Opinion Page
THE BRUIMSWIC
Edward M. Sweatt and Carolyn H.
Edward >1. Sweatl
Sunan i.'aher
Terry Pope
Johnny Craig
Mary Potts
Cecelia Gore
Tammie Galloway
Steve Andcraon
Hill McGowan
Clyde and Mattie Stout. Jim Bailoi
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Proposed For
It happens every summer: pit
the fishing boats are coming in to
A system of marking the 750
from fishing piers has been prop<
public hearing scheduled today (T
Fisheries Commission in Beaufor
The measure is expected to pa
posal that could satisfy fishermen
water.
Fishing pier owners would be
by setting yellow buoys in the wa
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UIC Oil cum VII Will aiucn ui uii piv
With such markers in place, r
have no reason (or excuse! to ir
close."
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Thursday, Aug. 15
ruHI.lt HEARING sponsored by (he Mai
Duke University Marine ! .ah, Beaufoii
menhaden, channel net and pier tnarkei
IIKUNSWICK C OUNTY ItOAKD OF COM!
prove a bond refinaneinu order for publii
tnent Center, 12 noon.
HURRICANES ON THE COAST, a slide pre
on various types "f coastal development
film on Hurricane Hazel with footage of
I-oiik Bench Recreation Center, 30th Stri
IIKUNSWICK COUNTY HOARD OF EDUC,
the Southpoit conference room. 7: :i0 p.n
fiAMF. NIGHT at the American teuton Hi
U.S. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug- 16
N.C. MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSI!)
University Marine lab, Beaufort, to a
hearing on Auk IS, 0 a.m.
GAME NIGIIT at the Sunset Beach Volunt
Saturday, Aug. 17
TOWN CREEK Volunteer Rescue Squad sc
a bake sale, at the station, located on U?S
south in Winnabow, starts at II a.m.
CHARITY GOI.F TOURNAMENT sponso
Charles TilKhnum Council at Carolina
benefit Sen Haven Youth Care Home ant
I 30 p.m. Entry forms available at all |i
CHAPTER 36 Special Forces Association,
VFW Building, I 30 p.m.
GAME NIGIIT at Uie Calabash Volunteer I
Monday, Aug. 19
ItKl'NSWU'K COUNTY HOAItll C?K COM?
slon in tlieir chambers. Brunswick Coui
Tuesday, Aug. 20
ilOIJIKN IIKACH COMMUNITY WATCH
iiikI police report at a business meetmit
Wednesday, Aug. 21
mil NSW U K TOA8TMASTEHS meet lor
Hrstaurant, Southport, 7 a in-8 a in \
welcome
SltAI JAtTTK AUIKKMKN meet at the tow
llltl'NSW ll'K COUNTY I't-ANNING UOAl
Brunswick County Government Center.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Sell Out, 1
Is Threat To,
To the editor tes
The incomparable and former I
American Party presidential can- pr
didatr, Tom Anderson, said It "The C.I
threat to America today Isn't from Se
r .11 i a*. ?. ?
MM uui, ? 3 3CU UUL n"
While our lenders wring their "r
hands and appear powerless to res- wi
pond, the murder ot American "
alliens b> Communist thugs has
become almost a daily occurence
Vice Ihesident lleorge Hush has Sh
expressed shocked surprise and m
disbelief that anyone could be so evil sc
as to kill innocent civilians including IV
women and children One wonders Ai
where C.K.K. and TriUteraUst ou
member George Hush has been th
hiding all these years. Apparently he m
hasn't read a recent wire service H<
report revealing "Soviet armored
units killed more than 1.000 men, gc
women anil chlkiren in attacks on a re
doien villages in Afghanistan m
Those armored * chicles were produced
with American tax dollars and
K&BEACON
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Thursday, August 15,1985
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Piers
er fishermen complain that
o close to their lines,
foot protected fishing area f
ised and is the subject of a 1
hursday) before the Marine *
t- p
ss. which is good. It's a pro- a
both on the piers and in the u
required to mark the area
iter and beach markers on p,
" r<
let and boat fishermen will F
mdvertently come in "too
i/ r- ?
n events
rine Fisheries Commission at the
t, to hear comments on proposed
r regulations, 'J a.m.
illSSIONF.RS meets briefly to apation,
Brunswick County (Jovernigram
on tlie impact of hurricanes
, anil a 30-ininute black and white
I <ong Beach will be shown at the
;et SK, 7:30 p.m.
tTION meets in special session at |
it, one mile south of Shallotte on
iN business session at the Duke
ict on items presented for public
eer Fire Department, 8 p.m.
lis shrimp plates for ft each, with
i. 17 at the intersection with N.C. 87
red by the Knights of Columbus,
Shores (loll & Country Club to
il Mercy Hospice of Horry County,
iro shops in the area,
meets at the Boiling Spring lakes
i'irc Department, 8 p.m.
dlSSIONKRS meet in regular scslty
Government Center, 6:30 p in
will discuss hurricane evacuation
at the town hall, 10 a.m.
breakfast at the Ship's Chandler >
risitors and prospective members 1
n lull in regular session, 7:30 p.m.
Hi meets in the Planning Building,
7 :30 p.m.
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America *
,-hnology, incidentally u
Meanwhile everything is Just "
achy ami it's business as ususat as 0
K H member and U.S. Commerce 1
cretary, Malcolm Raldridge.
stens to sign an agreement s
esumtng agricultural cooperation s
th the Soviets" and promises to J
peed up permits tor exporting high
rhnology to the Ked Chinese "
And Secretary at State George t
ulti (C.F.R. and Trilateral Com- i
ism on i jokes with and toasts a <
owluig Andrei C.romyko i Jimmy s
trier kissed them on their cheeks I t
id the White House sotemnl) warns a
r aiharsarles that we'll honor
ose treaties even as the Com- (
musts boast they'll ignore them c
>w's that (or a hluepnnt tor defeat* 1
Well founded rumor has it that our (
vemment will issue a "new cur- i
ncy" in the near future Kubies <
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I.ynn Batsoo i
Wilmington
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Horror tales of cracked bones,
skinned shins and close hairline
shaves had kept me out of the tubes,
snsconced safely behind the lens of a
amera as friends splash-landed.
Today would be different. Today I
vould slide my first time?and
sossibly my last.
Throughout the entire week, i had
numbled under my breath, "I'll take
i book and read while the others
lide. I'll wear my swimsuit
inderneath my clothes, though, for
he flume ride."
But when the morning came
ravado took hold. I was waiting
ear the head of the line when the
lide opened, confidently plunking
own the cash for a full day, not just
n hour.
Putting 'S
Under a plan approved by the
Irunswick County Board of Educaion
last week, seventh and eighth
;rade students will be allowed to take
wide variety of new 12-week "exloratory
courses" next year. But
re the classes necessarily good for
le students?
One board member believes not. i
>oug Baxley of Tarheeland Acres '
elieves the classroom schedule has
een "squeezed" enough to make
Mm tor additional classes, such as
rench. band, etc. He voted against
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In May 1965, the North Carolina
leneral Assembly named an official
late seashell "in memory of the eary
Scotch settlers in this state This
ction made North Carolina the first
tatc to designate an official state
eashell The Scotch Bonnet was the
hell chosen for the honor.
Scotch Bonnets are fairly large,
vate, strong shells with a series of
iniformly arranged brown, squarish
narkings on their cream to white cclr
They belong to the family
assidae. which clauns about 70 livng
species of Bonnet and Helmet
hells. Usually they are found in
hallow, tropical waters. All
nembers of this family have a broad,
icavy shield adjoining the opening.
On the specimens we find along the
leaches, the spots have often faded
md they appear to be only a solid col*.
The dart grays and blacks of
on* shells are believed to be caused
>> me mineral com cot of the water
ind the age of the shells
Scotch Bonnets range from North
Carolina to Brazil and prefer to live
m sandy bottoms in shallow water
rhey feed on sea urchins and sand
foliar* Shells of the females are
tsually larger than the males Rgg
"apsuirs are laid in the shape of a
ower or in clumps and are horny in
ippearance
Pieces of shells are often found
id For A Dc
V ~F Susan
Usher
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"Miss Susan, I thought you weren't
going to slide!" one of the girls in the
group said, just a little surprised.
"Oh, I thought I'd try it," came the
casual reply. "After all, I just turned
32 and I've never been on a water
slide. That's embarrassing. I'll soon
be too old and too scared to try."
inai iirsi suae was history in a
matter of seconds. It took longer to
iqueeze' Or
adding the exploratory courses last
week based on that reasoning.
Baxiey may nave been the only
board member to realize right away
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along the beaches, but complete
specimens are found only occasionally,
usually following a storm Bonnets
are more abundant along the
SCOTCH BONNET SHELLS I
jy? You Be1
climb the hill than to come swooshing
down the "slowest" tube, a winding
ride that gradually sloped toward a
highly-chlorinated pool. I sat rigid,
gripped the mat tightly with both
hands, and let the attendant push me
off and away.
Around me, on other slides,
youngsters were sliding feet-first
backwards, cross-legged, pop-andchild
together. Some even spun
around as they swooshed down the
tubes.
Soon I was slithering down the
fastest chute, face first, lying flat for
a faster ride, grinning like a 10-yearold.
Sliding was a blast!
To think of having missed this for
years.
And I wasn't the only "senior
) Students I
that a problem may already exist in
the classroom schedule for middle
school students. His point was well
expressed and well taken?that
devoting just 45 minutes a day to
language arts may not be enough.
After Baxley explained his position
against adopting the "exploratory
classes," board member James
Clcmmons may have also realized
that middle school schedules may
need further study, for afterwards he
uui liul Mrciti quite aa Cuiuiucut in
keeping his motion on the floor to ap_
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"he Scot Settl
outer banks at Hatteras and
Ocracoke and Cape Lookout areas.
Even the broken pieces are unusual
and umqtie and such pieces are earned
into cameos in some areas of the
world Abandoned shells are quickly
inhabited by the striped hermit crab
and this may account for their scarcity.
Someone asked at one of the shell
programs at Hotden Beach several
summers ago why such a scarce shell
was named as our state seashell. Her
feeling was that if you were going to
irt (?nd mty ocosimDy ateag the Bn
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citizen" on the tubes. One set of
grownups had brought the grandchildren
along and were keeping up
slide for slide the first several hours.
Grandma and Grandpa bowed out only
when the walk uphill became too
demanding. The man was 68 and he
said he thought sliding was as good
as anything he'd played at as a child.
It was a good way to spend the day.
But for several hours, I forgot to
reapply the sunscreen so carefully
smeared on before leaving home.
Afternoon was too, too late.
I've paid and paid again for that
day's fun?my nose is peeling for the
second time and my shoulders have
all the texture of dried snakeskin.
Hey, but it was worth it to be a kid
for a day.
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Jebated
prove the plan.
Assistant Superintendent Ed
l.emon said the new courses will
allow students to explore other subjects
at a time when they should be
considering career choices. He added
that offering the courses would not be
making any changes in the current
schedule, but would be offering more
to the students during their third
block of study.
It is the belief of some board
members that the time used to offer
the exploratory courses should instead
be devoted to math. English or
social studies, that those subjects
should be strengthened before getting
into rocketry, calligraphy,
animal anatomy, video production or
photography. It is the standard
"back to basics" approach.
"I think the guts of your education
should not be squeezed timewise."
Baxley said. He noted that adding
new courses to an already bus\
schedule could result in "the perils of
trying to do too much."
"I'iTi fiOt aufc ii tuc iuca uf MjiiCC'Zing
English down is necessarily a
good concept," Baxley added. It was
noted that adding the programs
would not affect the current
schedules as they already exist.
All middle school students are
scheduled for three, two-hour blocks
of classroom instruction, including a
language arts-social studies block, a
math-sciences block and a period for
band or physical edu'6aTld?i
occupational education and a healthrelated
course.
That calculates out to 45 minutes
each for English, or language arts,
math, science and band or physical
education. For students taking
French. 30 minutes of their language
arcs penoa is usea tor that class each
week.
The new courses would be used to
give students who do not want to take
band, O.E. or P.E. a variety of
classroom offerings. As always,
there are two sides to the issue, one
side that believes there are already
too many courses and another side
that believes variety would enhance
the class offerings. Teachers who are
able to teach such courses as
rocketry' and animal anatomy should
be able to introduce the subjects to
their students dunng the regular
math-sciences block
"Even gifted children can be
squeezed too much," added board
member Jane Causey. "1 see
evidence of that."
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have a '"state shell" it should be one
that was abundant. Maybe sol
Maybe it was more abundant at one
time, for Emerson and Jacobsen, in
Guide to Shells, writes, in discussing
the designation of the Scotch Bonnet
as the state shell, "This action has
caused it to be overcollected for the
souvenir market, much to the
distress of the law's sponsors." As
for me. I am pleased that this special
shell was chosen "in memory of the
Scot settlers" and that those that find
them along our beaches have found a
treasure worth keeping 1
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