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BY EDDIE SWEATT
It took a couple of tries before action
on a contract to maintain the
schools' fire extingiushers could be
doused at Monday night's meeting of
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Education.
The board was faced with
"substantially different" fire extinguisher
maintenance bids from
two companies, Brunswick Fire and
Safety, a local firm, and Safety
Equipment Co. of Wilmington.
High bidder was Brunswick Fire
and Safety, represented at the
meeting by its owner, George
Willetts, who cautioned board
members to "watch out if someone
wants to give you something for
nothing."
Willetts said the quote from the
competing company would not cover
the actual costs and accused that
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MY EUULE 5WEATT
A spokesman for the Cedar Grove
Branch of the NAACP has accused
Brunswick County Schools of "racist
behavior" in teacher employment.
Andrew Waters, a Wilmington attorney.
made the charge at Monday
night's school board meeting on
'Brass' Defen
45 Days In P
An Operation Brass" defendant
received a 45-day active sentence
and five years of supervised probation
Monday in a plea bargain agreed
upon in Brunswick County Superior
Court before Judge B. Craig Ellis.
Gary Leroy MlUer, 24, pleaded
guilty to one count of felonious
possession of cocaine with intent to
sell and deliver, in turn a charge of
felonious selling and delivery of cocaine
was dropped by the D.A.'s office
"Operation Brass" was a March
unuervover arug investigation mat
involved officers in the Brunswick
County Sheriff's Department and the
Shallottc and Southport Police
Departments.
Twenty-two suspects, including
Miller, were arrested on a total of 66
charges.
Miller must also make restitution
to the Brunswick County Sheriff's
Department undercover drug investigation
fund of $50 and pay a fine
of $2,000, $400 in attorney's fees, plus
casts of court. Ellis specified as conditions
of his probation that Miller
submit to periodic searches of his
person and premises for controlled
substances, that he not break any
CAAAA Monitor
Of Community
Monitoring of dunes, canals and
wetlands by CA.MA I Coastal Area
Management Acti deputies will be
the topic at the monthly Holden
Beach Community Watch meeting
Wednesday, Sept. 18. at 7:30 p.m. in
the Town Hall.
Representing CAMA will be local
permit officer Dwight E. Carroll and
CAMA field consultant Rob Modi,
based in Wilmington. f
In a recent poll of year-round
Holden Beach residents, more people
were interested in "CAMA monitoring"
than any other topic It was also
ranked number one in the acCuIuulaUu
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Property owners are concerned
that the frontal dunes, the only harrier
between them and the destrucJiiCOASTAL
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firm of trying to run him out of
business by taking away a contract
he had for many years.
A tirst motion by James Clemmons
to table the matter failed for lack of a
second. After Superintendent Gene
Yarbrough recommended the lower
bid be accepted, a motion by Marvin
McKcithan to accept the high bid was
seconded by Clemmons.
McKeithan said he was suspicious
of the lower bid and he and Clemmons
voted for the motion. Jane
Causey and Doug Baxley voted no,
creating a tie which was broken when
Chairman Dr. James Forstner voted
against the higher bid.
Baxley said he wanted more information
about the bids so board
members can "compare apples to
apples." The suggestion was also
made that the company getting the
ys Schools
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behalf of Carolvn Barnes, who failed
to get a teaching post at Union
Primary School.
The attorney told school board
members that the post sought by Ms.
Barnes went to a white applicant.
He told the board Ms. Barnes, who
taught the past two terms at the
school, did not get tenure. She was
dant Gets
lea Bargain
other state laws, not use or possess
any controlled substance other than
those prescribed by a doctor and in
their original container, and that he
not associate with anyone previously
convicted of a drug-related charge,
or go about places where drug use is
known to occur. If probation is
violated, he would be face three
years in prison, the presumptive
sentence in a felony case.
He could have been sentenced to a
maximum of 10 years in prison.
Miller's court-appointed attorney,
Roy Treat, and District Attorney
Michael Easley told Judge EUis that
Miller's purchase of cocaine for
undercover officer K M. Speck was
an "acvoiTimouiiuuii buy" in which
Speck paid Miller {60 and then accompanied
him to Wilmington while
Miller attempted to locate and purchase
about a half-ounce of cocaine
for Karri. An informant workinv with
Speck was dating a member of
Miller's family at the time, Trest
said, and that is how the buy was arranged.
After weighing, the cocaine
turned out to be more than a halfounce,
which made the charge a
felony rather than misdemeanor.
ing Topic
Watch Meet
tlve force of a hurricane storm surge,
must be protected from abuse by unthinking
pedestrians or vehicular
traffic.
Presently the town is providing a
list of authorized accessways to
realtors so visitors may know where
they can get to the strand without
trespassing across private properties.
Another concern is the need to
minimize the runoff of pollutants into
Hoi den Beach canals by limiting the
impervious coverage of lots by roofs
and cement or macadam driveways
With proper maintenance, septic
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quale (or the present relatively low
population density on Hoi den Beach,
said a news release from a Community
Watch spokesperson
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contract should be required to post a
performance bond.
the contract will be taken up at tne
next board meeting and members indicated
they would like to hear "from
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Co.) as they did from WiUetts of the
Brunswick Fire and Safety Co.
Clean-Up Study
Also scheduled for the next
meeting is a proposal tc beef up the
custodial staffs at some schools
which have fewer cleaning hands
than others in the system.
The board was presented a detailed
study of the situation. Supt. Yarbrough
explained that the plan was to
bring the schools more in line with
each other as resignations and
retirments occur.
However, one board member,
Clemmons, argued that older schools
such as Lincoln Primary and Union
Show
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promised a contract for this year by
Superintendent Gene Yarbrough if
she received a recommendation from
the principal, according to Waters.
Waters said he was not offered a
contract alter receiving the principal's
recommendation but was told
by Yarbrough that she would be
issued a contract for a teaching posi
at another county school.
The attorney argued that if Ms,
Barnes was qualified to teach at any
school in the county she was qualified
for the post for which she had applied.
lie said the teacher's competency
job performance, qualifications,
record, license or degrees were nol
given as reasons for not hiring her.
"If these arc not the reasons, it must
be racism," Waters added.
Supt. Yarbrough, who responded
by saying the attorney's conclusions
are incorrect, said he could respond
to the board "at some other time."
Chairman Dr. James Korstnersaid
the board wants a policy that will
lead to recruitment of more tlian the
four percent minority employment
now in the system.
It is not Known if Die subject wu:
among those discussed behind closer
doors later during the meeting, wher
the board stayed in executive sessior
about an hour and a half "for personnel
and attorney/client" discussions
The board began Monday by
assembling in Supt. Ynrbrough's office
for 15 minutes past the 7 p.m.
starting time and luter spent as much
time behind closed doors as in open
session.
When the board reopened the
meeting to the public after 10 p.m., it
took only a few minutes to
unanimously approve a long list of
personnel recommendations by
Associate Superintendent Stephana
Tewey.
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Primary have too little cleaning hel(
and should get more immediately ii
order io keep the schools clean.
"You can find the mone;
somewhere," Clemmons remarket
to Sup*. Viirbrciiph when th1
superintendent said the curren
budget made no provision for addinj
tn custodial staffs
A report of the costs will b
presented to board members at th
next meeting.
In a discussion of allocation to th
schools of $148,983 from the state fo
instructional supplies, and Iocs
funds for a variety of programs
Clemmons questioned an $8,850 iter
allotted to the central staff for "su(
cess training."
He was assured by Supt. Yai
brough that the money would b
reallocated to schools as soon sis it 1
decided which schools will offer th
Two County Bond
Sales Bring
Low interest
Brunswick County Tuesday tnorr
ing sold the Inst $10 million of the $3
million general obligation bond issu
for construction of its water system
And at nearly the same glanc<
potential for substantial savings i
. interest was realized.
In addition to selling the Inst $1
million of the water bonds, the count
also sold $3.9 million in new bonds i
current interest rates. It plaivs to us
the proceeds to pay off old bonds sol
in 1982 at a higher interest cost.
Approved by county cominh
' sioners in July, the procedure, calle
"advance refunding," has bee
likened by county Finance Direct*
Wallace Harding to refinancing of
home mortgage when the intere!
rate drops.
The secret for success in this cas
was keeping costs down by schodu
ing the issuance of the bonds in coi
! Junction with Tuesday morning
sale of the last $10 million In genen
obligation bonds and by beating
ruse in interest coats by avoiding f
' anticipated glut of issues at the end
the year.
According to a spokesman for tl
\a>ch1 (iovernment Commission, t
J $10 million, or Series 1) bonds, we
sold to Wachovia Hank and Trust t
' and Associates at a net interest cc
1 of 8.7816 percent
The water refunding bonds we
also sold to Wachovia and Associate
at a rate of 8.0768 percent.
Three bids were submitted on eai
sale*.
' According to Finance Direct
1 Harding, ut an interest cost of 8 pt
cent or less?slightly lower tluin tl
rate at which the water refundli
bonds were sold?the county eou
1 expect to realize a savings in intere
costs of about $700,000 over the life
the issue, plus recovery of the c
pense of the side.
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Yarbrougli aiso noted tiiat enroll!
ment continues an "upward trend"
1 according to the figures compiled on
a thr? fifth Hnv n( 1K?? e/?hn-vl
t There were 8,433 students enrolled.
; Shallotte Middle, with 1077 students,
has the most, followed by West
e Brunswick High with 970. South
e Brunswick High luis 917 and North
Brunswick High 681.
e Smallest enrollment, 413, is at
r Waccamaw Elementary. Union
il Primary has 815, Bolivia Elementary
i, 503, South Brunswick Middle 709,
n Southport Elementary 795, Inland
> Middle 874 and Lincoln Primary 679.
Yarbrough presented a report
-- showing that 119 classrooms in the
e system have more than the states
recommended 26 students. A third
e grade class at Union Primary with 35
students has the mast of any in the
county.
Overages range from one to nine,
with most having only two or three
more than 26. Yarbrough reminded
board members that the state reimburses
teacher salaries based on 26
students ncr classroom and itiat as
the school year progresses efforts
will be made to level out the
i- numbers.
7 Student Transfers Okayed
e Eleven requests for student
i. transfers were unanimously approvod
after Supt. Yarbrough assured one
n board member that they are "nil
justified."
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Normal September
Days Ahead
Normal September weather is in
store tor me south Brunswick Islands
over the next few days, predicts
Shallotte Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady.
Temperatures should rnge from
the upper 60s at night into the 80s during
the daytime, with approximately
three-quarters inch of rainfall expected.
he said.
For Ore period Sept. 3-7, Canady
recorded a maximum high of 94
degrees on the 7th and a minimum
low of 68 degrees on the 3rd.
An average daily high of 90 degrees
combined with an average daily low
of 70 degrees for an average daily
temperature of 80 degrees.
Canady recorded no precipitation
in his backyard rain gauge at
Shallotte Point.
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Chicken, Barbecue
Town Creek Volunteer Hescue
Squad will serve barbecued pork and
fried chicken dinners Saturday, Sept.
21, beginning at 11 a.m., Secretary
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Each plate will cost $:i. The pork
dinner will inelude candied yarns,
coleslaw and hushpuppics while the
chicken dinners will feature potato
salad, green beans and rolls.
Proceeds of the dinners and a hake
sale will go to support the squad.
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