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Letters

  • Don’t bring God into this

    To the editor:

    Life is nothing more than the measurable interlude between the bookends of non-existence. An extremist’s point of view, you say? How else can one interpret the progressive’s commitment to the government’s funding of so-called late-life counseling, or, as Sarah Palin put it, death panels? What a firestorm that observation created! Yet, it did result in the Obama administration’s formal excising from Obamacare, funding end-of-life counseling by physicians under Medicare.

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  • Liked the story about young pilot

    To the editor:

    I read with interest about young Drew Holden’s maiden flight at Ocean Isle Beach written by Kathryn Jacewicz. For a 16-year-old, I think it was an amazing accomplishment, and I want to congratulate him for it. Another thing I noticed about the article was a pun in the next to the closing paragraph when she stated that, “He is considering flying commercially, but that’s still ‘up in the air’.” A wonderful pun, if I may say so.

    Leon Cheers

    Shallotte

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  • Doesn’t like decision about students

    To the editor:

    I wanted to comment on last week’s incident at West Brunswick High School. 

    I appreciate Katie (Jacewicz) sticking to the facts, but did it really have to be placed on the front page? 

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  • Thanks, taxpayers and voters

    To the editor:

    Thanks to taxpayers and voters of Brunswick County. Thank you for electing Bill Rabon and Jon David.

    In the 2014 election, get rid of liberal U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.

    Now for Brunswick County, when prices and incomes were high, they evaluated property values too high. Now people who invested in Brunswick County cannot pay the high property tax.

    Help! Talk with commissioners and the tax department. Cut valuations and the tax rate. Help cut now while the economy is in the ditch.

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  • Check bridge safety issues

    To the editor:

    I recently had the opportunity to drive across the newly constructed Sunset Beach Bridge and was impressed with the construction, especially the guardrails. 

    I am requesting the department of highways inspect the bridge at Ocean Isle Beach. I’m sure they would realize the potential for a tragedy to a walker or bicyclist. This inspection will reveal a very narrow bike and pedestrian lane with only a 2-foot guardrail. This lane is generally covered with gravel and other debris. 

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  • Santa takes eyes off Jesus

    To the editor:

    This year I did not do Christmas. I was the Grinch and Mr. Scrooge combined. I told my family that Santa Claus and buying gifts for one another takes our eyes off Jesus. 

    We should focus on doing things that would make Jesus happy. We could do things as a family to help those in need or join with our church in helping the less fortunate. We could take part in the Christmas plays and caroling and visitations the church does and support civic organizations in raising money for Christmas blessings to others.

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  • Publicity helps area charities

    To the editor:

    I am grateful for an opportunity to help concerned citizens understand why charitable organizations publicize the work they do. 

    Brunswick Family Assistance Agency is a private, nonprofit organization established to help low-income families, something the agency has aspired to accomplish week-in and week-out, year-in and year-out, with relatively little fanfare or hoopla since 1981.

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  • 88 Keys

    To the editor:

    Although his sight blinded, he saw everything with his heart.

    His passion expressed with his fingertips, music was his art.

    A good host he was, infamous questions he would ask,

    My opinion to him meant everything, and music to him was a tap on an empty glass.

    He had ears of gold, and a soul never to be sold.

    In his heart, he would save the masterpiece, until released.

    The world has never heard these notes he holds,

    His memory contains no crease, no fold.

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  • More information about foreclosures

    To the editor:

    On behalf of homeowners in Brunswick County, I would like to thank the Beacon and Rachel Johnson for the articles dedicated in the Beacon last week to the process of foreclosure and its impact on individuals and families.

    In the interest of additional assistance, I would like to add to the information provided, the following:

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  • Doesn’t want golf project as planned

    To the editor:

    When it first began, across the street from my home, there was a private golf course and an ultra light plane landing strip on Sundays. There was very little activity—not much traffic. The planes were a little noisy, but everyone enjoyed watching them.

    Then came the First Tee; now the traffic increased at least tenfold or more. Parents come in to drop off and pick up children, going so fast the neighbor had to put speed bumps in to slow them down.

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