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PHOJO BY BILL FAVM All creatures seem to be drawn to the edges for food and shelter. Enjoying The Edges BY BILL FAVER Most creatures on Earth seem to prefer the edges, the place where field and forest come together or where land and sea meet. Even ca sual observation along one of these edges will reveal birds feed ing on insects or small animals nibbling on plants. At the coast, the small shorebirds move con stantly alone the edge feeding on mole crabs and coquinas. TTiese margins provide food and habitat for many of our creatures. Humans, too, arc fond of the edges. Often we climb high moun tains to look down over the edges to a breath-taking panorama below. We flock to a lake shore to fish its banks or enjoy its scenery. And, of course, we arc drawn to the sea-edge in a mystery we cannot lully comprehend. Some say it is because of the scawatcr likc blood in our veins or an ancestral longing to return "home" from where we came. In an essay in Audubon Magazine some years ago, Peter Steinhart reminds us, "the edge dwellers arc of ten our favorite creatures because they are creatures of opportunity. They choose between strategies of the moment and seem freer and more independent. They have a vision, a sense of the future that comes of living where the horizon is broad." Edges can have some interesting effects on us. Edges seem to be where things arc happening. There is constant activity and constant resUessness. Waves and wind are forever reshaping the shoreline, sending crea tures scurrying for survival. There is movement and excitement. There is the need to strip away the cares and possessions of life for the freedom of movement. There is always the feeling of something about to hap pen, being "perched on the brink of a great moment". The edges can also bring us satisfaction and fulfill ment. The constancy reminds us of time before us and of other men's struggles. The broad expanse of hori zon signals hope for the future. Rachel Carson writes, "On all these shores there are echoes of past and future: of the flow of time, obliter ating yet containing all that has gone before; of the earth's eternal rhythms.. .shaping, changing, dominat ing; of the stream of life, flowing...as any ocean cur rent, from past to unknown future." Our edges here in Brunswick County are unique in that we share them with other creatures in a relatively natural setting free from many of the man-caused "im provements" of our neighboring beaches. Perhaps one of the secrets of life and creative living is to find a place where we can turn our backs on the traffic and confusion of the market places and let the sea air blow in our faces and the smell of salt renew us. Welcome to the edge where sand and sea and sky meet! 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(Tfease bring a covered disfu) NOW SERVING BEER 8 WINE zeNQS qxiroeN CV>t nese jiesTcturanr LUNCH BUFFET Monday-Friday 11-2:30 PM FAMILY NIGHT BUFFET Monday-Saturday 11AM-3, 4.30-9PM Saturday-4:30-9:30 PM For take-out call 754-5280 East Gate Square. Holden Beach Road ? Shallotte G. Roscoe & Associates Commercial & Residential Landscape Design Serving North & South Carolina with 25 yrs. experience Ocean Isle Beach, NC ? (919)754-4605 Compliment the architectural design of your home or business with professional landscape design that reflects your own special personality Twin Lakes Restaurant-Sunset Beach MORE LETTERS Safe, Legal Clinics Should Remain 'Haven' For Women To ihc editor The plight of Ana kosa Rod riguez depicted in the melodramatic flyer in last week's Beacon was un deniably tragic but certainly was not typical of case histories in legiti mately operated abortion clinics. It is unfortunate that the subject of abortion has to be addressed, but in our present society where one mil lion teenage pregnancies are report ed each year, something must be done. Education, religion and parental guidance all help a little, but none of these arc the answer to preventing the majority of the unwanted preg nancies. We refuse to recognizc that we arc dealing with erectile tissue and raging hormones, a formidable combination that cannot be reck oned with by telling teenagers to "just say no." Until we have a form of birth con trol that is medically and socially ac ceptable, the numbers of unwanted pregnancies will continue to esca late. The French birth control pill RU 486 may provide the means to wipe out needless abortions. Meanwhile, abortion clinics, le gitimately and safely operated, must continue to be a haven for young women who should have the final say over their own bodies and their own destinies. When the Right to Life radicals stan taking care of the millions of already born tiny tots who lack food, medicine and two-parent homes, then I'll take their picas for the un born more seriously. They expound on the human rights of the unborn but fail to concede that these same rights extend to life after birth. Peggc Jaynes Supply Protests Insert To the editor: One of the privileges of a news paper subscriber is to take issue with the editor if the paper strays off the track. This letter is in protest to the anti Freedom of Choice Act insert that appeared in the last issue of your newspaper. It appears to me that the purpose of a newspaper is to present news and information in an unbiased way. While we all have the right to our own personal views, I think that it is wrong to includc extremist views, be they pro or con, such as the insert projected in graphic form. I am surprised that you allowed this to happen. It can only push the parties with opposing views deeper into their respective comers. Ncill Key Graham Finally Moving Here To the editor: 1 will not be renewing my sub scription to the Beacon at this time due to the fact that 1 just sold my home (hooray!) and will, at long last, be moving to Lockwood Folly by Holden Beach sometime in the next three months. When my husband and I arc set tled in our new home, we will of course be renewing our subscription. We enjoy the Beacon very much. It has sustained us during a lengthy ride on the Northeastern real estate market. Margaret Mcinzcr St. James, NY Maybe Son Saved To the editor: This is one mother's view of the shooting by Lt. Ron Hewett. I'm sure this would be a different letter had my son been in the truck that had its tire shot. However, my son was on U.S. 17 working extra hard in heavy traffic and extreme weather to do a service for folks of Brunswick County. My son is trying to support his family and the families whose dads have abandoned them. He is paying taxes to support legislators who make laws favoring crooks. He is paying terrible insurance premiums because of crooks. He is paying the salary of court-appointed attorneys who get crooks off. He is supporting the district attorneys who reduce bail and plea bargain; also judges who give suspended sentences. High-speed chases by police scare me because many times innocent people get hurt. However, this closc range shooting of a tire might have saved innocent lives down the road from a different vrcck. Perhaps Lt. Hewett saved my sen. Joyce Simmons Supply Write Us The Beacon welcomes letters to the editor. AH letters must be signed and include the writer's address and telephone number. Under no circumstances will unsigned letters be printed. Letters should be legible. We reserve the right to edit libelous comments. Address letters to The Brunswick Beacon, P. O. Box 2558, Shallottc, N. 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