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Opinion Page THE BRUMS' Kiluanl M. Swrolt and Car Fklwaril M. Sweatl -Susan I slier Dawn Kllen Boyd Johnny Craig ihary I'olts Cerelia Gore Tnmmie Galloway Steve Anderson BSI! McGowan. - Clyde un<i rdauie Stout, jil Page 4-A Let Comm Prevail 0\ It was encouraging tc funding for a bicycle path off by the bureaucrats in 1 Washington determined a flind.'; !wVv w > r*- ill L It was discouraging tc that Holden Beach may statewide to stay on the to| path since the larger, mori have gotten the scent of av; of fact, he has doubts that 1 all. While one might quest cic, there can be no doubt ii beaches in the South Bruns the state. Not only should Holden should also be developed ii beaches have little or n hniilnunr/lc mtfl lwtr/l<?c /*f t\, tllS. One may not sec mar because ritlinn one on the si tantamount to living da available, no doubt they v cruise the boulevard lookin Hike paths could also well as the nrowinn number sides at the beaches. There were a number ( and vehicles last year at th was a fatality. The problei and near the beaches eonti Residents of the beat across the state and nation clout they can and campai] Remind the bureauci sidewalks should have prioi which are already better ec: blems. Perhaps common sens this one time? The Art < In "tlld from The Sen," At Morrow UndlHTRh siirrcsIs ns i Mir.in-, of (IndliiK the simplified lift 1101 visits to the sen "the art ot sli ittiiK " She uses this phrase to < phnslxe "how little one enn Ret nI with, not Iww iniieli " Her cxani| are the neisl for less clothes at lieach. less in the way of shelter i liiriiishinits, anil less complexity huilinii relationships \ recent experience of ihvlil bclonkliiRs ot my wife's parents once aKaln put me in the dlleuun. "savini! vs dtscnrdinR " Kach tin think I've overcome the nine to s* certain treasures .uss-.u ttiat cannot la- solil or discarded lake (aiinly pictures or a favorite rI bowl or a small wooden l>ox cran rtl Willi nn'itiorirs' 1 leal lieu ioilR I shouldn't clean out a closet or through old inaRartties when I wa a savinK mood IVrtuips wr all accumulate many thliiRs. too many creat comforts, too main RadRrls' Tin we don't really need or really w, but Hunk* Riven to us or tHHiRhl impulse or lr(t to t? by (mi nipn'.bfrs fh? sppcs! ItouM-Mradinj; to many younger | (do today L\ the challenge o< livine HOW TC THE BRUNS fO?T 0?f?Ct SM/aiOTtt For?mo?l N?iv?pof ANNUAl H'iSCHfT10*4 IAT111 H In I'yviwiiK Cownty a !** ?%?> ?o No?<fc OwHnk Nortt* Ct)'t>i.?a Ca ?*?! mi No-is# I *sVS *? I C?t* S*c?? IMTK&RfurnAi !" " ivvil olyn II. Sueall Publishers Editor \eics Editor Staff Writer Sports Editor (iffire Manager idrertisinft Representative Typesetter - Pressman Photo Terhnictsn n Itnllou Circulation Thursday, November 7, 1985 on Sense rer Clout i learn that an old application for at Holden Beach has been dusted rtaleigh after other bureaucrats in i portion of the federal highwav lie state tor mis purpose, i learn from Mayor Kenner Amos not have enough political clout p priority list for funding of a bike ? influential cities across the state iilable federal dollars. As a matter lolden Beach can stay on the list at ion Holden Beach's political musfiat biko paths arc* needed worse on wick Islands than anywhere else in Beach's bike path be funded, they i Ocean Isle and Sunset. All three o public parking, very narrow eople during the peak tourist mon ly bikers along the beaches now de of the road during the season is ngerously. If hike paths were r'ould be used by many who now g for a place to park a car. be used for pedestrian traffic as of joggers who frequent the road>f accidents involving pedestrians e beaches. At llolden Beach there n will worsen as development on inue. lies, as well as property owners , should muster whatever political gn for bike paths. ats that beach towns with no "ity on the bike path list over cities luipped to handle their traffic proe can prevail over political clout Df Sheddina V/ inc v me At \ lira I I in Miii|iU' life without many o( these things They Rive up much of what IliiK most of us foci we must have In order has to survive Such a lifestyle is sitpposti of <sl to help us net more III touch with ic 1 our feelings and more honest m our ive, relationships |ust I jvinit along the shore Rives us all old the opportunity to practice "the art ass of shedding " Whether we're here for till- a week or a lifetime, we have a ago choice, as Mrs lindbergh reminds Ro us. s in "I rememt>er tlial today most of us in America, more than too anywhere else in the world, have ure the luxury of choice between ttRs simplicity and complication of snl. life And. for the most part, we, on who could choose simplicity, luty choose crunplication Hut if of one accidentally findsit. as have w\> for a few day s, ooe also finds the the serenity it hnnRs " iawwawwHMMaaasHiwwaww >SUBSCRIBE TO u/irifARCArrtN i iviif^Ln.nwsi ox tfxXVMi; 1*4** ??' o* fK# Iryntwic* l?#or>d* BTMAll k CMm 5 M ) 14 | ?j; wi a 10 00 ? 00 Ittw* ? IWm *** ?? ! 4 It R i.ots ol people express their pel peeves in calls or letters to the editor Well, this week I'm writing my col umn to you grousing about two of m> pet peeves: telephone receptionist' who lack basic courtesy and readers who don't understand and don't want to understand the opinion page. Both peeves deal with basic communication skills I thought people learned in high school. But apparently not. As a newswoman, I spend a lot ol time on the telephone initiating, receiving and returning calls. My telephone manners are by no meaas perfect?sometimes, for instance, I assume people know it's me calling because of my voice or information given the secretary. That can be embarrassing! But some of the folks who handle switchboards and telephones?and believe me. I'm not just talking about in Bruaswick County?ought to have their phone privileges revoked. How do you feel when: You call long distance for someone and are 11 greeted with a hroafh!"" "'r.'il! you iiuiu pitrusc t>eforc having a chance to say it's long distance; and/or 2i the person you're calling is on another lim or out of the office and the receptionist suggests, "Why don't you call back in about 10 minutes?" iastead of suggesting the party in question return your call. Some Chan To the editor: I am writing concerning the No Parking signs recently put up at Sunset Beach. We are property owners in the Seaside-Sunset Beach area and have been spending our vacations and many weekends there for the past several years. We are upset about the No Parking signs, especially on the east end. There is no way to look for shells or to go fishing at this end unless you want f? .....IL ..II ?l I u.- i *. ?" ??n uiv ? ?<i > nun11 11 il uuani WHAT W C^l 11 "^Yb "-00" "" " 1 I I <?C>^00 VUiTohL&rfSf The Day De A couple of weeks ago seniors at West llrunswtck High School chose their class motto It is. like most class mottoa. a little bland and sappy, but the sentiment is real TV* nwtWA w??jjj "In ciir * hold the keys to unlock what we hope will be a brighter tonunorrow " As (ar as I know, though that may not hair been the students' first choice there a as i day when I was a mtuoc at West Brunswick tn 1J7W80 that I refer to as "the das democracy died " My i'Us voted on a motto, just as students do every year The one they cheese was short, sweet arid to the point "Go for it' " Of course. no one was ever sure what the it" was, but students generally agreed it was a good tnulUpurfsese word When 1 ?as a sensor, it ycai were trying out for a scholarship or an athletic team or anything coin sally Peeves =A rCCCDiionfct tr!!?: vn:: vrrv politely that so-and-so is out, but will return your call?and then doesn't bother to ask your name and/or telephone number or the nature or urgency of the call. If they do get your name, half the time they dor.'t ask how to spell it. I-atcr you may get a letter with your name misspelled on the address because the boss thought his secretary or receptionist knew enough to get the spelling right. The telephone abusers are bad onnnciH But reporters and their editors get flack on the streets on another sort of basic communication: the newspaper's opinion page. As you may have noticed while skimming the Beacon, our paper has a predictable organization that makes specific kinds of information easy to find even though most pages are not specifically labeled "sports" or "fishing" or "community" news. One page is deliberately labeled to set it apart from the rest of the paper?that's Page 4-A, dubbed in LETTERS TO' gas Are Neei from the parking lot. Also, all along Main St., close to the public beach access signs, there are No Parking signs. I would like to know how the public is to have access to the beach if they cannot park close to the access signs? Our family really does like the Brunswick County beaches and think Sunset Beach is a very beautiful place. But we do feel that property owners on the mainland and other visitors to the beach have a right to enjoy any part of the shoreline. 'LL /r&E? SWtCK. C&dN-ry 5CUOOL <u5 OR \ro< mocracy Died petiUvr. your friends would urgr you on with thr phrase. "Go for it" It was as natural a thing for us to say as totally imrs.n* was to kids l\XipK" ? )T*TS agO Granted, i: ma) not have been the most ideal motto but it ?as the one the majority o< the sensce diss anted to use to rrmember their final year in high school To be perfectly honest. 1 didn't vote for the mono they chose In fact. I don't remember what 1 voted for 1 had recently returned from a summer at Governor's Sciioel and was disillusioned with regular high school Me When easy-to-read black and wiiiie in the upper left hand corner as the "Opinion Page." Note that doesn't read "Editorial Page." Most news stories are collections of others' views or interpretations of fact, presented in as unbiased a fashion as the news staff can manage with the resources available to it. But on Page 4-A all opinions are freely expressed without direct concern for the "side." We aii get to give our side of the story. Generally this paper includes the views of three groups: the Beacon as an entity, staff and guest columnists and the public at large. The newspaper itself is represented with unsigned "editorials." These items may praise, criticize or simply comment on something. They are opinions, subject to modification or even reversal, and certainly to disagreement by others. They resemble breakfast table talk made public to set readers thinking, to generate discussion, possibly action. Nearby, Dawn and I write "personal columns." In these we have the liberty of saying esseniiaiiy ;vc Wcllll. II UOCSII I nave 10 DC upiuung, persuasive or entertaining, just ours. The third columnist is Bill Faver, an amateur naturalist and photographer. We also have contributing cartoonists. Anytime an item appears in our column we're willing to stand by it. FHE EDITOR led In Parkir We certainly hope some changes will be made in the near future. Richard and Ann Ballard Greensboro They Will Be Sorely Missed To the editor: It is with great regret we say goodbye to Toney and Richard Edwards and their family of Sunset Beach who ? t A' 3 m1 Qy\ PL- 5 f ft ( _ I At West Bru At the time my personal /notto was "Graduate and escape " One teacher thought the motto the class had chosen was an embarrassment to the school and to the seniors, whether they realized it or not She started a campaign tc nd the class cf their "irresponsible choice." One morning in homeroom, new ballots for a class motto were passed out Go for tt'" did not appear on the ballot All there was to choose from were a few worn out platitudes That afternoon an announcement was made over the intercom that the senior class had a new motto I don't remember what the motto was. and it wasn't even printed m our Yearbook Probably it included something about the sands of time or the doors to tomorrow or some other c&ci* 1 do remember wondering why the adnurostratior. even let the students vote if they were just gomg to turn around and throw out the choice of the majority Why did the) let Go I've tieen cussed at and fussed at by readers who didn't like or didn't 9 understand something ! wrote. With other readers I've laughed and cried in empathy. In any case, I knew each reader cared enough to share his or her feelings with me. What more can any writer ask'' But sometimes it's frustrating to write a column only to be accused of writing an "editorial" because the column appears on the same page. That happened this week to one staffer, who was confronted in a public place by someone who thought her recent "editorial" column) was the pits, but never actually explained what he didn't like about the column. He was invited to write a letter to the editor, which brings us to the third type of opinion shared on Page 4-A: yours. While edited for slanderous or libelous content and sometimes for length or clarity, these letters are not "rewritten" into news articles. And they must lie signed with your name. People use the letters column for t*tl ? VIIIIIK IIUIII .ItXMIIg WWIIVCS lor animals at the county shelter to venting righteous anger at some perceived injustice?perhaps reaching readers of a similar mind. 1 guess you could say Page 4-A is "our page." l.ike the telephone, another valuable communication tool. I don't like to see the "Opinion Page" abused. ig Situation are moving to Georgia. Toney has given many hours of her lime to the Scouts, her church, school and the teaching of aerobic exercise. She served a long term on the Sunset Beach Town Council. For 17 years Toney and Richard have given devoted service to the Sunset Beach Volunteer Fire Department in many capacities. We wish the Edwards family every' happiness and success in their new home. They will be sorely missed. Jean Mearns Sunset Beach Brief Notes From Subscribers To the editor: We have really enjoyed being subscribers to the Rearnn the nad three or four years. Our brother-inlaw recently acquired property at Ocean Isle and is always reading our paper a week later. So. for his birthday. we decided to have his own paper delivered directly to him. We really appreciate receiving our paper so promptly every week. Carroll E. Frye Hlldebran Enclosed is our check for renewal of The Brunswick Beacon for another year. Can't tell you how much we enjoy reading about our "home away from home?Holden Beach" and the surrounding area Keep up the good work. We especially enjoy Bill Faver's column since we are true nature lovers ourselves Congrats to him on a job well done linking forward to next summer Mr and Mrs Bernard K Adkins Wayne, West Virginia We enjoy the Beacon very much, this being our 15th renewal. Receive the paper in Winston-Salem no later than Friday each week Keep the good work going J L. Bell Winston-Salem nswick High for it:" appear on the ballot the first Ume'* Why didn't they just pick a motto out of a hat if they were going to make a mockery of the democratic process'1 Another high school mystery, never to be solved. itw same teacher that led the fight against Go {or it'" told me I was apathetic because I wouldn't buy a class ring F.xpUnations fell on deaf ears I told her again and again it wasn't worth it to spend S10O on a piece of ye-wlery that I would wear for one year 'Apathetic'" she'd cfode Well, five years has passed and I don't remember my class motto nor do I have a high school nrg I thir* Til survive. At least I have a motivation technique to use when life gets rough. Maybe it would wort foe you too Just gnt ycur teeth and say "Go for if" t
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