WILL USE THE QUIT SMART PROGRAM 1
Stop-Smoking Classes Begin g
June 2 For Health Employees |
BY MARJORIK MK(?IVKRN
Despite the absence of a quorum,
the Brunswick County Board of
Health had an informative meeting
Monday night, with Chairman H.J.
Davis, Bill Rabon, Robert Helms,
George Young and Dr. Harry John
son present
Jan Rcichenbach, health educator,
reported that smoking cessation
classes for health department em
ployees would begin June 2, with
seven employees already registered
for it.
Trained by the American Lung
Association, Ms. Rcichenbach is us
ing the Quit Smart program. During
the five-session, four- week course,
the percentage of nicotine is reduced
gradually. Participants arc given cig
arettes containing 40 percent less
nicotine the second week. The next
week, that quantity is cut again by
40 percent.
"The third week is quit time," she
said.
Ms. Rcichenbach said that a posi
tive thinking approach is used after
smokers have reached the point of
no nicotine.
"They are given a tape to take
home to listen to regularly," she ex
plained, "that helps them think of
themselves as non-smokers."
Other features of the program in
clude help from two support people
chosen by each class member and
the availability of nicorette gum or
patchcs and imitation cigarettes with
a menthol taste for those who "need
to put something in their mouths."
Reichenhach :aid she had dis
cussed with the county personnel di
rector the possibility of future class
es for all county employees and she
intends to contact county hospitals
about bringing the program to their
employees.
Asked about follow-up to the pro
gram, she said participants get to
gether for a progress report six
months after conclusion of classes.
Responding to another question
about success rates, Reichenhach
said, "Statistics about this are a little
tricky, but overall this program has a
20 percent succcss rate at the end of
one year.
"The best success is achieved by
people who say on their own, "I'm
going to quit!' "
The classes are part of the original
no-smoking policy adopted by the
health department last year.
Health Director Michael Rhodes
reported to the board that he had met
with County Manager David Clcgg
regarding the departmental budget.
"It was a brief meeting, not quite
20 minutes," he said, "and I got no
idea as to what he'd support. How
ever, he did say he would rccom
mend 2.5 percent across-the-board
salary increases. He also said he's
suggesting a study of all county em
ployee salaries."
A budget item that must be in
creased, Rhodes told them, is pro
tective clothing for medical person
nel.
"Wc must meet new Occupational
Safety and Health Act (OSHA) stan
dards for blood-borne pathogens,"
he said. That entails about S3, (XX)
for gloves, shields, linens and other
protective items. Another S2.5CX)
will be budgeted for immune globu
lin, used in case of accidcnts.
Rhodes said a policy on protec
tion is being developed, to affect all
clinic procedures.
Flouridation of the county water
supply is cxpcctcd to begin about
July 1, Rhodes continued, as state
inspections have just been complet
ed.
He also announced that safe dri
ving classes for health department
employees are being considered, to
be taught by Magistrate Phil Yount.
"Most of our people drive county
vehicles sometime during the work
day," he said.
The coursc, consisting of two
one-hour sessions, would be manda
tory. Participating employees would
receive compensatory time off.
Middle School Students Show
Overall Gain In Writing Tests
Sixth and eighth graders in Bruns
wick County middle schools dis
played mixed results in writing tests
taken in February, in comparison
with scores posted by students in the
same grades last year.
However, the county made an av
erage gain of eight percentile points
on sixth grade tests and a gain of 2.7
points in eighth grade tests. The
scores refer to the percentage of stu
dents who passed the tests.
Brunswick County tested below
both state and regional scores, but
individual schools fared better, espe
cially in the case of both sixth and
eighth grades at Waccamaw Ele
mentary School and eighth graders
at Lcland Middle.
The tests, offered every year,
demonstrate a student's ability to
answer essay questions on an as
signed topic. Grammar and punctua
tion skills arc also tested.
Sixth grade essays are required to
Local Students
In Honors Chorus
Pattie Jordan and Atheda Lusk
Watson, music teachers at Shallouc
Middle School, arc pretty excited
about a trip to Greensboro May 22
23, when they will accompany the
school's first group of students ever
chosen to participate in the slate
honors middle school chorus.
Hope Thomas, Misty Bryant,
Heather Hilton, Felicia Morgan,
Brandon Hill and Shane Pittman
were chosen to be part of a 500
voice chorus from all over North
Carolina.
The highlight of their Greensboro
weekend will be a performance of
the chorus at 3 p.m. May 23 in
Aycock Auditorium on the campus
of the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Two students from West Bruns
wick High School, Kathryn Murphy
and Michael Martin, just returned
from a May 7-8 trip to Greensboro
where they were honored in a
statewide high school chorus. Their
director is Cheryl Skaggs.
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Shalloue Middle
South Middle
Waccamaw
1990-91
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45.3
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52.9
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54.8
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STAFF PHOTO BY MA*JO?l? MEOtVtRN
PEN PA IS with students in England, three South Brunswick Middle School students go over their first
letters with their teacher Ann Medlin. David Small(left), Kim Padgett (center) and Tasha McClain
wrote to their counterparts in a Southport, England , high school, hoping to exchange historical infor
mation.
South Brunswick Teens Start
International Correspondence
BY MARJORIK MEGIVERN
Some "female friend" in a little English town will
soon receive a newsy letter from Tasha McClain, a
Brunswick County teen-ager who wants to strike up a
correspondence.
Tasha's letter, along with nine others from South
Brunswick Middle School (SBMS) students, is part of
Southport's celebration of its 200th anniversary this
year. Coincidentally, celebration officials found that the
town of Southport in England is recognizing a similar
birthday and this fact has been publicized in both com
munities.
As a result, SBMS teacher Ann Mcdlin is coordinat
ing a pen pal movement in her school, mailing a packet
of student letters last week to Stanley High School stu
dents in Southport, England.
"I like jewelry and the mall," Tasha informed the
"Female Friend" to whom she wrote. She then described
Southport's N.C. Fourth of July Festival and Brunswick
County weather, noting that "air conditioning is a must."
Still another "Female Friend" was addressed by
David Small, who blamed his teacher for the salutation.
"My teacher made us write 'female friend' even
though it sounds corny," he wrote. "Things here arc go
ing as well as can be expected. It's school, it can't be
that good."
David asked questions of his unknown correspon
dent. "Where do you all hang out at? What do you do in
England?" he wanted to know. "We go to the movies,
football games and basketball games."
Another letter destined for Stanley High School
comes from Kim Padgett, who described her family.
"I have one brother, unfortunately," she observed,
"and three cats and one dog, who is a boxer and very
friendly."
Kim outlined the school schedule in her letter, as
well as her own preferences. Saying she excels in poet
ry, the SBMS student sent a sample poem to her
prospective friend.
Medlin said the exchange began with a letter in
February from Stanley's headteacher l.M. Roberts, who
had been given the name of SBMS social studies teacher
Doyle Brinson by a local newspaper editor as a possible
contact between the two schools. Brinson turned over
the letter and the project to Medlin.
"As a school, we would enjoy exchanging historical
and tourist information about our towns, along with
items on school life," Roberts wrote to Brinson. "We arc
already good friends of the U.S., as for the last eleven
years we have had an annual exchange with a school in
Connecticut and many of us have visited America. If
you would care to forge links with Stanley High School,
1 would be pleased to hear from you."
Ten letters from Brunswick County, U.S.A., will be
speeding across the Atlantic this week, aimed at 10 stu
dents in Southport, England, and the writers will be ea
gerly watching their mailboxes for responses.
Kim, David and Tasha, along with their school
mates, want to forge teen-age links, learning what
England is like, as well as the school and social life of
English youth.
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