The Island Packet from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina • 25

Island Interest Rate Update US Treasury Bills: US Treasury Securities: 3 month 725 1 year 8125 6 month 750 3 year 950 5 year 9875 I raM range apply to owner occupied and second home Investor financing may vary widely Rates quoted are effective as of September 1985 i Adjustable Rate Mortgage: ixed Rate Mortgage: 1 year 8625 to 1000 15 year 11375 to 1225 3 year 1050 to 11375 30 year 1175 to 1250 Lot Loan inancing 11 to 14 Source: Mortgage Lender Association of Hilton Head Island Many oftier mortgage plan are available or more information contact your financial institution or the Mortgage Lenders Association PO Box 5283 Hitton Head Island SC mom Island Packet (Cent! need from Page C) fisted that programming options Jvere more important to his decision hot to carry the independent station Nevertheless Goldstein said legal counsel in lorida and Washington is looking into whether Or not Plantation refu sal to carry WTGS is a violation of hnti trust laws urther he noted lawyers are in vestigating possible damages suits against the cable company since WTGS advertising revenues have suffered by not being on the local ca lle system have selectively hurt us be Tcause homes wired to cable that have new TV sets cannot get WTGS4lany new sets do not have the capa bility to be switched over to UH advertisers know that jand when they see that we harried by cable we have to pay a penalty in the form of reduced ad yates" Goldstein said Renwick told The Packet he has no comment at this time on the possibil ity that Plantation Cablevision may le sued 1 Emergency system Meanwhile town and county offi cials are caught in the middle of theControversy because establishing the emergency warning system is al ready underway 2 Mayor Benjamin Racusin toldJbe Packet last week the town'swarning system which is an audio'ver system transmittedover cables would be hooked to tele limited access to all area residents is precisely the problem with the ca ble warning set up question is: What happens to the guy who doesn't have cable in his home when there is an emergency? How is he going to get the benefit of the cable system's message since he have the cable hooked up to his TV set? Those poeple be helped by the system at all" Bailie told The Packet In addition Bailie said that the is land warning system may be knocked out if a hurricane hits the is land while the facilities at WTGS are specially designed to withstand hurricane force winds he said a storm hits Hilton Head" he said is still up and running 16 miles off the island Our tower can withstand gusts of up to 200 mph transmitter is capable of carrying 4960 watts of power to the area which puts all other equipment nearby to shame And we have the latest satellite and technical equip ment to get a message to people with the snap of a finger" he said The station is equipped with a computerized weather service and a color Character Generator a ma chine that creates graphics for broadcast TV Bailie explained that weather information could be turned into a graphic message in seconds with the machinery and put on the air within seconds the kind of equipment we have area residents will have the benefit of on air broadcasts in an TV Lawyers are among building occupants rom Staff Reports Construction should begin soon on a 22000 square foot office building next to restaurant in Shipyard Center The island law firm Novit Scarminach PA is ex pected to move in when the building is completed Ground clearing began two weeks ago on Jaid Partnership three story building set for occupan cy in April according to partnership spokesman Robert Miller He said the owners have arranged for tenants to occupy about half of the building There are no commit ments yet regarding the rest of the available space Miller said Jaid Partnership is a Hilton Head group including attorneys Herbert Novit and Charles A Scarminach among others Other partners include Louis Jaffe Wil liam Byrne Daniel McHugh and Kenneth Pavia Jaffe is an island businessman while Byrne is chairman of Dunes Marketing Group Inc McHugh and Pavia are with iduciary unding Corp When completed the New Orleans Road building on 136 acres will face The property is next to the Professional Building and Exec utive Center offices and William 'Hilton Parkway (US 278) and Sea Pines Circle are nearby Baldwin joins Tara's on island Lisa Baldwin a recent graduate of the Savannah School of Cosme tology has joined the hair salon of Lisa Baldwin Tara's of Hilton Head Island Bev erly Connor the owner of Ta ra's said education at the Savannah School of Cosmetology and her extra curric ular courses at the International School for Aestheticians and Make Up Artists should bring some excit ing new concepts to our clientele visions through the cablevision of Jices When in place later this month it 'will allow William Winn BeaufortCounty's emergency preparedness 'director or the mayor to push a but ton and block out the audio portion of television programming on 'hny station to announce a weather Emergency in homes that have ca Lble According to Winn the cable com pany was chosen to handle the emer gency system because it will allow town and county officials to alert the 'public to an emergency SC emergency prepared 3ess division recommended the ca tle system to all county agencies It Is a unique system It gives us direct Access to households with cable in stantaneously and that's important Zwhen a tornado is coming through an stop and make phonecails to television stations and chat Tibout it that takes too long We are not opposed to working withWTGS on another system in addition Ito the cable system but we feel we 2made the right Winn told JThe Packet Town Manager Carey Smith 'told The Packet the town's decision 2to go with Plantation warning system was pimple: as the local cable company plantation Cablevision has the fran chise to the area and as such istreated like any other utility in the grant them the right of way lin the town to install cable explained new station is 'over the air so we have no control ever what they broadcast We have a relationship with Plantation ICablevision and why we haveworked with them on the system" fhe said 2 And Renwick said Plantation Ca 'blevision agreed to set up the response to a request from thetown and the emergencyplanning Goldstein doesn't deny the Relationship Plantation Cablevisionhas with the town affected the deci sion to utilize the cable company 'sfacilities for the warning system We support the public body and 'we understand Plantation Cablevi Ision can rely on the good intentionsof the town government It is collu sion and not necessarily in a bad jiense because the way towns fran chise utilities S' But just because Mr Renwicknjoys that relationship doesn't ijean he should lock us out of the or lock out citizens without sable from having access to emer gency Goldstein said or John Bailie president gen eral manger and co owner of WTGS emergency every three or four min utes" Bailie said "And we can in clude small homes that don't have cable or homes that are in areas of the island where cable isn't avail Ms Baldwin a graduate of the University of Kentucky first showed an interest in cosmetology while in college "I worked as a Merle Nor man consultant part she said able" WTGS is going ahead with plans to bring an emergency service which includes a telephone hot line linked then it was a little unusual considering that I was studying for a degree in business Ms Baldwin later moved to Hilton from town facilities to the WTGS master contol room despite the Plantation Cablevision set up according to both Bailie and Gold stein And local reception to their plan is being well received Town Manger Smith and Beaufort County emergency preparedness di rector Winn both told The Packet they would be happy to cooperate with WTGS on such a venture And Dwight Malphrus disaster preparedness director of Jasper County is especially delighted that WTGS has decided to go ahead with a warning system station (WTGS) is in our county and we haven't ever had such a facility in our county" Malphrus told The Packet definitely need to improve our warn ing system in the county We have been too slow getting word out to the public "I think that Beaufort and Jasper counties can and should work togeth er on a warning system that will reach all our Malphrus continued job is to save lives and county lines shouldn't get in the Head where she worked as the Clini que consultant at Andrew Arnold in Shelter Cove Plaza before moving to She is working at the oun tain Center location and is available by appointment for facials and make up consultations In mid September she will move to Tara's second location in the new Hotel Inter Continental Hilton Head Ms Baldwin said her new move is exciting to her and her husband Bill Baldwin who is with Dunes Market ing Group The two are planning their home in Palmetto Dunes Re sort Subscribe to THE ISLANtM RACKET Call 785 4293 way of that goal" East Broad at Bay Downtown Reservations: (912)233 5757 AMPLE REE PARKING MAJOR CREDIT CARDS A a Dining Rooms Spectacular Rain orest Bar Elegant Gift Shop All Awaltou At Qirotes 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