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Page 8-B [A point of view BY BILL NIXON ' E4M*r» a*4e: Nlio. u EMh ■alive, k vict prwMrnt of Parker Bralken NewsHPen of Akwkie. Hi* relaia appear* weekly ia a aumker of Ik at frMp’t publications We all do our fair share of complaining and listening to others complain. Almost dai ly we heat someone say, “If I could just move to a better neighborhood,’’ or “If I could just change jobs...” “If, if, if...” Just the other day, I heard such a complaint and I was reminded of the young man who complained to his father that things were pretty rough and that he felt sure they’d be better somewhere else. His father looked him straight in the eye and began to tell this story: “Long ago, in the early 1800 s, lots of eastern folks were dissatisfied with their lives and began migrating west. There was an old Missouri farmer who was too old to farm so he passed the day sitting on his fence wat ching the settlers travel down the road in their covered wagons. 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One day a wagon stopped and the travelers hollered out to the old man, “We’re movin’ west and look ing for a good place to settle. This looks like beautiful coun try, but tell me, how are are the folks around here?” The farmer slid down off the fence and came over to the travelers and asked, "Well, how are the folks where you come from?” The settlers replied, “Well, that’s the reason we decided to leave. The folks in our town were the rudest, most un friendly people that we have ever known. How are the peo ple around here?” The old farmer just shook his head and said, “Oh, about the same.” With that the set tlers moved on down the road. A few days later another wagon came by, stopped, and the driver asked the farmer the same question. Once again the old farmer asked, “How are the folks where you came from?” The settlers said, “Why, they are the greatest people in the world. Every one of them is friendly, warm, and giving. It broke our hearts when we had to leave them behind. The most we’d ever hope for is to find good people like that again. How are the folks around here?” The old farmer replied, “Oh, about the same.” More often than not, that’s the way life is. No matter what the set of cir cumstances, wherever we are dealing with people they are “about the same.” About the same we perceive them, and about the same as we treat them.” The wise old farmer was passing on the simplest form of wisdon by telling those who passed that life is about the same whereever we go. It’s up to each of us to make our life the way we wish it to be. Do you believe man was created by God or in the theory of evolution? In a recent Gallup poll. THE CHOWAN HERALD nearly half of those surveyed - 44 per cent - said they favored creationism, or the belief that an act of God brought the earth and its life forms into existence. Only a small number, nine per cent, said they were strict evolutionists, believing to day’s life forms developed over millions of years without assistance from a godly source. ■ A large number - 38 per cent - said they favored a combina tion of creationist and evolu tionist theory. Religious leaders see no contradiction in combining these two views. Many feel a Christian can believe in both. Accepting the information that science gives us doesn’t have to indicate a conflict with the teachings of the book of Genisis. I suppose what is being said is it doesn’t really matter what you believe in as long as you believe in something. What do you believe in? Letter To The Editor Dear Editor: The sight of so many con gregating in Swain Auditorium recently to hear the magnificient North Carolina Symphony was heart warming; a credit to those responsible. Strike one for the arts in our community. For me it could have pro perly been called “Strothers’ Night”. Shelby Strother and her talented husband have brought to Edenton in the field of music a degree of ex cellence, professionalism and dedication uncommon in the largest of metropolitan areas. They have created among us an awareness and ap preciation of beautiful music. Without this, there may have been no symphony. I am grateful to them. John Gilliam Wood hki About 14,000 martyrs are listed in the records of the Roman Catholic Church. I The Carolina Review - Investigation Os Jimmv Green TAR' BABY...Attorney j General Rufus Edmisten may ; appoint, or ask the govemor for the appointment, of a special prosecutor to carry out an independent investiga tion of Lt. Gov. Jimmy Greet. Word rumored around town last week that Edmisten and others on his staff were fran tically persuing state statutes, looking for the legal means for such an appoint ment. One source said Ed misten’s chief deputy assis tant, Andy Vanore, was “not exactly happy when the newspaper called him about it (the special prosecutor).” Vanore, in fact, would not confirm or deny original in quiries about the possibility. Later, the attorney general’s information officer, Mike Carmichael, confirmed that a special prosecutor was under consideration. “This leaked out. It’s not something we would have lik ed to get out this early. But it is under consideration?’ Car michael said. Annual Beaux Arts Ball Continued From Page 7-B will be held Friday before the Ball. The Beaux Arts Ball pro mises to be “a work of art in itself”, according to the com mittee. Special invitations were designed by Molly Smith of Edwards and Broughton Co., Raleigh. Bob Strother’s Florist of Cary is planning to create a romantic at mosphere for the Ball through arrangements of flowers and candles. Music will be provid ed by the famous Peter Duchin Orchestra - with Duchin himself at the piano. A four course dinner featur ing fine regional specialities including shad roe and squab will be prepared by food ar tisan and caterer Gary Wein of Durham. Invitations have been mail ed to the Art Society member ship under the direction of a statewide committee headed One source close to Green indicated the lieutenant governor, while he might rather have an independent investigator, still felt “special prosecutor” was a misnomer. “They’re just investigating him (Green), not trying him,” the source said. No doubt Green would prefer no investigation whatsoever. The controversy erupted a couple of weeks ago when Green found out the SBI was checking his telephone records. The SBI is under the attorney general’s jurisdic tion, and the attorney general is running for governor in 1984, like the lieutenant gover nor. Green demanded, in a meeting attended by ten senators, that Edmisten tell him why he was being in vestigated by the SBI. He ap parently suggested that the investigation smelled of gubernatorial politics. Friends of Edmisten were quick to point out that the by Mr. and Mrs. George R. Ragsdale and Ms. Melissa Peden. Members tickets to the Ball are $250.00 per coupie. Non member tickets are $150.00 for a single; $275.00 per cou ple. Additional information or reservations may be obtained through the North Carolina Art Society office, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, or phone: (919) 833-1935 Exten sion 139. The North Carolina Art Society is the membership and volunteer support group for the North Carolina Museum of Art. Proceeds from previous Balls have helped to fund acquisitions of art, such as Claude Monet’s “Morning Mists”, and have been used to augment funds raised for the Education Wing of the new Museum and educational programs. most recent investigation was obviously Colcor related. One source in the attorney general’s office, who asked not to be identified, insisted that the local district attorney in Columbus County had re quested the latest SBI in vestigation. The source said too, that he would prefer “remanding it back to the local district attorney” for investigation. Now retired, former local District Attorney Lee Greer answered questions forth rightly from his cottage at Long Beach last Friday. “When all of this stuff was breaking (Colcor), I called and then wrote a letter (to Ed misten). The letter stated...any person who had been suspected of violations in MINI STORAGE YOU Lock It Up ft Keep The Key Store Anything, Any Size, Anytime, As Long As You Need Open 24 hr*, a day • 365 days pw year <«*> (4*M) (felt) *r (ltalt) T* CMm tthrHwOrMMtt raft* ANYTHING a*Ssssk:sssss. 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I was very caret not to name any names, wanted all people (i vestigated) who it appear might have violated sta law.” Green’s name on the Cole . tapes qualified hips. B names mentioned on fhOCt cor tapes apparently includt other “name” politician! people Greeh probably fee should be under investigate too, If he is to be investigate One of these politicians w; Congressman Charlie Rns reportedly not bein investigated. “Looks like Rufus is pui chinga tar baby these days, commented a Green frient smiling.
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