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STAfF PHOTO BY DOUG lUTHt
A Face In The Crowd
Meagan Grant of Rock Hill, S.C., was one of thousands of visitors
who flocked to area beaches for the Memorial Day weekend. The
three-year-old was among those enjoying sunny skies and warm
weather Saturday at H olden Beach.
West Brunswick High Inducts
49 Honor Society Members
Forty-nine students were recently
inducted into the National Honor
Society at West Brunswick High
School:
Graduating seniors among them
included Sonja Baines, Tarshall Hill,
Rebecca Sinish and Lori Ballen
burger
Junior inductees are Christopher
Boone, Aaron Butler, Kim Clem
mons, Suzanne Jones, Wendi Moore
and Maria Turner.
Others inducted, from the class of
1994, are as follows: Douglas And
erson, Machalin Blue, Nadia Bryant,
Melissa Caison, Chris Carlisle, Wil
lard Causey, Brian Chestnut, Kim
Davis, Jamie Nicole Foss, Monckia
Gausc, Laura Galloway, Misty Gal
loway, Kristi Gibson, Megan Gris
scu, Vickie Herrin, Gregory Hewett,
Tina Renee Hewett and Felisha Hill.
Also, William Ashley Hobson,
Jennifer Home, Allison Keill,
Heather Kirby, Dawn Marie Lewis,
William Bradley Lewis, Ali
Karagiannis, Amanda Martin, Craig
McLeod, Regccca Mckeithan, Ni
cole Norris, Mary Rachel Pearce,
Sheyna J. Pope, Tamara Roberson,
Melissa Robinson, Daniel Simmons,
Jarcd Smith, Jennifer Smith, James
W. Stanley, Melissa Trapp, Ellen
Wemyss and Chris Ray Wilmeth.
Minutes Of Meeting Sought
In Brunswick Airport Probe
District Attorney Rex Gore has
requested the minutes of several
Brunswick County Airport Commis
sion (BCAC) meetings in an investi
gation to determine whether BCAC
member Grover Gore acted improp
erly in collecting legal fees from the
commission.
The county board of commission
ers last week requested the investi
gation after an audit of airport com
mission accounts raised the question
of a conflict of interest in the
amount paid to the Southport attor
ney and BCAC treasurer.
The district attorney said Friday it
was "not a per-se violation" of state
Ruling May Affect
Vetera ns' Taxes
A recent court decision could be
good news for veterans who re
ceived disability severance pay at
any time since 1976, according to
Brunswick County Veterans Service
Officer Virgil F. Batten.
Apparently the Internal Revenue
Service has been improperly taxing
lump-sum disability severance pay,
Batten said. In the case St Clair v.
United States, the court ruled that
such payments are received for per
sonal injuries and are thus excluded
from taxable income.
Veterans who think they may be
affected by this decision should con
tact the county veteran service office
at 919-253-4307 for additional in
formation.
law for the BCAC to contract with
one of its members for services.
Such arrangements are allowed in
counties that have no town with a
population greater than 7,500, he
said, so long as the contract does not
exceed S5.000.
At issue is whether the total pay
ments Grover Gore received exceed
ed the amount allowed by law.
The district attorney said he needs
to examine the BCAC minutes to
see what services Gore was paid for
before determining whether or not
the attorney's financial relationship
with the commission was improper.
Rex Gore and Grover Gore are
not related.
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Local Pilot Club Sparked 911,
Recalls Its New State Governor
BY MARJORIE MEGIVERN
Sherry Roseman has the authori
tative, yet ?
charming air you
would expect of
an activist busi
ness leader. Her
southern warmth
reflects an up
bringing in
China Grove,
while a self-as
sured, articulate
style tells you ROSEMAN
right away that this is a savvy
woman who knows how to get the
job done.
A new job she has just acquired is
that of governor of the North Caro
lina District of Pilot International.
The Pilot Club, since its inception in
1921, has been an organization ex
clusively for business and profes
sional women, invited to member
ship in specific categories. Since re
cent demands that similar men's
civic clubs admit women. Pilot is
now open to men, as well. There arc
presently no men in the Brunswick
County group.
Having come up through the Pilot
ranks as treasurer and governor-elect
on the state level, while helping or
ganize the Brunswick County club
in 1985 and serving as its first presi
dent, and having owned her own
florist's business for the last 10
years, Mrs. Roseman is no stranger
to leadership.
Furthermore, she seems to be pre
sent anywhere organization and in
novation is taking place. She helped
start the Brunswick Horticulture
Association in 1988 and is treasurer
of the infant St. Luke's Lutheran
church, whose birth she also attend
ed.
More important, this Pilot leader
was at the forefront of a movement
her local club led strenuously for six
years before the dream materialized
just this month.
"We started in 1986 trying to get
the 911 emergency service in
Brunswick County," she said. She
pointed to a Beacon article that re
ported a public forum held in May
of that year to explore the feasibility
of such a system.
"It was attended by county offi
cials, rescue squad people, and lots
of citizens of the county," she com
mented. "There were some, espe
cially rescue personnel, who had a
standoff attitude toward the idea, be
cause they were afraid of losing
some of their power or responsibili
ties. When we showed that this
wouldn't happen, there was good
public response."
It was, however, another two
years before the Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners put money
into the budget for 91 1 .
"But nothing more was done
about it," Mrs. Roscman said. "All
kinds of excuses were given," she
said, "such as the contention that the
telephone companies wouldn't work
with the county on it, but we proved
that this simply wasn't true. We had
to push ihem constantly."
Finally, she said, in 1990, the plan
was put in place.
"Streets had to be named, the
county mapped and everyone given
an address," Mrs. Roseman said.
Meanwhile, leading up to the fi
nalization of plans, the Pilot Club
had worked tirelessly to promote it,
writing letters to all mayors and res
cue squads in the county and distrib
uting information sheets to area
businesses where the public could
pick them up. Pilot member Tanya
Bellamy Long was in charge of this
projett with all 20 members work
ing on it.
Mrs. Roseman is delighted with
the emergence of 911 in early May,
but eager to establish for the record
the role Pilot played in making this
happen.
This is by no means the only con
tribution made by the Pilot Club in
the seven years since it came to
Brunswick County. Meeting month
ly with the educational programs
and social activities common to
most groups. Pilot is heavily com
mitted to community service.
"Our emphasis has been mostly
on safety, people with disabilities
and children," Mrs. Roseman said.
"We have brought policemen and
firemen and Coast Guardsmen into
the schools to give children talks on
safety and we've sponsored a lot of
poster and essay contests on the sub
jects."
One award-winning safety project
the club organized a few years ago
was a "rest break" for motorists.
Members set up a booth at a state
rest area at Bolivia, where they sig
naled travelers to stop for coffee or
cold drinks and distributed safety lit
erature to them.
"We were a new club then, but
we won first place and $500 with
this project nationwide."
Mrs. Roseman, managing her
Seaside florist and gift business, said
the new position as Pilot's governor
will mean "that I'm going to go
crazy." She anticipates a great deal
of travel throughout the state evalu
ating clubs and is responsible for
two annual meetings on a state level.
The name for this changing orga
nization is misleading, she says.
"A ship's wheel is part of our lo
go, and people think of airplane pi
lots when they see it," she said,
laughing. "It actually refers to the
old riverboat and the idea of those
pilots being guides along the river.
The international organization is re
moving the wheel from the logo."
The parent club spawns groups
for high schools, callcd Anchors,
and for colleges and universities,
called Compass. Roseman said an
Anchor club has been organized at
South Brunswick High School, but
there is no Compass in the county at
present.
Brunswick College Gets Mixed B
udget News
BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick Community College
trustees last week juggled mixed
news from Raleigh and Bolivia re
garding next year's budget
In Raleigh, state legislators arc
looking at recommendations to in
crease tuition by 20 percent to help
cover a community college system
budget request of an additional
$21.6 million to cover enrollment
growth, as well as a request for a
bond referendum to support capital
construction at community colleges
across the state.
"I don't think that 20 percent in
crease will fly," noted BCC
President Michael Reaves. "It's not
going over well at all with students.
"I personally think it is unfair. We
(community college personnel)
thought the increase last year was
for the biennium."
The legislature will also be con
sidering proposals to eliminate ex
emptions for some groups that now
take courses without paying tuition,
including fire, rescue, law enforce
ment and corrections personnel.
A construction package proposed
by Community College System Pres
ident Bob Scott asks for S243 mil
lion in bonds for construction and
equipment. Included in that request
is an Allied Sciences building for the
BCC campus. Any bonds approved
by the General Assembly would
have to be approved by voters.
Pleased With Budget
Both staff and trustees were
pleased with the budget allocation
for BCC recommended in the pro
posed county budget presented to
the Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners last week.
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"I was very encouraged that some
of our requests had made the first
cut," said Chairman David Kelly.
However, Ben DeBlois, vice pres
ident for administration, cautioned
trustees, "It's not a done deal. That's
the county manager's recommenda
tion to the commissioners."
Kelly suggested trustees contact
individual commissioners to encour
age their support of the proposal.
Last year BCC received $51 1,000
from the county, less than the previ
ous year. For 1992-93, it requested
5766,415 to reflect rising costs asso
ciated with increased space and en
rollment. The county manager is rec
ommending allocation of S636.244.
Little Interest In Jobs
Trustees hired Alan Cor die as a
library technical assistant and Mary
Norwood and Richard Heil as reha
bilitation specialists for the Bruns
wick Interagency Program.
There were only 1 1 applicants for
Cordle's job and five combined for
the specialist jobs, which surprised
trustees because of the high local
unemployment rale.
"I can't understand that," com
mented Chairman David Kelly.
Added Trustee James Rabon, "It
doesn't make much sense."
Mrs. Norwood will oversee a food
service program and Heil will over
see a grounds maintenance program,
with both projects hiring BIP en
rollees in a work-training situation.
Room Shaping Up
Trustee James Rabon reported
that a model classroom being reno
vated by BCC staff at the Southport
campus is looking "pretty good" to
him, with about 75 percent of the
work completed and the balance
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The college hopes the room will
serve as a model for other businesses,
industries and groups it hopes will
"adopt" a classroom for renovation.
Other Business
?Voted unanimously to renew the
lease of the old cafeteria on the
Southport campus to the Boys Club.
The club provides recreational pro
gramming for about 35 boys at the
site.
?Heard from Resource Develop
ment Officer Glenn Barefoot that,
through a procedure that recognizes
students' achievements, five Am
bassadors and an alternate have been
chosen from among 50 nominees to
represent the college next year.
Robin Hcwett, Jennifer Howard,
Kenny Kincaid, Martie Raleigh,
Beth Zettlemoyer and alternate
Amanda Edmisten will receive
scholarships, blazers and special
training.
?Ms. Barefoot also announced the
Fund for Academic Excellence, a
project of the BCC Foundation to
support limited state and county
funds to ensure excellence at BCC.
The fund provides 14 scholarships,
work -study program opportunities
and money for equipment purchase
and faculty/staff development.
?Learned from President Michael
Reaves that BCC is in a "Catch 22"
position in terms of promoting new
programs expected 10 be offered
starting fall term. One program,
recreational grounds management
technology, awaits state board ap
proval; several allied health pro
grams need funding. However, if the
programs are to attract sufficient
students, the sooner promotion can
begin the better.
?Heard from Reaves that he expects
to advertise for a manager for the
Odell Williamson Auditorium with
in 30 days. "I'm afraid we're going
to open the doors and not have any
body using it because we haven't
got anyone in," cautioned Kelly.
?Learned that construction of the
Odell Williamson Auditorium is "a
little bit behind schedule" and that
the state construction department is
taking an interest in monitoring the
project.
?Delayed amending the personnel
policy as proposed by Reaves until
the respective roles of vice presi
dents and screening committees in
making recommendations are clari
fied.
?Heard from Reaves, who served
on the state task force on diversity,
on a proposed Diversification Plan
that, if adopted by the state board of
trustees as expected, would have
each campus look at ways it can en
hance diversity, particularly as it re
lates to females and minorities man
agement positions.
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Marcus itey
Williams, M.D.
is no longer associated with Brunswick
Islands Medical Associates, P. A.
and
is pleased to announce the opening of his
Internal Medicine practice in Wilmington.
The Wilmington office will be
located in the Spa Building,
Suite 9A, 2250 Shipyard Blvd.
(919)791-9924
Opening June 1, 1992