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Superintendent Calls For Change, Commitment To Improvements (Continued From Page 1-A) That group's recommendations will go to the hoard for approval and/or revision and incorporation in to the county's plan. Johnston said the county intends to set higher expectations for all. beyond the minimum 40th per centile to 50th percentile that repre sents mediocrity. Aiming high should pay off, he suggested, even though meeting the higher goals may be difficult in the short run. "Some arc unwilling to go beyond that level because of a fear of fail ure. But in Brunswick County wc simply have to," said Johnston. "I think the sense of urgency is even stronger here because improvement has been so slow to occur." "There arc no quick fixes. Wc have a population that wants every thing taken care of right away, but there are conditions out there hat keep that from happening. When children come to school unprepared it has an impact." Because o( that, he looks forward to greater coopera tion among the schools and other agencies dealing with the same problems. Johnston noted that the PBAB measures achievement in only one area?curriculum, cautioning, "The achievement piece isn't going to rise until you have all the other pieces in place too." He anticipates it will probably take longer to reach the desired level of performance than the three years covered by the system's first plan. Seven Goals Aiming High Superintendent of Schools Ralph Johnston outlined these seven broad goals for 1993-94 10 the Brunswick County Board of Education Saturday, seeking support as the system drafts its plans for the next three years: ?Creating a clear mission and set of expectations accepted by all school system staff members, who must be "committed to changing the ways we have done business for many years." ?Structuring and organizing the ccntral office to support and serve school improvement efforts, sharing the most up-to-date information and methodology in their areas of speciality. ?Setting high standards and expectations for all students, grade by grade and subject by subject, with an aligned, challenging curriculum that reflects those standards. ?Establishing high expectations for both teachers and children. ?Preparing and equipping principals with the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to create school environments that "unleash the creative energies of teachers to inspire students to be self-motivated about learning..," ?Helping teachers become and stay up-to-date on both content and knowledge of ways to engage students in learning each minute of the day. "I don't doubt that there are good teachers in our schools or that they want to do better," said Johnston, "but we can all do better." ?Developing an accountability system that incorporates school sys tem and individual school goals and tracks progress made in achieving the goals. "One key is how long it lakes to get the staff to commit," he said. Fairlcy suggested posting the plan and timetable at all schools and telling those concerned. "This is where we're going and you're com ing with us." Added member Polly Russ, "Or else you leave." Johnston agreed with Fairlcy that the school system needs to go be yond the three-year period and to develop a master plan that covers all areas, not simply curriculum. At upcoming meetings the board will act on several proposals aired at the workshop. These include 2 re vamped mission statement and relat ed logo from Brunswick County Schools, "Believing Children Succccd". Johnston has restructured commu nication in the central office, meet ing weekly with a six-member "cab inet" comprised of the heads of per sonnel, student services, public in formation, budget and finance, facil ities and curriculum and instruction. He proposes establishing a stand ing committee in each of those six areas to be comprised of staff mem bers, one fo two school board mem bers and possibly other school or parent representation. Each commit tee would consider policy and pro cedural matters in its area as well as planning for the future, its recom mendations considered by both the "cabinet" and the board of educa tion. Also during the daylong session at the N.C. Baptist Assembly Saturday, the board received briefin gs on its legal responsibilities, looked at changes in personnel man agement in progress that include a systemwide move to team inter views as part of the hiring proce dure, and heard from the schools' new director of technology. Computer Store Center Of Investigation (Continued From Page 1-A) The informant told a dclcclivc that Caudill was "bugging him to get some merchandise, such as soap, cologne, perfume, 35mm film, clothes, computers and computer equipment," court records show. He also told detectivcs that Hanscll had asked him to get him an AK.-47 as sault rifle. Under Hughes' direction, the in formant accepted S480 from Caudill for samples of cologne which were to be "part of the merchandise to be delivered at a later date." Hartsell al so gave the informant S280 for the assault rifle. The informant then told Caudill that the items were stolen, court Near-Normal Rain In Local. South Brunswick Islands resi dents can expect near-normal tem peratures over the next few days, ac companied by slightly above aver age rainfall. Shallottc Point weather watcher Jackson Canady said he anticipates temperatures to average in the mid 308 at night climbing to the mid-50s on average during the day, with about three-quarters inch of rain. January hasn't shown the wide range of warm days and cold days typical of the month, he said. The average temperatures instead arc based on average weather. "We haven't had many days that were ex records show. Caudill allegedly replied, "Not lo worry about it, my guy; Doug is used to dealing in hot (stufO." Working wilh undercover officers from Shalloltc and the sheriff's de partment drug squad, Hugr.cs had the informant arrange a larger pur chase with Caudill and Thompkins Jr. for a truckload of stolen goods, supposedly from New York. Caudill allegedly told the infor mant "not to bring a Wal-Mart truck, because it might scare some people," the court document states. He suggested that the informant use a rental truck to transport the mer chandise from New York to Shalloltc. Temps, More Area Forecast ceptionally warm or exceptionally cold." t-or the period Jan. i9-25, i.anaay recorded a high of 73 degrees on Jan. 24 and a low of 32 degrees on Jan. 20. A daily average high of 60 de grees combined with a nightly aver age low of 41 degrees for a daily av erage temperature of 50 degrees, which is about 4 degrees above av erage. He recorded ninety-eight hun dredths of an inch of rain. While the month may not have seen typical extremes in tempera tures, he said, "We've made up for it in rain." HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28459 NOTICE: Reliable or consistent delivery cannot be guaranteed since this newspaper must rely on the U.S. Postal Service for delivery. We can only guarantee that your newspaper will be submitted to the post office In Shallotte on Wednesday of the week of publication, In time for dispatch to out-of-town addresses that day. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: Sr. Citizen In Brunswick County -I6.30 -15.30 N.C. Sales Tax .38 .32 Postage Charge 3 68 3.68 TOTAL 10.36 9.30 Elsewhere in North Carolina J6.30 -15.30 N.C. Sales Tax .38 .32 Postage Charge 8.18 8 18 TOTAL 14.86 13.80 Outside North Carolina J6.30 -15.30 Postage Charge 9.65 9 65 TOTAL 15.95 14.95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name Address City, State Zip I Hughes estimated that detcctivcs had spent "more than 1,000 hours on the case." The investigation is con tinuing, he said. The four men arrested made a first appearance in Brunswick County District Court last week. All four were formally indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to receive stolen goods. A probable causc hearing was set for Feb. 3. Both Tompkins and his father were released on SI0,000 bond each. Hartsell and Caudill were freed on S5.000 bond cach. Hughes said anyone wishing to recover equipment left at Pyramid for repairs should call him at (919) 253-4321. STAfh PHOTO BY fc*IC CAKSON Offering Thanks For Rood Scraping Gordon Griffin (left) lends residents of Shingletree Acres subdivision in a prayer of thanks Wednesday (Jan. 20) after the Brunswick County Commissioners agreed to use county equipment to scrape the muddy, potholed private road to allow school buses to pass. A total of six roads in county were sched uled to be graded, with work to be completed yesterday (Jan. 27). Board's Restaurant Certification Plan Draws Fire From Businesses (Continued From Page 1-A) restaurants that maintain a gixxl health rating should not cems of day care centers who have several staff mem- be required to have managers recertified every three bers taking turns preparing snacks for children. She said years. her cook already is state certified, but requiring tcachcrs No one spoke in favor of the proposed regulations to take the course would be cost- during the public hearing. At ly and would adu to the "spiral- l(r. . . . one point, members of the ing cost" of day care. 1 flC rlCClltrl ClCPCirtlJlCllt audience were asked to "Under suite law, all day carc > , , . . . stand if they oppose the new centers must provide two simple WOlAICl DC OCttCV SCJ~VCCi UX rules being made mandatory, snacks per day, which includes ,? ? ? j , ? Nearly everyone rose to the mixing and serving of juiccs tllClt ttXlSSlOtl 0\ (IClOptlHQ their feet. and the spreading of peanut but- j pnfnrritlO Ktnndnrr]* Counly Hcalth Dirmor ter on crackers, Schuster said. c//7tt LrlJUF Llil^ ...cslLiilLlLU lib Michael Rhodes said Tues "Staff members preparing and r ryinnv HnnOPmii? day hc wclcorncd thc com" serving these snacks would have 7' t'tc. rrlC/riy UUfl^t^r Ullb , ments voiced at the hearing to be certified under this provi- i/ythp/lIth'V s1pr>1firnl~)1p ntirl ^cy wou'd be con" sion. u/incuiiriy, uejjiisr uuic uriu sidcrcd whcn lhc cnviron. "The health department would UlcQCll (ld\ CCITC mental health committee be better served in their mission o J meets next month to modify by adopting and enforcing even ODCl'dtiOHS tilQt HOW Vl(}\ regulations. He plans to minimal health and safety stan- ' % _ ask several of those who at dards for the many dangerous, KCLtfiPClfl,t IfX this COUfXtV." tended the hearing to join unhealthy, deplorable and illegal the committee. day care operations that now run Robin Schuster "Everyone has to realize rampant in this counly." that this document is a first Schuster suggested that be- draft." Rhodes said. "Wc cause food preparation is nol the principal business of day care facilities, they should be exempt from the pro posed regulations. Keith Rogers, owner of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Souihport, asked the board to consider con densing the certification course so it can be taken in one day. Mildred Christman, owner of Minnie's Cafe in Southport, said she has taken food service manager cer tification courses and highly recommends them. But she said the course should not be mandatory. "Maybe you could let people lake the course to get additional credit on their inspection score," she said. Terry Sarncr asked that the schedule for the certifica tion course be made more flexible so workers can take it during the evening or on weekends. She also said that will be looking at ways to incorporate their concerns and still come up with a product that will insure that restau rant workers are sufficiently educated in proper food handling techniques." Rhodes said the board contacted health departments throughout North Carolina to research methods for edu cating food handlers. Only six or seven other counties have food service manager certification, he said. Still, the board felt it needed to take the lead in this area. "The board of health felt that since Brunswick County gets its biggest incomc from tourism, and because a lot of eating establishments arc frequented by tourists, it wanted to make sure ours were properly educated in safe food handling. "One outbreak of food poisoning can close a restau rant permanently," he said. Brunswick Beaches Prepare For Year's First Winter Storm BY DOUG RUTTKR Brunswick County bcach dwel lers were hoping for the best Tues day as they braced for the year's lirst storm?a northeaster with the potential to cause coastal flooding and erosion during Tuesday night's high tide. The National Weather Service issued storm and coastal flood warnings for all of southeastern North Carolina Tuesday, when tides were one to two feet above normal and seas were sunning 10 to 14 feet offshore. Building seas were expected to cause coastal flooding and beach erosion, especially around the time of high tide Tuesday at 10 p.m. Rain, possibly mixed with sleet, al so was in the forecast. South Brunswick bcachcs report ed no significant erosion during Tuesday morning's high tide, but officials were expecting the brunt of the storm late Tuesday night. "The water came up about as far as our trash barrels, but it has not rcachcd our first line of dunes yet," Sunset Beach Town Administrator Linda Flucgel said Tuesday alier noon. "The weatherman's predicting it will be worse tonight," she said. The only thing town employees did to prepare for the storm was re move garbage cans from the strand. With Sunset's wide beach and structure setbacks, Fluegcl said there wasn't much danger of prop erty damage. "It's still got a long way to go iu get to any houses or septic tanks." Despite the lack of erosion at Sunset, Flucgel indicated the weather on the beach was plenty nasty. "If the town halt was on the other side of the waterway I would go home," she said from her main land office. The storm was the product of a low pressure system off the Florida coast and a high pressure system over the Ohio Valley, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NUAA) weather radio. Northeast winds were 16 mph gusting to 36 mph Tuesday after noon at Holdcn Beach. At Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower, winds were blowing 46 mph to 52 mph, according to NOAA weather radio. Holdcn Beach Town Manager Gary Parker said the beach did not suffer any significant erosion Tues day morning. He. pointed out that the county's south facing beaches usually es cape the damage sustained by east facing beaches during northeasters. "It doesn't hurt us as much as those north-south beaches," he said. Just the same, Parker said it would have been nice if Holden Beach had already received the 42,OCX) cubic yards of sand that arc earmarked for the cast end of the island this winter. The beach nourishment is part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in Lockwood Folly Inlet. Sand will be pumped from the inlet crossing to the strand, but not for another six to eight weeks. Bald Head Island Town Manager Wallace Martin said he wasn't ex pecting any serious erosion from the storm. The inhabited section of the island is sheltered from north easters. "So far we've been lucky," Martin said Tuesday afternoon. "I'm happy to say 1 haven't had any reports of any difficulties." Martin said erosion at Bald Head is usually caused more by south west winds than northeast. "This storm won't bother us particularly. Our problems usually come from the other direction." THE BRUNSWICK&IEACON Established Nov. 1,1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shailotte, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year SI0.36 Six Months S5.55 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year SI4.86 Six Months S7.90 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year Si5.95 Six Months S8.35 Second class postage paid at Shailotte, N.C. 28459. USPS 777 780. Postmaster, send address changes to: P.O Box 2558, Shailotte, N.C. 28459-2558 Tanker's Threat Of Spill Has Of (Continued From Page 1-A) ing, to see what we've got." from Fort Dix," said Weeks. "We Additional personnel on their way plan to send one out by helicopter from Fort Dix with equipment were for a visual assessment in the morn- expected here shortly after midnight little type Use the Classifieds whether you're buying or selling. THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON 754-6890 ficials On Edge Plans tailed for using a point along the Souihport waterfront as a staging area for the response. "If it docs run aground and there is a spill, we'll be going out with our booms to meet it," said Schwam. Logan, on stand-by Tuesday night with County Manager David Clegg, said had notified county commis sioners and municipal officials in the Soulhport-Oak Island area of the situation. "Everyone's asking what can be done. Basically we can't do a thing," said Logan. "If it docs run aground we will be at the mercy of the Coast Guard and will provide them what ever assistance we can." Coast Guard officials and Logan said there was no way to predict the possible impact of a spill should that occur, which would be dependent on factors such as the force of the colli sion, the vessel's integrity, wind, tide and sea conditions and the de gree of sensitivity of the areas af fected.
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