At The Library
'Lightening" by Chris McCaffity
The Bogue Banks Public Library is
gearing up for the Summer Reading
program. Registration begins June
22; contact the library for full details.
Storytimes for children continue on
Thursdays at 10 a.m. during the summer
months.
The 6"’ Annual Storytelling Festival
will be held at 10 a.m. on July 8, July 15,
July 22, and July 29, at the History Place
in Morehead City, and at 2 p.m. at the
Cape Carteret Aquatic & Wellness Center.
Professional storytellers will delight
children of all ages with their wonderful
stories. , -;
Activities for Children: Preschool
Storytime is for children, ages 3-5 years
old. Programs are With Ms. Brita and are
held each Thursday at 10 a.m. Thursday,
June 4, will be "Once Upon A Time."
Thursday, June 11, will be "Something
Fishy!" TThursday, June 18, will be "Happy
Father's Day!" Thursday, June 25, will
be "Sign Up for SRP (Summer Reading
Program)!"
Featured Artwork: In June, the Art
Gallery of the Bogue Banks Public library
will feature the photography of Chris
McCaffity of Morehead City. A commercial
fisherman for 20 years, Chris has always
been entranced by the images he sees out
Recycle Man
By Bill Matthias
This spring I had been working on my
driveway and recoated it with tar. In the
process I acquired about 35 empty five gallon
buckets. I would have felt shameful if I had
just thrown them away, so I researched Onslow
County's recycling program and discovered if
the empty buckets had the number 2 or 3 on the
bottom in a triangle, they could be recycled.
OK that is cool, so I went to the local dump
site (similar to Carteret county's dump sites)
and while I was doing my bit to make A1 Gore
proud of me, I started talking with the dump
site manager. Now, most of us would not savor
his position daily posted in a little wooden
shack guarding trash. But we are apt find little
treasures everywhere. After a five minute class
on recycling and some free "smarties" to my
oldest daughter, who accompanied me, we had
acquired a new friend we now call "Recycle
Man" who has become our household super
hero.
We Googled Onslow Recycle and discovered
that many of us are now breaking the law and
learned further that after October 1, we will be
breaking it even more! If you look at the list of
tilings currently not allowed to thrown in the
landfill you will be surprised. Of course most of
the stuff listed are "Duh" items but what struck
me was aluminum cans are not allowed in the
landfill. How many aluminum cans are we
throwing away? It gets better! Come October
1, many more of us will be criminals, because
plastic bottles that have operungs smaller than
the bottom of the container (read this beverage
bottles,- like cheap wine or whiskey) will also
be outlawed from the landfills along with a
few other items.
After our new super hero won over my
daughter with his "smarties," I now have a
rabid junior A1 Gore on my hands. She has a
recycle bin set up in our laundry room and has
plotted rides to the recycle site every Saturday
moming (to get more "smarties" no doubt).
So I thought I would try to redeem myself
by suggesting that we start thinking about a
comprehensive recycle program for the Town
of Pine Knoll Shores. First, it will prevent us
from breaking the law, and second, it may
help us resolve the dilemma of what to legally
do with all the soda cans, plastic containers
and junk mail. Who knows, it may spur the
citizenry to recycle the by-products of their
ABC purchases.
on the water and took up photography to
capture those views. His exciting photos
of sea creatures, lighthouses, and nature
present scenes most landlubbers miss as
his photo "Lightning" illustrates.
The display case will feature beautiful
wood sculptures by former Emerald Isle
resident George Brooks. His subjects,
shore and
Trees are a low-tech ethod of curbing energy
costsforcoolingandheating. Proper placement
of trees can reduce cooling and heating energy
costs by up to 30 percent.
Tliere are several drought-tolerant trees that
grow well in our North Carolina beach zone,
including:
• American Holly - a native tree; good in
sand, the maritime forest and the scrub zone
of the beach.
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sea birds,
are very
popular
withcoastal
residents.
The
library's
regular
hours are
Monday
through
Saturday,
8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
The phone
number is
247-4660
and the
web site
is http://
Carteret.
cpclib.org.
• Eastern Red Cedar - among the toughest
throughout the state including the sandy soils
at the beach.
• Crepe Myrtle - does well almost
anywhere.
• Southem Magnolia - very reliable; capable
of surviving on rainfall alone.
• Live Oak - will grow very near the beach;
tremendous tolerance for high winds.
Community Appearance Commission
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www.coastalmulch.com
Palm Trees - Red Mulch
Gold Mulch - Harwood
Mulch - Pine Straw
River Rock - Brick Chips
Topsoil and MORE!
Mon. - Sat. 7:30 - 5:00
We Deliver!!
252-393-1722
5516 Hwy. 24, Bogue, NC 28570