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There Goes The Neighborhood BY BILL FAVKR Some years back a cartoon appeared in one of our leading maga zines showing two Indians hiding behind a rock in the forest and look ing out over the sea. As the Pilgrim ships ap proached the shore, one Indian remarked, "Well, there goes the neighborhood!" I'm ccrtain the Indians who first saw the immi grants were not that prophetic. Surely they must have been frightened and pu/./.lcd and surprised by these intruders. Some were friendly and accept ing-cvcn hclpful-to those first settlers in getting started in a new land. Historians tell us Indians shared the first Thanksgiving, though most of die textbook pictures I remember from school show FAVKR thCm standing off around the side, not seated around the table! Neither Indians nor newcomers could foretell the changes that would take place on this continent. The vastness of the land would sig nal plenty for all-and the frontier spirit of "conquer, use, and move on" did not have much effect on the resources. Man had to fight against na ture and the wilds and carve out what he needed, but there was plenty of it. The Indians must have been amazed and angry at this use of the neighborhood. There is another side to the story and dial is one of acknowledge ing what man has contributed to the neighborhood. There have been great strides in crop production, disease prevention, land reclamation, and many others. "TTicsc contributions have enabled man to live in har mony with nature and to acknowledge the interdependences we all have with the natural order. It is so easy to find fault with the wrongs in our land throughout his tory. Perhaps, for this Thanksgiving Day, we can give thanks for our heritage and for the bounty we all share, and we can pledge to bring about the inevitable changes in a way that shows the love and respect we have for the neighborhood! There !s Both Good News, Bad News For Veterans BY JESS PARKER Brunswick County Veteran Service Officer ITic other shoe has fallen. Before adjourning Oct. 27, the 101 si Congress agreed on the largest deficit reduction plan in history. It calls for savings of $500 billion over the next live years. According to the American Leg ion News Bulletin there is both good news and bad news for veter ans. The good news is an increase by $1 billion in the fiscal year 1991 budget. The overall VA budget is S31.3 billion with SI2.3 billion for health care. However, the FY 1991 budget in cludes S621 million in savings from cuts and revenue enhancements in the area of veteran benefits. Over the five-year term of this budget the VA reductions will rcflcct savings of over $3.6 billion or about one half of one percent of the govern ment-wide total. The most significant cuts for the veteran community arc the elimina tion of the presumption of total dis ability for non-service connected pensions at age 65, repeal of Death Indemnity Compensation (DIC) cli gibility restoration for remarried s|X)uses, implementation of a $2 surcharge on certain outpatient pre scriptions, and a one-year increase in the VA home loan user Ice. Eligibility criteria for the SI50 buri al plot allowance and tlie headstone and marker allowance will be elimi nated. Hie revenue enhancement moves arc the normal budgetary tricks of the trade, such as: crosstalk between agencies (VA, SS, IRS) lo verify in come, modifying co-payments and deductible requirements, limiting vocational rehabilitation, and delay COLA payments. The public is liable to say that the budget cuts have not hurt the veter an community with one-half of one percent of government-wide reduc tions totals. One-half of one percent means nothing lo the 65-year-old veteran with little or no income. The cuts can run up to l(X) percent in those cases. Likewise the D1C widow whose second marriage has termi nated has lost KM) percent. Veterans who arc not on pension or compen sation have lost 100 percent of their VA burial allowance. ANCHORS AWAY .2 MAGICAL DEALS FOR NOV., DEC. JAN. OR FEB. 7-DAY CRUISE vf V 3-NIGHT and DISNEY WEEK fk CRUISE ONLY Including air from Myrtle HKhI Beach and hotel in Orlando lncludin9 from Myrtle Beach. $695* W $395* ?Certain Restrictions Apply Pltf MtfA i i^i^c Call Today To Reserve Your Cruise cw EriuS/J&S? BRUNSWICK TRAVEL East Gate Sq., Hwy. 130. 754-7484 or 1-800-852-2736 SPECIALIZED SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF fT COLONIAL ~ WINDOW & SIDING CO.^ OFTEN IMITATED. NEVER DUPLICATED USA WA r FS 800-344 3064 Traders Lane Local9l9 579 6712 Calabash Pr?fr?^r? Prtr4r?r>rr i Oiuiw i Ul ll 11.1 J STAff PHOTO B* TEW POPI Joseph Galloway (left) and Fred Massey of Supply planted white sweet potatoes together this year and what they dug up last week was a 7 112 pounder that looked like an elephant's foot. "I'm 46 years old and I've never seen one grow to he that large," said Massey. The two has planted sweet potatoes in the Royal Oak community for years. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Where Were The Parents? To ihc edilor: 'Flic week of Nov. 11-17 was National Education Week. Union Primary's doors were open to par ents from 3-8 p.m. on Thursday for parent/teachcr conferences and visi tation. Workshops were scheduled for that evening covering topics such as "Whole Language our Way," "Using Big Books in Kindergarten," math, computers, DARF program, health and many others. These workshops were staffed mainly by teachers who had pre pared these seminars in addition to their many other duties. They had stayed at school long after the chil dren had left which meant their day was approximately 12 hours long. They were prepared to help enrich the parents' awareness of their school's programs. I would like to know where were the parents? As I approached the school I had my pick of front row parking spaces. I walked down the lonely corridors wondering whether I was loo early or extremely laic. I probably ran into about a dozen par ents. One of which I learned later was the parent of a child in the Gifted and Talented program. (Does that tell you something?) For a school that is overcrowding its dcKirs, 1 felt the parent participation in this event was disgraceful. How many parents arc willing to iniss a golf game with the boss, an aerobics class, favorite TV show or dinner date? Children arc our most vautablc gifts. The teachers were there waiting to help the parents. What if there was a parent/teacher event and the teachers didn't show up? Southport Elementary had a simi lar event and over 3<X) parents at tended; does that mean their parents care more about their children or they had nothing else to do that night? If babysitting is a problem why not approach your PTO repre sentative about providing some <ort of babysitting service for a couple of hours during PTO events' There's not really enough excuses for at least one parent attending such an event. 1 would like to thank the leathers and PTO of Union Primary for sponsoring the workshops. I learned a lol from my attendance anil hope that parents will learn to participate in the children's education. Now I understand Susan Usher's column in the Nov. 8 edition of the Beacon: "Wanted: More Parental Involvement." Rcgina Britton Supply Great Gift Ideas... Decorative Framed Cork 4 Hurricane Tracking Maps 4 fhe perfect gift for weather buffs! 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