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STAff PHOTOS BY SUSAN USMf*
('//A'/V THO\frS(>.\. a Carpentry 11 stink nt and Carpentry I shop assistant, cuts plywood for the STUDESTS ('ROM III It HAROLD CRAIIA.M, dreg h>ng and Ronnie Evans add wheels and
sides of a truck's cargo area. axle pegs, one car at a time. Instructor Gary I'oulos is in the background.
Carpentry Shop 'Elves' Make
Toys For 150 Boys
BY SI'S AN USHER last lorcvcr," said Shirley Carroll, VIC executive dircc
Whai about the hoys? lor.
That was the question on ihc minds of stall and Gary Poulos, West Brunswick High School carpen
voluntccrs at the Volunteer and Information Center as *0 teacher, said \ !C hoard member Brenda Register
ihe 1^90 Christmas season approached. approached him to see it students would be interested in
, . , , , , ntaking something, and also asked for suggestions. He
hver\ vear volunteers dress beautiful dolls for girls , ,,, ? , , . ,. ,
, r .. , n told her a wixxlen car or tov would be best.
as pan of WC s Christmas project for the needy. But Soon anolhcr coJmunilv volunteer. Jack
.he center had never had a specal gift lor the boys Scarborough, appeared with a simple design and a mod
Not until now. This year, because of the work ol 16 cl truck, and the hoys set to work.
carpentry students at West Brunswick High Schix>! and Involved in the project were Carpentry 11 students
other community volunteers. 150 boys each will receive Chris Thompson (also Carpentry I shop assistant), T.J.
a small, hand-made truck. Thornton, Leslie Scoggins. Greg Long, Ronnie Evans,
"They're as cute as they can be and 1 think they will Harold Graham, Willie Stanley, Derick Thomas and
L eroy Simmons: and Carpentry I students Scot! shop, the students worked steadily and hard to meet
Anderson, Richard Holden, Bobby l.ovet. Matthew their Friday deatiline for delivering the toys to VIC.
Mint/, Mike Nelson, Jell Smith and Staccy Saunders. "Ii takes about an hour for a student to mak-j one hy
.ii i j . i the time they cut. nail and glue it, then add the wheels,"
I don i nund helpmu somebody out, said . ? . \.c ... . .. . , . . ? ?
c . . ,* v. . , .J ,, ?. said Poulos. So they vc put a lot of time in it.
Scoggins. We re dome lor the kids who aren t gelling .... ... 3 1.. ? i . ...
toys for Christmas " 1 hc s,udcnls wcrc enthused alxnii the project, he
3 '" s;iid.
Each truck was fashioned from eight pieces of "That made me feci good also." said Poulos. "All
wood. wc hear about kids is that they're selfish. This proves
The Camp United Methodist Men's Club paid for they will do things for other people. I'm proud of them,
the wheels and axles, which were too expensive :he l~he kids never complained, even when they had to redo
stores and were ordered from a catalog inr 'u.d. "11 io something."
wheels arrived last Monday, giving students less than a While the cars don't look like they came from a toy
week to finish the trucks. Like elves in Santa's work- factory, hc said, "there's feeling in every one of them."
Teenage Driver's Trial Postponed Until
January
A Sunset Beach teen-ager involv- while a provisional licensee b\
cd in an accident that lelt one man State Trooper li.D. Barnhardt.
dead in March will face a number ol Court documents indicate officers
driving-related charges in Bruns- determined probable cause did not
wick County District Court Jan. K. exist for the DW! charge following
a breathalyzer test. Arncttc's blood
Matthew Shawn Arnclte, 17, was alcohol content registered .04, while
charged Nov. 3 with driving while .10 is considered loo drunk to drive
impaired, failure to heed a blue light in North Carolina, the report suites
and siren, reckless driving, resisting Arncttc pleaded guilty in August
arrest and obstructing a public offi- io the charge of misdemeanor death
cer, driving while his license was by motor vehicle. The charge stem
revoked and driving after drinking med from a traffic accident on
March IS on Sabbath Home Road side a Seaside video store
near Holden Beach that claimed the Detective Larry Joyncr <>l the
lite of Clyde Justice Olive, M, of Brunswick I ouni> Sheritt s Derail
Supply. ment reported A"?u*tte was shot with
District Court Judge Jerry A. Jol- a .25-caliher pistol while parked
ly gave Arnette a two-year suspend- outside Riptide Vi-Jeos. Amette told
ed sentence and placed him on un- Del. Joyncr that the gun accident
supervised probation. Arncttc's li- a">' fired while he was holding it
cense was revoked until November
1991. He was taken to The Brunswick
Arnette was hospitalized Nov. 27 Hospital in Supply and later trans
alter he accidentally shot himsell in ferred to New Hanovei Memorial
the neck while sitting in a car out- Hospital in Wilmington.
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