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Plans Going Forward For Construction Of New Leland Elsmonlory School BY SUSAN USHER Despite concerns about a higher-than-expect ed pricctag, plans arc moving forward for con struction of a new elementary school to serve the Leland area. The Brunswick County Board of Education authorized architects Boney & Associates to ad vertise for bids to build a 27-classroom school on River Road in Belviile, to open in fall 1996. Meeting late last month they postponed bid advertising because of a legal formality: the coun ty had not named the school system its agent for the project. Superintendent Ralph Johnston said Monday he had been advised by the county to proceed, that commissioners have indicated a willingness to work with the school board. Commissioners are expected to formally des ignate the school board as agent at their regular meeting next Monday, and to approve a financing plan. A public hearing is set at 5:45 p.m. in com missioners' chambers on the proposed installment financing. Bids would be opened in approximately 30 days, and a contract awarded as soon as financing has been arranged. The school will be an installment purchase, pledging the school as security as the county ei ther borrows the money through a financial insti tution or issues certificates of participation. By the time the school board builds, equips and furnishes the school, the total cost of the pro ject is now expected to approach W million. Several bid alternatives could lower the cost, but limit the school's capacity for growth. Sixteen months ago the school board had ex pected to build a $5.7 million school. Now archi tect Charles Boney Jr. estimates construction will cost S6.6 million to $7.1 million, or $70 to $75 per square foot, because building costs statewide are going up and the state has increased size re quirements. Add to that the cost of furniture, a computer network, architects' fees and related ex penses incurred by the county that must be repaid from school funds, and the total comes to almost $8 million. Plans had called for the schools to repay the county's installment financing over a five-year period using state half-cent sales tax revenues, with the school as collateral. A larger amount to be financed and rising interest rates mean the re payment period may now approach 10 years, or beyond the assured life of the half-cent sales taxes set aside for school purposes. Wooing Drop-Outs Back A one-year $35,861 Job Training Partnership Act grant accepted by the board Monday will be used to launch a new program for young adults at Brunswick Learning Center in Southport starting Dec. 1. The center will try to woo disadvantaged high school dropouts ages 18 through 21 into returning to school and completing their high school educa tion while improving their cmployability skills, said Assistant Superintendent Oscar Blanks. A re cruiter will be hired with part of the funds. The center already serves 70-plus middle and high school students who have had difficulties in a regular school setting. Other Business The board also: ? gave Blanks the go-ahead to apply for a multi-year grant for a Brunswick Learning Center program aimed at reducing second pregnancies by Brunswick County teens, and committed to implementing the five-year program if the grant is awarded. The program, which would require local cash support in its fourth year ($5,415) and fifth year ($16,835) in addition to continuous in-kind match, has been endorsed by the Brunswick County Commissioners and several other county social service agencies. According to the applica tion, 101 out of every 1,000 girls in Brunswick County between the ages of 10 and 19 became pregnancy in 1993. ? awarded a $7,529 contract to low bidder Heritage Environmental Services for removal of chemicals that are out of date or no longer consid ered safe for use in school science classrooms. Some had been stored in classrooms, others were found stored in other areas such as boiler rooms. To reduce risks, the school finance director is rec ommending classrooms use more videotapes and use fewer chemicals in the classroom. ? adopted as a recommendation only to the incoming school board for implementation in 1995-96, a proposed salary schedule for in-school suspension. Choices and student management personnel. Personnel Committee member Polly Russ said, "Right now the salaries are very in equitable," and need to be addressed. The com mittee recommended that classroom teaching or other experience not directly related to student management not be credited on the pay scale. NO PARKING SIGNS TO BE ERECTED Varnamtown Aldermen Urging Boaters To Use Parkina Lot BY DOL'ti HITTER Fishermen who launch their ves sels at Varnamtown's boat landing have not exactly taken to the town's new parking lot like fish to water During a recent trip to the water front. Alderman Will Mumford no ticed the public parking lot was empty while vehicles and boat trail ers lined both sides of Fisherman Road leading to the landing. That's not what the town board had in mind last month when it vot ed to ban parking on both sides of Fisherman Road between the park ing lot and the entrances to the two fish houses at the end of the road. To encourage more people to use the parking lot. aldermen voted Monday night to print flyers inform ing boaters of the new parking regu lations and letting them know ihcy can park for free in the town lot. At Mumford's suggestion, the fly en will be placed on windshields of vehicles parked along the road. "I suggest we have something typed on colored paper and give them some warning." Mumford said 'Tell them the parking area is free Do they know that? Do they think we're going to charge them?" Town officials arc waiting for the N.C. Department of Transportation to erect "No Parking" signs along Fisherman Road before trying to en force the rules. "Once you put the 'No Parking' signs up you're going to have to contact the sheriff's department," Mumford said. Standards Approved Aldermen approved a set of town standards Monday night establishing minimum requirements for future streets, drainage ditches and other types of infrastructure development. Jim Mannara, a member of the town planning board, drafted the standards Mannara has done a lot of volunteer work for the town, partic ularly engineering-type work. Mumford said Mannara has "saved us thousands and thousands of dollars in engineering fees and drawings. They're reallv good stan dards JOBS Program Vanidiniuw ii officials voted Mon day to participate in the Job Op portunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, which is administered by the Brunswick County Department of Social Services. The program provides free labor for public, non-profit organizations such as local governments while giving welfare recipients job experi ence and allowing them to eam some of their monthly benefits. Varnamtown officials said they're interested in having someone clean the town hall each week and also work on the grounds. Honoring Veterans An open house and ceremony honoring town residents who served in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War has been scheduled Sunday, Dec. 11, at 3 p.m. at Var namtown Town Hall. Mayor Pro Tem Ennis Swain, chairman of the committee that is planning the event, said there were 34 townspeople who served in at least one of the foreign wars. In The Works Alderman Ada McDonald, chair man of the planning board, said the board is working with Tom Cassell of the N.C. Division of Community Assistance on ordinances regulating adult entertainment and pool hall es tablishments. ?"?dies* ci **2S*XlVi ? TLTe AUTO Xtl S ELECTRIC 1TERNAT0RS STAP-r?_"~ \GE REGULATORS n ? - ? IIU ALTERNATORS STARTERS VOLTAGE REGULATORS GENERATORS REPAIR? REBUILT? EXCHANGED AUTOMOTIVE WIRING 754-7656 Royal Oak Road & Hwy. 17 N., Shallotte B I N (i 0 Thursday Nights ? Doors Open 6:15 pm Calabash VFW Post 7288 Carter Rd., Trader's Village, Calabash, 579-3577 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Games begin at 7:30 PM Minimum "Buy In" $5.00 Minimum Pay Out $650.00 Maximum $725 Snacks Available ? No Children under 12 NEW SMOKE-FREE AIR SYSTEM A Wide Range Off Services ..By A Team Of Professionals. 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