County Among 7 1 Chosen In Stop Smoking Effort Brunswick County's Health Department will participate in Project ASSIST, a federally funded program aimed at helping smokers quit the habu. Brunswick and New Hanover counties, w hich filed a joint application last month to par ticipatc in the program, were among the 1 1 sites chosen in the state to receive part of the S8.5 million in Project ASSIST funds. ASSIST slnnds for the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study for Cancer Prevention, a joint effort sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society plus state and local health agencies. The goal is to educate persons about the dangers and health problems caused by tobacco use and to rcducc '.he number of tobacco users by the year 2(*X). Project ASSIST will expand on existing or ganizations and community groups to help elim inate tobacco use by "bringing effective preven tion and cessation interventions to those who participate voluntarily," said Jan Reichenbach, Brunswick County's public health educator. The program is aimed at children and ado lescents. pregnant women and tobacco users who want to quit. A seven-year project, ASSIST will disburse $8.5 million for use in the media, schools and health care systems throughout the state. Following the iwo-ycar planning phase, the stale will initiate five years of intervention, said Ms. Reichcnbach. According to a National Cancer Institute fact sheet, the primary objective of the national program is to dcclinc tobacco use among adults to 15 percent by the year 2CXX). The program al so hopes to cut in half the number of new smok ers among adolescents by the year 2(XX). In North Carolina, approximately ?9 X per cent of persons over the age of 16 smoke tobac co, according to a 1985 survey. The 37.9 per cent among adult males was second highest in the United States. I FIVE NOW ASSIGNED TO MONITOR NRC Ups Safety Inspectors At Brunswick Nuclear Plant Five Nuclcar Regulatory Com mission inspectors arc now assigned to monitor safety at Carolina Power & Light Company's Brunswick Nuclcar Plant near Southport. Brunswick normally has three resident inspectors, according to NRC spokesman Ken Clark, one more than is tjpically assigned to a two-unit plant. Additional inspectors were as signed m February and will remain until mid-April. They were sent to the plant alter an NRC inspection re port released in January ranked the plant as safe, but needing improve ment in thre'C areas: security, main tcnance and technical snpjx>rt On-.' of the new assignees. Albert Gibson, director of NRC's Division of Research Safety in Atlanta, is serving .is temporary safety director to over-.ee safety, monitor work and seek tn correct deficiencies, the only one at any nuclear plant in the Southeast. The other, project engi neer Robert Carroll, is investigating weaknesses in plant maintenance performance and procedures. Also, the plant's three regular in spectors arc performing additional inspections in preparation for a spe cial performance review that will be issued in May after the additional staff have left. At the lime of the January review and at a recent press conference in Wilmington, the NRC said it consid ered the problems at the CP&L plant as serious and would be looking closely at its operations. The plant has been fined eight times since July 1988 for violations. The most recent came on Jan. 6, when a fine of SI 25 ,000 was im posed for violation of maintenance control procedures. Following the special perfor mance review, the NRC plans to re quest a plan of corrective action from CP&L which will be moni South Brunswick High Plans New Approach South Brunswick High School faculty members and interested par ents have begun planning how the school will set into place the com prehensive school improvement concept for the 1992-93 school year. Advocated and backed by a major ity of the school's parents, teachers and administrators, the flexible con ccpi has worked with success in other North Carolina schools, according to a news release from project spokes man Kathleen Thompson. Mrs Thompson, an English teacher at South Brunswick High, saul the Comprehensive Manage ment Program (CMP) focuses on a Pomuvc school climate, individual attention, vocational and career awareness needs, and identification and prevention of those problems that cause students to be unsuccess ful in school. Examples of ideas being consid ered arc a ncwsletler for parents, a new discipline policy which puts re sponsibility for behavior on the stu dent, and identification and immedi ate referral of at-risk students. Spearheading the planning com mittees arc Karl Tutt and Bill Har grove. Other committee leadership as signments arc as follows: Bill Schcwc and Ronnie Jenkins, safe and orderly; Meg Poe, climate of high ex pectations; Dean Carroll and Joyce Williams, instructional leadership; Barbara Scott, clear and focused mis sion, Daisy Eagles, student services management team; Elizabeth Bradley and Mary Williams, opportunity to learn; Charles Aldrich, frequent mon itoring; and Mickey Hancock, posi tive home school. Another Band Chosen Hoggard Senior High School Marching Band from Wilmington will represent the Seventh Con gressional District in the National Independence Day Parade this sum mer in Washington, D.C. Congressman Charlie Rose an nounced the band's selection from among five nominees that had in cluded the North Brunswick High School Band at North Brunswick High School in Leland. Coworksrs Rgiss $-4,500 For d g u d i ! ! FunH A one-day effort by fellow em ployees at the U.S. Army's Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point has raised more than S4.500 for a bone marrow transplant fund established for Chris Caudill of Supply. Terminal spokesman Myrtle D. Meade said employees brought in cakes and other baked goods to be auctioned, as did some of Mrs. Caudill's friends and neighbors. Some of the cakes sold for as much as S250cach. Employees also sold light break fast and lunch items to hring the day's total to S4.521. The fundraiser was held Friday, Feb. 13, said Mrs. Meade, "when on ly bad things arc supposed to hap pen." Security Division employees Ka ren Bridger, Charlie White, Glenn Webb and Riley Kester, Mrs. Caudill's immediate supervisor. helped coordinate the event. "This event shows the Army peo ple who work with Chris think a lot of her and did w hat we could to help," said Mrs. Meade. As noted in last week's Beacon, Dixon Chapel United Methodist Church has established the Chns Caudill Bone Marrow Transplant Fund at UCB to help raise the funds she needs for the procedure, more lhan SHK).(XX). Since the transplant is considered an experimental treatment under fed eral insurance guidelines for the type of cancer she has, her insurance poli cy will not cover the expense. The event at the Army terminal is just of numerous benefits planned to help Mrs. Caudill. Deputies Recover Properly Property valued al $57,359 was recovered by officers in February, according to the Brunswick County Sheriffs Department's monthly re port. Deputies answered 1,399 calls, 129 domestic calls and made 447 in vestigations. Officers served 582 civil papers, 26 foreign warrants, 411 local warrants, five mental and inebriate papers and two juvenile petitions last month Also, the department made nine arrests as prosecuting witness and one arrest on drunk and disruptive charges, discovered one fire, found 21 windows or doors opened and summoned 26 1 witnesses. The report shows deputies logged 117,957 miles on 8,395 gallons of fuel, took 18 trips out of the county, recorded 2,130 miles on a transport van and spent 22 hours on duty and 1 3 hours off duty in court. Twenty-two crime prevention meetings were also held. S TOP SMOKING NO WITHDRAWAL NO NERVOUSNESS NO WEIGHT GAIN WRITTEN GUARANTEE IN ONE NIGHT! 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ATTEND BOTH SEMINARS FOR ONLY S55/PERSON StNiOR ClTl/f N DISCOUNT* i No* ?aiid with other Discount) Chet ? Cash MasterCard Visa Plenty ot Parking c Howard Fleming & Attoc 1991 torcd by ihc federal agency. CP&L has taken steps in an effort to address several of the problems identified earlier by the NRC, with additional efforts ongoing. Correction Cheese is not among the free foods to be distributed Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, in Bolivia by the Brunswick County Depart ment of Social Services. In a news release, DSS incorrect ly included chccsc among the US DA items to be distributed through its commodities program, said Shir ley Weston, DSS food stamp inves tigator. Items will include butter, com mcaJ, flour, green beans, pears, beef or pork, raisins, peanut butter and tomatoes. Brunswick Team Didn't Win, But Made Top Single Score Brunswick County's Quiz Bowl team didn't win the Southeastern Rcgionals Saturday, but did post the highest game score of the clay. busan Khiihps, chiliJrcn s services coordinator for the Brunswick County Library, said the Brunswick County team, from South Brunswick High School, defeated Hobbton High School of Sampson County 175-110 in the opening round of competition. "1 thought that was good," she said. The team went on to lose 145-70 in the second round to Laney High School of New Hanover. Laney went on to win the southeastern championship and the right to com pete for the state title. Four-student teams from eight counties competed in the event at the Pender County Library in Bur gaw. They fielded questions worth up to 30 points each on a variety of topics, including academic subjects and current events. Competing Saturday for South Brunswick were Santino McLaugh lin, Mike WescotL Laura DeFino and Danny Holyficld. Other team mem bers who didn't compctc Saturday were Tommy Fritchey, Joey Wall, John Wall and Ruilra Ramphal. The team, coached by Mabel Cal loway, is comprised entirely of ju niors. "They'll be back next year," said Mrs. Phillips. The team will present a practice round during open house April 3 at South Brunswick High School at Boiling Spring Lakes. The local quiz bowl competition Don't miss our March Flyer SALE Now thru Mar. 31 Standard Staples (sooofoox) 59C Rolodex VIP (Fi6) w/500 cards $12.49 Business Envelopes (500/box) $6.29 with windows $8.69 Mark & Wipe Board 2 x3' $23.95 ea. (Other sizes on sale too!) ? Our Feature Special-Corelle ? on 18-pc. Sculptured Uinnerware bei v* Brunswick Business Service 2 Locations 754-8300, Shallotte ^ 457-4565, Southport is sponsored by the Brunswick County Public Library in conjunc tion with the county's three high schools. South Brunswick's team defeated teams Irom West Bruns wick and North Brunswick last win ter to qualify for the regional. 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