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Johnny Craig
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College Neec
Money may just be mone
hands, but when it comes poi
source it can often turn to gold
Thanks to a mysterious do
College Foundation has receive
lecting college classroom fund
wh.s formed to help raise mnn
struct the first phase of its $2.
The school has since fallen waj
As of last Monday, only $1
school, prompting the mysterioi
join the crusade. One telephone
Carter Monday afternoon sudde
for hnth college officials and st
The mysterious donor has
dollar all donations from peo
building fund, His only request
main anonymous.
It was a bargain on the spo
The school already has a $375,0(1
struction, but the funds must
before September 1985 or the si
If enough funds are on hanc
the project by September, BT(
permanent campus will be clos
ing out.
Although his name will rcrr
created a renewed interest and
to ine foundation. r or mai, ne <
After all, there's nothing w
niirer. Such mysteries should i
fun
Animal 1
For uumy yeurs scientists tiuvo explained
nnlnuit behavior In lernw of
instinct lino siimuius-i espouse.
From Puviov's dog experiments io
the present most reputable scientists
luivc accepted these theories without
much question. While they affirm
man's biological kinships wiUi the
iininuiLs, scientists have miule the
distinction tlmt man's uniqueness is
His ability to think -a trait aniuuiLs
lire not supposed to possess
Hut now un article in Smithsonian
MaHurino reports on a new Iiook by
cognitive ethologlst Donald Griffin of
Rockefeller University. In his
Animal Thlnkiiqt, Griffin argues that
consciousness is an evolved ability
and that consciousness evolved
because It Is clllrlcnt lor an animal to
organize lis behavior in terms of
mental images and mental goals He
feels calling humans unique In tlielr
ability to think Is conceited and lie is
being heard by Ills colleagues
because he Is well-recognized as a
rc|Hitnble scientist
Among the experiments mentioned
In lite article Is one Involving ringed
plovers With the approach of a
predator, nesting plovers will leave
tlielr nests, feign Injury by dragging
a Wtltg. aini attempt tC* liiii tat
predator away from the nest area In
this study, bints were observe*! to Ignore
students dressed in blue Jeans
and blue shirts as long as the* stayed
a specified distance from llie nests,
did not look townnl tfic nests, or
otherwise alarm ttie bints I bio student
in a bathing suit wulked towanl
Die nests, alarming the bints ami
causing them to begin their diversionary
display Thereafter, when
this student came on the heach wearing
the bathing suit, lite bin) would
become abirme*! wriUiout regani to
tlie distance The nesting plovers
recognised the danger, stored the
"threat" tn memory, anil thereafter
acted on that "knowledge" iKhrr experiments
showed that gating
tow anl the Wnts also proved a threat
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T'nui mimj, March 7,15S5
Donor Gives
ded Boost
;y when it routinely changes
jring in from an anonymous
nor. the Brunswick Technical
:d a much needed boost in colls.
In October, the foundation
? than $750,000 needed to con2
million classroom building.
' behind in its goal.
15,000 had been raised by the
lis philanthropist to generously
i call to BTC President Joseph
inly changed the entire outlook
udents.
i agreed to match dollar for
pie and agencies toward the
in return is that his name ret,
a deal no one could pass up.
10 state grant to help in the conbe
committed to the project
late will withdraw it entirely.
1 to employ the contractors for
H's hopes of one day having a
er to reality. Yet time is runnlain
anonymous, the donor has
has given a much needed boost
jiiiiiiut shun publicity entirely,
rong with having a secret admake
giving to the foundation
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without regard to distance. A .student
looking out ut the ocenn could appi
mich closer without alarming the
birds tlum a student who wus looking
toward the nests. Apparently the
birds can recognize and "reason"
tluit someone looking at them is more
o( a threat tluin Just a passerby.
Many studies of bees have proved
how scouts are sent out from hives to
find sources of nectar and return to
do a dance telling the hive where Onflow
ers are. Ikuuild tiriffin relates
how a swarm of bees also send out
several scouts to look for a new hive.
The scouts will walk around the
potential liive to measure its capacity
to hold the bees, assess the protection
from predators, ami return to
report to the swarm. With scout
reports, several bees (committee?)
vtsit the site, return and report, and
u?v i'uVc .miitu> iiurn ur acvciai
alternatives Oh* site it wants for a
new hive (irlffin feels this is n
cognitive act thinking ami reasoning.
Other experiments related deal
with chimpatuees planning strategy
to gain dominance as they Ue to
humans and to each other Evidence
for storing knowledge, planning
strategy. ami acting mi alternatives
closely resemble those used by
humans
Animal thinking is an interesting
subject. My predlcition is that some
day we will realize man is not the onjy
crKs'ur? a nuiid rspsiy? os
thinking anil reasoning and that we
may gain some insights into living by
thinkuig along with some of these
"lesser beings".
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Just when I thought I'd named
everything that could possibly be j
wrong with Calabash, in comes an
anonymous letter pointing out yet
another weakness. In my expose on
Calabash two weeks ago, it seems I :|
overlooked something so vital as
license tags.
Well, one thing the town council J
will be relieved to know is the '
anonymous letter did not mention
quorums or the council's actions,
which is exactly what my column ad- (
dressed Rut I guess that doesn't (
make any difference since a writer
can have his own opinions covering (
any topic that's on his mind. The let- i
ter was titled, "What Is Wrong With i
Calabash."
According to the writer, who said (
he was in law enforcement for 15 (
years in North Carolina before leav- j
ing for personal reasons, the state is i
losing money by housing people with i
out-of-state license tags. Working in t
the heating and air conditioning 5
business has taken him into the North <
Myrtle Beach area quite often, he i
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Last Friday morning I had the od
portunity of joining other women of
faith from throughout our rommuniiy
in ? joint Wufiu Imi uf Prayer servine
at Shnllotte Presbyterian
Church.
The service, "Peace Through
Prayer ami Action," was prepared
by I'liristian women in India for use
by women of all nationalities ami
languages on that day its intent was
to encourage each of us- through individual
and joint action and
prayer?to work toward peace with
justice. For each to try to help
alleviate suffering and exploitation,
hatred and war; to end our careless
despoiling of a beautiful creation to
promote our own selfish ends.
The idea ot women everywhere
tKormd ??u4i a rvriwram !?*?! n>f o litlie
breathless, awed by the potential
power it represented. And also
wondering how many of us really
meant the words that slipped so easily
from our tongues, the comj
nutmcnts we prayed; how many Uie
changing pledges had actually been
I made
j Our service began with silent
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"In North Myrtle Beach they have tl
me officer that does nothing but en- (
orce the motor vehicle laws that f
itates if you are in South Carolina i
wer ten days you have to get SC tags c
ind drivers license," the letter
itated.
Around Calabash, folks with South I
arolina license lags are appai enuy
Tossing the state line for more than t
nst dinner and a friendly round of t
rVacky Golf. It appears there are a t
lumber of Palmetto State license c
ags hanging around the Carolina t
Shores and Calabash areas, irking t
lome natives and long-time f
esidents. <
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reflection on the symbolism of the
lotus, tlie national flower of India. It
grows in still wraters, rooted in mud.
its long stalk stretching above wrater
for sun and air. The mud at the bottom.
the program said, denotes suffering.
pain and injustice and
peacelessness in our societies. The
still wraters depict apparent calm in a
world of tension and turmoil and
apathy to realities. The emerging
flower svmbolixes the struggle of
people who through prayer and action
strive for peace within
themselves and in the society.
It progressed, developed through
poetry, Scripture reading, song,
prayer and litany We were reminded
of the cross and the challenge to take
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? writer's address, under no etr?rs
be printed. Letters should be
the right to edit libelous come
Brunswick Beacon. P.O. Box
rking Thos*
"And living here in Calabash, N.C.,
don't see why that this state is not
nforcing the law that states that if
ou are in this state over thirty days,
ou have to list your car in this
tate," it stated. That sentence conains
five forms of the word "state,"
rtiich irks me. There is more.
"Look at the money that this state
s loseing (sic), while the state of
outh Carolina is getting rich over
his. In that state if you don't register
sic) your cars in that state you are
ine (sic) in the city court a fine of
wsnty five or thirty five dollars." it
ontinues.
The writer also claims there are
leople in Carolina Shores that are
rom Ohio that have been there for
wo years and still have not changed
heir tags. And "you have people that
ire living here that have there (sic)
:ars listed in SC, and SC is getting all
he money that should be coming to
his county. Why is this state not inorceing
(sic) this law, why is this
:ounty not getting the moneys (sic)
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ace In Oui
rtsks in our quest for peace are
justice The program touched 01
harsh realities that seeraei
thousands of miles away from th
wannus os uie sanciuary, oui reau;
weren't far away at all. There is suf
fering, hardship, disenfranchisemen
right here to which our response i
not adequate.
Can there be peace, the readers 01
the program asked, when:
We work against rather than fo
peace through individua
acts?careless words and actions, ur
sympathetic attitudes an
selfishness;
We engulf ourselves in the thin*
of the world and forget basic hums
values; when we are apatheti
toward problems cf !or.?!ir.?s.
alienation, drug and alcohol abus<
child and spouse battering
We support basic injustices?lac
of basic necessities, basic eu
oowerment?because of the unequ
exchange and distribution i
economic and human resources ar
an imbalance of political power
We fail or refuse to realize tl
world does stand on the brink of lot
annihilation by the threat of nuclei
war When we hurt people by ti
reallocation ot resources fro
Human needs to supoort a crowu
arms industry. to increase our a tab
to make Wot,
The answer to the question.
oour*. was "No."
And as the semce closed. tl
wsxnen joined in * prayer ct comni
roent to work and pray (or peat
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that SC is getting rich on. Don't this
county need the revenue to spend on
things that this county needs."
It does need the revenues, but it
may not need the hassles. The writer
questions why the sheriff's department
doesn't have one of its officers
roam the Calabash area, in search
for violators of the N.C. motor vehicle
registration laws.
That part of the letter is unfair,
since it Ls not the sheriff's department's
responsibility to enforce
highway regulations. It is the State
Highway Patrol's duty to monitor the
highways and motor vehicles.
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oui wiicic oiiuuiu d yrriavu nuiu
Ohio register his car if he spends a
majority of time in the Buckeye
State, and part of the year in
Carolina Shores? Even if it's just a
few months out of the year?
Whatever the answer is, it has
upset at least one person in Calabash.
But I'm staying out of this one. I'm
tired of finding out what's wrong with
Calabash.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Take Pride
In Town;
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To the editor:
I have traveled over a lot of eastern
North Carolina covering a 100-mile
area as far as Fayetteville and 1 can
honestly say that I have not seen
anything as bad as the litter situation
that exists in our community.
Have you driven over Route 130 to
Holden Beach lately? Or Grey Bridge
Road between 130 and 1132 and, lastly,
the road off of 179 going to
Shallotte Point? Well, I have and it is
a disgrace and a shame to see all the
litter, rubbish and garbage being
dumped along the right-of-way. In
some snots it is almost solid with
debris and trash.
We, the citizens, should take pride
in our wonderful countryside and not
turn it into a continuous dumping
I ground.
| Friends of mine from up north?
I visited us recently and commented
! on the litter and said thev had never
I seen anything quite so bad.
j 1 was ashamed and felt they were
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kept.
There is absolutely no excuse for
this sorry' state of affairs. Even an
animal does not foul its own neat.
Need we?
Why not use some of our prison inmates
to clean up this mess and once
it was cleaned it would be up to all of
us to keep it that way?
Please don't think I am exaggerating.
I-ook for yourself and
please take a camera with you. A picture
is worth 10,000 words.
Take pride in your town and don't
litter.
Ted C'oggeshall
Shallotte
r Time
1 beginning with the small changes
1 each of us could make All of
1 us?with comfortable or even abune
dant lifestyles that require little selfy
sacrifice?pledged "to live simply so
- that others may simply live."
t
s We committed our lives to ways of
peace and to making decisions based
a on that commitment.
If hundreds of thousands of women
across the world actually live up to
r that commitment, our world cannot
1 help but improve.
1*
d But I wonder: How many of us actually
paid attention to the pledge we
mo/L>'' Mrttar mnnv rJ lie nlun * ?* 1 hid.i
15 by it? Or was it an empty gesture by
111 welt-meaning people ^
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