Air Show First Event Of '92 Azalea Festival An air show at New Hanover In ternational Airport will get the 1992 North Carolina Azalea Festival off to an early start. The U.S. Navy's jet demonstra tion team, the "Blue Angels," anil the U.S. Aimy's frecfaii parachute demonstration team, the "Golden Knights" of Fort Bragg, will fea tured at the Azalea Festival Air Show April 4 and 5 at New Hanover International Airport. Aiso, said air show publicist Grctchcn Nash, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, this year's show will feature flight demonstrations by fa mous "warbirds" including a B-17 Flying Fortress. Accompanied by a B-25 and a P-51 Mustang, the B-17 will perform simulated bomb drops and strafing. In addition, "Adventures in the Air" will entertain with dual precision acrohalics and ihc Confederate Air Force will entertain with a pyrotechnics programs. An Air Force F-15 Eagle will also perform. Gates open at 9 a.m. and close at o p.m. Static aircralt and displays will be available for viewing throughout the two-day air show. Air demonstrations are scheduled from 12 tKx>n to 4 p.m. each (by, though times are subject to change. Tickets arc S5 for adults and S3 for young people ages 5 through 1 5. Admission is free for children under the age of 5. Tickcts are available at the Azalea Festival Ticket Office at Independence Mall and the New Hanover International Airport. Free parking will be available in designated air show lots. The airport is located off 23rd Street. The air show is a prelude to this year's A/alea Festival, April 9-12. Workshop Set On Land Plan Brunswick County's Planning Board will hold a public workshop next week on the 1992 update of the county's land use plan. The board will meet Thursday, April 9, at 8 a.m., in the new Emer gency Operations Center, which will house the 911 communications program at the Brunswick County Government Center in Bolivia. Since the last land use plan was approved in 1987, the county has adopted a new subdivision ordinance. Also, Brunswick County Commissioners plan to adopt countywidc zoning laws this year. By a two to one margin, voters in November asked for county wide zoning. Planning Director John Harvey is in the middle of drafting the zon ing ordinance. Those two documents represent key changes for the 1992 land use up date that the planning board and consultants Glenn Harbcck and Asso ciates of Wilmington are compiling. In January, the planning board held five public meetings to gather in put for the updated plan. The next step deals with drafting county poli cies for growth and development. Policy statements help maintain a consistent and predictable direc tion for local government decisions affecting growth and development during the five-year planning period. Policies cover resource protection, such as coastal wetlands and estu arine waters, and resource production and management, which includes agricultural uses of land and commercial forestry. Policy statements also cover economic and community development policies concerning industry, public services, roads, inlcLs, bcach renour ishment and public access. Another section deals with storm hazard mitigation, post-disaster re covery and cvacuauon steps in the event of a hurricane. ROCAME Members Attend Conference ticvcn students and two adults represented Brunswick County March 12 and 13 at the ninth annual statewide conference of the N.C. Science and Mathematics Alliance at Fayetteville. Delegates from the county's RO CAME chapters (Region ) Council for the Advancement of Minorities in Engineering) were Otis Mapson Jr. and Christine Lloyd, North Brunswick High; Kimbcrly Brown, Lcland Middle; Nicolc Hcwctt and Amic Sidbcrry, South Brunswick Middle; Tyrcncia Bernard, South Brunswick High; David Bowcns, Waccamaw Elementary; Mia King, Shallottc Middle; and Darrilyn Morgan and Marcus Bernard, West Brunswick High. Local coordinators who attended were Recda Hargrove and William Fly the. The focus of the confcrcncc was "Exploring Careers in Mathematics, Science and Technology". Activities included competitions, a banquet, quiz bowl and tour of the Fay ettcville Slate University campus. FSU and Fayetteville Technical Community College hosted the con fcrcncc. ROCAME students from five southeastern school systems partici pated in writing, mathematics and construction competitions with stu dents in similar organizations from the Fayetteville and Roanoke Rapids areas. Kimbcrly Brown of Leland Mid dle School won first place in the general math competition, while the ROCAME students placed third in overall competition. SALE DATES POSTED IN STORE See Our Insert In This Week's Beacon You are invited to... SOMERSETT'S HARDWARE Open: Mem -Sat. 7 AM-6 PM, Sun. Noon-6 PM, Hwy. 904 East, Grissettown, 579-6006 Kitchen remodeling, counter tops, vanities, bookcases. Also small boats, cedar strip or plywood. Several models. Custom sizes. Quality work. References. r jHik ? sta?f photo bv susan usher ROBERTA STANLEY and Michelle Ixince stir up batches of chicken jambalaya for a "Cajun Cooking" demonstration last Friday at West Brunswick High School. West Brunswick Co-op Class Cooks Guests A Cajun Dinner Guests of the home economics department at West Brunswick last Friday got a taste of Louisiana Cajun-style cooking at a dinner giv en by students in an advanced coop erative education class. Ten students in Home Economics teacher Priscilla Johnson's sccond year class prepared seafood gumbo, chicken jambalaya and bread pud ding using traditional recipes that had been modified to reduce salt, fat and cholesterol. Decorating tables with bright-colored tablecloths and sending out invitations, they invited guests from across the county to a mid-moming sampling of Cajun cui sine. Cajun is the "country" version of Louisiana's famed Creole cookery. Students in the co-op class cam crediLs for on-the-job learning expe rience that typically involves quanti ty cooking. In class, said Mrs. Johnson, the emphasis is on quality, not quantity. "They learn how to read and fol low a recipe, how to measure ingre dients ? that kind of thing," she said. Typically studenLs pair off to do lab demonstrations in class at the end of a study unit, but this time they de cided to do something different. Media Ccnicr Coordinator Jim Price had recently attended the New Orleans School of Cooking, return ing with recipes the school had granted permission to rcproducc. The home economics and health oc cupations classcs had recently worked with Price in selecting cook books emphasizing a healthy, nutri tious approach toc(K)king. In their study of Cajun cookery, the students also watched a video of Justin Wilson, who hosts a Cajun cooking show on public television. They learned about making a proper roux, a mixture of flour and oil or other fat used for thickening, and about the "trinity" of Cajun cook ing?two parts onions to one part each cclcry and green pepper ? as a basis for seasoning many dishes, in cluding jambalaya and gumbo. At first students expressed doubts about their Cajun menu? the gum bo's abundance of okra clams in the shell, for instance. But Friday both the students and their guests appeared to enjoy the three-course Cajun meal. 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