PHOTO BY Bill FAVtR
A GREAT BLUE HERON standing along the shore is a good example of the
"Sentinels by the Sea."
Sentinels
By The Sea
It Y BILL KAVKR
We often see hawks along the roadside as ihey sit
silently in a tall tree or on a utility pole. They are watching
for movement in the grass and for some
likely prey to come along for their next
meal. In some places wc can watch for
ij. herons and egrets as they stand almost
, 7 ^ ? j motionless, poised for striking a frog or
'i tj/ v. a minnow. We can think of these as
^ ^ scntinels-Uxikouls for their prey, but al
g- w so lookouts to keep from becoming
' J prey themselves-food lt?r some other
M predator
. Sometimes along the beach wc
find a Great Blue Heron standing guard
along the high tide line. The heron strikes a majestic pose
as it contrasts with the beach sand and the blue-green water
and the bright sky. This "senunel by the sea" is standing
and watching and wailing. Standing for a panoramic view
of the seashore and the dune area; watching for other birds
and for humans or dogs or cats that might disturb him; and
wailing for the lidc to rise or to fall or lor that particular
opportunity that might bring food in with a wave. Ospreys
rest beside a huge nest in a high tree and watch the world
around them. Perhaps they watch for small lish in the water
or for birds that might disturb them. Perhaps they watch
just to protect their nesting area or to guard the young in
their nests.
High lidc along the beach brings sentinels who stand
watch for the gulls and Knots and terns and plovers taking
a break from feeding. Sometimes they hide their heads un
der their wings and sleep while the sentinels watch. Often
they stand just above the high lidc wash and move to the
upper beach as the water touches their legs.
We cannot understand the importance of these sen
tinels along the sea. Most of us live a secure life; wc don't
have to fear for our lives at every turn; we know where our
next meal is coming from; we have our homes as safe
refuges. Not so with most of the birds; they must be alert to |
ever)' danger or they will not live; they must search almost
constantly for food or they will perish; and they must find
some safe habitat for protected resting. These "sentinels by
the sea" help them in their quest and sound the alarm when
danger is near.
Union
Primary
Break- In
Under Investigation
IJY TERRY POPE
Thieves causcd an estimated
S600 in damage during a break-in at
Union Primary School south of
Shallotte last ITiursday.
The suspects broke into a gym,
third-grade classroom building and
guidance office, reported Brunswick
County Sheriff's Deputy Shclton
Caison.
A number of items were reported
missing from the third-grade budd
ing, including S21.80 from one
class, S 10.25 in cash and checks
from another room and S5.50 plus
some candy from another. Some an
tique English coins dating from the
17(X)s were taken from a guidance
office, Caison reported.
Six kindergarten classrooms had
also been entered, but nothing there
was reported missing.
The suspects pried open a gym
door and the door to a special edu
cation center. Investigators found
two sets of footprints around the
buildings.
An investigation is continuing.
In oilier reports on file at the
sheriff's office:
?A $63,000 transfer truck is miss
ing from L.U. Carriers near Bcl
villc, reported Deputy Brian Sand
ers. A driver turned in the keys
Sept. 20, but company officials no
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ticed the truck was missing last
Thursday.
?A television, computer and mi
crowave were taken from a home
on the old U.S. 17 near Bel ville last
Thursday, Sanders reported. A
hatchet was used to break a win
dow.
?Someone ux>k a tool box and tools
valued at S5(K) from the Old Fort
Golf Course on N.C. 133 near
Belville last Friilay, Sanders reported.
?Damage was estimated at S6(X) to
a Sellars Road home last Thursday,
Sgl. Ida Ballard reported. Insulation
was ripped from beneath the home
in an attempt to steal the air condi
tioning unit.
?Four homes were broken into at
Ocean Sounds subdivision off of
Booncs Neck Road. A front door
was pried open at one home be
tween Sept. 1 3 and Sept. 26, report
ed Deputy Charles Wilson. A televi
sion, microwave, stereo, two teddy
bears and silverware all valued at
S760 were taken.
Thieves kicked open the door at
another home, leaving with a mi
crowave and jewelry valued at
S2(X), Deputy Richard Long report
ed. Thieves also broke through a
door at a third home where S450 in
appliances were taken, Wilson stat
ed. A television and popcorn pop
per, valued at S275, were stolen
from a fourth home since Sept. 8,
Wilson reported.
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stolen from a Coastal Retreat home
last week, reported Wilson. A
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tools, slcrco, glasses, bar stools and
fishing gear was taken.
?A girl returning from school found
a thief in her Bluff Road home at
1 .eland last Thursday, reported
Deputy Pete Moore. Alter reaching
into the refrigerator for cookies, she
turned and saw a man coming from
a bedroom. She ran to a neighbor's
home and called the sheriff's de
partment. An estimated S528 in
jewelry was taken.
?Someone broke into a Goose
Creek home between Sept. 12 and
Sept. 25, apparently slaying for sev
eral days, reported Deputy Phil
Bryant. Food had been cooked and
eaten and S350 in clothing is miss
ing.
?Jewelry and appliances worth
S480 was taken from a Cedar Hill
Road home on Route 5, Leland, re
ported Moore. A door had been
pried open.
?Vandals damaged an estimated
S425 in street signs on Crown
Stream Drive last Wednesday, re
ported Bryant. A bath house had al
so been damaged in the subdivision.
?Fishing gear, tools, a boat motor
and battery worth a total of S3,0(X)
were taken from a shed at
Cloverleaf Mobile Home Park in
Leland Saturday while the home
owner was asleep, Sanders reported.
?A barking dog seared burglars
away from a Carolina Shores Resort
home Saturday, Bryant reported.
The homcowcr said someone was
trying to pry open a door when his
dog started barking.
? Detectives have recovered $845 in
property taken from a Green Bay
Road home near Shallotte tic t ween
Sept. 2 and Sept. 27, Deputy J.R.
Ear) i Jr. reported. Someone entered
a second-floor window, ransacked
the home, look a gun, two motorcy
cles, a trailer, chainsaw, tools, gen
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SI 1,026.
Pan of the goods, including the
gun and chainsaw, were found in a
stolen car located at Wampee, S.C.,
Saturday, Detective Billy Hughes
reported. The car had been stolen
from Occanway Auto Sales at
Grisseuown.
?A $5(X) pistol and S619 chainsaw
were stolen from two vehicles
parked on Kingtown Road (S.R.
1333), Route 2, Ash, sometime
Sunday, reported Deputy Will
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MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Coverage
To the editor:
Perpetuates
Support
On behalf of lite Brunswick
Community College Hoard of
Trustees, I want to thank you for the
excellent coverage given our school
last week. The reporting of the BCC
Foundation's annual meeting gave
area residents the opportunity to see
just how much community support
of our foundation means to BCC
students, faculty and stall.
The comments made by each per
son who received assistance from
the BCC Foundation last year un
derscored the continuing need for
support. The distinguished service
award winners: Susan Greene, Out
standing Part-time Faculty member;
Paula Almond, Outstanding Supi*>rt
Staff; Connie Millikcn, Ixadership
Award; Roy Hornaday, Teacher of
The Year Award: and Anita White,
Employee of the Year, arc all de
serving of the publicity you afford
ed them.
In addition to the articles, Susan
Usher's column on our foundation
and its positive effect on Brunswick
Community College is also very
much appreciated. In these days of
decreasing federal and state support,
it is very encouraging and gratifying
to trustees to know that the founda
tion and the people of Brunswick
County arc there and willing to
help.
Brunswick Community College
and as foundation will continue to
prosper as long as we have students,
committed employees at the school.
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to give to help others and support
lor our programs and activities.
Positive coverage such as that given
BCC last week goes a long way to
wards perpetuating this support
David E. Kelly, Chairman
Brunswick Community College
Board of Trustees
Planning Board
Proposal Wrong
To the editor:
On behalf of all the working class
eiti/ens of Brunswick County, 1
urge the Planning Board to recon
sider its proposed requirement of
collector roads in rural develop
ments having to meet Department
of Transportation (DOT) standards.
My wile and I were able to buy
property in a development and have
a mixlest home built. If the collector
road had been paved to DOT speci
fications the cost ol our property
would have been 2A to 3 times
more, leaving us with little hope ol
owning our own place.
It is all well and go<xl for the
wealthy to retire here and buy up
coastal property; but you need the
workers to keep things going and
we also want the opportunity to be
able to build toward the luture...a
small place in the country with a
vegetable garden.
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