Sports, page 18 Classifieds, p.lB most complete ItHyiroperties listing of available real i INSIDE Volume 62/ Number 8 Southport, N.C. October 7,1992 / 50 cents $1,000,000 tax receipt is a record Brunswick County sales tax receipts, whichnearly reached a million dollars the previous month, topped that figure for the first time ever in August. The N. C. Department of Revenue reported that $ 1,007,058 was collected here during the month. The amount will be added to the July and September collections, then distributed to Brunswick County and municipal gov ernments on a quarterly basis. Brunswick County ranked 17th among North Carolina's 100 counties in collection of the local-option tax in Au gust. Few attend hearing on CAMA plan Bv Holly Edwards County Editor Brunswick County's proposed Coastal Area Management Act (C AM A) land use plan indicates that septic tanks are polluting the environ ment and that over half of the soils in the county are not suited for septic tanks. Long Beach mayor Joan Altman told the board of commissioners and the planning board Tuesday night during a public workshop on the pro posed land use plan. Therefore, she said, county offi cials should take the lead in planning for wastewater treatment throughout the county, rather than leaving it to individual municipalities and sani tary districts. Although a policy in the proposed plan states that the county will en courage the use of small, package treatment plants in areas with soil limitations for septic tanks. Altman urged county officials to broaden their scope. Rather than constructing a large number of small treatment plants, she said, it would make more sense to construct larger treatment plants that would serve several communities. "I don't mean countywide sewage treatment.'' Altman said. "But I spe cifically ask that you provide for countywide wastewater manage ment." Planning board member John Th ompson agreed. "It can be argued that the quality of our environment, our rivers, marshes, and oceanfront. is potentially endan gered by the absence of viable waste treatment." Thompson said in a letter to the planning board. "A single, cen tral system is obviously out of the question, but it does not follow that we have no responsibility to look at other options, including simp^y.jsup porting the concept of several com munities jointly creating sewer ser vice districts or planning for future See CAMA, page 6 A $43,855 SMILE •SLAM, Jack Wood led the field in the 14th U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament over the weekend with Photo by Jim Harper a40.15-pound king. Almost $140,000 in cash prizes were awarded, and Wood won $43,85,$. Locals finish second, third Jack Wood took another bow in the winner’s circle Sunday, accepting a $43,855 check as winner of the 14th U. S. Open King Mackerel Tournament, one of the best ever. The Rolesville angler, who fished aboard the winning boat two years ago, took top honors in this year's event with a40.15 pound king mackerel and gar nered $25,000 in first-prize money plus an additional $18,855 in the tournament within-a-toumament. Second and third prizes, and the balance of the toumament within-a-toumament pet, were taken by local boats. Capt. Mike Helms of Long Beach and family fishing aboard his charter boat Salty U.S. Open results, page 23 Dog won $21,33! witha39.65 pound king and John Hawes. HI, ofLong Beach and his crew aboard the Shamu took third with a 39.40-pound king and won $12,542. Fishing with Wood aboard the Team Laguna were Tom and Sylvia Slack of Knoxville. Tenn. Two years ago Wood crewed aboard the winning/oy See Locals, page 24 County considers Beivule park By Holly Edwards , County Editor Brunswick County commissioner Donald Shaw and a group of county residents said they would like the county to fund development of a boat ramp and park in Belville along the Cape Fear River, but other commis sioners said they needed more details cn the cost of the project. "I don't have a problem with the concept, but I think we need to look at a figure amount,” commissioner Jerry Jones said at a board meeting Monday night. Td hate to find out it was not enough,or it was too much." Shaw said he planned to ask com missioners to approve appropriates $50,000 from county contingency *It would be a good, clean, nice family entertainment area. And it would proba bly bring the town together. We really need it bad Donald Shaw County commissioner i funds to pay for construction ol a boat ramp, picnic area, tennis court and playground at the 11-acre site. Rep. David Redwine (D-Brunswick) has promised state funds to pay for the cost of dredging the river near the area, he said. ''I think we should do something to promote it," Shaw said. "It would be a good, clean, nice family entertain ment area. And it would probably bring the town together. We really need it bad." If the county funds initial develop ment of the park. S haw said, the To wn See Belville, page 6 Parents object to strict school absence policy B* Marybeth Bianchi Feature Editor Ralph Johnston was officially initi ated into his new job as superinten dent when he was confronted by a large crow d of disgruntled parents at Monday night's Brunswick County Board of Education meeting. Upset by the board's new ten-day absenteeism policy and the’"Choices” program, the parents occupied about the first hour of the meeting voicing their concerns about having their chil dren make up missed class time. We feel it's wrong to punish a child if it's sick or for parental mis judgment." Betty Sellers of the Sup ply Elementary School PTA told the board. Several parents of elementary school children were concerned about limit mgthe number of absences to ten because younger children contract ill nesses. such aschicken pox or measles, that may require extended absences from school. She said the policy which limits i 'We're trying to give students an op portunity to learn they have a respon sibility.... We have had a tremendous improvement in at tendance Terry Brett West Brunswick Hi^h absences to ten days and allows stu dents to make up missed class tune is more appropriate for middle and high school students than for elementary students. She requested the numberol absences be increased to 15 or 20 days. Assistant superintendent Mose See Parents, page 6 Principals report no complaints yet Bv Marvbeth Bianchi Feature Editor BrunswickCountv's 12 principals will meet with the superintendent on Monday to discuss their plans for making up absences under the new attendance policy. Lattv Stanley, interim principal at Southport Elementary School, said each school's plans were due October 1 and no formal policy has yet been established. ''So far we haven't had any complaints." Stanley said of the new policy which this year, cut the number of allowable absences in half to ten days. Three Southport Elementary teachers will stay after school until 5 p.m. to offer remediation to students who need extra academic help, who need to complete special assignments, or w ho must make up missed class time. Stanley said students will be given other opportunities to get class j credit. For instance, if a student is missing school for a family trip he may i be told to keep a journal of the trip making use of maps, information about the sites visited and other experiences along the way. Although South Brunswick Middle had formulatedapolicy formaking up absences after the third day of school missed, principal Les Tubb said Tuesday he wanted to delay discussing the school's policy further until after the meeting M rdav. ' "We really haven't had many complaints." said Karl Tutt. South Brunsw ick High School's Comprehensive Management Program coordi nator. There are. how e\ er. a few students "w ho buck the system." he said. Progress reports are going out to parents this week, and students are being given "every opportunity possible to make up the time." Tutt said. South Brunswick s policy states that a student can miss three days of school and make up their class work at home. After the third day they have to make up the time alter school or on Saturday. "One of the criticisms of the school system. not just Brunswick County but school systems in general, is we’ve talked a great deal about respon sibility. but we've never given them that much. Now were giving it to them," Tutt said of the students. OUTSIDE Forecast The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies on Thursday, with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Friday and Saturday expect partly cloudy skies with the . same temperatures, but look for cooler weather by Sunday with highs ex pected near 70. Tide table HIGH LOW THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 ,6:13 a.m. (5:41 p.m. 12:05 a.m. 12:24 p.m. (5:57 a.m. 7:19 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 7:37 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 1:27 a.m. 1:50 p.m. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 8:14 a.m. 2:04 a.m. 8:33 p.m. 2:32 p.m. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 8:51a.m. 2:42 a.m. 9:09 p.m. 3:11p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 9:27 a-m. 3:18 am. 9:43 p.m. 3:50 p.m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 10:06 a.m. | 3:55 a.m. lO-.Wom. 4:32 p.m. The following adjustments should be made: Bald Head Island, high -10, low -7; Caswell Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high +7, low +15, Yaupon Beach, high -32, low -43; Lockwood Folly, high -22, low -8.

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