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STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHER
MARK DARBY poses with " I.ittle Davie," his parents, Verdell and Michael Darby of Supply, and
speaker Margaret Harper of Southport, a former UNC trustee and current member of the university's
Board of Visitors.
Agriculture Commodities Giveaway Moved
To County GOP Headquarters For November
The U.S. Department of Agri- r*?rwwi ,ir c.?nH ?? <u.. u.:__ _ i ? __
culture commodities distribution lo
cation for November has been
changed.
The distribution will take place
Friday and Saturday. Nov. 12-13. at
Republican Party Headquarters in
Supply instead of at Democratic
Party Headquarters.
To qualify for USDA commodi
ties, people from food stamp house
holds must bring their white com
modity authorization card to the site.
The cards should be delivered by
mail by Nov. 5. A household is con
sidered a food stamp household if it
received food stamps during October.
For families who do not receive
food stamps, the person applying
must come to the distribution site in
person or send a statement with the
person they are authorizing to apply
for them to pick up their food. The
note should also state that no one
else in the home is applying for
commodities.
All commodities recipients must
bring a box or container for their
food, according to Angie Fisher of
the Brunswick County Volunteer
and Information Center, which dis
tributes the commodities locally.
For more information, call Fisher
at 754-4766.
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Poplar Said Symbol Of Commitment
BY SUSAN USHER
Sixth-grader Mark Darby was the only Shallotte
Middle School student wearing a suit Monday morning,
hut he had a good reason.
Along with "Little Davie," a 35-inch high poplar
seedling nearly as tall as he. Darby was the center of at
tention Monday at Brunswick County's observance of
the bicentennial of the founding of the University of
North Carolina at Chape! Hill.
The brief ceremony celebrated the symbolism of the
seedling, grown from a seed taken two years ago from
the historic Davie Poplar on the UNC campus.
Before a small audience on the front lawn, the
Jj school band performed, an occasional piece of sheet rnu
? sic floating away in the stiff breeze, and the Army
JROTC Color Guard from West Brunswick High School
presented the colors.
Darby, who may someday attend UNC. had accepted
the seedling on behalf of Brunswick County during an
Oct. 12 ceremony at the University of North Carolina,
along with a certificate and a hug from Coach Dean
Smith.
Monday Darby said he was "very honored" to serve
as Brunswick County's representative at the UNC-CH
Bicentennial celebration and to hear President Hill
Clinton. The visit by the academically gifted student al
so included a tour of the campus.
Principal Sandra Robinson said that, as a result of
Mark's experiences, there is now "truly a link" between
the university, Shallotte Middle School and the Bruns
wick County Schools.
"This tree will be a constant reminder to the school
and community as we strive for excellence in education.
As 'Little Davie' grows tall and strong so may our rela
tionships strengthen."
As part of the UNC Bicentennial observance, each
of the state's MX) counties received a seedling, a symbol
of UNC-CH's history of far-reaching public service and
leadership, and North Carolina's commitment to pub
licly-supported education.
"Whether or not one attended the university, we
have all benefited from it." said speaker Margaret Har
per. echoing that theme. "It may have been through the
Institute of Government, which otters training for local
government officials, or perhaps through an Area Health
Education Center."
Harper is a former UNC trustee, 1991 William R.
Davie Award recipient for service to UNC and current
member of the Board of Visitors.
Like the Davie Poplar itself, she said, quoting an
early UNC class poem. UNC stands "a monarch grander
than its fellows...," its influence far-reaching to all cor
ners of the state.
"Likewise may our Brunswick County Davie Poplar
take root, prosper and grow."
While the University of Georgia was the first to se
cure its charter, the University of North Carolina was the
first state university in America to open its classrooms
for students, on Jan. 15, 1795.
"Little Davie." pot and all. was placed temporarily
in the ground Monday morning by coach and physical
education teacher Ron Champion. The tree was to be
planted later in the week.
Superintendent of Schools Ralph Johnston presented
Darby with a gold-painted shovel that will be kept at the
school as a memento of the ceremony.
He related the planting of the tree to the founding of
the university 20() years ago.
"Both represent the future for North Carolina chil
dren," he said. "Tfieir education is of much importance.
Both our future and theirs depends on it."
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