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The Orange SWCD Second Annual Blueberry Plant Sale will be held on Friday, February 26. <br />An estimated 400 plants are scheduled to be sold to raise funds to send several Orange County <br />high school students to the Resource Conservation Workshop at NCSU in June, 2016. <br />Budget and Miscellaneous Discussion <br />Ag Preservation Board would like to host a complimentary meal to honor VAD /EVAD <br />participants. G. Hughes stated that a late fall 2016 is being considered at this time. More info is <br />forthcoming. <br />G. Hughes discussed Budget. Budget proposals were submitted February 1st. L. Pope provided <br />the Board with current account balances and expenditures. <br />Voluntary Ag Program (VAD) Update was presented to the Board by G. Hughes. Total <br />acreage in program is 8,536 acres in VAD and 1,859 acres in EVAD totaling 10,395 acres in <br />program at this time. <br />The Board discussed the possibility of donating Quentin Patterson's photo library to UNC to <br />archive. UNC would handle on line pictures that are currently archived at the Hillsborough <br />Historical Museum. A link to UNC website would be easily accessed from our Orange <br />SWCD /DEAPR webpage. G. Hughes was requested by the Board to provide more details on <br />this subject in the near future. <br />With no further discussion, meeting was adjourned. <br />By: McWr(,kSh�, Secretary /Treasurer <br />