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12 UCW MAY 31 - JUNE 6, 2017 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Gun violence is a serious issue that affects fami- lies and the communities they live in. One of the ways the Fayetteville Police Department battles this is by connecting with the community with fun events that allow people to get to know each other — and police officers. Outdoor movies are one way to do this. Fayetteville Police Department's Operation Cease- fire presents "Family Movie Night" on Friday, June 2 at Rivers of Living Water Church of God. e church is providing a hot dog meal at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at 8:30 p.m. "is is our 10th anniversary of Ceasefire Movie Night and what we do is take our movie nights out into the city and the county," said Lisa Jayne, Op- eration Ceasefire program coordinator. "If we notice there is a spike in gun activity and crime in that area, we will look to go into that area during the calendar year and people also request for us to come to their location." Jayne added that the purpose is for kids to come out and do a gun pledge. ey also offer free gun locks to parents and show a PSA before each of their movies about gun and gang violence. Parents are given pamphlets about warning signs that may indicate their child may be in a gang and who to call if they have that concern. e event will feature a kiddie train, a fire safety house, health screenings by Cape Fear Valley, health and wellness resources, a rock wall, a bounce house, K-9 demo, the fire truck, police ve- hicles, games, popcorn, drinks and officers on site to answer any questions participants may have. is is part of the Ceasefire approach to combat- ing gun and gang crime through suppression, in- tervention and prevention. "is is one of our com- munity outreach prevention measures," said Jayne. "We have our EKG program, which is educating kids about gun violence in the Cumberland County Schools System that we teach to all seventh graders and just finished up a third year with that." Jayne added that they have taught over 20,000 students the program and since they initiated the program, violent crime for that age group has gone down by 3 percent. "We look forward to meeting new faces and having the community come out and enjoy the evening," said Jayne. Admission is free. Bring a chair or blanket to enjoy a free movie under the stars. In the case of in- clement weather the movie will be held inside. e church is located at 1764 Bingham Drive. For more information call Lisa Jayne at (910) 433-1017. Operation Ceasefire Movie Night: Building a Safe Community by DR. SHANESSA FENNER e event will feature a kiddie train, a fire safety house, health screenings by Cape Fear Valley, health and wellness resources, a rock wall, a bounce house, K-9 demo and more. DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Principal, WT Brown Elementary School. Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910.484.6200. When the afterglow of spring is long gone, daylilies spread rainbows of color through the summer garden. From late spring to frost they are the stars, but they are not temperamental stars. ey are hardworking, strong- growing contributors and the easiest to grow of all decorative perennials for Sandhills gardens. One of the best ways to get to know daylilies is to visit the local American Hemerocallis Society accredited show. e event will be Saturday, June 3, on the top floor of Berns Student Center at Methodist University. Since daylilies come in just about every color except true blue and in heights from a foot tall to over five feet tall, a gardener can find a cultivar for any place in the garden that gets five to six hours of sunlight. ey thrive in hot summers, so they are a good choice for our Sandhills landscapes. ey tolerate some drought but fare better and produce more blooms if they get at least an inch of water a week. Most daylily flowers are round with fairly wide petals. ere are also spidery flowers with narrow petals and sepals; unusual forms with petals and/or sepals that twist, fold, or curl; and doubles that can look somewhat like a peony or like one flower sitting inside another one. Flower sizes range from just over an inch to over 15 inches for some of the spiders. ere are more than 80,000 registered daylilies in an incredible array of color, form and size — something for every niche in the garden. For best performance of your daylilies, prepare a bed with good soil that has organic material incorporated for good drainage. A soil test can give guidance about what type of fertilizer to use and how to amend the soil for proper pH and nutrients. Daylilies are usually sold bare- root with leaves cut back to reduce transpiration, or loss of water vapor. A good way to plant is to soak the roots (daylilies don't have bulbs) for a few hours and then put the plants in the ground in the late afternoon. Do not soak for more than a day. Dig a hole, mound the dirt up in the center of the hole and place the plant so that the crown (where root and leaves meet) is no more than an inch below the soil with the roots reaching down into the soil. Fill the hole with the soil you dug out. Water the plants well and cover the soil with about two inches of mulch or compost. is will give the plant several hours to acclimate before the heat of the next day. To learn more about daylilies, join a local club and the American Hemerocallis Society. Visit local growers to see plants that grow well in your area. Sandhills Daylily Club meets on the fourth ursday of the month from February through October. e usual meeting place is Friendship Baptist Church, 3232 Davis St., Hope Mills; but we do occasionally meet at other venues. We start at 6 p.m. with a potluck meal and the speaker starts about 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome. To enter flowers in the June 3 show and win awards, the flowers must be on the registration table by 10 a.m. e show will be open to the public from 2 until 4 p.m. Starting at 10 a.m. there will be short presentations on topics like hybridizing daylilies, planting and care of daylilies, herbal recipes, air layering, and companion plants. Plants for sale will be available at 12:00 p.m. To learn more about daylilies, visit www.daylilies.org. Beauty Blossoms at Daylily Show by LINDA SUE BARNES LINDA SUE BARNES, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upand- comingweekly.com. 910.484.6200. Daylilies are a good choice for our Sandhills landscapes. EVENTS