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PAGE 6 — WEST CRAVEN HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 6. 1989 West Craven Noticeboard DRIVERS NEEDED Drivers are needed to transport people for the Council on Aging fron\ Vanceboro to appoint ments with doctors. Mileage will be paid. Contact Camille at 638- 2118. HERE COME THE RRIDI» The West Craven High School Drama Department is producing the play Here Come The Brides, a comedy in three acts by William D. Fisher, April 14 and April 15 at 8 p.m. The play will be presented in the high school cafeteria in Vanceboro. Tickets are $3 each and may be purchased at the door on the nights of the per formance and is open to the public. VANCEBORO TEE BALL There will be a tee ball league in Vanceboro for boys and girls 6- to 8-years-old. Registration will be held April 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Farm Life Elementary School gym in Vanceboro. Call 636-6606 to register or for more information. RESCUE AIJXILURV The Vanceboro Rescue Squad Auxiliary meets the first 'Dies- day night of each month at the Vanceboro Volunteer Fire De partment at 7:30 p.m. Those in terested in serving in a worth while volunteerorganization and helping the community are asked to attend. SENIOR CITIZENS The senior citizens in United Tri-County Senior Citizens Inc. are reminded to attend the "Hap py Birthday Party” this month. Senior citizens in Vanceboro meet regularly in the newly- renovated community center in Vanceboro. The last Friday of each month is the date for the "Happy Birthday Party.” COOKBOOK The Craven County Extension Homemakers have available for sale the latest N.C. Extension Homemakers Cookbook. This cookbook was compiled by the N.C. Extension Homemakers for the 1988 national meeting it hosted and contains recipes from across the state. For more in formation contact Susan Nobie at 633-1477. SENIOR EXERCISES Twin Rivers YMCA now offers a basic exercise and stretching class for adults over age 55. The classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at the YMCA. For more informa tion. cail 638-8799. ARCHERY Learn and experience the chal lenge of archery. Craven County Recreation and Parks Depart ment is seeking currently orga nizing archery classes in New Bern beginning this fall. Classes will be available for youth, adults and senior citizens. In interested in participating or for more in formation, contact Eddie Games at 636-6606. SEEK-A-SENIOR The Twin Rivers YMCA Seek- a-Senior program is a referal ser vice promoting odd-job employ ment of active older adults who are 55-years-old or older by com munity members needing work done at reasonable rates. Call the YMCA at 638-8799 to find re sources for hiring seniors to do such work as maintenance and repair, sewing, house-sitting and babysitting. BABYSITTING The Twin Rivers YMCA is offersing a course titled “Baby sitting Techniques” for young people ages lOand up who would like to get a solid foundation in babysitting. Students will be taught safety issues, caring tech niques and areas of responsibil ity involved in child care. Classes will be taught at the YMCA on Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. Call the YMCA at 638-8799. HOSPITAL HOURS Craven Regional Medical Cen ter has extended its hours of op eration for its outpatient registra tion center from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. The center is located in the fl'ont lobby of the hospital. Appointments may be made by calling the outpatient registra tion desk at 633-8118. TENNIS LESSONS The Craven County Recreation Department will be holding ten nis classes at Brinson Elementary School beginning in April. Classes can be made avail able for youth and adults, begin ners to advanced. A tennis work shop will also be held April 1 for interested participants. Call 636- 6606 for more information. TENNIS CLASSIC The Craven County Recreation Department will host the second annual H.G. Anderson Tennis Classic for Cystic Fibrosis April 28-30. This is a USTA sanctioned event. Events include men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Call 636-6606 for more information. lAiWIERlOW yCANCERr/ fsoaETY/ AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM The Twin Rivers YMCA offers after school care for school-age children at the following school sites. In New Bern, Brinson Elementary; in Havelock, Roger Bell, Graham A. Barden Elementary and Pamlico Coun ty, Fred Anderson and Arapahoe schools. Children may enroll in the program at anytime during the school year. The cost is $12 for one child, $20 for two and $26 for three children per week. For more information, contact the YMCA at 638-8799. DROPOUT PROGRAM High school dropouts can earn a high school diploma by attend ing night classes. Contact the ex tended day program director at New Bern Senior High School or any school counselor in the New Bern-Craven County Schools. Classes began Jan. 30. Call 636- 8230 for more information. CHILDREN’S PARADE The Craven Arts Council is looking for participants for the second annual Children's Parade to be held April 29 at 10 a.m. as part of the 89 Spring Arts Festiv al. The theme this year is "Fairy tales.” For more information, c^l 638-2787 or stop by the Bank of the Arts, 317 N. Middle St., New Bern. YMCA CAMP Adults over 50-years-old can spend a weekend ora week in the Blue Ridge Mountain. If in terested, then Camp Cheerio, a YMCA camp in Roaring Gap, might be just the place this spring or summer. Call the YMCA at 638-8799 for more in formation. EXERCISE CLASS Twin Rivers YMCA offers a basic exercise and stretching class Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 10 a.m. It is conducted to music and designed to meet fitness needs of older adults. Call 638-8799 for more information. SOFTBAU. The Craven County Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a men's softball league this year. The season will start April 25. For more information, call 636-6606 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. WOMEN'S SOFTBALL The Craven County Recreation and Parks Department will hold a meeting for women's softball April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Craven County Administration Building at 406 Craven St. Anyone in terested in participating or hav ing a team should call 636-6606 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. week days. DEEP SEA FISHING The Craven County Recreation Department is sponsoring an all day deep sea fishing trip on April 23. Boat departs ^m Atlantie Beach at 6 a.m. and returns about 5 p.m. All equipment is supplied. Total cost is $37.50 per person. A deposit of $20 is required. For more information, contact the Craven County Recreation De partment at 636-6606. TEE BALL Registration is now being con ducted for the Twin Rivers YMCA Tee Ball team. The team is for boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 8. For more in formation, contaet the YMCA at 638-8799 or stop by the ofTices at 303 First St. in New Bern. Seeds Are Roots To Success In Home Gardens And Lawns HORNING AEROBICS Twin Rivers YMCA now offers a morning aerobics class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and on Saturday IVom 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 638 8799. BUY A BRICK Be a part of history — support the Twin Rivers YMCA in the Buy-A-Brick program. Your name will be listed among those who "build" the new YMCA. Call 638-8799 for more information. MANAGING MEDICATION Managing medications will be the educational program forthe Craven County Extension Homemakers quarterly meeting April 11 at 10 a m. Bill Oakley, pharmacy manager for Craven Regional Medical Center, will be the speaker. His presentation will include how to take medica tions and possible interactions of drugs, food and other subst ances. There will be a question- and-answer period. Please call 633-1477 to register. The program will be held at the Agricultureal Extension Service, Industrial Park, New Bern. SOCCER CAMP There will be a soccer camp held at H.J. McDonald Junior High School July 10-14. The Bri tannia Soccer Camp is open to all skill levels for children 5- to 18- years-old. Qualified professional coaches and players will work with children. A free pre-camp clinic will be held at the school soccer fields April 15 at noon. Bring a soccer ball if you plan to participate. Call the Craven County Recreation and Parks Department at 636-6606 or Jeif Thomas at 637-4555 for more in formation. School System Hosts Meetings About College The New Bem-Craven County Schools will be sponsoring a post-secondary planning session for middle school students and their parents. Topies to be discussed will in clude preparing for college, choosing a college, financing col lege and employment opportuni ties and trends. The sessions will begin at 7 p.m. at the following schools: — April 11—West Craven Mid dle School. — April 12 — Havelock Middle School. — April 13 — H.J. MacDonald Junior High School. All parents of students are in vited to attend. By HENRY RIDDICK One of the most important steps in establishing home gar dens and lawns is choosing the seeds to plant. Seeds that are high in quality germinate rapidly and produce strong, healthy seedlings. Low quality seeds, however, are slow to germinate and can produce weak seedlings that may not survive. This frequently leads to poor plant stands. Another cause of poor stands and weak seedlings is soil borne pathogens. Many seedling diseases are caused by ftingi that flourish in poorly drained or wet soils. Problems caused by these organisms can often be control led by treating the seeds before planting with a fungicide. Some garden seeds are chemi cally treated before packaging. If your seeds are not treated, ask your garden center operator for recommendations. Grass seeds for establishing or rebuilding lawns need careful selection. Some seed lots have excessive amounts of weed seeds or other grass seeds. State law requires that in formation about the amount of weed seeds and other crop seeds, in this case, grasses, be listed on the bag or a tag attached to the bag. Gardners are encouraged to read this information. Weeds or unwanted grasses in the lawn are difficult to control. Careful selection of the seeds that are sewn can help the home owner avoid the problem of in troducing these contaminents. Where you buy seeds does make a difference. Ask questions of the salesman — Have you heard of the company before? Do they have a reputation for pack aging quality seeds and standing behind them? Some seeds lose their capabil ity to germinate rapidly while others may remain viable for several years. When buying seeds, look for the germination percentage printed on the package. This in formation must, by law, be there along with the date the seeds were tested. The seeds must be tested with in a year of time they are offered for sale. Loose seeds that are weighed or scooped at sale time must also display a tag showing the same information in or on the parent bag or bin. Variety recommendations are made on the basis of crop per formance, quality, color resist ance to pests, especially diseases, and the number of days the crop needs to reach maturity. Many packaged seeds offered for sale are not varieties recom mended for your area. Call or visit your county exten sion office and ask for a list'bf" varieties recommended for your area. Regardless of whether you gar den for fUn or whether you rely on your garden for food supplies, getting the plants off to a strong, healty start is important. Be selective and know what you're buying. It's better to be safe than sorry. Quarantine Prohibits Import Of Honeybees Into The State The Plant Industry Division of the N.C. Department of Agricul ture recently established an addi tional emergency quarantine that prohibits the import of hon eybees into the state. The action was taken to protect the state’s honeybee industry from American foulbrood, one of the most deadly bee diseases, according to Wiliam G. Parham, Jr. deputy commissioner. The new quarantine will con tinue to provide protection against the honeybee tracheal mite and the varroa mite that have been recently found in the U.S. “Many bee colonies have died recently, apparently due to hon eybee trachael mite,” commis sioner Jim Graham said, “And the NCDA is concerned that col onies in a weakened state due to this disease will be even more susceptible to American foul- brood.” “Honeybees are vital to agri cultural production in the state and across the county,” he said. “Without honeybees, vegetables, fruit and other row crops could not be pollinated and would be unable to bear fruit and veget ables for human consumption.” According to plant industry officials, certificates that have allowed out-of-state purchases of bees will only be valid from a few establishments that have entered into a compliance agreement directly with NCDA. “All beekeppers are encour aged to delay requeening until fall to take advantage of queens and packages from certified queen breeders within North Carolina,” Howard Singletary, director of the plant industry di vision, said. The agency has set compliance agreements with out-of-state bee producers who can demonstrate that they have taken extraordin ary precautions to avoid infesta tion by all bee diseases, he said. A list of queen and package bee producers who have qualified under this program will be avail able through the NCDA and county agricultural extension offices this month. Producers within the state will also need to follow these proce dures for certification of queens and package bees. The out-of-state compliance agreements are intended to re duce the risk of infestation but ^ this action does not guarantee disease-free bees, Singletary said. “The safest option is to buy bees from North Carolina pro ducers,” Singletary said. According to the quarantine order, anyone transporting bees originating in other states through North Carolina is re quired at all times to securely cover their colonies, keep their vehicle motors running unless refueling or unless the bees are enclosed in a sealed, refrigerated containment unit, stay within one mile of an interstate highway and report to NCDA any release of bees. For a hive inspection or more information on American foul- brood, tracheal mite or varroa mite, contact the Plant Industry Division in Raleigh at 733-3610. Give a hoot. Don’t pollute. Forest Service, IJ.S.D.A. Card of Thanks The Harris Family would like to thank every one for their contributions, friendship, prayers and love during the unexpected death of Walter Harris on March 8,1989. Your kind expression of sympathy will always be remembered. 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