Warmer Winter Days Great
For Some Gardening Chores
BY WILLIAM BARROW JR.
Agricultural Extension Agent
Warm winter days bring on the
urge to work outside. There arc
numerous activities to occupy your
time, but remember, we are still in
the midst of
winter. Neither
our plants nor
our bodies can
handle the acti
vities typically
associated with
spring and
summer.
Prune sum
mer flowering
shrubs and
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small to intermediate trees now.
Remember the physical act of
pruning stimulates dormant buds
just beneath the cut. This can result
in heavy growth, concentrated in
the top of the plant if you use the
shearing technique extensively. Try
to balance your efforts by thinning
some branches from inside the
plant
Apple and pear trees can be
pruned now. Pruning annually al
lows us to keep the growth of these
trees in check. Harvesting and pest
control is much easier when the
tree growth is limited to eight or 10
feet. The use of clean, sharp tools
helps reduce injury and the spread
of disease.
reach trees should be pruned in
GARDENING TIPS
late February or early March. It is
possible to prune peachcs once the
buds begin to open, remember,
pruning stimulates growth and
some early maturing vanities may
flower earlier if pruned too soon.
Grape vines respond to annual
prunings with a heavier fruit set.
Ideally, trcllised vines will have
three to four main stems or cor
dons. On each of these, trim the
runners back to a spur with three to
four buds. This will be sufficient
for this year's growth.
Pecan trees will respond to annu
al applications of fertilizer. Apply
one pound of 10-10-10 per inch jf
trunk diameter now for best results.
Apply the material evenly beneath
the tree extending to and beyond
the drip line. If there is a thick
stand of turf beneath the tree, use a
pipe to punch holes and apply the
material below the surface.
Do not fertilize warm season
grasses such as Centipede, Bermu
da, Zoysia or St. Augustine until
two weeks after it has started to
green up. Homeowners who over
seeded Centipede with rye should
make their final fertilizer applica
tion to the rye now. This will allow
sufficient time for the rye to utilize
the fertilizer before the Centipede
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Brunswick Council Offers
'Grassroots' Arts Grants
The Brunswick Arts Council is
seeking applications from local
groups for grassroots grants to pro
vide financial support for non-profit
cultural arts projects and programs.
According to President Stephan
na Tewey, when distributing Grass
roots Arts Program funds, the coun
cil looks for organization strength
and program merit.
Organization strength refers to
ihe applicant group's ability to carry
out the project and develop other
funding for it. Program merit con
siders such factors as community
support for the project, cooperation
among existing arts and community
organizations, responsive to com
munity needs, involvement of racial
and ethnic minorities and other tra
ditionally underserved audiences,
and involvement of professional
artists.
Applications are available at Blue
Dolphin Gallery on Long Beach
Road or from any area arts council
board member. These include Jo
seph Carter, Brown's Landing; Edna
Magers, Shallottc; Marvin Mussel
white, Supply; Joseph Butler, Shal
lottc; Diana Mintz, Bolivia; and
Judy Collins, Boiling Spring Lakes.
The deadline for returning com
pleted applications is May 30.
N.C. Brass Quartet Offers
Prelude To Symphony Visit
The North Carolina Brass Quar
tet will entertain local North Caro
lina Symphony Society volunteers
and Brunswick Community College
faculty, staff and students in a con
ceit Sunday, Feb. 4, at 3 p.m. in the
ALS building at the college.
The concert is funded by a state
community service grant provided
through BCC. It is being held in
conjunction with the kick-off for the
North Carolina Symphony's visits
to the county, which will be held
. March 21 and May 16 at Hatch
Auditorium on the grounds of the
N.C. Baptist Assembly, Caswell
Beach.
Volunteers with the Brunswick
County Chapter of the Symphony
Society will collect their symphony
concert ticket sales kits at 2 p.m.,
said spokesman Polly Fish.
The North Carolina Brass Quartet
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the Renaissance to the modem era,
featuring such diverse composers as
Giovann. Gabrieli and Scou Joplin.
Foundco in 1978, the quartet per
forms regularly on the recital circuit
as well as in clinics, master classes
and concerts in school music pro
grams statewide. The musicians,
who perform with the North Caro
lina Symphony, arc Dwight Robin
ette, trombone; Terry Mizesko, bass
trombone; and Timothy Stewart and
Don Eagle, trumpet.
Sign Up By Feb. 3 For Azalea Parade
There's still time to enter the
N.C. Azalea Festival Parade. Ap
plication should be made no later
than Saturday, Feb. 3. This year's
parade will be held April 7.
Anyone who wants to enter a
float should contact co-chairman
Evan Walls at 350-0012; marching
units such as bands and military
units should contact co-chairman
Gary Sloan at 799-3170.
Other participants, including pag
eant queens, should contact chair
man Ben Spradley, 791-6884.
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BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION'S Com
munity Fund Drive had raised more than $20,000 through Jan
uary, including a $300 contribution from Dr. Michael Wilkerson
(left) and Dr. Marcus Rey Williams (center) of Brunswick
Internal Medicine Associates of Shallotte. Their gift, accepted by
BCC Foundation Vice President Sheila McLamb (right) was des
ignated for purchase of equipment for BCC's practical nursing
and nursing assistant programs. Contributions or pledges to be
honored before June 30 are still being accepted from individuals
and businesses. For more information, contact BCC Foundation
Executive Director Vicki Spencer at the college.
Gift To Provide New Scholarship
A scholarship endowment hon
oring the late Karl S. Vickcrs Jr. of
Southport and Winston-Salem has
been established through the Bruns
wick Community College Founda
tion.
Dorothy J. V.'ckers of Southport
made the $5,000 delation v., memo
ry of her late- busbann. said RCC
Foundation Executive Director
Vicki Spencer. The endowment will
generate funds to provide tuition,
fees and some other school-related
expenses of one student for an en
tire year.
"Education was very important to
Karl," said Mrs. Vickcrs. "He was
vitally concerned about young pco
pie and he loved his home in Bruns
wick County."
Recipients of ihc Karl S. Vickcrs
Memorial Scholarship must be en
rolled as full-time students and must
maintain an established grade point
average at BCC. Prior recipients
who meet these requirements will
then be given priority over new ap
plicants if they wish to continue
their education at BCC.
Brace Caldwell, president of the
BCC Foundation, said such dona
tions as that of Mrs. Vickcrs help
BCC students who might not other
wise have the means to continue
their education.
Christian Women's Club To
Hold 'Guest Night' Feb. 15
The North Myrtle Beach (S.C.)
Christian Women's Club will hold
"Guest Night" Thursday, Feb. 15,
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Bcach
Cove Resort, South Ocean Boule
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The program will include a pre
sentation by an area travel agency
and music by soIuim Daft Taiurn.
Cost is SI 1.50. Reservations and
cancellations are essential.
For more information or to make
a reservation, contact Louise Bliz
ard at 579-2562.
The Christian Women's Club also
holds "friendship Bible coffees" at
three locations in the Calabash and
Liule River, S.C., areas. The coffccs
arc Bible studies held in homes of
members and led by approved
group guides.
Guides include Marge Harper for
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est. Calabash; Hilda Wilson, for a
Wednesday group in Bonaparte
Rcucai, Calabash; and Anna Mc
Donald. for a Tiiesfiav nioht OTruin
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in Windjammer Village, Little
River.
For more information on the re
spective groups, call Ms. Harper at
754-9856; Ms. Wilson at 579-7558;
or Ms. McDonald at (803) 249
6235.
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BCC 'How To' Seminar Aimed
At Special Events Planners
A seminar for those who orga
nize, plan and conduct festivals and
other special events will be spon
sored by Brunswick Community
College on Saturday, Feb. 17.
The day-long event is being held
in cooperation with the Southport
Oak Island and South Brunswick
Islands chambers of commerce. It
will give individuals an opportunity
to confere with James G. Walls of
Knoxville, Tcnn., a national special
events consultant, as well as with
other festival and special events or
ganizers.
Participants will learn about orga
nization and administration, fund
raising, recruiting and motivating
volunteers, and strategic planning of
events. Also discussed will be festi
val programming, marketing and
communications.
Walls has a proven track record
as a festival executive and industry
consultant and has been an officcr
and director of the International
Festivals Association.
The seminar is funded through a
North Carolina Department of
Community Colleges community
services block grant
However, a $5 registration fee
will cover snacks and lunch.
Interested individuals may regis
ter at the door of the teaching audi
torium in BCC's ALS building im
mediately before the seminar begins
at 9:30 a.m.
The session will continue until 5
p.m.
For more information, contact
Dean of Continuing Education Jesse
Clemmons at 754-6922, 457-6329,
or 343-0203.
DAR Salutes Constitution
Chapter member Bobbi Sellers
presented an historical program at
the Jan. 27 meeting of the William
Gausc Chapter of the National Soci
ety of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. The meeting was
held at Joe's Barbecue, Shallotte.
Mrs. Sellers' presentation ? the
first in a series ? was entitled "Rati
fying the Federal Constitution in
North Carolina and celebrated the
Constitution's bicentennial.
Other members present were
Gwen Causey, Paula Dcvine, Marie
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nounced that a meeting of (he
Children of the Revolution will be
held March 16 in Statcsville. The
children's group is sponsored by the
William Gausc Chapter and the
Gov. Ben Smith Society.
Also, the DAR's 90th annual
state conference will be held at
Pinehurst Hotel, Pinch urst, March 5
through 7. Local delegates include
Ms. Dcvine, Ms. Musselwhite and
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