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Boiling Springs, NC 28017
The Foothills View
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1983
BOILING SPRINGS NC
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Many ‘ Tme ’ ’ For This Tree
Some cultures have recogniz
ed the beauty and interest of
pines.
One of the ornaments used in
Chinese folk design is the pine
tree ("sung”) symbolizing
longevity. The Japanese also
employ it (“matsu”) as an
emblem in family crest and built
into textile designs for formal
clothing. In America, the Pine
Tree State is the nickname for
Maine, and the state tree of
North Carolina is the loblolly
pine.
like their cones of varied shaped,
sizes and designs.
The cones usually observed
are the mature brown ones on
the ground, their scales dried and
opened. The seeds have fallen
out either to germinate in the
ground or to be eaten by birds
and animals.
North Carolinians see so
many pines in their
surroundings-loblolly, short-
leaf, Virginia scrub and long-
leaf-that they miss some of the
interesting details of these trees.
A closer look at the cones on
the tree in the spring may bring a
surprise.
All pines have two forms of
pine cones, male and female, on
the same tree.
The tree is especially well
designed to encourage pollina
tion. The male cones, which pro
duce the pollen, hang in clusters
at the very tips of branches
where they are most exposed to
wind movement, and the pollen
grains are winged to catch the
wind. These characteristics in
sure abundant pollen distribu
tion. During a period of two or
three days each spring you can
often see clouds of sulfur-colored
pollen dust on branches and on
any nearby water.
The famale cones grow on the
lateral branches and stand erect.
When the pollen dust is scattered
by the wind, some of it drifts into
these cones, falling among the
scales. Eventually, the pollen
reaches the base of the cone and
fertilizes the eggs
This is no simple matter, for it
takes 13 or 14 months from
pollination to fertilization. So
pines pollinated this spring will
not be fertilized until the sum
mer of next year.
Eventually mature winged
seeds will develop and fall to
earth, some to germinate and
produce a new pine tree. The
seeds seem to germinate readily
in sunny locations, judging by
the number of young trees found
in old field and clearings.
It is evident that pine cones
are really the equivalent of a
flower for the pine tree. As in
flowers, the male part produces
pollen to be distributed by the
wind while the seed is produced
in the female cone partner.
This process results in a
mature seed to carry on the
never-encling cycle in producing
the trees so familiar that we
sometimes scarcely notice them.
Burns Performs At Sea World
The Burns High Pop Dance Ensemble, under the direction of
Linda Torres, gave a thirty minute performance at Sea World
in Orlando, Florida during their holidays. They were chosen to
perform after submitting a tape and photograph of the group.
The group consisting of Brenda Summers, Susan Cline, Thur
man Lawrence, Eddie Webber, Brent Bingham, Sandy Benton,
Donna Spangler, Crystal Bell, Lisa Roberts, Lynn Neill, Fitz
McMurry, B^an McMurry, Chuck Connors, Lana Barrier, Gina
Bradshaw, Melanie Clements, and Paula Eaker have perform
ed at various events in the county including the Dixie Classic
Basketball tournament. While in Florida the group visited
Sea"worid addition to
Her 95 th
‘Different' ’ Speech
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Over 100 friends and well-wishers gathered recently at the
home of Mrs. Alma Hunt in Lattimore in celebration of her 95th
birthday.
—Dr. Roberta van der
Voort, group vice president of
United Way of America, will be
guest speaker for the 1982 com
mencement ceremony at
Gardner-Webb College.
The exercises will be held at
10 a.m. on Saturday, May 14.
‘T plan to give a different kind
of commencement speech,” says
Ms. van der Voort. “1 will stress
to the graduates that their educa
tion is just beginning.” Ms. van
der Voort will look to the year
2000 and discuss the kind of
skills and education needed to
handle to complexities of society
then.
Ms. van der Voort, who join
ed United Way of America in
October of last year, was former
ly the national executive director
of Camp Fire, Inc., an organiza
tion supported by the United
Way. “As Camp Fire director I
was always on the other side
seeking money,” she says.
As group vice president, Ms.
van der Voort is responsible for
the National Academy for
Volunteerism and United Way
of America’s services outreach
program. Other areas under her
direction include foundations
and endowment/deferred giving
programs and the recently
established United Way In
stitute.
“United Way is not just a fund
raising organization, but a plann
ing organization as well,” she
says. According to Ms. van der
Voort, just as today’s students
must plan for the challenges that
lay ahead, so must the United
Way. ‘The United Way is
already seeing a shift in human
needs,” says Ms. van der Voort.
‘There are the increased needs
of a growing population of
senior citizens, and the retrain
ing of people to fill future job
markets. Because of the shift in
values, there are the needs of
single parents and the need for
day care.” Tl^se are problems
the United Way did not have to
deal with 20 years ago she says.
Dr. van der Voort began her
professional career as director of
environmental education for the
Cook County Public Schools in
Prineville, Ore., where she
received the Outstanding
Educator Award. She worked
for 15 years with the Seattle-
King Couilty Council for Camp
Fire as executive director,
district director and director of
camping among other key posts.
Hiking Trail
Opens Saturday
The Cleveland County Trails
Association will officially open a
ten mile trail through the Boiling
Springs area on Saturday^ May 7
during a 9 a.m. ceremony.
The trail which is located off
the College Farm Road, where
the pavement ends, was
developed with the permission of
Gardner-Webb College and the
Federal Paper Board Co.,
owners of the property.
“A small circle of people
already used the property for
jogging and horseback riding but
with the trail being officially
established more people will be
able to use it,” said Fred
association. ‘The trail will offer
people of the community a place
to hike that is close by.”
According to Blackley, the
trail offers a varied terrain that is
not strenuous. Points of interest
along the trail include an
overlook of the Broad River and
a variety of wildflowers that are
native to this area.
The work on the trail was
done by the trails association
along with the help of the Shelby
Presbyterian Church Boy
Scouts. Maps of the trail are
available through the trails
asssociation or from the
Blackley, chairman of the trails Cleveland County Museum.
Two Weeks Til
Cable Turn-On
Two weeks and a quarter of a
mile separate the first Boiling
Springs residents from a hook-up
to cable television, the manager
of the company providing the
service said Wednesday.
Ed Palumbo of Vision Cable
of Shelby said his company is
laying the last quarter-mile of the
underground “trunk” or main
cable east of the Broad River on
Highway 150. When laid, the
trunk will connect to overhead
cables in Boiling Springs already
in place.
That connection is planned
for the second week in May, he
said. Salespeople for the com
pany will then begin selling
subscriptions door-to-door
Palumbo said.
Vision Cable currently offers
21 channels for its basic
subscription fee. The company
sells three additional channels;
HBO, Cinemax, and The Movie
Channel.
Crest Junior High
Taps Honor Students
All As
7th grade: Michael Barbee,
Hunter Blake, David Blanton,
Susan Canipe, Elizabeth Daves,
Lynn Drewery, Bryan Edwards,
Melissa Hartis, Melissa Hogston,
Jamey Lutz, Brent Mellon,
Nicole Nalley, Michael Jason
Ruff, Eric Steven Self, and
Melanie Waters.
8th grade: Aaron Brackett,
Karen Canipe, Tina Cobb, Tracy
Glover, Angie Greene, Darlene
Hunt, Patrick Kendrick, Tim
Norman, Kate Sheppard, and
Elizabeth Weathers.
9th grade: Rebecca Bryson,
Greg Dover, Rhonda McBride,
Scott Mitchell, Lori Yvonne
Self, Nole Sweezy, Winter
Weber, and Leslie Williams.
A Average
7th grade: Sharon Corry,
Sherry Corry, Chris Craft, Bryan
Drum, Amy Edmondson, Jack
Ellis, Tiffany Fowler, Wendy
Glover, Angie Goode, Laura
Hamrick, Michelle Glover,
Stacey Gardner, Lisa Harris,
Kelly Hawkins, Rebecca
Heavener, Holli Helms, Michael
Hoyle, Christine Lancaster,
Danny Jolley, Dawn Ledbetter,
Jodi Ledbetter, Jennifer Jones,
Caroline McCraw, Sandra Mc-
Cluney, Dan McBride, Tricia
Martin, Audrey Lipscomb,
Michele Lemons, Tony Mc
Craw, Melanie McCullough,
Kelly MeSwain, Tracy MeS-
wain, Robert Nestlerode, Mat
thew Newton, Angela Philbeck,
Lisa Price, Todd Peeler, Lea
Jane Putnam, Lisa Lynn Rayle,
James Darrell Rogers, Michael
Scott Sharp, Dwayne Shope,
Everett Smith, Brian Strickland,
Marilyn Surratt, Mark Taylor,
Marty Thomas, Tammy Turner,
Cynthia Toney, Greg Walker,
Tony Walker, and Randy
Wacaster.
8th Grade; Felicia Abrams,
Rebecca Allen, Roxanne
Allison, Marcus Ashley, Tina
Beaver, Jeff Biggers, Judy
Brabham, Lavondra Brooks,
Michelle Brown, ‘Tee” Burton,
Connie Cabiness, Brenda Carter,
Angie Charles, Amy Cox, Billy
Crowder, Janet Davis, Gregory
Dawkins, Travis Dawson, Clint
Debrew, Molly Duncan, Dolores
Durbin, Tammy Earls, Chris Ed
wards, Melissa Fender, Scott
Gilmore, Barbara Hamrick,
Elizabeth Hopkins, Kim Horn,
Mandy Hovis, Kelly Huff-
stickler, Sandy Humphries,
Melissa Ivie, Michael Jackson,
Sheila Jefferies, Yolanda Jef
feries, Tammy Jones, Wendy
Jones, Bradley Keller, Wendy
Kendrick, Eric Kimbrell, Scott
Lail, Michelle Lee, Sherry Leslie,
Diane Martin, Terry Martin,
Esther MeSwain, Sherri
MeSwain, Lisa Mertz,
Dennis Mullinax, Melissa
Owens, Mike Pegram, Paige
Philbeck, Mike Pruitt, Frederick
Robbs, Brian Roberts, Chris
Robinson, Miguel Santovena,
Scott Seism, Kim Spencer, Tina
Sprusansky, Matthew Stephen
son, Greg Stidham, Jonathan
Strong, Eric Surretsky, Cindy
Theis, Kelly Taylor, and Taffy
Wright.
9th grade: Randy Borders,
Deborah Bowen, Chris Boyce,
Barry Cabiness, Julie Carpenter,
Jeff Collins, Leann Davis, Leslie
Dawkins, Sandy Deaver, Steven
Degraw, Mark Greene, Michael
Hamrick, Lori Harrison, Dean
Hawkins, Elizabeth Hicks,
Catherine Huggins, Taffany
Johnson, Barry Lane, Nicole
Martin, Julie MeSwain, Laura
Morrison, Anna Packard, Pam
Parker, Rodney Poston, Kandi
Ridings, Lisa Sorrells, Randy
Webb, Marcus Wright, and Ar
thur Y ount.