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Ofjirii'ui i ruyS THE BRUNSWK Edward M. Swestt and Csralya I Edward M. Sweatt Susan Usher Terry Pope Johnny Craig Marv Polls Cecelia Gore Tttmmie Galloway Steve Anderson Bill McGowon Clyde and Mntlie Sloul, Jim Bail Page 4-A New Hours \ Some Trash ! Brunswick County resident regarding irasn disposal, no department is stretching its hoi Starting Saturday, all th waste transfer stations and the be open seven days a week. Ho p.m., Monday through Saturda; Sunday at the landfill and at Ocean Isle Beach and Southpoi In the past, the sanitary U its public facilities during wee from county residents who coul ing weekdays. Those worries i those messes often left next to r weekends. While everyone will agree l it also leaves one wondering v changes when the problems we plaining though, residents shoi missioners to let them know h< convenience to everyone, now tl ni'nnn en/I vput VU: Even non-resident propertj along the beaches, should find during this extended Memorial and yards probably do need a 1 excuses are getting fewer and I The argument. "I don't I weekends," is a thing of the pa Blackberries About (Ilia time o( year we In-Kin to find blackberries (and dewberries I In some oi the vacant lobs on the beaches untl along the roudatdun. Someone asked me why the blackberry bushes seemed to Ik1 so abundant and I Irled (o recall some of (he stages of field succession where lierrles were uhle to flourish. Perhaps one of the reasons these plants do so well on the bearhes is the delaying, action of wind and salt spray on I'te process of succession. Nornudly a plowed field or a piece of bare ground will la-gln to get a few broad-leaf plant species such as dandelion, plantain, and others. Then some of the grasses appear and not long afterward, .blackberry vines take hold. Kerry seed may be dropped by birds or brought In by small intimitis stu b as rabbits A ft nr mivitiiI years tln? 11-sunl process would mean the berry vines would be crowded out by broomsedge, sumac, pines and similar sun-loving plants and shrubs The pines would grow tall enough to offer shelter for Itnrdwoods such as maple, oaks, hickory, beech, etc These would grow over the years to where the pines would lie deprived of the sunlight needed for growing, lines would give wn> to hardwoods Dor Jane (VKellly's done it again She's made me feel guilty This time (or not doing my own laundry not at home, but at the neighborhood laundromat Site thinks it is high timr tliat I, deprived of the sociability represented by launderette, re loam the thrill of beating someone else to the dryer Jane tielieves America Is ready for a symbolic return to Die town pump, to rediscover the Joys of chatting while washing We have too many private w ashing machines, she says They're isolating the American housewife Privately-owned washing machines should tie abolished for the good of democracy, she asserts, writing in ' The Ulrl I left Behind " She also suggests banning TV sets from laundromats am) making d Illegal to drop off your wash for someone else to do Pine, Jane (live up your owr ??aiui?a imniuiir nut um I uiaar rnr Ktvr up the grralrsl luxurv T'\t ovrr known Have you roof tnarvrkil at tlx Ihnll vrrckh smstans at thf boaut? parlor worn to jflvf all ttvr toaohcrs you know * 4 :k?beacon i. ?*? !! ........ Piihtimhm Editor Netrt Editor Staff Writer Sport* Editor Of fire Manager , .Adcertiaing Hepreaentativo Typeaetter Presaman Photo Technician lou .Circulation Thursday, May 23,1985 Help Solve Problems s should can their complaints w that the sanitary landfill irs for the weekend busybody, ree Brunswick County solid central landfill in Supply will no iiiill i_?. frnm 7 q m fn Uio mil i/v 14 win ? u.iii< vu v uv y, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on transfer stations in Iceland, t. indfill department has locked kends, prompting complaints d never find time to dump durjppear to be over, as well as oadside greenboxes during the he new hours are a good idea, rhy it took so long to see the re so obvious. Instead of comild contact their county com)w much the new hours are a lat next year's budget is being r owners, such as those living the new hours a convenience Day weekend. Those garages ittle cleaning up, and now the Fewer. have anv where to dumn on st, once the wives find out. And Bushes I.. I...... II... f? I.Linn (?l luiiii iiic i ii11 iii a |ui cm - miimiift perhaps 50-75 years from hare Kround. 'fills process can Ik1 altered alone the way by fire, storms, outline, and by other natural factors, such as wind and salt spray. The same .sculpturing done by tlic wind and salt spray may be keeping the berry bushes alive by pruning out the turner plants and shrubs At least, wind and salt spray are delaying the natural processes we would expect in an area where conditions were different. So, while you pick a hlacktierry or two, think about the stages of field succession tliat take a plot of land from liarc field to mature woodland. And think about the natural elements alone Hie edee of tlie sen keeping the berry hustles from beine crowded out by larger plants l't Torture f m w f Suson Usher /71 <^j It's an end-of-the-week pampertni I've i-ouie to understand There'i nothing I like brttcr. nowadays, thai dropping off my single laundr basket ovie Friday afternoon o Saturday morning and escaping U> laundromat In exchange for a smal check comes two to three hours to us exactly as I please, whether tt' cleaning house or sunning at th beach There was a Umr when doing laur dry at places where you drop in coin ami wipe around the edges of th 1 machines was fun When a laur dromat was built across the roa 1 from our old heme m V S. 17 m lamii) nau no one*** but use it?I lapped the Miiy source o( water i our well We could no longer puni i enough water to run our own washin machine Rack then it teK grown u I * % > w ? S - % School B Perhaps it is time to carefully examine our school transportation system, to push for any measures that would offer even the slightest help in improving the safety of our \ children. But I'm not so sure all of the problems will be solved by ' eliminating 16- or 17-year-old drivers. , t j. ?u~~i u rn. ??.? 8 i ui uve a .uiiuui uua iui iwu /wis as a junior and senior at North : Brunswick High School, driving for 1 elementary students, for then Lincoln Primary School Principal ( James Clemmons, and for high i school students as well. I Now Clemmons is a member of the \ Brunswick County Board of Educa- \ lion, where he has raised concerns about school bus safety several times ? U/flA T VILLI HSl ?vsf 1 lx School 0U5/A/& News Fro/ To the editor: I am currently posted to the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and am receiving the Beacon as a gift from my family. When I receive the paper it is ulmost six weeks old, but is welcome news from Brunswick County (where my heurt will always remain). 1 read it from front to back, every word, advertisements and all. It is nice to see what so many of my friends are doing these days since I have sort of last touch with mast of them. I see where some of them tuive gone into local businesses and are doing very well. Is This A Go To Teach Ol To the editor: Everywhere we turn lately we hear angry cries of child pornography, sexual abuse of children, etc. As a mother of three small children and a primary srhool teacher, these topics cause me great concern. I cannot believe Brunswick County i'ageant Association Inc. could sponsor a "Miss Bikini contest" with age categories of 2-4, 6-9, 10-13, H and older Isn't Oils teaching our childen that it is perfectly alright to show off their bodies in front of anyone? If ^Ae Like This to do the laundry. By college, though. laundromats were a boring necessity, with one pleasant exception: those in certain shopping centers, at least, were great places to meet guys. You see. Jane's right about most laundromats being sociable places. Once all the kittens need homes and roommates wanted signs have been read, laundromat-goers generally 1 get around to talking. But it takes the s right laundromat. Have you ever 1 tried talking over the simultaneous I bleep-beep-beep-iap of game r mat 1 lines, a rapper on the radio, a r TV soap opera and a crying infant' " You have to really want to oomc muni rate * lit course. Jane envisions budding r laundromats the way the Romans built baths "There should be a cerv h tral. preferably vaulted hall full of a washers and dryers and ironing * boards Other halls should be equiph ped as nurseries, gymnasiums and d s WW. pcwi rw?u? mere oouM M tango on ' Tuesdays an<l visits of political can 11 dilutes on Thursdays. Perhaps even 15 fish foes on Saturdays." P But let's (ace IV that's not the way * it is. Jane P While living in Toledo's West End us Issue: Cc f t ^ J + < If .: 'Hm A * >ince being elected to the board in ^Invpmhpr He would instruct students on my )wn bus, while standing in the stairwell by the door, about the im>ortance of following safety rules s-hile riding the bus. The students ffould always listen. I don't doubt his concern for the students?you could just see it on his 7'BE T _ % /jV/V ? = ? * ill -OR- SCHOOL LETTERS TO T Ti Brunswick It is also sad to read the area deaths and see so many people that I have known arc no longer there. The most disturbing items are the ones where "former " friends and neighbors have been implicated in drug dealings. These people should be in Malaysia. The Malaysian authorities deal harshly with drugreUited offenses Clneji 1Q7S IS tuAnU t I. univv i?iv, uw j/cvpic unvt men handed. Presently there arc 37 others on death row awaiting outcome of their appeals. Just this week eight persons, one female and seven males, were sentenced to death under the Dangerous Drugs Act od Lesson ?r Children? they feel that this Is acceptable, what will come next? I am certainly not opposed to beauty pageants. However, this contest has no mention of talent, grace, poise or intelligence?only bodies. Is this what we want our children to be laiiuhl? Please stop and think about what we are doing to these precious and impressionable minds. GwenS. Davis Rt. t, 1-eland Jane O'Ri in 1976, going to the laundromat was an adventure in survival. Here was the laundromat we had studied in J-School and group dynamics classes community gathering point for the urban poor-knives, dope, whores and half-empty bottles of Thunderbird included Competition for dryers was literally cut-throat The West End was in transition Our particular section was redlined by the hanks; its residents came in three varieties upward-bound young professionals trying to turn borderline "revitalued" property into "hot" chic: poor! arm lies ot all colors, shapes and sues not quite making ends meet, and students who were a little bit of both The first group had their own washing machines and sorted for delicate in private. The rest cf us fought for drjws It its mthrr daring to go to thr corner laundromat on a Friday night with your life's savings in quarters ( the change machine never worked I slung over your shoulder By the end of the year I was lighting candles at the CatholK church where I played hingo. praying for a tS.SOO a year yob and a washing an Students face seven years ago, every afternoon as he directed buses from the school ground and waved them out to llu. "IV. vuwo. I still see that look on his face today, every time he raises a concern about school bus safety at a school board meeting. I'm starting to see the same look written on other faces, the faces of parents, teachers and community leaders. When Clemmons retired as Lincoln Primary's principal to join the school board last December, be left behind a group of all-adult bus drivers. At his retirement dinner, his thoughts even turned to his bus drivers as he praised them for doing an excellent job. Driving a bus was not easy as a high school student. Now, after seven Jim j ? BiiS'TtfJb ? HE EDITOR - - - Welcome In which carries tlie mandator)' death sentence. Under the Dangerous Drugs Act anyone found in possession of 15 grams or more of heroin, morphine or a mixture of the two drugs, 200 grams or more of ganja (marijuana) and mixed ganja or 1,000 gm of raw or processed opium or a mixture of both arc charged with trafficking. Since 197S over 500 persons have been arrested and are awaiting trial or the outcome of appeals. During the last ten years, 237 people (one American) have been sentenced to life 'mprisonment. Maybe we should give some sentences like these and not so many fines and suspended sentences. On a lighter side of things: one of the marine security guards at the nmltncev time u norficinvnl art o 1 rv>n 1 What Happens Arl/M^+ i i ui^i i iui To the editor: My Webster's New World Dictionary defines paternialism as; "the principle of governing or controlling a country', group of employees, etc. in a manner suggesting a father's relationship with his children". And all the while we thought it was a big brother. eilly machine of my own. In Morganton, those first years of a regular payroll, I remaine< relatively poor, still using someorx else's machine. But now Sweetpei came along to play with the laun dromat owner's dachshund Thing: were looking up. When finally lusl enough for a washer of our own. occa sionally we returned to the laun dromat Just to visit Raleigh was everything tha Toledo dream envisioned? privati washing machine in the condo Jar* calls it ?00 of inefficiently utiluet machinery), followed by grou| aerobics at 9 a m with a bunch o housewives panting after Dona ho between bridge lessons am Newcomers luncheons Middle clas was boring As far as I'm concerned you ca keep both your private washin machines i treat yourself to brownte if you can make the beds an start dmncr between wash and dry and do-tt-youreeM laundromats I'v got the better system i Take away my garbage ptefcuf newspaper debrery and dnee-t t banking, but don't you dare touch m t wash, (old and dry semce t Drive? years, I'm sure it would still be a difficult job. But would driving a bus now be any safer, now that I've aged seven years? A bill before the House Highway Safety Committee introduced by State rtep. Alex Hall of New Hanover County would prohibit schools from hiring people younger than 18 as school bus drivers. There are very few high school students who are 18 or older prior to their senior year. In effect, the bill would eliminate high school drivers. Whilo it sAtinds like a safe gesture and a means of putting more mature drivers behind the wheel of a bus loaded with 40 to 60 students, it may also require the funds for putting such a program into practice. Brunswick County School Transportation Supervisor Bill Turner believes the bill will initially create a hardship in finding adult drivers who are willing to work for just several hours a day on a school bus. The salary is a big question mark. Turner and members of the Union Primary School PTO organization gathered last Thursday morning at the school to honor the school bus drivers at a breakfast. Union Primary has 13 bus drivers, nine of whom are adults. The PTO officers had decided to honor the bus drivers for doing their jobs, for driving school buses all year. There were no super heros in the cafeteria, no special competition for Bus Driver of the Year, etc. There was no mention of the recent school bus accident in wnich 17 Union Primary students were treated for injuries, an accident in which a student driver was charged. But that serious look was there. It's starting to spread. i Malaysia marathon last month and came up with the idea of having employees sponsor him (so much per mile rum. He wanted to donate the proceeds to the Ronald McDonald House in Durham. When the notice came around V was pleasantly surprised to find two names on the board of directors that I knew; one was Harvey Rims arid the other Was Henderson Rourk. Corporal Mott ran the marathon and raised in excess of $2,000. We were extremely proud of this young marine (and by the way he is not from North Carolina, he is from Georgia*. Again, tltanks for the news (both good and bad) front home. Hope to see lots of you in June and July. PatGupton Kuala l.umpur, Malaysia When Politicians Jclir A ++! & ? io I IS. e MIIIL'US. If Webster is correct, two significant facts emerge whenever polici uans aaopi u palornaiisUc aiiitude toward 'heir constituents. One, they alone know what's best tor them. Two, like children they must be controlled, all for their own benefit of course. I have a problem accepting tliat as the proper role for government. I am reminded of a recent news item relating to the two officers, forced to scramble to safety from their patrol car, after the government (K.P.A.) mandated catalytic converter ignited j their vehicle. 1 ; And then there is my own exi perience. My attempt to stretch that - government (O.S.H.A.? mandated, i two foot electric percolator cord an l additional six inches after having - rewired my house to accommodate - the O.S.H.A mandated electric plug, wrestling with the government apt proved top on my vitamin bottle (a ? twerttv fmir inr*h rurva ireanoK ,--t~ t fine), sweating out those 18 wheelers i careening around me when governp nirnt 1E.P.A.1 gadgets stall my car f in the middle of an expressway f (emissions you know 1 and writing a d check (or mickey mouse repairs to s the gloating (it ain't me. it's guvinmenti auto safety inspector. Ad Infinititim n g a Herbert Spencer once wisely d observed; The ultimate result of t protecting a fool from his own folly, r is to Till the world with fools" So true, and unfortunately, roost ap>, patently become politicians n Seat belts anyone1 y Lynn Batson Wilmington
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