Vol. 9, No.3
A Shoreline Community, Fine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Photo by Dan Law
Town Hall Flower Garden
By Phyllis Makuck
The Hereth Memorial Garden in front of town hall has been especially beautiful this year thanks to two long-time Garden
Club members Lois Jean O’Keefe and Yvette Bannen. “It’s a labor of love, Yvette says.
She explains: “When Lee Hereth donated money to the Garden Club in memory of Peg Hereth, a long-time club member,
there was a long period of time when there was a lot of indecision about what to do with the funds. When Lee Hereth, grieving
for his wife, died a few months later, it was decided that something had to be done tp honor both of them. The area at the bot
tom of the stairs had taken on a neglected look, and somebody came up with the idea of a memorial garden. I m convinced that
Peg and Lee inspired that idea because it is the sort of thing that fits their personalities. We found out from a former mayor at
the dedication of the garden that the Hereths used to quietly and without fanfare donate money to various town causes.”
Yvette and Lois Jean live up to the Hereths’ generosity of spirit. They have devoted many hours of their time and an equal
degree of physical effort to plan, plant, weed and water. And, on every visit to town hall, we all enjoy the flowers of their labor.
At the
Aquarium
See page 33
September 2012
Painted
Buntings
By Ed Dombrofski
An adult male painted bunting is
arguably the most distinctive songbird
in North America. He has a deep blue
head, red breast and belly, a green back
and red rump. While not as brightly
colored as males, female painted bun
tings are also distinctive. The female
has an overall greenish plumage, which
is more darkly colored above than
below.
The painted bunting {Passerina ciris)
has two distinct breeding populations:
one found along the Atlantic Coast
from North Carolina south to central
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