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MORE LETTERS Vote Or Keep Quiet About What Government Does To You To the editor: There is a published letter from Bill K. Brewster, a Democratic member of Congress, who wrote to President Clinton concerning his vote against the Crime Bill, of his resentment of being accused of sell ing his constituents out, that he had "run from his responsibilities" to his constituents. He asks, "How is the representa tion by the members that voted the way you asked more principled than my representation of the beliefs and values of my constituents in rural Oklahoma?" We writes that he voted for the Crime Bill in April but that it was revised and "loaded up with social programs plus the ban on over 18() guns" and they "have curfews at 1 1 p.m. that work quite well without costing billions of dollars." Further he criticizes that "for your staff to prepare a speech that labels Democratic members dupes or cor rupt bccause we have a principled objection to the administration's po sition. is counterproductive and in excusable." His last paragraph reads, "I had hoped that you would rise above petty namc-calling Despite whatev er label I am smeared with, rest as sured that I will continue to vote the values and beliefs of my district to the best of my ability." Congressman Brewster voted as a representative of his district. In that, h?r was above political pressure. He voted against increasing social engi neering and its high cost. How much of this do you think will come to Brunswick County? America would be a different place is we had representative gov ernment. However, unless you get out and vote, don't complain about what your government is doing to you. J.C. Fletcher Calabash Look Into Dirty Tricks To the editor: As an avid reader of the Beacon, our "Brunswick County Light of Understanding," I wish to applaud your call for a full and complete in vestigation into "dirty tricks" in the sheriff's racc before the Nov. 8 elec tion. Such action would surely allow the electorate to make a much more intelligent choice at the ballot box. I would, however, not limit the in vestigation to just one side. There have been rumors of other "dirty tricks" than those reported in your newspaper. I can confirm that appar ent supporters of Ronald Hewett, as an example, are removing James Brown political signs. Since I am new here, I just as sumed it was an accepted practice to place such political signs on public roadways. They are everywhere ? small roads, four-lane roads, corner, and private and public yards. So, in what I thought was fairness, I placed a Brown sign at the foot of the Holdcn Beach bridge, right next to a Hewett sign. I was careful not to dis turb the Hewett sign. The Brown sign lasted less than a week. The Hewett sign is still there. I replaced the Brown sign, again being careful not to disturb the Hewett sign. How long do you think this one will last? Yes, let us have a full investiga tion before Nov. 8 of all the goings on in this county. Leonhard H. Froehlich Holdcn Beach Moving To Gloryland To the editor: Charles Kettering in 1949 said, "We should always be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our days there." Before we plunge into the future once again, perhaps it would be more productive to review where we have been and where we are now. If you are a current following of the news and televi sion media, you know basically where we have been. The big question is how we get from here to there. Will our Johnson politicians con tinue to "handcuff' our scientists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and all others who contribute to the betterment of mankind? There are three branches of our government. Unfortunately, all three ? executive, legislative and in deed much of the judiciary ? are writing and interpreting laws that discourage rather than encourage the pursuit of excellence and discovery. Twenty-five hundred years ago .Socrates said, "Man must rise above the earth to the top o" the atmos phere and beyond, for only there will he understand the world in which he lives." Yes, we have been to the moon. Tired Of The Same Old Christmas Catalogs? li s m>l even Halloween yet and already our mailbox is filling up with Christmas catalogs Most of them get tossed into a basket in the comer, where they'll remain until it's too late to order anything for the holiday Then we'll haul them to the landfill Happy new year Nowadays, through the magic of mailing lists, the number of catalogs we receive each fall seems to grow geometrically as LL Bean hcgaLs (lander Mountain, which begats oth er camping catalogs, which begat fishing catalogs, which begat fly-ly ing catalogs, which begat surgical instrument catalogs, etc etc Somehow one of those consumer genctic strains mutated and put our address on a mailing list that brought us one of the coolest cata logs ever: "The Fdmund Scientific ( 'ompany Annual Reference ( atalog lor Educators. Students aad Invent ors" Anyone, like us, who dreads the idea of shopping for the same old stuff year after year will appreciate the fdmund catalog Inside you'll find hundreds of gifts that will have your friends and relatives saying. "Where the heck did they find this thing"' And why would they give it to me?" We used to get four- inch -thick laboratory supply catalogs when I worked for the N.C. Marine Re sources Center in Manteo I would leaf through them for hours, imagin ing how much fun could be had w ith a real electron microscope or a giant L_ Eric Carlsc Van dc Graaf generator or the body of wmc unusual animal preserved in formaldehyde Idmund puts out one of those big catalogs, too But the 1 20-pagc pub lic consumption version has enough otherwise unavailable gift ideas for even the most jaded Christmas shop per Where else arc v?hi going to find ? Hot-air balloon* that will as cend to 2U0 feet on a string tether when inflated with the exhaust from a trash can fire! ? Ten different models of hand held laser-emitting pens' ? A spider robot that crawls acrovs the floor, sends out an in frared beam to detect obstacles in its path, then turns to avoid them and moves on' ? hull-si/cd human skeletons on rolling stands, just like the ones in the doctor s office! ? A dry ice maker that uses a standard carbon dioxide cylinder (available from welding supply out let) to make steaming chunks of dry ice Use them to keep stuff cold, do experiments or just make spooky smoke for Halloween! ? Two-inch-square neodvmium iron-boron magnets capable of lift ing 55 pounds! (These have energy densities of 27 to 35 gauss oer steds ? whatever that means.) ? A home planetarium that pro jects stars, planets and constellations on the walls and ceiling! ? The amazing potato clock! This uses metal probes stuck into fruit, vegetables, plants, soft drinks, "even beer" to create enough low-voltage power to run a small clock. (Pota toes or beer not included.) The Edmund catalog features more than just weird science stuff like "astronaut ice cream" and solar powered flying dragonflies. It's also the place to find useful items like magnifiers, measuring instruments, small electric motors, pumps, solar cells, telescopes and weather sta tions Everyone seems to agree that America is losing its edge in techno logical superiority and will soon face a shortage of scientists, engi neers and researchers. As evidence, they point to the steady decline in student scores on science and math ematics achievement tests. It's no wonder this is happening, with such a vast array of entertain ment possibilities competing for a child's attention these days. It seems like the only way to get kids inter ested in the sciences is to make them as much fun as Saturday cartoons and MTV. Which is where the Edmund cata log can offer parents a real alterna tive in Christmas gift ideas. Knowing a young boy's fascina tion with all things yucky, why not get him a "Slime Chemistry Set" that allows him to make a mess while learning about colloids, poly mers and solvents? If your daughter is interested in jewelry and gems, how about intro ducing her to microcrystal chemistry with a set of 10 experiments in growing clear and colored crystals? Children aren't likely to listen to you outline the principles of rota tion, attraction, equilibrium, center of gravity and centrifugal force. But give them a gyroscope and they'll play with it for hours. Eventually, they'll ask how it works. Kids enthralled by "Star Wars" movies and other outer-space adven tures will find no end to the possibil ities for exploration offered by a good-quality telescope and a book on astronomy. Who knows, you might inspire a future astronaut! Like the man said, "Give some one a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and he can feed himself for a lifetime." You can get plenty to nourish and inspire a curious mind ? whether young or old ? from the folks at Edmund Scientific Company, 101 East Gloucester Pike, Barrington, N.J., 08007. Not only will you get a cool cata log. But you might find yourself on some very interesting new mailing lists. Sweaters by Belldini and Fully Fashion Selected Fall Winter Groups Plus.. .Hand bags Take Advantage Of FALL SAVINGS! For A Limited Time! (Layaways Cordially Invited) MasterCard ? Visa ? American Express Open Mon-Sat 10-5:30 Shop Early For Best Selection Hwy. 179, Meadow Square, Shallotte ? 754-7658 CI 994 THE BRUNSWICK BFACON harnessed satellites and developed communications here and through out the world, all for the betterment of mankind. But we are carthlings and we are all (now the Third World countries) getting on the "fv? track." This high-speed "express train" will be going into many da'k tunnels, hairpin curves and rickety bridges before we reach the end of our journey. Do you want to call this journey "Moving Up to Gloryland"? For those who join us and buy a ticket to the end of the line, this trip will be exciting and enjoyable! Bob L. Johnson Ocean Isle Beach Mother Was Right To the editor: When I was a youngster during the Hoover/Roosevelt era, my moth er, a true-blue Democrat, had a say ing: "The only good Republican was a dead one." As I got older and re turned from World War II, I disap pointed my mother by becoming a Republican. Now as 1 approach my 69th year, I am thinking that Mother may have been right today. Starting with the Nixon Watergate crimes and contin uing with the Reagan/Bush crimes, the Republicans in Congress have lost sight of representing the poor and middle class and catering to or ganizations such as GOPAC, the Gingrich billionaire club that buys elections and would be happy with a banana republic. The 300 Republicans that gath ered on the steps of the Capitol to swear by a contract of Reagan - omics ? making the rich much rich er, the poor much poorer and the middle class extinct-- would again turn our economy into a "Pentagon economy." When you have a turn coat such as Robert Dole reversing himself on a felon like Oliver North, Phil Gramm, Newt Gingrich, Al fonse D'Amato and others, we the people have a bunch of misfits and power-hungry partisans. As in the Nixon and Reagan/Bush administrations, they all have short memories, starting with Agnew, Nixon, Reagan, Weinberger, North, Poindexter and others who either went to prison or, as Ford and Bush did, issue blanket pardons. When I was young the big crooks were the city Democratic bosses, but the White House and Congress were respected. Added to this Republican dis grace is the party's embracing of the radical "religious" right, the Fal wclls, Robertsons, Buchanans. 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