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BUDGET DOESN'T COVER IT Teachers' Checks Won't Show Higher Supplement Next Month BY SUSAN I SHHK Brunswick County teachcrs will receive the same supplement ihis year as last, rather than the evtra 517^ in local funds they were expecting. Citing budget shortfalls and a lack of documcnta tion thai the increase was ever approved. Brunswick County Board of Education members Iro/c the supple ments Monday night and took steps to clarity its action relating to the previous year. in making the motion, member Doug Baxley said. "The money is apparently not there." His motion rau fied?after the fact?the board's payment ol the supple ment increase last year. The actions came as par. of an extended special meeting held at Southport Elementary School. The ses sion. which was preceded by a fried chicken dinner served by the cafetcria stall, was called to deal with fi nance, construction, travel and attorney-client matters thai needed to be addressed before the board's next meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13. That post-election meet ing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Union Primary School in Shallottc. The board's decision froze supplements at SI,074 for teachers with an "A" certificate and at SI.250 for those with a "G" certificate and at least six years of ex perience. The decision freeze was not received well by a rep resentative of the iocai unit of the North Carolina Association of Educators, to which many local teachers belong. "All we can do is lobby the board next spring and try to get it unfrozen," said Tom Simmons, prtsi dent, who said he understood the problem with L'e shortfall but didn't appreciate notification one month before the first installment of the supplement incre^.-: \ k STaFt PHOTO BY SUSAN USHCf King Wins Shotgun lummy King of S hallo lie, left, was the winner of a shotgun given away by the Supply -Stiullotte Dixie Youth l> use ball league. The drawing was held Oct. 13 at the Supply baseball field. The league sold 1,460 tickets and raised $1,204 through Us shotgun give away. Also pictured is league president David Batten. Festival By The Sea Kicks Off Next Friday A Hallowixn carnival next Friday night will kick off Holdcn Beach's annual N.C. Festival By The Sea. The weekend festival will contin ue through Sunday. Highlights will include a parade and street dance. Children are invited to help kick oil the event Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Halloween carnival at Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire Department on Hold cn Beach Road. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes. The parade along the Holdcn Beach causeway will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, part of a full day of activities. The action will start at the Tri-Beach VFD island substation at X a.m., with the one-mile and 5-and 10 kilometer festival runs. A horse shoe pitching tournament is set for 1 p.m. Saturday and a kite flying compcution at 2 p.m. Also, this year's lcstival will fea ture a sand sculpture and volleyball # lournamcm at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Campground By The Sea and a storytelling hour for children and adults at 2 p.m. Saturday. Arts and crafts booths will be set up along Jordan Boulevard and Brunswick Avenue both Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other festival events include a surfing contest Saturday morning and a long-driving contcst at the Holden Beach Driving Range Satur day at 3 p.m. Mirage, a Wilmington-based band, will play bcach music and lop 40s at the street dance Saturday evening from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the fool of the old bridge. Three lo cal gosfiel groups, the Kmgsway, The Missionaircs, and The Altar men will take the stage Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. to sing south ern gospel favorites. 20% OFF ANY TYPE OF CLEANING OFFER GOOD TIL OCT. 31 1990 I 1 DECK POWER WASH A DIVISION OF COLONIAL WINDOW fcf SIDING High pressure wash system that removes dirt, mildew and stains from wood, cement, vinyl and some aluminum. Call for free estimates ar.cJ further information 579-6712 ? CALABASH ? 1-800-344-2064 | _ ?C BmJ was to have been paid The board's action isn't likely to break teachers' morale or result in them "teaching any less," he said, though it could he seen "as another slap in the face to teachers" who he said are "just beginning to Icel good" about w orking lor the Brunsw ick County Schools. Simmons' wife. Jams, a teacher at Union Primary School, was NCAH unit president at the time the school Kuril adopted the supplement schedule in March 1WN following an intensive letter-writing campaign by teachers. As adopted, it called lor annual inc rements of S179 per year for four years, to be paid in two install ments in November and May. Rudi Fallon, the system's new finance officer, said formal board action is needed each year for the plan to be carried out However, minutes of the board did not reflect a vote to cam- out the next step of the plan in 14X9-90 or in 1990-91. she said Ms. Fallon told the hoard that the system overspent on instructional supplements last year She said S4,5(X) was needed to finish compensating for thai shortfall. Also, she said, another SIOX.I* x> is needed in addition to ihc $620481 in the current budget just to maintain the supplements at the same level and to pay related benefits. The school system has been operating on an interim budget, awaiting reconciliation of its stale fund and lo cal fund balances. Ms. Fallon said Monday she is be ginning work on a revised budget and needed the Kurd's direction. If the school board decided to pay the higher supplement, she said, u would have to come from the schools' reserve account and would have to be approved by county commissioners. The budget has al ready been trimmed to reflect S300,000 in the proposed budget that the county did not approve. Supplements for instructional staff alone cost the school system $587,35^.65 last year, S80,0(X) over bud get. Of that, all but $4,500 was made up from related line items. Ms. Fallon said that minutes also did not reflect the board's intent to pay teacher assistants a supplement equal to 1 percent of their pay this year or last. Who (Joes To Atlanta? With tight money on their minds, board members wavered Monday between recognizing stall for their work on an accreditation self-study and holding a tight line on funds. In the end, they compromised, sending five people instead of 13. The interim budget included funds to send the su perintendent, assistant superintendent three central of fice staff member and principals of the county's eight primary and elementary schools to Atlanta, Ga., for the Dec. 9-12 annual convention of the Southern Association o( Colleges and Schools (SACS), at an esti mated cost of $6,5X0. Attendees would participate in workshops and programs and the principals would re ceive accreditation certificates for their schools. Instead, after debating a series of motions, the board voted for Baxley's compromise proposal to send As sistant Supenntendent William Harrison, who oversaw the self study. Teacher of the Year Victoria "Torie" Williamson and one representative from each of the three school districts, to be chosen by the superinten dent. "Why not let three people accept the awards and use the rest of the money for the teachers, to do something in the schools," said member Donna Baxter, who start ed the debate. Various suggestions from members James Clem Salt Build-Up Caused Blinks Salt build-up on Brunswick Elcctric Membership Corp.'s Oak Island Ullvl^v. ClUNMIIj; uniufuu IU IIWIIIO III lliUlll Ui UIUII.NHILK V^VJUil" ly lor several hours Thursday night. While villi build-up has caused occasional problems along distribu tion lines in local beach communities, BEMC General Manager David Batten said Thursday's incident was the first lime he knew of it happen ing on a transmission line. Lights flickered on and off in homes and businesses from Winnabow to Supply to Long Beach bccause of variations in the flow of current that continued from 7:45 p.m. to around 10 p.m. Higher winds combined with a lack ol rainfall to create the problem, said David Batten, BEMC general manager. "This area had received some rain, but the Southport-Oak Island area had not. That and the wind caused the salt to build up on the transmission lines." Salt is an clcctncal conductor and caused arcing, which the electrical distribution system's computer relayed as a "fault" to nearby substations and, as the problem worsened, eventually effecting all areas served by the Wilmington circuit, he said, which includes the substations at Winnabow, Midway, Southport, Oak Island and Long Beach. Once the problem was identified, workers isolated it by shutting down the Southport and Oak Island substations and rerouting current to their areas through the Long Beach and Midway substations. The substations came back on line Friday after workers replaced in sulators that had burned on the Oak Island crossing. PHOTO COSTBIBUTCD ADK Marks Anniversary Shallotte Mayor Jerry Junes (above) signs a proclamation de claring Oct. 14-20 Alpha Delta Kappa week, as members (from left) Brendu l^wis, Hilda Smith and Jeanette Mintz of West Brunswick High School look on. The local Beta Beta Chapter of the international honorary sorority for women educators cele brated its 43rd anniversary last week. Proclamations signed by Jones and by Gov. James Martin were posted in all county scho ols and charter members were recognized at the chapter meeting. The sorority promotes high standards in education and recog nizes outstanding women educators. The state unit gives scholar ships and promotes altruistic projects. T Caroline's Ruffled Curtains FACTORY OUTLET . Warehouse Clearance ?'? ,i ?! ,''> We're passing the savings on to you! I ? ? - ; THIS WEEKEND ONLY Limited Quantities I 104x84....$1 9.95 -Large Selection Valances and Pouffes !w 500ea. Come while selections are good. You'll never find prices this low again! North Myrtle Beach I lea Market, Hwy. 17 Fyy. Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday mons, Robert Slockett and Chairman Dorothy Worth would have had a teacher Iroin each school, or cach dis trict. attend in addition to the 13 people on the original list, or in place of several who did not plan to attend. More Travel Planned However, the board quickly approved sending Robert A. Rhyne, principal of South Brunswick Middle School, to the National Middle School Association An mm I Conference, Long Beach, Calif., Nov. 13-17, at an estimated cost of SI,234. He will be representing the N.C. l eague of Middle Schools. In other travel-related action, the board approved Charlie Speight, a state Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) officer from North Brunswick High Schtxil, traveling to Orlando, Fla., to help conduct an effective communications workshop at DECA's Southern Region Conference. The board also approved three suae DECA officers from Brunswick County attending a training session in Raleigh, Nov. 1 and 2. Two of the students are from North Brunswick High School and one is from South Brunswick High School. Other Business In other business the board: ?Met behind closed doors for two hours to discuss personnel and attorney-client matters, aftcwards ap proving routine personnel actions. ?As requested by the school and its athletic boosters club, approved the naming of the West Brunswick High School football stadium in honor of Dr. M.H. Rourk, who is giving S25.IKX) toward the stadium's upgrading. ?Adopted a policy that provides for the board to clcct officers each December, rather than every other school following election of new members to the board. - ^Ulll ??? I' BRING HOME 'THEfeBEACONi On Sale At CONVc"~ ??^ENZeTA' ^'U's"cl>E *ls?^C Deputy \A/i'r*r? Y Y I1 IO Meet Brunswick County Sheriff's Deputy George Stanley von first place in the 1990 Eastern U.S. Bench Press Classic championships held in Fayet teville Oct. 6. Stanley partici pated in the open 242-pound class. He bench pressed 460 pounds to win the event. A re cent winner in the bench press at the N.C. Police Olympics, Stanley's next competition is Nov. 10 in Goldsboro. He is listed among the top 20 weightlifters for his class in the country. STAFF PHOTO BY Tf MY POPE This newspaper is printed on recycled paper! When you finish reading it, try to recycle it! THE BRUNSWICK ^BEACON i nnouncirn tp % NOW. OPEN SATURDAYS 8-12:01 |fo better accommodate our service customers... Our Service and Parts Department is now open Monday-Friday 7:30-6:00 and Saturdays 8:00-12:00 $ 20 OFF Front Brake Job OFFER GOOD THRU OCT. 31 WITH THIS COUPON JONES FORD CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH-DODGE 754-4341 MON FRI 8 OO 7:30. SAT 9 4 HWY 17 N SHALLOTTE ^?L#0URS
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