4-H Public Speaking Contest Held
The Hoke County 4-H program
held its 4-H Public Speaking
Contest and Talent Show March 30
at Turlington School.
Sharon McNeill of the Hillcrest
4-H Club acted as masters of
ceremonies.
Winners in the public speaking
contest were, first place - Gerald
Bundy, Rockfish 4-H Club, and
Patricia Jackson also from Rock
fish, who received a blue ribbon.
Stephanie Drotar from Rockfish
was selected as winner in the Horse
Public Speaking Contest.
In the talent show, Dayne Bundy
was first place winner with a piano
solo, and Mark Campbell was
second place winner with a vocal
solo, both f'.im Rockfish. Leah
Hendrix of the Hillcrest 4-H Club
was named alternate with a flute
solo. Vanessa Campbell received a
blue ribbon for her piano solo, and
Leslie Adams and Casey Williams
of Hillcrest received a red ribbon
for their song and skit. Patricia
Jackson received a red ribbon for
her vocal solo.
Gerald Bundy, Stephanie Dro
tar, Dayne Bundy and Mark
4 -H award winners. L-R. front ~ Cassey Williams. Vanessa Campbell, and Stephanie Drofar; rear. L-R -- Leslie
Adams. Mark Campbell. Patricia Jackson. Gerald Bundy. Dayne Bundy. and Leah Hendrix. | Staff photo b\ Pam
Frederick ).
Campbell will represent Hoke
County at 4-H District Activity Day
in June in Goldsboro.
Judges for the Talent Show were
Mrs. Rachel Stevens. Mrs. Kathryn
McPhatter. and Mrs. Paul Elliot.
Mrs. Donna Bernhardt and Walter
Smith were judges in Public Speak
ing.
Sewing Classes Being Held
The Hoke County 4-H program
is currently holding three beginning
sewing classes for youth in Hoke
County.
About 22 youth are involved in
the classes which are taught by
adult volunteer leaders. They are
constructing a skirt, and most of
them will be entering the 4-H
Fashion Revue April 15.
The adults teaching the classes
are Mrs. Ila Burke, Mrs. Becky
Edwards, and Mrs. Moline Russell.
4-H offers classes on various sub
jects to youth throughout the year,
with a concentration of classes in
the summertime. If you have a
particular interest and would like
to attend a class, call the 4-H office
at 875-2162 and give your sugges
tion for classes this summer.
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At sewing machine: L-R, Barbara McNair. Theresa Kelton. and Cheryl
Burns. \Staff phoio hy Pant Frederick].
In class. LR Sandy Lupo. Kim Hawkins, and Kristen K el ion. \ Siajt
photo by Pant Frederick].
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Hoke Agricultural
Extension News
by Willie Featherstone, Jr.
County Extension Chairman
DRY FIREWOOD? FEWER
BUGS. MORE HEAT
Spring has sprung, the sap is
rising and the bugs are back.
Actually, they never went away.
Many found refuge in your wood
pile last fall. Now the weather is
warming, the wood's roaches, stink
bugs, lady beetles and maybe a
mice or bat will be joining the other
critters in the revival of spring.
Lots of other animals will in
habit your pile of firewood during
the summer; English sparrows,
wasps, crickets, mud dobbers and
wood borers. You could probably
spend a lifetime trying to figure out
what inhabits your woodpile and
when, but fortunately most are
harmless.
Many people either neglect their
leftover wood or become concerned
about insects which are in it now or
which might get in it between now
and next fall. They just don't want
bugs getting indoors, attacking the
wood in their house or bothering
their shade trees.
Firewood in contact with the
ground can harbor termites and
powder post beetles. Removing the
wood from beside the foundation or
siding, off the porch or deck or out
of the garage or carport will
generally prevent these insects from
causing any problem. At times,
insects which can attack yard trees
may be present in firewood. Insects
which attack freshly cut and split
firewood usually do not complete
their development before the wood
is burned. Many of these insects
only attack logs, not living trees.
However, when dead and dying
trees, particularly yard trees, are
cut for firewood, the insects already
in the wood may pose more of a
problem. They have attacked a
weakened or dying tree once and
are more likely to do it again.
Both pine and elm firewood
present the greatest potential
hazard. Bark beetles emerging
from these woods can definitely
attack and kill other trees. For
tunately, most people avoid these
woods, not because of the beetle
problem, but because pine burns
quickly and elm splits reluctantly.
Regardless of the type of wood, if
you don't stack it against a tree,
you will avoid most problems with
your yard trees.
The best way to avoid problems
with firewood inhabiting-insects
is to split it. stack it off the ground
and keep it dry. De-barking pine
and elm is also helpful. In fact, the
drier the firewood, the fewer the
bugs and the more heat it will
produce.
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Health Watch
Ever get "sick to the stomach"
and become nauseated?
All of us have at some time or
other.
Likely the cause is a simple
stomach upset that will soon pass.
But sometimes vomiting is a sign of
some more serious ill.
Vomiting is common with virus
infections such as a cold or the flu,
overeating, too much alcoholic
beverages and emotional upsets.
Vomiting may be present with
more serious conditions, such as
but not limited to appendicitis,
bowel obstruction, asthma, animal
bites, allergic reactions to insect
stings, black-widow or brown
recluse spider bites, marine life
bites, scorpion stings, snake bite,
withdrawal from drugs, heart at
tack, heat exhaustion, shock due to
injury, diabetic coma, food poison
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Hoke County Board of Commissioners
will conduct a public hearing on the pro
posed uses of General Revenue Sharing
Funds for fiscal year 1982-83 on April 20,
1982 at 7:00 P.M. in the Courtroom of the
Hoke County Courthouse. Funds of ap
proximately $230,000. are anticipated to be
received during the remainder of Entitle
ment Period 13 along with approximately
$270,000. unappropriated funds. Written or
oral comments will be received from any
interested citizen at the hearing. Senior
citizens participation is encouraged.
ing and head injuries.
Any vomiting that is severe or
lasts long than a day or two needs
medical attention.
Dehydration or chemical im
balance can occur. This is espe
cially true in infants, the elderly or
chronically ill persons.
Treat simple vomiting with re
placement of lost fluids by frequent
sipping of liquids such as car
bonated beverages, tea. juice,
bouillon. Avoid solid food for a day
or two.
Vomiting is common in infants
and children. In newborns and
infants, spitting up food after
eating is common and is not the
same as vomiting. It is usually not
serious, but be sure the infant does
not choke.
If the vomitus shoots out of the
infant's mouth with force, prompt
medical attention is required. This
could represent an obstructed in
testine. Prolonged vomiting or
vomiting with diarrhea can lead to
dehydration and needs prompt
medical attention.
Background Scripture:
John 20:1-20
Devotional Reading:
1 Corinthians 15:42-50.
If you carefully read the resur
rection accounts in the four Gos
pels you'll find that it is virtually
impossible to put them together in
a harmonious arrangement. There
is just too much disagreement as to
just who went to the tomb, who
saw Jesus first, whether there were
two angels, one or none, not to
mention the discrepancies as to the
exact nature of his resurrection
appearance.
Given the nature of the ex
perience, 1 do not find these
discrepancies either surprising or
troubling. If two readers cannot
agree on the meaning of one of my
columns, why should it surprise me
that four witnesses can't agree on
the nitty gritty of the resurrection?
The one unifying theme of the
resurrection accounts -- a theme
that far outweighs these unim
portant discrepancies -- is perfectly
expressed in the testimony of Mary
Magdalene to the disciples: "1 have
seen the Lord!" It matters little
who else saw him, or precisely what
we said or did when we saw him, or
just what was the nature of the
Person we "saw", so long as we too
can say. "I have seen the Lord."
John the Evangelist does not tell
us how the disciples reacted to
Mary's declaration. He tells us that
"she told them that he had said
these things to her," but nothing
else. The very lack of an expression
of an enthusiasm on their part
leads me to suspect that, even if
they did not outright doubt her
claim, neither did they seem to
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embrace it. After all, she had no
proof whatsoever; only her word.
And so it may be for us: no one can
prove the resurrection to us. Thus,
if someone claims, "I have seen the
Lord," we have to decide whether
or not to accept that witness. In
short, the resurrection is a matter
of faith, not proof.
Actually, faith had been the
active ingredient even for Mary. At
first, she did not even recognize
Jesus. She assumed that he was the
gardener. All the evidence seemed
to indicate that someone had stolen
the body of Jesus. But then Jesus
said to her, "Mary." Someone
called her name and that Someone,
she knew, could only be the
Master. The resurrection Presence
had stood directly in front of her,
but it was only when the Risen Lord
spoke her name that Mary turned
to him and recognized him! "She
turned and said to him in Hebrew,
'Rabboni' (which means Teach
er)." . .
He was the Master she had come
to love and revere, yet, in a way, he
was not quite the same. "Do not
hold me..." Jesus warned her. The
new relationship would not be that
of a physical presence, but a new
and deeper one. The Presence
would not be restricted by walls and
doors, only the hardness of people's
hearts.
John tells us that when Jesus
later appeared to the twelve, "Then
the disciples were glad when they
saw the Lord." That must be the
greatest understatement in the
Bible! For when, like Mary, we
hear him speak our name and we
turn to the resurrected Christ, there
are no words that can adequately
convey that transforming experi
ence.
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3. Hold The Word of God to be the standard of all truth.
4. Believe true worship is the basis of the daily activities of the
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For County Commissioner
Hi IS A NATIVE
OF NORTH CAROLINA,
BORN IN
HOKE COUNTY,
HE KNOWS
ALL THE PROBLEMS,
THE AREA,
THE PEOPLE,
AND THEIR NEEDS.
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IS A VOTE FOR YOU.
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