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THE BRUNSU
Edward M. Sweatt and Carol;
Edward M. Sweat!
Susan Usher
Terry Pope
Johnny Craig
Mary i'oll
Cecelia Core
Tnmmle Galloway
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Bill McGowan
Clyde and Mnttie Stout, Jim I
Page 4-A
A Welcon
Like to make some extra
community at the same time
both.
One of the worst blight
beautiful Brunswick County
cans, many tossed out of
motorists, are a big part of t
Now that an aluminum n
here in Shallotte, it should
cumulating and collecting the
Now it is convenient as w
to the recycling center, whicl
Of the many new busini
come to Shallotte in the pasl
center is perhaps the most n
all.
Respect
Some years ago a group of youn(!
people and I were seated in a circle al
a church camp in South Florida. Wi
were discussing snakes and mas
quitos and other natural life we con'
1,1...... .1 # ~ I li.. ?M n??
.iiuci cu iu in: ur evil
The incviUiblequestion finally caine,
"If God is in control and God is good,
why do we have evil in the world?". I
don't remember much of the discussion
nor the answers we posed, for it
is a question folks have struggled
with through the years. Hut 1 do
remember one boy's comment:
"They were created for a purpose
and we may not know what that is,
Inil we ought to respect their life."
tllCu"ht iiijCtii thtit Sio'vloi'iii
when someone steps on ants on a
sidewalk? Just because they arc
there; or when someone kills a spldci
because they don't like spiders; 01
when kids club to death ghost crabs
on the bench because they luive
nothing else to do. Many of us don't
have the respect for life we ought to
have.
Perhaps part of the reason lies in
the violence on television and in
movies. If we don't like something we
wipe it out. We eliminate anything
that might get in our way?Impede
our Imppincss!
Perhaps we don't appreciate tlu
importance of the non-human life
forms or see what they contribute ti
......1.1 ill- r- -i
will will III m- ull^lll H'l'l II llllCSIl I
matter whether they live or (lie
Many of us can recall the story
about Sweitier in Africa, how hi
wouUl not harm any life form. Kvei
the house flies that spread disease
were spared hy tlus outslundiiu
physician anil scientist We woult
probably feel his actions were very
extreme but we must admire hi:
Goodbye, C
Hello, Terce
Portions aren't much fun.
Intst week the tune came to say
Koodbye to the little metallic blue
I'hevetle well, almost Koodbve It's
parked up tlie street. awaiting a new
owner
We'd been partners since June
1978, w hen the old blue Pontine diet'
in the middle of the road somewhert
on nignway in i no i ncveite was tin
cheapest automobile tor sate it
Morganton, but the only colors on Hh
lot were red with a black interior am
stiver with a red interior I ihitn'l
want either one Overnight Scott Cut
ting got tlie blue one for tne fron
several counties across the way II
came equipped with carpet and or
AM radio.
The car salesman tossed in (ret
lessons in how to drive a straightshif'
and we drove all over Burke t'ountv
acquainting the car with all the spot;
a news reporter sometimes has t<
travel-from ihe linville liorge ti
I .ake Khodhtss
Since then, the Chevettc has loggo
Mi.OOO-plus miles?most of them 01
business The oar's slltl running. t>u
it's no longer as reliable as it shout
be for a single woman who travels i
great deal at night And repair an
maintenance bills had started adduv
up to almost the equivalent of a mor
thly ear payment only they didn
come at predictable intervals
In anticipation of the Chevettc'
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Thursday, June 27, J985
A I I
le Addition
money and be of service to you
? Now there is an easy way to d
.s on the face of an otherwis
is litter. Discarded aiuminur
car windows by thoughtles
his litter blight.
^cycling center has opened righ
provide an incentive for ac
; cans which litter the roadside*
ell as profitable to take the can
h pays cash for the trash,
jsses and services which hav
t couple of years, the recyclim
eeded and welcome addition o
For Life!
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JK?jP\ Fever
adherence to principles.
Respect for life is always tied ii
with the predator-prey relationship
too. The traditional view of the hun
and hunted is that such a rclationshi|
is a part of the natural order?thi
rvrltxi in thi> fiwwl chain There i
always that tension between respec
for life and the need to kill for food
We us humans are supposed to h
- able to understand and apply reaso
i to the need to take life. Other animal
are supposed to hunt out of basic ir
stinct and need for food,
i Home people net upset ovc
predators, such as hawks, owl:
wolves, etc. when they eat a ehicke
or a iamb. We iabei them "bad" an
seek to eliminate the "bad" bird c
animal Not many of us think we ar
, "bad" when we sit down to a platti
of fried chicken or roast lumb.
We may not know the reason soni
. creature is alive and functioning i
i our world. We may not feel it is ver
1 important because it is smaller tha
..It'.. ...... ?1 1. Ik
vv i- <111-. ?tc iiui)' vvi'ii wish u w ere in
here, but we need to have respect (c
its life. We need to lie thankful w
i share the earth with such a variety i
. interesting and exciting life form
And we need to be thnnkfi
I something bigger than we are liasn
decided we are useless and steppe
j on us on a sidewalk!
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p." TW Susan
Usher
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' semi-retirement. my brother-in-la
I started the rounds of car lots about
I year ago Hut at every bottom hn
I'd chicken out. seriously considerii
i getting the Chovette's online rebui
I instead, though it doesn't mint it It
i all the other parts that are gradual
wearing out
> So why am I driving a new cai
I Terry Pope, o( course' He bit tl
, bullet and bought a four-door mi
5 green Teteel several weeks ago. se
> ding his little Corolla out to pasture
j I eland.
If he could do it well
i As o( Thursday. the bank and I a
i proud owners o( a white, two-do
t Toyota Tercel By the time you re
tl ttus column, the Tercel will al
? feature KM radio and air conditic
tl ing the two luxuries promised r.
g next car
i- Anil the little blue Chevette" W<
t it's probably feeling pretty usel<
and abandoned about now Give il
s beep when you go by. okay''
Bumpy
Each morning I grip the steering
wheel and keep my head rigid, my
eyes focused straight ahead, while
driving down Ocean Boulevard at
Holden Beach. For the longest
distance, I fear to even glance to the
left until it's time to actually turn to
tj.u u/hrirfgP
That first glance west is enough to
cither make or ruin a man's day. If
fred lights are tiasrung and a red anu
white gate is dropped across the
street, suddenly the morning
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Budget L<
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e chore services through the
jf Brunswick County Department of
s. Social Services will be cut by approxjl
imately half in the next fiscal year,
't In adopting tile proposed 1985-86
d county budget Monday night.
Brunswick County commissioners
voted to eliminate $55,000 the department
had requested to supplement
slate funds for the chore program
The state block grant tliat funds
several social services programs
was not increased for 1985-86, reiiuiining
at $269,000, and did not allow
for salary increases or other rising
costs. Of that sum, only $17,143 was
available to provide support services
such as cleaning, cooking and shopping
for elderly persons who otherwise
might have to move into a rest home.
County Manager Billy Carter said
tliat in dropping some 40 or more people
from the program there was a
risk of increasing rest home payment
costs, which are more expensive.
" hi other budget action, a requested
11 clerical position was elmunatcd. but
' three positions w ere approved for the
*8 department?a switchboard operator
ill to handle telephone calls, an intake
s worker to heln the department res
b' pond more quickly to client applications
for service as required by the
r* stale, and a finance officer,
e Only several hours earlier, social
nl serv ices board members had approvn
ed their proposed 198S-86 budget,
tn which also includes a proposed
salary increase for the fraud investigation
officer and funds to
i* create more offices in existing space
or Where the finance officer will b*
ad located- and who he or she will
so report to? has not yet been determin*>
ed. Finance Director Wallace Harn>
ding is to meet with social services
board members to hear their ooo'11.
cents about the post.
ss "We need to have Wallace assure
i a them the county commissioners have
no intention of taking over that posi
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air conditioned car.
If you're lucky, you'll see a greer
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tion," said Krankie Kabon, the com
nissloners' appointee to the soeia
services board.
While uncertain about specific ar
rangenients, both boards agree thai
their goal is the same: better finan
cial accountability for the depart
ment and a better working relation
ship with the county finance office.
"We're already benefitting," saic
Finance Director Wallace Harding
"There is more awareness hv th?
board of the problems that exist anc
more interest in the programs."
The commissioners had discusser
two arrangements for the finance of
ficer in charge of the social services
accounts- 11 locating the position ir
the county finance office budget, wit!
the county finance director as the ap
pointing authority ; or 21 locating the
person in the social services agency
but having them report to the county
finance director. Under this arrangement.
the county could seek reinv
College S
Register I
New and returning Brunswicl
Technical College students wil
register lor the summer quarte
from 9-1 and >8, Monday. July 1. a
the Supply Baptist Church next to tb
college administration building.
Classes* begin Tuesday, July 2 am
continue through Sept 18.
A large number of students are e>
peeled to enroll ui a short course er
titled Typewriting I, according t
Connie Powell, college public infoi
mation officer. The course will met
from 8 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Monda
through Thursday and conclud
August 8. she said "This is the tde?
course for someone who would like t
learn the touch typewriting system
ises Trouble
light and floor the accelerator as you
make your turn, hoping to trail over
at least on the yellow caution light
and join the tail end of the other traffic.
Usually there are several large
sailboats either anchored or patiently
churning the waterway, waiting
for the hour when the bridge opens.
You pass over and look down below,
knowing how the boaters must feel
- just from the experience of having to
wait yourself.
1 Holden Beach's delapidated
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- bursement for part of the salary from
1 the state.
In any case. County Manager Billy
Carter said monthly financial reports
to the social services board should be
1 part of the officer's job.
Monday night Rabon said the
social services board had expressed
a need to have some sort of depart
mental control over the position.
I The point became part of an
overall discussion of the relatively
' few powers granted by state law to
I the social services board.
While requests to spend money
1 routinely go before the social services
board for approval, the board
> actually has no power to authorize
i purchases without county approval,
i County Attorney David Clegg and
County Manager Biliy Carter advis'
ed Rabon
Expenditures are determined by
the budget?which must be approved
by county commissioners?and then
by departmental staff who review
tudents
Wonday
k master the keyboard, and type
i business letters arvt roiwic i?
-t . ? ... Jltx
r over a month," said Powell.
I Short courses will also be offered
e during the summer quarter in
English composition and college
<j match for the general student. Both
courses are expected to be filled with
four-year college-bound students whc
I- will transfer credit to a university 01
i- four-year college as well as student;
o who will enroll in Brunswick Tech's
> general education program. Enghsl
t composition and college math for th<
>' general student will conclude August
e 8
tl More information about classes
o ana registration is available from tbf
i. office of student affairs.
>d Lives |
1 drawbridge is controlling lives and
creating ulcers, even in its old days. H
But it won't be long before she is
finally allowed her eternal rest. Until
then, the suffering continues.
It's obvious that folks waiting to
cross the bridge are more and more B
each day becoming impatient with,
every bridge opening or red light.
While stopped by a red light on the
mainland side last week, a Pinto
about three or four cars back, floored
it and sped around the rest of us stunned
motorists.
, The Pinto left behind a large gray
| cloud from about a quart of oil. Up
! the hill, around the bend, past the red
light and across the bumpy bridge it
went.
That's reaiiy not how I perter to
cross the bridge. I didn't think it was
funny then, and I don't think it is funny
now. That guy wasted a perfectly
good quart of oil. At least have a little
respect for the elderly lady.
I've decided that driving across the
Holden Beach bridge is like leading
an army tank across a mined field.
There are mines, or potholes to
avoid. I've found the best route to
take while crossing from the
m qinlnn/1 clrln to f a Kurt fVto left oo 1
iiiaiiiiaiiu oiuc u vu nug mc icn tail,
thus avoiding two potholes on the
right. One hole looks like a metal
land mine anyway, or some type of
dangerous material.
My family lias told me that crossing
the bridge is dangerous, that someone
needs to take a sledgehammer
to it and drive in those spikes
that are sticking up all over the
place. Everytime I cross the thing, I
worry about my front end, the front
end of the car, that is, and how bad it
is destroying the alignment.
Over at Ocean Isle, the condition is
just as bad. In several places, your
radials actually touch bare boards
while crossing the bridge because the
pavement refuses to stay in place
despite numerous patching jobs.
But at Ocean Isle, once you pass
the bad part in the middle of the
bridge, it pays to floor the accelerator
if you happen to be driving
a small, compact car with 13-inch
tires.
I've discovered that crossing the
east end of the Ocean Isle bridge can
jar your dentures loose if you take it
slow and easy. At a faster speed, the
! tires can skip right over the small
I cracks and actually smooth out the
( ride.
| People may think it's a crazy idea
| until they try it. I hate it when the
driver ahead of me hasn't figured it
out, and forces me to go through tor>
tnro
But it's all temporary anyway. The
two new high-rise replacement
bridges at Holden and Ocean Isle
I beaches are looking better every
1 day.
2 Services
DSS expenditures and budget
transfers in the same manner as
those of all other departments.
Finance Director Wallace Harding
added.
Chairman Chris Chappell said he
was willing to see the finance assistant
located in the social services
dorwrtmont tinHor r\ne*
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"Put someone in there as acting
director who can relate to what's
happening."
Carter, as he said he had done for
the past two years, again suggested
that someone from the Institute of
Government hold a workshop for
social services board members on
their responsibilities and relationship
to the county.
I "There is a misunderstanding of
that role," he added.
Referring to a Wake County
Superior Court decision that ruled
I the social services board had no
i authority to reach a personnel settlement
with a former employee. Attorney
Clegg said. "There was a
court decision a week ago that sets
out the duties of the board and if they
would just read that, they would
understand "
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