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The Sun Worshippers BY BILL FAVER Wc easily dismiss the ancient sun worshippers as being primitive and unenlightened. Wc know about the seasons and the systems and what happens to the sun in win ter and why some days arc cloudy and the sun hides from us. Our under standings tell us why crops fail and storms occur, wc don't blame it on the FAVER angry god. Wc do practicc sun worship in our own way, though. Our cult has its attire and vestments ? skimpy bikinis rather than coarscly woven cloth and animal skins. Wc have our anointing oils ? sunscreen, ba by oil, lotions and tanning com pounds. Our rituals and practices arc dif ferent; our music even has some of the same rhythms and drumbeats of the ancients. We don't knowingly sacrifice our young men and maid ens to gain favor with the gods. Wc know better. But many of our prac tices and lifestyles may have about the same effect as wc strive for constant pleasure and youthfulness and excitement. Wc differ from the ancient sun worshippers in another way, too. Wc don't chat at a Stonehenge at the Solstice and dcclarc: Sun rules the skies. Sun gives; Sun takes away; Nothing that is Is so by chance. Most of us don't ev>:n think about the sun, unless the clouds spoil a day at the beach or it rains on our parade. Wc could well re ALL OF LIFE depends upon the sun. PHOTO BY BIU. FAVER mind ourselves of the importance of the sun to our world and to our lives. The air we breathe, the waters, flowers, trees, birds, insects, ani mals, and everything else depends upon the delicate balance of where the Earth is positioned in relation to the sun. Anything we do to upset that balance will impact upon our lives and our way of life. The ancients knew it, but they thought the sun god unhappy and worked to please their god. They may not have understood their role in the interrelationships and inter dependences, but they knew the importance of the sun to their way of life. We have volumes and stacks of documentation and research about the sun and our roles and we sel dom care. We don't worry about pleasing a sun god, but join the cult and spend money and time wor shipping a sun we accept as always being there when we want it. New Assistant Superintendent Could Begin Work Next Monday BY SUSAN USHER A new assistant superintendent for curriculum could begin work with the Brunswick County Schools as early as July 12, the day he meets the full board of education. Jan E. Calhoun of Carrboro served two years as assistant super intendent for instructional sen- ?CCS for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, a comparable post. He is expected to join the school system administrative team this month, as soon as he can find local housing. "He'll begin work as soon as we can get him here," said Superintendent Ralph Johnston. Calhoun was selected from a field of seven finalists that included two local candidates, Gloria Talley of Southport, director of staff develop ment and public relations, and Ed Lemon of Shallotte, principal of West Brunswick High School. "It was a tough decision," said Johnston. "We had some very strong candidates." Calhoun resigned from his Chapel Hill post, effect June 25, having been hired in 1991 by a superinten dent no longer employed by that school system, said Johnston. "It was a matter of allowing the new su perintendent to choose his own team, not a situation where he hadn't been doing a good job." Johnston said he thinks Calhoun has a combination of skills and ex periences that arc well-suited to the Brunswick County job ? including experience leading the system's per formance based accountability plan ning, working with and through principals in site-based manage ment, and in providing services to a diverse population. While Chapel Hill is thought of as having an enrollment that includes the children of UNC-Chapcl Hill professors, it also has, said Johnston, "a population of kids that need a lot of help getting their achievement up. He has worked to do that." Johnston desenbed Calhoun as "pro-active in restructuring," having been responsible for developing and implementing restructuring of the K 12 curriculum, instruction and as sessment programs for the 6,900 student Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, and as "believing in getting things done through principals." Prior to his stint in Chapel Hill, Calhoun was employed by State College Area Schools, Slate College, Pa., as supervisor of cur riculum and staff development from 1984 to 1991 and before that, as su pervisor of elementary education from 1982 to 1984. Before that, he also served as elementary teacher, Chapter 1 reading specialist, ele mentary principal and an as acting superintendent of schools for one year. He also coached football there from 1966 to 1973. Calhoun has helped developed teacher training, able learner, staff development and other programs, and supervised development of a long-range plan to purchase instruc tional technology and developed the plan for integrating use of technolo gy in the classroom. He has a bachelor of science in el ementary education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a mas ter's of education in elementary edu cation from Clarion State College, Pa., administrative certification from Westminster College, Pa., and a doc tor of education in curriculum plan ning and supervision from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has North Carolina certification as a superintendent, assistant super intendent and elementary principal. As assistant superintendent he will have use of a school-system owned car and will earn a salary "in the mid to high 50's," consisting of his state salary plus a local supple ment of S6.336, the same supple ment received by his predecessor, Mose Lewis, who retired at the end of the lv 92-93 school year. wm W/AVg/AffQ(o)fj(l De sfina tiTf/fs^ Whether it's a small slnglewide "fishing cottage," a luxurious doublewide family retreat home, or something simple to retire to in the future-we've aot it all at... mf V CHOICENTER Wayne Culbertson, RHS ? Ann Brown, RHS HOMES BY ANN Bus. Hwy. 17, Shallotte, 754-5147 ~ Your Family Deserves Good Clean Water Why Lease When You Can Own Your Own? Lancaster Water Conditioning Systems $49825 Now only with bypass ?Helps save on repairs and water heating cost ?24,000 Grain, fully automatic 'Tastes Great! ?4 models in stock Save on 80 lb. FREE WATER ANALYSIS Bag Salt Only $5f Authorized Dealers: PJ&A Plumbing, Waste & Water Services, Don's Plumbing MILLIKEN HOME CENTER The Shallotte Electric Stores ? Main St., Shallotte ? 754-6002 Leaders in Progress Jor the South Brunswick Islands LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Teamwork Key To Goods' Recovery To the editor: The combined efforts of the Brunswick County Sheriff 's Depar tment and the Sunset Beach Police resulted in the recovery of the TV and paintings taken in a recent bur glary at the Sea Trail Plantation Swim and Tennis Club. Recoveries of this type arc difficult and require teamwork and much tedious effort on the part of the police officers in volved. Wc, the House Committee of the Sea Trail Plantation Swim and Tennis Club, wish to commend the joint effort of Dctectivc Tom Hunter of die sheriff's dcparuiicnt and Sgt. Lisa Masscy of the police depart ment for their excellent work in re covering the articles. Wc also com ment Police Chief J.B. Buell and Sheriff John Carr Davis for estab lishing the non-bureaucratic cooper ative environment which allows these officers to be so successful. John Pointer Sunset Beach Likes Columns To the editor: Write Us The Beacon welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must be signed and include the writer's address and telephone number. Letters should be legible. We reserve the right to edit libelous comments. Address letters to The Brunswick Bcacort, P. O. Box 2558, Shalkme, N. C. 28459. My husband and I really enjoy reading the "Plant Doctor" and arti cles by Bill Faver. We have both learned a great deal about this area. Thank you so much! Henry and Beth Player Ocean Isle Beach Offended By Editorial To the editor: Thank you for (Eric Carlson's) column in the June 24 Beacon. I also was angered and offended by the Wilmington Morning Star editorial concerning the events surrounding the accident following theft of a car in Wilmington by two teens. No one comments on the fact that the theft of that particular vehicle was made easier bccausc the owner left her keys in the ignition, some thing that could happen to anyone, but still a careless act. I hasten to add that in no way do 1 blame the car owner for the subsequent behav ior of the teens. Alice E. Tew Holden Beach rr?ss Original Miniature Plan Your Retirement Now In order to have the kind of retirement you want, you need to start planning now. After all, doesn't it make sense to plan for your financial future? The best way to prepare for your future is with an IRA. We offer a choice of plans tailored to your needs. Doth plans give you high interest rates with low minimum deposits plus the guaranteed protection of FSLIC. Our IRA specialist is ready to advise you and provide personal planning projections to help you invest in your future. Call us today about planning for your tomorrow. 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