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Community The Perquimans Weekly, September 7, 2005 3 I' OGETHER AGAIN The Perquimans County High School class of 1945 cel ebrated its 60th reunion on June 25 at Burgess Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Those attending were Helen Baker Domitrowski, Esther Winslow Markham, Myrtle Whedbee Copeland, Charles Hoskins, Colin Jackson and Floyd Benton. Guests were Robert Domitrowski, Sidney Copeland, Vida Hoskins, Johnnie Jackson, Betsy Benton, Janie Proctor and Peggy Winslow. FSA saves bobwhite quails State wildlife enthusi asts no longer wonder where all the quail have gone, thanks to the efforts of USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) and its many partners. “AU species seem to have their dedicated devotees, but no game species seems to provoke more passion than bobwhite quail,” said Keith H. Weatherly, state executive director of the FSA. Northern bobwhite quail are a native quail species with an historic range in the Midwest and Southeast areas of the country The birds are a valued inhabi tant of farm landscapes, an important aspect of rural culture and key to the her itage of hunting. The Northern bobwhite quail population declined dra matically over the last quarter century. Their habitats are disappearing due to urbanization, increased, grassland culti vation and a transitioning of once-grassy fields into woods and forests — a process called succession. To underline the bird’s importance, FSA, which has the largest conserva tion partnership involving private land in the United States, is paying private land owners in 35 states to set aside land for quail habitat. The CRP Northern Bobwhite Quail Habitat Initiative introduced a con servation practice intended to create 250,000 acres of early successional grass buffers along agricultural field borders. To date, more than 48,000 acres have been enrolled with 2,264 of those in North Carolina. Also, 2,900 acres are pending approval. FSA estimates this nest ing and brood-rearing cover will increase bob- white quail numbers by 750,000 birds annually. Planted buffers will also benefit reptiles, amphib ians, aquatic species and upland birds, many of which are being considered for listing as endangered Deaths Joyce P. Sawyer Joyce Patrick Sawyer, 73, of 2744 Rocky Hock Road, died Tuesay, Aug. 30,2005 in her home. Ms. Sawyer was the daughter of Mary Swain and Seaton Patrick and the wife of the late William “Bill” douglas Sawyer. She was a member of Faith Fellowship Baptist Church. Surviving include her three daughters, Brenda S. Harrell and her husband Louis of Edenton, Janice S. Oden of Bath and Mary A. Sawyer of Edenton; two sons, David Sawyer and his wife Mary of Edenton and Bill Sawyer of Raleigh; and six grandchildren. Ms. Sawyer was preced ed in death by her son, Glen Sawyer, and her son-in-law, John H. Oden III. Friends may sign the online register by visiting www.evansfuneralsandcre- mations.com. A celebration of Ms. Sawyer’s life was held Sept. 2 in Faith Fellowship Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Gregory officiat ing. Burial followed in Scuppernong Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Albemarle Hospice, PO Box 189, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 or to the Shephard- Pruden Memorial Library, 106 W. Water Street, Edenton, NC 27932. Evans Funerals and Cremations of Edenton served the Sawyer family Susan Home/Tom Adkins Hearing Instrument Specialists •Be/fone Hearing Care Center FREE Hearing Tests for Seniors 918 'E Halstead Blvd. • Elizabeth City, NC Eliz. City . Edenton Manteo 337-7500 482-1001 473-6073 ERA All Seasons Realty 1623 Virginia Road Edenton, NC 27932 species. In addition, the initiative will reduce soil erosion and protect water quality by trapping field sediments and nutrients. Wildlife groups and sportsmen’s organizations have organized studies and launched efforts to boost North Carolina quail popu lations. They all point to one thing: the need for more habitat. Weatherly said North Carolina has been involved with research on field bor ders and early succession birds for the past decade. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission cooperated with N.C. State University to compare bobwhite popu lations and ecology on replicated study areas with and without field borders. Results from the research projects were used to develop, the Cooperative Upland habitat Restoration and Enhancement (CURE) PROGRAM. Habitat work was initiated in 2002. The USDA estimates the CRP Northern Bobwhite Quail Habitat Initiative Program may provide about $125 million in pay ments to participants through 2007 when the overall statutory enroll ment limit is expected to be reached. The US. 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