Books may someday be replaced with handheld computer monitors, but oh what society will have lost. Computers we replace and update, books we treasure. He had about 7,000 books and it took him a few days, but he loved to handle them and he probably spent much of his rearranging sitting in a chair enjoying once again a few favorite books. There is a continuing need for emergency help in eastern North Carolina, but Gov. Jim Hunt has so padded with non-essentials his requests for federal aid that U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes and others say he may slow down getting money to needy victims. They worry that Hunt is overstating the disaster and tossing in needs that having nothing to do with getting families and farmers back on their feet.
Parks are one of our most precious public assets.
There is nothing more delightful than to see the use of the Badin park along the lake. On warm days children are swimming in a roped off area, women sunbath, men fish off the grassy banks. The parks in each of our towns and cities should be safe and quiet respites for families. Richfield wants to improve the facilities in its park and it cannot be a haven for illegal activity, as has been the case in recent months. He absorbed his mother's passion for poetry and, like a sponge, he absorbed other people's ideas and ran with them, even when he had not yet fully grasped the full significance of what he was doing.