North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Department of Entomology
North Carolina State University


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Schedule of 1998 Cotton Scouting Schools


June 16

Jones County
7:30 p.m.
Jones County Extension Center in downtown Trenton
Contact: Curtis Fountain (919-448-1243)
Emphasis will be on plant growth regulation, plant bugs and budworms.
Meal served.
Others welcome.


June 17

Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties
10:00 a.m.
O.P. Owens Agric. Center
Contact: David Morrison (910-277-2422)


June 18

Craven County
7:30 p.m.
Craven County Center, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern
Contact: Curtis Fountain (919-633-1477)
Emphasis will be on plant growth regulation, plant bugs and budworms.
Meal served.
Others welcome, but please call.


June 24

Sampson, Cumberland, Johnston, Harnett and surrounding counties
9:30 a.m.
Fann's Restaurant, 6 miles from Spivey's Corner on Highway 13
Contact: Bill Ellers (910-592-7161) Meal served.


June 30

Duplin County (and all areas interested)
9:30 a.m.
Sugarland Restaurant, Beautancus Road (SR 1306), Beautancus (approximately 5.5 miles SW of Summerlins Crossroads)
Contact: Bryant Spivey (910-296-2143)
Meal served.


July 8

Union, Anson, Stanley, Rowan, Montgomery and Richmond counties
7:30 a.m.
Mineral Springs Baptist Church in Stanley county (approximately 1+ mile south of Oakboro on Highway 205)
Contact: Tom Pegram (704-283-3739)
Meal served.


July 14

Edgecombe County
10:00 a.m.
County Administration Building in Tarboro
Contact: Joe Dickens (919-560-0525)
Meal served.


July 16

Craven County
Noon
Craven Extension Center, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern
Primarily for consultants and their scouts; however others are invited but please call
Contact: Curtis Fountain (919-633-1477)
Meal served.


July 16

Jones County
6:30 p.m.
Jones County Extension Center, 110 S. Market Street, Trenton
Contact: Curtis Fountain (919-448-9621)
Meal served.


July 22

Halifax County
10:00 a.m.
Halifax County Agricultural Center, 359 Farrell Lane, Halifax
Contact: Arthur Whitehead (919-583-5161)
Meal served.


July 22

Northampton County
2:00 p.m.
Northampton County Administration Building, Jackson
Contact: David Fogarty (919-534-2711)


July 23

Nash and Wilson counties
5:30 p.m.
Mount Zion Methodist Church Fellowship Hall (take Highway 58 south into Wilson County, take first left past county line onto SR 1335, proceed 0.8 miles to SR 1327, take a left and go 0.1 mile to church on the right)
Contact: Mark Hucks (919-459-9810) or Norm Harrell (336-237-0111)
Meal served.


Web page last updated on July 27, 1998 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr..