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PHOTO BY BILL FAVER BROWN PELICANS have been saved as a species because there were no troubling words like, "I don't know why we need two species of pelicans-a brown one and a white ne!" Troubling Words BY BILL FAVER It is not unusual to hear some of our bureaucrats make statements that arc troubling to us. Some of those charged with protecting the environment have been leaders in ut tering troubling words. Many times we are led to wonder whether they have little real knowledge of the problems they are addressing or whether they have been put there by an administration whose sympathies lie elsewhere. One good example was the recent statement by the Secretary of the Interior. You know, he is the one charged with overseeing the vast natural re source treasure of our country. He administers the laws and regulations dealing with endangered species. He runs the national parks and monuments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He is supposed to be understanding and sympathetic to environmental matters and a person who can inspire and lead us in con serving and protecting our natural resources. Like many of his predecessors he is often caught in the conflicts between development and conservation or preservation. His latest wise comment was something like this: "I don't know why we need to save three species of squirrels - a red one, a brown one, and a white one." It was like saying, "I don't know why we need to worry about the diversi ty of life on this planet." Or, like saying, "Why do we need more than one breed of degs, or cats, or cows, or hogs, or anything." Sometimes we wonder about the need to save the snail darters or the spotted owl or the special squin-els. We could probably get along without them. And when saving them increases costs or costs jobs, we raise even more questions. But, we're dealing with diversity of life on our small planet where we still don't understand all the complex inter dcpendencies and relationships involved. What seems insignificant to day may turn out to be highly significant later. If they are gone the way of the Carolina Parakeet, the Passenger Pigeon, and others, we will nev er see them. We need to care about life and variety and the rights of species to exist in a world that is not just ours to do with as we please. And comments like the Secretary's don't do much to help. Letters To The Editor (Continued From Preceding Page) not attend public hearings. Rick Bryan on Monday night used a similar example to that of Planning Board Chairman Charlotte Nolte in 1989. She said, "The min ute it (referring to the light) goes off your property, it's like a dog. It's a nuisance." Rick Bryan said, "If I had a pit bull and he went over into your property, you'd be mad." I don't recall my security light ever making regular "deposits" of feces in a neighbor's yard. To compare the two is ridiculous. Of course, all of this is now re dundant. But when I look out on the dark neighborhood, it makes me feel better to know that someone is happy about it. Thank you for allowing me to ex press my frustrations. Alice E. Tew Holden Beach Security Lights: Time To Stand And Be Counted To the editor: At a meeting of the Holden Beach Town Board Feb. 4, Rick Bryan, in an open hearing on out side security lights made this state ment, as printed in the Beacon : "If I had a Pit Bull and it went on your property you would be mad." I hope the Bryans remember this the next time they rent their house located at 263 west Brunswick Avenue. The people who rented this prop erty have a nice dog. It will stand four-five hands tall and will weigh 50-60 pounds. This dog used the neighborhood for a place to dig a hole, do his thing, and scratch to make an effort to cover his thing up. I live across the street at 258 W. Brunswick Ave. and I have a securi ty light. This light was in place long before the Bryan house was con structed and it was put in place after the approval of all the property owners in the neighborhood. My se curity light casts an almost invisible shadow on the Bryan property. It shines in no windows, it doesn't do its thing and it digs no holes. I find it hard to believe that three board members, the wife of one, husband of another, a hasty signed petition with 87 signatures, which is less than 5% of the 1764 property owners of Holden Beach, can tell Jim Foumier or anyone else to take it down within 24 hours or pay a fine of $25 and S25 each day there after. It's time to stand up and be counted, if such a minute group can do this, you may very well wake up one morning come summer time and find the beach has been closed. He said it, and I agree: let there be light. George Bradshaw Holden Beach Hospital , Personnel Are Applauded To the editor: The purpose of this letter is to give a round of applause to our medical facility. The Brunswick Hospital. We had no reason to use the facilities until recently and, to our great delight, found that every person connected with the hospital seemed to try to make us feel as if our well-beling was the most impor tant job they had to do. We found each person we en countered to be helpful, polite and well trained in their job. William E. Robertson Route i, Supply LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Knowledgeable Teacher Doesn't Need Textbook To the editor: * u 1:1.. . _ .u 1 WUUIU IIKC IU llktlicilgc UIV points made by Julie Strickland of Leland in her letter to the editor (Jan. 24). My qualifications are: I started teaching in Illinois in 1960. In 1%6 when the reading program began (Title I), I was put in that program in Peoria, Illinois, teaching poor readers in the second, third and fourth grades. I moved to Southport in 1962 where I was assigned to teach fourth grade. In 1977 I was trans ferred to the Title I program under P. R. Hankins. I well know his policies. I believe it is the state which determines the textbooks. When I started teaching, 1 used the standard forms of teaching spelling. I had never heard of phon ics, but I was given a phonics work book, along with each class mem ber, which taught phonics and its rules. I discovered that even though I had never heard of it, I had auto matically been applying phonics all of my life. As far as spelling was concerned, I found that the standard practice of having a child practice each missed spelling word 25 limes j: j i. uiu I IV/ 1 WUIK. By 1966 when I was placed in the Title I program, children with learn ing disabilities, except in retarded classes, were first beginning to be come generally known. 1 tested the children in grades two, three and four, to whom I as assigned, in visu al learning disabilities and found many had problems. 1 began to use physical methods to develop those skills along with regular phonics and the usual reading skills. When I came to Southport, 1 had the opportunity to put into practice my own creative way of teaching reading, writing and spelling. Nat urally, I also used the "prescribed methods." But my method was to take many Held trips. This area is so rich in places to go. Almost every thing in the world is just a short trip away to see: government, historical sites, the ferry, beach, aquarium and nature. My classes were divided into small groups of not more than six, depending on the number of volun teer mothers. Each group had a list of things to observe, take notices on, discuss in small groups in the classroom, tlicn wntc about iuuivKi ually. (Incidentally, lesson preparation referred to by Julie Strickland should take place at home in the evening, not in the classroom.) By using each child's writing and spelling to teach correct usage, each child learned to read, write and spell by much doing. About a year ago one of my fourth grade students saw me in the super market and told me he is now an architect, that he had the highest score in his class on the S.A.T. in language, and he learned it all in my fourth grade. When I came to Brunswick County 1 was shocked to discover that many tcachcrs did not speak correct English. Children learn from the sounds they hear used by adults. One doesn't need a textbook to learn reading, writing and spelling. One needs a teacher who uses the language correctly, who encourages much outside reading and book re ports which are used to develop lan guage skills through writing and discussing, using the child's own language to guide in using it cor rectly. I have no way of knowing how the rest of "my" children did later in language skills, but I ran into one boy who said I taught him in the fourth grade in the Title I class in Shallotte and he later he won four state scholastic awards. The two young people who saw me and told me how well they did, seem to indicate that the methods 1 used, in supplement to prescribed methods, worked outstandingly well. I'd love to read whether any oth er teachers who used similar meth ods have heard the results from for mer students. In a nutshell, use the reading each child prefers to teach. Use their most correct language usage to build on; making them feel good about what they arc doing whether it is in writing or telling about what they read and the same with their experiences. A teacher who knows what she's doing doesn't need a textbook. Tcddi Neal Bolivia Our Test Is To Maintain Our Unity And Resolve To the editor: At a time when the men and women in our armed forces arc fac ing their greatest test, we at home arc facing a test as well. Our test is to maintain our unity and resolve, as our troops are doing in the Persian Gulf. We don't want Saddam Hussein to take this country's tolerance for anti-war demonstrators as a signal he should wait out our resolve in a long and bloody war. I'm outraged at the brutal treat ment of our POWs. And I'm sad dened to see the media give so Delightfully Indignant Rebuttal To the editor: Finally there comes along one Bcv Moser whose very delightfully indig nant rebuttal of what she thought was the brunt of my criticism of the feminist influence in the Girl Scouts actually makes the point clean If the Girl Scouts are as she de scribes and as we hope is the case, then, obviously, the mothers (the homemakers) arc going to have to reclaim leadership from the femi nists. Which is exactly the point I was trying to make with my hyperbolic extension of the language used by the two previous Girl Scout repre sentatives in print here. Of course the cookie sale is a time-honored and worthy fund-rais ing device, but it is not a credible intellectual stimulus to career aspi rations or any substantial training therefor. Such representation is fem inist fluff. Mrs. Moser is guilty only of mis reading my lines, not of her aims and purposes. Hopefully Vicki Poole and Whit ney Wallers will find ways to make their language conform to the view of the Girl Scout effort Mrs. Moser presents, and then we shall be free of the misrepresentations implied. Karl Brandt Shallotte SOUTH WIND SIGNS CUSTOM PAINTED SIGNS ANY SIZE SPECIALIZING IN CUSTOM ELECTRIC SIGNS INSTALLATION & REPAIR f 754-8439 HOLDEN BEACH ROAD ^L. Bookworm ^ Causeway Plaza ? Holden Beach ? 642-7380 SUN-THURS 10-6, FRI & SAT 10-9 Newest of the bestseller hardbacks and new paperback editions weekly. Maps of the Middle East. Special order on any books still in print. much attention to the small number of anti-war protesters who have sprung into action. It seems that ev ery time a few protesters pick up their signs, the cameras swarm around them, and they end up on the news. Our soldiers have said that they have a job to do and arc going to get I it done. I feel I have a job to do, too. And that's to stand up in strong sup port of our troops. I want them to know that I and the American people are very proud of them. We are all inspired by their bravery. I hope that you'll print my letter, and others like it, in the days ahead. Thousands of local American news papers are reaching our men and women in uniform every day. Your newspaper may be one of them. 1 want the troops to know that we hold them in our thoughts and prayers every day. John F. Ziefel Sunset Bcach EASY MONEY Credit cards. Convenient Invaluable. And easy to get at United Carolina Bank. We offer competitive rates, a low an nual fee, credit linesof $500 to $10,000, and $ 100.000 in free accident insurance Our Mastercard Gold Card features up to a $25,000 credit line and $250,000 in free accident insurance. for details, stop by any UCB office or call 754-4301 . EasyAsUCB.!0^""* The Shallotte Electric Stores Three great stores serving all facets of our growing area from contractors to the general public. 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