Opinion Page THE BRUNSWICK&BEACON Edward M. Swealt and Carolyn H. Sweat) Publisher* Edward M. Sweatt Editor Susan 1,'shiT Yetrs Editor Terry Pope .Staff Writer Johnny (raid S/torta Editor Mary Polls Office Manager Cecelia Gore Advertising Kvprearntativc Tammie Galloway Typesetter Steve Anderson Preaaman Hill Mctrowan Photo Technician Clyde and Mattic Stout. Jim Ballou Circulation Page 4-A Thursday, Ajjfii io, ISS5 'Litterlv' Soeakina. / I V Thanks For Helping It's encouraging to see local groups and towns gearing up to combat littering along the South Brunswick Island's beaches and roadsides. Their involvement will be most notable next week when everyones minds should turn to the prevention of littering during "Clean-Up Week" sponsored by the N.C. Department of Transportation. While DOT crews will be cleaning the roadsides and streets, groups at Ocean Isle, Holden and Sunset beaches will l)e out in force to help clean the beach strands of litter and debris. Litter is no small problem when one multiplies the potential violator by thousands of visitors each weekend. No one likes taking a stroll along the beach, only to step on a broken bottle, or being smacked in the face with a hot dog wrapper while trying to get a tan. The naturally beautiful Brunswick County landscape is blighted by bottles, cans and other trash tossed by thoughtless residents and visitors. To help combat the problem, local groups have joined forces with the towns, with some groups organizing humorous, creative ways that should lie effecti"e in helping to control litter. One of the first sights a visitor will see at public accessways now under construction at Holden Beach is a large gray and orange sign in the shape of a foot that states, "Ixiave Only Your Footprints." Designed and purchased by the 1 lolden Beach Property Owners Association, the signs will appropriately stand next to large trash cans. Thanks to the Ocean Isle Beach Property Owners Association, police officers will be patroling the beach strand this summer on a three-wheel Honda. The group will donate the vehicle, which will be used to combat litter and assist in emergencies, to the town during the Aprii 27 clean-up day. At Sunset Beach, both town officials and the taxpayers association have supported means to combat Utter on the beach by placing large trash barrels on the strand. Now that community groups and towns are fighting the litter problem, the only thing needed is cooperation from residents and visitors. Warm Days Bring Ladybugs! As April brinK.v wurmor days and winter retreat* northward, many small briitht red and yellow beetles move out from under moist leaves on the forest floor These "ladylniK*", 'j or "ladybirds", or "lady beetles" Bill respond to the warm sun and some mysterious awareness that it is now rOVQT time for them awake from their ' long winter sleep (.H the more than 250,000 species of , . , , . ., . * . ... ,. * . . , lndylxig males and climbs a foot oi beetles, the ladvbug Is one of tin* few .. . . . . ... . , , , , . so up the stem and lays her orange insects tiiat are trulv beneficial to .. . , . . , . , . eggs on tin* underside of a leaf num. Vherr nrr some 500 varieties of ,,,. . ,. . . k . ? , . ,, . ... Within six days the orange cap ladybugs, all rolorfull and spotted , , * ^i/% l lu i sules bring forth a tiny monstei with pink or white or crimson or , ,, ??.' ? ? ... aii i. . it sluiped tike an alligator This smal orange or black or tan or yellow or . !? . . . . . . ^ .... ,,. , beetle larva moves out and hungrtlj nnv comhiiuition of tlxwe colors , .. . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . seeks small aphids he can catch anc ladybugs awake just in time to . ...,. ... ... . JL .i / t.i rat W tlhtn tlx* two to three weeks o feed on tlx* millions * aphtils now ap- . . . . . ... . A t ' .. . his larval stage the monster sheds hi. (tearing on frrsh new leaves and buds . . .. . ? of the pUni world Tl* .phids m?? "l,l(!,tor * n nJ*rts *,tarK" on UK- surface of leave.-, and suck out M,r srvor"1 U"** W,h?' lnrv"< .. ... , . . . reaches the cm! of this staRo in lb tlir U(r KivinK *?P frc.ni plant.* ... . ... , . . .. ... . .. . , _ life. lie crams with food and thcj ladvbuRs move m. fating 50 io 100 ...... . , , .;, , . . . , _ Rluos his Uil io a spot on a loaf oi aphlds a day. stopping briofh lo * ,. , .. . . ' branch and becomes a pupa Hero it clean llwlr laws ami wipe a?a\ tlic ' , .. . ,, ... _ no more man live or sis ilavs tl* Rluc-like snlistam-c ttie aplu.is suuirt . . . , ... ... , ... .. most distinctive changes take place at them to try to seal their mouths . . AI.er about a week of catuiR aphlds *** Vr,U*?> ^ ^ "n ami red mites ami scales the reforms into a oomples insect wiU two pairs of wines, antennae, com .?...? ?-? ?pound exes, a three-jointed body, am i IHf BRUNSWKK$KACON established Nov i iebi aphitis. male, ami die ine ieniaie Telephone 7S4 68do will beRui the egg-laying cycle aRau Published Every Thursday and sometimes as many as fie Ai Mam Street generations will complete their lif Shollotte N C J845") excles before cold weather cause SUBSCRIPTION RATIS ! those remainuiR to seek sanctuar IN MVMSWiCt COUNTY under the detms on the forest floor One Yeai $5 ?3 lady Uriis remind us of the vast m Sit Months S3 14 Uvit) takuiR place in the spntiRUm tlSIWMttl Ht NOtTN CAKOIINA world around us These helpful ir One Yeoi $7 3} sects keep us from being complete! Six Months S4 18 inundated by aphlds. whose female tlSTWMItt IN tl S A without the necessity cf mating, ca One Year $10 00 reproduce a btllion aphids in on Six Months S6 00 summer lady bugs also remind us. ... .the compleattx of life cycles and too Second closs postage paid at . . . ... .. the Post Office ,n Shallot.. *nd ^'^UUonshsp, in th N C. 284S9 USPS 777 790 " jT.r ^ ? .. forms of life Why Wolfe For two weeks, it was like returning to the college classroom on Tuesday nights to discuss the life and works of the late Thomas Wolfe, an Asheville native who wrote '' I>ook Homeward, Angel." Sponsored by the Brunswick County Extcasion Service and N.C. State University, the seminar explores Wolfe's semi-autobiographical first novel (Ix>ok Homeward, Angel) that is subtitled, "A Story of the Buried Life." About 22 people gathered for the class taught by Professor James Clark of N.C. State. T U,*r, tract C r n rvi inor ' WU WCCltd VltV OVIIIII1UI I another buried life is revealed as the Brunswick County Board of Education has done it to me again. In addition to the difficulties of having to squeeze in chapters of Wolfe between board meetings and fires, I've also had to juggle the class around Tuesday night activities and a mandatory deadline. For two consecutive Tuesday nignis, me scnooi uoaru nas tounu two wonderful reasons to meet: to discuss the schools' reading program and to present 1985-86 budget proposals. Club ( If you ever read the community news section of The Beacon, you can't have missed it. Tucked in between the wedding, engagement, birth and meeting announcements, it's usually part of the "write-ups" sent in by local clubs: The meeting concluded with the reading of the club collect. If you're not a member or past member of an extension homemakers' club, women's or junior women's club, Sorosis club, or professional women's club, the term "club collect" probably doesn't mean a Hunt! to you. For the rest of as, it's like a teddy (tear, flooding us with warm feelings. As a former BPW member, the word association also prompts memories of the elose fellowship of women working together to achieve a larger good, ignoring all the little grievances we might have against one another. It's a feUowshin 1 miss sorely and hope someday to share ugnln should iny schedule permit Joining tel'W as a green, idealistic, Calendar Thursday, April 18 SENC1-ANI) Community Action pre; Times." a seminar for female head; the University of North Carolina i building, Brunswick County Goveri A COWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE W< Methodist Church in Shallotte for about the program or becoming Hi OCEAN ISl.E BEACH opens bids at t sewer system, 2:30 p.m. FINANCIAI. AIO WORKSHOP at the sponsored by Brunswick Technical bound students and their parents, I BRUNSWICK COUNTY SPELLING I assembly building. Brunswick Cou GAME NIGHT at the American legi US 17,7:30 pm Friday, April 19 DEADLINE TO RESERVE A TABI Rescue Squad Dessert and Card P LAST OAY to register (or a chair car the Brunswick County Extension ( Saturday, April 20 ; YARI) AND BAKE SALE by the L 1 xalge No. 2679, wtth the Elks sellm Calabash, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ' YARD SALE at the Roiling Spring Li N.C. 87, 9 a.m. to A p.m. A WORKSHOP on "Women and Heal' Council on the Status o( Women building, Brunswick County Govei management ami cancer and a (r noon 1 HEALTH PAIR and open house at the featuring booths by the deparUiu public health screening. 11 a.m ti ? CHAPTER 36 of the Special Forces lakes VKW Building on N.C 87, 1 1 FISH FRY AND BUSINESS MEET Club at Sunset Harbor. 6 p m . wil GOSPEL SING a? IN* lUrhn with sandwiches ami soft drinks f< p.m. ( AME NKiHT at the Calabash Volui Monday, April 22 t'AIARASH TOWN COL'NCIL m?t! a m BHI NSWICK COTNTY BOARD OF leniwa department. 5 JO p.tn BRINSW1CX URNTY BOARD OK iwnl, 7: JO p m HOI J) EN BKUai BOARD OK' AlVJ there is an appeal to be heard. 7 Tuesday, April 23 Tin: BKl-NSKTCX CSUTi VE7K (or the da> while the staff attend: THK BRl'NSWK* COCYIY VKT1 Spring lakes WW Post lOtOO. 7 Wednesday, April 24 RRl NSTOCK TQASTMASTERS. O Restaurant. Soutb(url. 7 a m 4 a (Would Ha Of all nights, the schools selected Tuesday nights for its special meetings, giving truth to the statement that has become my rnotto lately, "Ymi just can't plan for anything while being a reporter." The school board hasn't met on Tuesdays for years. As Wolfe would have said, "O I,ost." Thus college life has been cut short for two Tuesday nights, but that's the life and luxury that a reporter often faces. 1 won't mention the fact that I I..1C riKnnt Of I mimitAC Infn fcr mn ?u.i auuui mm iiitiiuvco ina iui iiij class last Tuesday night. When 7 p.m. came, I was still writing stories about fires and accidents, so mavbe I'm not cut out for the college life. Afterall, it's been two years since I last hit the books. lollect' Has L/ h J > J 1 strong-willed young woman, 1 thought you could accomplish anything instantly if just one other person agreed with you. That sentence still basically describes me. I'm always in a hurry, finding it hard to give others the full ullnnlinn (Hot* unri limit* irlnnc iiitvi-iiun iiivj uiiu v i iv 11 iutao deserve. The minister of Camp United Methodist Church described the problem well in a recent column in the church newsletter in which he related the subject of contemplation, or "waiting on God" to everyday life. He wrote: "Our mind races ahead or we anticipate whut they ore saying. Consequently, we miss a part of Of Events ients "Women Facing The Changing 4 of households by Or. Delilah Blanks of it Wilmington, at the public assembly anient Center. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. DKKSHOP will be held at Camp United persons interested in learning more ispice volunteers, 10 a.m. until 12 noon, he town hall for construction of a town West Brunswick High School lubrary. College and the high school for college3 p.m. to 8 p.m. tF.F. KIN A US will be held at the public nty Government Center. 7 p.m. ion Post one mile south of Shallotte on .K at the April 26 Calabash Volunteer arty. Call Clara Schuster, 57*6975. ung workshop to be held May 7 and 8 at Mice. Call 253-4425 adies Auxiliary oi B P.O.E. Calabash ig hot dogs and soft drinks, at the club in kes Volunteer Rescue Squad building on Ih" sponsored by the Brunswick County i will be held at the public assembly riunent Center, with speakers on stress re blood pressure clinic, 9 :45 a m. to 12 Brunswick County Health Department, nt and other health organizations and i 2 pm Association meets at the Boiling Spring 30 p.m. INC. at the Brunswick County Fishing Ih game night at 9 p m p/7inn Hill Vrdiinl^r Kiiv jyMrtnvnl^ ir sale I Vitiations will be accepted. 7 3( sloer Kir* Department. 8 p m i at 0* town hall in regular session. 1( SOCIAL SERVICES meets at the socia ' HEALTH meets at the health depart rt'STMEVTS meets at the town haU t SO p m 5 V .' ?? <'?? or it i ?,?* V. .U.? rvt VI OCaA ? l\ t. \a? a V ? ? vw V .wx i a workshop in FayettevtUe 1RAVS COUNCIL meets at the Bostxni SO p m LI B MM meets at the Ship's l"handle ah Guests welcome ve Enjoyed Ironically enough, it is covering educational news that is preventing me from taking an educational course that has been a nice break from the buried life for two hectic Tuesdays. I'll climb back into the hole again and listen to reports about how reading is on the increase and the schools' budget is reasonable (to those who present it). Wolfe felt trapped or buried by living a life surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains, and by having to sell copies of the evening newspaper on a street corner at the age of eight. He grew up in his mother's boarding house, meeting all kinds of different people from different sections of the world. Wolfe felt there was a different life, a buried life, awaiting him from the one on the surface, or the one he faced every day. He imagined that an access to the buried life existed behind a mysterious door, a stone or leaf. like Alice in Wonderland, Wolfe could see himself unexpectedly passing through a doorway one day, returning to his original state of ina A r #vifcjssuufc? r v-r their conversation and of what they are saying." The daily, weekly and monthly repetition of the collect over a period of five years had a moderating influence on that raw energy of mine that sometimes generated an insensitivity to others I wasn't even aware of until it was too late. And, especially in my year as president of our 60-member club, I learned that some efforts bear fruit only after a lot of work and effort and waiting, patient waiting, and giving others lots of credit. As one who likes instant cooperation and quick results; tempering that eagerness has become a lifelong project. The Collect helps. It must help other women, also, or it wouldn't be so popular. If there's an equivalent to the collect among men's organizations I'm not familiar with it. I am glad we women have our own prayer. "A Collect tor Club Women" was written in 1904 by Mary Stewart, one of the founders of BPW (Business and Professional Women) who attended the group's first organizational meeting in St. Louis in 1919. The Collect was officially adopted as the National BPW Federation's prayer at the second national convention held in St. Paul in 1920 and in BPW it has been universally used to open local, state and national gatherings ever since. It has even been set LETTER TO THE EDIT Trained Vol Hospital Ar To the editor: On Thursday, April 4, my two daughters, a friend of the family and ! were travelliiig in two cars to Ocean Isle Beach for the Easter weekend As we rounded an unmarked curve on NC 904 halfway between [.ongwood and Grissettown, my daughter's car was caught by a high wind and 1 watched in my rearview mirror as it spun around and turned over twice before landing in the ditch. Fortunately, I was able to get her and her two passengers