Columns

Last week’s edition of The Brunswick Beacon had a notice announcing the Girl Scouts North Carolina Coastal Pines scouts who sold the most cookies in this area this year.

It went on to say the Coastal Pines Girl Scouts average number of boxes sold per girl was 261.

I want to send this message out to the second- or third-place finisher or, heck, even the winner if she is looking to clean up again next year.

If you want to increase your sales, don’t overlook the Beacon, or its staff. Or more specifically, me.

In last week’s edition, we published a letter to the editor from a writer upset with all the press opponents to seismic testing and offshore drilling were getting, accusing the Beacon of catering to environmental extremists.

The writer expressed his opinion in a letter that conformed to our letters to the editor policy, so we published it. By my count, it marked at the time the sixth letter to the editor we received and published this year that expressed support for seismic testing and offshore drilling, contrary to the Beacon’s editorial position.

By Rep. Frank Iler

Guest Columnist

Last week in General Assembly, we met in committees or traveled to

meetings almost every day and welcomed the new super cranes to the Port of Wilmington.

A map on Springcasting, an online tool

unveiled in January by the Cornell University Emergent Climate Risk Lab, shows we got a late start on enjoying consistent springtime temperatures this year, even though it seems like Easter was earlier than usual.

This past weekend brought us not only beautiful weather, but also a seemingly lower pollen count. Both prompted me to open my windows at home Saturday to enjoy some fresh air and give my heating and air conditioning unit a breather.