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New Rules Designed To Take A Bite Out Of Animal Attacks (Continued From Page 1-A) of dangerous dog designations. He called the move "an other too! to safeguard the public." Dr. Harr> Johnson agreed saying. "I've worked in .in emergency rooms long enough to see the results of se vere incidents. I certainly would favor more stringent limitations when needed." Board member Arthur Knox asked if the rule change might result in a dog being declared dangerous simply because another person doesn't like the animal. "It one of my deer dogs runs through a neighbor's yard. 1 don't want him calling and you saying (the dog) is dangerous." Knox said. "Are you going to declare a dog dangerous just because somebody says it is?" Thompson said hunting dogs engaged in a lawful hunt are specifically exempt from the law. lie said no dog would be declared dangerous without a thorough in vestigation. "We certainly wouldn't declare a dog dangerous be cause he nipped somebody who stepped on his foot," Thompson said. The board voted 6-to-l, with Ludlum dissenting, to give Rhodes or his designee authority to declare a dog dangerous. A pel owner who disagrees wilh that deci sion may appeal to the health hoard. In a related matter the hoard voted unanimously to modify animal control policies regarding the confine ment of dogs that have bitten someone. Such an animal must he kept under observation for 10 days to see if it shows signs of rabies. Current regulations allow the dog to be kept at home if it has no history of running at iatge and if the owner has an adequate place to secure it. Thompson asked the board to add an additional requirement that the animal have a current rabies vaccination. "If the owner is not responsible enough to get a rabies shot. I have serious concerns about his ability to keep an animal confined." Thompson said. The hoard voted unanimously to approve the change. Members also agreed informally to authorize Thomp son to update his department's policies for the use of tranquilizer guns to sululue dangerous pets and wild ani mals. He said technological advancements have made the guns safer to use in a broader range of applications as an alternative to "deadly force." In his final request. Thompson asked the board to Performance Audit May Be Useful, School Board Decides (Continued From Page 1-A) ccnt to 50 percent. "We use the information Irom people who work within the system to validate the concerns, then try recommend :t structure th;ii would streamline delivery of programs and services and make them much bet ter." The agency might recommend adding or decreasing personnel, shifting lines of supervision, moving some services out of the central of fice and into the schools, or the op posite. "What the school hoard or county commissioners can expect to get out of this is either validation of the or ganization that exists if it is properly aligned, or information that they could use to help them realign the central office to better deliver ser vice to the schools." Other Business In other business the board: ?unanimously approved Supply Elementary School's revised 1993 44 differentiated pay plan, on a mo tion by member Bill Fairley. The plan provides for teachers to choose committee assignments and for all committees to work for achievement of 75 percent or more of perfor mance goals on its annual report card. The school would need to show improv ement in nine to 13 at eas. If not. teacher bonus pay would instead be used for staff develop ment in the areas where improve ment didn 't occur. Since joining the board Fairley has been a strong advocate of tying extra pay for teachers to student and school success. He announced plans not to seek re-election after the board rescinded a policy that would have required all schools to tie bonus pay to performance. ?heard from Assistant Superin "What the school board or county commissioners can expect to get out of this is either validation of the organization... or information...to help them realign the central office to better deliver service to the schools." ?Jimmy Benson Deputy State Auditor iendent Jan Calhoun that the school board had never approved a central uffice staff differentiated pay plan and that the one drafted last year ap pears to conflict with slate guide lines. At the board's April IS meet ing. it will consider a revised plan Calhoun thinks will meet guidelines. ?learned from Assistant Superin tendent Oscar Blanks that the Children in Crisis Planning Com mittee will operate under the tax-ex empt umbrella of the not-for-profit Brunswick County Educational Foundation while establishing a lo cal Communities in Schools pro gram. ?heard Inland parent Anthony Roseman's request for purchase of classroom equipment and supplies tor North Brunswick High beyond those obtained through a reccnt spe cial allocation from county commis sioners. "We need more." he said. Commissioners funded every item listed by the 12 schools as immedi ate needs. Some schools identified more needs than others. Roseman said he finds the local school system's ranking among schools nationwide "personally of fensive." "We're fighting, we're struggling, but it seems like we're not getting anywhere...! just want to figure out how to improve it." ?approved donation of 40 surplus small chairs to the Piney Grove Head Start Center in Bolivia: ?limited providers of iax-shcl tered "cafeteria plan" cancer insur ance and accident benefit plans to AFLAC, Colonial and Metropolitan Life insurers. ?agreed to loan the Brunswick County Airport Commission use of a fuel truck April 1-29 during a gyp sy moth eradication campaign by state and federal agricultural agen cies. ?approving a motion by Fairley, reviewed and adopted the personnel recommendation list in open ses sion, a practice it expects to contin ue at future meetings. Members then went behind closed doors to discuss personnel, attorney-client and land acquisition matters, taking no action afterward. ?decided to invite county com missioners to join them March 24 in a tour of the South Brunswick High attendance district schools; ?planned to meet April 18 at the central office in Southport and May 10 at Union Elementary School in Shallotte. Public Meeting On Gypsy Moth *** m Crtl Ti i^rrln\/ I n RaI i\/in I I uy I 1 I I i luwwwjf III wv/M y IVI (Continued From Page 1-A) Must areas will be sprayed with Bacillus thuringn'nsis (Bt), a natu rally occurring bacterium that is tox ic only to caterpillars of certain agri cultural pests. Home gardeners may be familiar with Bt under the com mercial names "Worm Whipper" and "Dipel," Coleman said. On 4.( KM I acres where scientists have determined that Bt could harm rare or fragile species, an insect virus called Gypchek will be used against the moths, (iypchck is only produced in government labs and is in short supply. The local eradica tion program will use up the nation's supply of the virus. Meanwhile, another team of ex perts is gearing up to study the ef fects of the two sprays on other but terfly species. The group is planning to set traps and monitor insect popu THE BRUNSW!CK#BEACON Established Nov. 1, I ')f>2 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallottc, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year $10.36 Six Months S3.35 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $I4.X<> Six Months $7 90 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year $15 ?>5 Six Months $8.35 Second class postage paid at Shallottc, N.C 2*459. USPS 777 7X0. Postmaster, send address changes to: P.O. Box 2558, Shallotte, N.C. 28459-2558 lations before and after the insecti- spraying will he done in their area, cide is applied. The management team is also Neither of the pesticides is con- ^!ld> I" ,akc hiri"S sidered harmful to mammals or to 60 U! 70 flart timc workers to mom other insects. Coleman said The ,n?ci ,hat w'" * f sprays are water soluble and w ill be <hr?u8hou? ,h(L' area to ?au?c ,hc cf" washed away with the first rain, he ^"veness of the spraying program. said. The applications should have ?'cmdn said , , , i, , , A special (ivpsy Moth Hotline no effect on plant pollination, birds . , ' / . has been set up lor anyone who or aquatic lite. . ' * wants to learn more about gypsy Still, an advertising campaign i^ moths and the eradication program, rtlanned to let residents know when That number is 1 -KlHl-44t>-L>(K>7. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON POST OFFICE BOX 2558 ?" ' SHALLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28459 NOTICE: Reliable or consistent delivery cannot be guaranteed since this newspaper must rely on the U.S. Postal Service for delivery. We can only guarantee that your newspaper will be submitted to the post office in Shallotte on Wednesday of the week of publication, in time for dispatch to out-of-town addresses that day. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr. Citizen In Brunswick County j6 30 LJ5.30 N.C Sales Tax 38 .32 Postage Charge 3 68 3.68 TOTAL 10.36 9.30 Elsewhere in North Carolina j6 30 _|5 30 N C. Sales Tax 38 .32 Postage Charge 8.1ft 8.18 TOTAL 14.86 13.80 Outside North Carolina _|6 30 :_j5.30 Postage Charge 9 fis 9 fiF. _ TOTAL 15.95 14.95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name Address City, State Zip consider allowing the proceeds of cat carcass sales to be used by the animal control department for pet fowl and other supplies and to pay for the veterinary care ol in jured animals. The department currently sells the eutha nized animals to Tri-State Laboratories for medical re search. "While I agree with this policy, it has had a couple of unforeseen drawbacks affecting the morale of animal control staff," Thompson said "Euthanizing animals is one of the most difficult tasks that can be asked of an employee. This adds to the task by requiring counting, sorting, measuring, bagging and freezing the animals in stead of just loading them onto a truck and taking them to the landfill." The animal control department has received public comments criticizing the county for "profiting by the death" of the animals, said Thompson. Rhodes said the sale of the carcasses puts about $5.(MM) to into the county's general fund. Thompson suggested that the county sell the carcass es to another company that will deduct the proceeds from the department's expenses on pet food and other supplies. He suggested that employees might leel better about the additional handling of the carcasses it the funds were being used to care for other animals. "If a person is disturbed by it. they're disturbed by it. What difference does it make where the money goes?" asked board Chairman Patrick Newton. "Nobody feels good about doing this. It's an awful thing and you can't make it better." said Dr. Brad Kerr, the board's veterinarian member. "But you might make over all working conditions better if it was helping their own department. It seems fair to bring that revenue back in." Kerr said the sale of cat carcasses might be easier for the public to accept if the money was being used to ben efit animals. "You want taxpayers to pay for your budget and other things to be paid for through this?" said Warren. "A lot of departments are looking for fee income. It might make the people in the building inspections department feel better if their fees came back to their department." he said. "It might." said Kerr. "But building inspectors don't have to put animals to sleep." The board took no action on Thompson's final pro posal. ? J." J J STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG RUTTER Confiscated In Shallotfe Shallolte Police Chief Rodney (iause holds a bag of white pow der believed to be cocaine and some of the approximately 50 prescrip tion medication bottles con fiscated Sunday from an apartment at Shallotte Manor. Cause estimated the bottles contained between 3,000 and 4,000 pills. Officers also found crack pipes and a small amount of marijuana during the search. The pills and quarter pound bag of white powder have been sent to the SHI Lab in Raleigh for analysis. Cause said the police department received complaints that a man and woman living in the apartment were selling drugs. "We'll probably make an arrest before this week is over with," Cause said Monday. "We definitely have charges that are going to be brought on both subjects." Springtime Weather Is On Tap More springtime weatlftr will nchiir in ?hi> cl'irl uf enrinn willi ?* -'I O' temperatures and rainfall expected to he near normal over the next few days. Shallotte Point meteorologist Jackson C'anadv said Tuesday he expects temperatures to average from the mid-40s at night into the mid-60s during the daytime, with about one-half inch of rainfall. l-or the period March X through 14 he recorded a high of 77 degrees on March 8 and a low of 2*' degrees on March 12. A daily average high of hX de grees combined with an average nightly low of 48 degrees lor a daily average temperature of 58 degrees. That's about 5 degrees above, aver age, said Canady. lie recorded eighty-two hun dredths of an inch of rainfall for the period. State Extends Oyster Season For 3 Weeks North Carolina's oyster season has been extended for nearly three weeks because of recent rainfall thai forced state officials to close coastal waters to shellfish harvesting. The N.(". Division of Marine Fisheries has extended the season through March 31 to compensate for the lost harvest days. The season was originally scheduled to end March 12. Most Brunswick County shellfish waters were re-opened to harvesting on Monday after being closed for approximately two weeks. Waters between Snows Cut and Southport. including Buzzard Bay, The Basin and Cape Fear River, remained closed as of Tuesday. ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE A YELLOW PAGE BOOK, BUT THEY'RE READING YOUR AD IN THE NEWSPAPER. Beacon advertising works. Call 754-6Q90 to speak wiff? one of our friendly ad representatives. THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON
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