WHITLEY SPEAKS OUT - "1 don't know of any other program that gets more for their money than the Agricultural Extension Service and Reasearch Service," stated Congressman Charlie Whitley during the Duplin County Agricultural Extension Service Advisory Leader ship Program Update breakfast. The breakfast was held at The Country Squire and attended by over 200 persons. Pictured (L to R) Riddick Wilkins, Advisory Chairman; Whitley; Violette Phillips, a member of ALC; and Jimmy Sauls. Past Chairman. Duplin Agricultural Extension Advisory Program Update Held "Duplin County is No. 1 in agriculture and we are going to stay No. 1 because of you here." stated Chairman R.E. Wilkins Monday morning during the connty agricul tural extension service ad visory leadership system program update. The break fast meeting was held at the Country Squire restaurant and attended by some .100 persons. Mrs. Violette Phillips, a member of ALC, introduced the different committees and persons who make up the extension Advisory Leader ship System. The program update re ports were given as follows: agriculture, Gerald Bell; home economics, Celia Stroud; 4-H, Ruby BrinSon; and community resource de velopment, Roy Houston. Update Report Jimmy Sauls, past chair man, gave a three-month update summary, which in cluded these facts: During January, February and March, 1982. there were 25 agriculture meetings planned and conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service with a total atten dance of 1.007 people. These included such groups as Young Farmers, tobacco growers, corn producers, soybean producers, and all horticulture commodities. There were 13 area and state agricultural meetings that 274 people participated in. There were 38 home eco nomics meeting planned and conducted with a total at tendance of 941 people. These included stress semi nars. extension homemaker workshops, food-buying seminars, clothing and house and house furnishings work shops. There were seven 4-H meetings planned and con ducted with a total atten dance of 305 people. These included county council meetings, favorite food show, public speaking con test and 4-H leaders' meet ings. here were also three area 4-H events with 148 participating. There were five commu nity resource development meetings planned and con ducted reaching 61 people. These include Agribusiness meeting. Rural Development Panel meetings and Neuse Area Development meetings. One area' CRD meeting was held with 25 from Duplin attending. On a regular basis, news letters and publications are mailed to keep various cli entelegroups updated. A total of 21 different types of newsletters, ranging from a mailing list of 20 people to 1,960 people are mailed. In addition, the staff made nu merous farm and home visits to help families with prob lems and there were numer ous phone calls made and received which conveyed in formation. Agents write news articles on a regular basis to help keep the public abreast of timely tips. An average of six different articles are printed weekly. The four expanded foods and nutrition education pro gram aides who work on a part-time basis, at the end of March, had T80 different families and 131 youth, ages 6-19 and 24 volunteers em rolled in a program to help them develop sound food habits, learn to garden, to freeze and to can a food supply. This does not include the meetings held by volunteer leaders in a 4-H program and the extension homemakers programs as a result of their invol.-ment in organized events and activities. These groups meet on a regular Ward-Phillips Duo Raturns With a voice that is lovely, light and soprano, and with fingers that dance the key board sensitively, the Ward Phillips Duo made a welcome and fine return to Duplin County, Many people will.re member the exciting two some that visited the county during the winter of 1981. Eleania Ward and Vincent Phillips have delighted au diences everywhere and Duplin was indeed lucky to have them return for a visit. The couple performed at several local schools and a nutrition site. At the North Duplin Junior High School, Eleania conducted a work shop with choral students participating in vocal exer cises and singing. The Duo's performance was sponsored by the Duplin County Arts Council and was jointly sup ported by a grant from the N.C.A.C. and the National Endowment for the Arts in ?Washington, D.C., a federal agency. SPRING RECITAL Paino students of Mrs. Ernesteen Summerlin will be presented in their spring recital on Saturday. May 15 in the Hoffler Auditorium at James Sprunt Technical Col lege. Elementary grade students will perform at 7 p.m. and junior high and high school students at 8:15 p.m. Admission is free arid the public is invited to at tend. WHALEY FAMILY REUNION The Jason and Ann Whaley reunion is scheduled for Sunday, May 16 at 1 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Beulaville. All relatives and friends are invited to come and bring a picnic basket and beverage. basis and agents are re sponsible for working with planning these. For example, right now, Duplin County fire safety programs are being conducted through local fire departments as a result of 4-H planning and training. Several hundred boys and girls are enrolled. The extension service is an educational agency which helps people make for a better way of life. Through involvement in extension programs, people continue to develop their leadership po tential. Sometimes we take for grantbd that the programs that the AES pro motes has a tremendous effect on the economy. After the update report by Sauls, Dr. Joe Phillips of the state Extension office was introduced by Chairman Wilkins. "1 think you are exactly right. Mr. Sauls. Duplin County is really hard to beat when it comes to their Extension staff," com mented Phillips. Calvin Turner, chairmon of the Duplin County commis sioners. expressed deep con cern about the possibility of cutting the agriculture teachers year to ten months. Representative Doug Clark told the group that Duplin County was number one in agriculture because of diver sification. Congressman Whitley was called on for a few remarks. "I don't know of any other program that gets more for their money than the Agri cultural Extension Service and Research Service," stated Whitley. The Duplip County AES advisory leadership system program update may well have been summarized by? the last primed line on the agenda. 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