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A Little Extra Security
Ocean Isle Beach Commissioners agree to
house a substation of the Shallotte
Volunteer Rescue Squad. Pages-*.
Holiday Beauties
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In a pageant Saturday. PagegV ( ln ?V angler Deuce Bruce.
12/31/99 **P0
HOAG & SONS BOOK BINDERY
PO BOX 16?
SPRINGPORT MI 49234
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\ V NO COVER-UP
Probe: Schools' Equipment Transfer 'Misiudamerrt'
AY SUSAN USHER
A investigation by a Raleigh legal firm into the
?MB nn iUu.Mj.ro rwjr jainiflM , -f?..,, ? - , ..Lil. b|m
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be "improper nd uajustified," though no evi
deace was found of either oonupt motive or fi
nancial gain by the school lyrtem peraonnel in
volved, or of any attempt to cover op the incident
by the boatd of education or its employees.
The aapame but related actions were "improp
er and unjustified," concluded nvestigatur Brian
C Shaw of the firm of Richard Schwartz and
A -?n mi ? a n m - * - * m m il Wa> - * - t- - - 1 ^ ,, - - .1 'CV
AstooUfi, retained vy tnc scnoot ooaru ine
txamsftion appeared to be a one-time incident in
votviog "serious misjudgmcnts" by icfcool system
employees, lack of communication sad a lack of
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? _ _ - - * - - ^ -* - ? -
in i scpBiiw ^bki cwirHirmw report to me
school bo? d, Shaw recommended pcwanncl ac
tion be taken with respect to several achooi em
ployees.
What actions will be taken, if aay, ia now up to
told him, not Schwartz, to
he baa ob
served sad knows." said school board
Donna Bags "He i
As ? result of an earlier hurnul investigatioa
into the hndnt, Child Nutrition Director
Rebecca Braadoa m apii? ded and OdeU
ns ma reccsss 10 ma joo. 1 se scsooi Doara dm
(8m BQUiniiifi; r*? *aj
Shallotte Getting Second ZIP Code. RO. Announces
The U.S. Postal Service has approved a new
ISP Code for afreet delivery customers ia
ShaUoOe dial will lake effect July 1. The ZIP
Code will change from 28459 to 28470.
The ZIP Code far Shailotte's post office box
grturueia with boot numbers 1 through 3999 will
remain 28459. The ZIP Code for post office box
r? Iumih at the South Brunswick Station will re
OMfa 28470.
Everyone affected by the change will receive a
notice from the postal service.
The aew delivery ZIP Code will allow for the
cjqjauaiun of delivery and ciwbfai us to stabilize
tip rvnio ?? f" many ynw
to come," Shallotte Pnatmtrtw Frank Bringoti
wrote in a notice to poatal customers.
"This dmy will also allow as to more effec
tively direct the man from the pfocciait plant to
yonr delivery nit, and Ifcuifcy npnve onr abili
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ty to provide yon win consistent oign quality
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mail service, jonngoii wrote.
Postal officials Hxnusnrial thai uuluum* af
fected by the change start notifying all ooriespan
dents immediaaety. "You should change your ZIP
code with your regular correspondents aa you pay
- - . . . ?1 | L_ * 1 1_ w t% * - a 9 ? ? -
your mommy tmn? tsraigou wrote.
The postal service will mwritw delivering
mafl with the old ZIP code far 12 monto. h will
not be ssrutwy to snbniit aa official change of
address to the post aAoe.
LOW-COST VACCINATION CLINICS SET JUNE 25 |
Ash Family Lucky After Encounter With Rabid Fox
beloved dog "Buddy" wsss't so
tacky. The six-ffiootb-ok! mixcd
ficed hit life to protect them from a
fax dnl attacked Debbie ia her front
ym?
The fits had tables. Buddy had to
?'? ? itoty beiag repealed with
Carolina. whets the na&sbe? of ?
? ? * ?- * ? .a 1-? _ -* ?
nrmeu rwies cinci km oouocq in
each of the peet two yean, h ie ex
pected to do ao agMa this year
la 1991, than were 24 iniiiili
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iCWS!"*"
CwoHaa The foikmtof yew, 49
-CSSfhSSd - V!- 1- - SHt -~r l>~
ed. Last year. 106 tabid
were foaad ia the ?ak
the flnt dogs koowa to have the <
eare aoce 1968. Already thit . .
82 iafectod aaimata have beea die
covewo ana nejutn omciu CApeet
that aianhfi to reach at leaat 195.
lb combat the threat, the
Bruntwkfc County Health Depart
meat aad local vrtrriniriw have
Joiaad forces to ipoaaor a day of
tow-coat rabiee vacciaatioaa lor
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... y . L ? K25G2S5Q !W MW
day, Jaae 25, at fear tocatooaa.
"Veccinatioe ia the atagl e moat
irapurtaat thiag a pet owact caa do
to preveat their dog or cat from ooa
aoa, the coaoty's animal control
pervisor. "I can't stress cnongh the
occa to vacoxsase your pets.
Defrbir Johnson 'tr*"1 that les
wofc when one of bar
j'jiin^ fiwwh arrived os her bscydc
for a visit. As she rode into the yard,
the Hole gbTk the rolled om
appeared to be a dead bum! hi
ywL
* ? _Hf a L!L
jumpcu on ner Dm
aaid there was a fox lying ia the
ursd - xgs s y.-ryrTfting the dog
dragged op dead. Bnt when I waited
t ? - .J -Mtf jit n? in ? .I m ? a & * !|
?i?w H!U 5 SO 5?; fSSS, ff
The fax grabbed hold of
Johnaoo'a aboe and ahe begaa kick
ing at the animal to keep it away.
Seeing the on? ntinn. Baddy rat
toward then aad went after the fax.
"1 ran bach to the house and the
fox brake away and itailtid <
os it They were _ _
porch and Baddy raa off yeipiag a
enonle times. The fax had it'e back
bowed ap tike a cat and waa spitting
foam all over the place.
"If that dog hadnt started fighting
with h, I'd have bad a meas," she
Eventually the fox ran off. They
thought it went into the woods. So
fot nto the car to go far
hot, who tokf her to
thefamoM frooa
to hi
of ai
to the
ySJu figSfi.
"When I palled ia. it jauyad at
the car Md tried to bito the te,"
tire wha i .
I got mm the door aad
. | fcwit n Ht I had M ww h
it"
Haley arrived at the
He
od soda,
bat foaad ao woaadk. He told her
that Baddy would have to be kept
under gaatatotoe until a atato lab
fax hadiabm.
A few days !
by a tabid ina. The dog auaid
have to be beat oader obeer
Commissioners,
Schools Face Off
Over Funding
BY EMC CARLSON
Setting the stage for what could
be a long fight over school funding,
BnlmwiHr Ownhr sdssis
istratora, school bond members and
parents urged the board of commis
sioners to reconsider a draft budget
that allocates $400,000 less for edu
cation than last year's spending
About 150 people attended a pub
lic bearing on the county's proposed
budget Monday night.
Some requested increased funding
for county libraries, volunteer fire
departments, literacy programs, nu
trition sites and domntic violence
services. But *"?** of the 20
who spoke wanlod to talk about the
school budget
"Brunswick County is at the moat
critical cnusronm m its history,"
warned school superintendent Dr.
icaipjf Johnston.
with plans to cot S5.8 million from
the board's funding request,
"a reduction of localt, paid dw
racm teacher* may have to occur,
in increased dasa size,"
be
the S3 million in
vestment and additions to the com
puter labs in the 12 schools will not
bei " ~
Five positions have been re
iL. , . - ,1 f_ . , , ?a, _ ? ?L , , - ? a. . _ a f
aucea tram me scnooi s central of
fices, he said.
"Oar student population is grow
"We must ad
structiag fiacilities as needed. A plan
wifl be required In ac
Cnfcnnl ?
VnOOt dOMO
Baxter, who (hopped out of the race
for re-election, wad a prepared rtate
ment from fellow member Bill
Fairley, who has also declined to ran
and was unable to attend the
The
able truth is that we can afford
quale
County. We simply do not want to!"
Farley wrote. The reality is that we
iade a oonsGMJVHft dccissoEi to
deny oar children adeqesl? ?Aleu
tian so thai we might keep a few ex
tra dollars apiece in our pockets
every year.
"The purpose of government is to
provide certain services to the pub
lic, without which the fabric of soci
ety begins to unravel," Fairley's
statement said. "It appears that the
process used in this budget has not
addressed needs first and then at
tempted to meet those needs with
taxing revenues. Instead, it has re
versed the process by arbitrarily
rapping revenues and horseshoeing
county needs within those limits.
"Do you really want your children
able to ionk no fanner than a job
serving hamburgers to the children
of parents who had better vision awl
self-discipline than do we?" Fairiey
School board member Polly ]_
who was defeated last month in her
primary bid Car re -election, said
Brunswick County schools are in ?
"pay now or pay lain" ritwation
She said the influx at new residents
has compounded the probtatn of
cramped space in county schools.
"Brunswick County is growing,"
she said. "Where are we going to put
those children? Our school system
can no longer exist within the kind
of budgst It is being given"
Yvnoas Plight, also a hoasri af
"Education is the
everyonei
"We are all to blame whea it I
f rlirt mm** Principal
for
wick County to realize its po
? J.
Mary Yates, president of the
tuaswick County Association of
(Ssa SCHOOLS,