BCC Presents Its
Annual Employee
Service Awards
Brunswick Community College
presented its employee service
iwards at the college foundation an
?uial recognition dinner Saturday.
Bob Hill of I ong Beach received
the Teacher of the Year Award and
Charlie Thompson was selected as
he Fmployee of the Year Joyce
llewett. director of business pro
grams, received the Leadership
Award and Ann Harrison of Long
Reach received the Outstanding
Support Stall Award. A special
award was given to Paula Dcvinc as
outstanding member of the part
time faculty.
Hill has been an instructor in the
business computer program since
1^X4 Although he retired from
BCC this summer, he continues to
teach Cobol, Data Communications
and other courses on a part-time ba
sis. He holds a master's degree in
engineering from N.C. State Uni
versity.
Hired as a business instructor at
the college in !l>85. Thompson has
been active in the Foundation's
Campus Fund Drive each year and
had served as its co-chairman.
Thompson also headed the student
recruitment campaign in area gro
cery stores which attributed to the
record-breaking enrollment during
the past academic year
Ms. Hcwctt is the college's Fac
ulty Senate chairperson. She joined
RCC in 1984 and is responsible for
the annual high school business
contest which serves as a recruit
ment vchiclc for BCC's business
programs. Ms. Hcwcu is also a
leader in Delta Sigma sorority and
is a member of the N.C. Business
Educators Association.
A 1986 graduate of the college's
business computer program. Ms.
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RI.C hl\ l\G .WARDS Saturday at the Brunswick Community College Foundation dinner are, from left, Paula Devine, outstanding
part-time instructor; Charlie Thompson, Employee of the Year; Joyce Hewett, leadership Award; Hob Hill, Teacher of the Year and
Ann Harrison. Outstanding Support Staff Award.
Harrison has been a pan-time in
strucior and now serves as a I ethni
cal assistant. In the past year, she
has served as acting prime adminis
trator and acting public information
officer.
A S2(X) cash award was also giv
en to Ms. Devine, a part-ume psy
chology/sociology instructor. She
has also worked with the annual
"Spring In" activity day for the
county's senior adults. A volunteer
advocate for abused women and
children, she presented a "Brown
Bag Lecture" on child abuse last
Spring.
The awards were presented by
Foundation President Shclia Mc
Lamb, collcgc President W. Michacl
Reaves and Foundation Immediate
Past President Bruce Caldwell. The
recipients are nominated by their
peers. The awards program began in
19X8 to honor individuals as models
of achievement.
At the awards dinner. Dean of
Students Beth McLean introduced
several students who told how the
foundation has helped them pursue
their educational goals. Wayne
Community College visting artist
Nnenna Frcelon, who was BCC's
1989-90 visiting artist, provided en
tertainment. An invocation was giv
en by General Education Instructor
Jean Pelletier.
New BCC Trustee Gets Meeting Started
BY SUSAN USHER
Donna Baxter played an impor
tant roie at het first meeting as a
trustee of Brunswick Community
College. Without her. the meeting
couldn't have begun on ume.
Chairman Dave Kelly asked that
the Boiling Spring Lakes resident
he sworn in immediately before the
meeting was called to order, so that
a quorum would be present.
Present along with Ms. Baxter
and Kelly were Lewis Stanley,
Shirley Babson, Charics Lanier Jr.,
James R. Rabon and Eugene
Hewett, with Kelly Holden arriving
late. Absent were Cora Green, Ben
ny Ludlum and Jerry Munn. Gov.
Jim Martin has still not filled the
vacancy created by the resignation
of Tommy Bradshcr ir. May.
Ms. Baxter was appointed by the
college board by the Brunswick
County Board of Education, of
which she is a member.
At her first meeting the board
learned good news about enrollment
and discouraging news about she
budget.
Enrollment Holds Steady
Fall quarter enrollment at the
campus is comparable to that of a
year ago, according to Beth Mc
Lean, dean of students, with 746
students enrolled as of the 11th day
of classes.
That compares to 747 as of Oct. 9
a year ago.
Mrs. McLean said that 313, or 43
percent of the enroiiccs ajc fuSt
nme students, about the same as last
year.
Of the total enrollment, 276 are
taking couises out of personal inter
est while 469 are in degree pro
grams.
The greatest growth in enroll
ment is occurring in general educa
tion, the college's liberal arts pro
gram. "We have 169 students in that
program alone," said Mrs. McLean.
Several students were referred to
BCC this year from Cape Fear
Community College when programs
there were fiiied.
Funds May Be Cut
Ben DeBlois, vice president for
administrative affairs, advised last
/
STAFF photo BY SUSAN USHE?
TRUSTEE DONNA BAXTER (right) lakes the oath uf office
from BCC development officer Vicki Spencer.
Wednesday that the college may be
asked iu reduce its budget this year.
Its allocation from the N.C.
Department of Community Colleges
was cut three percent before it was
ever received, he said, reflecting
cuts by the General Assembly.
Now BCC has been advised that
community colleges can expect to
revert at least another one percent in
funds before the end of the school
year.
For BCC, that 1 percent repre
sents about S25.000 to S30.000,
DeBlois said. 'That means a lot to
us with our budget as tight as it is."
Prior year enrollment is a major
factor in the department's funding
formula. Last year BCC and other
schools had to revert one percent of
their funds to help meet the state
budget.
BCC operated on an extremely
tight budget during the 1989-90
year, as its student population had
grown considerally while funding
reflected enrollment of the previous
year.
Contract Amended
Trustees voted to amend BCC's
contract with Honey & Associates
Architects to allow a one-month ex
tension on its design schedule for
the Odell Williamson Auditorium,
which will put the project ready to
bid around March 1991.
The firm fell behind several
weeks in its work alter trustees
failed to have a quorum for a meet
ing and a document was not ap
proved on schedule, explained Ben
DcBlois, vice president for adminis
trative affairs.
In response to comments from
state reviewers the auditorium plan
has been modified to increase the
si/c of the women's bathrooms and
to move ticket booths closer to the
entrances. Tiusiccs suggested the
architects also acquaint the state
with available parking for the facili
ty, since a question had been raised
about it. Additional parking may be
created later.
Trustees agreed to spend S3,100
in project contingency funds for soil
borings by Wcstinghouse to deter
mine the type and size of founda
tion needed for the facility.
Other Business
In other business trustees:
?Learned that James Lcutzc, the
new chancellor of UNC-Wilming
ton and a foreign affairs specialist,
will moderate a forum on the Mid
die East to be held Oct. 15 21 Bmrss
wick Community College.
?After a brief executive session,
hired Bobby Thomas Clemmons to
fill a new groundskeeping position.
?Heard from Johnnie Simpson,
vice president for curriculum pro
grams, that fall quarter students
may earn dual transcript credits
with UNC-Wilmington for three
courses. More courses will be eligi
ble in winter quarter and the pro
gram should be fully in place by
next year.
?Heard a report on campus se
curity Irom DeBIois and authorized
him to hire a consultant to develop a
comprehensive security plan, at an
expected cost of $500 to SI,000.
The main purpose of the security
project will be to increase protec
tion of valuable electronic equip
ment.
?Heard from President Michael
Reaves that the Department of
Community Colleges to use a "busi
ness plan" approach in seeking S35
million in additional funds from the
General Assembly for the coming
biennum. The funds are for needs
outlined in a major study on the fu
ture of the community college sys
tem completed more than a year
ago.
Drug Defendant Sentenced
For 1983 Ocean Isle Case
BY TKRRY POPE
A New Hampshire man involved
in trafficking more than 10,000
pounds of marijuana into Bruns
wick County received a six-month
active prison sentence in Brunswick
County Superior Court last week.
Christopher James McCaulcy, 41.
of Hillsborough, N.H., was also
fined S25.000 by Judge Henry L.
Stevens. McCaulcy, who was sen
tenced to 35 years in prison, had his
sentence suspended as part of an
agreement with the state for his co
operation with an ongoing investi
gation.
McCaulcy was one of nine peo
ple indicted March 24, 1986 by a
Brunswick County Grand Jury fol
lowing a three-year investigation by
the Brunswick County Sheriff's De
partment and the Suite Bureau of
Investigation on three alleged traf
ficking conspiracies involving in
creasingly larger amounts of contra
band. Prior conspiracies arc alleged
to have included a June 1982 ease
involving 4,(XX) pounds of marijua
na and a January 1983 conspiracy
involving 8,(XK) pounds of mari
juana.
On May 16, 1983, federal, state,
county and Ocean Isle Beach police
officers raided a mobile home at
' akewood Estates near Ocean Isle
Beach, fnsidc was more than 10,(XX)
|x>iiihIs of marijuana with an csli
mated retail value of SI.1 million.
The marijuana is believed to have
been stored in the mobile home
while enroute to distribution points
at more northerly counties in North
Carolina.
McCauley pleaded guilty on July
10. 1989 in one count of conspiracy
to traffick in more than 10,(XX)
pounds of marijuana. All other
charges were dismissed. He was one
of nine indictcd in the case along
with James Newkirk Rice, Eric
William Ka/an of Arizona, Christo
pher Glenn Ford, Robert Sumner
Stowe of Greensboro, Harry Rich
ardson Stowc, of Greensboro, Gail
Elizabeth Wesson of California.
Bailey Owen Cooper and John
Richardson Clissold of Charlotte.
McCauley was one of five per
sons originally arrested in May
1983. A co-defendant who refused
to cooperate with authorities plead
ed guilty in August 1983 and was
sentenced to 35 years in prison and
fined S25(),(KX). Christopher Ford
was given a 17-year active prison
term and made not eligible for work
release.
Two other defendants in the case,
Clissold and Cooper, were also
scheduled for sentencing last week
in Superior Court, however; their
cases were postponed. Both men
have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
traffic marijuana.
County Records 522 Deeds
During July the Brunswick Coun
ty Register of Deeds office collect
ed revenues of $35,558 and spent
S2,479 in expenses that excluded
salaries.
During the month the office
recorded 522 deeds, $4,424; 361
deeds of trust, $4,0X2; 767 irregular
instruments such as filing of corpo
rations, contracts, financial state
ments and cancellations of deeds of
trust, $5,699; issued 26 marriage li
censes, S520; recorded 58 plats,
$1,191; collected $17,107.50 in real
estate excisc tax; and handled
$2,535 in miscellaneous business.
Expenses for the month included
$245 per diem for the Register of
Deeds Advisory Board; $5571 in
staff travel and training and board
mileage; and $1,663.75 in service
maintenance contracts.
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On Sept. 10, a petition signed by
individuals representing 168 lots in
the Shell Point area was submitted
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Shell Point presently is not on the
list of communities scheduled for
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