The Island Packet from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina • 18

sort on olly ield Road Think again 4 YKAR A YKAR LEASING AVAILABLE 3ARIGATO JAPANESE SEAOOD Hitachi Chicken BeefSukiyaki Lunch served from 11 am to 2:30 pm SUSHII TL Ti la carte dailv daily for any emergency Ml The Island Packet riday November Exhibit participation is limited to dumber at commerce members Last year more than 1100 people attended the event Cherry said expecting between 2000 and 2200 people this Cherry said Business Expo will definitely help island businesses The Hilton Head Center of Beau fort Technical College will co spon sor the event There is no admission charge to at tend 1 don't think it can get any worse We are at our bbsblute worst point right now' 105 MARRIOTT CENTER PO BOX 6688 HILTON HEAD IS SC 29938 (803) 785 8200 John Richards Insurance Commissioner The event will be held eb 14 1986 at Hilton Head Beach 4 Tennis Re Lawsuits (Coatiaaed frees Page 1 B) association said he has lot of that the plan his group supports will turn the heads of CC commissioners Likewise Summers said the National Associa tion of Broadcasters is that new rules will be de veloped But not likely the cable indus try will accept any new rules without a fight feel the CC likes the idea of in the first place so we see them settling on new Stephen Effros president of the Washington based cable organization Community An tenna Television Association said in an interview this week if the CC completely fools us and comes up with new rules take the issue back to court not going to take this lying Effros said anticipate people will come to the expo and find out about goods and services here on the island that they never knew were he said 1 Hitachi Shrimp Prepared at your table and served with rice and fresh vegetables Exhibit charges are 1175 per booth prior to Jan 15 1986 and 1225 there after space permitting Seventy five booths are available OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Sun Thurs 1 1 am to 10 ri Sat 1 1 am to 1 1 pun REAL ESTATE hibitive insurance rates Many physicians began practicing what they called prescribing costly often unneces sary procedures and tests to protect themselves against what they con sidered unjust lawsuits Hundreds of cities report that lia bility insurance rates have doubled is pleased to anounoe that JAMES CARR has transferred his real estate license to our firm sports facilities unable to get liabili ty insurance insurance if obtainable is out of said Orville A Slutcky general manager of Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl 120 miles north of New York City Slutcky was one of several con sumers and insurance groups offer ing testimony last Thursday before the NY State Senate Committee on Insurance He reported that insur ance for Hunter Mountain increased threefold this season over last year even though it has reduced its cover age In Houston the Rev Bill Hinson pastor of irst Methodist Church said he and many other ministers in that city now decline to visit trou bled parishioners in their homes The ministers counsel at their churches instead limiting exposure to possible lawsuits In many cities real estate brokers say their legal expenses have tripled in recent years as a result of law suits from unhappy buyers or sellers of homes To protect themselves many now require would be sellers to sign disclosure forms noting any possible flaws on their property are always on the de said Anne Hennessey di rector of the Learning Tree day care center in Minneapolis She said fears of being sued kept employees at the center from showing what lawyers might later describe in court as much to children at the point where I want to get par ticipation from Buck said is a builders association but we have as many builders in it We have 40 builders that are ac tive consistently want to make the meetings more builder oriented not so much a social he said want to get programs that are geared to ward builders programs like con tracts and gadgets And I want to get more involved with the architect as sociation and the Board of Real of the attractive features of the association is that builders and associates pay the same Buck said Buck a native of Sumter grad uated in 1969 from the Clemson Uni versity architecture build ing construction program He worked for Exxon Corp for 8i years before moving to the island and starting Buck Builders Coast al Carolina He and his wife Kay have three children Elected last Thursday night as vice presidents of the Homebuilders Association were Steven Nienow a partner for Carolina Summit Prop erties Inc Charles Johnson a part ner for Johnson Dulaney Builders Inc and David Joslin president of Joslin Building Co Ben Showalter ot Coastal Door Glass Co was elected as secretary treasurer All newly elected leaders begin their terms in January Elected to the Homebuilders Asso ciation board of directors for two year terms were Bill ishburne of ishburne Co and Dick Low of Chris Construction Co from the builders category Louis A Boni Sr of Boni Sons Electric Contracting Inc and Louis Perella of Louis Sterling Co were elected to the board to represent as sociate members Directors Joseph Harden Carl Lipscomb Jerome Goodrich and Paul McGovern re main on the board until their terms expire at the end of 1986 or tripled or that liability insurance lp become unavailable to them at at any cost Insurance companies blpme a series of multimillion dollar jpjjgments against other cities In New York James Goodale cSvileT of the Sky Rink in Manhattan says he will have to close the rink if he cannot get an insurance policy whej his present one which has bem canceled runs out next mohjh Sky Rink like the rink in Santa "Rosa owned by Shultz and 100 to 200 other rinks in the country is finding it almost impossible to ob tain liability insurance at any price Goodale said Ice skating rinks are not the only three tunes in five years He suc ceeds Scott Pullon Homebuilders Association president since March 1985 Buck said he joined the Home builders Association when be moved to the island in 1978 Healsohasbeen a director and vice president for the association In addition to Buck and other vol unteer leaders the Homebuilders Association since 1984 has employed a full time secretary and an exec utive officer working from a head quarters at Mid Island Plaza on Mathews Drive The island organization is affil iated with1 the National Association of Home Builders of the United States Members of the island Home builders Association meet monthly for dinner and a social hour at Mar Hilton Head Resort Earlier this year the Homebuild ers Association presented comments to the Town Council and the town Planning Canmission regarding the comprehensive land use plan for Hilton Head or March 1986 the island asso ciation is making plans for a spring home show to help citizens become more acquainted with the role of the construction industry know exactly why been president three times in five years because we have a lot of tal ent in the Buck said want to get more of the members in volved in the The island organization was founded in the early 1970s and began with about 50 members Buck said have but 50 members and of those only 10 were he said The association includes builder members and associate members members are businesses or people related to the building in dustry but who are not actually Buck said The association now has 230 mem bers including 154 associates and 76 builders he said that we have grown Hie Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce will hold Expo 86 in ebruary and should be a boon to island said James A Cherry the vice president of operations and membership services Now Open The newest most unusual and interesting Gallery on the Island Also serving Sashimi and Tempura resh that period there is a 20 day rebut tal period so cable and broadcasting interests can respond to the propo sals the end of that 60 days what we have is a pile of papers that the commissioners have to take a posi tion Johnson said injases like this where there are no dasy answers these things can drag qn and To date two proposals have been submitted to the ederal Commu nications Commission for review 0ne is a joint proposal from Cor poration for Public Broadcasting the National Association of Public Television Stations and the Public broadcasting Service three groups representing public television The second comes from the Association at Independent Television Stations Preston Paddon president of the I Located in Park Raza Shopping Center (see map OPEN LUNCH AND DINNER 842 2805 or 842 2811 Cable (Continued from Page 1 B) Rating Sept 1 to Nov 30 1985 as the tax amnesty period During that time any taxpayer who voluntarily pays all back taxes for all back years will not face criminal penalties or pros ecution When the amnesty period ends so does the op portunity to avoid prosecution and civil penalties And with the full force of a tough new law behind it the Tax Commis sion now has the resources to aggressively pursue tax cheat ers Three months the chance to set matters straight To pay what you owe and never look back The one chance The last chance If you think playing with your taxes isagame Amnesty period begins Sept 1 and ends Nov 30 Pay what you owe No penalties No prosecution All taxes administered by the Tax Commission mciuaeu ror an tax years Tough new enforcement measures start after amnesty ends ailure to Dav taxes will be a felonv Simple application process Not paying taxes a game not a harmlpw micdA meanor a felony crime And the South Carolina Tax Com mission is cracking down STEAK HOUSE Now Open for Lunch Buck (Coatiaaed from Page 1 B) TAX AMNESTY Beforelt'sToolate 1 800 922 3676 RO Box 2535 Columbia SC 29202 2535 eMongggMlnl Wah mnm a BroBw me eatured is the totally different art of ASSEMBLAGE by master dimensional artist ELMERZARNEY Paintings pottery and selected decorator items are also offered The GALLERY ON SKULL CREEK is located in Hilton Head Plantation next to the (Nd ort Pub and historic Civil War ort Mitchell Open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 a 7070 Abercom Savannah (91 2J 354 2070 SAVINGS SUMMET s2089 MINIMUM TRADE IN 'ALLOWANCE "fiSales AND HURRY WHEN ITS OVER ITS LUNCH SPECIALS $350 $450 XRMT 1 Ml rurmaWR ON selected model not on aovertmed specials Budget Island Chamber plans Business Expo I I nut 12M I i 1 Br 7 jfiB warn A jSA 1 iriatnrx 'w pa 2s 5 Js I id raster.