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Minority
hiring is
the goal
By Holly Edwards
Feature Editor
An aggressive program to recruit
minority teachers, administrators and
counselors in the Brunswick County
school system was presented the
school board Monday night by assis
tant superintendent for operations
Clarence Willie.
"It’s very difficult to recruit minori
ties without an aggressive approach,”
declared superintendent of schools
Marion Wise. “We hope to extend
early contracts to a minimum of ten
minority candidates for teaching pp
sitions each year."
Wise said about 50 new teachers
tire hired by the school system annu
ally.
In June, the Brunswick County
chapter of the NAACP filed com
plaints about the lack of minority pro
fessionals in the school system with
the U. S. Education Department’s
Office for Civil Rights. The office
reviewed the complaints, but con
cluded there was not enough evidence
to pursue a civil action against the
school system.
A survey of Brunswick County
school employees showed that 16
percent of all teachers. 19 percent of
guidance counselors and 25 percent
■y, administrators are minorities, while
.00 percent of the system’s unskilled
iaborers are minorities.
Minorities make up about 24 per
cent of the student population.
To recruit more minority profes
sionals, Willie said he has written all
47 institutions of higher learning in
the slate that train teachers and re
quested an “association” with them.
He said the school system will con
duct recruitment activities at these
institutions and will attend campus
See Minority, page 6
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Photo b\ Jim Harper
Marching troops. Happy clowns. Sad ones too. Princesses. Flags and banners. Santas. Santa hats, a bunch.
Flying candy. Smiling faces. The occasional tiger. They all turned out for the Christmas-by-the-Sea Festival
parade on Oak Island Saturday afternoon. Upcoming at 11 a.m. this Saturday is Bolivia's third annual
Christmas parade, and the northern Brunswick parade is next weekend. More photos on last Saturday’s
doings in the Neighbors section.
But initiatives in place
School violence rate is up
By Hollv Kdwards
Feature lidilor
The crime rate in Brunswick County schools increased during the 1995-96
school year and remained higher than state average, according to a report
released last week by the state Department of Public Instruction.
A total of X9 criminal or violent acts were committed in Brunswick County
schools during the 1995-96 school year, while 68 acts were committed dur
ing the 1994-95 school term.
The rate of criminal acts committed was 9.8 per thousand students in
Brunswick County during the 1995-96 school year -- up nearly three inci
dents from the previous vear -- and 7.2 per thousand students statewide.
See Violence, page 11
‘Students need to know our expectations of
them both academically and socially. And
parents and school personnel should make
sure students understand the consequences
of their behavior.’
Supt. Marion Wise
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State review
Case is made
for expanded
court facility
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Brunswick County’s courthouse
may have been an architectural show
case of the ‘70s, but it is far too small
and will need some major renovation
work or even replacement as we head
into the future.
That's the analysis of a facility re
view of Brunswick County’s court
house recently conducted by the N.
C. Administrative Office of the
Courts, which also studied four other
North Carolina county facilities un
der a grant from the State Justice In
stitute.
It recommends a plan to almost
double the current size of the court
house at the Brunswick County Gov
ernment Center near Bolivia to relieve
overcrowded conditions of the court
rooms, its waiting areas, judges’
chambers, clerk of court's office and
district attorney’s space.
The courthouse contains 23,450
square feet, of which approximately
19,500 is usable space. Of that,
15,000 is assigned to judicial func
tions while the other 4,500 is occu
A study
recommends a plan
to almost double the
current size of the
courthouse at the
Brunswick County
Government Center
to relieve
overcrowded
conditions
pied by the register of deeds office
and other county functions.
One option recommends moving
the register of deeds out of the eouii
house and assigning that space to
court functions. Brunswick County
clerk of court Diana Morgan’s lacil
ity was also surveyed during a two
See Facility, page 8
Rezoning sought
on 131-acre tract
northeast of city
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
A i lorida-based real estate devel
opment firm will ask Southport aider
men Thursday to rezone a 131-acre
parcel now owned by Pfizer Inc. for
singic-laniily residential develop
ment
If that request is granted. Oleander
Development Company will ask al
dermen to extend sewer service out
ol town to the development which
ma\ initially be subdivided into 120
lots south of Prices Creek.
(iretchen Peoples, of Long Beach,
ser\ es as local agent for Oleander De
velopment, of Moore Haven, FL. She
said the firm is eager to make the first
25 to 30 lots in the parcel between
Moore and Leonard streets opposite
Ferry Road available for purchase by
spring.
"The developer has in mind a re
ally nice upscale subdivision," Ms.
Peoples said. "They are talking about
lots of 15,000 to 20,000 square feet."
Meeting November 21, the city
planning board unanimously voted to
recommend the rezoning request to
the board of aldermen. 'The tract is
currently zoned I-1 and 1-2 for indus
trial use. Oleander Development,
which proposes to buy the parcel, has
joined the present parcel owner in a
request to assign the property R-l,
single-family residential, designation.
"The owner's intention is to de
velop the property as a well-planned
and professionally designed commu
nity of single-family homes,” the zon
See Rezoning, page 5
Service station owner's wife charged
Oak Island shocked by Warren death
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Editor
I-amily friends and employees ot the Ibwnot 'taupon Beach
Momla' and Tuesday mourned the death ot lormer town com
missioner and popular Yaupon Exxon service station owner
j \| Warren, describing him as an exceedingly generous
man who ease much to many.
1.1 lt, t| u at half-staff over Yaupon Beach down Hall where
Warren .arsed as a losvh commissioner between Id77 and
ms:. . , .
Warts n oil. succumbed to gunshot wounds ot his chest
Sunday niehl His wife, Varie Warren, 59. surrendered her
self at fhi. Ih inisss ick C riunty Sherdf s [department Tuesday
1( | | ., n, an arrangement made between Yaupon Beach
police < hici \an l.ddmger and her attorney Bonner Stiller.
Warri.nis issued late Monday charge Mrs. Warren with
murdel
‘She voluntarily told a detective she
had shot him, that she didn’t mean to
do it, she didn’t know what she was
doing, and she hoped he would be all
right.’
Van Eddinger
Yaupon Beach police chief
She will make first appearance before the District Court
At first appearance a judge will decide if there is probable cause
is probable cause lo bind the ease over to the Superior Court
lor trial. II probable eause is found, it is likely the case will
be presented lo a grand jury tor indictment.
•■Right now, it's just a basic murder charge," chiet Eddinger
said Tuesday morning. " 1 here's no degree or anything. The
warrant just says murder
Shock and disbelief were the most frequently expressed
emotions at Yaupon Beach early this week. I he Warrens were
backbones of this small community. For more than 20 years
J M. Warren operated Yaupon Fxxon, bringing his sons James
and Mark into the business and adding a NAI’A auto parts
store. Oak Island Cab Company and a wrecker sets ice to the
businesses run from the corner ol \aupon Drive and Barbee
Boulev ard.
Mrs. Warren operated \arie x Family Hair C are a beauty
salon, in a building next door lo the service xt.uion. I lie couple
lived onlv a block awav Irom the businesses in a two-story
See Death, page '
Forecast
Alter the cold temperatures earlier
this week theextended forecast calls
for mostly sunny skies with highs in
the mid to upper 60's.
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Police report ... 7
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Business.10
Church..6B
District Court .. 5C
TV schedule .... 6C
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