Forest Service:
Crews Plant Seedlings
Spring is here and the U.S.
Forest Service is wasting no
time taking advantage of the
warmer weather. Crews are
busy planning and preparing
for the planting season.
Before any work takes
place, a certified forest
prescriptionist makes a com
plete report of the area based
on field findings. After all of
the alternatives are con
sidered, a plan of action is
proposed. Finally, the
decision is approved and the
plan goes into action. As a
result, this month 10,000 white
pine seecHings will be planted
as part of a regeneration
project in the South Toe area.
SITE PREPARATION
There is much to be done
before the actual planting
takes place. First, the 100-acre
site will be prepared with
hand tools. Site preparation
involves clearing any
vegetation that would com
pete with the seedlings.
Preparation can be done with
hand tools or machines,
depending on how much work
is needed on the site.
DOUG FRANCIS, Timber
Technician, gives pre-planting
briefing to members of the
forestry crew. Shown left to right,
they are Lyndon Honeycutt, Bill
Purcell (crew leader), Tim Bar
nett, Eugene Stansberry, Greg
Styles, Rod Shepherd, Jeff
Hedrick, Stanley Sturgill, Ernie
Cannon and Roger Ray.
Mt. Mitchell Golf Club
To Begin Fifth Season
Mount Mitchell Golf Club
will open for its fifth season of
play on Saturday, March 31.
The golf course is open to the
^ public and is located on High-
' way 80s, 16 miles from Burns
ville.
William Deck wUl be retur
ning as pro. He recently com
pleted the PGA Business
School II and will gain Class A
pro status in the near future.
As in the past, William will
have a competely stocked pro
shop, club repair shop and is
available for lessons by ap
pointment. Scott Payne will be
returning to assist in the golf
shop and Renee Hensley will
operate the snack bar.
The following rates will be
in effect for the. 1979 season.
Green fees will be $8.00 every
day until May 26. From May
26 until September 4, green
fees will be $8.00 on weekdays
and $10.00 on weekends and
holidays. After September un
til the closing in November,
green fees will be $8.00 every
day.
District School
Board Meeting Set
Over 200 school board mem
bers and school officials are
expected to attend the Annual
District 16 meeting of the Nor
th Carolina School Boards
Association (NCSBA( ON
Thursday, March 22.
The meeting, to be held at
Mitchell High School in
I.edger Community, will con
sist of several discussion
groups, a general session and
a banquet dinner. Dr. Ben
Battle, School of Education
and Psychology, Western
Carolina University, is slated
to be the banquet speaker.
Discussion group leaders
will include: Anne Hyde,
Coordinator for Exceptional
Children, Western Regional
Education Center; H.T. Con
ner, Assistant Superintendent,
.State Department o
Public Instruction fSDPI),
George Kahdy, Assistant
Superintendent, SDPI.
Planned discussion topics
joolude: Problems Connected
with Competency Testing
Program; Accelerated
Pr(ygrams for Exceptional
Ciiiltjren; Vocational
I'.diif-ijUoii; and Basic Lear
ning Goals, K-12.
Di.slricl 1() is one of 18 NC-
SHA Di.sti'icls. It is composed
'1 tiic f'ouniy school ad-
nmnsti nlive units in Buncom-
of
be, Haywood, Madison, Mc
Dowell, Mitchell and Yancey,
as well as the city school ad
ministrative unit of Asheville.
Officers for District 16 are:
Kenneth Hunter, Yancey
County Board of Education,
president; Jim Peppers, Mc
Dowell County Board of
Education, vice president;
and Edgar Hunter, Superin
tendent, Yancey County
Schools, secretary.
DAV Chapter
Regular
Meeting Set
Paul McCurry Chapter 71,
Disabled American Vets, will
hold a regular scheduled
meeting March 27,1979 at 7:30
p.m. at the Spruce Pine Town
Hall, Spruce Pine. All
veterans and ladies interested
in the DAV Auxiliary are in
vited to attend.
Guests at the Chapter
meeting will be Robert
Scruggs, nth District Com
mander; and James Keller,
Service Officer from Chapter
43, Morganton.
School Calendar
-hmuary 10
Man}, ;i
Apni;,
April i:j
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YANCEY COUNTY SCHOOLS
Begin Second Semester
(Saturday) Make-Up Day
End Third Grading Period
Easter Holiday
Teacher Work Day-Student Holiday
High School Graduation
End 180 Day School Term
Teacher Work Days
A season pass for an in
dividual will be $200, and for a
family $300. The course will
offer a Wednesday Special
with green fees and ^ cart for
$10.00.
A number of improvements
are being made on the course.
The 8th and 18th tees are being
enlarged providing faster play
and better visability. More
cart paths are in the process of
being paved.
The following is a tour
nament schedule (tentative)
for the season:
March 31 Opening Day
May 6 Captains Choice
May 19 American Heart Ass’n
Tournament
June 11 CPGA Pro-Am
($1500 purse)
June 19,21,26, and 28 Ladies
Ass’n. Golf Clinic
June 30 Covered Dish Cookout
July 1 Men’s Club Champion
ship Qualifying
July 15 Qose Qualifying
(36 holes
July 7 Beat the Pro Day
July 29 Captains Choice
July 9,16,23,30 Junior Clinic
August-Club Championship
Matches:
August 6 Michelob Pro-Am
August 7 Michelob Open Qual.
Sept. 1,2 Mens Club
Championship Finals
Sept. 1 Open Fourball Qual.
Sept. 26 Close Fourball Qual.
Sept. 29 Fall Fourball Tourn.
Sept. 30 Fall Fourball Tourn.
October 5 Mens and Ladies
Association Banquet
October 13 Fall Capt’s Choice
October 14 Fall Capt’s Choice
Concert Choir
Program Slated
The Ben Lippen School Con
cert Choir of Asheville, North
Carolina will present a con
cert at First Baptist Church,
Spruce Pine, on March 22, at
7:30 p.m. The concert is one of
many scheduled to be given by
the choir both locally and on
its Spring tour of selected
states in the Southeast.
The 35 voice choir and
pianis.t under the direction of
Ralph Parker present a varied
program of music
outstanding sacred chorals^
greatly loved Christian song
arrangements, and other
smaller musical groups.
Featured this year during the
concert will be an outstanding
trumpet trio. A Love Offering
will be taken for the Choir.
The program promises to be
exciting and inspirational to
all who come. This church
extends a hearty invitation to
the public to come and enjoy
this fine musical presentation.
Since the survival of the
seedlings depends largely on
how they are placed, an entire
day will be spent in training
the planting crews. Instruc
tion will be conducted by the
District Forester and will in-'
elude movies and other aids.
After learning about the
proper techniques, plantings
will be practiced with planting
bars.
When the weather warms
and conditions are just right,
the delicate job will begin. The
planter’s main concern is to
fill any air pockets in the hole
so. that the roots are kept
moist. The actual planting will
take about two weeks.
Next spring, the trees’
progress will be spot checked.
The planting is considered
successful if 90% of the
seedlings survive the first
year. After three years, the .
trees will be released by
removing the surrounding
competing vegetation.
FUTURE TIMBER
The result after 80 years of
intensive management will be
a mature stand of white pine
sawtimber helping to satisfy
the needs of the population of
Western North Carolina.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL, March 22, 1979, Page 3
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'Estate
U.S. FOREST SERVICE crews plant white
pine seedlings in the South Toe area of Yancey
County.
by Jack Allen
REALTOR
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