Pickett: Keeping your kitchen safe from fires
A Boy Scout on a mission led the efforts to complete an addition at the New Bern Civil War Battlefield. Kortlyn Templin of New Bern Troop 132 organized a group of fellow scouts and several adults to work together to construct a 10-foot-by-10-foot raised wooden platform overlooking an area that was hotly contested during the Civil War battle in March 1862. He finished the construction using materials purchased by the New Bern Historical Society. The platform will provide battlefield visitors a better view of the swamp that Union soldiers had to wade through to achieve their objective. Find it by following the marked trails at the Batlefield Park. The New Bern Battlefield Park is located about five miles south of New Bern, just off U.S. 70 East at the entry point to the Taberna development. The battlefield features a self-guided tour. Private tours conducted by the guides are available by contacting the New Bern Historical Society at 252-638-8558.
Keeping your kitchen safe from fires
Each year kitchen fires kill hundreds of people and injure thousands. Most of these fires can be prevented by following basic fire safety tips.
Trudy W. Pickett is extension family and consumer agent at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center, 1791 N.C. 11/55. Reach her at 252-527-2191 or firstname.lastname@example.org.