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►Future Continued from page 1 desert.” Jennings also said that the progress of all races depends upon racial har mony. “Our love for each other is false if it's not spread across the entire spec trum,” he said. “We must enlist the friendship of other races because it’s morally correct. No man is an island and neither is any race.” Jennings told the crowd that the black community has all the elements it needs to be successful, but that apa thy and complacency have drained the life from black communities. Other NAACP panel guests echoed Jennings' concerns. “The truth is a lot of people in this area don’t do much of anything when it comes to helping each other out,” declared Jonathan Hankins, a retired Brunswick County school principal. “They don’t go to these meetings, they don’t vote. All of you have the ; opportunity to participate through ; voting.” ; Ralph Parker, University of North Carolina at Wilmington minority af fairs director, also noted that the cur rent generation of black teenagers will be the first generation of black youths to make less progress than their par ents. . “Unless we do something, what we Nhink is a bad situation now will be came even worse," Parker declared. South Brunswick High School stu ; dent David Caine, speaking as a rep ! resentative of youths in the commu nity, said that black American history and culture is virtually ignored in county public schools. “As a youth m the school system, 1 can tell you everything about the his tory of Japan, Mexico and China, but 1 just can’t tell you about black Ameri can history,” Caine said. “But black history is a part of American history. Some people don't even know that the first person to perform open-heart surgery was a black man, and that’s sad.” Jennings urged members of the au dience to take responsibility for its own history. “Folks, it’s up to us, the school board’s not going to do it for us,” Jennings proclaimed. “Why can’t we in the black community do some supplemental things and take some responsibility away from our schools? We’re the ones who are in the best position to give our children a sense of their culture.” South Brunswick assistant princi pal William Hargrove also noted that some black students and parents — as well as some teachers - simply “don’t care.” “We have trouble getting some par ents to come in and talk to us when their children are having problems,” Hargrove said. “In the school system, we also see young black people who don’t care, and we see teachers in the school system who do not care. It seems to me that some of these stu dents are looking for someone who cares.” Southport resident Eugene Gore, a longtime NAACP member, added that the black community is continu ing to decline and urged the younger generation to get involved to lift the black community up. “We have less black businesses to day then when I was bom. Today, you can’t even buy a loaf of bread or a gallon of gasoline from a black man,” Gore said. “You younger people should come out and do something for our youths as we older people have tried to do. It disturbs me that we have been going backward definitely since the Reagan administration, and we’ll keep on going back until we vote.” r '4*.;-' -■■ # - w %>. «■» kvHw About 100 people filled the ILA Hall in Southport Friday night for a community forum hosted by the Brunswick County chapter of the NAACP. Local black leaders urged those attending the forum to get mmmrmmmmt' \\ '*bkv ■ mwma involved in their communities and help save future generations of black Americans from the problems of drugs, crime, poverty and illiteracy. Local NAACP president Nat Parker congratulates Lillian McMillan after she was presented the “Mother of the Year” award for raising $1,000 for the national NAACP office. McMillan also was presented an award for service to the NAACP. Others who received awards for serv ing the NAACP for over 20 years were George Coatney, Eugene Gore, Harry Orie Gore, Annabelle Williams, Herbert Bryant, Jesse Bryant, Irene Hankins, Lizzie Mitchell, Ludelphia Rogers, Charles Rogers and Laura Smith-Gore. ►Shipment Continued from page 1 standards and regulations. The MV Le Bouguenals, a French flagged commercial ship, arrived at Sunny Point in the early morning hours Thursday. The spent fuel rods were offloaded from the vessel and placed onto rail cars after both fed eral and state inspections were com pleted. It was all pretty much routine, re ported Jim Giusti, spokesman for the U. S. Department of Energy in Wash ington, DC. “The transfer operations, safety in spections and radiological surveys took slightly more than two and a half hours to complete," said Giusti. DOE brought the rods back to the United States for safe keeping as part of a plan to rid the world of bomb grade uranium, for fear the rods will fall into the wrong hands overseas and be used to produce nuclear weapons. The highly enriched uranium con tained in the rods can be used to manufacture bombs. The rods were shipped along rail lines to Robeson County for their fi nal leg of the journey southward to Aiken, SC, to DOE's Savannah River Waterfront Gifts & Antiques Gifts of Distinction Southport's Touch of Class for Fine Gifts, Antiques, Cards, Jewelry & Decorative Accessories upen / uays Year Around Mastercard, Visa, AmEx 117 S. Howe Street Southport, N.C. 28461 (910)457-6496 v: L & L MontessoriH Pre-School I Why not let your child have a fun experience in a learning environment. Full Day Program ♦ Limited Enrollment Jet. Hwy. 211 & 133 ♦ For Information Call (910) 457-6173 storage facility. A judgment reached by the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap peals in August ruled DOE had ful filled its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act by completing an environmental as sessment to cover both the shipment and the storage of fuel rods. South Carolina officials attempted to block the shipment and claimed DOE’s plan did not cover the long-term storage of rods in underwater containers at Aiken. Last Thursday, the dedicated train carrying the three sealed casks and armed escorts departed Sunny Point around 8:55 a.m. along an NRC-ap proved rail route of more than 350 miles. It took slightly more than 17 hours for the train to reach Aiken, crossing the boundary there at 1:49 a.m. on Friday. DOE reported the rods reached the classification yard at Savannah River at 3:20 a.m. The original shipment was expected to contain 153 ele ments, but before the court ruling in August German officials signed an agreement to ship their supply from the Berlin-based Hahn-Meitner Insti tute to a reprocessing plant in Scot land. This marked the last shipment un der DOE's one-time emergency relief program to accept stockpiled fuel el ements that are used in research fa cilities, mostly in the medical profes sion. Elements were originally pur chased by the countries with the un derstanding they would be returned by DOE to the United States when they are discarded. At the Savannah River site, the transportation packages were trans ferred to flatbed trailers and were transported to a staging area for off site fuels. Unloading operations for the first cask was to begin this week. The Swiss cask will be unloaded in October and the two Greece con tainers in November. The rods must be stored in underwater bins to pre vent contamination. Fuel rods today are made with a lower-grade uranium and are not as vulnerable to terrorists who may seek the material to produce weapons DOE is continuing work on its larger Environmental Impact State ment on a proposed nuclear weapons non-proliferation policy covering an additional 24,000 foreign research rods that need to be returned. Sunny Point is one of several East Coast ports being studied as the possible port of entry. A decision on that is expected be fore the end of the year. It will take 13 years to return the 24,000 ele ments. ►Salary Continued from page 1 which classified employees could earn performance pay increases for the first time. Davis noted, however, that the dumber of underpaid classi fied employees in the school system is so large that it will probably take a year before funding is available to implement a performance pay plan. Some long-time employees who have been in the same position for years earn the same salary as newly hired employees in the same position, Davis noted. The plan proposes the following annual salary ranges: ■Education-Health department - teacher assistant, $ 14,448 to $21,888; media assistant, $15,924 to $24,132; Choices assistant 1, $15,168 to $22,980; Choices assistant II, $ 15,924 to $24,132; bilingual interpreter. $16,716 to $25,344; educational in terpreter, $17,556 to $26,616; parent facilitator I, $15,168 to $22,980; par ent facilitator II, $16,716 to $25,344; occupational therapy assistant. $20,328 to $30,804; occupational therapist, $36,504 to $55,344. ■Office Services department - de livery warehouseman, $15,158 to $22,980; office services II, $15,924 to $24,132; office services III, $17,556 to $26,616; office services IV, $18,432 to $27,948; executive secretary, $21,348 to $30,804; per sonnel technician, $20,328 to $30,804. ■Finance department - accounting technician, $17,556 to $26,616; ac counting specialist, $19,356 to $29,340; payroll supervisor, $20,328 to $30,804; assistant finance officer. ONE WEEK ONLY! 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Southport, NC, 457-5299 $25,532 to $35,664; purchasing agent, $22,416 to $33,%0. ■Data department - TIMS opera tor. $ 16,716 to $25,344; SIMS opera tor, $16,716 to $25,344; data man ager. $21,348 to $32,340; computer coordinator. $30,036 to $45,528. ■Executive-Managerial depart ment -- child nutrition director, $28,608 to $43,356; personnel direc tor. $33,108 to $50,106; maintenance dilector. $33,108 to $50,100; trans portation director. $33,108 to $50,106; finance officer. $36,504 to $52,704: technolocv director, $38,328 to $58,110. ■ Labor- Trades-Mechanical de partment -- custodian 1, $13,704 to $20,844: cuslodian.il. $14,448 to $21,888; general utility worker. $15,024 to $24,132; groundskeeper I. $14,448 to $21,888; groundskeeper II. $15,024 to $24,132; painter, $18,432 to $27,048; plumber I, $17,556 to $26,616; plumber II, $10,356 to $20,340; carpenter I, $17,556 to $26,616; carpenter II, $10,356 to $20,340; electrician, $10,356 to $20,340; HVAC techni cian I. $18,432 to $27,048; HVAC technician II, $10,356 to $20,340; maintenance supervisor, $22,416 to $33,060; mechanic I, $17,556 to $26,616; mechanic II. $10,356 to $20,340; transportation shop supervi sor, $22,416 to $33,060; printer, $18,432 to $27,048. ■Technical-Scientific department - - water quality technician, $ 10,356 to $20,340; electronics technician, $21,348 to $32,340; electronics tech nician II, $22,416 to $33,960. ■Child Nutrition department — child nutrition assistant, $13,764 to $20,844; child nutrition assistant manager, $14,448 to $21,888; child nutrition manager, $16,716 to $25,344; child nutrition supervisor, $10,356 to $20,340. ^Zoning Continued from page 2 Coastal Estates when he heard of the hearing. I found out about this the day before yesterday," said Moore. "It’s kind of short notice to be making a change. I don't know whether I am for it or not. I don't know what’s going on here.” A swamp provides a natural boundary between the commercial zone and houses in the subdivisions, said Ward. In other business, a special excep tion hearing on a request to allow multiple buildings on one lot in a commercial low-density (C-LD) zone at the Oak Island Fun Park on Long Beach Road was postponed last week. Kevin Jones wants to add two go cart tracks, a ball court and parking lot to the south of the existing facil ity. Another special exception hearing requested by Michael Tessari was postponed as well. He wants to build a 13,000-square-foot commer cial building in a C-LD zone on the south side of N. C. 211 just east of Trail’s End Road. The C-LD zone doesn't normally allow buildings in excess of 10,000 square feet. Both matters may be heard at the planning board’s November 15 meeting. ► Marina site Continued from page 2 boost revenue, Stewart pointed out that the present Moore Street facili ty could be placed on the market to help offset costs and that Indigo Plantation could be “returned to a legitimate residential development” with possible increased sales there. He also noted that the largest of the Indigo parking lots, elevated ground created with spoil from the marina overlooking Dutchman Creek, is permitted for townhouse development and is being used tem porarily for parking. “People on Bald Head should appreciate what this means." Stewart said. “Among the benefits to us is that the new marina would be a bit closer to the island than Indigo is. “We've already had environmental management and coastal manage ment people down here looking at the site,” Stewart said, “and they have led us to believe that this is a permitable project.” MILLIGAN Housemovers, Inc. 457-0690 754-6065 Beach 18-6390 653-2272 Southport, (803) 44 ;-S>Tabor City appy Birthday JLisaFietds Middleton Park, Long Beach Saturday, October 28 • 11 am to 5 pm il Come out and discuss issues with MARVIN WATSON and other candidates for change. on't Miss Tuesday Night BINGO Doors Open 5:30 p.m. Game Starts 7:30 p.m. (910) 457-0064 Sand Dune Migration Control Next to Dong's Garden, Howe St., Southport
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