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Jogger Falls BY ERIC CARLSON Investigators Tuesday night were still trying to identify a man who ap parently fell 40 feet to his death while jogging Tuesday morning across a railroad trestle leading from the Military Ocean Terminal at Sun ny Point. "What we have right now is a John Doe," said Brunswick County Sheriff's Detective Lt. Donnell Mar low. "We're hoping that as it gets later, someone will call us to report him missing." Workers operating two spiking machines on the railway said they noticed the man jogging along the tracks at about 7:15 a.m.. Marlow said. A witness on the first machine said it passed the jogger as he ap proached a trestle oft N.C. 133 at the south end of Boiling Spring Lakes. A man on the second spiking ma chine told police that when the sec ond vehicle passed the trestle, the man was gone. Marlow said. The railway workers found the jogger badly injured but still con To His Death scious in a wooded area about 30 to 40 feet below the tracks. He report edly lost consciousness and went in to cardiac arrest en route to Dosher Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room, according to Brunswick County Coroner Greg White. The man apparently died of inter nal injuries suffered in the fall. White said. The body was sent to Jacksonville, where an autopsy was performed. As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, White said he had not heard the re sults of the examination. Sheriff's detectives and deputies searched the woods near the railway and interviewed several people in the area, but none reported seeing the jogger that morning, Marlow said. The railway workers told police that the railway was not a popular running path and said they had never seen anyone jogging on the tracks before. Other officers checked nearby roads for an abandoned vehicle that might have been parked by the jog From Trestle ger. Bui no vehicle was found. "We have no reason to suspect foul play at this point." Marlow said. "It appears that he just fell off." Fingerprints and photos were ob tained to aid police in questioning people who might have information about the man's identity. Because of the manner in which the victim was dressed, detectives think he may have been training for boxing or martial arts competition. Marlow described him as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, 5 ft. 6 in. tall, weighing 146.5 lbs., with a medium build, medium length dark brown hair and a large mustache. He was dressed in acid washed blue-jean shorts, gray socks with blue stripes, ankle-high brown hiking boots and no shirt. He was wearing wine-colored "Everlast" boxing mits and a Casio watch on his right wrist, Marlow said. Anyone with information about the man's identity should call the Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart ment at (919) 253-4321 or 1-800 672-6379. SAT Increase Has Educators Elated (Continued From Page 1-A) the total increase to 23 points. This year's average score is 859, well short of the national average, but 13 to 21 points from the lowest ranking systems, Georgia, South Carolina and Washington, D.C. At the state level. Superintendent Bob Etheridge is attributing the gains to a new focus on student achievement and higher expecta tions: encouraging students to take tougher courses, stricter course re quirements for graduation, new cur riculum more in line with what stu dents need to know, a new testing program that emphasizes students thinking and applying what they learn, and providing for the second year an opportunity for students to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test at state expense. Last year, the second year of the free program, Brunswick County Algebra I and Geometry students took the state's own version of the Statewide , 60 percent of all seniors took the SAT before graduating. In Brunswick County ; only 223 or 43.3 percent of all seniors ? took the SAT. PSAT. This year Lemon said he ex pects the PSAT to be given to to Algebra II students only. Also this year, Etheridge said the state will support student participa tion in AP courses as a way to en courage students to take more rigor ous courses. Statewide this year 60 percent of all seniors took the SAT sometime before graduating, 3 percent more than in the previous two years. In Brunswick County, however, only 223 or 43.3 percent of all seniors ? took the SAT. Kay Williams, chief communica tions consultant with the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, said the county-by-county average SAT scores are compiled from the results of the last SAT taken by 1993 graduates, regardless of whether the test was taken during their senior year or earlier. The results do not re flect the highest scores a student may have received on either the English or math sections, simply the last scores received. Many students take the SAT their junior year, repeating the test only if they are displeased with their scores or hope to improve their score on ei ther the English or math section. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED Half-Million Dollar Harvest Detective Charlie Miller holds some of the 337 marijuana plants confiscated and de stroyed by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department last week. Plants measuring up to 22 feet high and more than two inches in diameter were found growing in a wooded area near Southport during a flyover by N.C. Air National Guard helicopters. Based on State Bureau of Investigation estimates, the plants could have produced marijuana with a street value of $539,200, ac cording to Det. Mike Speck of the BCSD narcotics division. Nine other marijuana plants were found growing in the Longwood area and a seven foot plant was discovered near Hickman 's Crossroads by National Guard helicopters aiding local authorities in a co operative eradication program last week. Threatened Boycott Nixed After 'Serious Discussions' (Continued From Page 1-A) ing kept out of school. While the board is willing to lis ten to and investigate the concerns of the black community leaders, Baxter said board members are just as committed to following the board's policies and state law and to looking at the larger picture of in equities in the school system. "The bottom line is they've got to give us some time to get this task force in place and to look at these is sues and get back to them," said Baxter. "We acknowledged that they do have some concerns," she said, "but that they were trying to dictate who should be hired and where, just as they have in the past, and that as a board we were committed to follow ing our policies and procedures." "There was no deal made like 'we'll do this if you stop that,"' she said. Taking a cue from the board's re cent mediation sessions with county commissioners, Baxter and Gause talked first, for two hours, with Staff Development Director Gloria Talley serving as their facilitator to make sure the discussions didn't get off course and remained productive, said Baxter. Then Talley served as facilitator as well as official observer of a sec ond session that was to have includ ed only Baxter, Gause, Roscoe Butler and Superintendent of Schools Ralph Johnston, but eventu ally also included Jerry Munn and Bobby Brown, black leaders from the northern part of the county. "It wasn't the full board," said Baxter. "Just Thurman and myself. We're going to look into this and re port to the full board." Some of the general concerns of "The bottom line is they've got to give us some time to get this task force in place and to look at these issues and get back to them . " ? Donna Baxter blacks regarding perceived in equities within the school system didn't get the attention they merited when first raised, in part because of the other, more specific demands, and in part because "our plate has been full lately," she said, with other pressing issues. The face-to-face dialogues came several months after a group of black community leaders called for the boycott, following a decision to transfer longtime Leland Primary School Principal Joe Butler to a cen tral office supervisory position. The group demanded his return to the primary school principalship and more jobs for blacks in the school system, specifically in high-visibili ty positions of leadership. Later the group demanded that a black be named principal of Waceamaw Elementary School. In mid-summer, Johnston an nounced the formation of a task force, to be pulled together and sup ported by Jan Calhoun, assistant su perintendent for instructional ser 'Flex' Schedules Allow More Instruction, Tr aiming Time (Continued From Page I -A) learn about new attendance rules and the school's new Choices pro gram, modeled after the student management program already in place in Brunswick County's high schools. Waccamaw School will follow the most varied schedule, shifting be tween two weekly schedules. During the weeks of the second and fourth Wednesday early release days, stu dents will follow a longer schedule from 8:05 a.m. to 3:05 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. During other weeks the school day will end at 2:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. At Union Elementary, where an entrance painting of frolicking dol phins will greet students, the school day will run from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 pjn. Monday through Friday. Bolivia Elementary students will at tend classes from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Neither school plans early release days for staff development. South Brunswick Middle School students will leave school every Wednesday at 1 p.m., attending classes from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. other AT OCEAN ISLE BRING HOME THEftBEACON ISLANDER RESTAURANT OCEAN ISLE BEACH SHOP OCEAN ISLE EXXON STATION OCEAN ISLE PIER OCEAN ISLE SUPERMARKET PARTY MART SHEFFIELD'S days of the week. Leland Middle School will lengthen the school day four days a week and shorten it on Wednesdays. The schedule, said Principal Diana Mintz, will provide more in structional time than the state man dates, while also allowing teachers to be involved in ongoing staff de velopment Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The time adjustment was made by placing more time on academic peri ods and less on extras such as lunch and exploratories. The school day will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday the day will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. "With the strong emphasis being placed on implementation of the new state curriculums and account ability for the state end-of-grade tests, teachers need the opportunity to upgrade their instructional meth ods and their knowledge of curricu lum and technology," said Mintz. Most faculty members have also been involved in in-service training this summer and in the days imme diately preceding the start of school. The flexible schedules have been approved by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction as part of each school's Performance-Based Ac countability Plan. More staff development was a need identified last spring during planning for the current school year. Most faculty members across the county have been involved in some type of in-service education this summer, on topics ranging from computer literacy to the Socratic ap proach to discussion and the middle Are New Home Prices Rocking The Boat And S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g your budget?? Chart your course for savings on our large selection of quality-built affordable new homes. You'll be all Wet if you miss the boat on these, so hurry in today! Wayn ? Culbortmon, RHS Ann Brown, RHS HOMES BY ANN Hwy. 17 N.. Shallott?, 75.4-51 47 school concept. Fresh from a morning session with middle school personnel from across the county, Shallotte Middle School Principal Sandra Robinson was enthusiastic about her first year as principal. "I feel so good. I just feel like I'm in the right place," she said. "We have a fantastic staff here with a lot of great ideas. The kids will be hav ing some great experiences. We de cided we're going to go for it this year." Those kinds of experiences have been going on all across the county, according to Superintendent Ralph Johnston. "Most of the faculty and staff are showing a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of motivation. I'm looking for ward to an upbeat opening of school." THE BRUNSWICKftBEACON Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallotte, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year $10.36 Six Months $5.55 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $14.86 Six Months $7.90 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year $15.95 Six Months $8.35 Second class postage paid at Shallotte, N.C. 28459. USPS 777 780. Postmaster, send address changes to: P.O. Box 2558, Shallotte, N.C. 28459-2558 vices. That effort stalled when some black leaders insisted the group con sist entirely of blacks. "Wc tried to explain to them that it needed to be a diverse group of people," said Baxter. Baxter said she thinks Johnston and his staff will be investigating in equities of all types within the school system and reporting find ings to the board. Johnston said Tuesday he was "ecstatic" if the boycott actually has been called off because "children need to be school for the education process to occur, just as teachers need to be in the classroom." Plans for a task force focused on equity for all people are continuing. The focus will most likely expand beyond the need for recruiting more black applicants for teaching and leadership roles to look at other broad issues, he said. One possibility is taking as the force's core group the countywide Performance-Based Accountability Plan panel and adding to its mem bership to give broader representa tion. The school system is also work ing to establish a system for groom ing potential administrators or school leaders that would be acces sible to candidates within and possi bly outside the local school system. Lower Temps In Forecast Cooler weather is expected in the South Brunswick Islands over the next few days, according to Shal lotte Point meteorologist Jackson Canady. Canady expects normal tempera tures, ranging from 70 degrees at night to the upper 80s during the day. For the period Aug. 17-23, Can ady recorded a daily average of 82 degrees, which was about 3 degrees above normal. Canady is calling for less than three-quarters of an inch of rain over the next week, which is below aver age. The area received just two-hun dredths of an inch of rainfall during the previous week, Canady said. TTie daily average high from Aug. 17-23 was 92 degrees and the aver age nightly low was 72 degrees. Canady said the maximum high during the period was 95 degrees on Aug. 21, and the minimum low was 67 degrees on the 23rd. Shallotte Woman Returns To Home A Shallotte woman who was missing for eight days returned home unharmed last week, accord ing to police. Shallotte Police Chief Rodney Gause said Cathlean E. "Corky" Peterson, 55, returned to her Brier wood Estates residence last Wednes day. Gause said the Peterson family did not discuss where the woman had been since she was reported missing Aug. 1 1 . "The important thing is she wasn't hurt or anything," Gause said. Towns Still Waiting For Funding Word (Continued From Page 1-A) continue preparing the 201 Facilities study that will be necessary before the project can receive final ap proval. The state treasurer's office is re viewing financial aspects of the pro posed project and must approve its feasibility before recommending that it be funded. Billups said he feels hopeful that the updated fig ures supplied to the agency will al low it to make a decision soon. As for the FmHA, Billups said, "It's hard to tell with them. We think we've answered most of their ques tions, but they would not commit yesterday. They need to go back and discuss it among themselves." Billups said he told FmHA offi cials that a decision will be needed "as soon as possible" in order to meet a series of deadlines between funding approval and construction, which would begin next year if everything goes according to plan. "We told them we need a decision either way," Billups said. "We still feel good about our eligibility. Most of the staff have said that this is the type of project they like to handle. But there's always the human ele ment. We have no control over that." The DEM has scheduled a Sept. 1 public hearing in Raleigh on pro posed funding of the joint sewage system. Billups said he expects com ments to be presented both from oth er towns who want to be funded be fore Calabash and Sunset Beach and from local property owners who op pose the project. 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