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$2,700 Damage Reported In West Brunswick Break-In Someone broke into West Brunswick High School and caused an estimated $2,700 damage sometime during the Christ mas holiday, according to a crime report on file at the Brunswick County Sheriff's De partment Tuesday. School Principal Ed Lemon told Deputy Phil Bryant that the break-in was discov ered about 5:45 Sunday evening. It is not known when the crime occurred. Bryant reported finding three wire-rein forced glass windows broken out of the front door of the building. It appears that the intruders then used a 10-pound cast-iron weight to break the glass in a door leading to a lounge area before reaching inside to unlock the door. The same method was used to break into the teachers' lounge and the school store. The cast-iron weight was found on a desk in the teacher's lounge. There was nothing listed as missing at the time of the report. An investigation is continuing. In other crime reports: ?A high-powered rifle, a ,357-magnum pistol and several pieces of gold jewelry were among the $14,855 worth of property stolen from a home on West Sea Aire Canal Road in Supply Monday. Sgt. Gene Brown ing reported that the thief or thieves "ran sacked the house" after getting inside by prying open the locks on a rear window. ?Several thieves cracked open a safe at the Surf Cinema on Long Beach Road near Southport Thursday night and made off with about $500 cash. Deputy Jerry Gray determined that the intruders pried open a rear door of the business and cut open a CRIME REPORT safe with a grinder. Tracks leading from the rear door to the woods indicate that "two or three subjects" were involved. The theft was discovered Friday morning by a clean ing contractor. There was about $1,200 damage. ?Six bullets were fired through the win dows of a home on Lee Buck Road in Win nabow last week. The owner told Deputy William Hewett that he returned home Wednesday evening and found six windows shot out of his mobile home. The report said the man "stated that he did not give anyone consent to damage any of his prop erty or shoot any of his windows out." Damage was estimated at about $1,550. ?More than $1,600 worth of property was stolen from a home on Salt Marsh Cove in the Sunset Beach area recently. The victim told Deputy Keithan Home that he was out of town for the holidays and was notified by a neighbor that his home had been broken into. Missing was a .303-cal iber British military rifle, a color television, a videocassette recorder, two cable boxes and two gold rings. ?A .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol was among the items stolen from a home on Stone Chimney Road in Supply Monday. The woman who lives there told Deputy Charles Wilson that the thief or thieves broke out a back door window and went through her closets and drawers. Also miss ing was a jug containing about $80 in change. The pistol was valued at $70. ? A woman who lives on Beach Road, Ocean Isle Beach, reported the theft of a .25-caliber pistol from beneath her pillow last week. Deputy Richard Long estimated that the pistol was worth about $60. ?Someone took numerous items of clothing out of a man's home on Pickett Ridge Road and set fire to them on his back porch Thursday night. Snowden's report said the Fire destroyed "miscellaneous clothes, suits, shoes and undergarments" and charred the porch, causing an undeter mined amount of damage. ?Two chain saws worth an estimated $1,070 were stolen from a storage building on N.C. 211 about two miles from Midway Road last weekend. The owner told Deputy Rebekah McDonald that the saws were sit ting on a bench in the unlocked shed when the theft occurred. ?A man who lives on Hale Swamp (Blueberry Farm) Road reported that some one broke into his 1975 Datsun 240Z ? Sunday night. He told Long that the intrud er got in by breaking a passenger side win dow, then went through the glove box and console. Nothing was reported missing. Damage was estimated at $200. ?Detective Charlie Miller took a report from a man who had a grass trimmer and a leaf blower stolen from beneath his storage shed on Galloway Road, Bolivia, last week. He estimated the value of stolen goods at $330. ?A $250 router was stolen from a home under construction on Holden Beach Road near Shallotte recently. Deputy Jerry Gray reported that the theft occurred sometime between Dec. 15 and Dec. 21. ?Fhere was nothing found missing, but about $500 damage reported during a break-in at the New Life Assembly Church on Stone Chimney Road Thursday night. The pastor showed Deputy Malcolm Long where the intruder broke out a window on the side door of the church sanctuary and apparently left through a side door. ?A man who lives on Heritage Drive in Calabash reported the theft of a water pump and drop cord from outside his mobile home recently. Richard Long estimated the value of stolen property at $165. ?A printed quilt blanket was the only thing found missing in a break-in that oc curred on Boonesbury Road in Supply sometime in the past month. Gray investi gated the incident and estimated the dam age to two screen doors at about $ 1 50. ?Someone stole a 1986 Toyota Camry from the home of a woman who lives on Wayne Street in Leland Wednesday night. She told Deputy Jimmy Davis that she went to bed at about 6 p.m. and woke up at 11 :30 to go to work and found the car missing. It was valued at about $2,00(). ?A man who lives on Eastbrook Avenue in the Seaside area reported that someone put dirt in the gas tank of his Honda 4 wheeler recently, causing an estimated S3(X) damage. The man told Richard Long that he saw two young men "acting suspiciously" in the area on the day the damage was dis covered. ?Deputy Matt Jesson found an aban doned 1984 Buick in the Leland area on Christmas Eve and discovered that it had been stolen from a home on Lincoln School Road the previous night. The owner said that whoever took the car also removed a li cense tag from a truck parked in his yard. The stolen car was valued at $500. It was returned to the owner. ?The Sandfiddler Restaurant in South port was broken into sometime after mid night Christmas by thieves who ransacked the office and stole two dozen T-shirts val ued at about $120. Gray estimated that there was about SHU damage to the metal doors that were kicked in at the rear of the building. ?Someone stole a plastic toolbox from a storage shed behind a home on Blue Water Street in the Southgate Mobile Home Park last week. Davis found no sign of forced entry. The tool box contained about $150 worth of wrenches and sockets. ?Vandals apparently broke the glass of a 1988 Cadillac parked in the driveway of a home on Mill Creek Road, Leland. Thurs day night, causing about $300 damage, Hcwett reported. ?Hewett also investigated the theft of a 1982 Suzuki 250 motorcycle from a home on Ivester Court, off Old Mill Road, Le land, last week. The owner said the bike was chained to a fence and was discovered missing the day after Christmas. ?Someone kicked in the front door of a home on Mt. Misery Road in Leland and stole a refrigerator valued at about $2,500 last week. The theft was reported to Snowden on Christmas Eve. ?A drunken party at a Leland mobile home park may have resulted in the break ing of an automobile windshield last week. The car's owner told Jesson "that on the night of Dec. 23 he had several intoxicated friends and family at his residence. The next morning when he woke up, he found that his windshield was broken." There was no estimate of damage. TO BEGIN AT 6:30 RM. Reception Today For New Band Teacher Shallotte Middle School students, their parents and fellow faculty members will have a chance this evening (Thursday) to meet the school's new band teacher before classes resume Jan. 3. The reception for Paula Ray be gins at 6:30 p.m. in the school li brary and will give parents "ample time" to speak with her about their child and his or her band class. Principal Sandra Robinson said the second semester will be "extra special" for band students with the hiring of a new band teacher. Ray will be the third person to lead band classes since school start ed Sept. 1. Linda Alley had served as interim band teacher following the injury and later death of veteran band instructor Jim Furr. After Alley's departure earlier this fall, computer lab instructor Kenny Garner filled in, also on an interim basis. "We were lucky to have someone on our staff who could step in and do that," said Robinson. "Ordinarily there would be no one on campus who could." Ray holds a bachelor of arts in music education, grades K-12, from Campbell University at Buies Creek. During the fall term she served as an Eleven Earn Honors At Southeastern College Eleven students from Brunswick County achieved gradepoint aver ages of 3.25 or better during the fall quarter at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, earning places on the school's academic achievement lists. To be eligible for the high honors list, a student must achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.60 to 4.0. For the honors list, a student must earn a GPA of 3.25 to 3.59. Each student must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours in a degree, diploma or certificate program and have no D, F or 1 (incomplete) or WF (with draw failing) grades. The local students listed are as follows: High honors: Vickie Lynn Poole, Shallotte, parks and outdoor recre ation; and Honors: Judy Stockner Sabatell, Calabash, Mitchell Allan Healy, Shallotte, Winnie Mintz Norris, Sunset Beach, and John David Daw son III, Supply, associate degree nursing, registered nursing; Velma Benton Britt, Leland, Julie Hamilton Lee, Ocean Isle Beach, and Robin Michelle Milliken, Shallotte, pre nursing; Jason Leigh Benton and William T. Russ III, Shallotte, crimi nal justice/protective service tech nology; and Lauren Michelle Sel lars, pre-science. CI-BREW B BEER KITS ? WINE KITS _ 17C CORDIAL KITS hours 1207 Hwy. 17 S. 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