Break-ins are reported
in weekly sheriff’s log
The following reports were on file at the Brunswick County Sheriffs De
partment Monday:
*The owner of Brunswick Farm Supply in Ash reported Saturday that
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reported Saturday that a man giving ner a nae trom Shaiiotte to Myrtle
Beach attempted to rape her. The woman stated she was hitchhiking back
to her home from Norfolk, Va. She said the man let her out of the car when
she threatened to spray him with tear gas.
•A Calabash man reported Thursday that someone removed his Suzuki
four-wheeler from underneath his residence.
•A Marshville man reported Saturday that someone broke through the
back door of his residence and removed about $765 worth of personal
property, including two TVs, a microwave oven and a toaster oven.
•A Southport man reported Sunday that someone removed an aquarium
worth about $450 from his carport.
•A Leland man reported Sunday that about $335 worth of property was
missing from his home, including an AM/FM stereo cassette player and a
large boom box.
•A Leland man reported Saturday that someone removed a $200
Samurai sword from his mobile home.
•An Ash man reported Sunday that while he was sleeping someone
drove onto his yard in a Ford F-150 truck and rang the doorbell. The victim
said he woke up, opened the door and found a man attempting to gain
entry. Another suspect broke the lock on the back door and gained entry,
according to the report. The victim said the men fled when they saw he had
a gun.
•The Dupont Cape Fear plant reported Saturday that someone broke into
a vending machine and removed an undetermined amount of money.
•A Leland man reported Thursday that his 1981 Dodge Colt somehow
caught fire while it was parked at his residence. The victim reported he was
not having any mechanical problems with the vehicle.
•The owner of S&M Automotive in Ash reported Saturday that one of ,
the cars parked on the lot was broken into and a car phone was removed.
The antennas of two other cars were bent, according to the report.
School 10-year plan
mostly construction
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Over the next ten years the Bruns
wick County school system expects
to spend $55.6 million for a variety
of building and renovation projects.
Presented at a special meeting
Monday night, the long-range plan
includes several projects which are
already in the planning stages, in
cluding additions at West Bruns
wick and North Brunswick high
schools, as well as several new
schools to meet the needs of a grow
ing student population.
"This is a plan. Keep in mind
'plan’ means this can be revised,”
superintendent Ralph Johnston told
board members. The school system
is required to submit a ten-year
building plan to the state. Informa
tion used in preparing the plan was
taken from a state survey conducted
in 1991.
New academic facilities make up
the bulk of the cost of the ten-year
plan, totaling a little over $47 mil
lion. The plan calls for new
elementary schools in the Leland
and Calabash areas and new middle
and high schools in the Supply area
to accommodate the 12,300 students
school administrators anticipate
being enrolled by the year 2002.
Costs would be spread over
several years as land is purchased
one year and construction scheduled
the next.
The plan also calls for six pre
kindergarten centers at existing
elementary schools. There is no
funding for those centers, Johnston
told the board, "but it’s still ;r. the
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Also included are additions for
technology programs at the middle
schools and three fieldhouses, com
plete with swimming pools, at the
high schools.
Malang all of the schools acces
sible to handicapped students, in ac
cordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, is expected to cost
$183,000 over the next two years;
however, the superintendent said the
school system is not sure exactly
what will be required.
Energy conservation is a part of
the plan. This includes improve
ments to the energy management
systems at the schools and replacing
obsolete rooftop heating/air con
ditioning units and replacing the
lighting in some gymnasiums. The
school system has applied for a $.5
million federal government grant
that would cover the cost of light re
placements, Johnston said.
Roof repairs and replacements at
Lincoln, Union, Bolivia, Wac
camaw, Southport, the three middle
schools and the three high schools
are expected to cost $3 million.
Costs are based on a $78-per
square-foot figure, including fees
and testing as required by the state
division of school planning. The fig
ures do not take into consideration
higher prices and the effect of infla
tion over the next ten years.
The plan was approved by the
board of education and will be sent
to the state, as well as the Bruns
wick County Board of Com
missioners.
Brown in Italy
Air Force Airman First Class Jay
J. A. Brown has arrived for duty at
Aviano Air Base in Italy.
Brown, a special purpose vehicle
and equipment mechanic, is the son
of Betty A. and Tom E. Brown of
Southport The airman is a 1989
graduate of Galion Senior High
School in Ohio.
Work continues on resurfacing of some 28 Long Beach streets, as
well as initial paving work on 8th NE, 14th NE, 36th NE, 42nd SE
streets. This crew was operating just east of Middleton Street on Fri
day afternoon.
DSS board hears management proposals
By Holly Edwards
County Editor
Overall, the Brunswick County Department of Social Services is an effi
cient and well-managed organization. But in order to operate even more ef
fectively, the agency needs to upgrade its phone system, hire additional
employees, reclassify some existing employees, implement annual goals
and improve employee training programs.
These are some conclusions of a time management study performed by
David M. Griffith and Associates (DMG) that were reviewed by the board
of social services Monday night.
DMG also recommended that three social service employees be deleted:
an AFDC income maintenance case worker, a food stamps issuance clerk
and a mailroom file clerk.
Social services director Jamie Orrock said he thought deleting an AFDC
case worker would be a mistake because it would lower the current high
performance level of that department.
"We have one of the best AFDC units in the state," Orrock said. "But, if
we start deleting staff I’m afraid you’ll see the productivity fall."
However, Orrock agreed that the agency could do without a food stamps
clerk since the food stamps program will in the future be contracted to ah
outside agency.
Orrock pointed to the low employee turnover rate as "one of the real
strengths of the agency."
"We are blessed with a staff that is highly dedicated and motivated to do
extra work," he said.
A number of employees complained of a lack of training within the
agency, and said they did not understand all of the work they performed,
the study revealed. DMG recommended that the board and the director
specify the current training needs, and keep track of future staffing require
ments.
The Medicaid unit in particular needs more training, supervision and
feedback, Orrock said.
The study also recommended hiring five additional employees: two chil
dren’s services workers, one income maintenance case worker, a fraud ac
counting clerk and a child support accounting clerk.
The board will continue discussion of the study at its next meeting and
then make its recommendations to the board of commissioners for ap
proval.
Obituaries
Rites held for Mitchell Wayne Duncan
Mitchell Wayne Duncan, 37, of Southport, died Friday, November 20,
1992, at his residence.
Graveside services were conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Northwood
Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Trexler officiating.
Serving as active pallbearers were Joe Carteret, Daniel Kopp, Brandon
Vannoy, Danny Holyfield, Patrick Jones and John Lawrence. Honorary
pallbearers were Bill Ross, Bruce Wortclman, Rex Bowen, Charlie Perry,
Stanley Rehder, Doug Monday, Harold Matthews, Dickie Aldridge, Joe
Wiggs and Andy Broadwell.
Duncan was bom August 20,1955, in Thomasville, a son of Berris J. and
Jna J. Morris Duncan, and had worked as a heavy equipment operator in
Richmond, Va. He was a member of Fox Squirrel Country Club in Boiling
Spring Lakes and Woodmen of the World. He had also served as a
volunteer with The Gauntlet golf club.
Survivors include a son, Robert Wayne Kendall Duncan of Southport; a
stepson, Danny Holyfield of Southport; former wife, Kendall Duncan of
Southport; parents, Berris J. and Ina J. Morris Duncan of Southport; a
brother, Bany Duncan of St. John, Virgin Islands; four sisters, Janice Ball,
Carol Isenberg, Patty Trotter and Sandra Blackwell, all of Southport;
maternal grandmother, Ethel Eversolc of Southport; paternal grandmother,
Hannah Duncan of Lexington; three nieces; and three nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, P. O.
Box 1926, Shallotte, NC 28459.
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