LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Cheaper
Fillup
Found
To ihc cdilor:
I had to run down to Myrtle
Beach Thanksgiving Eve on a little
business (not to shop) and was de
lighted to find a gasoline outlet
where I was able to fill my car with
gas for S 1.219 per gallon!
I am a little sad to report that had
1 driven just a couple of blocks
more, 1 could have filled up for just
SI. 109 per gallon!
Mind you, as all of you well
know, this in a community that re
lies almost entirely on tourism for
its existence. Oh wcll-who knows
maybc they get it off the tankers at
Georgetown and Charleston much
cheaper than our folks can get it
Irom the tankers that drop in at
Wilmington.
Speaking of dropping in, you
know who'll be doing just that this
Saturday in Shallotte. Good ole
Santa Claus himself. There will be
beautiful floats, spiffy marching
bands, prancing horses and lots of
good places to enjoy tasty go<xlics.
One of these places will be the
Camp Methodist Men's Club con
cession beside the Christmas tree lot
across the street from the parade's
end. I'll be right there-come see us.
Jimmy Simpson
Shallotte
Rotary To Light
Tree Monday Night
Music by the West Brunswick
High School Band will be featured
Monday, Dec. 3, at the second an
nual community Christmas tree
lighting sponsored by the South
Brunswick Island Rotary Club.
The program will begin at 7 p.m.
outside the United Carolina Bank
main office in Shallotte.
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PHOTO BY BILL FAVH
LISTENING to the sounds of the ocean includes those of the many birds along the shore.
Don't Fail To Listen To The Ocean
Those of us who arc at the beach a lot soon get
where wc fail to listen to the
ocean. The sounds become so fa
miliar to us wc need some disci
pline to stop and hear the sounds
made by waves meeting the sand,
awl m y -j I'm aware of this each time
Nn \ we have visitors. They always rc
mark how the sounds help them
[ WaY-_J 8?l 10 S'CCP or how peaceful the
restful waves arc to them. The
sounds drown out the traffic
FAVKR noise and keep us reminded of
the special environment in which wc find ourselves.
I remember how 1 heard all the sounds just after
wc built a house at Holden Beach. I had become so
sensitized to the rolling of die waves I could tell when
the tide changcd or when the. wind picked up. I lis
tened for the crashing of the waves and the hissing of
foam and water casing back toward the sea. The little
popping of air rushing up through the wet sand could
be detected if I was on the bcach.
There arc sounds, too, such as the crying willcts
and the fussy gracklcs. Bob Whiles' call and doves'
cooing could be heard in early morning. Cardinals and
warblers and wrens would occasionally frequent the
dunes and complain about the cats lying in the sun.
Henry Bcston, writing in I he Outermost House,
tells of his experience with sounds on Cape Cod:
"The three great elemental sounds in nature
are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a
primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean
on a beach. I have heard them alt...and that of
the ocean is the most awesome, beautiful, and
varied...Listen to the surf, really lend it you
ears and you will hear in it a world of sounds:
hollow boomings and heavy roarings, great
watery tumblings and tramplings, long hiss
ing seethes, sharp, rifle shot reports, splashes,
whispers, the grinding undertones of stones,
and sometimes weal sounds that might be the
half-heard talk of people of the sea."
We would do well to take Henry Boston's advice
and listen to the sea. It will add to our experience at
the seashore and help us enjoy this special place.
Happy listening.
BORDERING BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Corps To Dredge Cape Fear
The Army Corps of Engineers
plans to dredge more than 1(X) miles
of the Cape Fear River northwest of
Wilmington, including the stretch
that borders Brunswick County.
Maintenance dredging is sched
uled to begin in January and be
completed by March 1, according to
a Nov. 21 noticc from the Corps'
Wilmington district office.
The project calls for 111 miles of
the channel to be dredged to 10 feet
deep at mean low water. The dredg
ing would remove an estimated
75.000 cubic yards of predominant
ly coarse sand from the channel.
The Corps plans to take bids for
hydraulic pipeline dredging. It
would be the first time the river has
been dredged using this method
since 1986.
In addition to Brunswick, the riv
er channel would be dredged in
Columbus. Bladen and Cumberland
counties.
The dredge material would be
placed at the toe of the river bank as
closc as possible to natural shoals.
Five areas have been proposed as
spoil sites, and none arc located in
Brunswick County.
The Corps of Engineers notice
says the project would help main
tain navigability in the river and
minimize the impact of flood on hu
man safety, health and welfare.
There would be no known im
pacts to archacological or historical
resources or endangered spccics, ac
cording to the Corps of Engineers.
Any person with an interest thai
may be affected by the disposal <H
the dredge material can request a
public hearing.
A written request, stating the in
tcrcst and the manner in which it
may be affected, must be mailed or
delivered by Dec. 24 to U.S. Army
Encineer District, P.O. Box 1890.
Wilmington, N.C. 28402-1890.
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