Columns

I have heard of extreme sports—snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding—and even watched many on television. But there is a new extreme game in town and it’s not your typical sporting event.

Extreme couponing has become so popular, there is even a television show chronicling the process and the savings. As a child I remember my mother clipping coupons from the Sunday paper. She even had a special coupon book that she kept in her purse. I remember it was organized into categories such as food, cleaning products, etc.

My high school graduation had been delayed. That last year of school, snow days—days where snow actually covered the ground make driving dangerous, not just threatened to do so—had put us behind schedule several extra class days. 

For kids on their way out the door and looking to begin the next chapters in their lives, waiting seemed forever.

Every single decision made by members of the Brunswick County Board of Education ultimately affects students and the classroom.

A group of five individuals makes decisions that will affect about 12,000 children, possibly double the number of parents or guardians and several thousand Brunswick County Schools employees.

I was on one of my many trips to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office when it came up—the subject I had so hoped to avoid—Jenelle, otherwise known as Brunswick County’s resident “Teen Mom.”

A “star” on MTV’s “reality” show “Teen Mom 2,” Jenelle Evans is a 19-year-old Oak Island resident whose run-ins with the law have been well documented on the show, in the tabloids and in the court docket in Brunswick County District Court.