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GARDNER WEBB COLLEGE UBRARX
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Special Collections
P*0. Box 836
Boil ins JJprinSs? NC 28017
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AUGUST 26, 1983
BOILING SPRINGS NC
Permii No. 15 - Address Correction Requested
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A School-Ful Of Stories
On Their First Day
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Rain Too Little
Too Late For
Soybean Farmers
It was not the best of all days
to begin school, as temperatures
topped 100 degrees across
Cleveland County on Monday.
Steamy classrooms and wilted
students and teachers led of
ficials to shorten the school days
for the rest of the week. First
grader Josh Guffey (above) is
slowed in his exit from Boiling
Springs Elementary by a shoestr
ing, on that long first day. Over
at Lattimore School, William
Brian Blanton, (above at left)
also a first grader, holds up a
tooth that came out as he started
his lunch. Why the glass? Brian
shudders at the thought of
holding that bare tooth to have
its picture made. “It’s all
bloody!” says he. Teachers
report that students have
cooperated very well, despite the
sweltering days. “It’s been really,
really hot in here,” says Lat
timore first grade aide Teressa
Ridings. “But they’ve done
well.”
Rainfall brought some relief to
area soybean farmers Wednes
day night, but Cleveland County
can expect a 75% loss of its soy
bean crop this year if the area
does not receive a more substan
tial amount of rain soon, says
Frank Spehcer, Cleveland Coun
ty extension chairman.
“It looks bad right now,” says
Spencer of this year’s yield. “If
we get rain within the next two
weeks the soybean crop would
improve.” But even if the county
does receive rain soon Spencer
still expects a 50% loss in this
year’s soybean yield.
The weather has also affected
the number of acres planted in
soybeans this year. Approx
imately 30,000 acres of soybeans
have been planted in Cleveland
County in 1983 compared to
32,500 last year.
“Not as many acres of soy
beans were planted this year due
to the dry weather,” says
Spencer. “A lot of people double
crop small grain and soybean.
Once they harvested their grain
in June or July some farmers did
not go back and plant soybeans.”
Also as a result of the dry
weather. Many Dairymen And
Livestock Producers will be buy
ing feed twice this year. Lower
yields will force dairymen to buy
more feed to replace that lost to
dry weather. Production costs
have already been spent on the
crop that failed. Purchasing ad
ditional feed means buying the
second time.
There are many alternative
feeds available but one of the
most convenient may be a
neighbors’ corn planted as cash
crop for grain. Drought stricken
corn will be better utilized as
silage than grain in most cases.
Both parties could benefit from
such a trade, county extension
agents say.
Stressed corn for silage is
worth less than normal corn
silage, and this year’s crop will be
lower in energy but probably
higher in protein. Some studies
show a range of from 80 to 95%
the value of normal corn silage.
Estimating the tons of silage in
a field is very difficult. Trading
by weight would be a much
more equitable way to buy or
sell.
The best way to estimate
feeding value of silage is through
a feed test, according to agents.
The test will reveal the percen
tage of the various nutrients
making it possible to estimate
the value.
Farmers may determine price
for corn silage by estimating
grain yields less grain harvesting
costs of they can estimate price
by determining feeding value less
harvesting, hauling, packing cost
and storage loses in the silo.
The Heat Is On
Religion Classes Open To Public At G-W
For Fishermen, Too
The B.E. Morris Academy for
Christian Studies at Gardner-
Webb College will begin spon
soring a series of classes for per
sons in the community who are
interested in learning more
about the Bible or about music.
The classes are open to the
public.
The Bible study entitled, “The
Life and Teachings of Jesus,”
will begin on Tuesday,
September 6 and will conclude
October 4.
Classes will be held each Tues
day night from 7 p.m. until 9
p.m. in the seminar room of
Gardner-Webb’s Dover Library.
Teaching the Bible course will
be Dr. Robert Lamb, professor
of religion and religious educa
tion at G-W.
The cost of the five-week long
courses'will be $15. Registration
will be held on the first night of
classes from 6:30 until 7 p.m.
The music study entitled,
“Basic Music,” will begin on
Thursday, September 8 and will
conclude on October 6.
Classes will be held each
Thursday night from 7 p.m. until
9 p.m. in Gardner Webb’s O.
Max Gardner Building, room
203.
Teaching the music course
will be Dr. Phil Perrin.
According to Perrin, the
course is designed for church
choir members who would like
to improve their music reading
skills.
The cost of the five-week long
course will be $15 for an in
dividual and $10 per person if
five or more students from one
church enroll. Registration will
be held on the first night of
classes from 6:30 until 7 p.m.
For more information call or
write Gardner-Webb College,
the B.E. Morris Academy, Boil
ing Springs, N.C. 28017, (704)
434-2361. Ext. 202/300.
Cleveland County ^s Fair Announces
Directors For All Fall Exhibits
When the thermometer hits
90 degrees by mid-morning, only
the most die-hard anglers ven
ture out on the water. Most of us
would rather sit in the shade and
drink iced tea. Fish seem to be
similarly affected—they seek out
cooler, deeper water to escape
the heat and bright light of the
day. Angerls don’t have to give
up fishing during the dog days of
summer, however, just change
tactics, and fish at night. After
the sun goes down, many
fish—especially predators like
bass—return to the shallows in
search of food.
Fishing at night requires that
anglers rely on their senses of
hearing and feeling more than
their eyesight. Keeping a taut
fishing line is very important as
many strikers may be felt only as
a slight tug or hesitation during
the retrieve. Bumping the bot
tom with a spinner bait or plastic
worm, however, will cause the
line to be slack sometimes, and
strikes will occasionally be miss
ed.
You can improve the odds by
using fluorescent fishing line and
an ultraviolent or “black” light.
This light will illuminate the
fishing line, but does not
penetrate the water’s surface and
won’t scare the fish.
It's Scalding Hot
The 1983 Cleveland County
Fair will open September 30 and
continue thru October 8, and ac
cording to fair manager Joe
Goforth, approximately 1,000
fair catalogs were put in the mail
last week. Goforth said that ad
ditional copies may be picked up
at the Cleveland County Fair
Office, the Cleveland County
Agriculture Extension Office or
the Greater Shelby Chamber of
Commerce.
Premium lists in the catalog
show over $20,000 in prizes for
exhibitors in all departments.
Entry deadline information for
exhibits in the various depart
ments is included in the catalog,
along with the following list of
department directors:
Education: Ellen Powell.
Feature Exhibits: Sam
Jenkins.
Field Crops: John Wilkins,
Steve Gibson.
Horticultural: Willis Harmon,
Curtis Styles, T.Z. Hord & Mar
shall Wolfe.
Household Arts: Miss Jessie
Ann Wingo & Mrs. Nancy
Abasiekong.
Junior Dept.; Mrs. Robert
Borders, Mrs. Florence Brooks
& Stephen Gibson.
Livestock: Beef Breeds: Webb
Kiser, Carl DeBrew, Randy
Sweeting; Dairy Cattle: Walter
Davis, Don Elliott; Dairy Goats:
Ned Bost, Larry C. Howard &
Hoyt P. Bynum; Horses &
Ponies: Dale Wright; Sheep:
Randy Sweeting.
Performing Arts: Mrs. Dot
Roark, Mrs. Dottie McIntyre,
Thomas Poston & Gene Cox.
Poultry: Jim Yarbro, Robert
Yarboro, Edwin Royster & John
Hendrick.
Rabbits, Domestic: The
Gaston County Rabbit Club.
Scouts: Boy Scouts: Frank
Blanton & R.K. Wilson; Girl
Scouts: Ms. Freida Mayes & Ms.
Eilean Yates.
Senior Citizens: Ms. Tibbie
McKnight.
Antiques: Jim Marler.
Art & Photography: Working
Artists Guild.
Canned Fruits & Vegetables:
Mrs. Rufus Weathers & Mrs.
George G. Cabaniss.
Ceramics & Crafts: Mrs. Ada
Blankenship & Mrs. hazel
Wheelus.
Flowers: Mrs. Marshall Wolfe
& Mrs. Sarah Costner.
Garden Clubs: Mrs. Hoyt
Keeter, Sr. & Mrs. Bob Charpen-
tier.
Clothing & Home Fur
nishings: Mrs. Marshall Brooks
& Mrs. Wray Greene.
Needlecraft: Mrs. Winston
Shull, Mrs. Brendan Gardner.
Breads, Cakes & Candies:
Mrs. Rebecca Lutz & Mrs.
Virginia Wolfe.
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