY GILLIAM
that he liked tomatoes in his clam
Formerly of
chowder. And the taste of Billie
Soup or Salad Now Included with Burke, actress and wife of famed
All Entrees or Specials showman Flo Ziegfeld, became
Specials Every Night ~ $20 suspect when one of her recipes
Now Selling Our Sauces called for mixing potatoes with
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gas burner. At least one of the
recipes he concocted sounds like
good eating. It is called spare ribs
and sauerkraut. That's a good
KAYLA
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THE
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York Herald-Tribune.
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OPEN NIGHTLY FOR DINNER
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High Tide
Low Tide
AM PM AM PM
Fr 17
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Sa 18
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Su 19 5:02 5:52 11:06 ----Mo 20 6:04 6:49 12:31 12:08
Tu 21 7:04 7:43 1:25 1:07
We 22 8:01 8:35 2:16 2:05
Th 23 8:56 9:26 3:05 3:02
Add 5 minutes for Bogue Inlet
dish.
It is fun to learn the food preferences of people in various professions. What did one of America's greatest soldiers, General
George C. Marshall, like? According to his wife, one of his favorite dishes was Cape Cod ham.
That recipe called for 10 pounds
of ham, cranberry sauce, ground
and whole cloves, dry mustard,
cinnamon and vinegar.
What would a big he-man like
Victor McLaglen have liked? The
big guy had a weakness for Mexican pork chops, country style fried
salt pork, and London rib roast.
No wonder he was big and husky.
As might be expected a musician would favor less rugged food.
Eugene Ormandy, conductor of
the Philadelphia Orchestra and a
long-time favorite at Saratoga Performing Arts, leaned apparently
toward his native Hungarian
foods. He had a yen for Tyrolienne strudel, Hungarian pancakes,
and Galuska which seems to mean
dumplings.
What might a female opera star
have liked? Gladys Swarthout
leaned to the exotic. Among her
favorites were boiled breast of
guinea hen, East Indian lamb
curry, baked ham with fresh figs,
scaloppini a la Bologuese, and almond soufflé.
Lowell Thomas, author, lecturer, reporter, commentator, and
adventurer, liked nothing better
than being home for an outdoor
supper. The meal consisted of
fresh corn, platters of cold meats,
frankfurters, hot rolls, sweet but
(See Nick’s Knacks, Page 17)
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