New Year's Eve in
North Carolina
If you can't go to New York City to watch the infamous ball drop to ring in the new year, why not find a unique celebration right here in North Carolina? There are lots of choices across the state. Here are few you might want to check out.
In
Mt. Olive you can watch a 3 foot pickle drop from the flagpole at the corner of Cucumber and Vine. "
The New Year's Eve Pickle descends the flagpole at the stroke of 7 pm "midnight" - that's 7 o'clock EST, which also happens to be midnight Greenwich Mean Time. (That way, we are official, we shout Happy New Year! - and we don't have to stay up until midnight!) Great family fun with live music and free refreshments, including Mt. Olive pickles!"
In
Mt. Airy they raise a sheriff's badge to ring in the new year. There's also a New Year's party at the Mt. Airy Museum of Regional History, which includes corn hole, ring toss, face painting, ghost stories, checkers, glass etching, pj contests, trivia, prizes and more!
In downtown
Raleigh you can enjoy the acorn drop and fireworks at the stroke of midnight.
In
Marion,
"watch a 6-foot gold nugget drop into a 10-foot freshly baked frosted donut that you eat! This free, fun, quirky celebration also includes a Comic Con costume contest, music, wagon rides and many local brews and wines. The celebration begins at 8:30 PM."
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Our Annual Small Fruit Plant Sale starts January 2, 2019!
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What a View!
We hear that a lot around here so we decided to share our fabulous view with all of you. We now have a live webcam feed available on our website so that you can check out our view anytime you would like. Go to our
website
and click on "Live Webcam Feed" in the red bar on the left of the page. ENJOY!
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Almanac Calendars Available
We have some 2019 Almanac Calendars leftover from our Report to the People meeting. These are available for pick up at our office if you would like one.
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Extension Master Gardener Class 2019 
The deadline to register for the Master Gardener Class is quickly approaching. Applications and payments must be in our office by Friday, January 4th.
The 2019 Extension Master Gardener class will be starting on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. The class will continue on Wednesday mornings through mid-April.
Once you complete the class, you agree to give 40 hours of volunteer time to the Extension horticulture program over the next year.
The class is for newcomers, retirees, couples, singles, new and expert gardeners. There will be hands on activities as well as classroom work.
The cost of the class is $125. Cash or Check made payable to NCCE
Call our office at 828-764-9480 for an application.
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Empowering Youth and Families
Burke County is excited to announce that we will be offering the
Empowering Youth and Families Program beginning in 2019. This program
is comprised of 4 core elements which provide intensive relationship and communication education for families with a focus on providing research-based information about the impact and statistics related to opioid misuse specifically to help youth and families make informed healthy decisions.
We are currently looking for partners that would like to become certified facilitators for the program. There will be a 3-day required training in January 2019. Following the training, we will be recruiting families to participate in a 12 week cohort. If you are interested in learning more, or becoming a partner, please call Spring Williams-Byrd (828)764-9480 or send an email to
spring_williams@ncsu.edu
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2019 Winter Vegetable Conference 
& Annual Tomato Growers Meeting
Event Date
: February 20th and 21st, 2019
Time
: 9:30 am Wednesday through lunch on Thursday
Location
: Crowne Plaza Resort, Asheville, NC
Cost
: $40 per person with pre-registration prior to February 7th.
Registration at the door is $50
Conference Contact
: To exhibit or sponsor, or for more information, contact Ellen Moss at 828-685-3989,
ellen_moss@yahoo.com
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Description:
This is the largest commercial vegetable grower event in the region with a high quality educational program put together by vegetable extension specialist/agents at NC State University Cooperative Extension. There will also be a trade show and a fundraiser that supports student scholarships. The program will include presentations on many different topics to help vegetable growers. The final program will be completed in December 2018. Topics will include such things as Management of Foliar Diseases of Tomato, Using Chemigation to Manage Phytophthora Blight, Breeding for Late Blight Resistance and Tolerance to Bacterial Spot and Verticillium Wilt, Evaluation of Tomato Lines for Late Blight Resistance, Flavonoids in Tomato, Evaluation of Insecticides for Key Pests of Fruiting Vegetable Crops, Native Natural Enemies on Biological Control of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Growing Industrial Hemp for Cannabinoids in Western North Carolina, to name a few. There will be a sponsored lunch and awards program at noon on Thursday. Pesticide credits will be offered.
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 4-H Update
Jaunary
4-H Discovery Night
January 8, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Burke Agricultural Building
Upcoming 4-H Deadlines
January 8, 2019: All award applications, project record books and portfolios are due. Club charter applications/renewals are due. Community Service hours are due to the agent.
February 1, 2019: Club and At-Large Scrapbooks are due. 4-H Online registration/enrollment/medical forms are due.
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Burke County Beekeepers
Monday, January 14, 2019
6:30 pm
The Burke County Beekeepers Association (BCBA) meets monthly at the Burke County Agricultural Building located at 130 Ammons Drive in Morganton. There is a featured speaker each month and the public is invited to attend. The BCBA is a chapter of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association.
At the January meeting,
Willie Pascal will detail how to prepare creamed honey using the Dyce process. Come and sample some creamed honey along with a cup of coffee during the presentation.
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Med Instead of Meds Class
January 18 - February 22, 2019
Start off the new year right with Med Instead of Meds! The Mediterranean-style eating pattern incorporates the basics of healthy eating that are traditionally practiced in countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. Eating like those who live in the Mediterranean region has been shown to promote health and decrease the risk of many chronic diseases, such as some cancers, Alzheimer's, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease. Are you interested in learning to eat the Mediterranean way, but not sure where to start
? If so, join N.C. Cooperative Extension, Burke County Center on Friday Mornings from 10 am - 12 noon beginning January 18 through February 22, 2019 for Med Instead of Meds!
Med Instead of Meds is a six- session class series focused on a healthy Mediterranean style eating pattern (aka, eating the Med Way). Classes focus on the 7 simple steps to eating the Med Way. Each session explores 1-2 simple steps, a mindfulness skill, and features med way recipes from
medinsteadofmeds.com. Food demonstration or cooking instruction is included in each session. Class series is $10.
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