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BY SlISAN USHER
After meeting 2l< hours behind
closed doors Thursday night,
Brunswick County Board of Education
members couldn't reach agreement
on a proposed mid-term shift of
black administrators within the
western attendance district.
James Clemmons. former lincoln
Elementary School principal and the
only black, member of the school
board, warned oui oi lite meeting as it
returned to open session, saying.
'You can go on in. They're going to
call the meeting hack to order and
adjourn it They're not going to
vote."
He gathered with a group of about
Deadlines For
Next Two Weeks
Will Be Earlier
Deadlines for the next two
issues of The Brunswick Beacon
have been moved up because of
use Chnsunas and Sew Year
holidays
Although both newspapers will
carry the usual Thursday
dateline and should reach mail
subscribers on regular schedule,
they will actual!) be printed a
day eartier than usual so Beaccn
enmlovees inai ohserse the
hobdays
Kor the tVc as issue, the
deadline for real estate advertisin*
is i p m this Fndas. Dev 30
For all other advertising and
news items the deadline is Mooday.
Dec S
For the Jan. 1 issue the
deadline for real estate advertising
il S p m Friday Dec J7 For
all other advertising and news
items the deadline ts Monday.
Dec 30
The Bearer. office rrtll be closed
Wednrasav and Thursday.
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Black Adrr
1? lo IS black community leaders in a
rear office as the board did just what
he said, voting only to adjourn.
While the plan would increase the
total number of black administrators
by one. Clemmons Later told The
Beacon he opposes it because lie
thinks any mid-year change-over
would hurt student morale.
"There would be a net gain of one.
but I'm more concerned about the
overall school situation." he said.
"It makes no difference whether
you put a black administrator or a
white adnunistrator in the school, it's
going to have a negative impact on
the school," he continued "The
children would divide up "
Clemmons said he prefers there be
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particularly not at nud-term.
"'The timing was wrong. They
ought to do It at the end of the year or
the beginning of the year if they're
going to do it. It < Any problem at the
school) didn't just happen "
And if there is a problem at the
school, he said, the system should
help correct it
"If a principal has a problem they
should try to help him solve it Part of
the problem's with the system. We
need to develop a positive attitude "
A copy of a personnel list provided
to several news reporters by accident
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30-Day E
As predicted last week, the
developers of a subdivtsitc oo the
west er*i ot Hakim Beach has rtgjested
a M-day extension at ume in
wfcscfe to anrwer a salt filed by a
group seeking to reopen the west end
to pubbc traffic
Holder. Beach Enterprises tarneeded
a dirt road leading to the
west end in August, saying it was a
private road leading to a private sub.fcnaiwi
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showed the proposed realignment
The proposal calls for reassignment
of longtime Union Primary
School Principal Kreeman Clause to a
new central office position as coordinator
of developmental programs
It identifies Maliston Stanley,
assistant principal at West
Brunswick High School, as Clause's
replacement on an interim basis, and
Harold Johnson, a West instructor,
as a possible replacement for
Stanley, also on an interim basis.
Johnson was formerly assistant
principal at Shallotte Middle School.
Superintendent tiene Yarbrough
had no comment Thursday night on
the proposal, saying board members
had not seen the personnel sheet
listing the transfers He asked the information
not be used, since the
board had taken no action on it.
The board's executive session was
called to discuss personnel and
client/attorney matters. Oetnmons
said it was the first tune the proposed
realignment had come before the
board
"It was as new to me as it was to
He said no decision was reached,
delaying any board action until after
Jan 1. The board isn't scheduled to
meet again until January, at luncotn
Primary School
1 Develope
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It charged nearly TO perseos wrtii
trespass following * motorcade past
the bamcade
Those charge: have since been
dropped fallowing the filing of the
group's salt, filed by attorney James
D. Maxwell at Durham It seeks to
establish a public right at access on
the pnrnple at atherse possessicei.
the same concept Maxwell a us?g as
the basts at a suit filed by the Sunset
Beach Taxpayer: Association
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Compute
Tax Rev<
BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick County taxpayers anxi
ious?or fearing?to know how much
their property has increased in value
j since 1978 must wait a little longer.
First expected in October, then
I November, the dreaded revaluation
j notices won't go out until after
Christmas, Tax Administrator Boyd
! Williamson told county commis!
sioners Monday night. He blamed
communication problems between
! the county and revaluation computers
for the delays.
He said the notices should be ready
"shortly before Christmas," but that
the mailing would be delayed until
immediately after the holiday. That
means they will go out just ahead of
the annual tax listing abstracts?and
just before local candidates begin fil
mg for the two available commissioners'
seats?those of District 2
Commissioner Herman lxjve and
District 5 Commissioner Grace
Beasley.
Chris Chappell, chairman of the
board v! commissioners, expressed
concern over the delay and its cause
He said he could "see where we could
get in a crunch."
Postponement means the revaluation
notices will go out just ahead of
or at about the same time as the 1906
tax abstracts?the forms used by
property owners to list all property
on which taxes must be made and
showing the scope and value of
known real property.
That data is based on the revaluaLelond
Teacher Is
'Best Of Lot'
Betty Chaisson, a third-grade
teacher at Uncoln Primary School
and vice-president of the county
chapter of the N.C. Association of
Kducators, was recognized last week
as Teacher of the Year by the
Brunswick County Board of Education.
"The competition was horrendous,"
board chairman James
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gram. reinstated this year after a
gap of several years. "She was the
best of the lot "
Mrs Chaisson will advance to
District 2 competition, submitting a
scrapbook supporting her nomination
no later than Jan 6 As an incentive
for teachers to enter the competition,
the county teacher of UKyear
also will receive a total of $1,000
in supplements and reimbursement
for materials, the board decided
Thursday
A teacher for 28 years, the
Iceland resident said she loves her
work.
The "Teacher of the Year" at
each of the nine participating schools
received $23. Finalists by school
were Susan Tubb, Shallotte Middle.
Virginia Winfree. West Brunswick
High; David Everett, Union; Debbie
Hewett, Bolivia Elementary ; Beth
Sell, Southport Primary; Gloria
Youni, South Brunswick High;
Gloria Bianks, Iceland Middle;
Vickie Harris, South Brunswick Midtit
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North Brunswick High did not participate
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against development interests at that
beach.
Janes D Griffin Jr., a partner m
the Hoidrn Beach West drvekpmtrt
sa?j last week the defense would seek
ar. extenuoG
That request was filed at the courthouse
Friday. with a stipulation that
Use intent was t?X to dciay hearing of
the case, but to provide additional
time is wi&cb to prepare as answer
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aluation I
tion field work and is subject to correction
as property owners note errors
in listing and the like. County tax
officials had hoped to have plenty of
time to catch those errors with tlie
revaluation notices in October/November
and correct them
before mailing abstracts in early
January.
Any serious delay in the listing
period or preparation of abstracts
could delay the mailing of actual tax
notices in the fall of 1986, said
Williamson.
Weisner pointed out that filling out.
signing and returning the abstract
doesn't mean a property owner
nurppg with thr? vnlnpg lictorl That
value can be appealed through a
separate process by calling W.P.
Ferris Inc., the company conducting
the revaluation.
Taxable and exempt real property
values under the revaluation are
$2,608,832,000, said Brent Weisner.
director of the revaluation project.
That's 167 percent more than last
year Adding *1 biiiion in personal
property. Brunswick County property
is worth $3.6 billion, a $1.5 billion
jump from 1985 figures. The values
become effective January 1
Suspect Char
Drugstore Br
A limn arrested. In November on a
charge of break in;; and entering the
Oasis Mart at Calabash has also been
charged in three drugstore break-ins,
according to the Brunswick CountySheriff's
Department.
Eddie l.ee Rich, 31, of the Ocean
Isle Beach area, remained in the
Brunswick County Jail under $19,000
bond Tuesday.
He is charged with breaking and
entering Seashore Drugs at Calabash
twice. Ocean Isle Beach Pharmacy
once and the Calabash Oasis food
store once, and with possession of
stolen goods, specifically Schedule II
or controlled-distribution drugs.
Rich was arrested on Nov. 18 in a
cooperative effort with the Sunset
Beach Police Department, Del. Undsey
Walton said
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Wcisner said that some property
owners will definitely be shocked
when their revaluation notices arrive.
Rural areas such as farmland
are expected to increase by 30 percent
to 50 percent. Oceanfront and
riverfront properties may increase
by 300 percent to 500 percent, while
other land not adjoininR water may
show a 100 percent increase in land
value.
The revaluation, required by the
state at least everv eieht vears is
costing Brunswick County nearly
$400,000. More than 69.000 parcels
have been evaluated.
Bluer Refunded
Meanwhile, one major taxpayer
received a $'20,000 cut in its tax bill
for the years 1980 through 1985, but
onh on personal business property
that it had underreported earlier.
In a crass-check with the N.C.
Department of Revenue, Williamson
told commissioners, the county
learned that Pfizer Chemicals Inc. of
South|Mirt had underlined its personal
property by than $.1 million. But
in calculating taxes on the property,
the county forgot to subtract
depreciation of nearly $'20,700, hence
the release
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the nearest officer. According to his
report, he caught Kich exiting the
front door of the store with burglary
tools and stolen merchandise in his
possession.
After extensive questioning,
Walton said, Kich was charged with
the other breaking and entering*.
Also charged in one of the Seashore
Drug break-ins was a female accessory,
Susan D. Orecry, 25, also of
the Ocean Isle Beach area. She lias
been released under reduced bond
The Ocean Isle Beach Police
Department also worked with the
sheriff's department in the search of
the Kich residence and recovery of a
portion of the stolen drugs.
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