Rockin' River Fest & Raft Race

A full day of family fun, food, and games!! You're invited to register and bring a raft, homemade or bought, and float down the French Broad from Bent Creek to Carrier Park.

Healthy Tip - Fight Cancer, Eat Tomatoes

It’s a good time of year to start eating to lower your cancer risk.

Poll Workers Needed

The Buncombe County Board of Elections would like to invite interested registered voters of Buncombe County to sign up to become Election Day Poll Workers

Public Hearing on Transportation to be Held

A public hearing on the proposed uses of operating assistance funds available under the Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) application will be held on Tuesday, August 7, 2007.

To Supplement or Not to Supplement?

Do you take supplements or are you considering it? If so, read on for some important information.

Babysitting Cooperatives: An Alternative to Paying a Babysitter

A babysitting cooperative is a group of families in a community who work out a way to share babysitting among themselves without the exchange of money.

Pet Picture of the Week

Congratulations to Regina Barba of Fairview for the pictures of some "wanna be" pets.

Recipe of the Week - Summer Yellow Squash Chowder

Congratulations to Karen St. Onge of Alexander for her Summer Yellow Squash Chowder recipe!

Saturday, August 11
10am-4pm
Skyland/South Buncombe Library
260 Overlook Road
684-1827

The Skyland/South Buncombe Library will hold a used book sale at the library on Saturday, August 11 from 10am to 4pm. The sale will feature audio materials, videos and books for both adults and children. There will also be a silent auction of movie posters and author autographed books.

All proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Skyland/South Buncombe Library.

It can be quite useful, as well as fascinating, to identify the insects you find in your yard. For example, when you find an aphid infestation on your ornamental honeysuckle,start looking on the same plant for ladybugs and their eggs and larva. Can you identify a baby ladybug (larva)? Other aphid predators include green lacewing larva and syrphid fly larva.

If you find caterpillars such as cabbageworms or tomato hornworms with little white cocoons on them, leave them alone. The caterpillar is being killed by the larva of the Braconid wasp and you want them to hatch out to go on and kill more caterpillars. You won’t see the adult wasp as they are only the size of a gnat.

To learn to identify these and many other insect predators and parasites visit these web sites:

http://cipm.ncsu.edu/ent/biocontrol/  
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/insects.html

For more information, call Buncombe County Cooperative Extension at 255-5522.

• Date: Sundays from 1 – 2 pm
• Location: “Super Sunday Specials” will take place at Cane Creek Pool, Erwin Community Pool, Hominy Valley Park Pool, North Buncombe Park Pool and Owen Pool.
• Cost: All participants pertaining to the events listed below will get in free: 
• August 5 - Teen Day (All Teens)
• August 12 - Back to School Day (all students)

For more information, call Teri Gentile at 684-5072.