The Daily Sentinel from Scottsboro, Alabama (2024)

May 3, 1992

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The Daily Sentineli

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Scottsboro, Alabama

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Sunday, May 3, 1992

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4

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Section A Page 4 The Daily Sentinel Sunday May 3 1992 Opinion Local Opinion The wood chip mill question: are there any easy answers? The wood chip mill con troversy seems to be coming to a bead finally Within weeks the Tennessee Valley Authority is scheduled to release the first draft of its Environmental Impact Study the document supposed to help board of directors decide whether or not to issue permits for the four wood chip mills proposed in the Bridgeport area It has been well over a year since the wood chip mills took center stage in the Tennessee Valley The controversy has not subsided in the past few months time spent by TV A researching the subject and com piling what has to be one of the most anxiously awaited reports of all time Instead the controversy has grown more complicated The environmentalists seem to want to ban not only wood chip mills but clearcutting and logging in general the forestry companies want free reign to do whatever they want with our forests landowners want the government telling them what to do with their trees a government regulat ory agency to do? TVA is caught in the middle of this one and obvious The EIS has been delayed time and time again Why? Insiders at the agency say war ring factions within TVA are battling it out over what recommendations the study will make no easy answer to the question TVA has been asked to answer Do we give in to our environmental concern and start using the federal government to control private property use? Or do we respect the Constitution and allow land owners to manage their property the way they see fit? There may be a middle ground in there somewhere but going to take a lot of hard work and a good bit of compromising on all sides to reach it BYNUM Sentinel Staff Write Us Letters To The Editor may address any topic or area of interest as long as they are not libelous and are not specific complaints against a private person or business Please try to keep letters to a maximum 300 words in length To avoid mistakes it also helps if the letter is either written legibly or typed Letters must be signed and should include an address and daytime telephone number The address and telephone number are for verification purposes Only the name and town of residence will be published In the interest of fairness and open debate anonymous letters will not be published We reserve the right to edit all letters submitted for publication Views expressed in letters may not necessarily be the opinions of this newspaper or its staif Please send your comments to Letters To The Editor The Daily Sentinel PO Box 220 Scottsboro AL 35768 Ljvf wASimwis swcomr suckstomr Jfe AGOW? cwas OH IIjS fix Jl jliul jT I guess my generation is doomed to starve Spring gardens were a hot topic last week as a cold snap drove nightime temperatures down into the thirties All over the county people were talking about the weather and debating whether or not to cov er up their tomatoes and other tender plants If they had listened to my old sage gar dening friend they have worried about it When I asked him what I needed to do to get my garden through the chilly night he said cloudy so it gonna get that or once I listened to him but only because I get home in time to cover things up He was right It get that cold at my house I delight in asking my friend gardening questions He acts irritated with me but I can tell deep down he enjoys it You can see his wheels turning as he searches fra suit able answers to what he considers to be stu pid questions rather give me unsolicited advice and talk about gardening prior to the Victory Garden television showand yuppies folks my age are gone all gonna starve to he says Vic tory Garden people grow mold on stale bread and you young folks think food grows in paper I argue with him when he says things like mat He means well and he knows a great deal Bill Cornwell Sentinel Publisher I respect old folks I listen closely to what they have to say especially when it comes to nature and life They are seldom wrong Some of what my friend says about my generation starving to death worries me Most folks my age grew up with fast food rat every street comer The convenience of food in our society often hides the sacrifice and hard work that goes into putting food on the table This could be one of the reasons less and less people are going into fanning This plus the fact more and more family farmers are being squeezed out of business I wish my grandfather was still alive to teach me what he knew about growing his own He raised meat vegetables and all on fifteen acres of North Carolina hillside He fed a family of seven for many years too bad he died before I was old enough to appreciate his wisdom I once had a next door neighbor who might as well have been my grandfather He was an old German fellow who could grow potatoes in concrete if he took a notion When it came to nature The Alma nac was his Bible He plant a tur nip or dig a hole unless the signs were right He was even more particular about graft ing He kept a wooden ladder a pocket knife a can of beeswax and a ball of cotton ohrinrr Viirldrsn uniov TXd fAIlCn OUlllg iUUUVJi anuj Iav nvwuii a these items for anything else except when he was grafting pecans He said one time he was grafting a pecans and forgot to bring his wooden ladder To save himself a trip he used his friends aluminum painting lad der He made over twenty grafts and not a graft took He apologized to his friend and waited until the signs were right again This time he went back with his wooden ladder and every graft took He taught me how to graft pecan trees but never been as successful It may be because I gathered any special tools I wrote a stoiy about his grafting talent one time I described his tools and even took his picture in action He got swamped with calls and requests from people who wanted him to graft their trees Seeing as how he was retired and was not looking for that much work or attention he never forgave me I was talking to my current gardening friend about my ex neighbor one day and asked him if he planted by the signs He grinned and I could see his delight as he formed his reply son never planted by the signs always planted by that fence over I guess doomed to starve Letters Bowl team thanks supporters EDITOR DAILY SENTINEL: The Scottsboro High School Bowl team has had a very successful first year Among the accomplishments of this team are first place finishes at the ort Payne Spring Invitational and the Alabama Scholastic Challenge District Com petition held at Northeast State Junior College By virtue of the first place finish at Northeast the SHS team was one of 16 teams to advance to the state tournament in Tuscaloosa April 16 18 The Bowl team was able to attend this three day state tourna ment because of the generosity of the following clubs businesses and individuals: Scottsboro League Scottsboro Kiwanis Club Scottsbor Rotary Club Jacobs Bank irst National Bank Central Bank Dr Williams Animal Clinic Heilig Meyers urniture Gist Studios Lizard Thicket Depart ment Store Wales Jewelry Do Right Printing Country Store Harbin Motor Company Sampson Electric Lozier Western Sizzlin Supermaiket Pharmacy Mr and Mrs A Gentle Dr Larry Bolton Dr Wil Berry's World ft MA And let the record show (hee hee!) that I propose we ALL (hee hee!) take a (ha ha!) PA CUT so we can get In touch with the (ha ha ha ha!) MIDDLE CLASS liam Coleman Dr Mack Goss Dr Louis Letson Mrs Marlene Gilliam Ms Jane Hodges Mrs Sue Worms Mrs Louise Henderson Mrs Jose phine Smith Mr and Mrs WH Skelton Mr and Mrs Buron Tho mas and Anonymous The Bowl team wishes to publicly express appreciation to these people for their support of academics at Scottsboro High School Sincerely SHS Bowl team members James Reeves Chuck Adams Danan Leab Brad Skelton Patrick Austin Stephen Austin Greta Gentle Allison Mason Karen Goss Stephen Baty and Jeff Olyniec and Mrs MM Whitehead and Vicki Shelton sponsors MM WHITEHEAD Scottsboro A message to adult children EDITOR DAILY SENTINEL: My name is Barbara razier I am a resident of the Cincinnati Ohio area I have been in the Jackson County area visiting for a couple of months One of my relatives works at a cancer treatment center in Hunts ville I went to work along with her a couple of days last week The stories they hear are so sad Most of the older people have sever al children but there is only one or maybe two that are willing to take time from their busy life and hectic schedules to take them in to that area fra the administering of radiation therapy a chemotherapy treatments I wanted to share my story with these adult children In 1985 my 70 year old mother found out she had ovarian cancer I have two sisters and two brothers I thought I was just too busy working and taking care of my children to take her as I should have One of my older sisters did most of the trips One of my brothers pitched in some but the other two were like me they were so self centered they put themselves out any In January of 1988 Mother died Not from the cancer but a heart attack brought on from so much grieving inside and stress I would almost bet on Well my sister and brother who had taken time with her have taken the death so much better than we the selfish three I cry almost every day for a day I could have taken her for her treatments and talked with her and let her know how much I loved her I feel as my brother and sister that did not help Mother thought that she was not important to us She was on the bot tom of the totem pole as the old say ing goes Let me tell you if you are one who thinks it is someone responsi bility one day every time you close your eyes you will remember just what you missed and it will eat at you to know you could be that cold tow ard one of your own parents who raised and took care of you no mat i ter what it cost them or the time they had to devote to you Please take this letter and store it in your heart because I want to save you from going through what I have gone through foi four long slow years BARBARA RAZIER Cincinnati Ohio Jackson County Special Olympics a great success EDITOR DAILY SENTINEL: On behalf of the Jackson County Special Education staff I would like to express sincere appreciation to all who helped to make the Jackson County Special Olympics a great success Each person or organization who contributed is to be commended or the first time in 17 years Dr Norma Helton former special edu cation coordinator came to the Olympics just to enjoy the events Dr Helton had worked with the Spe cial Olympics each year until her retirement in January of this year We certainly want to thank her for all the years of tireless efforts in putting together this program Mrs Patricia Austin did an out standing job as coordinator of the Olympics this year Mrs Austin along with the assistance of several teachers and principals spent much time and energy in facilitating this event Thanks for a job well done! Many thanks to Mr WJ Museler Mr ord McCuiston Mr Danny Potts and all the Bellefonte employ ees who not only helped financially but who also gave of their time and talents It was sometimes difficult to determine who was having the most fun the workers or the children We also want to thank the various individuals from the Sheriffs office Jaycees from Jackson County the Citizens United for a Better Bridge port Pat Smith and volunteers from Northeast State Jr College Mr Ken neth Harding and the teachers from North Jackson High School and others who donated money food shirts or other items to be used in the Special Olympics The coverage by Marc Golden of The Daily Sentinel Larry Glass of the North Jackson Progress Ron Livengood from WKEA and Mr Paul Allred was wonderful Thanks to all of you for promoting our special children and helping them to have a great day! Last but certainly not least of all we want to express appreciation to the parents of our special children for sharing them with us They truly are and we cherish each and every one of them DIANNE GRIDER Interim Special Education Coordinator Jackson County Takes issue with an editorial EDITOR DAILY SENTINEL: I must take issue with Byron editorial of 29 April advocating the use of political cam paign signs along the highway Although I share his enthusiasm for the election season I feel these signs are an eyesore not a in as Mr Woodfin calls them Would he also consider the piles of cans bot tles and fast food wrappers behind them a study in art? Perhaps a pop artist like Andy Warhol may have agreed but not the average citizen concerned with keeping Jackson County clean and litter free The proliferation of signs rather than being a sign of the and of a candidate could also be considered just an indication of the amount of money he she ra their supporters are willing to put into the campaign Should we be influenced only by the rich as seems to be the trend in our national campaigns? I Believe this money can be better spent by putting it into factual and informative advertising in the media Although Sarah Betty anticipated objections to this editor ial are probably founded as mine are on a desire to keep our area clean Tony Camp would probably object on a more concrete basis The fact is these campaign signs on state and federal right of ways are against the law and it costs the Highway Department taxpayer dollars to clean than up a point which the editorial misses completely Mr enthusiasm fra the campaign season could be better directed by having The Daily Sen tinel provide more complete and fre quent coverage of the candidates with factual data on their qualifica tions and stands on issues so die vot ers can make a better informal choice at election time GENE MURDOCK Scottsboro 701 Payna Hwy Scottsboro AL 35768 Phone (205) 253 1020 Associated Press Award Winner Sentinel ESTABLISHED 1M7 VOLUME XXV NUMBER 609 Alabama Press Association Editor and Bitty Cornwell Jr Advertising Kirby (USPS 490 680) Ganeral Manager Anita Bynum Composition Manager aya McBride Managing Editor Byron Woodfin Gradation Manager Hrtvn WIBmon Pubfahad My Tussdty trough riday and Sanday mmngi by Scoabora feattapm Inc My JL CccmU JL Pmikit Tba My SarM a anaMor fa Th Pwgwsw fat Th Jbducc Cony SrM odTh SartfrMg Scond Ox Postag Pad Scctsba AL 35M Rak 3 Mortfs 1L0Q 6 Urfs SXOO 1 Tw Ox gt Carty Rm Uxbs 324 50 Mctdi 1 Yrt3M POSTMASTERS Send AddmCh iTeTh My Sertn(7C1 ft Pyn Hay Safer ALSSU Th My SKfeiiwrm igit si npcduaor rti ptMcfea of ri am and dteg warts nmpspw To mdi Ooteoa phon Ad orw fcparwa Ofc Hxt Moray tra riday 5 AM to PW Cradnxi phon epn vid 5 PU Mon and Saaday 1 AM tO AM Naa phon opw rsi I PM.

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