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Opinion rage THE BRUNSWiCK#BEACON Edward M. Sweat: and Carolyn H. Sweat: Publishers Edward M. Sweat: Editor Suimi Usher Veu-* Editor Terry Pope Staff Writer Johnny Craig. Sports Editor Mary Pottn Office Manager Cecelia Gore Advertising Representative Tammie Galloway ....Typesetter Steve Ander?on rrettaman Hill McGowan Photo Technician Clyde nnd Mallle Stoat. Jim Bnllou Circulation Page 4-A Thursday, May 2,1985 Voting Yes, Yes, Yes Will Allow Free Choice Diners seeking a glass of wine or beer with their meals are bypassing Shallotte at such a rate that it even puts the N.C. Department of Transportation to shame. While Shallotte needs a U.S. 17 bypass to help control its traffic problems, its businessmen do not need continued lost revenues due to diners fleeing in search of restaurants that allow on-premises consumption of beer or wine. With such restaurants as close as Ocean Isle Beach, Calabash or North Myrtle Beach, it's time for Shallotte businesses to enjoy the same rights. Shallotte is the shopping and dining hub for the entire South Brunswick Islands. Its growth is proof of that. However, diners are leaving when lis tiine in eai beeause iiiey have a choice whether to drink in neighboring towns. On May 14, Shallotte voters will decide three issues at the polls concerning beer and wine sales: 1) whether to allow the sale of beer or other malt beverages for consumption on the premises of Class A restaurants, motels and hotels; 2) whether to allow the sale of unfortified wines for on-premises consumption in eating places; and 3) whether to allow the sale of unfortified wines by licensed retail stores for off-premises consumption. Fortified wines and wines produced in North Carolina are available at the Shallotte ABC store, where unfortified wines were sold before the state stopped the sales last year after reinterpreting local legislation. The upcoming referendum should not be a moral issue, but an issue that asks voters which is right?to continue to ignore the diners' vast migration south during dinner hours, or to vote for freedom of choice. If the sales arc approved, businesses would have the freedom to sell beer or wine and diners would have the right to either patronize or avoid such businesses. But at last, those wanting to enjoy a glass of beer or wine with their meals in Shallotte would have the right to do so. Not everv restaurant or store in Shallotte will automatic/illy begin to sell beer or wine if the referendum is approved. A healthy number of restaurants will remain family-oriented, no matter what new ABC laws are passed. Voting 'yes, yes, yes' on the referendum is not a stamp of approval for drinking, but a vote for freedom of choice. Let's Play 'Grandma's Catch' Are you In (lie mood (or u name? play "Grandma's Ho fishing I'lus name Is our of several educational "capers" put ~ together try the UNC Sea Grant pro- Iff n. ?, W oUSOtl ({rain to teach school children about V J tin' marine environment But It's a % Vu/ Usfl&r good game for grownups, too II will Jts^/ make you stop and think * v f i To p'uiy, lei's lirsi assign roles. VV? need a Grandma and a Grandpa. We ran out again. Somebody overtlien two sons and two daughters for fished the second generation and eight What can we do to make sure Uiere grandchildren for a third generation are some fish for every generation of Each of tlxse three generations players? wants to tiuiKr a living fishing Perhaps we could Until the number let's pour a bag of goldfish of people allowed to fish. Or maybe crackers In a goldfish bowl We'll we could change the fishing tx-gtn the game by letUng llrandpa method perhaps allowing use of onand (irnndma go fishing Kutch will ly the thumb and forefinger rather scoop up as big a handful of fish as titan the rntire hand in taking the they want They can decide if that's catch. Or maybe we couki allow a enough fish for thorn. shorter time to fish. We could even It's the children's turn next We'll set a limit on the number of fish that let each son or daughter fish tlx- could be caught same way There's no right answer The peoThe grandchildren's turn comes, pie who manage our fisheries debate hut suddenly tlx-re aren't enough fish these same questions every day to go around What did we forget' I Play the game?you might come up know ftsh reproduce We didn't add with a better solution the babies For ntany people tn coastal North let's plat lite game again, tills Carolina "tirandma's Catch" isn't time addling two handfuls of fish after Just a game, it's their life- and Its ram k'enerauon (lines umr livelihood at stake laBMaBaaaaaBaimaBaBiaBaimBBHiHiMmMiMa HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRUNSWICK?BEACON fosi OMKI an VMAUOUt *C*tMCAtOUHA 3*45% For A word Winning New\ Ccvetoge ANNUAL SU?CtlPTK>H SATIS IT MAIL v Okw B lm?nw*cV Ccm?r> S }} 3 u H I in hkwtfc Qo*el>r*a ? S2 5 23 NO?H> TO 00 SCO Cmmd l?V? Utif iMttti P Wio.r?# B Aikt??it B City S*o?? | ** t Before G< Are the schools failing Ln reading? Not just in Brunswick County, but in all schools? It depends on whom you ask. An average first-grader enters the L WKVil Will UII lilt." III ol 113 V UI MIIUU1, having had no prior lessons in reading, using a spoken vocabulary of 3,000 to 7,000 words that he or she already knows. If that child learns to read U3ing the traditional look-say method of trying to identify unfamiliar words by their shape and context in a sentence, then 350 words a year are added to the student's reading vocabulary. However, if the child learns to read using a phonics reading program that ti'.'jrhec thp cAiinSo combined let ters make, the student can add about 2,300 words to his or her reading vocabulary in a year. "Once a child decodes a word phonetically a few times, his brair recognizes it so quickly he begins to read in the gulps of words and phrases characteristic of good readers," Joan Beck of the Chicago Tri! ..?</- j r t ? 1? llltl. ttl_ - T. *-? 1. iwiuik in v/i*. in, n a i unc i u oui y The Ixtok-Say Reading Method." There are plenty of arguments, most notably the books by Rudolph Flesch, "Why Johnny Can't Read," published 26 years ago, and his follow-up. "Whv Johnnv Still Can't Read," that support using the phonies reading program in the schools. It is Flesch's contention that American youngsters are failing in reading because they are not being taught how to decode words phonetically by using the sounds of the alphabet. When former Brunswick CountyBoard of Education member George Wilson pushed for a phonics reading program in kindergarten and first grade classrooms last November, he did so with figures in hand. Those figures reveal that 40.6 percent of students leaving the first grade are identified as having trouble with reading. Unsc Many of us enjoy the regreening of nature in the spring without thinking much about the unseen relationships that bring it all about. We know plunts lose their Rreen coloring when nights get colder in the fall and spend the winter resting for the surge of renewal in the spring. We may not realize when the gradual lengthening daylight and the wanning of the days begin to pull the new growth out of plants. One day we notice bulbs flowering and early shrubs in bloom and welcome the coming spring. The cominbation of sunlight, warmth, moisture and nutrients in the right rolntiosnhips furnish the needs of the green plants. Just as they begin to bring out tender green leaves, hordes of insect larvae begin to hatch out because of the wanner days and feast on the new green i 11. .1.1..,. i I inivr.i. miKUiuiiK wni mici a tiuu umvi birds brought north by the warming of the weather find these larvae for their food. Rachel Carson sums it up like this: Water, soil, and the earth's green mantle of plants make up the world ttuit supports the animal life of the earth Although modern * - - - tt- r ? ^vimwiii tiiKiiuni.-t urc invt, he could not exist witliout tlie plants that harness the sun's energy and manufacture the basic foodstuffs he depends upon for BTC To Offer EMT Classes A course for anyone seeking certification as an emergency medical technician (EMT) will 1* offered by Brunswick Technical College on Monday and Thursday evenings beginning May 2 at the Town Creek Rescue Squad building in Winnabow Registration will be held at the first class meeting, but students may register through May 23 Classes are scheduled from S 30 p.ni to 10 30 p.m each night with a 110 fee refluir>*H fiir iv\ivnv?nihe>rc .V ?svc?iw> squads. To moot course requirements. , students must successfully complete | all 13 course topics and pass a comprehensive final turn Twelve hours of practical experience in the emcryenj room at thr Brunswick Hospital in Supply will also be required Those who successfully complete the course are eligible for the N i KMT examination Covered in the course is the emergency situation; airway obstruction and respiratory arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation, bodily injuries, emergency childbirth environmental emeryeocies and lifting and moving o< sick or I injuries! patients lisping, Giv j| Terry The figure jumps to 49.9 percent for second-graders who have trouble with reading on their own grade level. Wilson could not believe the oohs and aahs that were heard at a recent school board meeting when a salesman attempted to place a price I In Men On June 3, 1907. U.S. Army Sgt Kenneth Airic Gore was manning the perimeter of a South Vietnamese ambush site engaged in hostile fighting when he was hilled under enemy fire. He had served one-half of a 13-mcnth assignment in Vietnam; he had been in the Army one year and two days. His 19th birthday was only a month away. The 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs E.V. Gore Jr. of Shallotte, Kenny wa; the youngest?and the first?of the 1C Brunswick County men who weri Killed during bourse of the Vict* nam War. Tuesday, April 30, 1985, was th< 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigor and the unconditional surrender ol the Republic of South Vietnam to Uk North Vietnamese Army. Tk.t A V,nrinfin ;n.,n|?n^An? in iiwi mucuuui uivuivciucm ui v>? war continues to be questioned anc that the war was ultimately lost doe: ?iot lessen ths courage and sscrific* of those who fought?and died. Ws honor their memory. ?en Relationsl 1 life. The earth's vegetation is part of a web of life in which there are intimate and essential relationships between plants and the earth, between plants and other plants, between plants and animals. Calendar Thursday, May 2 THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY ARTS ( assembly building, Brunswick Cou nominating committee meeting at the annual meeting on May 5. CALABASH AARP Chapter 3640 will health insurance program, at the lerested persons are invited. GAME NIGHT at the American l>eKi U.S. 17.7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3 COVERED DISH SUPPER at the Sha All residents of the district are ask p.m. Game night has resumed at the Su each Friday at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4 SPRING Fl.ING carnival at Union Pr and crafts and book sales, will provements, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rain c MAY FAIR carnival at Bolivia Eleiro of a May Queen, entertainment, white elephant and crafts booths, ject will be used for the school. LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM at Ft Sunday features demonstrations camplife. Call 1-91M58-S538 for m 7lh DISTRICT BLACK CAUCUS mee 179.10 a.m. GAME NIGHT at the Calabash Volui Sunday, May 5 FREE RUXH) PRESSURE and ( Volunteer Rescue Squad station. I Monday, May 6 BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD chambers at the Brunswick Counl BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF K? anrvwinrwtfi T - VI r? m HOLDEN REACH BOARD OF COM! p.m. SUNSET BEACH TOWN COUNCIL I BOLIVIA TOWN ALDERMEN meet YFW POST IMC mnb at the An Shallotte. *ith all membrrs urge Wednesday, May 8 BRUNSWICK TO ASTMASTERS, CI Restaurant. Southpcct. 7 ant a THE LADIES AUXILIARY to BPOE Duue Restaurant. S p.m. e Phonics / on the Open Court phonics reading program, one of three phonics programs that were recommended for testing in kindergarten and first grades in the fall. Teachers that had gathered for the meeting recently found the price of adding a phonics reading program something to gasp about?around $1,000 per first-grade classroom. One could feel tension in the air, even before the Open Court presentation was made. The last time an audience like tha' had turned out for a cphnnl h/\arH mpptina urac rfnrinu thp June-July redistricting debates last year. "A thousand dollars to teach 28 1 noriam SgL Kenneth Airic Gore Shallotte July 2,1948-June3,1967 Pfc. Prelaw Grissettc Shallotte Oct. 29,1946-Nov. 19,1967 ??-< a h??ah Vpii IWUMUU nui VU uvr.vw Supply j May 8,1946-March 28,1968 Spec. 4 Larry Dean Daniels Ash Jan. 28,1946-May4,1968 Cpl. Clarence Vernon Mobley i Winnabow ) April 27,1947-June 18,1968 (Ut A *-? A I -J ri~?..All sal ui. uviui nreaaBwvs wmeivu Svuthport Jan. 14,1945-Aug. 20,1968 Pfc. John Edwin Jacobs ! Leland 1 UCC. 4, 11HY-<JCI. 1, ISbo F Pic. Franklin Monroe Lanier ! Winnabow March 20,1949-March 12,1969 Cpl- Ronnie Radolph White 1 Ash i Dec. 24,1949-March 21,1969 ! Capt-. McK<*n7lp W. ncimight - Winnabow Feb. 1,1942-Sept. 3,1969 hips Sometimes we have no choice but to disturb these relationships, but we should do so thoughtfully, with full awareness that what we do may have consequences remote in time and place. We cannot expect to understand the consequences of disturbing the relationships when we don't understand the complexity of the relationships. And yet these very relationships are responsible for the quality of our life and our environment. It is not unreasonable to "thank a green plant" today for reminding us of the many unseen relationships that exist for our well being Of Events COUNCIL BOARD meets at the public nty Government Center. 7 p.m., with a 6:30 p.m. Plans will be completed for hear a program on the AARP ground Calabash Fire Station, 7 p.m All inlon Post one mile south of Shallotte on Uotte Point Volunteer Fire Department ed to attend and tiring a covered dish, 7 inset Beach Volunteer Fire Department unary School features games, yard, arts 1 proceeds used to make school imlate is May 11. entary School, with May Pole, crowning games and country store, sweetshop, 9 a m -1 p.m. Proceeds of the PTA pro>rt Fisher State Historic Site today and of authentic weapons and Confederate ore information. is at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, N.C, iteer Fire Department, 8 p.m. liabetes detection clinic at Coastline tlolden Beach Road, 2 p m -4 p.m. OK COMMISSIONERS meets in it; ty Government Center, 6 :30 pm EDUCATION meets at a location yet U 1ISSIOSKRS meets at the town hall, 7 3? meets at the town hall. 7 30 p.m at the town hall. 7 30 p m wncac legion Hut on US- 17 south a 1 to attend. 8 p m li.'B S?S meets at the Slap's ("handle m Guests weieocrsf lod#e No. 3678 in Calabash meets at th \ Chance children to read?you can't put a price on that," Wilson later stated in a telephone conversation. Students * * * * > -* /???!? inai learn 10 reau ai. an canj gmw are worth the investment, Wilson added, to eliminate them from the unemployment or other taxsupported programs in the future. Even when the current program fails to teach students to read, remedial help is not reaching all of Brunswick County's students. According to Assistant Superintendent P.R. Hankins, the county's Chapter 1 reading program serves 1,100 students in grades 2-5 who score at or below the 49th percentile in reading based on the standard California Achievement Test. Chapter I is a federally-funded reading/language arts program designed to help students who have trouble in reading and communication skills. In grades 1-12, more than 2,400 Brunswick County students scored below the 49th percentile, so the schools must target the program for only grades 2-5, since funds for only 1,100 students is currently available. That means there are 1,185 students in grades 2-5 that qualify for the Chapter I reading program, but only 1,100 are allowed to take the program due to limited funds. It's a shame Uiat teaching reading in the schools has become a question ,.r r,,..l!r.a r..-.s -...^ ? ? -o? J tiveness. If Wilson is right about one thing, it is his belief that whatever svstem works, it's well worth the price. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR After Drawing, Audubon Ate The Birds To the editor: As always, Bill Kavers' columns are interesting and informative. However, one fact about Audubon was either unknown to Mr. Faver or omitted because it was thought to be "in bad taste." On a recent TV game show, the question was asked, "What did Audubon do with the birds after he drew them?" Answer: "He ate them." A Note To Susan Usher: I, too, succumbed to yellow lipstick?results: medium pink. I also remember "mood rings" and owned one. Carol Hemlein Calabash A Great Area For Retirement To the editor: Bill and I taught school in Shallotte following his discharge from the Air Force after World War II. We have come back to retire here and really do enjoy The Brunswick Beacon. Not only is this a good retirement area with its hospital, doctors, good churches and schools, resort activities, beautiful scenic marshes and beaches, but your Brunswick Beacon covers the news events over the county It is an interesting and exciting * ? ? nriiriloou r? Ko ?v ivuw. ? w m |? - - -? able to live in such a warm and hospitable environment. Your paper brings everything together. Dorothy S. Sellers Shallotte Want To Renew To the editor: Please renew our subscription to the Beacon. We enjoy it very much since we hope to live in the area soon. We appreciate receiving The Beacon the first of the week instead of a week after publication. Mrs. Abce L. Johnson Manila, NY. Can't Wait To the editor: We have a lot and mobile home for cur weekend retreats at Holden Beach and enjoy reading The Brunswick Beacon when we arrive ! on Friday. We would like to have it delivered fft nttf KnmA arWroer ae u-onafima* we miss things by not reading the paper until Friday night or Saturday. Thanks I .eon and Cathy Green 3 Florence, S.C. Great Pasttime To the editor: I Enclosed find my check for 93.lt to renew my subscription. Being a senior citnen, it's a great way for me to pass the tune, reading r the news and happenings in the county t Amanda Gore Supply k