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A6 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2019 Community 50 Master Gardener volunteers certified Perquimans residents receive master gardeners of the year honors SUBMITTED REPORT More than 50 local Extension Master Gardener volunteers were certified or recertified through the Chowan-Gates- Perquimans County Extension Master Gardener program. Man aged by Area Horticulture Agent Katy Shook, the program re quires participants to complete a 40-hour training course, pass an examination, and volunteer a minimum of 40 hours in the area of horticulture education. To re main certified, volunteers must complete a minimum 20 hours of volunteer service and receive a minimum 10 hours of advanced training. In 2018, Chowan, Gates and Perquimans County Extension Master Gardener volunteers con tributed more than 2,500 hours of horticulture education to the conununity and received more than 650 hours of advanced training. Volunteer projects in cluded managing demonstration gardens, presenting public edu cation programs, writing publi cations, working with youth, de veloping community gardens, and fundraising through a re gional spring garden show. Pro gram highlights included receiv ing the statewide Extension Master Gardener Search for Ex cellence Award, awarding the Master Gardener Scholarship, receiving recognition from the Chowan Hospital Foundation Community Benefit Grants See GARDENER, A8 SUBMITTED PHOTO Micki Levine (left) and Nancy Dougherty (right) are the 2018 Chowan- Gates- Perquimans County Extension Master Gardeners of the Year. Check It Out! Rocky Hock Ruritan Club Become . a friend of library T he Friends of the Shepard-Pruden Me morial Library are the best friends any library or librarian can have. Over the years, I’ve been here the Friends have been one JENNIFER FINLAY greatest supports that this li brary has. They vol unteer to create events, fundraise to pur chase materials and pay for pro gramming. In general, the Friends serve as a great sounding board from the community to the library. If you are new to Edenton and Chowan County or have been here a while and are looking for something new to do — joining our Friends board is a great way to put energy into ac tion. If you have an idea about something that you see missing from our com munity —the library is a great place to try out ideas and fill any gaps that you may see. The Friends Board meets five times a year and is always looking for new board members. The main reason I’m writing this col umn is to thank Peggy Pond, who has served as the treasurer of the Friends for the past few years. Peggy is moving back to her home state in June to make sure her chil dren behave. It has been a great pleasure to work with her and to learn from her professionalism. From all of us at the Shepard- Pruden Memorial Library and the Friends—thank you! Readers Danny and the Dinosaur in the Big City Flat Stanley and the Bees Splat the Cat and the Le monade Stand See FINLAY, A7 PHOTO COURTESY KIM ULLOM Barbecue chicken gets flipped over during the recent May Day hosted by the Rocky Hock Ruritans. May Day among Ruritans’ programs BY NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON Editor For the past several years, Rocky Hock Ruri tan Club has opened the Rock Hock Community Building, near Rocky Hocky Baptist Church, to kids of all ages as the or ganization hosts May Day. The event, held this year on May 4, featured games for children, a fish ing derby and BB gun tar get practice. And let’s not forget their famous bar becue chicken dinners. In the past, these delicious meals have gone fast, sell ing out before May Day closes. The Ruritan Club is among the many civic or ganizations that make Chowan County great. According to Keith Rollins, Ruritans secre tary, there are 41 “active members.” He is also past secretary of the Albe marle District Ruritans. “Some may be more active than others, but all participate in multiple ef forts to better our com munity and to help our neighbors,” he said. Besides May Day, the Ruritans raise approx- PHOTO COURTESY KIM ULLOM Children participate in games during May Day, hosted by the Rocky Hock Ruritans. imately $1,000 for the 4-H Junior Livestock Show and Auction. The group is also a main sponsor of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. “In addition to paying a sponsorship fee, we pro vide one judge for the pa rade and four or five members to assist with staging the parade,” Sim mons said. “We annually present a Students Dictionary to every third-grader in D.F. Walker Elementary School,” he continued. “And we have a special meal and program each year to honor our educa tors living in Rocky Hock, as well as another meal honoring our law en forcement officers where we also present them with 30 Rudy Bears to be given to children who are injured or otherwise in a frightening situation.” To pull all of this off, the organization relies on the community to sup port its fundraising activi ties, whether it be the many events the group holds to support Relay for Life, or the fundrais ers like May Play Day, Hee Haw Shows or the annual Pancake and Sausage Supper. See RURITANS, A8 Gilliard appointed to board SUBMITTED REPORT RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper recently an ¬ nounced Lynn Gilliard, of GILLIARD Edenton, as new ap pointee to the North Carolina Historical Records Advisory Board. “I ap preciate these experienced, knowledge- able appointees giving their time to serve our state on boards and com missions,” Cooper said. Gilliard was appointed as a member at-large. She is the Chowan County reg ister of deeds and served a member of the local Habi tat for Humanity- In addition to Gilliard, Cooper appointed Dr. Jim Martin, of Buies Creek, and Karen Feeney, of Winston- Salem, to the board as members at-large. Martin is a professor of history at Campbell University in the College of Arts and Sciences and chairs the Histoiy, Crimi nal Justice and Political Science Department. Feeney is a library super visor in the Forsyth County Public Library and is a certified archiv ist. She also is a member of the North Carolina Preservation Consortium and chairs the Develop ment Committee of the Society of North Carolina Archivists. According to the State Archives website, the North Carolina State His torical Records Advisory Board is the “central advi sory board for historical records planning and project assistance in the state and is responsible for assuring that the ob jectives of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission are implemented in North Carolina.” In 1975, state statute cre ated the board. Boys and Girls Club honors Faircloth EC chapter members welcomed SUBMITTED REPORT Congratulations to Brockasia Faircloth for earning the April Student of the Month Award at the Boys & Girls Club. The fourth-grader loves the time she spends at the Boys & Girls Club. When ever she enters the club, she is wearing a pleasant smile and always has a pleasant greeting. Fair cloth works very hard to complete her homework. Most of the time, she com pletes her homework be fore Power Hour is over. Brockasia is always will ing to do whatever needs to be done in and around the club; whether its clean- have. Keep up the good ing up or checking to see if work and success is yours! FAIRCLOTH all lights are out at the end of the day. On Fun Fridays, you often can catch her doing some thing good, such as assisting Unit Director Susan Brothers take all of her supplies back to the office. She will go that extra mile for any staff at the club. “I keep encouraging her that we are all winners even if you lose a few times,” Brothers said. Brockasia’s smiles por trays her personality and that is a special trait to Edenton Tea Party NSDAR hosts guests BY SANDRA SPERRY For the Chowan Herald Edenton Tea Party Chapter NSDAR Regent Anne Rowe welcomed three members of the Eliz abeth City Betsy Dowdy Chapter during a recent meeting. Chapter Registrar Candy Roth introduced Betsy Dowdy Chapter Vice Regent Kathleen Ingram, Secretary Terry Roberts and Treasurer Ann Howell to the Edenton Tea Party members on May 8, the fi nal monthly meeting of the DAR program year. Over the years, many Edenton Tea Party Chapter mem bers have worked with and PHOTO COURTESY SANDRA SPERRY The Edenton Tea Party chapter recently welcomed Betsy Dowdy NSDAR members. Pictured are (l-r) Edenton Tea Party Parliamentarian Sandy Sperry, Betsy Dowdy Vice Regent Kathleen Ingram, Betsy Dowdy Treasurer Ann Howell, Betsy Dowdy Secretary Terry Roberts, and Edenton Tea Party Regent Anne Rowe, Registrar Candy Roth and Historian Beth Taylor. shared the DAR mission of historic preservation, education, and patriotic ac tivities with the Betsy Dowdy Chapter members. The Betsy Dowdy Chap ter was formed in April 1937; there were 14 charter members, and they met in the home of various See CHAPTER, A8 I.
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