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Leland residents will pay the same tax rate as last year under
||p proposed 1993-94 budget
; c Property owners will pay five cents per $100 of value with,
»» ao overall, town to base of$34.?re«itm The ■ -' :>? tttal ,v:;;
budget, which will go to a public hearing June 17* 7 p.m., . *
; expenses add revenues of $294,380 and is based on the towtf s -
current Collection rafe :bf 97 percent
$76,750; contributions, $24,500; elections, $3,000; police,
§h W&SU Perming, $6,060; building and grounds, $17,207;'«
streets, $ 13,616; debt service,; $40,000; and contingency,
The town will receive $ 1 &,S{&jn property taxes and $1921300
in local-option sales taxes. Other ftmds are generated by
privilege license fees, beer and winelicense fees and inventory
tax reimbursements.
The town also has a $182,000 water and sewer fund, of
which $143,000is for professional services. The town hired an
engineer to help design a sewer system.
Another $48,107 in Powell BUI hinds will he used for street .
maintenance and repairs.
Hans are to hire a second full-time police officer. The
department now has one Ml-time acting chief, one part-time
officer and volunteers, Ipfllllll
• Part-time administrative assistamTeresa Reyrtoldswiabe
% etmre a MMime employee.
New principals
join county staff
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Three of Brunswick County’s 12 principals are newcomers to the
school system.
Dr. Richard Lawson will be taking over at South Brunswick Mid
dle School. Dr. Patricia Camey will be at Lincoln Primary School
and Dean Peterson will be heading up Waccamaw Elementary
School.
Lawson is currently assistant principal at Griffin Middle School in
High Point, a position he has held since 1989. Prior to that he was a
high school science teacher in Greensboro, 1987-88, and principal
of a primary school in Wytheville, Va., 1988-89.
He has a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Old Dominion
University, a master’s degree in educational administration from the
University of Virginia, an advanced diploma in curriculum and a
doctorate in educational administration from California Coast Uni
versity.
He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Virginia and is in
volved in curriculum development on the national level. In his spare
time he serves as a high school and college football official. He has
two children he plans to enroll in Brunswick County schools.
Camey currently resides in Fairfax County, Va., outside Washing
ton, D. C., where, since 1970 she has worked as an assistant princi
pal at an elementary school.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in general education and early
childhood education and a master’s degree in behavior science and
psychology, both from Kean College, and a doctor of education de
gree in administration, management and negotiations from Vander
bilt University. She also received a special diploma, comparable to
a doctorate, in psychology and education, from Oxford University
in England.
In 1984 she served was a volunteer helping to implement the
White House computer system. In addition she’s been involved in a
Japanese language immersion program and taught academically
gifted children prior to becoming an assistant principal.
"She’s a dynamo," Gloria Talley, public information officer, said
last week. "We just felt so fortunate she wanted to work here and
we were able to bring her here."
Peterson is a Leland area resident who has been assistant principal
at Blair Elementary School in Wilmington since 1988. There she
helped coordinate the year-round school program that is currently in
place.
Prior to that she was assistant principal at Winter Park
Elementary, 1991-92, and at Ogden Elementary School, 1987-89.
She was a teacher of exceptional children at New Hanover High
School from 1978 to 1987.
Peterson has a bachelor’s degree in education from UNC-Chapel
Hill, plus a master’s degree in special education and two advanced
degrees, all from East Carolina University.
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Three more seeking Leland council seat
dj terry rope
County Editor
Three more Leland residents have applied for the vacant position on the
town council.
The board will interview five applicants at a special meeting June 2, 6
p.m., at Town Hall.
Three men and two women are seeking the seat opened when George
Yates resigned February 18. Yates and his wife sold their home in the
Westover Subdivision and decided to build a new one in Scotts Hill.
The newest applicants are Rosemary Long, 38, of 135 Lee Drive; Fred P.
Seltzer El, 34, of 151 Fairview Road; and David Seltzer, 32, of 110 Wood
land Drive.
Two who applied last month were Archie Chadwick Sellers, 31, of 149
Navassa Road, and Lucille Dresser Blake of 527 Village Road.
Ms. Long is a school bus driver, substitute teacher and is also involved in
commercial construction.
She is a member of the Brunswick County Keep America Beautiful
Committee, the Dixie Youth Baseball Association, Parents and Teachers
Association and is a volunteer for the Youth Council.
If chosen she would stress services for youths, senior citizens and im
proved roads.
"I feel a person should care about their town, to improve the way of life
for all," said Ms. Long. "I feel we as a town can do anything if we talk to
eacn otner ana wok together.
Fred Seltzer owns a pawn shop and jewelry repair business in Leland.
His concern for the town is both as a resident and as a businessman, he
said. He serves as a Mason and Shriner.
A goal is to "help in making Leland a finer place to live and woik," he
stated.
He would lend his help with "any legitimate concern of any resident of
the Town of Leland," he added.
David Seltzer is a real estate broker and serves on the state and local
boards of realtors and is junior vice-commander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 9048 in Leland.
His goal is to "see our community and its residents achieve their goals,"
he stated.
Problems he would focus on if chosen include increased property values,
the crime rate, zoning and to "reverse the negative image surrounding com
munities have of Leland and its residents," he stated.
Sellers is a mechanic at Carolina Power and Light Co. and is a coach in
the Dixie Youth Baseball Association.
Ms. Blake serves on the Leland Planning Board, has served on the Bruns
wick County Library Board of Trustees and is a member of the Brunswick
County Historical Society.
Leland has four council members and a mayor, who does not vote except
to break a tie.
Leland council meeting with
firemen is called into question
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Some questions have been raised
about a special, closed-door meeting
of the Leland Town Council involv
ing members of the volunteer fire
department
At the board’s regular meeting last
week, one resident asked if the ses
sion was legal and why it was neces
sary.
A notice of the meeting was faxed
to The State Port Pilot office in ad
vance as required by the N. C. Open
Meetings Law. It said the council
had called for an executive session
with members of the Leland
Volunteer Fire Department Board of
Directors to discuss a personnel is
sue.
Mayor S. L. Doty said the council
makes a yearly investment in the
fire department and that the town
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Norman Clifton Brown and Evelyn
Little.
Michael Shane Garnet and Sherri
Denise Perry.
Samuel Martin Brown and Frieda
Carolina Dassaro.
Robert Joseph Carteret and Tracy
Lynn Steele.
Landis Ray White and Carla Black
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John Wayne Gaddy and Karen Pullen
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Grant Adelbert Canfield and Crystal
Lorraine Richardson.
Michael Prior Battin and Cecile
Andrea Edwards.
Robert Hayden Clark and Patricia
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Theofilos Antonakos and Margaret
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William Matthew Chappell and Can
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Thomas Kenneth Hemphill and Har
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needed "to move to protect the tax
payers’ money."
"We discussed, also, personnel
matters with our police department,"
said Doty, "and it was strictly legal."
The town donates $12,000 yearly
to the fire department with $7,400 of
that amount specifically earmarked
to be used for payments on a new
truck.
"We have every right to protect it
(money)," added Doty.
During public comments, resident
Debbie Greiner asked why the meet
ing was held. She also questioned if
residents will get to vote on a sewer
bond referendum and if negotiations
are still open with the Town of Bel
ville about forming a regional sewer
authority.
Resident Jerry McGowan got into
a heated exchange with town at
torney A. A. Canoutas over whether
the special meeting with firemen
was legal.
"We did not run an illegal meet
ing," said Canoutas. "Would you
rather that the town get sued over a
personnel matter?"
By a special resolution previously
adopted by the council, all agencies
that receive donations from the town
must state how the money will be
used and must also give an account
of any expenditures by mid-year.
The agency can submit the report
in writing. Before the fire depart
ment purchased the new truck it ob
tained an agreement with the town
fa* a yearly contribution to help pay
for it.
Doty alluded to complications
with the neighboring Noth Wil
mington Volunteer Fire Department,
which has been reorganized by New
Hanover County. Some northern
Brunswick County volunteers are
also members of that organization.
The Leland fire district includes
all of the town limits. The council
has set aside $24,500 of its 1993-94
proposed budget for donations,
which includes its yearly contribu
tion to the Are department.
"We agreed that we would give
that money several years ago," said
councilman Jane Gilbert. "We want
to make sure it goes to a specific
purpose, because that is your
money."
The town is also lending a hand to
help the department improve its fire
rating, which could result in lower
insurance rates for homeowners.
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The Brunswick County Health Depart
ment last week issued the following
sanitation grades to local restaurants,
food service establishments and lodging
facilities. An "A" is given for scores be
tween 90 and 100, a "B" is given for
scores between 80 and 89, and a ”C" is
given for scores between 70 and 79.
Long's General Store, Adi, 95, A.
Reed's Country Store, Longwood,
91.5, A.
Cook’s Nook, Supply, 94, A.
Han-Dee Hugo's, Shallotte bypass, 93,
A.
Cougar Pit Stop and Deli, Boiling
Spring Lakes, 93, A.
Wilson's meat market, Southport, 92,
A.
Crow’s Nest Grill, Southport, 95.5, A.
Senior citizen nutrition site, Bolivia,
92, A.
Jones-Byrd Snack Bar, Sunset Beach,
92.5, A.
Lee’s Petroleum, Lei and, 93, A.
Kim’s Oriental Foods, Leland, 95, A.
Market Express, Shallotte, 93, A.
Scotchman, Shallotte, 90.5, A.
Island House, Ocean Isle Beach, 91,
A.
Southbound Snack Shack, Bolivia,
925, A.
Kirby’s Pood Center, Supply, 94.5, A.
Sonja’s Grill, Supply, 96, A.
Han-Dee Hugo’s, Long Beach, 87.5,
B.
Hardee’s, Leland, 93, A.
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