School Board Investigating
Allegations At South High
The Brunswick County Board of Education is expanding its investiga
tion of an incident that allegedly occurred on or about Jan. 24 in a South
Brunswick High Schol classroom.
A concerned South Brunswick High School parent, Marshall Evans,
asked the board at its meeting Monday night to not only fully investigate
the matter, but to report to the public its findings regarding rumors circu
lating primarily in the Southport-Oak Island area about the alleged inci
dent that reportedly involved "a sexual act in a classroom".
He warts the rumors either proven or disproven because he said the
incident has been unsettling and distracting to both school and community.
"If it did occur.. .my kids are not going to school to be exposed to
that," said Evans. "Whether it happened or whether this is some kind of
weird joke, it's a disgrace to the school system...This kind of environment
is not conducive to learning."
Chairman Donna Baxter and Attorney Glen Peterson said the alleged
incident is under investigation, but that staff has so far not been able to as
certain what actually happened.
Following an executive session, Peterson said the board is expanding
the scope of the investigation. The members, he said, "arc dctcimincd that
if answers can be found and action taken they will do it," using whatever
resources arc available.
School Board Fills Two
Administrative Vacancies
Brunswick County Board of
Education members Monday night
named Dinna Mint/ the new interim
elementary supervisor for 'he ccntral
office.
Mrs. Mintz, of Bolivia, is assis
tant principal of South Brunswick
Middle School. She will succeed
Diane Paqtiin, who resigned last
year to accept a job in private indus
!r>
Doyle Brinson of Southport will
serve as interim assistant principal at
South Brunswick Middle. A social
studies teacher, he nas past experi
ence as an assistant principal in an
other school system, said Ralph
Ward, personnel director.
The board did not fill another ad
ministrative vacancy, the assistant
principalship of Bolivia Elementary
School. That position became vacant
with the appointment of Carolyn
Williams as principal of Supply
Elementary Scnool.
In olhet pcisonne! matters
Monday night, the board:
?Approved the hiring of Betty
Kcanc of Yau|x>n Beach, interim
EngSi.NM tcachc* at South Brunswick
High; Catherine Strickland of South
port, interim social studies tcachcr.
South Brunswick Middle; Inez
Freeman, Asii, custodian. Union
Primary; Holly Grim wood. South
port, interim custodian, Soulhport
Elementary; Julius Brown,
Soulhport, custodian. South Bruns
wick Middle; Janice Brown, Lcland,
interim cafeteria worker, Lincoln
Primary; Charles Bnice, Bolivia,
custodian. South Brunswick High;
and Esau David, Leland. custodian,
Lcland Middle;
?Granted leaves of absence to
Marguerite York, French teacher,
Shallotte Middle; Cynthia Reaves,
lneiitha Marlowe and Cynthia Hill,
teacher assistants. Union Primary;
and
?Accepted the rcsignauons ol Pcar
lene Motley, Shallotte, Union Prim
ary, and Helen Laugisch, Supply,
South Brunswick High.
Prospective Nursing Students
Need To Begin Applying Now
The March 16 deadline's ap
proaching for those interested in ap
plying for admission into the practi
cal nursing program at Brunswick
C ommunity College litis September.
Only 25 students arc accepted
each year into the one year program,
which qualifies students to write the
licensing exam for practical nursing.
Prospective applicants must com
plete the ASSET, a student assess
ment md orientation at BCC, during
March.
The ASSET orientation for pros
pective nursing students will be of
fered at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tues
day, March 3, and Tuesday, March
17, and at 2 p.m. Friday, March 6.
Those who wish iu lake the AS
SET for nursing students need to
contact the college's Student Ser
vices Department to reserve a space
at a convenient time. The depart
ment can be reached at 754-6950,
457-6.129 or 343-0203.
As a head start, prospective stu
dents may begin taking some of the
required courses before being admit
ted into the nursing program, ac
cording to Connie Milliken, director
of nursing.
Non-clinical courses such as gen
eral psychology, composiuon and
anatomy and physiology, for exam
ple, are offered spring quarter at
BCC. Registration for these courses
is Tuesday, March 10.
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Petition Won't Halt New Garbage Oontroct
BY TERRY POPK
A slack of papers bearing hun
dreds of signatures protesting Bruns
wick County's new garbage disposal
contract also contains a number of
surprises.
Of the 1,567 names on the peti
tion, only 1,4X7 were legible, said
Kelly Barefoot, clerk to the
Brunswick County Commissioners.
Of those names, only 817 match
with the county's registered voters
or property lax listings. Officials al
so believe that many names were
not signed by the actual persons.
The petitions were presented to
commissioners Jan. 21 lo protest the
county's decision to hire Waste
Industries Inc. of Raleigh to begin
hauling the county's trash March 1 .
Commissioners haven't indicated
they are wavering on their 3-2 deci
sion to hire Waste Industries. They
have given County Manager David
Clcgg no instructions to halt the deal.
"Other than to go ahead full
steam," said Clcgg.
Some names on the sheets arc re
pealed. Groups of names arc obvi
ously wriucn in the same handwrit
ing.
One bears the name of a "Ladanc
Burlington, 1814 Ocean Isle Drive."
The former mayor of Ocean Isle
Beach spells her name, "LaDanc
Bullington."
"You would think that a pcnain
would know how to spell their own
name," saiu Ms. Baicfooi.
Two businesses. Sellers Auto and
Carolina Strip Boats, arc also listed
on the petitions. Names o! persons
from Calabash, Siiallotte, Bolivia,
W'innabow, Leland and other rural
areas have been signed to the sheets.
One version of the petition, filled
with grammatical errors, states:
"Brunswick County Solid Waste
has been giving away. Your lax dol
lars is going out of the county to an
other county. This was a public bid
and it was bidded away without
public comment or concern.
"If you want to give your opinion
and let them commissioners know
how you feel about this issue, sign
this petition and show your support,
and keep our landfill for Brunswick
County."
Another petition states:
"Brunswick County Solid Waste
I ) has been given away: 2) your tax
dollars are going into another coun
ty;*3) your landfill will be a dump
ing ground for another county, free
of charge; 4) a public service was
bidded away without public notice
or public comment; 5) your dump
sites will he reduced from over 50 to
less than 20; 6) if you want to do
something about this decision, let
your county commissioners know
how you feci."
After the Jan. 21 meeting. District
4 Commissioner Frankie Rabon re
quested that Ms. Barefoot compile
nn nlnhnhfMj/fvJ jjsl of HHTOCS OP. the
sheets and to try to verify them.
The petition also includes the
name of Ms. Barcfoot's brother-in
law, with the name of his business
spelled incorrectly. Two names be
long to friends of hers who have
moved to Wilmington, she said.
Commissioners advertised and
opened bids from three firms. Waste
Industries, which is under contract
in Southport and Long Beach, sub
mitted the low bid of $561,000 per
year to haul the county's garbage
and to operate 10 recycling stations.
For years, commissioners have
r\ r\ r\ r\ r
discussed the possibility of hiring a
private firm to collect garbage in an
attempt to save the county money.
For 1991-92, the county budgeted
S878.(XK) for trash collection.
Sixteen county employees cut under
the contract have been guaranteed
jobs on a probationary status with
Waste Industries.
"They (commissioners) have not
shirked from explaining it," said
County Manager David Clegg.
Brunswick County will still oper
ate the landfill in Supply and will
turn away trash hauled in from other
counties, said Clegg.
The contract with Waste Indus
tries will be finalized when bonding
documents arrive at Clegg's office.
Two of the three commissioners
who voted to hire Waste Industries
have announced they will not seek
re-election this year ? Chairman
Kelly Holdcn of District 1 and Gene
Pinkerton of District 3.
Rabon, who requested the verified
list of petitioners, voted against the
garbage contract along with District
5 Commissioner Donald Shaw.
Rabon has not announced whether
he will seek re-election to the Dis
trict 4 seat
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