Opinion Page
THE BRUNSWI
Edward M. Sweat! and Carolyn
Edward M. Sweat!
Susan Usher
Terry Pope .
Johnny Craig
Mar)' Pott*
Cecelia Gore
Taminie Galloway
Steve Anderson
Hill McGowan
Clyde and Mattie Stout, Jim Bai
I Page 4-A
Friendly Th
Also A Nic
A motion commending the
the Brunswick County schools
from the Brunswick County
night. It was a total surprise,
how to react.
In making the motion, boa
stated, "I commend and appre
motion was seconded by Doui
pause and period of nervous la
Such a simple friendly ges
the media and board member
mediately a flood of questior
politics behind such an action?
tention? etc.
Consulting a handy reporte
guide to etiquette may advise a
board meeting, but there are a!
one board member wants to i
meeting that he enjoys the pre
been receiving, then the board
hesitation.
The public body-media reli
stone. CleriuTions' motion was
i...
ii liriiuiy Ktraiui u, ci aut \t\ inc, uu
from this school board.
Sometimes a friendly gesh
and should be well-received.
Hang The E
Of nil (lie tiix chnnKcs propositi liv
the IfriiHim Administration, it scents
u little lillnrlou.s Clint the one luirdcst
to illitesl literally, in some instances
should be the idea of
liniitliiK tax-deductible business
meals
The elite restaurants that rely on
business lunettes and business dinners
for a majority of their trade arc
in an uproar, eryiiiK "Unfair! Unfair!"
It seen is 11 icy realize lluil most
(Htiple can't afford to |iay those Kinds
of prices out of their own
pockets only out of the pockets of
cor|x>rutc America, the same (hunts
of industry that Itavc traditionally
maiuiKcd not to pay not much, if any,
Income tax
My heart bleeds for these
sacrificial lambs who nuiy tie forced
to cut back on tlieii $4 baked potatoes
and $17.50 hamburgers and $(10 dinflcrs
11 vixntu nil nnitik' fruliw ntinl
ixmit' to on fiu! sooner or Utter
UiMlrr !'resilient Itcagaii's proimsut,
holt ot the cost otiovr $25 of
tiny business meal would be tnxeil.
Ouch! What a hardship to entertain
clients (ami friends! under such
heathen circumstances To tiutter up
Attractive B<
Ihe yiiul Kiit n Ktssl spraying Utst
week for both snmlspurs and (teas,
but now tlie only problem is we luive
very little grass My roonunate ami I
are workuiK on that
I envy anyone with a nice yard,
especially at the beach Nearly all
yards at the beach are square lots,
which takes creativity ami special
care to make attractive
I like yards with character, with
hills, small ponds, ami rocks the
kind I got used to seeing while at
Chapel Mill the kind my friends at
Chapel tllll still lv>\r I would walk
Ikmih- (nan campus each afternoon,
ahoul a half mile stroll down Raleigh
Street, atxi gate out across the lawns
ami flower gardens
While growing up m Maco. unfortunately.
there was always plenty of
Itrass to mow and plenty of rase
bushes to dodge I would always
mumble. u> between the ire water
breaks ' When I grow up and have a
yard of my own. I'm not planting any
grass I'm tired of mowing lawns "
Atlerall. dirt-clog fights and
basketball courts didn't require
grass or nice bushes You wanted
nke hard, clay stomping grounds far
the best forms of recreation
CK&BEACON
H. Sweat t Publishers
Editor
Netrs Editor
. Writer
Sports Editor
Office Manager
. .Advertising Representative
Tyjiesettcr
Pressman
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llou Circulation
Thursday, June 6,19S5
ianks Was
:e Gesture
local press for its coverage of
i received unanimous support
Board of Education Monday
and as expected, no one knew
rd member James Clemmons
ciate the good reporting." His
i Baxley, followed by a brief
ughter.
ture has a way of placing both
s in an unusual position. Imls
may arise: What are the
Who are the ones receiving atir's
or board member's pocket
gainst such actions at a public
ways exceptions to the rule. If
mention at an official, public
:ss coverage tne schools nave
member should do so without
ationship should not be cast in
received by both sides as a
t not an unusual event coming
tire is just a friendly gesture,
ixpense: It's [
V Suson
W- ,r>f
Usher
#3m
their prospective cllcnta, companies
will now have to bow some of the cast
themselves. 1 don't think (hat's asking
too much.
(){ course the whole Idea could
bounce upside down. Instead of simply
cutting back on these perks, companies
could Just add the expense on
to the cost of their product?whether
It be tires or legal expertise.
Most "business" dinners may bo
Just ttuil, but I've been treated on a
few of those dinners when I was only
a friend of the family
Kor instance, there's one dinner I'll
never forget, even though I can't
remember the name of the
restaurant It was in Toledo, Ohio, a
businessman's city If there ever was
one?and with restaurants to match
sach Yards R
Terry
Howwf, after outgrow uig those
things. your thoughts oner agair
turned to Ukmg car* o( lawns a<
grass began taking over the basket
hall courts the heavy loot traffic
that once kept grass away lightened
to just once ever) few months
that's the way it's been since higt
school The hanking along N.C. *7
where we once had our marathor
dirt-clog fights with the neighbors
kxts. was planted with carpet grass
The grass has now spread down tnt<
the ditch itself and across the yard a
well
1 returned to the battlefield las
week with a shovel in hand The sanv
person who once swore he would no
tend to lawns as a grown-up was cm
digging up sections of carpet grass u
Maov to be transplanted on a bead
f,
Protect He
To the editor:
I was very saddened to read that
the Holden Beach town commissioners
recently rezoned ten acres of
Holden Beach property for multifamily
use.
When 1 was growing up my parents
owned an oceanfront home in the
Cherry Grove section of North MyrUnwanted
To the editor:
As an active volunteer at the
Brunswick County Animal Shelter, I
feel I must reply to the letter from
Kay Petty in the May 30 edition.
First, I would like to ask Ms. Petty
if she has ever visited our shelter? If
not, it would be advisable for her to
visit the shelter before she becomes
Out Of Touch
Without Paper
To the editor:
For the past four years while
UdVl-IIIlK Lkll f\ <11 111 1UI III IU ill} IIUU.M.*
at Sunset Beach, I always stop to pick
up the Beacon. 1 find it very newsy
and loads of interesting articles.
When not at the beach, I feel so totally
out of touch as to the local happenings
and events.
It is for this reason I've decided to
subscribe to your enjoyable paper.
A favor I ask?if my subscription
cannot start with this week's issue,
because of the lateness of my writing
you, if you could find some way to put
a copy of this week's issue aside, I
would most appreciate it. There were
a couple of boating accidents at
Sunset this past Memorial Day
wcentum ttun 1 was rather curious
about.
Thank you in advance and continue
with the good news coverage.
Virginia J. Kazan
Quimby.S.C.
their expense accounts. My friend
Stevie called, ti>|hjr as always. Her
dad was III town and wanted to take
Ixilh of us out to dinner. Dress up, she
said, mentally running through my
wardrobe und picking the right outfit.
She'd done litis number with her
dad before, you see.
lie was a top-flight equipment
salesman from West I .like, a suburb
of Cleveland, whose business brought
him regulurly to the (ircat lakes
port of Toledo, home of such firms as
Toledo Scales, Anderson Seed, Jeep
and Ubbey glassware.
My dinner tluit night, overlooking a
semtfrozen Maumee Kiver and a
crackling blaze in a huge stone
fireplace, cost somebody close to J1IW
and I never bought a thing from that
company or considered doing so
Neimer urn stcvic nut we wore writ
ten off as "clients." When 1 question'
ed It, t was told that this ploy was
standard procedure "Don't worry,"
he said "It isn't costing the company
anything It's tax-deductible."
I can't remember Stevie Boberg"!
daddy's name or the name of his
company.
But the meal I'll never forget
equire Work
tot in Hotden Beach
With a nood watering each aflet
noon, so far it's working It's nc
ideal, but I figured it's worth a try
Making a yard attractive require
time, but 1 can't seem to fuid Use Um
to work in the yard What started th
latest spree last week was a need t
get rid of fleas and my neighbor's u
vitation to help spray for sandspurs
It seems her yard was infested wit
> sand-spurs and our yard containe
i plenty of fleas We both didn't want t
i catch the other's problem, so
. mutual spraying was worked a
followed by carpet grass transplai
I Ung
Each year I read the Brunswtc
i County Agriculture Kxtension sn
vice's Ups on proper lawn care fc
i the spring 1'sualiy. the tips infon
* ,wad al le uK?i iK_v..LI k
? ,n. . x ?W> " l?li WKWU II
>tooe to their yards during May. t*
> May passed toe quM-kly toe me thl
i year In (ad, it's already gone
So we're improvising and trying I
t cover up our bare spots the best ?
f can Otr else we'll just slip hack uil
I the past and begin pla>v? baskdbw
t and having Art-clog fights on tl
y lawn It's much easier to keep thi
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LETTERS TO
>lden Beach f
tie Beach, S.C. Cherry Grove at that
time was much like Holilen Beach, a
family beach.
Now, due to rezoning and the continuing
construction of multi-family
and high density condominiums,
Cherry Grove is a very unpleasant
beach to visit. If you own property,
other than oceanfront property, you
can rarely see the ocean due to the
Animal Situation
critical.
I feel our officers are handling the
unwanted animal situation in our
county very well. Perhaps Ms. Petty
would like to join in the battle for
more funds as it seems that animal
control is at the bottom of the list as
i
There's A Bump
My fingers are tingling, i
I can hardly grip the whi
My eyesight is failing, ni
don't ask me how I feel.
Front wheels are bumpir
the car has a mind of its
As I lose control and hea
chattering teeth hold bac
Please let me cruise 'til 1
where the sunvisor hit m
My ears are roaring, blot
I wish I had stayed at ho
My aching back signals,
or an earthquake high or
In cars that are near I ci
the tourists are scared as
Suddenly it's calm and w
I pull to the side of the st
It's quiet once more as I
with a sigh I fall back in
I ask an old man, please
the reason my heart's in
He sez as he smiles, "Fo
you have just Rone throu
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cey state
: Think Of B<
s
t With the beginning of the s ultra
e season on our beaches and tl
0 renewal of friendships and making
i- new friends, it is easy to think of o?
1 beaches as "meeting places" It
h also obvious to even the casu
d observer that our beaches ai
o "meeting places" of land, sea ar
a sky
it It is this characteristic which a
i- peals to those of us who live or vac
tion here It is also this san
k characteristic which makes th
r- "meeting place' so attractive
e other living things along the shore,
n As we watch the waves working i
e the shore and the wind carving awi
it at the sand, we may wonder he
is anything can hope to live in such
hostile environment Yet we are to
jo some Si percent of all Uw livu
* creatures ever disrovmd are able
la live under these complex condition
U Wbn(* lan>i ami sea anil sky can
w together has become one erf the roe
it completely inhabited areas erf a
arid Just about every spa'
THE EDITOR
Tom Over De
multi-family construction. The same
is true of Myrtle Beach, Garden City,
Surfside Beach and many other
beaches in South Carolina.
My wife and I finished our home on
Lumberton Street last summer and
dearly love Holden Beach and its
family atmosphere, ff any property
owners or town commissioners have
any doubts concerning what can hapi
Is Handled Well
far as funding goes.
As more people with pets move into
our area the situation can only grow
worse unless more funds are
allocated for better and more up-todate
equipment and more officers.
A few active volunteers would also
>y Rood Ahead
car keys are jingling,
eel.
y complexion is paling,
lg, back wheels thumping,
own.
d for a pole,
:k a moan.
[ tend the bruise
v dome.
od pressure's soaring,
me.
"Enemy attack!"
i the scale,
m see the fear,
rid pale.
ith sweaty palms
reet.
open the door;
my seat.
tell if you can,
my throat,
r a couple of miles,
Rh ShaUotte!"
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Holden Beach
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p- available has been taken by plant c
a- animal life. Within the rone front th
* dune line down to within a few fet
is below low tide we find an astoundin
to diversity ai life. All the importar
groups of animals in the world has
XI r^nr^-?*nLativ#? livin# ?\r*na ?h
i.v seashore
? Much el the plant and animal life
a visible to us. but much of it is not Vi
kl can find the most oebwus plants, bi
tj! there are minute plant species wi?t
to can be seen only through
s microscope Some animal form
ne such as the crabs ami birds, are ol
it rvous. but there are small cmstacs
ur we cannot see The worms below U
"e surface are constantly at work b
i
ivelopment j
pen to Holden Beach through multifamily
zoning, please visit Cherry
Grove or the Garden City sections of
the South Carolina beaches.
Please, protect this beautiful
island from over density and over
development.
J. Ronald Ward, Mayor
City of Darlington, S.C.
f In County
help the situation.
As for the Animal Welfare League,
I agree with Ms. Petty. If more
residents were aware of our needs
maybe we could get the help we need.
At the present time we have two
trucks, one telephone, two filing
cabinets, three officers and one
volunteer to take care of the unwanted
animals in one of the largest
counties in North Carolina 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week.
Marty Perry
Sunset Beach
Pageant Has
No Redeeming
Qualities g
To the editor:
I join with many friends and acquaintances
in feeling real concern
at the Little Miss Bikini contest being
knU tUU In T nlnn.l
uciu uiu ncci\ in ucuuiu.
Beginning with age two and going
on to 14 and older, little girls are being
told that it is perfectly alright for
them to publicly expose their bodies,
and they might even be given a prize
for it.
This pageant has no redeeming
qualities?no judging on the basis of
talent or intelligence at all.
The first impression might be that
it is a "cute" idea. But closer consideration
will show that by approving
such things society is sending a
double message. We cannot,
realistically, encourage such ex|
posure by our young and, at the same
time, abhor and bemoan the rising
tide of child pornography and sexual
abuse. Isn't it a bit hypocritical to
say that something which is criminal
on the pages of a slick magazine is
"cut?" in a bank parking lot?
Carolynn Skipper j
Ireland
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seting Places
we don't usuaUy see them. Rachel
Carson. In The Edge of the Sea,
reminds us that there are groups of
living things between the sand
grains.
All these creatures must be well
adapted to the ever-changing conditions
Any kind of variations from the
usual happenings can cost them their
f lives. The air breathers must live
e while submerged and the gill
it breathers must bve while e*r??ivt
g air and the scorching rays of the sun.
it Some plants and animals can do this
e (or a short spell, but complete
? submersion (or longer periods or
complete exposure (or longer tnan
is usual will mean death
fe The Meeting Place is an excitmg
it community of living things. All at h
Lracted to this special place at the
a edge of <re see.
s. animals add a variety and an interest
b- to hie as they go about their business
* of dally living We are fortunate in*
deed to share this special place with
Qt thavn
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