Coaches Featured
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at Norlina Middle School. She commutes to the high
school for practice sessions and games.
A native of Clinton, Mrs. Ward attended Appala
chian State University in Boone for two years and
graduated from the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington. She and her husband and their two
children live in Weldon.
Norlina Middle School teacher William Fuller
shares the coaching responsibilities at Warren
County High also. He has combined coaching and
teaching for the past 19 years. At the present, he
coaches baseball, football and basketball.
A graduate of East Carolina University, Fuller
enjoys gardening and golfing as well as school
oriented activities. He lives in Norlina with his wife,
Brenda and their two children, Kim and Bill.
William Shulenburger coaches football, basket
ball and softball at Norlina Middle School. He has
seen 16 years of coaching experience.
The Salisbury native graduated from South
Rowan Senior High School and Catawba College n
Catawba County. Aside from coaching, he enjoys
farming.
John Graham Middle School saluted three
coaches on Friday. Nash County native Allen
Reynolds serves as head football coach, girls'
basketball coach, and softball coach for the Yellow
Jackets. The 1983-84 school year saw both his
basketball and softball teams winning the confer
ence championship.
Reynolds, a 1971 graduate of Noruiern iNasn
Senior High School, participated in football, wrest
ling and track during high school. He graduated
from Atlantic Christian College with a B. S. degree
in health and physical education and taught in
Edgecombe and Nash Counties prior to coming to
Warren. Reynolds and his wife, the former Liuie
Unstead, reside in Nashville.
Macon Robertson, assistant water superintendent
for the Town of Warrenton and Waste Water Treat
ment Plant operator, has been assisting with coach
ing responsibilities in the school system since 1979.
His latest assignment has been that of baseball
coach at John Graham Middle School. Prior to that,
he assisted with the football program at Warren
County High.
Robertson and his wife, the former Vonnete Neal,
have a two-year-old daughter, Adrienne, and they
live near Macon.
James L. Goolsby has been teaching in Warren
County for the past 21 years, and during that time
has held various coaching positions. He currently
coaches football and basketball at John Graham
Middle School.
Goolsby is a graduate of Winston-Salem State
University in Winston-Salem and has done graduate
studies at A&T State University in Greensboro.
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Magnified 3,000 timea in this photograph, grains
of pollen take many shapes. Dr. Joan Nowicke,
pollen expert for the Smithsonian Institution, says
subtle variations often make identification by plant
species Impossible. Identified by family group,
grains In this picture include phlox, rooster comb,
chrysanthemum, smartweed, and geranium. Pollen
is nearly indestructible and has been found in many
prehistoric tombs.
Pollen Torments Sufferers,
But Brings Breath Of Life
The National Geographic News Service
WASHINGTON - The 15 million Americans
who suffer through the seasonal agonies of hay
fever, pollen is unquestionably something to be
sneezed at.
But the minuscule grains that torment one out of
14 citizens, who in 1975 spent $2 million on hospital
care, $224 million in doctors' bills, and $297 million
on drugs, are a blessing, not a bane, to most people.
"Pollen is to plants what sperm is to animals: the
agent of viability," writes Cathy Newman in the Oc
tober National Geographic. "It is the breath of life
as well as of sneezes."
Allergic or not, there's almost no way for you to
escape it. Various hay-fever cures are being
studied, but none has yet been found.
No Place To Hide
And hiding places have all but disappeared. Even
Arizona, once a haven for the afflicted, has lost that
advantage, largely because of the introduction of
non-native plants that have sent the pollen count
soaring about tenfold in two decades.
"If you don't mind penguins, you can always go to
Antarctica," suggests Dr. Max Samter, senior
allergy and immunology consultant at Grant
Hospital in Chicago.
Newman's reporting on pollen took her far beyond
the wheeses and sneezes of hayfever sufferers: to a
murder in Vienna, to a Navajo medicine man's
hogan in Arizona, to a Paris laboratory, to a Texas
Oil field, to an athletic field in Finland.
In Vienna, the only clue in a 1959 murder was a
pair of leather boots belonging to the suspect. Less
than a gram of dirt clung to the carefully cleaned
Doots. A pollen expert—called a palynologist—
found 1,200 grains of pollen in the dirt
The pollen pinpointed the location of the murder
and contradicted the suspect's story. Confronted
with the evidence, he confessed and led officers to
the buried body.
In the Navajo hogan, Fred Stevens Jr., a
medicine man in Chinle, Ariz., told Newman: "Corn
pollen is a true thing. It is our life. When a child is
born, we feed it pollen, and it is in his spirit the rest
of his life. At weddings it blesses the young couple.
And when a man is dying, pollen is put on him too."
Pueblo and Apache Indian tribes of the Southwest
use the sacred substance in various ceremonies,
from puberty rites to special dances to healing
rituals. The Navajo owner of a new pickup truck,
Newman was told, even sprinkled pollen on the tires
to bless it.
Grieving Cavemen
In Paris, palynologists examined grains of pollen,
which survives the ages, from a 50,000-year-old
grave site of a Neanderthal man in Shanidar Cave,
Iraq. The scientists concluded that neither animals
nor wind could have carried the pollen so far back in
the cave, but that mourners had left flowers.
"The tiniest of clues had revealed a new dimen
sion of cave-dwelling Neanderthal man," Newman
writes. "He grieved."
In the Texas oilfields, the industry uses palync
logy to help determine where and lu>w deep to drill.
Fossil pollens serve as a geological dipstick for
prospective exploration.
"It's detective work on the grandest scale," says
Lew Stover, a senior research associate in Exxon's
Houston offices. "People regard oil exploration as
static. It's not. Think of mountains uplifting, seas
drying up, plants evolving. What could be more
grand?"
On the Finnish track, Seppo Nuuttila extols the
value of pollen supplements for the Olympic
athletes that he coached to two gold medals in 1972
and 1976.
But pollen tablets and other products have their
detractors as well as their advocates. "I think it's a
scandal," says Dr. Walter Lewis, professor of
biology at Washington University in St. Louis. "I
see nothing in pollen that is not in most plant cells
from a nutritional point of view."
Enriching Diets
There's no denying that without pollen menus
would be vastly restricted. More than a quarter of a
million plants reproduce through pollination. With
out them, supermarket shelves would be limited to
plants that reproduce asexually, such as potatoes,
onions, and bananas.
Pollen can be used externally as well as internal
ly. In beauty salons, it's painted on women's faces
as therapy against wrinkles.
And it's found its way into the art world. Wolfgang
Laib, an internationally recognized West German
artist, shapes patterns from pollen on the floor.
When an exhibit ends, he sweeps his temporary
work into a jar.
"The impermanence of my art doesn't matter,"
he says. "The important thing is that pollen is eter
nal. It is the center of life."
Warren District Court District
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check on a closed ac
count.
Barbara Jean Smith,
failure to comply, or
dered to pay $35 on court
date and balance by
Friday.
L. F. Paynter, Jr.,
communicating threats,
called and failed, arrest
order issued for defend
ant's appearance in one
week, bond set at $300.
Lou Ethel Watson,
assault by pointing a
gun, found not guilty.
Angela Stywall, tres
passing without a li
cense and assault or
simple assault and bat
tery, found not guilty.
Jesse Raines, use of
false credit device,
dismissed with leave by
prosccutcr.
Cards Of Thanks
I would like to thank
everyone for the
flowers, gifts, cards,
visits and food I
received while in Duke
Hospital and since my
return home.
May God bless you all.
EVA S. HOLTZMAN
The family of Charlie
King would like to say
thanks to everyone for
their gifts, cards and
prayers. Also thanks to
Dr. Trlvedi and the
Warren Nursing Home.
THE KING FAMILY
The family of the late
Lillian P. Hymon would
like to thank family,
relatives and friends for
the visits, flowers,
cards, food and other
acts of kindness shown
during the passing of
our mother and grand
mother.
May God bless you.
THE FAMILY OF
LILLIAN P. HYMON
Mart To Close
The Warren too Tobacco Market will end
another aeaaon of activity on Monday, Oct 29,
when it closes following the completion of
sales scheduled for the day.
Notice of the market's dosing was given this
week by Mrs. Alice R. Robertson, sales super
visor. She said that a sale scheduled for Thur
sday of this week has been cancelled, and that
only the final day's sales remain to be con
ducted.
Yesterday, according to a report from the
Federal-State Market News Service, the War
renton market sold 220,006 pounds for an
average of $117.67 per hundred pounds.
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Heavy Shade
Can Be Good
Shady places around
the house will grow at
tractive plants. The
secret is to select the
proper plants for these
sites that don't feel the
sun's warmth.
One of the best shrubs
for heavy shade is
aucuba or "gold dust
plant," suggest Agricul
tural Extension Service
specialists at North
Carolina State Univer
sity.
Mahonia is another
plant that does well in
the shade. The Chinese
hollies tolerate shade
fairly well. Ground
covers such as peri
winkle, ivy, liriope and
ajuga can be used under
trees where grass
doesn't thrive.
Thinning out tree
limbs or even removing
the tree may be worth
considering, if more
sunshine is needed to
support plant growth on
the ground beneath the
tree.
Adaptability is always
an important considera
tion in selecting plants.
Know which plants do
well in which locations.
Be particularly careful
in buying plants at
outlets where clerks are
not sufficiently infor
med to make recom
mendations. Find out
what you need before
shopping.
Courthouse Squares
terry
Terry Given
Firm Honor
Joshua Leon Terry,
Jr., formerly of Warren
ton, was named
Mechanic of the Month
for September by Mack
Trucks of Charlotte.
Terry is a 1982 gradu
ate of Warren County
High School. He attend
ed Walterson Diesel In
stitute and graduated
trom there in Novem
ber, 1983.
In addition to working
for Mack Trucks, Terry
works parttime at
Stadium Exxon service
station in Charlotte.
He is the son of Mrs.
Mary Terry of Rt. 3,
Warrenton.
Special Day
Is Scheduled
The Guidance Depart
ment of Warren County
High School will sponsor
a College/Career Day
on Monday, Oct. 29,
from 9:30 until 11 a. m.
The program, which
highlights post
secondary oppor
tunities, will be held in
the gym.
Juniors and seniors
will have a chance to
secure materials and
talk directly with
representatives from
potential employers,
colleges, technical
schools, and the Armed
Services. Students will
find this session
especially informative
and helpful. Parents are
welcomed and en
couraged to attend also.