Services Mark Easter
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large to bring flowers ami greenery
to place on and around the cross on
Easter morning as a reminder of the
sacrcdncss of the season. Altar
Guild members will be there to as
sist, said Charlotte Pringlc, commu
nications chairperson.
The regular Easter serv ice will be
held at 1 1 a.m. Sunday.
Shell Point
Shell Point Baptist Church on
Shell Point Road off N.C. 130 East
will hold a sunrise devotional
service at 7 a.m.
The Rev. Donald Hardwick,
pastor, will lead the service. Coffee
and doughnuts will be served
afterwards.
Special music is planned for the
11 a.m. worship service. There will
be no evening service.
Jennies Branch
A sunrise service will be con
ducted at the Jennies Branch Baptist
Church Cemetery on Easter Sunday
at 7 a.m., said the pastor, the Rev.
Jesse Bcntlcy. Coffee and dough
nuts will be served afterwards in the
church fellowship hall. All arc in
vited.
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist
Church will host an ecumenical
sunrise service sponsored by the
South Brunswick Intcrchurch Coun
cil. The service begins at 6 a.m. and
the public is invited.
The church is located on Cedar
Grove Road in Supply.
Little River L IMC
The Rev. Frank Hartscll, pastor,
will conduct the Maundy Thursday
candlelight communion scrvice to
day at 7 p.m. at Little River United
Methodist Church, Little River, S.C.
Three celebrations of the Resur
rection arc planned Easter Sunday,
at 8 a.m., 9;30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Nursery care will be available dur
ing each scrvice, said Mary Cobb,
communications coordinator.
St. Brendan Catholic
Holy Week services continue to
day at St. Brendan The Navigator
Catholic Church with a Mass of the
Lord's Supper at 7:30 p.m., with
adoration until 11 p.m.; a solemn
liturgy on Good Friday, 7:30 p.m.;
and an Easter Saturday Vigil mass
at 7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday masses arc
scheduled at 8 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and
12 noon.
The Rev. Frank Maloncy is
pastor. The church is located on
U.S. 17 two miles south of Shal
lottc.
St. James Episcopal
St. James The Fisherman Episco
pal Church has several special Holy
Week services scheduled.
The Holy Eucharist and stripping
of the allar arc part of today's 7:30
p.m. Maundy Thursday service.
At noon Friday, the Good Friday
liturgy will be followed, with sta
tions of the cross at 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
and 3 p.m. The church will be open
for private devotions from 12 noon
to 3 p.m.
The Holy Saturday liturgy will be
followed ai 10 a.m. Saturday, April
14.
Sunday of the Resurrection ser
vices include a 5:45 a.m. Easter
Vigil at SeaMist Camping Resort on
the Intracoasial Waterway at Brick
Landing, followed by the Holy
Eucharist and family service, with
flowering of the cross, at the
church. An Easter egg hunt for the
children will follow on the church
grounds.
At 11 a.m. Sunday a Festive
Celebration of the Resurrection in
planned with the Holy Eucharist,
Rite II.
The Rev. Dr. Richard W. Warner
Jr. is pastor of the church, which is
located at 4941 Main Street, Shal
lotie.
Dixon Chapel UMC
Dixon Chapel United Mclhodist
Church at Vamamiown will hold a
sunrise Easter scrvicc at 6 a.m., fol
lowed by breakfast in the church
fellowship hall.
Gospel Center
The adult choir of Gospel Center
Baptist Church, Vamamtown, will
present an Easter cantata, "Behold
the Man," Sunday, April 15, at 7:30
p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Budget Again On Board Agenda
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation members are to meet again
Monday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. in
Soulhport to complete work on the
proposed 1990-91 schools budge L
The Monday meeting at which
Superintendent John Kaufhold's
contract was not renewed was first
scheduled as a budget work session,
then modified to allow for board ac
tion on the budget, personnel and
attorney/client matters.
Members discussed the proposed
$12.4 million local budget only
briefly Monday, then on the urging
of Doug Baxley, who reminded fel
low members of the meeting's origi
nal purpose arid an approaching
county deadline.
However, afier first considering
adjournment immediately after act
ing on Kaufhold's contract, the
board did vole to approve proposed
capital outlay requests of $4.94 mil
lion. That includes S3.9 million for
site improvements, of which S3. 2
million would go toward the cost of
building a new elementary school at
Supply.
County commissioners had asked
the school board for its annual fund
ing request by Wednesday, April 1 1 ,
when commissioners were slated to
discuss capital expenditures for the
coming year.
At next Monday's meeting,
school board members will discuss
the balance of the local budget ? the
S7.51 million for operations.
The budget projections and local
funding request arc based on local
aiiu preliminary state figures^ feder
al allocation projections arc not yet
available for programs such as child
nutrition and Chapter 1 reading.
Michael T. Cox
Attorney at Law
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the relocation of his office to
4910 Main Street, Shallotte
south of Tripp's Jewelry Store
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THREE BULLET HOLES are evident in a rear window of Inland area resident Steve Earl Grady's
Nissan Maxima stored at the Brunswick County Sheriffs Department impoundment yard. Grady
was one of five assault victims early Sunday outside a Phoenix nightspot.
New Hanover Drug Suspect Arrested
For Shooting At Phoenix Nightspot
BY RAHN ADAMS
The defendant in a month-long
New Hanover County drug trial was
arrested Sunday afternoon in con
nection with a fight and shooting
incidents earlier that day outside a
Phoenix nightspot. Four individu
als ? including a witness in the drug
trial ? were injured.
Brunswick County Sheriff's
Department reports and Dei. Nancy
Simpson stated Monday that the
drug defendant, David Crummy, 28,
of Wilmington, was charged with
two counts of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill inflicting
serious injury, assault with a deadly
weapon inflicting serious injury, as
sault with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill and firing into an occu
pied vehicle.
New Hanover County and SB1
officers arrested Crummy without
incident Sunday afternoon at a rela
tive's residence near Wilmington
and he was placed in the New
Hanover County Jail, Ms. Simpson
said. Closing arguments in
Crummy's drug trial on 53 counts
of cocaine trafficking were sched
uled to continue Monday in New
Hanover County Superior Court.
The detective noted that
Crummy's half-brother, John
McGhee, 28, also of Wilmington,
faces charges of assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill inflict
ing serious injury, assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious in
jury and assault by pointing a gun.
She said Monday that McGhee re
mained at large.
The reports listed assault victims
as Terrance Stoklcy, 18, Damati
Tina Murphy, 25, Ernest Drayton
Jr., 19, and April Denise James, 15,
all of Wilmington; and Steve Earl
Grady, 24, of Route 5, Leland. Ms.
Murphy identified herself to author
ities as a prosecution witness in
Crummy's drug trial.
Ms. Simpson said all of the vic
tims except Ms. Muiphy were in
jured and were being treated late
Sunday at New Hanover Memorial
Hospital. She added that Grady was
the most seriously injured of the
four; he was listed in fair condition
Sunday night.
Reports indicate that the shoot
ings stemmed from a fight that oc
curred Sunday around 2:30 a.m.
outside Club Valentino in the
Phoenix community. Viciirns told
investigators that Crummy was
armed with an "AK-47" assault ri
fle; McGhce, with a semi-automatic
pistoi.
During the altercation, Stoklcy
suffered a gunshot wound to the
groin and thigh areas; McGhee al
legedly fired the shot. Drayton, who
was beaten and kicked, suffered in
juries lo his head. Both Crummy
and McGhee were charged with as
saulting Drayton.
Ms. Murphy told officers that
Crummy threatened to kill her and
that he fired one shot at her. She
said the shot missed her because she
ducked when Crummy pointed the
gun at her.
Grady and Ms. James were hurt
in a separate shooting incident that
happened near the intersection of
Navassa and Cedar Hill roads.
Grady told officers that he was driv
ing his 1987 Nissan Maxima toward
the nightspot when he saw several
cars coming toward him at high
speed. A vehicle allegedly occupied
by Cnimmy and McGhee stopped
next to the Grady car, and Grady
asked the men what had happened
at the club.
Grady indicated that a suspect
armed with a "rifle or shotgun" got
out of the vehicle and began firing
into the Grady auto, reports stated.
Grady suffered wounds to the arm,
hand, chest and face; his passenger,
Ms. James, was shot in the arm and
leg.
Authorities were notified of the
shootings after victims were taken
to the New Hanover Memorial
Hospital emergency room for treat
ment
School Board Fires Kaufhold
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through June 30, 1992, are, in the
words of one letter, both "contrary
to law and void." In a third letter, an
attorney with the Institute of Gov
ernment at Chape! Hi!! concurred
with the attorney general's opinion.
At the same time the basic con
tract was executed, an addendum
provided for automatic renewal of
the contract for at least one year if
the superintendent was not notified
in writing on or before Jan. 31 of
this year that his contract would or
would not be renewed.
That addendum also provided ?
apparently to give newly-elected
members of the board taking office
in December 1988 a voice in the
length of Kaufhold's contract ? that
the superintendent should receive a
written evaluation by the board
within 60 days of its first regular
meeting in December 1988. At that
time, "if the superintendent's per
formance is deemed satisfactory, his
contract shall be extended until 30
June 1992," it noted.
That new contract reflected the
(unanimous) vote by the board on
Jan. 20, 1989, on a motion by
Slockett to extend the contract pur
suant to the 1988 agreement
In their written opinions, both
Edwin Speas Jr., a deputy attorney
general, and NCSBA attorneys
George T. Rogister and Jonathan A.
Blumbcrg note that state law allows
for filling of a vacancy in the super
intendent's post on a permanent or
temporary basis during an election
year, as was the rase in 1988, but
riOi foi extending or renewing con
tracts until new members have been
sworn in following the election.
In their opinions, the law also al
lows school boards to make perma
nent contracts with superintendents
for terms of only two years or four
years, not three as was the result of
the Jan. 20, 1989, contract. The law
also provides for extension or re
newal of a contract only in the final
year of the superintendent's term,
contrary to the addendum.
The opinions also questioned the
validity of provisions allowing for
automatic extension of the contract
without an active vote of the board,
and the effect of the addendum in
restricting the discretion of
subsequent boards in determining
terms of such an extension.
But, said board member James
Clemmons after the meeting,
"They've just got an opinion. It's
not worth a dime until it's taken to
court."
Commenting to reporters after
the meeting, Diane Paquin, elemen
tary supervisor, said she that
Kaufhold had "had more than ade
quale skills" and was a good leader,
based on her experience working
under several administrations. She
said she expected Kaufhold's firing
to have a demoralizing effect on
staff.
"It was poor timing to say the
least; it was very insensitive," she
continued, noting the Southern As
sociation team visit. "There are go
ing to be hundreds of people com
ing through here tomorrow. We
were feeling prctly good about be
cause we had met all the standards
and were ready."
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Cooler Temps
Are Forecast
The Easter weekend in the Shal
lotlc area is expected to be slightly
cooler and wetter than normal, ac
cording to Shallotte Point meteorol
ogist Jackson Canady.
Temperatures over the next sever
al days should average from the up
per 40s at night to the upper 60s
during the day. Rainfall is expcctcd
to measure about three-quarters of
an inch.
During the period of April 3
through 9, the daily average temper
ature in the Shallotte area was 56
degrees, which Canady said was
four degrees below average.
The daily average high tempera
ture was 68 degrees, and the nightly
average low temperature was 44 de
grees.
The maximum high temperature
during the period was 74 degrees on
April 6. The minimum low temper
ature was 36 degrees on April 4, 8
and 9.
Canady measured 0.1 of an inch
of rain during the seven-day period.
Benton Withdraws
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Benton is the second candidate
for county commissioner to with
draw prior to the primary. Democrat
Joe Gaincy, also of District 5, re
signed earlier this year, citing per
sonal reasons. That left three candi
dates in the May 8 Democratic pri
mary: incumbent Grace Beasley and
challengers V.A. Creech Jr. and
Mike Holmes.
Benton is a former Brunswick
County employee. He was fired last
year from a building inspections
job, but did not leave the office and
continued to collect his pay for sev
eral additional months. Commis
sioners then gave him the option of
a cut in pay and different job or
leaving county employ. He chose
the latter.
Though Shaw no longer faces a
primary, he and Benton are both on
the Republican ballot for May 8,
since they have already been print
ed. Gainey's name also is on the
Democratic ballot.
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