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Optimist Orators
West Brunswick students Erica Cumbee and Chad Smith are winners of the N.C. Fast District Optimist
Clubs Zone Oratorical Contest held April 14 in Whiteville. They are pictured with Sara Estep, chair
person (left) and Joe Gore, duh president (right). Smith finished the boys competition in second place.
Cumbee was female winner and will advance to district competition in Fayetteville. She will give an
oral presentation on the topic "Optimism! The Right Stuff." The district boy and girl winners each will
receive a $1,500 scholarship. Cumbee will represent the South Brunswick Islands Optimist Club.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Keill To Attend Governor's School
Mclind.'i "Mindy'
Shallotle, a stu
dent at West
Brunswick
High School, is
one of four
Brunswick
County high
school juniors
chosen to at
tend Gover
nor's School.
Keill will KK1LL
study June 26-Aug. 6 at Governor's
School West, held on the campus of
Salem College in Winston-Salem.
Her academic focus will be on the
natural sciences.
"I like ecology and marine biolo
gy, science in general I love," said
Keill.
She is the daughter of Judy and
Doug Keill of Brierwood Estates,
Shallotte. At West Brunswick, Keill
is a member of the Art Club and the
National Honor Society and is in
volved with the NHS Prom Promise
'94 project, i^ast year she studied
ecology during Summer Ventures, a
program at Bast Carolina University
for gifted and talented students, and
recently she participated in a Youth
Legislative Assembly.
The Governor's Schools of North
Carolina is the oldest statewide sum
mer residential program for academ
ically gifted high school students in
the United States. It is held on two
campuses. Governor's School West,
established in 1963, is conducted at
Salem College in Winston-Salem,
and Governor's School East, begun
in 1978, is held at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College in I .aurinburg
One of the program's main goals is
to help academically gifted students
achieve their full potential and to
motivate them to use that potential
to achieve higher goals.
The program offers 800 high
school juniors a non-credit curricu
lum in three areas, in addition to her
academic focus, Keill will also ex
plore abstract ideas through the
study of philosophy, epistemology,
ethics and aesthetics, and will study
self in society, learning about val
ues, morals, thinking processes and
social and personal development.
A study of 20th century theories as
they relate to past and futuic are em
phasized throughout the curriculum.
Others from county schools cho
sen to attend a Governor's School
are Charles E. Gilbert, math. South
Brunswick High, Governor's School
West; and Ainmaul Ali Knox,
English, North Brunswick, and
Martha J Daniels. French, South
Brunswick, Governor's School East.
Completes Course
Army Reserve 2nd l.t. Jonathan
G. Gore has completed an infantry
officer basic course at Fort Benning.
Columbus, Ga.
The course was oriented toward
leadership, tactical skills and com
bat-related skills and tasks which
concentrated on practical training.
The students learned by performing
and demonstrating proficiency in
practical, external evaluation and
field tactical exercises. Course grad
uates qualified as both mechanized
and light infantry platoon leaders.
Gore is the son of Monica L. and
Ernie V. Gore of Stout Road, Ash.
He is a 1990 graduate of West
Brunswick High School
One Of 13,000
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class
Donald W Hair is participating in a
major fleet exercise in the Western
Atlantic Ocean aboard the aircraft
carrier George Washington, home
ported in Norfolk, Va.
The exercise involves more than
20 Navy ships and nearly 100 air
craft from all services Appro
ximately 13,000 sailors, Marines,
airmen and soldiers are participating
in the exercise, which is taking place
off the southeastern Atlantic coast.
Hair is the son of Johnny R. Hair
Sr. of Route 1, Leland. The 1985
graduate of North Brunswick High
School joined the Navy in De
cember 1985.
Tutors Certified
The Brunswick County Literacy
Council certified four new literacy
tutors at a March workshop.
They are Kenneth Hewctt and
Mia King of Shallotte. Shayne Nott
of Calabash and La Bommie
Saunders of Bolivia.
The tutors are now certified in the
phonics-based Laubach method of
teaching reading and will be able to
tutor adults and teens who wish to
improve their literacy skills.
To get information on becoming a
tutor or receiving reading assistance,
call the literacy council at 754-7323
or 1 -800-694-7323.
Scholarship Winners
West Brunswick High School stu
dents Jennifer Smith and Ellen
Wemyss have been awarded Scott
Ellis scholarships to Campbell Uni
versity.
Jennifer is the daughter of Roddie
and Betty Smith of Calabash. She is
a member of Thomasboro Freewill
Baptist Church.
Ellen is the daughter of Phillip
and Nancy Wemyss of Ocean Isle
Beach. She is a member of Jennies
Branch Baptist Church.
Sens/ In Ceremony
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Sensi par
ticipated in a decommissioning cere
mony aboard the salvage ship USS
Conserver, homeported in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii.
Sensi is the son of Joseph and
Jeanne C. Sensi of Flowering Bridge
Path. Caswell Beach.
Commissioned in 1945. the ship
assisted in the salvage of numerous
vessels at Okinawa and Japan. In
1946, the rescue salvage ship partic
ipated in nuclear tests in and around
the Marshall Islands.
During four decades of service,
USS Conserver helped more than 80
vessels and 20 aircraft. The ship has
also engaged in numerous salvage
and resuce missions, earning a
Battle Efficiency "E" for overall op
erational and material excellence.
The mission of rescue salvage
ships is to provide rapid firefighting,
battle damage repair and rescue tow
ing to warships in combat, taking
the ships to repair vessels or bases in
safe area.
Sensi is a 1976 graduate of Allen
town High School of Allcntown,
N.J. He joined the Navy in June
1976. He is a 1980 graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md., with a B.S. degree and a 1988
graduate of Boston University with
a master's degree in engineering.
Platters To Play Thalian Hall
One of the best-loved sounds from the 1950's comes to Thalian Hall
tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. with a performance by The Platters.
Known for such hits as "The Great Pretender." "Only You" and "The
Magic Touch," the platters were among the musical superstars of the '50s.
Their first hit, "Only You," became one of the best-selling hits of all time.
The group went on to record 16 gold records, including "Twilight
Time," "My Prayer," "Harbor Lights" and "You'll Never Know." In 1966
and 1967. they once again topped the charts with "I Love You 1000
Times" and "With this Ring."
The Platters have survived several changes of singers in the group
since their beginnings in 1954. Lead singer Monroe Powell has been with
The Platters 24 years, having joined in J 970. There have been only three
lead singers with The Platters in 40 years. Other current members are
Anthony Gibson, Tony Graves, Priscilla Dea and Ray Brewster.
Tickets for the concert are $16. S14 and S10. and discounts are avail
able for groups and members in Thalian Hall. For tickets or reservation,
call 1-800-523-2820.
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Social Workers Help Out
Stephanie Woodard's class at Supply Elementary School is better equipped to provide therapeutic care
to its six multiply-handicapped students ages 5 to 18 with donation of $175 in supplies by the
Brunswick County Chapter of the North Carolina Social Sen'ices Association. The group provided a
large inflatable air tube, an ear canal thermometer, and tH'o special toys activated by loud noise or tap
ping. On the front from left are Teacher Assistant Maxine Jones and Chapter President Linda
McAnulty; and at the rear, Sandy Jackson, vice president; Vice Principal Clifton Jones; James Miller,
treasurer; and Nancy O 'Brien, secretary.
Supply Students Need Help
To Reach Mi 11 ion-Penny Goal
Supply Elementary School is one week and 53,951.03
away from meeting its goal of raising one million pen
nies by May 1.
Dr. Carolyn Williams, SES principal, announced at
the beginning of the school year a goal of collecting one
million pennies, or $10,000, toward playground equip
ment for the new school. Williams said if the students
met the goal she'd "sit on top of the school building."
As of last week, students had raised $6,048 in pen
nies.
"I guess when I heard about the penny collection, I
just didn't think of what a group of hard-working chil
dren. their parents, teachers and community friends
could do," said school spokesman I-aura DeStefano.
"Even people from outside the state have sent pennies to
Supply Elementary.
"Cheryl Wilson from Virginia heard about our penny
collection through her niece, Chandee Connor. Cheryl
had a can of pennies she'd been collecting, so she decid
ed to give them to Supply. After Chandee's first-grade
class had counted and sorted them, we found that she
had 2,879 pennies, or $28.79."
DeStefano said collecting the pennies has been "fun
and a learning experience" for students. "Children have
collected, sorted and counted pennies. There may be
many more old jars or cans of pennies stuck hack in a
corner somewhere. Would you like to see Dr. Williams
sit on top of the building? Maybe you could do as Mrs.
Wilson from Virginia did!"
Pennies are being collected in a large glass display
case in the school office.
Students Observe Media Day
With Visit From Rep. Redwine
Supply Elementary School students celebrated Media
Day April 20 with a visit from State Rep. David
Redwine. who learned what students are doing in their
school library.
Students showed how they use the computer to find
books by their author, subject, series or by knowing a
few key words. They also demonstrated ways to use the
computer for research, including encyclopedias avail
able on CD-ROM. or "compact disc, read-only memo
ry-"
Supply Elementary's student council uses video tech
nology to provide a news broadcast each week. The stu
dents research current local, national and school events
and broadcast their news to the school. Hie group inter
viewed Redwine for an upcoming program.
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