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Runner-Up Returns To Win County Spelling Bee Championship BY SUSAN USHER While he warned very much to win the Brunswick County Spelling Bee, 12-year old champion Leslie Myrie said when it came to the final moments he didn't think he would win. But weeks of preparation paid off. The South Brunswick Middle School sixth grade student will rep resent Brunswick County in the 1991 Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee May 26-June 1 in Washington, D.C. After placing second last year in his first county bee, Myrie cinched this year's championship by spelling the word "undulate" last Thursday night at Bolivia Elementary School. The only returning speller, he out lasted a field of 14 other grade-level champions from five schools. While he didn't set a goal a year ago of winning the 1991 bee, Leslie said his showing did prompt him to enter classroom competition again this year, with the hope of advanc ing. After winning his grade-level bee, he began studying regularly, with the intention of doing his best to win. "If I didn't that would have been alright too," he said, shrugging his shoulders. In addition to the all-expenses paid trip to Washington, Leslie re ceived a set of encyclopedias to re place the used set he now owns. First runner-up Thomas Rourk, an eighth grader from South Brunswick Middle, received a portable televi sion set and a world almanac. Sec ond runner-up Melanie Williams, an eighth grader from Leland Middle, received an unabridged dictionary. Third runner-up Joey Andrews, a fifth grade student at Waccamaw Elementary, received a thesaurus dictionary desk set All four received trophies, and the other contestants received participation trophies. Leslie is the son of Gladys and Leslie Myrie Sr. of Southport, who will accompany him to the capital. Joining them will be his official es cort, Debbie Lemon, bee director for the Shallot tc Junior Woman's Club, and Mary Beth Biachi, feature editor of The State Port Pilot. The wom an's club and newspaper co-sponsor the county bee, with the generous support of the commmunity, said Susan Gibble, club president. "I really didn't think 1 was going to win," Leslie said after the bee. "I thought Thomas (Rourk) was going to win. After he spelled a word cor rectly I thought I would spell the next word wrong." Adding to the tension of the com petition were new rules adopted this year by the Scripps- Howard Nation al Spelling Bee. The local bee fol lows the national rules. When the contest came down to three students ? Myrie, Thomas Rourk and Melanie Williams ? the new rules kicked in. The first: if no speller in a round correctly spells his or her word, all get to return to the stage to spell again. And so it went for three times, be fore Melanie Williams sat down on "precocious," which she spelled "precautious," while the others went on to spell their new words correctly. Leslie missed a chance to forge ahead when he could not spell "au ricular" after Thomas missed it Then Thomas misspelled "imbe cile." To win, the new champion had to spell his next word correctly, then spell the last word misspelled by Rourk, then spell a new word, which happened to be "undulate". News that he had won brought a look of amazement and then delight to Myrie's face. But he remain com posed, talking easily to reporters and accepting congratulations from friends. "1 can't believe how cool he is," observed his mother. "He's always like this." Mrs. Myrie worked with him in preparing for the bee, even calling out words to him at the dinner table, he said. "My mom had a lime with them too," he said, guessing that she prob ably knows ihc words in the bcc praciicc book as well as he did "as many times as we went over them." Concentrating on the first round and intermediate round words in the 1991 Words of the Champions, they worked on two pages a night, cir cling the difficult words and coming back to them on Tuesdays for re view. Sunday nights they studied all seven pages, Mrs. Myrie said. Leslie also studied on his own ? before picking up a book or playing basketball and sometimes before bedtime, he said, squeezing in mo ments of study between other activi ties. "We don't pressure him," said I s mother. "But we always tell him ,o do the best he can. Sometimes we know he can do better." Their counseling and support pay off. After consistently earning "B"s in his advanced math class, Leslie pulled the grade up to an "A" this grading period and joined the "A Team" at school. He's also taken up basketball as a pastime, in addition to playing alto sax in the school band. He enjoys his French class and likes to write poetry. Mr. Myrie said his son has com mitted himself to attending Duke University, and wants to become a doctor, the first in the family. "I want to help other people," Leslie explained. Though an only child, Leslie says his parents don't spoil him, giving him only what he needs and making sure he docs his chores. And, his mother said, Leslie has to do his lessons "before anything else". He enjoys spending time with one or both of his parents, who are active in community affairs. As for next year's bcc, when Les lie found out he would still be eligi ble to enter, he smiled and said, "Oh, I'll try." Others competing in the bee were Tonia Jackson, Carmin Leach and Kenny McGcc, Shallottc Middle; Keven Brown, Bolivia Elementary; BCC Announces Winter Dean's List Brunswick Community College has announced its dean's list and honor roll for the winter quarter. Students on the dean's list at tained a 3.50 to 4.0 grade point av erage (G.P.A.), while those on the honor roll earned a 3.0 to 3.49 GPA. Those listed are as follows, by community: Dean's List Supply: Angela Clemmons, Don na Clemmons, Tonya Clemmons, Leamon Clemmons Jr., Robert Ev ans, Lacinda Freeman, Julia Hayes, Cheryl Hewett, Brent Vamam and William Ward. Shallotte: Janette Clewis, Mary B. Crocker, Frances Gravatt, Matth ew Jessen, Sandra Johnston, Jennifer Kuhnemann, Rona McGraw, Diana Sawyer, Crystal Tripp, Julie Bennett, Martha Clark and Lyn Simmons. Southport: Michael Phelps, Caria Barton, Kimbcrly Trott, Phyllis Mc Coy, Sandra Shope and Angelita Lee. Long Beach: Sharon Barnes, Anne Bivalacqua, Virginia Doak, Maria B. Evans, Wendy Hiaa, Matthew Hoffman, Barbara Prince, Stacie Scales, Debra Shrader, Becky Souther, Clair Weber, Margaret Scott, William Shires and Timothy Lombardi. Leland: Maureen Capczza, Mynle Ganey, Sheila Greene, Buren HarTelson, Deborah King, Richard Duvall and Marcus Leonard. Bolivia: Stephanie Bowling, Me lissa Evans, Pamela Hawkins, Hel en Mellor, Michael Randolph, Toni Randolph and Retha Williams. Ash: Barbara Eddy, Kimberly Smith and Michele Nice!. Holden Beach: Rebecca Burch am, Kay Gerrald and Leslie Farmer. Also listed are Dereck Norfleet of Sunset Beach, Frances Griffin of Castle Hayne, Teresa Walker of Longwood, David Marguccio of Wilmington and Debra I-ong of Ocean Isle Beach. Honor Roll Ash: Tamera Anderson, Ivy Gates, Lora Greene, Lynn Causey, Robert W. Long II and Randell Nance. Shallotte: Connie Morse, Cindy Moe, Kimberly McQuirc, Carla Hol den, Paui Hewett, Leah Gore, Carol Young, Saundra Lipps, Julie Brins field, Rowena Walker, Teresa Smith, Keely Phillips, Katherine Lyles, Tonuia M. Jones and Donna Athan. ;tw THE BRIXSWCK COMING SOON TO HARBOR SQUARE IN LITTLE RIVER, SC BURGERS ? HOT DOGS ? GAMES We will be BETTER than we have to be! Blooming Values ?Hanging Baskets ?Roses & Hibiscus ?Bedding Plants ?Lawn Seed & Supplies ?Landscape Service NC Landscape Contractor #877 Hwy. 17 S., Shallotte Southport: Tamcria Adams, M.S. Bolduc, Jon Kurtz, Karen Beth Perry, JoAnn Grady, Melissa Hulham, Charlene Long, Carolyn McKcllar, Donna Watts and Sheryl Wilson. Leland: Melissa Horan, Juanita Batson, DecAnne Jones and Charles Crocker. Long Beach: Linda Worley, Donna Sharpe, Teresa Streett and Ana Stann. Ocean Isle Beach: Sonja Mil-li ken, Tracy Beeler, Joyce Penland and Greta Harrison. Calabash: Patrick Long, Can dida Wilson, Rudolph Knowles Tener, Rondi Knowles, Ledcdra Ferguson and Karen Dunlcvy. Supply: Laura Vemon, Norman Hewett, Philogene Bryant, Penny Snow and Jayne Todd. Also listed arc William Clem mons of Bolivia, Tammy Lewis of Longwood, Allcnc Ward of Sunset Beach, Martha B. Dorst of Carolina Beach, Rachel Moore of Winnabow, Larry Whitt of Yaupon Beach and Richard Walker Jr. and Joseph Moniz, both of Wilmington. % STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHER BEE FINALISTS (from left) Melanie Williams, Thomas Rourk and (far right) Joey Andrews pose with 199 1 county spelling champ Leslie \fyrie (second from right). Byron Batson, South Brunswick Middle; Tiffanic Thompson, Sha von Sugg and Jeffrey Clayton, Le land Middle; and Bobby McBride, Southport Elementary. Judges were Jim Applefield and Bill Johnston, education professors at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and William Harri son, assistant superintendent of schools for curriculum. Helen Laugisch, a retired cduca tor and former regional teacher of the year, served as pronounccr. Two new positions were added this year because of the new rules. Ed Lemon and Mary Beth Bianchi served as record keepers. County Students Visiting BCC Campus More than 350 Brunswick County high school juniors and se niors arc spending a day this week on the campus of Brunswick Com munity College. West Brunswick High School stu dents visited on Monday, South Brunswick High School students on Tuesday and North Brunswick High School students were to visit today (Thursday). "High schoolcrs in the county are getting a chance to see what pro grams we have here at BCC through the day on our campus," said Velma Williams, BCC recruiter. "Whether Brunswick Community College is their first choice or not, our high school students need to know that a modern, state-of-the-art college en vironment with many career train ing opportunities is available near to their homes, their friends and their families." She said families look at the cost advantage of a student commuting to BCC for their first two years of college, then transferring. Tuition is SI 05 a quarter for full-time stu dents. Financial aid is also avaial ble. The college and the BCC Foundation awarded more than S320.000 this year in scholarships, grants, loans, work-study programs and other aid. Each high school visitation day County Students' Posters Win Beach Respect Contest Brunswick County had one indi vidual winner and three classroom winners in the Operation Beach Respect Poster Contest. liie contest is held annually by the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association in cooperation with the National Park Service, Cape Hat tcras National Seashore. Students from Brunswick, Camden, Curr ituck, Dare, Tyrell, Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, Onslow, Pender and New Hanover entered the contest, which focused on the protection and responsible use of North Carolina beaches. The theme was Operation Beach Respect's five "respects" ? respect CLEAR-VUE OPTICIANS Eye Gl asses ONE HOUR (9C% of the time in most cases ? Glass or Plastic) FRAME SALE 40% OFF RODENSTOCK FRAMES Induing Mens. Women* and Children* Limit On* Coupon P * Cu?tom?f. No Othor Adv*ftlMd Specials Ap ply. Expire* 4/30*1. SINGLE VISION LENSES $1295 ONE HOUR SERVICE PROGRESSIVE NO UNE BIFOCAL LENSES Any Tfp0 FREE EYE GLASSES Buy A Pair of Glasses. Get the Second Pair... rn r* r Offer doee not eppfy *rtth eny other I ill C EI edvertteed epeciele. 100 Minimum Purcheee. euT ? cm* a* a? 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Local winners include Chris Snapps, a student at Shallotte Mid dle School; Lola Jackson's art class at Shallotte Middle School; and both Miriam Richie's seventh grade and eighth grade art classes at South Brunswick Middle School. Cash prizes ranged from SI 25 for first place to S50 for third place, with S750 awarded. on campus follows a similar sched ule. Students first attended an orien tation session that included an overview of the college's programs, then toured the campus with BCC students and staff. Each high school student then had an opportunity to sit in on a class in an interest area of their choice, then discussed career choic es and expectations with BCC stu dents and faculty in the classroom. They also ate lunch in the student center, courtesy of the BCC Foun ' L. Bookworm Causeway Plaza ? Holden Beach ? 842-7380 SUN THURS 10-6, FRI & SAT 10-9 Spring brings new books to read as well as pretty flowers. 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