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MORE LETTFRS Lower Ratio Students To Teachers To the editor: ! followed the fortunes of the Trojan football team in your paper with much interest. You did a fine job of coverage. Congratulations to you. Coach Seay and his team. And I agreed with your sports ed itor, Doug R utter, in a recent piece wherein he ventured that our foot ball team was not so much beaten in the 2A finals by Thomasville as it was "out-programmed." Among other things. Mr. Rutlcr pointed out that Thomasville had 1 1 football coaches (could this have been a misprint?) to West Bruns wick's 3. Assuming this to be true and assuming further that Thomas ville dressed, say, 60 kids for the game, just Hipping a couple of beads on my old 1961 model abacus tells me that this translates into a coach to-playcr ratio of 1 to 5.5. Small wonder that we got beat. What's amazing is that we didn't gel blown slam out of Kenan Stadium. (By the way, 1 used an abacus in my calculations because they were standard issue in my high school's math department. No slide rules or fancy computers Tor us. All the sup plement money went to hire football lOdniCS.) The clear implication from Mr. Rutter's column is that if Shallottc wants to compete with the likes of Thomasville, then a commitment needs be made now towards raising our program at least to their level, i.e., hire more football coaches, low er the coach-player ratio, etc. Fine. But while we're at it, couldn't we just expend a little ef fort in getting the teacher-to-student ratio down a bit? 1 m not talking about something crazy here, like 1 to 5, or ever. 1 to 10. How about something well within reach, like 1 to 20? This alone would "out-pro gram" most schools in Nordi Carolina, not to mention the salutary effect it would have tin average SAT scores. And how about a Booster Club for the West Brunswick math de partment? No humor intended here. It wouldn't cost anything, and 1 could probably be induced to throw in my old abacus, just for starters. Donncll S. Kelly Rt. 9, Shallottc County Veterans Deserve Office To the editor: Whoever wrote the editorial, "Docs County Need lis Own Veterans' Office," no doubt has a short circuit in their calculator, for sure! Granted SI, (XX) per veteran is a lot to provide a servicc office, spokesperson, troubleshootcrs, ctc. That would be, count your zeroes, six million dollar;! I'm the first to reduce taxes and cut spending. But when we can pro vide a servicc office for our 6,000 veterans in the county for $10 each, I'm all for it. Our veterans deserve it, out of need and respcct. Lenny Dorn Bolivia Giving Surpassed All Previous Years To the editor: To all residents of Brierwood Estates and to other members of Brierwood, Golf Club who reside clsewhere-you have done it again! You have surpassed all previous years in giving clothes, food (and toys) to the nectly at Christmas time- truckload after truckload, anil I thank you so very much for helping to make so many peoples Christmas a little happier and more enjoyable. S|>ccial thanks also to my helpers, Morris Hall, Jack Causer. Bob Thompkins, Bill Strauss, Neal McCall and Stroud Mcrckcr. You are all very wonderful and giving people, and your loving gilts of sharing are always to be remem bered. Jimmy Simpson Shallot tc Keepers Of The Forests l? Y BILL FAVKR II is interesting to realize that the oldest of living things we have on the earth uxlay arc trees. We see so many trees and we tend to overlook them and the influences they have on our lives. We can learn to appreciate evidence of animals who lived long ago and arc revealed in fossil records. We can undcr t stand petrified logs left from trees of a far different - 1 aSc- But mosl of us don't think much about how old a tree may be and what it has contributed to our envi ronmcnt through the years! The scientists tell us some ol the oldest living trees f v, j are very near us in the cypress swamps along the i Black River. We know about the Bristle cone pines in the western suites and enjoy seeing their gnarled FAVKR trunks in photographs. We read about the spotted owl and the forests of the northwest and how environmentalists and loggers are pitied against each oihci in a fierce battle fur old-growth timber, much of which is shipped to Japan and Korea for plywood production. There arc no easy solutions, it seems. We need the jobs, even in the short run, although we are told all the timber will be cut in 15- 20 years anyway. We also need to preserve habitai for the spotted owl, to preserve the variety of life forms and the role of that predator in the forest commu nity. All "he solutions bv the politicians arc short-run answers, since |h>Ii tics doesn't deal with the long-run. In November, I heard a professor from the University of Wisconsin named Cal DcWitt talking about the solution used in (he Swiss and German forests. It seems they have a "keeper of the forest" for each sec tion of national forest land. It is his duly to plant trees and care for them and to selectively harvest them when they arc ready for marketing. He takes pride in his work and in his forest. The forest thrives as a habitat for wildlife and the "keeper" sees the habitat is protected. Such a solution may not offer as many jobs as clcarcutting old-growth forests for a few years, but the jobs as "keeper" would be a permanent, long-term solution. Maybe in this new year we can learn to appreciate the oldest living things among us and show the trees we recognize the importance of their role in our environment. iHOTO BY BILL FAVER TREES are the oldest living things in our environment, giving us beauty, shelter, oxygen, fuel, and many other of our needs. Resolutions Varied, Hopeful For 1 992 BY DORI C.GLIRCiANUS The fruilcakc and pumpkin pics have barely been forgotten, and it's already time to think about ? and in some eases, forget ? New Year's resolutions. The Beacon asked a selection of area residents their personal hopes and resolutions for 1992. Their varied responses often had to be coaxed from the average per son on the street, but most locals have positive wishes and goals for the coming year. From business owners to school children, most people's New Year's resolutions called for personal im provement as well as the ability to do some good for the community. Kelly Jones, 14, of Shallotte is a freshman at West Brunswick | High School, and resolves to make an "A" in her ELP (eco nomic, legal and political sys tems) class. In the com ing year, she will JONES also "spend more money" while making efforts not to send her parents to the poor bouse, she said. Katy Jones, 6, a first-grader at Union Primary and Kelly's younger sister, will be trying to improve her skills this year. She vows to try to "do better at writing" and learn to play her new mermaid ionfs computer game. Miss Jones also admits to having indulged too much in good holiday food recently, and resolves to "cat less". Another first grade student at Waccamaw Ele-mcntary, Chris topher Gore, 6, of Ash said he in tends to leam to play his Nintendo Ninja Turtles game, as well as to "study hard er" and improve his grades in main ciass. 1 Two postal clerks at the Shallotte post of fice made resolu tions for them selves and their families. Richard Laverdurc of Wilming ton said he will work on "becoming healthier" and "try to spend more time with my family." Kathleen Heath of Shallotte re solves to stop chewing her finger nails and hopes that the Faycttcville DIEBOLD INSURANCE AGENCY ' Independent Agent Representing many fine companies For the most competitive rates on ?Individual Health Insurance ? Medicare Supplements ?Long Term Care Clip & mail this coupon to John Diebold at P.O. Box 3688, Cherry Grove, SC 29582 NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ^ZIP CODE AGE post ofTicc will go ahead and trans fer her husband to Shallotic so she can sec him more often. David Clcgg of Leland makes an all-encompass ing wish for his own abilities to serve as Brunswick's county attorney and county man A w agcr. Jk ? I W His resolu ? n tion, he says, is the same one he CLEGG vows everyday: "To do the best possible job for the people of Brunswick County that I can." On another positive note, Frances Swcatt, circulation assistant for The Beacon , hopes "that every body will stay we'll and happy and that there's pcace in the world." Mrs. Sweatt also she would get to take a long-awaited vacation to Hawaii in March. "I'm very excited about that," she said. Joe Stanley, photographer and co-owner of a car repair/towing ser vice in Shallottc, resolves that "I'm going to try to do a little be1 ter at everything I do." Only one person respond ed in terms of their faith. Jane McManus, a teller at United STANLEY Carolina Bank in Shallotte, says she resolves "to be a better Christian" in 1992. Of course, some Brunswick County residents don't feel the need to follow the old tradition of making a New Year's res olution. "1 gave up on them years ago," said Don Eggen, a county planner, "because 1 never ended up keeping them." KGC.KRT Making resolutions "just doesn't pay," says Doris Hcwcu, a service clerk at Brunswick Electric Mem bership Corporation. "People always end up forgetting them, and never doing what they said they would." Of coursc, some people had to be reminded of the time-honored custom, like Cathy Hamilton, a ffomitv ronntv vhprilT ? -r ? j "I haven't thought of one yet!" she answered. But eventually she replied, "Of coursc. I plan to exer cisc." Well, don't we all? Auto Accidents Disability Job Injuries ARE YOU A HARD WORKER NOW INJURED OR DISABLED? CALL: 1-800-336-0155 Kathleen Shannon Glancy Attorney at Law 114 S. Front St., Wilmington, NC LET ME WORK HARD FOR YOU TO OBTAIN FAIR AND REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR YOUR INJURIES incfosfaited NEW YEAR ? SPECIAL UNLIMITED EXERCISE SESSIONS Good thru the month of Jan. Com* Sm Ui At Our Naw Location ? ftacky Evaru, Owrvar/Oparator INCHES LIMITED / HAIR ETC. MAIN STREET, SHALLOTTE ? WALK-INS WELCOME ? 754-8335 Shallofte To Meet On Tuesday In '92 Shallotte Aldermen, who wore unable to meet at least live times last year bccausc they lacked a quo rum, arc trying something new in '92. The hoard has changed the (.lay of its regular meetings from the first and third Wednesday of each month to the first and third Tuesday. Aldermen approved the change last month to take effect with the first meeting in 1 W2. The hoard's next meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 7. at 7 p.m. in the town hall. Board members have said the new meeting day will lit into their sched ules better than Wednesday, and will allow some town officials to attend Wednesday night church services. As it stands now, the meeting time will change to 7:30 p.m. alter Daylight Savings Time begins in April Nuclear Sirens To Be Tested Carolina Power and Light will be testing the sirens at its Brunswick nuclear plant Jan. 7, 8 and 9. Residents within a 10 mile radius of the plant may hear the sirens, which will he tested at a low vol ume, reported spokesperson Dick Stanard. Nearby residents should not hear the siren, reported to sound like a "growl" and to only last a few sec onds, unless they arc very close to the siren when it is tested. He added that since CP&L tests the sirens in dividually, there is no specific time during which residents can expect to hear the sirens. Stanard said that the tests arc not intended to check the volume, but to make sure each siren works proper ly. We will provide patients with quality care, at the fairest cost, unaer the strictest of ethics, and the highest standards. 457-9168 Staffing Services And Home Nursing Care Medical Personnel Pboi. Takffi omo L Tu> / RESTAURANT & LOUNGE Have You Tried the MENU at U SEA TRAIL PLANTATION SUNSET BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA ? 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