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STAJF PHOTO BY LYNN CARLSON
Beautifying Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach Beautification Committee members and the town's mayor pose with one of 44 flower barrels placed at businesses through
out the tow t. Merchants paid for the barrels, whose flowers will be tended by committee members. Many of the members wore bright yel
low "Kety Sunset Beach Beautiful" T-shirts designed by Sue Jensen. Pictured are (kneeling, from left) Gayle Schadle, Phyllis Manfred,
Althea Grace, Jane Bye, Betty Dawley, (standing, from left) Anne Commerton, Kathy Kakos, Mary Bazemore, Chance Scrantom, Peggy
Smyly, Mayor Mason Barber, Ginny Barber, Diana Heil, Augusta Mylorie and Jerry Moore.
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STAFF PHOTO BY EKIC CAKLSON
FIREFIGHTERS and equipment from Civietown and Tri-Beach volunteer fire departments line Stan
bury Road to protect homes from a woods fire that burned about 15 acres of nearby forest land
Thursday morning.
Dry Air, High Winds Make
Spring Ripe For Woods Fires
BY ERIC CARLSON
In what has become a regular
springtime event?occurring at a
rate of about one per day?volunteer
firefighters helped the N.C. Forestry
Service contain a woods fire that de
stroyed about 15 acres of forest near
Stanbury Road, Supply, Thursday
morning.
As of Tuesday (April 27) there
had been 25 woods fires reported
this month, according to N.C. Forest
Service Ranger Miller Caison.
"Spring is our worst time c
year," Caison said.
Poorly supervised debris burning
nnd woods arson have bet i blamed
for most of the fires, Caison said.
Low humidity, high winds and sig
nificant amounts of dry, fallen debris
have helped the fires spread, making
work difficult for firefighters.
Thursday's fire was probably in
tentionally set, said assistant county
Ranger Phillip Inman.
"I suspect it was some thrill
seeker who wanted to see the big
equipment in action," he said.
The forest service was called to
the scene at about 10 a.m. along
with Civietown and Tri-Beach fire
departments. Volunteer firefighters
manned pumpers and lined Stanbury
Road to assure that the fire could not
spread to nearby homes. Emergency
Services Director Cecil Logan also
responded.
As a forest service airplane kept
watch on the fire from above, two
fire plows and about six forest ser
vice fire fighters went into the
woods to create a fire break that
would deprive the blaze of fuel.
In man said. The fire was under con
trol by noon, he said.
No injuries were reported.
The Thursday blaze was the
largest woods fire this month, Inman
said.
A Friday brush fire scorched the
overgrown cemetery of Kendall
Chapel AME Church near Bclville
before being brought under control
by firefighters. A church worker was
burning underbrush and pine trees to
expand the cemetery when he lost
control of the blaze after a wind
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About a half-acre of woods
burned Sunday in a fire on High
Meadows Road near Shell Point It
was apparently caused by a debris
fire that was thought to be extin
guished, but re-ignited.
Inman urged that anyone need
ing to bum brush or debris should
take special care during the current
dry conditions. He advised that such
burning be done late in the after
noon, when the daytime humidity
reaches its peak.
School System
Interviews 17
Candidates For
Principals' Jobs
Monday Brunswick County
School officials completed inter
viewing 17 of the 65 applicants for
four school principalships.
Ralph Ward, personnel director,
said 54 new applications were re
ceived for the position. Another 10
or more applications on file were al
so considered. Of the 17 scheduled
for interviews through Monday,
seven were from within Brunswick
County and 10 from outside the
school district.
Johnston said he hopes to rec
ommendations candidates for the
posts to the school board at its May
10 meeting. At that meeting he is
also cxpccted to outline his proposal
for reorganizing his administrative
staff.
Of the 12 schools in the county
system, four have principals serving
on an interim basis. However, prin
cipals arc employed by the system
and may be assigned to any school.
Applicants for the vacancies
were expected to have a graduate
degree in school administration, to
meet the qualifications for a North
Carolina principal's certificate, to
have five years of experience as a
school principal or assistant princi
pal, and to have experience in using
computerized school attendance and
scheduling programs.
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Student Conduct Code
Includes New Policies
On Weapons, Grievance
BY SUSAN USHKR
A ban on weapons and their look
alikes is just one of the changcs re
flected in a revamped conduct code
for Brunswick County students ten
tatively approved last week by the
school board.
Brunswick County Board of Ed
ucation members will vote a sccond
time at their May 10 meeting on the
package considered April 22. If
adopted as expected, the new poli
cies would bccomc effective July 1,
said Superintendent Ralph Johnston.
The proposed weapons policy
would ban a student possessing,
handling or transmitting any loaded
or unloaded firearm, explosives,
knives (including pocket knives) or
other weapon or any item used as a
weapon. The only exception would
be for Junior ROTC cadets who arc
required to carry arms as part of
their class duties, or students who
use weapons in school-approved in
struction or ceremonies.
The code presented by consulting
attorney Richard A. Schwartz of
Raleigh compiles policies relating to
student conduct considered neces
sary for safe and effective operation
of schools.
Among other topics, policies cov
er school disruption; misconduct on
school buses; trespassing; assault;
property theft or damage; use of al
cohol, tobacco or other drugs;
searches of lockers, the person or
property of students, and auto exteri
ors and interiors; and student in
tegrity.
The code also outlines discipli
nary measures, due process and ap
peals procedures and even a student
grievance policy.
The policies apply to any student:
?in a school building or or school
premises before, during or after
school hours;
?on a bus or other vehiclc on
which he or she is being transported
as part of a school activity as well as
at any bus slop;
?during any school function, ac
tivity or event; at any time a student
is subject to the authority of school
personnel; or
?whose conduct at any time cr
place has a direct and immediate ef
fect on maintaining order and disci
pline in the schools.
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Violation of the rules covered by
the policy can in some instances
lead to short- or long-term suspen
sion, expulsion and/or n^erral to a
law enforcement agency4w criminal
prosecution. In fact, under the code,
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suspccts thai a student has violated a
policy or rule that might also be a
criminal violation, such as firearms,
drug or trespass policies, the appar
ent violation is to be reported to the
proper law enforcement agency for
action independent of any discipli
nary measures taken by the school
system.
A student in grades 6 through 12
would be suspended long-term
(more than 10 days and up to the re
mainder of the schol year) if found
to have possessed, handled or trans
mitted a weapon (or look-alike) oth
er than a firearm, knife or explosive.
Mitigating information submitted by
the student will be considered in dc
tcrming the length of the suspension.
Suspensions for the remainder of
the school year are mandatory for
seven other code violations govern
ing disruption, assault with a
weapon, assault of a school employ
ee, student against student attack or
fight, threatening actions, posses
sion, transmitting or handling of a
firearm, knife or explosive and, un
less the student agrees to certain
conditions, first violation of the
board's drug and alcohol policy.
Conditions may include require
ments for substance abuse counsel
ing.
Alternative Sanctions
Except where firearms, explo
sives or knives arc involved, alterna
tives to long-term suspensions arc
possible if a student is able to con
vince the school system that he or
she has "seen the light" and
changed, said Schwartz. Under these
circumstances a principal may agree
to allow a student to return to school
sooner than scheduled if certain
terms and conditions arc met.
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