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LETTERS Speed Limit Unreasonable To the editor: I would like to take a moment to explain my objection, part of which was published in the Beacon Dec. 6, to keeping the speed limit on Bruns wick Avenue at 20 MPH. When the town first considered paving Brunswick Avenue, one of the noted benefits was that it would act as a relief valve to the conges tion on Ocean Blvd. during heavy traffic periods. And whether resi dents of Brunswick Avenue appreci ate this or not, that will in fact be the result. Brunswick Avenue is not a pri vate street to be controlled by a group of IS or so families living on it. but part of a network of public streets on Holdcn Beach to be used by the general public including commercial and tourist vehicles. It seems unreasonable to e*pcct the public to travel in second gear. I, like some of the other residents on Brunswick Avenue, am a grand parent and, as such, am always con cerned as to the safety of my grand children. In my concern, 1 feel it is important to teach children not to play in the street, any street. And 1 do not believe my children or grandchildren arc placed in peril by raising the speed limit from 20 to 25 MPH. However, 1 would support a movement by Brunswick Avenue residents to construct a sidewalk. David R. Sandifcr Holdcn Beach Bring Back The Magic To the editor: For the last three or four years our family has gone to the Christ mas parade in Shallotte. We go part ly bccause our oldest child has been in the parade, and partly because we have always enjoyed it. Something was lost this year, though. At first I thought it was just me, but the more people 1 spoke to, the more I realized that it wasn't just me. There didn't seem to be much en thusiasm among the participants and, in turn, none among the crowds either. There was no magic in the air. This alone wouldn't have been so bad, but coupled with lapses in the parade, was just more than enough to dampen it totally. At one point we and at least a hundred other fam ilies thought the parade was over? so we left, only to find out later that it was just another major lapse in the parade. If all this wasn't enough, quite a few people were upset, including myself, at the thought of ccrtain floats allowed in the parade. Ccrtain issues just don't have a place in a Christmas parade. Perhaps at a po litical rally or on a picket line, but definitely not in a parade. Hopefully, next Christmas the magic will return and everyone will leave with a little more Christmas spirit than they came with. Such a special time of year deserves a little magic, if not for us then for our children. Lynn Immcn Supply Important Decision To the editor: The county commissioners' deci sion to place a high priority on the hiring of a new county manager is commendable. Realistically, the commissioners cannot possibly monitor the day-to-day activities in rapidly growing Brunswick County. Given the enormous time and cf tort expended by the previous board in addressing constituents' concerns regarding the state of affairs at the Bolivia complex, there is little ques tion as to the need to hire a highly competent individual. Ideally, the board should seek someone with broad managerial skills and, of equal importance, one who is unafraid to engage in honest confrontation with entrenched par ochial interests. Concomitantly, the board should offer an attractive salary and other perquisites to the successful candi date with incremental increases based on solid performance. Good help docs not come cheap. At last reckoning, the county manager's proposed salary ranked well below a number of employees whom he is to supervise, creating an incompre hensible employment scenario. The importance of this hiring cannot be overestimated and it should be based on intensive delib erations by the board members themselves and not left to other sub ordinates. The final selection, judi ciously rendered, will probably be the most important decision that this board is likely to make. Francis W. Niland Shallotte A Better Life For Ants KY BILL FAVK.R covered ihcy were coming from a potted plant in her I've always felt a little angry when someone un- office. thinkingly kills ants for no good reason. You know the Some weeks later, she asked a Harvard biologist scene you're standing around who was one of her hoard members and a leading au talking with someone on a side- thority of ants about her ants. He was amazed at her walk and he stomps on the ants discovery and told her these ants were possibly a new scurrying around on the pave- species. He researched them and indicated they would mcnt. be named after her, Phcidolc Fidlcri. ?, V / ' Or. you're sitting at a picnic So now Kathryn Fuller feeds her ants sugar water .?? table and someone crushes an ant and cookies. She says she finds inspiration from them with his thumb. I think that's dif- for her work and is constantly reminded of the divcr fcrcnt from the necessity of hav- sity of life on our planet. ing to rid a pantry of ants who've The thin line between life and death is often in our gotten in the honey or doing hands when it comes to insects. Many bugs, like FAVKR away with mounds of fire ants in snakes, are destroyed just because they are bugs. We the front yard! ought to know better. We ought to do better. Next I read an interesting piece about Kathryn Fuller, time we have the urge to "squash out" the ants or the president of the World Wildlife Fund, and her experi- spiders or whatever, maybe we should lake time to cnce with ants. It seems she noticed several ants near study them and to watch what they arc doing. We her telephone one (lay and resisted the impulse to kill could learn to have more rcvcrcnce for life-no matter them. She watched them for several weeks and dis- what the form! Calabash Planning Board Chairman Asks Town To Pay For Use Of Logo Calabash Planning and Zoning Board Chairman Warren "Bud" Knapp has offered to provide the town with a new logo if officials arc w illing to pay him 51,500. The circular logo features the words "Old Calabash" and "On The River" curved across the top and "South Brunswick Islands, North Carolina" along the bottom. A trio of shrimp boats form the center of the logo, which was designed by lo cal artist Ken Buckncr. Knapp said he has applied for a copyright on the logo, and he is will ing to let the town use the design if they pay him what he spent on it. "I have no intention of making money from the town on it," Knapp said. "All I would like to do is re cover the money 1 spent on it." The planning board chairman presented his offer to the town fi nance committee at its Nov. 2 meet ing, and the logo was discusscd at the Nov. 12 meeting of the planning board, according to minutes on file at the town hall. Knapp said he chose the words "Old Calabash" and the shrimp boats because there has been gener al agreement that part of the town image should be that of an historic fishing village. However, Commissioner Stu Thorn said there has been talk in the community that the logo should just say "Calabash" instead of "Old Calabash." "As far as my own thinking, I'm undecided on it right now," Thorn said. "I'd like to hear a little more and hear what the people think about it." Knapp said he's also heard con cerns about using "Old Calabash" on the logo. "Some people feel that would be a mistake," he said. "The logo could be adjusted very easily to accommodate that if that's what they wanted." Commissioner George Anderson, who is chairman of the finance committee, said there arc no current CWARREN O KNAPf St THIS DESIGN has been submitted to Calabash officials as a pos sible town logo. plans to purchase rights to the de sign. If the town commissioners adopt the logo, he said Knapp would have to be paid. Anderson said he would like to sec more than one design before making a decision. "You're talking about one submission. I'd like to see a number of them." He said town commissioners could invite local artists to submit designs and then choose their fa vorite. "I think it's something the town needs," Anderson said. Commissioner Jon Sanborn, who also serves on the finance commit tee, declined to talk about his opin ion of Knapp's proposal. He said the town board is facing many is sues right now more important than choosing a logo. f Complete Interior Design Service^ Carpet ? Vinyl ? Ceramic Tile ? Blinds g^Wallpaper ? Custom Bedspreads Draperies &. Top Treatments Ruby Floyd Oce<z*t *7<iCe lutei 579-6091 ? Hwy. 904 ? Seaside^ SEA COAST TRADING CO. Lancaster Cathedral Cabinets Kosanke House Brick Landing Plantation by | Mitchell Brothers 9 (oddays 'from... 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Developers Inc. property on N.C. of unk usai.c.. eventual 904 that includes a shopping center. arca w|? nm) a\CWil H. "I thought that if we're going to svstcm do it we need to go on and do it," said Mayor Mason Barber. "If the . Yhcn lhal "mc. council approves it. then we can lhc.y rc 6?ng to need us and procede with the annexation study to need them. for Sugar Sands I and II." Barber said he wants the ? In 1989 the town completed an to decide on the petition on annexation feasibility study that the other so that, if the re ; looked at Sugar Sands and at Oyster proved, the town can pt< v e. Bay Colony. The town look no steps second look at the Sugar S to annex either property within the veluprnem. legal timeframe to do so. Since "There arc several thir then, however, it has voted again its could delay the entire j intent to annex, establishing a new said Bai'ivi, in explanation i ; timetable for consideration of sever- called meeting. 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