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Cabarrus <br />Soil & Water Conservation <br />District <br />SOIL&WATER <br />CONSERVATION <br />MINUTES <br />Tuesday, April 1, 1997 <br />Supervisors Present <br />Frank Herrin <br />Myra Morrison <br />Whit Moose <br />745 Cabarrus Avenue West <br />Concord, North Carolina 28027 <br />Phone: 704- 788 -2105 <br />Fax: 704 - 795 -6432 <br />Others Present <br />Richard Taylor <br />Matthew Kinane <br />Dennis Testerman <br />The meeting was held at the County Agriculture Center at 745 Cabarrus Avenue West, Concord, NC. <br />1. Frank Herrin, Chairperson, called the meeting to order. <br />2. The minutes from the February 4, 1997 and March 5, 1997 Board meetings <br />were reviewed. <br />MOTION: THAT THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 4, 1997 AND MARCH <br />5, 1997 BOARD <br />MEETINGS BE APPROVED. M /MORRISON, S /MOOSE, C. <br />3. NRCS /FSA report - Matt Kinane, DC <br />3.1 Technical assistance given: <br />85 contacts made during this period. <br />67 - Farms were contacted during the month <br />18 - Non - agricultural <br />12 - Walk -ins were assisted. <br />3.2 FSA plans to approve: <br />Operator Owner <br />Tract No. <br />Curtis R. Furr Coy R. Furr <br />1384 <br />Curtis R. Furr Cora L. W. Lowder <br />1392 <br />Curtis R. Furr Cora L. W. Lowder <br />1386 <br />Curtis R. Furr Cora L. W. Lowder <br />4931 <br />Curtis R. Furr Kay Lowder <br />1378 <br />Curtis R. Furr Justina L. Allman <br />5337 <br />Curtis R. Furr Jean L. Troutman <br />5336 <br />Curtis R. Furr Carson P. Lowder <br />5335 <br />MOTION: THAT THE ABOVE CITED PLANS BE APPROVED. M) MOOSE, S /MORRISON, C. <br />4. INFORMATION /EDUCATION - Dennis Testerman <br />4.1 Annual conservation poster & essay contest awards ceremony was held at the Cannon <br />Library in Concord on February 13. Concord Tribune story on the winners appeared on <br />February 23. Eight of the ten poster winners and the all three essay winners attended along <br />with their families and school staff. One hundred and fifty posters and ten essays from seven <br />schools were entered this year. <br />4.2 Area VIII contest was held on March 22 with 9 of 11 districts participating and 50 people <br />attending; 7 essays, 20 posters and 8 speeches were judged. Cabarrus SWCD results: <br />Michele Sailer, Cresthaven Home School, 1st place, 3rd grade poster; <br />Ashley Rary, Jackson Park Elementary School, 2nd place, 4th grade poster; <br />Chris White, Cabarrus Academy, 2nd place, 5th grade poster <br />Mais Hasan, Mt. Pleasant Middle School, 2nd place, essay; <br />Amanda Cuthberson, Mt. Pleasant Middle School, 2nd place, 7th grade speech; and <br />Marie Morgann, Cabarrus Academy, honorable mention, 8th grade speech. <br />Michele Sailer's poster on composting has been entered in the state poster contest. <br />