Zoo celebrates holidays
Catch the holiday spirit at the
North Carolina Zoological Park
during a festive "Christinas at the
Zoo" celebration, December
21-31:
The event will feature a singing
Santa Claus, programs for
children, a plush polar bear
giveaway and several free admis
sion days. Sponsors are the zoo
and the N.C. Zoological Society.
Festivities will begin with a non
traditional tree-trimming on Satur
day, December 21, in the plaza.
From 10 a.m. to noon, members of
the Greater Asheboro Council of
Garden Clubs will decorate the
zoo's Christmas tree with edible
ornaments for wild birds.
Santa Claus will make a special
appearance on Sunday, December
22, to sing holiday songs and give
presents to children. He will ride
the tram and visit the plaza from
1-3 p.m.
At 1:30 p.m. on December 23,
27, 30 and 31, zoo educators will
talk about the zoo's big cats,
meerkats and other carnivores in
the zoo society conference room.
Grandparents and grandchildren
visiting the zoo together will be ad
mitted free on Monday, December
23 - Grandparents Day. Everyone
will be admitted free December
24-26.
Visitors bringing an animal or
nament for the zoo's Christmas
tree during the celebration are
eligible to win a plush polar bear.
The drawing will be held at 2 p.m.
on Tuesday, December 31, at the
tree. Entrants need not be present
to win.
To kindle the holiday spirit
before the official celebration
begins, zoo restaurants and gift
shops will offer 10 percent dis
counts on all purchases December
15-23.
The tram, restaurants and Safari
gift shop will close December 24
and Christmas Day. The Leopard
Spot gift shop will remain open
December 24 and close on
Christmas Day.
Zoo admission is S3 for adults
and $1 for ages 2 to IS and senior
citizens. The tram, which carries
visitors between exhibits, is $1 a
person for the day.
The zoo is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily and located six miles
southeast of Asheboro off U.S. 64,
U.S. 220 and N.C. 159. For more
information, call (919) 879-5606.
Wild turkeys elude
holiday dinner table
One breed of turkey will likely
beat getting basted this holiday
season: wild turkeys, the
speedsters of the species.
Wild gobblers have been clocked
in flight at top speeds of 42 miles
per hour; and, even on the ground,
they can, dash faster than all but
the fastest human runners.
They are among the most elusive
game animals around, according
to the current issue of Interna
tional Wildlife magazine.
The birds seem to prefer walking
to flying, but when they do fly,
they can zoom through the air with
surprising agility. Their powerful
legs and wings, specially adapted
for rapid acceleration, help boost
the bulky bird from the ground.
The wild birds, indeed, are a
breed apart from their domes
ticated kin - farm turkeys -- which
have lost their swiftness and ability
to fly.
The wild turkey's fast man
uevers, however, are short-lived.
After a quick burst of speed, the
bird becomes exhausted.
The gobbler rarely attempts
flights longer than a quarter-mile;
and, even on the ground, it doesn't
get very far. It lacks a red pigment
that, in far-flying birds, combines
with oxygen to burn energy over
long distances. (The absence of the
red pigment also explains why
most wild turkey meat is white.)
Gift for service
W . W. Cameron Jr., president of Hoke County Farm Bureau, was an
nounced as the winner of a special award by W.B. Jenkins, (left) presi
dent of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, at its annual
meeting in Charlotte last week. Presented in recognition for outstan
ding production during a statewide contest, the award allows Farm
Bureau agents an opportunity to win this honor for their county's
president who served on a voluntary basis. Hoke County Agency
Manager Bob Blankenship (right) accepts gift on behalf of Cameron.
Extension service holding
quilt documentation day
The Hoke County Extension
Homemakers Association will host
a quilt documentation day at the
Lester Building on South Magnolia
Street in Raeford on January 4,
from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The purpose of the documenta
tion is to make a record of quilts
and quiltmaking in North
Carolina.
Those quilts made before 1976
will be documented.
All of the information and slides
collected by the project will be per
manently stored in the N.C.
Museum of History and will be
available for study by those people
who are interested in quiltmaking.
A quilt display will be open to
the public from 11:00 a.m. -2:00
p.m. Quilts ? old, new, antique,
unusual and interesting are needed
by Extension Homemakers for the
display.
Anyone having a quilt they wish
to display should bring it between
9:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday,
January 4. You may also have
your quilt documented while you
are there.
All quilts will be handled with
extreme care. It would be helpful
to have the following information
with you (if you know the informa
tion): owner of quilt, maker of
quilt, date and location where it
was made, pattern of quilt, any in
teresting stories about the quilt.
Quilts do not have to be of
museum quality, and do not have
to be made in North Carolina, as
long as they have made their home
in North Carolina.
There is no charge for the pro
gram. The program is sponsored
by the Hoke County Extension
Homemakers Association and
Hoke County Agricultural Exten
sion Service. For more informa
tion, call 875-2162.
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Pine straw becoming
big state business
Baling of longleaf pine needles
for retail sale for bedding and
mulch is becoming big business in
North Carolina.
Estimated retail sales exceeded
$5 million in 1985.
Sales could easily be doubled or
tripled with greater owner
awareness, management and
marketing.
Forest service survey figures
show close of 600,000 acres of
longleaf pine type in 22 eastern and
south central counties.
Only a fraction of these acres are
being managed for straw.
Bill Stantion (Extension
Forestry Specialist --retired) has
just completed a study of the in
dustry and has developed a slide
type, video and support publica*
tions on the topic.
These materials will be available
during the winter. For more infor
mation contact your County
Agricultural Extension Service.
Record 1985 Christmas tree
harvest
Information at this level in
dicates we will be harvesting a
record 3.2 million Christmas trees
valued at S37.S million during the
198S Christmas season.
Approximately 52 counties of
the 60 growing trees will be
marketing trees this year.
Current production indicates
North Carolina is providing lO^lo
of the nation's market.
Recent plantings indicate the
state can provide 20^o of the na
tional market in Ave years.
Growers will have to maintain
the best possible quality at
reasonable cost to capture the
necessary out of state markets re
quired to utilize increases in pro
duction.
The 1985 marketing season for
flue-cured tobacco began July 25
with a special auction for 1984
Extension
News
Willie Featherstone
County Extension
Chairman
carry over tobacco.
Regular auctions started July 31
with final sales held October 29.
Sales were 51 days - four more
than in 1984.
Gross sales for the season in
Eastern North Carolina amounted
to 305.9 million pounds, down
14.6 million pounds from last
season, for an average price of
$170.43 per hundred.
Total value of the crop was
S520.7 million.
During the 1984 season, 319.9
million pounds were marketed for
an average of 180.94 per hundred.
The Flue-Cured Tobacco
Cooperative Stabilization Cor
poration received 55.4 million
pounds of 18.1V* of gross sales. In
1984, stabilization receipts totaled
55.8 million pounds, or 17.5Vt of
gross sales.
Flue-cured quota referendum
The National flue-cured tobacco
quota must be announced by the
Secretary of Agriculture by
December 15.
The flue-cured tobacco quota
referendum must be conducted
within 30 days of the quota an
nouncement.
Target dates for the referendum
are January 6-10, 1986 with ballots
being tallied on January 15, 1986.
The vote will be conducted by
mail.
A list of eligible voters is
available in the local ASCS office.
If you have any questions about
the quota referendum, contact the
ASCS office at 875-8111.
? NOTICE ?
ALL HOKE COUNTY RESIDENTS
? PROPERTY TAX LISTING *
N.C. State Law Requires That You
List Property For Tax Purposes As Shown Below
WHEN TO LIST -
Beginning at 8:00 A.M. January 2. 1966 through 5:00 P.M. January 31.
1986 at the locations notad below.
(Extensions of time to list may be granted upon written request and for
valid reason.)
WHO MUST LIST ? AH Residents: Military and Civilian.
- All persons owning Real or Personal Property in Hoke County must ap
pear before the tax listers for their township during the period of January
2, through January 31. 1986 to list their property for tax purposes.
- FAILURE TO LIST will subject taxpayer to a fine of $500.00 or imprison
. ment not to exceed six months.
- All mobile home owners must list and obtain a registration decal.
- All mobile home park and aircraft storage facility must furnish to the
Tax Supervisor the name of the owner of each aircraft or mobile home
and a description of each by January 15. 1986.
? NOTE: Military personnel may be exempt from personal property tax if
they submit proof that their "Home of Record" is other than North
Carolina.
WHAT TO LIST ? All Real and Personal Property.
- All property owned as of January 1. 1986 must be listed.
? All real property including buildings and improvements, and machinery
permanently affixed.
? Household furniture, appliances, T.V.'s. air conditioners, fans, diamonds
and jewelry, typewriters, boats and motors, trailers, etc.
- Farm equipment, livestock, poultry, supplies and products in storage,
etc.
- Motor vehicles: all automobiles, trucks, airplanes, motorcycles,
campers, etc.
- Business Personal Property: merchandise, finished goods, equipment,
furniture and fixtures, goods in process, raw materials, samples, etc.
- Inventories are reported aa of the latest completed fiscal year If the
buelnees year ends on a date other than December 31.
- ALL OTHER TANGIBLE PROPERTY NOT SPECIFIED
WHERE TO LIST - By Township
Raeford Township Uats At The Tax Offtoe. 227 N. Main
Street (Beelde Southern National Bank)
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