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WEST CRAVEN HIGHLIGHTS — JULY 13. 1989 — PAGE 5 I * s- *K I I Southern Seen Sometimes in church a sermon gets a bit boring. The best thing to do when that happens is to find a good stained'glass window and stare at it. The light from outside gets through, but the world doesn’t. It is a scene of many colors, but tells only one story. American religion, with its many churchs of rainbowed hues, is much like that window. Each color has a life of its own, but each also fits in dispensably within the larger pic ture. We are blessed by our proxim ity to faiths and religious traditions not our own. Take the gentle but faceless Am ish, for example. Many of us may not share their perservance with farm ing, their suspicion of technology, ^ theircommunolsharing.theirresis- tance to higher education, and their separatist life. In TAe Riddle of Am- i»h Culture (John Hopkins Univer sity Pres, 1989), Dondd B. Kraybill has helped us to see better these in visible people for whom a photo graphed face is idolatry. His de tailed portrait of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Amish takes us out of suspicion of their peculiari ties into appreciations and praise. Some similarities between the Amish (thriving and growing today) and the Shakers (virtually extinct) will be readily noticed—separatism, self-reliance, dress, distain for the frivolous, hard work. The Shakers, that American group that arose in the late 18th century, grew and prospered in the 19th century, and evaporated by the 20th, have been made more plain to us by Flo Morse’s The Shakers and the y/orld‘8 People (University Egress of New England, 1987 paperback). This is a carefully organized scrap book of statements about Shakers by Shakers themselves and by others outside of that world. What suddenly dawns is that we know people in our own time who have no idea they are Shakers. The idea of Shakerism isn’t extinct at all. The Quakers, those people of such *gentle persuasion”, have been more visible in American history than either the Amish or the Shakers, al though probably thought no less pe culiar outside the Friends’ meeting houses. Quakers may be without vi olence but they have not been with out conflicts. One of the worst was the great split of 1827-28 which H. Larry Ingle traces in Quakers in Conflict: The Hicksite Reformation (University of Tennessee Press, 1986). This internal struggle be tween rural and urban Quakers was over what weight persona), tradi tional countryside practices should carry as compared with centra] au thority and adaptation to the city. It is a saga told, with a different cast of characters, in almost every Ameri can religious group. Prominent among the reformers was Elias Hicks, for whom the movement was named. His cousin, Edward, is bet ter known, having been the painter many times of the "Peaceable King dom* lion and lamb lying down together. Among the Quakers, peace would not return to the peace ful for over a century. The Pentecostals have also struck mainstream religions as "different”, though they share many character istics of mainstream faiths. Separ ated from society more by economy and by geography than by choice, they are best known outside their churches for the exuberance of their worship, something for which the otherwise meek Shakers were also known. Elaine J. Lawless gives us a fine sample of faith, drawn from one church in southern Indiana, In “God's Peculiar People: Women's Voices & Folk Tradition in a Pente costal Church (Univeristy Press of Kentucy, 1988). She finds the wor ship far more loose and unstruc tured, and she especially appreci ates the roles of women in a church usually thought dominated by men. Most of the men work in a danger ous quarry nearby, and the church fills important needs for reassur ance and confidence among the wives. Mountain religion has always had its share of outside onlookers, too. Howard Dorgan, a communica tions professor, spent a dozen years studying, respectfully and almost reverently, the religious services of different Baptist groups in the mountains: FVee Will, Missionary, Primitive, Regular, Old Regular, and Union Baptists. XnGivingGlory to God in Appalachia: Worship Practices of Six Baptist Subdenomi- nations (University of Tennessee Press, 1987), Dorgan’s hearing skills catch the rhythms and phras- ingsand the nuances of tight-lipped people who open up to their God. He passes no judgments upon thier theologies. He appreciates each for its part in the stained glass window of American religion. So, too, is there appreciation by eleven other scholar-visitors study ing independent churches in North Carolina, in a book edited by Ruel TVson, Jr., James L. Peacock, and Daniel W. Patterson. Diversities of Gifts: Field Studies in Southern Re ligion (University of Illinois Press, 1988). What makes these churches unique is something these students call "gestures”, a word widened to include sermons, hymns, testimo nies, and local custom, prevailing against samenesses, central hierar chies, and social service. In the stained-glass window of faith, each fragment fits. Were each seen in itself alone, it would perhaps seem oddly shaped and non functional. Perhaps it is we who seem “peculiar” to them. In the whole rainbow spectrum of Protes tantism, each seems much less "pe culiar”. Each has an understand able and appropriate place. NCSU Soil Scientist CiAillFIEDS Makes Marshes For [Ti Studying Ecologies Miieiiimoui For 8al« NEW RINSE N VAC Siewn dtant carpsa dssnsr and kssfis thsm daioar lornsr. Rsni ai PATS FURMTUra CO 244 1828 e I.8.1S.22.29 5tc SUN. SAM). SOUND! Eniw a unqus vacsbon ai N Spodiman'a Im and S7h Place Wsat lonQ Beach. NC (919) 278 5267. Cel for tpebel racebon raisa. His clay is the debris of human endeavor and from it Dr. Stephen W. Broome makes an environment for birds, fish and any number of other creatures. Consider a five-acre slab of Eagle Island in New Brunswick County just across the Cope Pear River from Wilmington. The island is composed largely of the sand and clay that once hugged the bottom of the area’s waterways. It is a depository for the soil dredged from those waterways. Broome has supervised the trans formation of a five-acre portion of the island into the beginnings of a salt marsh. Broome, a soil scientist at N.C. State University is an expert on coastal marshes and dunes. He has lent his expertise to numerous pro jects aimed at creating these often fragile environments. Eagle Island is the site of his most recent effort. A salt marsh is being developed on the island, Broome said, in order to mitigate the loss of other wetlands that will occur with expansion of Wilmington’s port facilities. Such wetlands are an important ecological element in the coastal en vironment and creating new mar shes helps preserve the quality of that environment, Broome said. Work at the Eagle Island site be gan in early May. Broome said he wanted to create a marsh within an intertidal zone, or area that floods 'each day as the tide comes in. The first step, he said, was to grade the area to create the kind of gentle slope that leaves the entire area under water at high tide and the majority of the site above water at low tide. Working under a contract with the N.C. Ports Authority, Broome, research associate Dr. Christopher B. Craft and research technicians Carlton Campbell and Larry Hobbs planted six species of marsh grass and sedges. The trick, Broome said, is to plant the right kind of gass at the correct elevation in relation to the tide. The site was planted primarily with different species of Spartina grass. Black needle rush and two species of bull rushes were planted at elevatons throughout the site in an effort to determine where these plants grow best. Scientists now realize that mar shes are an important port of the es tuarine environment, the area where freshwater rivers flow into the ocean. The marshes serve as nurseries where fish and other marine ani mals are born and grow. Broome and two colleagues — Dr. Ernest D. Seneca, head of NCSU’s botany department, have been in volved in marsh and dune establish ment and restoration since 1969. Broome described the work as "applying agronomic principles to a natural system.” 13 WtnM To Buy Coast From Page 1 Fine From Page 1 Texasgulf has not taken an active role in this issue, except to provide information for those seeking ap proval of the provision, a spokesman said. “If in the judgement of the Gen eral Assemby, they deem this on ap propriate use of the money, I cer tainly think those of us who are in Beaufort County would be pleased with the action,” Rann Carpenter of Texasgulf said. At the urging of Chapin, the pro vision was attached to an oil spill re covery bill sponsored by Basnight. The spill recovery bill proposes to hold the oil industry liable for dam ages to the state’s environment from oil spills or other related accidents. It also would give businesses such as motels and restaurants the right to collect damages from oil compa nies forincome lost because of a spill or other accident. The bill was introduced in the state senate after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground March 24 spill- 'Hig millions of gallons of oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It was approved as part of the se nate’s expansion budget package. Other fines have been returned to home counties, Chapin said, but this use of an environmental fine is "un precedented in the state.” Chapin said constitutional law experts with the N.C. Institute of (government believe the proposal is legal. A spokesman with the Insti tute confirmed that today. The N.C. Department of Natural Resources and (^immunity Deve lopment "does not have a position* on the use of the money, a spokes man said. When the penalty was paid, the check was written to NRCD and put in the state’s general fund to be ap propriated by the General As sembly, according to NRCD and Texasgulf spokesmen. Texasgulf and NRCD reached an out-of-court settlement of a $5,698,907 fine against the pho sphate company in June. The civil penalty was for more than 1,500 apparent violations of air quality standards. Environmental management, a division of NRCD, assessed the fine against Texasgulf Dec. 17, 1986. The company filed a petition Jan. 16,1987,challengingallofthe prop osed penalty and sought a hearing before an administrative law judge. Texasgulf acknowledged two emission "incidents” but questioned the state’s right to levy a penalty. It denied the others occurred. The firm settled out of court be fore the hearing was held. when it combined the Lifesaving Service and Revenue Cutter Ser vice. In 1967, it was transferred from Treasury to the U.S. Transpor tation Department. In North Carolina, the (Toast Guard operates eight shore sta tions, one base at Fort Macon, one air station at Elizabeth City and a Marine Safety Office in Wilmington. Four stations — Coinjock, Hat- teras, Oregon Inlet and Ocracoke — and 150 guardsmen fall under Group Cape Hatteras command. Four stations — Hobucken, Swansboro, Wrightsville Beach and Oak Island — work under the com mand of Group Fort Macon. The Port Macon and Cape Hat teras groups are part of the Coast Guard's 5th District that extends from New Jersey to North Carolina. The district headquarters is in Portsmouth, Va. The Coast Guard is an armed force of the United States and is equal in status to the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. In peacetime, the Coast Guard serves within the Departmentof Transpor tation. During a war or by presiden tial decree, it reports to the U.S. Navy. Initially, the Coast Guard fol lowed in the footsteps ofits parental organizations and confined its du ties to rescue and intercepting con traband. During Prohibition — 1920 to 1933 — guardsmen worked to apprehend liquor smugglers. After Prohibition and World War II, the Coast Guard’s primary re sponsibility shifted to aiding navi gation and safety at sea. During the 19708, smuggling reappeared. But rather than liquor, this time the illegal merchandise was multimillion-dollar shipments of marijuana and cocaine. Nationwide, on an average day, the Coast Guard seizes 3,500 pounds of marijuana and 35 pounds of cocaine worth about $6.5 million. Also, on an average day, guards men help other agencies confiscate another 243 pounds of marijuana and 26 pounds of cocaine worth $3.5 million. On average, they arrest two smugglers daily and seize a drug vessel every two days. The effort expended by the Coast Guard to apprehend drug smug glers has increased four- to 5ve-fold in the lost 10 years. Ward says. And with the increase in drug traffic has come increased danger for guards men because drug smugglers are frequently armed. Now boarding ofTicers must be trained to know drug laws, proper boarding procedure, drug detection and recongition and self-defense. Often Coast Guard ofliccrs are trained alongside U.S. Customs agents in detection methods. VOA From Page I not directed toward them,” Moss said of Americans who seldom tune in to the broadcasts. "Studios are in Washing- ton(D.C.) and the transmissions are beamed by satellite to Greenville.” Once here it is translated into digital signals and sent once again by satellite to stations in Bangkok, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka or it is broadcast to La- 'tin America. But the question that is most often asked is why North Car olina? Why was a site selected in rural North Carolina to serve as the global clearinghouse of prog- rams originating from Washington? “We wanted to have as few ion ospheric hops ns possible, there fore we wanted a site on the east coast,” Moss said in referring to the upper part of the atmosphere full of charged particles that can affect shortwave reception. Moss added that land is not as expensive as in the northeast where most operations were prior to VGA’s move to the state in 1961. VOA has 2,400-acre sites near Washington and Blackjack and a 600 acre site near Greenville. At each of the sites in Blackjack and Washington are five 500,000 watt and three 250,000 watt program transmitters, and one 50,000 watt and two 40,000 watt communication transmitters. The communication transmit ters are used for teletype trans missions and to relay programs to other stations. But the sites here in North Carolina do more than just trans mit, they listen as well. Radio Iran, Radio Libya and the BBC are all monitored to keep abreast of what is going on throughout the world. Some foreign prog rams are taped to provide VOA announcers models to listen to in order to improve their own on-air dialects. And what better place to pick up other country’s transmis sions than from the most power ful radio station in the free world. Drilling From Page 1 tion. The bill was written to protect a portion of California’s coast, but Congressman Walter B. Jones at tached an amendement requiring Mobil to make a full environmental impact statement. The bill, with the Jones amend ment, was to have been taken up in the U.S. Senate when that body re convened this week. Part of LegaSeas next effort will be to lobby North Carolina senators Jesse Helms and Terry Sanford to support the bill, Ms. Mizell said. As part of the lobbying effort, Mickey Baker of Ocracoke mailed the second part of a petition this week to Helms, Sanford, Jones, (3ov. Jim Martin, state Sen. Marc Bas night end Secretary of the Depart ment of the Interior Manuel Lujan. Ms. Baker said the petition was signed by 2,134 residents and visi tors. She has also distributed "thou sands” of pre-addressed postcards to be mailed to the six governmental officials. "Our ocean and our beaches are worth fighting for,” Ms. Baker said. "We want to be able to enjoy our beautiful place.” The group is sponsoring a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. July 19 on Ocracoke at the school gym. State and local officials and oil explora tion experts will hold a panel discus sion and answer questions. Meeting organizer Debbie Wells has asked Mobil to send a representative to the meeting. Greenpeace plans to bring the MA7 Greenpeace, the environmen tal group’s 200-foot flagship vessel, to Morehead City July 25. The boat will be open for public education programs during its two-day stop, a spokesman said. That same week, the (Toastal Re sources Commission will meet in Beaufort. It will be asked to approve an amendment to the Dare County land use plan which says the county is opposed to any petrochemical energy-related facility within its jurisdictional land or waters. The (Toastal Area Management Act requires approval by the com mission of any amendments to land use plans in 20 coastal counties under its jursidiction. Hyde (Tounty is considering a si milar amendment. NOTICE 1972 BEVERLY MANOR MOBILE HOME contains appliances and cen tral air. This mobile home is available for inspeclion by appointment wilh Dean Morris. 244-0594. Only sealed bids will be considered wilh a $1000.00 minimum. Bids will be accepted until noon, July 29, 1989. For Bid information, contact Dean Morris, 244-0594, P.O. Box 25, Vancebofo, NC 28566. (v-c) WANTED TO BUY Lsad near Vsncaboni srsa. Cal Dav)d Usduret 2440893 45 Mobfle HomM For Sii# A2ALEA MOeU HOMES has 14‘ wxfs 3 BR homes with payments S160 per monti (10% down) 144 mos Come see Caihe^Speohtai Gioco- WMHiyor cal 9465639 Azatee Mobile Homes. Hwy 17 North. Chooowriiiy. NC. 9465639 COME SEE ITIA 14i70 mobile home (esiunng a round tub surrounded by mtrrorsi Stereo. 2 BR, 2 baths, completehi lurnisKed. See Caihew Speight el hiiies Mobw Homes. Chooowiniiy. or cal 9465639 FOR SALE-S39500 ON REP03 OR USED HOMES AT Azalea Mobile Homes. 17, N, Chocowinly. N C. Phone 946 5639 LANDOWNERS—You may quahfy for a new home with no down payment. ^ Catherine Speight Azalea Mobte Homes. Chocowintiy. 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