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r It's A Hit! The N.C. Oyster Festival ?only thr away ?made the "Top 20" list of Oct< Read Susanne Sartelle's column, Page HO AC DAVID KELLY, chairman of the Brunswick Community College Board of Trustees, held still last Wednesday evening while Herf Jones representative Jack Hensley took the measurements needed to fit KelBCC Taking Steps In Wake Of State BY SUSAN USHER ? , Brunswick Community College of- We re QO ficials are scrambling to adjust to u mean q/1Q loss of state funding that resulted \ie*nr " from a drop in enrollment last year ' \a# a and changes in the community college system budget formula. However, layoffs are "a remote possibility" only, according to Presi- account to anotl dent W. Michael Reaves, who briefed be made and BCC trustees at their meeting last funds are availa Wednesday night. Reaves said "I'm not ready to push the panic ministrators wi button yet, but we're having to make teach a class, sa a mad scramble," he continued, for part-time fac "We're trying our best to hang on to sonnel may be i positions, to do everything in our tional responsib power to avoid laying people off." ministering sex < Since the college opened its doors Brants received I nine years ago and began its regular coming school y< curriculum, it has relied heavily on "We're going I high enrollment in community ser- lllls year>" he sa vice programs?hobby and practical llie C0^eSe has skills classes such as arts and more money tha crafts?to generate FTEs (full time "We're trying equivalent students). FTEs help ancl Sel contract determine how much money the col- lor llie end of Jul lege receives each year from the 11131 11316 w Department of Community Colleges. lll3n coot1"30!5 hi However, this year, among other changes, the state has determined 6 ,.s that community service classes will ,ea^. ar^, f ,.a no longer earn "budget FTEs." "ndln,f the foll?; the college was fi "This has probably affected us the j 517 p-pEs at ! hardest of any campus," Reaves told ^is year its'funcj trustees last Wednesday night. BCC jy 70q p^Es at ^ is the community college system's Rmv' n't?,i youngest campest. affected the col, In addition the department has FTEs last year, limited the amount of flexibility out, "intense" at available to community colleges in education depai how the money they do receive for all bad taste ir? peop continuing education programming change of admin is spent. "We're slowly Reaves said the college is taking a the people back, "positive approach" as ad- "Where we're ministrators try to determine what noted, is in a los: funds can be transferred from one some of the stati This year the $510,069 in coi funds, down froir Calabash Cancels dif,ffrence ?[$T college actual Another Meeting ST t0 the $200,000 in coi For the second consecutive week, Calabash Town Council had to cancel its Tuesday night ? . meeting because it did not have \l enough members present for a ? quorum. Board members absent this Two area men week were Ronnie Pittman, guilty to cocaine Keith Hardee, Land is High and received active John High. Monday in B The meeting was rescheduled .Superior Court, for next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in town hall. According to tl The failed meeting was the Clerk of Court' sixth in the past five months. A Preston Corneliu related story is on Page 3-A. "Richard" Wood a 10-year prisoi ? ! Oinir ee months Use "Dining Guide," a Dber events. begins this week, to d 10-C. Brunswick Islands restc i & SONS BOOK BINDERY 1 J.I Ol / p-g | [NGF'ORT MI 49284 J LSI l Ml Vtl vV M 1 i * 1 saOSSSSS STAFF PHOTO BV SUSAN USF ly for a cap and gown. BCC will hold graduation exercises for its largest class ever on Sept. 1 in Hatch Auditorium on the grounds of the N.C. Baptist Assembly, Oak Island. To Avoid Layoffs Budgetary Changes " " T funds it did not use, Reaves noted, s ing to be it probably could have operated < I lean this- reduced funding. However, this year, $231,405) of tl Aichoel Reaves conU^uin,8 e?ucation money must 1 spent way ior community servic BCC President classes?classes which under a ne statewide policy no longer general tier, where cuts can FTEs and therefore money for ne> whether additional year's budget, ble. "We probably won't be able t it is possible ad- spend all of it this year, but we can 11 be called on to spend it anywhere else," Heave ving funds budgeted said. ulty. Also, some per- Student retention and attendanc assigned other addi- will also figure more prominent! ilities, such as ad- this year. For example, in classes fo equity and childcarc which the college previously eariiei jy the college for the full credit based on class attendant' Jar. at the 20 percent mark, full credi to be mean and lean will now be earned based on atten id later. "In the past dance at the halfway mark, had the luxury of This will especially affect the col n it needed." lege's literacy programs, Reave to adjust the budget said, in which students are apt t ;s out and stabilized drop out early on. y," Reaves said.adrould still be earlier Recruitment Stressed ave been received in At the same time BCC is tightenin its belt, it is also aggressively see! nerated one school more students for all program sic fnr thp rnlWp's and work to retain more of th wing year In 1987-88 students who are admitted, unded on the basis of "The audit did have some effec Ml nee ni A ii Hut it's in tUo nnei ' ? p?,iuu,uii. nuwever, Mufc *v u vi,v' 11 uaici. tsaiiic ing was based on on- Rabon reminded fellow officials !2,271,694. "We need to get out and push lik that several factors hell?but we can't be complacent." ege's ability to earn Under a marketing plan presente including a drawn- last week by Anne Marie Schettin idit of the continuing Public infonnation officer, Uie co tment that "left a leSe will be telling its story any wa >le's mouths," and a ?t can, targeting its media efforts i istration. "re-entering" women ages 30 to 31 but surely getting an<4 employed persons ages 20 to 4 " he added. looking to change careers or find set really hurting," he fulfillment. ; of flexibilit" in how 1? addition to traditional medi 5 funds can be used, outlets, college employees will be ei school will receive couragcd to "each one, recruit one itinuing education an?f t? participate in a speaker l $640,135 last year, a bureau. Starting fall quarter, facult 0,066. Last year the an(* staff members will also be er ly "reverted" or couraged to volunteer to serve qs state approximately mentor for an incoming studen itinuing education (See LAYOFFS, Page 2-A> Voods, Ward Ser IUKA ooi*1iai? ft- ? 1 1 ? " * "" nuu vamtj pitciuuu iinc. /iisu, nonaiu uaie warn, w, ( trafficking charges Nakina, was sentenced to a five-yea ! prison sentences prison term. runswick County The pair were among 37 defendanl indicted on cocaine traffickin charges in Brunswick County las le Brunswick County June and July as a result of a cocain s office, Judge C. trafficking probe by the state's fin is sentenced Willard investigative grand jury. Woods als s, 38, of Calabash, to was charged in other local undei l term and $10,000 cover drug operations. MMifcTMn mi ig Out n advertising feature which iscover your favorite South lurant, Page 12-A. ? _ in m tTMtl KK? : I Marine Fi p Position C BY DOUG BUTTER A suite agency which had previous ly submitted comments against a H lnnnl ?-*-??*? ?*>?? !?%??* '~..-??I- ' 1iuv.ni mni 111ci |J1 Ujt'Cl 1UM VVCCR UTOP" ped its formal opposition and left the door open for approval of a major development permit. Rich Carpenter, Wilmington regional manager with the state Division of Marine Fisheries, said the division had to drop its original opposition to the project because the marina will not cause the automatic closure of shellfish beds as was previously thought. The state Division of Environmental Management, he said, had to do the same thing, although that agency had not yet submitted its formal comments to Raleigh when the opinions lfP were changed. "We're still very, very concerned about the project," added Carpenter. "That area is very sensitive and it's very important to the shellfishermen down there." The proposed marina would be located about 500 feet upstream of Galloway Flats, one of the most productive shellfish areas in the county. k Channel Side Corporation, J developers of the marina and adjoining Lockwood Folly golf course com,0 munity, applied for a CAMA permit >n this spring to build the facility. John Parker, major permits coor)e dinator for the state Division of e Coastal Management, said Monday ,. that it will be at least next week w before a decision is made. He said he e was still waiting to receive comj ments from Environmental Management and tlie revised set of com0 ments from Marine Fisheries. According to Parker, the key agens cies in the permit process are Coastal \ Delayed Ji e Local Beac s BY RAHN ADAMS 0 Eight months after hearing testimony in separate lawsuits involving public beach access at Holden Beach and Sunset Beach, ? Judge Bruce Briggs has not signed formal rulings in either case. As of Tuesday afternoon, the e Brunswick County Clerk of Court's office had not received written ' judgments in the civil cases, which s were heard by the Madison County 5' judge last November in Brunswick e County Superior Court. As a result, an appeal in the Holden 1 Beach case encountered complica' tions earlier this month, while parties in the Sunset Beach case are y simply waiting to see which side will have to enter an appeal. Appeal Challenged The Holden Beach case involves public access to the western end of the island. In 1986, a group called d Concerned Citizens of Brunswick (Jounty Taxpayers Association filed suit against Holden Beach Enters prises, the developer of Holden y Beach West subdivision. v The N.C. Department of Natural a Resources and Community Develop* meni's Office of Coastal Management intervened as a plaintiff in the itenced On jf Woods pleaded guilty Feb. 11 to ir possession of more than one gram of cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in more [s than 200 grams of cocaine' and two g counts of possession with intent to ?t sell cocaine, ic it According to an SBI agent's 10 testimony in February, Woods was r- involved in transporting cocaine from Florida to Brunswick County on Searcl Shallotte Volunteer R? move ?but not too far a pires. The story's on Pag sheries Rev >n Lock woe Management, Marine Fisheries, Environmental Management and Shellfish Sanitation. Coastal Management accepts comments from 10 state and four federal agencies during the permit review process for marinas before making a decision. Shellfish Sanitation, a section of the N.C. Division of Health Services, voiced concerns about the project in their official comments but did oppose it because the marina would not result in the automatic closure of shellfish beds. Because there is no official objection to the project, Parker indicated this week that the chances the permit will be granted are now greater than they were before. He said several agencies have submitted "expresI Gov. AAartir Ground For Gov. James G. Martin was to h second construction phase on the I The July 27 ceremony was s Mulberry Street in Shallotte. Expt were Tommy Harrelson, state d Shallotte Mayor Jerry Jones and state and local officials. The bypass, a 4.8-mtte strete Shallotte, is part of a four-lanini Carolina state line to the existing Earlier this month, the N.C. $1.4 million contract for grading th spans 2.5 miles. A $1.5 million contract for gr; was awarded last October. The final phase of the projei tions?is scheduled to be let to con jdgments C :h Access L case, in the agency's role as ad ministrator of the state's coastal access program. During the trial last November in Bolivia, the plaintiffs contended that Ocean View Boulevard West through the subdivision was a public right-ofway to Snallotte Inlet, even though the developer constructed a gate and guardhouse at the subdivision's entrance. Briggs stated at the close of the proceedings that he planned to rule in favor of Holden Beach Enterprises, and he instructed the company's attorney to write a proposed judgment for him to sign. The developer is represented by Murchison, Taylor, Kendrick, Gibson and Davenport of Shallotte. The plaintiffs are represented by Durham attorney James Maxwell and Assistant Attorney General Allen Jernigan. Although the written judgment had not yet been signed, a "proposed record on appeal" was filed by the plaintiffs' attorneys before a June 10 appeal deadline, according to court records. The attorneys used the trial transcript to formulate their excep tions to the "ruling" that Briggs announced in open court. Trafficking May 15, 1986. He was charged after lawmen seized more than 21 grams of cocaine during a search of his car on Jan. 15, 1987. Also, he was arrested Oct. 12, 1987, following an undercover operation in which he sola two grams of cocaine. Ward pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 1987, to four counts of conspiracy to traffic in more than 400 grams of co 1 h Is On ;scue Squad wants to way ?before its lease ex- , e 12-B. I 'ises >d Marino sions of concern," but no forma! opposition. "Many times a general expression of concern cannot be interpreted as an objection which may lead to a denial," he said. Although the entrance channel to the marina will be closed to shellfishing, Carpenter said the river itself will not be closed unless it is polluted. He said he did not know the chances of the waters becoming polluted, but confessed that he is "very uneasy" about the project. Local shellfishermen have also voiced objection to the marina, claiming that it will destroy one of the few shellfish areas which hasn't been closed to pollution. The N.C. Coastal Federation has also gone on record as opposing the project. 1 | i To Break J Bypass ielp break ground Wednesday for the J.S. 17 bypass. cheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. on icted to join the governor at the site j leputy secretary of transportation, town aldermen and other federal. h of highway to be located north of 1 i g project of U.S. 17 from the South four-lane section north of Bolivia. ' Board of Transportation awarded a e second section of the bypass, which tding the first section of the bypass rt?paving both of the graded sectract next October. Complicate ji awsuits I Court documents show that the HofonMont'o off A??r?r?tr Filnrl nht/.?-?+ J"-" uviviiuuiiv ] abwuiucjr iucu UUJCU1UI12) July 13 to the proposed record on appeal. Attorney Nancy Guyton emphasized in her objections that a signed final judgment had not been filed at the time of the appeal. "Submission of the trial judge's statements as to what he will find and order is not sufficient... In this case, there is no signed judgment and there is no entry of judgment in the Clerk's minutes, therefore, this appeal is premature," the attorney wrote. She also noted that appellate court regulations require that an appeal be taken within 10 days after the entry of iudement. Ruling Awaited The Sunset Beach case questions the ownership of an oceanfront lot called "Lot 1-A," which is located near the intersection of Main Street and Sunset Boulevard. The suit was filed in 1985 by the Sunset Beach Taxpayers' Association against the company which claims ownership of the lot, Sunset Beach and Twin Lakes Inc. In last November's trial, the plaintiffs contended that the public has the (See ACCESS, Page 2-A) Counts 1 caine and trafficking by possession of more than 400 grams of cocaine. Court records show that Ward's offenses occurred between May 1986 and August 1986. Woods and Ward were not sentenced immediately after they entered their guilty pleas, in order to allow them to provide assistance to investigators. ^ '
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