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LITERACY COUNCIL OFFICERS (from left) Tom Cluchey, Joe Giamalva and Karen McSwain
make plans for the organization 's Sept. 30 spelling bee.
Literacy Council Making Plans
For Fourth Adult Spelling Bee
Brunswick County Literacy Council officers are
making plans for the organization's fourth annual Adult
Spelling Bee to be held Thursday. Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at
Brunswick Community College in Supply.
Sponsors who donate $200 to the nonprofit organi
zation can field a team of two spellers to challenge a
team representing last year's winning sponsor. The
Brunswick Beacon.
Scheduled during North Carolina Literacy Month,
the bee raises funds and public awareness for the coun
cil's program which provides free, private assistance to
county residents who wish to improve their basic read
ing and writing skills.
Sponsors who have already made a commitment to
this year's bee include The Brunswick Hospital, United
Carolina Bank, Brunswick Community College, Na
tionsBank, Brunswick County Schools, Atlantic Tele
phone Membership Corporation, Exide Electronics,
Brunswick County Extension Homemakers Asso
ciation, Comprehensive Home Health Care and Sout
hern Bell.
Entry forms and information about the bee can be
obtained by calling the Literacy Council office at 754
7323 or by writing BCLC, P.O. Box 6, Supply NC
28462.
University Of N.C. Offers Speakers
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As part of its year-long Bicenten
nial celebration, the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill is of
fering a speakers bureau featuring
71 of its most dynamic faculty
members, all experts in their field.
The speakers are available for en
gagements anywhere in the state be
ginning Sept. 1 and continuing
throughout the academic year,
speaking on topics ranging from ge
netics to jazz, economics to health
care reform, and the South to global
politics ? 144 topics in all. Par
ticipating faculty members include
Dr. William E. Leuchtenburg. Kenan
professor of history and the nation's
foremost authority on the U.S. presi
dency; Dr. John Shelton Reed,
Kenan professor of sociology whose
research and humorous writings on
the South have captured national at
tention; Chuck Stone, founding
president of the National Assoc
iation of Black Journalists and for
mer editor of the Philadelphia Daily
Neva's: and Julia Wood, a professor
of speech communication who is an
expert on sexual harassment, leader
ship and interpersonal communica
tion.
Brochures describing the speak
ers and their talks arc available at li
braries. government offices and
chambers of commerce in all 100
counties.
Speakers can be booked by civic
groups, churches, schools, business
es and other organizations.
Instructions are in the brochure,
available by calling 919-962-1993,
or writing Bicentennial Observance
Office. CB No. 1793, Chapel Hill,
N.C. 27599-1793.
Conversational
Beginning Spanish classes will be
offered starting next month through
the Brunswick Community College
Continuing Education Department.
The classes should be especially
helpful for those who work with
Spanish-speaking persons, a news
Spanish Classes
release indicated. Also, teachers
who have Spanish-speaking students
will find the class beneficial.
The first class will be held Tues
day, Sept. 7 in the ALS Building on
the college's main campus near
Supply on U.S. 17 Business.
Offered At BCC
Paul Hernandez is the instructor.
The registration fee is payable at
the first class meeting.
For more information contact
BCC's Continuing Education De
partment at 754-6922, 457-6329 or
343-0203.
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