Getaways
Pier fishing is fun, but don't expect a large catch
By L0RR1E DOUGLAS
Fall break may be the last time to head toward the
beach before the winter weather sets in. Even if the
beaches may be too chilly the fishing piers can offer a
relaxing weekend outdoors.
As the morning sun cast a blinding glare over the
steel-gray Atlantic bordering Yaupon Beach, North Caro
lina, a fisherman with tanned and leathery skin stopped
me from throwing his fish, a brown flounder, back in the
water. He had been away from it only for a moment, but
it was long enough for me to think that the fish had been
abandoned.
He told me that the fish was his only catch in about
three hours. As if on cue, the fish began to flop wildly,
making me jump away, startled. He seemed amused.
Gene Burns was his name, a long-time resident of
Yaupon Beach. I watched him cast his line'over the edge
of the pier. i
"Fishing was pretty good up until that storm," he said.
He was talking about Hurricane Dennis which struck off
of the North Carolina coast in mid-August. He said that
the storm brought in fresh water from the Cape Fear
River, forcing fish farther offshore. The water was also
too muddy as a result of the storm, he added, peering
down. He said that normally the water is so clear that a
person can look down and see to the bottom.
Silently he stared out to sea. Nothing was biting. We
listened to the soft roll of the waves and screaming of
the gulls. " The water was dotted with balloon-like
medusa jellyfish as far as the eye could see. A huge
white factory rose above the coastline in the distance.
Burns informed me that it was Carolina Power and Light
Company's : nuclear Brunswick Plant I recalled that
another fisherman, Howard Auman of High Point, had
speculated that the plant may have an effect on the
fishing, but Burns never elaborated about the plant, and
I did not press him.
About thirty minutes had passed since I had been
"watching Burns, and he still had not had a bite. With a
sigh he said he was going to give up for the day shortly. I
was disappointed that I had not witnessed the excite
ment of a fighting fish's survival instincts at the end of a
line, but at least he still had his only catch of the day.
If you are going ... Take Hwy. 54 east to Hwy. 55 east
to 401 south, which leads straight to Wilmington. Once
in Wilmington, get on 133 south. This highway will lead
you straight to the Southport-Long Beach - Yaupon
Beach area. The roads are mostly one-lane, but well
maintained, and make for a pleasant drive. Approximate
mileage: 180 miles. Approximate time: 3 hours. ($)
Lorrie Douglas is a staff writer for The Daily Tar Heel.
LEUTZE from page 3
Shortly after their marriage in 1960, the
couple moved to Denver where Leutze was
stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, where
he said his first job was to inventory the
Officer's Club, "counting the number of
bottles of booze." .
Before he left Lowry, though, Leutze
had his own squadron in a position that
had formerly been occupied by a major.
. Leutze's impressive characteristics fol
lowed him to Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C., where he took an even
ing graduate course. "Being young and
naive," he said, "I decided I would like to
work in the Senate. One day I walked into
Sen. (Hubert H.) Humphrey's office and
said 'I'd like a job.' Well, he hired me."
Leutze described the year he worked for
Humphrey as a very interesting part of his
life.
"This was during when Kennedy was
alive and Washington was an exciting place
you felt like you could really change
things," he said, his voice enthusiastic
His tone softened- . . .
"But then 15 years later you look back
and see things still haven't changed that
much."
- Leutze said he benefited a great deal
from his year in Washington.
"Having been involved" in the active
world, I am aware of the luxury people in
the academic world have of being able to
be objective about things in the world," he
said. - .'. .
Again a part of that academic world,
Leutze came to the University in 1968
after, receiving his doctorate from Duke
University. He began serving as chairman
of the curriculum in peace, war and de
fense in 1979.
One of Leutze's teaching assistants,
Connie Lael, knows Leutze as tough to
work for because of the responsibility he
places with H5 proctors.
"But in some cases, it isn't like work at
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A former proctor for Leutze, Neil Penny
witt described the professor as "demand
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to any. kind of input," Pennywitt said. "He's
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Leutze makes sure that at least one time
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"It serves the purpose of trying to break
the anonymity of being in a big class," he
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"This may sound odd, being a professor , ,
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Leutze, himself an author of two books
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Even though he realizes the truth in Gas
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"I swear" that I'm not going to live to be
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Ann Murphy is a contributor to Spotlight.
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