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VOLUME 63/ NUMBER 24
SOUTHPORT, N.C. ^
FEBRUARY 9, 1994/ 50 CENTS
"ETtrtrgency workers prepare to move an accident victim to Dosher
Memorial Hospital after a two-car crash at Long Beach Road and
•* • ’’‘V • Phot» by Jim H.rpet
Highway 211 last Wednesday night. Four people were transported
there, treated and released.
Minority
•We don’t want (just) any black or-any native
American. We want qualified individuals who can
go into a classroom and do an effective job.’
By Marvbeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
"Sick and tired of adults playing the game of'talk education'." a member of
the Minority Recruitment Task Force said all residents must work together to
improve Brunswick County schools.
"We have individuals in our county who do what I call 'talk education'.
We've got to stop letting it be a 'talk' show," Maliston Stanley said Monday.
The Shallotte businessman and former educator co-chairs the task force with
Christine Flail, elementary supervisor for Brunswick County schools.
"We need to rise above petty politics and personal agendas. Student^
achievement should be at the top.
"We are the foundation. We’re all in this together. We need to do everything
possible to get along. We cannot continue to fight each other or have the image
that we don't have a good foundation," he said.
The task force presented a series of recommendations Monday designed to
improve the racial balance of the county school system's teaching staff. State
and local statistics show that the percentage of minority teachers has dropped
while the number of positions available has increased.
said he doesn't believe the problem is so serious it can't be solved.
"It's going to take some time. Part of what’s happened, happened before most
of us were connected to the schools." he said. "If we could get a group of people
to dedicate themselves to work on proposals like this we can do all kinds ot
things in Brunswick County for the boys and girls."
Stanley said a comprehensive team approach must be taken to carry out the
minority recruitment plan, which covers not only blacks but also native
Americans. Hispanics and Asians.
Although the plan emphasizes minority recruitment. Stanley said the task
force doesn't want the school system to show favoritism toward blacks in the
hiring process.
"We don't want (just) any black or any native American. We want qualified
individuals who can go into the classroom and do an effective job." Stanley
said. "It's important to have quality people in the classroom, whether they're
minority or Caucasian."
What the task force is requesting is "that the playing field be level and lair"
for all individuals seeking employment with Brunswick County schools, he
said.
The school system's personnel department hasn't been effective in recruiting
That situation aiant occur over
night and correcting it isn't something
that can be dSfte quickly, but Stanley
What the plan calls for, page 7
minorities. Stanley pointed out, and
that's why the task force has recom
See Minority, page 7
Northern Mayors conference
Regional sewer gains support
By Terry Pope
County Editor
A new spirit of cooperation
may help bring three northern
Brunswick County townscioser
to forming a regional sewer au
thority.
Mayors from Leiand, Bel ville
and Navassa say they will form
a sewer commission - two rep
resentatives chosen from each
town-to plan a band referen
dum to include voters from all
three.
That decision came at die
January 26 meeting of the
Northern Mayors Conference
held in Leland.
Itmarkedacontrastfrom pre
vious attempts to form a part
nership to provide sewer ser
vice to the northern commu
nity, with talks that were marred
by political differences in the
past.
The Brunswick County Board
See Support, page 6
'Caught by the bridge'
excuses to be detoured
Leland area highway needs were also a main topic at the
Northern Mayors Conference January 26.
The panel voted to ask the N. C. Department of Transportation
to install a flashing sign along the eastbound lane of U. S. 74-76
approaching the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge to alert motorists
when the bridge is raised for river traffic.
Drivers could then use the U. S. 421 alternate route and the
See Bridge, page 9
County gift
of $250,000
aids schools
Some see funding
as political move
in election year
By Terry Pope
County Editor
A surprise vote Monday appropri
ates more than $250,000 in county
funds for school equipment and sup
plies. mostly to bring science classes
up to par.
But not all members of the Brun
swick County Board of Commission
ers voted to go along with the plan,
which passed 3-2.
Some question the timing of the
move in a year when all five incum
bent commissioners face re-election.
Don Warren, board chairman, said
he was convinced to lobby for the
package after he visited the schools
recently and learned first-hand of what
he labeled "critical needs” within the
classrooms. He and commissioners
Donald Shaw of District 5 and Tom
Rabon Sr. of District 4 voted to take
S254.498 from the county contingency
fund to pay for the items as invoiced
from each of the 12 schools.
Items include desks, tables, micro
scopes. hot plates, computers, body
models, botany sets, aquariums,book
binding machines and other instruc
tional supplies, ranging in allocations
as high as S44.619 at West Brunswick
High School in Shallotte to a low of
S7.279 at South Brunswick Middle
School in Boiling Spring Lakes.
Commissioners Wayland Yemen
and Jerry Jones voted against the
motion. After budget proceedings last
year, commissioners at that time re
fused to allocate money as requested
by school officials for those same
classroom needs.
The board also later refused to set
aside around $308,000 to'pay for the
supplies and instead earmarked the
funds for- a new elementary school
See Gift, page 6
School
officials
’pleased’
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Two top school officials
say they are "pleased" with
the $-255,000 appropriation
approved Monday by tire
Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners.
Tm really pleased to see
they realized there are areas
that need grave help," school
board chairman Donna
Baxter said Tuesday. "I’m
very pleased they came
through to give us this. It's
See Officials, page 6
Filing period
closes Monday
Several candidates decided to run
for political office Monday just be
fore the filing deadline at noon.
But overall, the list of candidates is
down this election, the first time that
all five seats are open for two-year
terms on both the Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners and the
Brunswick County Board of Educa
tion.
Previously, the seats were for four
year staggered terms until changed by
special legislation.
Two races will have no primary —
the District 2 slot for county commis
sioner and the District 5 seat for the
school board.
Some familiar faces also joined '.he
list of candidates Monday, including
former county manager William D.
(Billy) Carter of Yaupon Beach, who
filed as a Democrat for the District 3
seat on the school board against in
cumbent Republican Bill Fairley.
Carter will face no opposition in the
May 3 primary. He ran unsuccess
fully for that seat two years ago.
Eric Pfeiffer of Yaupon Beach tiled
as a Republican and will challenge
Fairley.
Former county commissioner M.
Rozell Hewett of Shallotte Point, a
Republican, entered the race for the
See Filing, page 9
I OUTSIDE
Forecast
The extended forecast
calls for windy and cold
weather Thursday with
temperatures dropping
into the 40s. Mostly
cloudy and cold Friday
with temperatures in the
40s; partly cloudy Sat
urday and Sunday,
highs in the 50s and
lows in the 40s.
Tide table
HIGH LOW
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10
7:52 a.m. 1:24 a.m.
8:04 p.m. 1:53 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
8:32 am. 2:06 a.m.
8:43 p.m. 2:32 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12
9:09 am. 2:47 a.m.
9:21p.m. 3:10 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13
9:44 am. 3:26 am.
9:57 pm. 3:47 pm.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14
10:18 a.m. 4:05 a.m.
11:34 pm. 4:24 paL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
10:53 am. 4:44 am. \
11:12 pm. 5:02 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16
11:29 a.m. 5:26 a.m.
11:54 p.m. 5:43 pm.
Hie 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 -45;
Lockwood FoUy Inlet, high -22, low -8.