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  • 11 Western Carolinian July 13,1995 Editorial Local Student Disenchanted with Walmart Dear Editor, For people who have lived here awhile shopping comes to be more than just a task; it means venturing out and talking with the town. For example, Mr. Hooper down at Hooper's Lawn and Garden supply always shares an important growing tip with each purchase and he will never sell you a plant who's growing season has passed. I don't believe Wal-Mart has ever exercised such concern for their customers. As I do my shopping today I wonder what will happen come spring of '96, when these merchants, who have been supporting this community for hundreds of years, have to suddenly compete with a force much stronger than any hail storm or flash flood. I worry about those purveyors who will find themselves head to head with an organization which holds money as it's main concern. Our stores used to bring modernization and technology t0 us, and now it seems these two things are going to be the demise of the personal touches in which these fine stores provided. What the main town persons seemed t0 forget is that we, the residents of this small sleepy town, like it this way. We still e'ieve in family dinners and picnics and not Just on Sundays. Who is going to need to get bath towels at 12:30 in the morning or ° . or kitchen supplies at 2:00 Am? The ™aJ°nty of this town realizes that if they £ed something, such as a last minute wthday gift, they wi„ have tQ wajt m ciwTh' Andthat's°K. We do not want a y ° become of our nice town. This simple -mart Supercenter, which will be the Syff'1 f13il buildin8 in Jackson County, is Som "^StCp towards a sleepless city. only6 Wl" Cla'm that J over exaglerate and y see the worst. But if we turn our heads and look away, by time we look again main street will be barren and all the others will be dancing with neon signs and tacky franchises. I may be alone when I say this, yet one wonderful aspect to living in these parts is that come midnight or so traffic is at a minimum. You may travel from McDonald's to Western's campus with out passing a single car. I find this comforting and even peaceful. Driving through Atlanta or even Hickory at 2:00 in the morning can be worse than our evening traffic. Do we really want this to happen to our area? People live here because when they go to sleep they can relax. There is nothing crazy happening out in the night because we are a small town. People joke that there's nothing to do around here and I tell them to look outside at the mountains with all their secrets and tell me that again. Why, oh why, in today's brutal world would the leaders of this town want any change towards the horror stories we see about the city during the 6:00 news hour. There are very few small towns left; when those which are left succumb to the pressures of the green paper devil (money), we'll have no one to blame but ourselves. I think every one will agree that there is no perfect world. The next decision is whether we'd rather a world of short-term convinces or one which provides a sense of dignity and respect for time, family, and values for not only the people who make it their home, but also to those who come here for a retreat from their own sleepless cities. Sylva, and the surrounding areas, realize the differences between day and night, for the time being. I wonder how soon this respect will be lost after the supercenter defies this sacred distinction. I dread the day I explain to a visitor how there used to be fields of brilliant green grass around the town's vicinities and large trees between business. Who could want parking decks when we have beautiful old trees to shade our cars during the day and small patches of fairly undisturbed land to remind us of why we are here. We have space now but I can feel it getting smaller with every breath. I've not even mentioned the most vile part of this whole inhumane act. We can't win! Once the "big wigs" have done their damage they will never leave. Even if their Supercenter does not appeal to our public they will never admit they were wrong. I feel like saying it for them now... "You all are WRONG to come here and disrupt our peaceful, happy town." I said it but it will never bring back the fields, trees or homes that met the unforeseen energy level which is all around us. This is the saddest I have ever seen this area; all we can do now is hope the destruction (construction) will end and NEVER begin again. I'd like to close with a passage from a poem I found in high school (I attended the Camp Laboratory building when it was a high school long ago) which I would often read as I dazed out from class towards the mountains.... "What would the world be, once barefet of wet and of wilderness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long Live the Weeds and the Wilderness Yet." Author Unknown Howard Torrence freedom of Speech Should Only Go So Far an as rCedom of sPeech has always been Proud / °f °"r country that I have been debatj l HaVe Spent many an hour and as"8 W'th my less-than-liberal friends shonlH °Clates on Just how far our freedoms '°uid reach. b0ok buam stin angered whenever I hear of a of a t rnin8- and appalled whenever I hear becausenafr SUsPended from school Sc°f the ^Pe of t-shirts he/she wears. variety C^l"td °Ver my bumPer are a st'ckers claiming my stance on issues ranging from how it feels to be a woman to my opinion on our president. I know that my bumper stickers may offend. ,In fact, my own mother is ashamed to be seen riding with me. She says they are "tacky". I am proud, however, whenever I see a driver behind me leaning up to read, and look forward to their expression, whether it be laughter, or a scowl. A couple of issues brought to my attention by two persons I sec a lot of has recently changed my opinions of Freedom of Speech drastically. The first being the famous Senator Jesse Helms (North Carolina's biggest and most outspoken embarrassment) and the second a friend who I won't name, but am proud to be associated with. As I'm sure we all know, Mr. Helms has a personal vendetta against homosexuals. This in itself does not bother me, even though I am extremely pro-gay. As far as Continued on Page 12 The Western Carolinian Lynn Jones Editor in Chief Associate Editors •Earle Wheeler Features •Colin Gooder Entertainment •Marcus DeMaaijer Photography •Merrit Walker Copy Editor Paste-up Director Cliff Meaks Office Director Patrick Benson Staff Writers Tony Castleberry, Ken Melton, Gary Leigh, Bryan Hunter, Sherry Bradley, September Nyang'oro, Leila Garriss, Katherine Torrence Carolinian Advisor John Moore Copy Advisor Gerri Dobbins The Carolinina is WCU's Student Newpaper. It is produced entirely by students. Deadlines for submissions are Thursday's before each Publication.
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