Tomato varieties and fall garden tips from Craven County Master Gardeners
Craven County Master Gardeners report a strong tomato season led by Mike Price and the Celebrity variety, noting large fruit shapes, staking challenges, and the use of Spray 'n Grow. They advise fall crops including leafy greens, with floating row covers to protect from cold and pests, and caution rhubarb's cool weather limits. Meetings on landscaping and septic systems are free, with a contact number for details.
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Craven County
Mike Price
Price
Tural
Proper Storage Tips for Home Video Tapes
Cecil Fenton of El Paso asks how to care for his video collection and a leading tape maker offers guidance. Tapes should be stored upright at about 70 degrees and 40 percent humidity, away from direct heat and magnetic fields, kept in their jackets, and always rewound before storage.
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Heloise
Hints for indoor warming and yard sale tips
Heloise advises letting a video warm to room temperature to prevent condensation. A reader from Medford Oregon shares using a tackle box to organize coins and cash at a yard sale, noting the small compartments hold coins and the large bottom compartment holds checks and dollars.
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Heloise
Morehead City Civitan elects charter officers and plans event
The Morehead City Civitan Club elected charter officers on Aug 3 led by Charles Hale Jr as president and Doris Oglesby as president elect. Directors named Brian Huckle Anna Meador Connie Trauschke with Nancy Ward Dawn Cowart and Kris Rudzik on special assignments. A charter presentation Sept 7 is planned and membership drive underway with contact numbers 223 4574 or 447 4729. Emmy Swan notes Open Door host family program for Russian students in New Bern. Members vote to join Salvation Army Christmas Bags. Next meeting Aug 22 at El Mex guests welcome call Paula Hincher 636 2997.
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Morehead City Civitan Club
Charles Hale Jr
Doris Oglesby
Donna Denning
L. Diane Williams
Brian Huckle
Anna Meador
Connie Trauschke
Nancy Ward
Dawn Cowart
Kris Rudzik
Havelock Civitan Club
Lexanne Huffman
Emmy Swan
New Bern
Salvation Army
el Mex
Paula Hincher
Tryon Civitans Plan Picnic at Courts Plus
Tryon Civitan club met July 25 at El Mex with Jan Stelma presiding. The annual summer social Picnic by the Pool will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at Courts Plus. Hamburgers, hot dogs and all the trimmings will be served for $3 per person.
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Tryon Civitans
el Mex
Jan Stelma
Noon Rotary hears Tom Thompson on Craven County growth
Tom Thompson of Craven County Committee of 100 and Craven County Economic Development Commission spoke to the Noon Rotary Club on August 9. The two groups work to attract manufacturing facilities and create jobs in Craven County. The Michielob Cup Regatta is planned for September 2 3.
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Tom Thompson
Craven County Committee of 100
Craven County Economics Development Commission
Noon Rotary Club
Moon
Tredegar Products
Amital
Tandemloc
Aylward Enterprises
Thompson
Craven County
Multicounty meeting on cotton defoliation in Kinston
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service hosts a multi county meeting at King's Restaurant in Kinston at 7 P M on August 22. Dr Keith Edmisten will lead the defoliation presentation with local extension agents from Jones Lenoir Greene and Craven. Topics cover late season insects timing degree days and site specific defoliation choices. For info call Craven 633-1477 Greene 747-5831 Jones 448-9621 Lenoir 527-2191.
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Edmisten
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
King’s Restaurant
Kinston
Keith Edmisten
North Carolina State University Extension
Jones, Lenoir
Greene and Craven
Craven County
Greene County
Jones
Lenoir
Welcome Wagon Club Coffee Hour Opens Season
The Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club will hold its first coffee hour of the 1994 95 season at 10 a.m. on Aug 30 in the session house of First Presbyterian Church on New Street. Newcomers to the area, couples and singles, are invited to attend to meet the community and join activities. Call Roger Elgin at 638-4070.
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Welcome Wagon
First Presbyterian Church
New Street
New Bern
Roger Elgin
Nubians for Kwanzaa to Celebrate At Two Union Point Sites
The Nubians for Kwanzaa plan Afro centric events Friday at Craven Terrace big field and Saturday at Duffy Park in Union Point with youth singing groups choirs speakers dancing food and craft vendors. Rain location is the Omega Center at Cedar and Bern streets. Bring folding chairs. additional information at 447 7726 or 637 3914.
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Kwanzaa
Craven Terrace
Duffy Park
Union Point
Omega Center
Cedar and
Bern Streets
Coppage and Hunter families hold historic reunions
Members of the Coppage Coppedge clan gather Friday to Sunday at New Bern Days Inn to mark 364 years in America. Descendants trace to Edward Coppedge who arrived in Virginia in 1648 and his nephew William Cop page. Gretchen Davis of Pollocksville serves as association president. The Hunter reunion meets Saturday to Sunday in Merritt with a 1:30 p.m. Saturday program, dinner, and music by the Diamond Jubilee and the Soulfulaires, followed by a Sunday 11 a.m. service at Bethel Baptist Church led by Rev. George Barrow.
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Coppage- Coppedge
New Bern Days Inn
America
Edward Coppedge
Virginia
William Coppage
Dudley Ross Coppage
New Bern
Margaret Coppage Davis
Pollocksville
Gretchen Davis
Family Association
Hunter
Merritt
P.A. Hunter
New Diamond Jubilee
Soulfulaires
Bethel Baptist Church
George Barrow
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